tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471540085069522287.post3825470990884423161..comments2022-11-24T05:40:01.167-05:00Comments on Superhero Babylon: The patriotic hero's flipsideJoe Mauronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07598213543612872498noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471540085069522287.post-18986219119889571612008-10-09T16:25:00.000-04:002008-10-09T16:25:00.000-04:00An interesting 'take' on the 'evil pat...An interesting 'take' on the 'evil patriotic hero' is the briefly seen "Captain Krieg" from Jack Staff.<BR/><BR/>Jack Staff is Britian's Greatest Superhero, a character created by Paul Grist similiar to Union Jack. However, Jack is apparently long-lived, and we see some of his adventures from WWII (along side other heroes, similiar to Marvel's Invaders team), in the 50s & 60s (alongside other british heroes of the time) and in modern days. [Paul bases many of his characters on classic british characters, but with his own twist].<BR/><BR/>Captain Krieg at first glance is your typical 'Captain Nazi' clone. Except. He's not a Nazi. And he doesn't like some of the things he finds his government is doing. So they sacrefice him to some demon for their own purposes. When the now possessed Krieg shows up in the present, Jack has to stop him. But actually, Krieg kills himself, to stop the evil inside him. <BR/><BR/>Jack winds up burying him, as probably no one else carries what happens to Krieg.<BR/><BR/>Overall, an interesting set of characters. The above storyline was collected in the third Jack Staff collection, Echoes of Tomorrow.Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577632385379561930noreply@blogger.com