Dare I allow myself to become excited?
So, I really like the Spirit (duh, I do spend time playing him on the Internet). I really liked the DC revitalization of his series and enjoyed the books they were putting out under Darwyn Cooke's vision for the character, but then a couple of things happened. One, Cooke left the book, and that made me sad. Two... Really, all I should say is "Die in a fire, Frank Miller", because otherwise I'll launch into ridiculous amounts of profanity and need to go find some booze. The point is, I stopped reading DC's book and just about lost faith in everything Spirit-related that was coming from them.
But now there are new developments, and thus I am forced to ask the question in the subject line. And what are these developments, you might ask...?
This. Read more, if you like.
Why is this exciting? Well, I'm a sucker for the Golden Age and any stories in the pulp adventure style that preceded it--original stuff like the Phantom, the Shadow, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, and yes, the Spirit, as well as homages that echo that dynamic, like Indiana Jones and the Rocketeer. So learning that DC is planning on a new series set in an AU that utilizes some of those sensibilities (even were they not including the Spirit!) would ping me.
But there's more. They're anchoring the series with one of the all-time heavyweights, here--Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze. He's the guy in jodhpurs, (well, the guy in johdpurs without the bird on his chest) and his awesomeness derives only in part from the fact that he's packing a C96 Mauser, one of the coolest guns ever. No, this is a guy who influenced Siegel and Shuster to create Superman, because the only way to make him more awesome was to adapt his character into an alien who can bench press the Chrysler Building and is called SUPERMAN.
Also pictured are some chick with a panther, and one of the Blackhawks. I don't know much about them, to be honest, but the chick is wearing a leotard and hey, has a panther, and I do know the Blackhawks are like fighter pilot mystery men, so that's cool. Plus the venue allows DC to pull in other Golden Age mystery men, like the original Sandman or the Crimson Avenger, or (if they can get the license again) the goddamn Shadow, who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.
Anyway. Long story short, Spirit's getting a push in a new book that should have elements that I really, really like. Dare I allow myself to become excited?
Too late.
But now there are new developments, and thus I am forced to ask the question in the subject line. And what are these developments, you might ask...?
This. Read more, if you like.
Why is this exciting? Well, I'm a sucker for the Golden Age and any stories in the pulp adventure style that preceded it--original stuff like the Phantom, the Shadow, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, and yes, the Spirit, as well as homages that echo that dynamic, like Indiana Jones and the Rocketeer. So learning that DC is planning on a new series set in an AU that utilizes some of those sensibilities (even were they not including the Spirit!) would ping me.
But there's more. They're anchoring the series with one of the all-time heavyweights, here--Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze. He's the guy in jodhpurs, (well, the guy in johdpurs without the bird on his chest) and his awesomeness derives only in part from the fact that he's packing a C96 Mauser, one of the coolest guns ever. No, this is a guy who influenced Siegel and Shuster to create Superman, because the only way to make him more awesome was to adapt his character into an alien who can bench press the Chrysler Building and is called SUPERMAN.
Also pictured are some chick with a panther, and one of the Blackhawks. I don't know much about them, to be honest, but the chick is wearing a leotard and hey, has a panther, and I do know the Blackhawks are like fighter pilot mystery men, so that's cool. Plus the venue allows DC to pull in other Golden Age mystery men, like the original Sandman or the Crimson Avenger, or (if they can get the license again) the goddamn Shadow, who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.
Anyway. Long story short, Spirit's getting a push in a new book that should have elements that I really, really like. Dare I allow myself to become excited?
Too late.