Before KillRaven!
Before Kamandi!
There was...Hunt Bowman...
...the first post-apocalyptic series hero in comics!
This tale from Fiction House's Planet Comics #21 (1942) written by "Thorncliffe Herrick" (a Fiction House pen-name) and illustrated by Rudy Palais pretty efficiently introduces the main characters and concepts behind the series, which lasted from this issue to #70 in 1953!
The strip evolves over its' run, so be prepared for some surprises to go along with the cliches!
BTW, we mentioned KillRaven in our opening.
Roy Thomas' initial concept for Marvel's 1970s
War of the Worlds sequel (which evolved into
KillRaven) was inspired by this strip along with H G Wells' novel and Edgar Rice Burroughs'
John Carter and
Carson of Venus series!
Note: We left off
our re-presentation of Harsh Realm in March when the CoronaVirus pandemic hit critical level.
We're returning to that series next week, presenting a complete issue in three parts, then running a
Lost World story as a "palate cleanser" between issues!
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