Showing posts with label Steve Vance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Vance. Show all posts

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Reading Room: DOC SAVAGE & THE SHADOW "Case of the Shrieking Skeletons" Conclusion

Art by Stan Manoukian and Dave Stevens
The plot's a bit convoluted, but you can re-read it from the beginning with Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, and Part 3 HERE.
Right now, all you need to know is that Doc Savage and The Shadow have been taken prisoner by an alliance of Nazis and gangsters who are using genetically-modified humans turned into giant monsters who then deteriorate into shambling skeletal zombie-like creatures.
But holding the Man of Bronze and the Master of Darkness is another matter...
Writer Steve Vance tossed in a kool Easter Egg...Professor Reinstein himself, and the "secret government project"!
If you're a fan of a certain Star-Spangled Avenger, you'll recognize the scientist's name!
Professor Reinstein did receive a position at a government facility where he perfected his formula...
 But Professor Reinstein's legacy lives on...

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Reading Room: DOC SAVAGE & THE SHADOW "Case of the Shrieking Skeletons" Part 1A

It's the team-up tale too big for just one blog to host...
..combining the two greatest heroes of the 1930s in a horror-themed story just right for the Halloween season!
And who would know more about shadows...than Lamont Cranston?
The tale continues tomorrow, at our "brother" blog Crime & Punishment™!
This never-reprinted tale from Dark Horse's The Shadow & Doc Savage #1 (1995) came out just as the ill-fated Shadow movie starring Alec Baldwin hit movie theaters.
Written by Steve Vance, penciled by Stan Manoukian, and inked by Vince Roucher, it's actually a pretty good combo of the two series' characters and storytelling styles.