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Jack Kirby and Joe Simon's legendary superhero introduced in 1954 is brought to the current generation of young comics fans in this continuation of the original adventures of the character, distinctive by its two-fisted action with a vintage feel.
About the author
Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, who has written both the comics and videogame and gaming industries since 1991 and his first published work in Blast! Magazine. He went on to creat the cult classic White Trash: Moronic Inferno, for Toxic! as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. For 2000 AD he created Missionary Man, Witch World and Rain Dogs, Necronauts and Caballistics, Inc. He also wrote Mean Machine and the return of Rogue Trooper.
Rennie has done a lot of work on computer games and was nominated for the 2006 BAFTA for his script on the Rogue Trooper game as well as a nomination for the 2012 Writers' Guild of Great Britain's Best Videogame Script award.
Duke Mighten got his first professional job after being discovered at an UK comic convention by Pat Mills. He went on to draw Brats Bizarre and Accident Man for the cult British comic Toxic! Dark Angel for Marvel UK and Judge Dredd and Shimura for Judge Dredd Megazine. He currently lives and works in Sidney Australia as an art director and concept artist working in the games industry.
Summary
Fighting American is the fantastic return of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon's legendary super hero, originally created back in 1954. This all-new adventure written by Gordon Rennie and drawn by Duke Mighten, sees the ultimate icon of truth, justice and the American Way literally bursting into our world.
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“This was fun!” - Jerry Ordway (Superman)
“A fast-paced modern classic. 5 out of 5” - Comic Bastards
"With its wicked and witty sense of humor and great art, Fighting American is a fun and exciting comic for people who like comics." - Capeless Crusader
“Fighting American” is a both a great homage and parody of the comics of old" - Multiversity Comics
"The artwork by Duke Mighten is fantastic and a great homage to the original strips...9.8 out of 10!" - SciFi Pulse
"Fighting American has the whiz of classic comics with a twist you won’t want to miss." - Adventures in Poor Taste!
"4 out of 5" - Outright Geekery
