tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post9113351608512844866..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: 21 THE PNEUMATIC CITY OF THE MAN OF BRONZEpjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-39024766678390214922020-04-06T18:21:41.239-07:002020-04-06T18:21:41.239-07:00This is sort of the plot from Atlas Shrugged, whic...This is sort of the plot from Atlas Shrugged, which now makes me wonder what type of superhero story Ayn Rand would like. I think she would like a lot of them.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-84569993031253304072020-04-06T18:11:27.725-07:002020-04-06T18:11:27.725-07:00kind of want to do a whole 1930s pulp superhero ga...kind of want to do a whole 1930s pulp superhero game now. we could have naughty chinamen, and the everpresent threat of Socialism. hmMatt Haltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09218026941585227639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-36314218698502179082020-04-06T13:57:19.635-07:002020-04-06T13:57:19.635-07:00Damn the vibe in this one is so good. Love that yo...Damn the vibe in this one is so good. Love that you told it as a complete character arc. I might use the Ultimate Man as a tragic villain.Salindayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474506269950104807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-48943049196730446212020-04-06T11:21:53.567-07:002020-04-06T11:21:53.567-07:00"I'm ripping off Warren Ellis and Alan Mo..."I'm ripping off Warren Ellis and Alan Moore but weren't they just ripping off the Pulp Authors?"<br /><br />I've not read any (original) Doc Savage, but I get the impression (perhaps wrongly) that Axel Brass and Tom Strong are more ambitious than anything the Man of Bronze was up to. A side effect of Superman &c coming between the two, perhaps. <br /><br />Also, Murder Inc. was, however implausibly, a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder,_Inc.<br />Solomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.com