tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post2841635874544674925..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: Boom Boom Brannigan-Charles Voight-1946Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-76115595837352221982012-04-28T19:52:38.804-04:002012-04-28T19:52:38.804-04:00At the time a boxing hero isn’t all that unusual, ...At the time a boxing hero isn’t all that unusual, after all at the time Joe Palooka was going well, and just 10 years earlier I think there there were at least three fiction pulps devoted to boxing themed fiction.Terry McCombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421792793596913972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-3256040907942579872012-04-13T07:52:37.002-04:002012-04-13T07:52:37.002-04:00So the crooks and their victim both wind up behind...So the crooks and their victim both wind up behind bars, but only one as a freakshow. Oh well, the times and all that.<br /><br />While boxing may be an unusual subject for comic books (lord knows Japanese mangas build insane volumes out of far less exciting sports) this is one wild, detailed story, far more of a "novel" than the vast majority of its modern "graphic" brethren.<br /><br />And every image of poor Urko is a freakin' masterpiece, from his terrifying close-ups to his rampage in the ring to the way he creams his opponents with the most casual gestures.<br /><br />I think I love this comic.BillyWitchDoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311279565432013472noreply@blogger.com