Monday, November 12, 2012

Manhunter and Thor-Police Comics-1944


Nothing too special about this almost generic Quality strip. It just made me think of Walt Simonson for some reason and I couldn't figure out why. Then it occurred to me--Manhunter? Thor? NOW we know what inspired Walt to two of his greatest triumphs! (Or maybe not.)










2 comments:

Daniel [oeconomist.com] said...

Perhaps it should be noted that this story is modelled on Donovan's Brain by Kurt Siodmak.

James Robert Smith said...

Obviously stolen from Siodmak.

Comic book writers did that a lot--stole from the sf/fantasy/horror pulps of the day. Of course Donovan's Brain had quite a life outside of the pulps. But I'm betting this comic story was done before the yarn was developed into radio and film formats.