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"Doc Savage (Series 1988-90)"
DC continued their series with Doc Savage in the modern era in this ongoing title.
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| Issue #: | 1 | | Publishing Date: | November 1988 |
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| Title: | Fire in the Sky: The Discord Makers, Part 1 | | Credits: | Dennis O'Neil (writer), Rod Wigham (penciler)
Steve Montano (inker), Tony Tollin (colorist), Eric Peterson (cover penciler) | | Score: | ¶¶¶ (out of 5) | | Synopsis: | Monk and Ham relate to a pair of visiting Senators how in 1945 Doc Savage prevented the sabotage of the first atom bomb test, narrowly surviving the blast, and sent the saboteur, Albert Jastrik, to his clinic for a mind-altering lobotomy. After the Senators tour the Fortress of Solitude and meet Doc, one Senator, ...
Sign in to see the full synopsis | | Synopsis Written By: | Peter Silvestro |
| Pro Review: | By Peter Silvestro
The first regular issue begins a six-part story arc with a bit of misdirection: the events of this issue look like we’re in for a spy story/murder mystery, perhaps connected with Doc’s Crime College. This is a low-key (apart from the nuclear explosion) opening for a story that will encompass much more but here serves well to show Doc in his apocalyptic 1940s glory and briefly summarize how he comes to be an active hero in 1988. The new art team does well, their style is of a piece with the Kuberts’ but not quite so elaborate. If you liked Adam and Andy, Rod and Steve will serve as well. One advantage to the new artists is that the elderly aides are not portrayed as quite as decrepit as they were in the miniseries (mind, you, they’d have to be close to 100 years old), though Monk with black hair is a problem we thought only Marvel had trouble with. O’Neil still can’t seem to find a use for Johnny and Renny, though. The nice painted cover by Eric Peterson has the feel of the Bantam paperbacks
Score: 3 (out of 5) |
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