https://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/files/original/d5d9f0658bc7d421251d60d84fdf2b63.tif 8088270adf584ab3a6f8dc7978859e38 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amazing Heroes Subject The topic of the resource Comics Periodical Description An account of the resource A digital project from Fall 2018 ENG 492H course. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Students from ENG 492H Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MSU Library Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Julian C. Chambliss Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Some rights apply Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Files Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital files Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Students from ENG 492H Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Amazing Heroes Issue #149- Cover Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fantagraphics Books, Inc. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights Restrictions Apply Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1981-1992 Subject The topic of the resource periodical comic strip Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cover Artist: Flint Henry & John Nishimoto Editor Evermore: Kevin Dooley Art Director: Lynette Alcorn-McCubbin Associate Editor: Bruce Walrad Editors in the Wings: Kim Thompson & Chris McCubbin News Correspondent: Michael Johnson Production Assistants: Mark Thompson & Jason Jeffers Typesetting: Linda Gorell & Arlene Easter Circulation: Rachel Enger & Carol Kovinick-Hernandez Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. Printed at: Port Publications, WI Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived MSU Special Collection Comic Art, PN6725.A47 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 15, 1988 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tiffany McIntyre Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6-5/8 & 10-1/4 in. Description An account of the resource This issue of Amazing Heroes, No. 149, was published on September 15, 1988. It sold for $2.95 in America, $3.95 in Canada. The text “Amazing Heroes” has a purple font-color with a white back shadow. Additional text on the page includes the main feature, Grimack, whose title on the cover says in all capital letters “The New Grimmer GrimJack!” as well as the word “Mundens,” again in all capital letters. “Mundens” is a part of the cover art with the letters in green and an oval circling the letters. Both the word and circle are designed to look like wood and is similar to an “open” sign. The rest of the cover art are characters from Grimjack, Grimjack being the biggest drawing. Located in the center of the page, his top-half (the page ends at the bottom of his torso) is covered in bulky clothes: a red scarf with a gold star pennant, a belt with pouches strapped across his chest, and a purple pirate-like jacket with a string full of ears sewn to the right shoulder (left side of the jacket from the reader’s perspective) and tags of symbols on a string underneath the ears. He is holding a Japanese sword covered in graphic blood in his right hand and in his left hand he is holding a loaded gun with an ammunition belt. The gun reads “Just Say No!”. Half of his face is shadowed in blue. He has a cigarette hanging from his mouth and his red hair is blowing to the side. He has red, bushy eyebrow and a menacing look on his face. In the background is a woman wearing sunglasses, fishnets, and a scandalous one-piece holding a saxophone. there are two small signs in the background indicating a western vibe. Around Grimjack are raunchy, large, western and punk style characters all holding weapons. Grimjack is a character that can be referred to as an antihero. Antiheroes popularized after the ending of the Vietnam War. As opposed to heroes, antiheroes obtained justice in less-than peaceful ways, more in a vigilante way. They went around legal-bureaucratic agencies and took their crusade for justice into their own hands, they themselves acting on what they believed to be right, no matter how much violence it took. This cover sets the tone of antihero aggressiveness. Comic books that had more aggression, and even more panels in the comic, were the result of aggressive spaces during the times they were published in. The same format of this issue of Amazing Heroes is similar to a 1939 cover of Detective Comics, where Batman is on the cover making the same grimacing face as Grimjack is here, with action scenes smaller around him. This parallel shows the stylistic repetition that is used to get the reader’s attention throughout comic book history by using aggression as an appeal. It also shows the thematic similarities between two comics and how timeless the use of darkness and violence can be to draw attention to the political climate and to curate an aggressive curiosity for what will happen in the comic. This comic also has a very bright background in contrast to the shadows and discoloration of Grimjack, very similar to a remake of Green Lantern Green Arrow No. 7 where there is a scene of a modern crucifixion, or a dark message in front of an intensely light background. This juxtaposition is a tendency used throughout comics. The position of intense brightness to propose a dark story draws readers in and is used to make a statement about the importance of antiheroes’ tactics of dark justice and to increase sales based on curiosity and aggression. Relation A related resource http://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/items/show/12 http://chambl91.msu.domains/CriticalFanscape/items/show/9 1988 Amazing Heroes comic comic strips death grim jack grimmer horror issue 149 Kevin Dooley mundens periodical September violence zombie