Comet (Archie Comics)
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The Comet was a superhero who first appeared in Pep Comics #1 in January, 1940. Possibly the first superhero killed in the line of duty, he died in issue #17 (July, 1941), which also introduced his brother, a brutal hero called the Hangman.
The company used the character again despite his death, possibly to renew copyright and ownership of the character. Twenty-five years after his death, his origin was repeated in The Mighty Crusaders #2 (1966) and again in the truncated mini-series The Comet (October-December, 1983).
DC Comics licensed the Comet and other members of the Mighty Crusaders, calling them simply the Crusaders, for its Impact Comics line. The Comet series from DC lasted for eighteen issues from July, 1991, to December, 1992, plus The Comet Annual #1. The eight-issue series The Crusaders ended the same month. Following the conclusion of both series, a six issue mini series titled Crucible followed, featuring a redisigned Comet living in the ruins of his home city which he had destroyed. Crucible was originally intended to have been the start of a reboot of the Impact Comics line. This second phase would have included a new Comet title (The Wrath of the Comet), but this never came to publication.
[edit] External links
- Comet's page at International Superheroes
- Impact's Comet page at International Superheroes
- Comet's page at Mighty Crusaders
- Comet's page at Toonopedia
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