{"id":5900,"date":"2016-12-23T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2022-05-26T18:20:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T22:20:26","slug":"pulp-comics-the-chimera-brigade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2016\/12\/23\/pulp-comics-the-chimera-brigade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp comics: ‘The Chimera Brigade’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'The<\/a>An interesting pulp-inspired comic-book series is The Chimera Brigade<\/em>. Mainly because unlike making use of American pulp characters, it mainly makes use of European pulp characters, many of whom have been used in the Tales of the Shadowmen<\/em> series (the author of this series writes for it, so if you’re read Tales<\/em>, that will help). It originally appeared in France and has only recently been published in English.<\/p>\n

Written by Serge Lehman<\/strong> with Fabrice Colin<\/strong>, and art by Gess<\/strong>, it first appeared in 2009. Recently Titan Comics<\/a> reprinted it in three slim hardback volumes and is reprinting that in comic book form (two issues per volume) that should lead to further stories. I’m told there have been some changes in the comic from the books, but I can’t see that after comparing the first two comic books with the first volume.<\/p>\n

Set in 1938-39 in Europe, the setup is that during WWI, something happened to create a slew of “superheroes,” and since then the face of Europe has changed. The story makes use of many pulp characters from that period, all under different names. So far in the first volume, I can figure out (with a bit of\u00a0help):<\/p>\n