In a world of high-flying, trendy superheroes who live like celebrities, there is a shadowy, back-alley world where mystery men, those old school vigilantes who rely on their fists and indominatable wills, wage lonely wars on crime. This is the world of Johnny Saturn, a street-level avenger at the end of long, brutal career. Johnny Saturn's body may be breaking down, but he's still got one last job to do-- foil the plots of master terrorist, Dr Horatio Synn. Thrill to the adventures of Johnny Saturn, the mystery man who never gives up. Interfering superheroes? Addiction? Dysfunctional family? Death itself? It's all in a day's work for Johnny Saturn. Johnny Saturn is the underdog that bites back!
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Format:Paperback
I collect GA and SA comics and stopped getting many new comics years ago. Johnny Saturn is not typical, which makes it fun to read and one of the few new comics I look forward to getting.
Format:Paperback
I have been a fan of Johnny Saturn for quite a while now. This is a very interesting story with lots of twists and turns and nothing about it can be called formulaic or typical. What other story starts you out at the main character's funeral, for instance? Don't worry, that really is just the beginning of the story. This is a character that not even death can stop! If you like to be pulled into a story and want to read something like nothing else you have ever read, then you will love this book! If you want just another, boring, predictable story, then pass this one by - because there is nothing boring or predictable about it!
By Bob Freeman
Format:Paperback
As a long time comic fan, I am one of the voices that can be heard decrying the state of the industry. I can offer up a laundry list of all the things I think that are wrong in the four color world. It is always a pleasure for me to be able to shine a light on what is right in comics.
One of the shining examples of what is right is Scott and Benita Story's Johnny Saturn. Take tight storytelling and old school artwork, toss them in a blender with the best of what has come before and the hope of things to come and Johnny Saturn is what is born from that volatile concoction.
Johnny Saturn, for me, is definitely a throwback to those heady days of mid-twentieth century "mystery men", ala The Shadow, Doc Savage, and even The Batman (as originally conceived). He is the embodiment of that spartan work ethic and sure moral center that is largely missing in todays comics.
Johnny Saturn is hard-boiled, tooth and nail heroism that invokes the old school stylings of Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Joe Simon, and Gil Kane, but matched with that peculiar blend of modern angst and classic art that has been the trademark of creators like Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons.
Johnny Saturn is larger than life in a way that can only be showcased by the "street-level" adventures of a man of mystery. It is a snapshot of reality, played out on a grand stage, with all the inner turmoil that is wrestled with by we, the readers, and that's what makes Johnny Saturn tick. We know we are lesser men than Johnny Saturn, but his will and moral fiber are inspiring, and that kids, is what comics were meant to do. Not to be masturbatory fantasies, but inspiring tales that show us what we can be...
Johnny Saturn, in summation, rocks.
'Nuff Said...
~Bob Freeman
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One of the shining examples of what is right is Scott and Benita Story's Johnny Saturn. Take tight storytelling and old school artwork, toss them in a blender with the best of what has come before and the hope of things to come and Johnny Saturn is what is born from that volatile concoction.
Johnny Saturn, for me, is definitely a throwback to those heady days of mid-twentieth century "mystery men", ala The Shadow, Doc Savage, and even The Batman (as originally conceived). He is the embodiment of that spartan work ethic and sure moral center that is largely missing in todays comics.
Johnny Saturn is hard-boiled, tooth and nail heroism that invokes the old school stylings of Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Joe Simon, and Gil Kane, but matched with that peculiar blend of modern angst and classic art that has been the trademark of creators like Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons.
Johnny Saturn is larger than life in a way that can only be showcased by the "street-level" adventures of a man of mystery. It is a snapshot of reality, played out on a grand stage, with all the inner turmoil that is wrestled with by we, the readers, and that's what makes Johnny Saturn tick. We know we are lesser men than Johnny Saturn, but his will and moral fiber are inspiring, and that kids, is what comics were meant to do. Not to be masturbatory fantasies, but inspiring tales that show us what we can be...
Johnny Saturn, in summation, rocks.
'Nuff Said...
~Bob Freeman
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