Western media is defined by the importance it places on individual heroes. Cowboys were huge in the Golden Age of comics, and their stories paved the way for the superheroes of today. Lone rangers may have traded their spurs and six-irons for capes and cowls, but the rugged individualism of the Wild West is alive and well in lawless towns like Gotham and Central City.Sometimes modern heroes meet up with the saddle-sore saviors of yesteryear, resulting in film-worthy Western tales that cross genre boundaries and remind readers where that fighting spirit came from in the first place. DC has its share of Western titles back in the day, many of which starred outlaws and lawmen with as much true grit as any great Western film character.Batman/Superman #19-20 brings the old West to the infinite frontier, hurling Batman and Superman through time, meta-textual space, and into a Western. It’s a classic gambit with a fresh twist, introducing Etrigan mid-conflict and setting up stakes outside accepted reality.RELATED: 10 Marvel Comics That Would Make Great Western Movies
Western media is defined by the importance it places on individual heroes. Cowboys were huge in the Golden Age of comics, and their stories paved the way for the superheroes of today. Lone rangers may have traded their spurs and six-irons for capes and cowls, but the rugged individualism of the Wild West is alive and well in lawless towns like Gotham and Central City.
Sometimes modern heroes meet up with the saddle-sore saviors of yesteryear, resulting in film-worthy Western tales that cross genre boundaries and remind readers where that fighting spirit came from in the first place. DC has its share of Western titles back in the day, many of which starred outlaws and lawmen with as much true grit as any great Western film character.
Batman/Superman #19-20 brings the old West to the infinite frontier, hurling Batman and Superman through time, meta-textual space, and into a Western. It’s a classic gambit with a fresh twist, introducing Etrigan mid-conflict and setting up stakes outside accepted reality.
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