It was called The L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons) and it was a 6 issue mini-series.
Let me say I was overly excited to hear that a comic was coming out featuring the Charlton characters as a team. This was something I was waiting years to see come to fruition. Unfortunately it was doomed from the start...beginning with the title. I often wondered if DC could've used The Sentinels of Justice moniker instead. In any case, the story was not that great and some of the characters went through changes that were not in their best interest. Take Nightshade, she ended up looking like a Zebra and was devoid of any personality. Judomaster's sidekick, Tiger, became a villain with powers that didn't seem plausible for him to possess. Also, a new peacemaker was introduced, which lacked the spirit of the original that had died sometime ago.
I would've liked to have seen the group come together in an attempt to rescue the original Peacemaker, found alive and held captive in an undisclosed place. Perhaps if writer, Bob Layton, kept the story and characters as close as their original Charlton concepts as possible [see picture to the right] The L.A.W. might've went farther than it did.
"History of the DC Universe" by Wolfman and Perez, when the DCU use to make sense.
That's a great look for her, and she's got a great distinctive powerset (tons of shadow/darkforce villains, but pretty rare for a hero). I like it better when darkness manipulators are a little more subtle, and not just 'black Green Lanterns' with all the dark-constructs, but even that's kind of cool.
Always loved the Charlton characters. My introduction to them actually came in the form of two comics published by Americomics in the 80's. Interesting that the Blue Beetle comic cover is pencilled by Pat Broderick, who'd go on to draw Captain Atom for DC.
My introduction was also the Sentinels of Justice comic, which I liked a lot, but I never got the Blue Beetle one. Did Broderick also do the interior art. If not, who did? My second introduction to Captain Atom, who eventually became one of my favorite heroes, was a DC Comics Presents starring Cap, Superman and Firestorm, with art by Dennis Cowan.
I LOVE Captain Atom. His post-crisis book was, up till around #50, one of the best books DC has published. Love the intrigue, the supporting cast (Goz, DOc Megala, Babylon, his children), the conturbated relationship with Ewing, the action and Cap himself, so powerful, yet human in every way you can think, and a true hero. The Dr. Manhattan New 52 version, not so much. Felt like a waste of potentila going with a subpar derivative version of a derivative version. The art was cool, but that was it. Felt soulless. A shame.
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It's good to see there is love for these characters but as I read about the Charlton heroes, but I just discovered than beyond the Ghost I didn't know a lot about Charlton villians. Which one was the most relevant?
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"History of the DC Universe" by Wolfman and Perez, when the DCU use to make sense.
The Mad Men are foils of Blue Beetle/Ted Kord
Lynx gave Sarge Steel a bit of trouble.
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"History of the DC Universe" by Wolfman and Perez, when the DCU use to make sense.
I loved how they worked Doctor Spectro into the Post Crisis Captain Atom, as a part of his cover story that became real.
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