Pulp Heroes & Analogues in DC.

[CaptCleghorn]

I could see the Human Target as being a version of the Avenger (Richard Benson). The disguises are a major aspect of each character and there is at least as much similarity as between Michael Holt and Clark Savage.

[DrNewGod]

I could see the Human Target as being a version of the Avenger (Richard Benson). The disguises are a major aspect of each character and there is at least as much similarity as between Michael Holt and Clark Savage.

Nemesis might be a closer match on the comics side. On the pulp side, The Shadow was also big into disguises.

[CaptCleghorn]

Nemesis might be a closer match on the comics side. On the pulp side, The Shadow was also big into disguises.

Certainly we can have more than one comic version. But you do have a very good point with Nemesis.

As to the Shadow, his far wider range of abilities and actions puts him into Batman territory where the Avenger, Target, and Nemesis were more one-trick ponies.

[DrNewGod]

Certainly we can have more than one comic version. But you do have a very good point with Nemesis.

As to the Shadow, his far wider range of abilities and actions puts him into Batman territory where the Avenger, Target, and Nemesis were more one-trick ponies.

Yeah, you're right on Bats.

[Thor-Ul]

Don't forget earth-20, home of the most pulp adaptions characters: Doc Fate! and the Society of Super-heroes.
And Batman's favorite pulp hero, The Grey Ghost.

[ed2962]

I thought the new heroes in The Immortal Men have kind of a pulp feel. The New Challengers while not "pulp" have an old school adventure vibe built into the premise.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

In a way, Mister Terrific (Michael Holt) is something of a Doc Savage for our times, substituting an infinite supply of skills for super strength.

Even Terry Sloane fits that bill, only in a much, much, much lamer way.

[Güicho]

Also Iron Munro(Arn Munro(DCs Doc Savage)), Fury Erinyes(Helena Kosmatos), Flying Fox, and Neptune Perkins once WWII/pulpy era analogues for their "vanished" golden age counterparts Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Aquaman.

[Electricmastro]

The most influential precursors to Golden Age heroes are probably:

Sherlock Holmes (1887)

John Carter (1912)

Tarzan (1912)

Zorro (1919)

Buck Rogers (1929)

Popeye (1929)

Hugo Danner (1930)

The Shadow (1930)

Dick Tracy (1931)

Conan the Barbarian (1932)

The Lone Ranger (1933)

Doc Savage (1933)

The Spider (1933)

Flash Gordon (1934)

Mandrake the Magician (1934)

The Green Hornet (1936)

The Phantom (1936)

[MajorHoy]

I'd still love to see DC do a non-canon limited series like Dynamite's first Masks series.



Set in +/-1939-1940 (before the U.S. formally entered WWII) and possibly featuring:
* Batman
* Crimson Avenger
* Dr. Mid-Nite
* Green Arrow
* Invisible Hood
* The Jester
* The King
* Midnight
* Phantom Lady
* Sandman (Wes Dodds)
* The Whip
* Wildcat
* Zatara
and if it's non-canon, you could always add the Golden Age (no sonic cry) Black Canary (who wasn't introduced until 1947).

[13th Superman]

I'd still love to see DC do a non-canon limited series like Dynamite's first Masks series.



Set in +/-1939-1940 (before the U.S. formally entered WWII) and possibly featuring:
* Batman
* Crimson Avenger
* Dr. Mid-Nite
* Green Arrow
* Invisible Hood
* The Jester
* The King
* Midnight
* Phantom Lady
* Sandman (Wes Dodds)
* The Whip
* Wildcat
* Zatara
and if it's non-canon, you could always add the Golden Age (no sonic cry) Black Canary (who wasn't introduced until 1947).

�� I am so down for this!

[MajorHoy]

�� I am so down for this!

Now, if only DC was . . .

[MajorHoy]

From another thread (Golden Age Midnight (Dave Clark / orig. Quality Comics) Appreciation Thread 2022: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...on-Thread-2022):

I'm surprised DC has rarely used him.

Would love to see him, the original Crimson Avenger, Zatara and the original Sandman on a team together... in a world with no superpowers...

[Big Bad Voodoo Lou]

I've always wanted a new retro-pulp take on Greg Saunders, the Golden Age Vigilante. Make him like a modern-day Lone Ranger/Gene Autry/Roy Rogers type crossed with Antonio Banderas' El Mariachi character and masked alt-country singer Orville Peck -- a singer-songwriter sensation, but also a mysterious masked stuntman who rides a motorcycle and fights crime and corruption, dressed like an old-timey Hollywood cowboy. Imagine him taking on modern threats with dual six-guns, a lariat, and a guitar slung over his back, while also improvising songs about his adventures (like narcocorridos, but from a hero's perspective).

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Also Iron Munro(Arn Munro(DCs Doc Savage)), Fury Erinyes(Helena Kosmatos), Flying Fox, and Neptune Perkins once WWII/pulpy era analogues for their "vanished" golden age counterparts Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and Aquaman.

They should brought back if JSA ever happens.