The Press Guardian A Lost Golden Age Superhero Youtube Sign up to hear about my vampirella cover with dynamite: indiegogo projects comic tropes first comic project coming soonthanks to my guest, h. Watch on. in 1940, mlj comics launched pep comics, an anthology with superheroes like the shield and the comet. eventually, mlj turned into archie comics. but we’re here to talk about a forgotten hero, the press guardian, a superhero with an overly specific duty to protect his father’s newspaper.
The Press Guardian A Lost Golden Age Superhero вђ The Mighty Crusaders If marvel had wanted the name "press guardian", it only had to wait a year or so — pep was pepped up with its 12th issue (february, 1941), and one of the features ousted was the press guardian. his replacement was a superhero with a less subtle mission, fireball. the press guardian was never seen again — not even in mighty crusaders #4. Perry chase was the son of the daily express's publisher, who begged his father for a chance to be a reporter. considering his son wimpy and unintelligent, his father told him to continue covering high society's doings because "only real men can be reporters." unbeknownst to his father, however, perry was in fact the press guardian (originally "the falcon"), crime fighter and defender of the. The press guardian: a forgotten weird golden age superhero. i love the forgotten ones because they are so wonderful and weird. 3.1m subscribers in the comicbooks community. a reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. 264 subscribers in the comictropes community. a subreddit for the channel comic tropes as well as any comic tropes in general.
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