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Message: [QUOTE="Cuestionador, post: 148920, member: 4875"] Sorry for my late answer! Bob Hall did a couple of better comics artistic-wise, like Emperor Doom and the elseworld I, Joker. His art is serviceable to the story and works better with a basic style, giving room to the story to shine. A more modernist and indiosincratic approach loses half of the appeal of the Squadron, but i think Paul Ryan in the graphic novel Death of a Universe did a good job (also John Buscema in his Captain America tie-in). If you're curious about the build-up of the classic Squadron, check the Defenders issues with Nighthawk written by J.M DeMatteis. The influence of the Squadron in things like Kingdom Come, Identity Crisis and Civil War is very clear, even Alan Moore was curious at the time about Gruenwald's work (this was mentioned in an old Amazing Heroes interview). Regarding the pulp and golden-age characters, i have a pulp novel of The Shadow in my reading pile, but i read many of his comics. Here's are some of them: The Shadow: Blood and Justice [ATTACH type="full" alt="sombraportada.jpg"]48498[/ATTACH] An unforgettable tour-de-force relaunch of the classic character done in the eighties by Howard Chaykin, Ken Bruzenak and Alex Wald. My first contact with the character and the author: his narrative innovations in terms of design and composition (like the use of widescreen panels) and the plot revelation regarding the true identity of Lamont Cranston are forever carved in my mind. There's sex, vulgarity and violence, but with a sense of sophistication, design and class who many other relaunchs of the eighties lack. The sequel series of Andrew Helfer, Sienkiewicz and Baker are worth getting, too. The Twelve [ATTACH type="full" alt="8ad5cb060bbdb4d10843c7cc656229f5.jpg"]48500[/ATTACH] A murder mistery told in 12 chapters by J.M Straczynski, Chris Weston and Gary Erskine. Sort of a response to Watchmen done with many Golden-Age characters of Atlas/Timely, is more prescient and relevant every day. In the end, it's a story about social issues like aging and feeling alone in an uncertain world. The Shadow: Hitler's Astrologer [ATTACH type="full" alt="Shadow-1941-int.jpg"]48504[/ATTACH] it's the Shadow again! Written by the classic team of Dennis O'Neil and Mike Kaluta, but this time published by Marvel, an adventure against the nazis. An absolute classic, i know some people complain about don't like the inks of Russ Heath, but they work well. Originally, Wrightson was the first choice to ink the book, but he declined regarding the lack of promotion of the proyect by Marvel. It's not much, i hope to re-read some classics of the caped crusader soon (the 30th of this month it's the Batman Anniversary). [/QUOTE]

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