Well here we go I just found out Brat Pack had a sequel/prequel. I garbed a copy of it and The one both of these are by Rick Veitch. So now to dive back into his comics this will be a two part article. So The Maximortal is about a minor character in Brat Pack that is mentioned a few times as True Man. He shows up for the end and this is comic is the history of superheroes in this world. Well the book just arrived so this is going to be typed up as I read it. So yeah these will be my fresh thoughts on this great comic and how I feel about it.
It starts the superman style with a baby from space and well it goes horribly wrong in a mater of pages with the child killing his own adopted father in as nice long montage of gore it's almost funny if another writer did it. Now time seems like it will be a big factor in this comic due to years being listed which is something I like for epic tales to help you put it together. Visual does not always help this task even in the a comic sometimes it does but very rarely if you ask me.
A man that throws poop named "el Gunao" shows up knowing that he needs this power and following this great arrival is the Military to take the child to Sherlock Holmes. I was quite surprised to do two Sherlock comics in one month but here it is. Thank you Rick Veitch for bring in a little bit of class to this great comic so far.
Then cut to Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as they discuss True Man their idea. They are taken into an office to turn this great idea into a comic. In our world this is the birth of Superman and this scene ends with the famous real life contract signing that lost them the rights to Superman.
Next on the list of people is Doctor Oppenheimer who finds our sleeping hero so to speak and awakes him and well we all know this story in the real world. He is the man that helped create the Atomic Bomb of course.
The next person we cover is a the first man to ever play superman George Reeves or as he is know for the purpose of this comic Byron Reeves. They cover this with tact to be honest which shocked me because of the lack of it on other part so far.
The next historical thing we cover is the comic book code. This is handled like the travesty it truly was with all the bile and hate it deserves. I laugh smiled and clapped my hands if you want to learn more about this horrible time period in the history of comics here is a great book Tales of Terror!: The EC Companion given that EC took the biggest commercial beating during this time. This is when William Gaines enters into the story and argues for the freedom of comics doing a horrible job I might add.
The final historical person is Albert Einstein and then his thoughts about reality then off we go to the end of brat pack and this whole journey is over. What a great ride. next up is The One same writer and looks amazing!
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