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THE GOLDEN AGE Graphic Novel V1
ONE OF THE MOST EPIC SUPERHERO STORIES OF ALL TIME.
RARE AND OUT OF PRINT! THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES BY JAMES ROBINSON AND PAUL SMITH.
This series led into STARMAN and the current JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA series enjoyed by fans today!
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Some of the greatest heroes of the 1940s JSA including the original Green Lantern, Atom, Hawkman, Starman and othersreturn in this spectacular Elseworlds tale. The story follows their postwar adventures as they battle evil in a world they fear may no longer need them. And as their importance wanes, a new hero, Dynaman, rallies the nation behind his fascist agenda.
Clearly influenced by Alan Moore's Watchmen, this reissue depicts DC's superheroes from the 1940s hanging up their capes following the end of WWII. Whereas Moore's superheroes were forced into retirement, here the heroes succumb to disillusionment, personality flaws and even madness. Robinson projects the dark pessimism of 1990s superhero comics onto the idealistic, committed heroes of half a century before. One of these "mystery men," Tex Thompson, alias the Americommando, enters politics and initiates a government project that uses atomic power to create Dynaman, a "superman" who becomes a living weapon against the Soviets. Beneath their patriotic rhetoric, Thompson and Dynaman conspire to become dictators.
Smith's realistic artwork and mastery of gesture and facial expression bring out all the dramatic potential in Robinson's scenario.
In the early ’40s, America was engulfed in the bloodiest war it had ever seen. But for all the tragedy, it was also a time of wonder and heroes. On the home front, legends such as Hawkman, Green Lantern, Dr. Mid-Nite, Hourman, and countless others fought the good fight against crime and sabotage. They would have fought the war itself had it not been for a German superman called Parsifal, whose power negated theirs. Parsifal was eventually defeated by the Americommando, but by then the bomb had been developed. Soon it was all over.
It was the beginning of a new age of hope for America, but the end of the Golden Age for its heroes. Some retired, others went insane. Some did worse.
The Golden Age is a masterfully crafted Elseworlds series by James Robinson and Paul Smith.
An EXTREMELY RARE item!!
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