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About This
Series:
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It's
always refreshing to see a not-serious superhero comic. This
series is fun from beginning to end. It's an action-comedy and
satirical spoof of comic book superheroes in the Cold War era.
Set in the 1950s, "Fighting Yank" boasts sleek, beautiful artwork in a
Jack Kirby-esque style. This series is so well-drawn and reads so
well that I do not even mind it being in black and white.
Issues:
Issue #2: 2002.
Fighting Yank teams with the oversexed Rocketman and Jet Girl in
fighting giant cockroach Mortho. Watch for the spoof on Marvel's
Nick Fury and His Howling Commandoes, called here, Phil Angry and His
Hollerin' Hellcats. Real superhero characters of the 1950s, in
satirical form, include: Fighting Yank, Rocketman, Jet Girl, The
Terror, Miss Masque, and Thun'da, King of the Congo.
Issue #4: 2002. Phil Angry returns from issue #2, the Hellcats now agents of S.H.M.U.C. (spoof on Marvel's Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.). This time, Angry accidentally sends Fighting Yank into the year 2419. There he is met by three bosomy lovelies called the Starfems, guardians of the galaxy. Mysta of the Moon has designs on Yank. The other two are Gale Allen and Futura. Together they battle Ralff the Ruthless (parody on Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless), Space Siren Tanya, and Mars, God of War. Yank is then returned to his own time. Other "real" 1950s heroes besides Yank and the characters that comprise the Starfems include Captain Video and Commando Cody. Stormy Tempest is an AC Comics original character, member of the Starfems that Bill Black created back in 1980 for the Paragon publisher. Many tie-ins of sci-fi media will be seen, including Alien, Duck Dodgers, Flash Gordon, Futurama, and Star Masters (also AC characters), among others.
Issue #4: 2002. Phil Angry returns from issue #2, the Hellcats now agents of S.H.M.U.C. (spoof on Marvel's Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D.). This time, Angry accidentally sends Fighting Yank into the year 2419. There he is met by three bosomy lovelies called the Starfems, guardians of the galaxy. Mysta of the Moon has designs on Yank. The other two are Gale Allen and Futura. Together they battle Ralff the Ruthless (parody on Flash Gordon's Ming the Merciless), Space Siren Tanya, and Mars, God of War. Yank is then returned to his own time. Other "real" 1950s heroes besides Yank and the characters that comprise the Starfems include Captain Video and Commando Cody. Stormy Tempest is an AC Comics original character, member of the Starfems that Bill Black created back in 1980 for the Paragon publisher. Many tie-ins of sci-fi media will be seen, including Alien, Duck Dodgers, Flash Gordon, Futurama, and Star Masters (also AC characters), among others.