Twelve
Comic Summary: Written and Penciled by Charles Nicholas, Basil Wolverton, Will Harr, Maurice Gutwirth, Mike Robard, Sam Cooper & Chris Weston This preview comic features the origin stories of Golden Age greats 'Rockman' from USA Comics #1 (August 1941) by Charles Nicholas and Basil Wolverton and the never-before-reprinted 'Laughing Mask' by Will Harr and Maurice Gutwirth from Daring Mystery Comics #2 (February 1940) and Phantom Reporter by Mike Robard and Sam Cooper from Daring Mystery Comics #3 (April 1940) along with character sketches and preview pages of the new series The Twelve by J. Michael Straczynski with art by Chris Weston.
Codes: 75960605996600111 OCT072127
- Price:
$2.99$2.39- Author:
- Chris Weston
- Author:
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Author:
- Will Harr
- Author:
- Charles Nicholas
- Author:
- Mike Robard
- Author:
- Sam Cooper
- Author:
- Basil Wolverton
- Artist:
- Chris Weston
- Artist:
- Maurice Gutwirth
- Artist:
- Will Harr
- Artist:
- Charles Nicholas
- Artist:
- Mike Robard
- Artist:
- Sam Cooper
- Artist:
- Basil Wolverton
- Release Date:
- December 5, 2007
- In Stock?
- Not currently available
- Genre:
- Superhero
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Customer Reviews
Insane and not very good, but interesting.
Rockman is the best of the bunch, a leader of an underground world that is very well visualized and has a “Flash Gordon” quality to it. It’s just strange that he cares about the surface world and the U.S. Also, there’s weird stuff like a ghoulish character on the splash who doesn’t appear in the story.
The Laughing Mask is a psychopath. He could very easily be updated to a Rorshach type, but the golden-age story is clumsy. There is actually a box on nearly every panel narrating what is going on. He has these guns that he pulls out of thin air or something. Weston’s updated costume realizes this and gives him holsters.
The Phantom Reporter is nutty. I like the name, but would anyone really call himself that? No one actually uses that name in the story. His alter egos are very weird.
I am very intrigued by what they will do with these characters. This is worth checking out for historical value and as a setup for the new series. Reading this, you realize why Batman survived and these guys vanished for decades.
1 pts.