Maybe Boston Brand would have found his killer sooner if he had consulted with a Hero for Hire like Luke Cage. It would certainly be entertaining to read about.
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I think the real mystery is why is Luke Cage wearing Dick Tracy's overcoat....
ReplyDeleteYes, Ross, it most certainly would have. :-)
ReplyDeleteNuff said!
This is one of those covers that makes me really wish this were an actual comic book.
ReplyDeleteLove this pairing. Hey… can we see a Savage Dragon / Predator dust up sometime??? Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteHow do you look into a live man’s murder?
ReplyDeleteHe technically died and was brought back.
DeleteWell said, Tobor. :-)
DeleteRoss, simple but VERY effective!!
ReplyDeleteI think that this would have to be a story with a partial resolution -- not the full answer to the question, but a solid step in that direction. Some mysteries shouldn't be solved all at once.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, the wording of Deadman's thought balloon can be taken a different way. What if he were to stick by the side of a hero whom he knows is about to go through something tough? I was initially thinking Spider-Man, but on second thought the Scarlet Witch seems like a better candidate.
And speaking of Spidey, it occurs to me that he might have chemistry with the Golden Age Flash. Literally, I mean: they're both excellent chemists, even if we don't tend to see a lot of it with Jay.
PS: How about Spy vs. Spy vs. Wile E. Coyote?
ReplyDeleteNot sure how you'd investigate the murder of a living man, but this is comics.
ReplyDeleteexample...: he was a race car driver. Accident happens and he dies. They bring him back to life. Researching the car, they found it was tampered with...He had been killed. ..and it goes on from there.
DeleteThat reminds me of an Hourman story where Rex Tyler was poisoned, but his Miraclo pill kept him alive. So he had less than one hour to find his killer -- who may or may not have an antidote.
DeleteThe live man who hired Luke was probably just Deadman's latest host body. A glorified messenger who wants The Hook finally brought to justice and forced to explain who would want Boston Brand professionally murdered and why.
DeleteHollywood made a movie (1930s? 1940s?) in which a man entered a police station to report a murder: His own. He'd been poisoned, and had only a limited time left. Maybe that inspired the Hourman story?
DeleteThat was 1949's D.O.A. starring Edmond O'Brien. Remade, twenty years ago, with Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.
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