So what is this blog about?
Suit-up for a flight into comic book land – a magical place where superheroes pull us into their orbit and enrich our lives forever. In this blog, I will introduce you to Johnny Cloud as he was scripted by Robert Kanigher and drawn by Irv Novick (with a few other helpers).
Prepare to be amazed, as I tell his stories. Together, we will see that he was an Avatar of the Great Warrior Spirit. A man who was born to fight. A man who was unstoppable. A man who could bend nature to his advantage when desperation required it.
Cloud was an unsung hero more akin to Superman than Sgt. Rock!
I confess that this dalliance of mine was all a geek fest at the start – nothing but coffee infused lists and tallies. How many missions? 58. How many kills? 156. How many lost planes? 28. It is all here: aerial rams, pistol shots, tail grabbing.
Cloud was the Great Warrior Spirit incarnate. Many readers have missed this. Even Cloud did not know that he was invincible. I dare say that Robert Kanigher was also unsure of what he created.
Now that I’ve read every Cloud adventure several times and then some, the time has come to share my insights. This is for the war comic geeks, for Dad who flew Grumman AFs in the Navy, and for all the real pilots who fought in the skies over Europe.
You may not agree with my observations ... but that is okay! Comment, and let me know what you think. We all have our opinions. And, I welcome them.
Note that all images are from National Comics Publications [DC Comics] and are used to illustrate the review and critical commentary included in this blog in accordance with fair-use guidelines -- these images cannot be used in any other manner per copyright regulations. The reader is encouraged to seek out original comic book issues depicting Johnny Cloud.
No comments:
Post a Comment