1946:
World War II is over and the world is changing. While the Axis has been
defeated, a new menace threatens the globe: Communism. When industrialist Owen
S. Grane is brutally murdered, the Three Musketeers, America’s foremost
superheroes, are called in to find the culprit, who attacks and kills like a
wild animal. Was it the Soviets? A spurned lover? A cheated business rival? Or
someone else? One by one, upper level executives of the S.M.A. Corporation, an
American defense contractor, are attacked and killed in a savage manner, until,
finally the Owl reveals himself – but only after a cat-and-mouse game with the
Three Musketeers.
Night of The Owl (Comic Book
Prose Fiction)
By Jeff Deischer
Westerntainment Books
Price $14.00
152 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
After the end of WWII, the mighty Golden Age heroes
came home to end their career saving the world from Nazi aggression. Although,
three of the heroes still gathering at the Round Table, and calling themselves
The Three Musketeers, are Hunter, Blitzkrieg, Compatriot and his sidekick,
Buddy. They work with F.B.I. agent Billy Troy, who keeps them informed on what
is happening. The rest of the super heroes and super villains are either dead
or retired now. Agent Troy brings news of
the murder of the head of S.M.A. Corporation, who was ripped to shreds, and probably
tortured. Plus, there was a weird flying creature spotted nearby. The Three Musketeers are asked to investigate.
This was a fun story, almost reading like a pulp story,
but with comic book super heroes and a new villain, The Owl. The author, an
expert on Golden Age and Silver Age comic book history, brings characters
together in his Argentverse. And whether you read this as fan fiction, or new
genre, what you get is old versus new in a brand new package that will resonate
with not only comic book fans, but fans of well written action yarns with good
plot devices. Although I grew up reading Golden Age comics as a child, and
Silver Age comics as a teen, I am not versed in their history, nor did I read
them all, so the author was speaking to a mere initiate not a master of the
subject, yet he was able to spin a fine tale of light mystery in this comic
book prose. There is an explanation about the Argentverse at the end of the
book for new readers like myself. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of CRIMES LAST STAND
I read his book The Golden Age. It was not bad.
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