C.5 - Fighting American

The fantastic return of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s legendary two- fisted super-hero, originally created back in 1954. Fighting American and Speedboy are struggling to fit into the strange new world of the 21st Century, unaware that one of their old enemies, the notorious Doubleheader, is now the secret head of the FBI and is plotting to destroy them once and for all. Then there’s the news of a long lost Grandson and Great Grandson (or should that be Nephew and Great Nephew?), a bust-up between Fighting American and Speedboy, and a ruthless TV news anchor determined to shatter FA’s all-American hero image on live TV. It’s clear to see that life’s never easy when you’re America’s only superhero! This all-new adventure, written by Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and Missionary Man) and drawn by Andie Tong (Spectacular Spider-Man, The Batman Strikes, and Tekken), sees the ultimate icon of truth, justice and the American Way bringing some much-needed two-fisted justice to a jaded cynical world of multimedia, fake news and global terrorism. Collects Fighting American #2.1-4. “A top of the pile book, better than many of the DC and Marvels out there right now.” – Nerdly “Fighting American has the whiz of classic comics with a twist you won’t want to miss.” – Adventures In Poor Taste

Following a series of live online ‘exposes’ with Speedboy, orchestrated by Faux News Network host Poison Penny, Fighting American has been invited to a live on-air reconciliation with Speedboy. However, Fighting American found himself confronted, not only by his young ward, but also by the only two surviving members of his family, his nephew and great nephew, Chester and Chad Krunkle, live on national TV. Fighting American’s FBI handler Agent Rutherford, who was demoted to clerical duties by Doubleheader (one of Fighting American’s old enemies from the 1950s, how the head of the FBI), has managed to escape her boss’s hench-people and his racing to the TV studio to help Fighting American. Meanwhile, a crack squad of Doubleheader’s armed goons are lying in wait at the studio to kill Fighting American and Speedboy once and for all…

By a feat of sheer stubbornness, Hewlett & Martin’s Tank Girl has managed to survive for over three decades. As a celebration, we’ve given her a fresh lick of paint to cover up the rust, and raided the deepest reaches of her panty drawer for embarrassing photos, libellous documents, and discarded chocolate wrappers. This first book in the series covers the genesis and early years of Tank Girl, before everything went a bit weird.