Monday, May 08, 2006

Superman at War


Speaking of which, let's see modern comics do something like this. (Wow. "...epic battles of good versus evil (read Allies vs. Axis)." Um, who doesn't read it that way? People crack me up. Give it 50 years, historians will tell you that the Axis was oppressed by the imperialist Allies.)

Back in 2001, Joltin' Joe Straczynski did an issue of The Amazing Spider-man about the World Trade Center (Manhattan is super-hero central in the Marvel U) with all the Marvel heroes showing up to sift through the rubble and care for the wounded with the NYFD. It even included the likes of Dr. Otto Octavius and Victor von Doom pitching in. The bad guys said "Hey, we're bad, but this is just EVIL." You know you're in a bad spot when Doc Ock calls you the bad guy.

Remember that kind of focus? I know, I know, loooong time ago.

1 comment:

Tallguy said...

Huzzah! Actually I'd be a lot more excited if Frank hadn't written DK2. But he's got the right attitude.