tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post4391970200669107263..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Decent Comics: "Big Max" by Kirby and RoyerThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-73183869056823827152016-09-27T23:27:47.936-04:002016-09-27T23:27:47.936-04:00Captain Storm was the first DC Silver Age action h...Captain Storm was the first DC Silver Age action hero to debut in his own self-titled comic book. (Sgt. Rock began as a feature in Our Army At War, and the superheroes, Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, and the rest, all first had try-outs in Showcase or Brave & Bold. The Three Mouseketeers premiered in their own comic, but that was a "funny animal" feature, not a "serious" genre like superheroes or war.)<br /><br />PT boat officers were a hot topic in 1964 (when Capt. Storm #1 was published), thanks to our martyred President Kennedy (who had been officer-in-charge of Patrol Torpedo Boat #109 in WWII). That may account for DC's initial confidence in the character. <br /><br />Storm ended up in Our Fighting Forces as a member of The Losers, along with other characters whose solo strips had been cancelled. The relegation of Storm, Johnny Cloud, and Gunner & Sarge to an ensemble strip may be a sign of a general decline in the popularity of war comics by the 1970's. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-2582336045049174852016-09-27T13:42:25.771-04:002016-09-27T13:42:25.771-04:00Groovester you are making me nostalgic for kirby.....Groovester you are making me nostalgic for kirby... Cut it out! I'm too busy to be digging out the long boxes!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.com