The Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man [Hardcover]

Kenneth Bulmer (Author), Jesus Blasco (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Now starring in Albion - a brand new US comics series plotted by the legendary Alan Moore - the Steel Claw joins the Spider as the next classic British comics character to receive the beautifully packaged hardcover archive treatment! When a lab experiment goes disastrously awry, Louis Crandell discovers that when his right hand - the eponymous steel claw - connects with electricity, he becomes invisible! But to what nefarious ends can he put this new power? Never-before-collected, boasting a stunning new cover by comics legend Brian Bolland (Batman: The Killing Joke), and featuring exclusive new articles exploring the history of the Steel Claw, this collection is the perfect introduction!

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About the Author

Tom Tully is the creator and writer of many classic British boys' comic characters, with a long run on Roy of the Rovers, plus Action's controversial Look Out For Lefty, Battle Action's Johnny Red, Buster's The Leopard of Lime Street, Valiant's Mytek the Mighty, and 2000 AD's The Mind of Wolfie Smith. Jesus Blasco is regarded as one of the masters of Spanish comics, with work on many titles including Tex Willer. His Fleetway work includes The Indestructible Man.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845761561
• ISBN-13: 978-1845761561
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.6 x 11.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,519,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars James Bond but invisible and everyone has an accent, January 23, 2010

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This story started out as a modern (60s) type of take on the invisible man. Or at least that's what I thought. It's good but if your not into things like Marvels Essentials or DCs Showcase then you probably won't like this black and white British comic either.I loved the art but from what I hear the later stories in the series were better. By better I mean the Steel Claw went from opportunistic quasi supervillian to a James Bond knockoff, (he really did look like Connery). Still if you like Albion pick it up. I did like it better than the Spider series by Superman's Shiegel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING, January 20, 2009

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I knew absolutely nothing about British comics when I purchased this, other than the fact that I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore's work on Miracle Man, Superman, and of course the Watchman series. I figured the comics collected in this book are the strories Moore read as a youngster, and must have influenced him. I was taking a gamble in purchasing this - but WOW it is certainly worth the time and money it takes to acquire and absorb this. This and the other two hardcovers collecting these classic British comics are really the only examples I've seen that made me realize sometimes comics are better in black and white so you can appreciate all the tiny details that usually get covered up by colored inks. The fast-paced story makes this a hard book to put down, but the art makes it almost impossible! Having read comics since the X-teams explosion in the early 90's, I have to say this is simply one of the best comics I've ever laid my hands on. A must-have (truly) for anyone who likes classic comics that are leaps and bounds superior to most of the mindless hogwash that once-great washups like Grant Morrisson, Frank Miller, and Warren Ellis put out today. The DC and Marvel universes are so backwards nowadays that it's no longer fun - just a chore - to figure out what these losers like Brian Michael Bendis and J.M.S. are doing to all the old favorite characters from my youth (ie somehow the Vision, who can alter his body to become totally intangible or hard as a diamond, didn't survive the EXTREMELY LAME Secret Invasion saga, yet the Punisher and Norman Osborn (aka the Green Goblin) are totally unscathed by the event even though they are well-known human weaklings). Why? because comics nowadays are LAME. They'd rather make you say "I can't believe they did that" than have you actually enjoy and retain some good story-telling. Don't waste your money on any of this NEW AVENGERS and NEW GREEN Lantern Corps garbage - buy THE STEEL CLAW and you'll know exactly how excellent comics could be. You won't regret this purchase if you like action, sci-fi, Frank Frazetta, or good old fashioned, action-packed pulp comics. 'nuff said, true believer!