One of the more prominent of the scores of comic book magic men was Fawcett's Ibis the Invincible, always fiddling with his Ibistick. Here's a fun little wartime Ibis story with a gremlin or a goblin or...well..a little man who wasn't there.
Ibis and Taia are fairly appealing characters; and, at least when Taia is better drawn, I'm typically glad to see one of their appearances. But this story illustrates the basic problem with almost all of their stories — the Ibistick is far too powerful for real drama or suspense; Ibis has the solution literally in hand from the start, but fails to make good use of it, at least until an avoidable mess has been created.
Ibis and Taia are fairly appealing characters; and, at least when Taia is better drawn, I'm typically glad to see one of their appearances. But this story illustrates the basic problem with almost all of their stories — the Ibistick is far too powerful for real drama or suspense; Ibis has the solution literally in hand from the start, but fails to make good use of it, at least until an avoidable mess has been created.
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