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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 9:27:20 GMT -5
Kudos to Titan Comics. They did a fine job with FA's first arc. But most of all:
Every Issue Came Out On Time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2021 21:43:08 GMT -5
List of Series/Collections:
Fighting American (1954) #1-7 (Prize Comics) by Simon & Kirby. The original stories.
Fighting American (1966) #1 (Harvey Comics) Unpublished stories intended for FA #8 (or all new for this issue?) plus reprinted stories. 68 pages.
Fighting American HC (1989-Marvel) Collects the above issues.
Fighting American (1994) #1-6 (DC) Written by Pat McGreal and Dave Rawson, with art by Greg LaRocque and Richard Space. A "modern" version for FA 40 year anniversary.
Fighting American (1997) #1-2 (Awesome) Redrawn art from Liefeld's Capt America Heroes Reborn that was never published. Story by Jeph Loeb. Art by Rob Liefeld & Stephen Platt. Art and story reflect how it was repurposed and reads more like a Capt America story.
Fighting American: Rules of the Game (1997) #1-3 (Awesome) All new by Loeb & Ed McGuiness. Closer to the original material than any other series until Titan series.
Fighting American: Cold War (1998-Awesome) Never published. 1954 FA meets 1998 FA by Rob Liefeld.
Fighting American: Dogs of War (1998) #1-3 (Awesome) Written by Jim Starlin. Art by Stephen Platt. It was supposed to be 4 issues but #4 was never published. Speedboy returns in #3. Very different from the other Awesome material. Could have easily been any generic "soldier" hero.
Fighting American TPB (2011-Titan) Reprint of 1989 Marvel HC.
Fighting American (2017) #1-4 (Titan) Written by Gordon Rennie. Art by Duke Mighten. Also in TPB. Done really well with respect to source material. FA & SB are transported thru a time portal from 1954 to 2017. Definitely felt like a continuation from the original 1954 series.
Fighting American: The Ties That Bind (2018) #1-4 (Titan) Written by Gordon Rennie. Art by Andie Tong. Also in TPB. Basically #5-8 with a new artist. Only problem? It ends on a cliffhanger & the next arc was never created due to low sales.
If you are interested in the character just buy the 3 trades from Titan Books. They will have the best stories. I also liked the Awesome Rules of the Game series. The DC series and the rest of the Awesome stories I would skip.
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Post by profh0011 on Mar 3, 2021 22:24:55 GMT -5
Some years back I was doing a chronological Jack Kirby re-reading project, attempting to read every story he did in publication order. This was tricky, as many of them were reprinted all over the place, and it was a challenge to track some of them down in my collection.
While I was at it, I decided to dig out the few CAPTAIN AMERICA episodes I had from the early 50s revival. As far as I know, all of them were done by John Romita.
The impression I got from reading about the behind-the-scenes situation was... Joe Simon & Jack Kirby found out Marvel had decided to revive Captain America, and decided... "Hey, why shouldn't WE get a piece of that action?" And so FIGHTING AMERICAN was born.
Kirby's writing & art had taken vast leaps between his time before and after being in the army, the same way (if even more so) than had Will Eisner's. Just about everything he did in the late 40s-early 50s had a visual dynamic and maturity in the writing that blew everything he did before going into the service completely out of the water.
Comparing the Romita CAPTAIN AMERICA and the Kirby FIGHTING AMERICAN, Cap didn't stand a chance. Some of them were fun, but FA was a TERRIFIC ride! Crazy enough, neither lasted that long.
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