Story and art by Howard Chaykin (reprinted Marvel Preview
#20 Winter 1980)
Another black and white magazine and another early Punisher
story as well as Bobbi Morse’s first superhero identity The Huntress
(apparently before her second costumed adventure a certain Bat-daughter snaffled
the codename so Bobbi then became Mockingbird)
We are treated to a Chaykin Pin up of Fortune, The Punisher
and the Huntress.
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This is a clever story, washed up silent movie star Noble Flagg
has returned to Hollywood to save the city from sin. Flagg, apparently, can call down the wrath of
God as Earthquakes hit brothels, casinos and drug dens. But Dom recognises his adviser from back East
as Olga Cimaglia, who he ratted on to save his own neck, causing him to move to
Los Angeles for his health. We also
discover that Dominic Fortune isn’t his real name but rather David Fortunov.
Turns out Flagg has an Earthquake machine and he is just
eliminating the competition so Olga can take over the West Coast action. There are double crosses and even after
getting paid Fortune is still broke.
I love a good earthquake machine and this is a clever use of
one. And we get a little of Dom’s
history here as well.
In Marvel Preview #20 we are promised a new story to appear
soon. So that will be my next story
covered but before that there were new stories that appear in the Hulk!
Magazine.
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