Or whatever happened to a bunch of guys with no powers at all, going out and challenging the world?
No, really, an entire genre. Well, if you can call three books a genre. Blackhawk, Challengers of the Unknown, and Seadevils - all DC, or at least all DC eventually as Blackhawk was a Quality series for its first 107 issues, until Quality went under in 1956/7 and DC picked up the rights.
Special powers: none
Skilled: Blackhawks are skilled pilots, Seadevils are scuba men, Challengers, nothing really...they were men and a couple of token women, who went out and checked weird stuff out with their wits and their equipment. But with the middle of the SA, that just wasn't cool enough for the readers.
What I don't get, is that (until they were changed I
In the mid sixties by editorial demands) the stories are well written. Early books in these runs are good reads, but falling readership forced editorial changes which chased off the remaining loyal readers...sad.
Ah well, that's my stream of consciousness rant for the day, together with a pretty picture.
Happy Hunting
Lee K
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