As the DC Borg Empire is assimilating the "Red Circle" heroes, perhaps we should note just how...hmmm, let's say bloodthirsty the costumed adventurers from the House That Archie Built were.
In Pep Comics #1 (1940), we're introduced to the Comet. In typical Golden Age fashion, we don't start out with an entire origin story, or even origin pages. Geoff Johns would drag this out to a 12-issue miniseries, but we get the full skinny on the Comet in the first four panels!!
Ah, Golden Age Science...
What a delightfully low key, silly origin. And look who our creator is:
Why, then, we must be in for a daffily fun caper here, right?
Hahahaha, you poor naive fools. Get ready for a Frank Castle-fest.
Granted, the Comet is up against a pretty vile group of gangsters:
But he gives them a stern warning:
However, if they were smart, they wouldn't be criminals. So when Comet catches one of them back in the typhoid business:
YOW!!!
And when he catches up to the deceased's comrades?
DOUBLE YOW!!!
And when he finds the secret mastermind?
TRIPLE YOW!!!!
No wonder we had that crossover--the Punisher fits in just fine in this universe...
Lesson: don't mess with scientists, I guess....
In Pep Comics #1 (1940), we're introduced to the Comet. In typical Golden Age fashion, we don't start out with an entire origin story, or even origin pages. Geoff Johns would drag this out to a 12-issue miniseries, but we get the full skinny on the Comet in the first four panels!!
Ah, Golden Age Science...
What a delightfully low key, silly origin. And look who our creator is:
Why, then, we must be in for a daffily fun caper here, right?Hahahaha, you poor naive fools. Get ready for a Frank Castle-fest.
Granted, the Comet is up against a pretty vile group of gangsters:
But he gives them a stern warning:
However, if they were smart, they wouldn't be criminals. So when Comet catches one of them back in the typhoid business:
YOW!!!And when he catches up to the deceased's comrades?
DOUBLE YOW!!!And when he finds the secret mastermind?
TRIPLE YOW!!!!No wonder we had that crossover--the Punisher fits in just fine in this universe...
Lesson: don't mess with scientists, I guess....
Not too surprising that it's Cole -- remember, he wrote the "Icepick-in-the-Eye" story that got EC in trouble with Wertham... And he used to do cartoons for Playboy. The guy was an all-around cartoon guy. :)
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