tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post3859676422912149741..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: The Spectre With Percival Popp-Bernard Baily-1944Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-67239614398578732212013-12-01T09:48:59.765-05:002013-12-01T09:48:59.765-05:00I don't see these characters as having been to...I don't see these characters as having been too powerful for their <i>own</i> good, but rather as too powerful for writers and illustrators trying to make a quick, formulaic buck.<br /><br />As with the later Dr Strange (to whom Doctor Fate has more than once been compared), the stories for these characters work when they maintain a <i>surreal atmosphere</i>. But there are different sorts of dreams; the Spectre belongs in a very bleak world, a nightmare characterized by emptiness; Doctor Fate in a world that mixes Lovecraft and theosophy.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com