tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post682990236049145809..comments2024-03-28T07:39:54.332-04:00Comments on Rip Jagger's Dojo: The Once And Future Cap!Rip Jaggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-19204626648401896292011-04-13T05:44:57.884-04:002011-04-13T05:44:57.884-04:00Steve - Yeah that does look like Fighting American...Steve - Yeah that does look like Fighting American. I got those adventures complete for the first time in the giant Titan reprint a few months ago. They look fantastic. <br /><br />Joe - I personally think that Deathlok is Buckler's concept through and through and its a coincidence that Kirby was up for a future Cap. Deathlok has similarities and is inspired by Cap, but I don't want to suggest that Buckler didn't derive the concept himself. I think it has too much of his character in it to be anything else. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-84359121468407780922011-04-13T05:34:54.881-04:002011-04-13T05:34:54.881-04:00yeah, I heard that with Deathlok, too. from what ...yeah, I heard that with Deathlok, too. from what I can gather, Jack was all ( kinda ) set to do the Captain America series that ended up being Omac, but jumped ship to DC before anything could come of it, and, Marvel being Marvel, they went right ahead and stole the idea, anyway, and what they came up with was. . .yep. Deathlok.joe ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654300765962440903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220285230636101823.post-54730628100521422462011-04-13T04:41:42.233-04:002011-04-13T04:41:42.233-04:00That design for Captain American looks a lot like ...That design for Captain American looks a lot like "Fighting American," Simon and Kirby's spoof/rip-off of their own Captain America. (I used to have a hardback with the FA stories, but I lent it to someone and never got it back. Sigh. But at least there's a paperback edition coming out in May that I can buy to replace it.)Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263633883997493518noreply@blogger.com