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Manhunter (Archie Goodwin & Walt Simonson)
Anybody else a fan of this Detective Comics backup feature from the early '70s? Terrific pulp hero nonsense with the perfect blend of melodrama and moody darkness.
I pulled out my copy of the reprint last night and was amazed all over again. There are pages where Simonson manages to fit, like 17 panels on a single page while still telling a clear visual story. As a side note, I keep getting baffled that DC tries to reuse the name "Manhunter" without bringing back the fantastic costume this guy had. I think they've done this at least twice. |
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I could never get into Walt Simonson's art style. To me, it was rather sloppy. His run on Thor and X-Factor bugged me.
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Jacques, I have that same reprint edition!
I've always been a fan. Good stuff. I remember first discovering Manhunter in an issue of Secret Society of Super-Villains. I thought he was pretty cool although his costume was a bit flamboyant. |
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There's a later reprint edition that includes a followup story Goodwin plotted before his death. Simonson drew it up as a wordless story, but I found it entirely anticlimactic. Once you know how the original story turned out, there's not much point to revisiting it. Also, they gave Simonson a lot more pages to work with than he used on the original backup stories, so the art doesn't have that same tight use of tiny panels. |
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