Welcome to the 923rd installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. In the second legend of this all-Iron Fist installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, learn which obscure Western superhero was an inspiration for a significant part of Iron Fist’s iconic design. Something I’ve always been annoyed at is when people will hear about a new comic book, and say something derisive, like, “Oh, so it’s Comic Book X mixed with Comic Book Y,” as if that’s somehow a putdown. You know, “Oh, that’s not interesting, since it is just two established concepts mixed together.” That annoys me because, well, THAT’S HOW WRITING WORKS. Comic Book X mixed with Comic Book Y is, in and of itself, a completely independent concept. It is not Comic Book X. It is not Comic Book Y. It is this NEW THING that is a mixture of two different concepts. It might not be good on its own merits, but to try to dismiss it because it’s based on something existing is just so foolish to me. Imagine being the dude (and you know there was a dude) who was all, “Pshaw, this is just Seven Samurai in a galaxy far, far away. Pass.”Launched in 1954, Bulls Eye (they call him Bullseye inside the comic book itself, so I don’t know what to call him) was a Jack Kirby and Joe Simon production, with the first issue being a case of Kirby penciling the first chapter (and then the splash pages of the other two chapters) and John Prentice inking Kirby’s pages, and then penciling and inking the rest of the comic book by himself…
Welcome to the 923rd installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, a column where we examine three comic book myths, rumors and legends and confirm or debunk them. In the second legend of this all-Iron Fist installment of Comic Book Legends Revealed, learn which obscure Western superhero was an inspiration for a significant part of Iron Fist’s iconic design.
Something I’ve always been annoyed at is when people will hear about a new comic book, and say something derisive, like, “Oh, so it’s Comic Book X mixed with Comic Book Y,” as if that’s somehow a putdown. You know, “Oh, that’s not interesting, since it is just two established concepts mixed together.” That annoys me because, well, THAT’S HOW WRITING WORKS. Comic Book X mixed with Comic Book Y is, in and of itself, a completely independent concept. It is not Comic Book X. It is not Comic Book Y. It is this NEW THING that is a mixture of two different concepts. It might not be good on its own merits, but to try to dismiss it because it’s based on something existing is just so foolish to me. Imagine being the dude (and you know there was a dude) who was all, “Pshaw, this is just Seven Samurai in a galaxy far, far away. Pass.”
Launched in 1954, Bulls Eye (they call him Bullseye inside the comic book itself, so I don’t know what to call him) was a Jack Kirby and Joe Simon production, with the first issue being a case of Kirby penciling the first chapter (and then the splash pages of the other two chapters) and John Prentice inking Kirby’s pages, and then penciling and inking the rest of the comic book by himself…
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