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Captain Gravity and the Power of the Vril

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Created by Stephen Vrattos, written by Joshua Dysart, "Captain Gravity And The Power Of The Vril" is an outstanding science fiction adventure graphic novel penciled by Sal Velluto, inked by Bob Almond, Joe Rubenstein and sal Velluto, colored by Mike Garcia, lettered by Richard Starkings and Albert Deschsne, and featuring a dramatic cover by Sal Velluto and Mike Garcia. It's the Golden Age of 1930s movie-making and a young man working for one of the Hollywood studios finds his destiny amid B-movie sets, involved in a pre-war international intrigue, compounded by an archaeological discovery - all of which combine to compel a re-examination of accepted human history. An enthusiastically recommended and wonderfully entertaining read, "Captain Gravity And The Power Of The Vril" most closely resemblances one of those thrilling Saturday matinee movie serials of yesteryear with its cliff-hanging scenarios of seemingly inescapable dangers, clever plot twists, heroism and villainy!

Captain Gravity is an excellent graphic novel. A very well paced and thought through story that captures the 30's serial feel with some excellent twists. It maintains a modern feel due to the attack the story takes with it's core issue. I won't spoil it though it is revealed early (it's possibly even in the product description) why the super hero must go masked. Land of the free? Home of the brave certainly :-)

A must for any serious comic collector.