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Back in the 1970s, newsstand distribution was still the primary source of comic books. To reach a slightly older audience, though, publishers would want to be put in the magazine section. To save cost, these magazines would be in black and white. So it was that DC Comics tried Doc Savage in this format.
This volume reprints all eight issues of the magazine, and the fact that it was originally b&w works in fhe reprint's favor. Doug Moench has a good time channeling Kenneth Robeson, and the art is lovingly done. However, the word balloons show that the lettering was slipshod, with entire words being left out of sentences.
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Though the series is set in the 1930s, there's a definite Seventies vibe to the psuedo-science, with pyramid power and ancient astronauts and other such outmoded story devices. No doubt a current series will seem as quaint in forty years.
This volume reprints all eight issues of the magazine, and the fact that it was originally b&w works in fhe reprint's favor. Doug Moench has a good time channeling Kenneth Robeson, and the art is lovingly done. However, the word balloons show that the lettering was slipshod, with entire words being left out of sentences.
For more comic book reviews, see http://www.skjam.com/category/comic-book/
Though the series is set in the 1930s, there's a definite Seventies vibe to the psuedo-science, with pyramid power and ancient astronauts and other such outmoded story devices. No doubt a current series will seem as quaint in forty years.
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