Glorious gold and silver woven adventures

Creative fiber trémule full at the end of the 30s, from which emerge some of the greatest icons of the successful American comic: First Superman, thanks to buddy Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, then Batman, generated by the torque upset Bob Kane and Bill Finger. Two shots bursts and here we entered into the Golden Age of comics, a heartbeat and poignent the 40s.
It is on this ground that then forms blooming this legendary duo of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and whose first collaboration was Blue Bolt, a character from science fiction.

Alongside the brown plague raging in Europe and elsewhere, the early 40s it was the beginnings of aviation jet, the first release of Citizen Kane, the Boogie Woogie inflaming hormones, the popularization of chewing gum and these strange female figures with dilated shoulders ... but it's also the climb creative osmosis two monsters of the Ninth art. An ascent that will culminate until the late 50s, the beginning of the Silver Age.
Sure, the shock of tandem is known to have officiated at Timely Comics / Marvel and DC with titles like Boy Commandos, Newsboy Legion and of course Captain America, yet this association is not just to that. ..

It is in a gorgeous restoration, Harry Mendryk, historian Jack Kirby, we compiled and restored radiating stories dynamism and unjustly forgotten by the general public.
With his active works such as The Sandman, American Gods, Neverwhere or, and rich in his passion for the work of two friends, one can not say that Neil Gaiman, he is part of this segment of the population.
Therefore, one can only be glad when it presents us with a special predilection this collection.

Regarding the work of reconstruction, the most striking example is surely the party related to Captain 3D.
At the time of publication, the title B & W overrated fashion of 3-Dimensions with this obligation for readers wearing anaglyph glasses to enjoy the famous rendering supposed to bring out the characters out of their boxes.
However, the fad passed quickly enough and the poor captain was shelved ...
Until now at least, since the boards were fully restored and in color this time to reconnect with brio good old 2-D!

Then, the book also contains a number of reflections by Jim Simon on the time when comics were written. It states for example that if there superhero cleavage / villains villains in comics was easy in wartime, the thing was much more debatable in a society at peace.

But what we will tempt their chops without consteste is the heart of volume thus introducing some of the most interesting characters of the authors. And there you'll get over 450 pages of pure old-school comics juice and still stunning, which here is a brief round:

- Black Owl:
The festivities begin with Doug Danville, a wealthy playboy with no superpowers, who decides to fight crime while wearing the mask.
Note in passing the costume vigilante strangely resembling that of Nite Owl (Owl) Watchmen.

- Stuntman:
Fred Drake was he a circus acrobat until his two teammates are murdered ... He resolutely investigate the guise of Stuntman.

- The Vagabond Prince:
Here is a modern Robin Wood defending with a beautiful pugnacity poor against the villainy of the financial elite.
Completed for the first time with new material!

- Captain 3-D:
Last survivor of an extinct humanoid species, Captain 3-D has a higher intelligence and physical capabilities it uses to foil the plans of the People Chat.
In many respects, Captain 3-D ad the beginnings of Kamandi. And icing on an already creamy cake, Captain 3-D was, for some cases, the very first step in the cartoon of the young, and surely already swollen with talent, Steve Ditko (here as co-inking).

- Fighting American:
The big piece and nearly 180 pages or the entire run of this archetype of the patriotic superhero playing in full-Cold War and deliberate parody of Captain America.
Anecdotally, costume Fighting American was echoed by Steve Rogers.

- The Double Life of Private Strong:
Child, Lancelot Strong was rescued by a couple of farmers nice. It was only later that he discovered fabulous powers, and he then decided to use for the common good.
The pitch can actually remember something ...

- The Adventures of The Fly:
The carousel will close with these great stories where the young Tommy Troy discovers a magic ring from another dimension that transforms him into an adult superhero with amazing powers.
A clever mix of Captain Marvel (DC version) to the origins, and Spider-Man before the time for the spectacular.

If one ignores the linearity stories, each series cultivates a clean atmosphere, with similarities to other energy and level of inventiveness (improbable costumes, splash pages, frames borrowed from cinema, real storytellings ...) .
So resolutely explosive stories, from the time they put ten ideas per square. Here the Living Action shakes executives, tonics characters rejoice, and concepts fly in an outburst of colors.
We could blame these same colors to be relatively subtle, yet they perfectly befitting the scenery and shine on this beautiful matte paper.

So this is a story of Pan and major influences of the medium that you will discover. And as long as you take to the game, there is a good chance that the Simon & Kirby fever overcomes you.

In short, here is a collection that is full of love for this happy period of the comic-book.