Fight Comics #3 - pt. 1

This could be the last comic book I read at the age of 48. Will Fiction House do right by me?

George Tuska's Shark Brodie is on the island of Tahilla, a fictional South Seas island.

Taverns are a great place to sit and listen for rumors, no matter what milieu your campaign takes place in.

Urban Dictionary has some pretty disgusting suggestions for what "angel cake" is slang for. In this case, I think Brodie just means they don't look like angels.

It takes five-to-one odds to take Shark down, which is pretty good considering Shark should only be a 2nd-level fighter by this point.

Deathtraps involving tides are surprisingly rare to this point, but sharks are a dime-a-dozen. Now, defending yourself from a shark by kicking it, I don't think I've ever seen that before or since...

 ...so it's disappointing that the shark is ultimately dispatched with a cliched knife.

Non-superheroes being able to wreck rope bindings is possible in 2nd edition Hideouts & Hoodlums, but conditions are far from ideal for it by the time Brodie succeeds. I would give him increasing penalties each turn as the tide rises, until he finally got a lucky roll.

Does Shark not own dry clothes to change into?

 Moving on to Saber, the future hero of 1998! Here, America is attacked by an air force. And what an air force! Can you imagine how tough a plane would have to be to fly straight through a skyscraper without being damaged, or even knocked off its flight path?

So, when did Saber start investigating the ranks of the Army and Intelligence Department? Just this morning? They must not be very large departments in 1998.

 Okay, I've got some problems with this scene. If this traitor knew the planes were coming, why is he hanging around to watch? Is Saber only lucky to be standing that close to the traitor while using his Detect Thoughts power?

The coordinates given here don't point to anywhere specific.

Saber has invented a Helm of Thought Casting.

Complications in aerial combat usually occurs only between planes, but anti-aircraft guns can cause complications too. Losing a tail fin can force you to land.

Where was this American air force when the enemy air force was attacking? There seems to be no fighter planes present in either air force, only bombers. So whichever air force has the higher ground automatically wins.















I think that's enough of Saber for today. Let's peek in on the Kayo Kirby story. Lead-filled gloves cause more serious damage than normal boxing gloves, though really, punch someone enough with even normal boxing gloves on and you can do serious harm. I think we can say that lead-filled gloves do normal weapon damage instead of punching damage.

The thing that tickles me about this page, though, is that the would-be killer's name is Slam deMan. If I was ever to become a wrestler, I would go by the name Slam deMan.

(Scans courtesy of Comic Book Plus.)