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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 21, 2017 9:30:59 GMT -5
I didn't realise there was a new Fighting American coming out - thanks for the heads up, I'll have to look into it. Ironically Titan is a British publisher! I believe the creative team did some work on Judge Dredd. No announcement on the release date. Titan put out the Simon & Kirby Library books, reprinting their non-DC & Marvel material.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Apr 21, 2017 14:29:55 GMT -5
I didn't understand the origin at all (the character never really seemed like an amalgam of two different people, so why bother with that convolution?).
I never understood that either; moreover, the dead brother is never referenced again. All that I can think of is that they needed SOME sort of origin for him to make him different from Captain America, brainstormed that together, and then never looked back.
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Post by coinilius on Apr 21, 2017 17:26:33 GMT -5
I didn't realise there was a new Fighting American coming out - thanks for the heads up, I'll have to look into it. Ironically Titan is a British publisher! I believe the creative team did some work on Judge Dredd. No announcement on the release date. [ Yeah - Titan releases a trade of the Simon and Kirby Fighting American material awhile ago, so I guess they have the licence.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 22, 2017 12:14:25 GMT -5
Ironically Titan is a British publisher! I believe the creative team did some work on Judge Dredd. No announcement on the release date. Titan put out the Simon & Kirby Library books, reprinting their non-DC & Marvel material. Didn't Titan also at one point own 2000 AD before they were sold to Rebellion?
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 22, 2017 17:06:26 GMT -5
Titan put out the Simon & Kirby Library books, reprinting their non-DC & Marvel material. Didn't Titan also at one point own 2000 AD before they were sold to Rebellion? I don't think so. IPC/Fleetway owned it until 1991, when Robert Maxwell sold Fleetway to Egmont, who later sold it to Rebellion. Titan published trade collections of the 2000 AD features for years, including things like Judge Dredd, Slaine, Halo Jones, Zenith, and Nemesis. They also used to publish some UK editions of DC material.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 22, 2017 19:11:12 GMT -5
Didn't Titan also at one point own 2000 AD before they were sold to Rebellion? I don't think so. IPC/Fleetway owned it until 1991, when Robert Maxwell sold Fleetway to Egmont, who later sold it to Rebellion. Titan published trade collections of the 2000 AD features for years, including things like Judge Dredd, Slaine, Halo Jones, Zenith, and Nemesis. They also used to publish some UK editions of DC material. The food chain for comics in Britain is pretty confusing at times, thanks for the clarification
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2017 21:14:21 GMT -5
I didn't understand the origin at all (the character never really seemed like an amalgam of two different people, so why bother with that convolution?).
I never understood that either; moreover, the dead brother is never referenced again. All that I can think of is that they needed SOME sort of origin for him to make him different from Captain America, brainstormed that together, and then never looked back.
Based on the original series Simon & Kirby started FA out as a straight forward superhero styled book but quickly turned into a satire styled book. That could be one reason why this was never addressed again. It was weird that Speedboy was never given a name in the original series.
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Post by coinilius on Apr 22, 2017 21:27:12 GMT -5
I always thought that by not doing anything with that weird origin they really missed an opportunity - none of the revivals have done anything with it either.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2017 6:55:08 GMT -5
I always thought that by not doing anything with that weird origin they really missed an opportunity - none of the revivals have done anything with it either. Yes. It was weird that this was never addressed especially in modern times.
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 26, 2017 17:44:01 GMT -5
One of my favorite titles is Barry Blair's Gun Fury, imagine the kitschy hijinks of Adam West Batman mixed with all the violence and mayhem of 80's B&W independent comics While half of the book is Blair and the rest of the crew at Aircel/Malibu giving Claremont crap for being an intolerable egomaniac (their words, not mine), it's still one hell of a ride Just don't mention the title around anyone from The Comics Journal. Whoa, boy, they didn't like that one, at all! Whoops, my mistake! It was Ripper that The Comics Journal hated, calling it racist. I keep confusing the two, probably because they are both barry Blair and the whole vigilante thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 14:38:13 GMT -5
Release Date: Oct 11.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 21:04:07 GMT -5
Ad: Cover to #1: Interior art:
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2017 20:43:13 GMT -5
Read #1. Really liked it. Thought the story was great, fun, fast paced. The art was mostly good but had a few rough spots.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 14, 2017 2:59:19 GMT -5
Wow, I really like the art on those pages. Seems like it's pretty funny, too.
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Post by coinilius on Oct 15, 2017 4:08:18 GMT -5
I’ll have to track down a copy and check it out...
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