The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Joshua Williamson writes and Fernando
Dagnino draws.
Captain Midnight was a World War 2 superhero who disappeared
near the end of the war. Now we’re present day, and it’s beginning to look like
he traveled through time to take on the daughter of an old enemy. The
government doesn’t react well to him, so he escapes from them to strike out on
his own. A team is sent to find him, assisted by the granddaughter of the
Captain’s former sidekick.
This first issue does a really nice job of setting up the
Captain’s return to active work. Not only does it carefully construct a support
team for him, but it also introduces a well-established villain in Fury (and
injects some question as to whether she’s who she claims to be). Charlotte especially is a
fun character, skeptical of just about everything; she’ll make a very handy
exposition point for the book. And to an extent the Captain himself is a bit of
a mystery.
This is a very solid beginning to a title that seems to push
the boundaries of both pulp and superhero genres. I’m looking forward to
learning more about these people and this world.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #1 is available now at your LCS or online
at darkhorse.com.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
