{"id":3822,"date":"2015-05-01T10:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:26:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:26:19","slug":"pulp-comics-the-twilight-avenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2015\/05\/01\/pulp-comics-the-twilight-avenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp comics: ‘The Twilight Avenger’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheDuring the mid-\u201980s, the comic book industry went through a period where a large number of new comic books came out that glutted the market. A lot of these were black-and-white titles, inspired by the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>, and things were not helped by the speculators that also entered the market.<\/p>\n

Most of these comic books were pretty bad, and so a very large number of titles (and publishers) came and went.<\/p>\n

As a comic book fan I was a little more discerning about what I got, especially as I didn’t have a lot of money at the time. One title I did notice, and would have liked to have gotten, was the short-lived The Twilight Avenger<\/em> created by John Wooley<\/strong> and Terry Tidwell<\/strong>. It was, to me, a character clearly inspired by both pulp and movie serial heroes. And now thanks to Pulp 2.0 Press<\/a>, we can once again check out this character.<\/p>\n

The Twilight Avenger<\/strong> is really ex-college football star Reece Chambers<\/strong>. When his fiancee is injured and put into a coma by gangsters, he teams up with his future father-in-law to fight back. Dr. Herth<\/strong> outfits Reece with a variety of items, including a gas gun which shoots both gas and gas grenades, a blinding chest light, and more. He wears a cloak, hat, and a mask with goggles that includes a gas mask. They are soon joined by reporter Joan Casey<\/strong> to fight against the mysterious Centipede<\/strong> in the first storyline.<\/p>\n

The first storyline saw print from Elite Comics in what was supposed to be a four-issue series. Instead they came out with two issues in 1986, with the third issue and concluding issue being more or less self-published as Miracle Comics.<\/p>\n

After that in 1988-90, a second series was published by Eternity Comics that ran eight issues. I never got those issues, so don’t know what storylines ran in that one.<\/p>\n

The Pulp 2.0 Press edition contains the first Twilight Avenger story from Elite\/Miracle. In addition is information on the creation of the character, we also get the creators’ “adventures” getting him published and extra artwork. There is a short prose story, and a mock up of what a Twilight Avenger serial might have looked like, with possible actors from the movie serial era. Overall, it’s a very nice collection. I do hope they will be doing a second volume to collect the rest of the Twilight Avenger material.<\/p>\n

There are too few original pulp-inspired comic book heroes, and this one is pretty good. Check him out.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Pulp 2.0 Press is working on the second volume, will will reprint #1-4 of the followup series from Eternity Comics, hopefully a third volume will reprint the remaining 4 issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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