Johnny Thunder #2

by Gil Kane, Mort Drucker

Comic

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Gil Kane (/dʒɪl keɪn/; born Eli Katz /kæts/) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971.
In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[C. John Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This seemed like a somewhat packed issue as it contained four stories, two for Johnny Thunder and one each for The Trigger Twins and The Nighthawk. Interesting stories as well. The first Johnny Thunder sees him getting an assist of sorts from a young Cheyenne boy who wants to be like him. In the second story a group of outlaws kidnap John Tane with the idea of using him as bait in a trap for Johnny Thunder. The Fact that Tane and Thunder are the same person is going to complicate matters just a trifle. The Trigger Twins story has an outlaw gang getting confused as to which twin is the actual sheriff and which is the one who takes over when necessary. In the Nighthawk story our hero is suffering from amnesia and although he learns his real name early on must wait until something jars his brain and he remembers everything again. All four stories were entertaining. You know the good guys are going to win in the end but damned if you can figure out how until it happens. Definitely one worth perusing. Happy reading.