CBR: FIRST LOOK: "Mighty Samson"

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:13 pm

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=28359

cshepard81 · Post by **cshepard81** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:15 pm

Guess I was too slow posting it in the other thread.
Is the Dan Jackson cover artist our own Daniel Jackson?

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:16 pm

cshepard81 wrote:Guess I was too slow posting it in the other thread.
Is the Dan Jackson cover artist our own Daniel Jackson?

heh, I think it was just seconds apart!

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:16 pm

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:19 pm

I hope they keep Raymond Swanland on the rest of the covers for the series. I want to see him draw giant mutated creatures like the old Samson covers had:

http://www.comics.org/series/1652/covers/

I'm surprised there's no creature on the first cover...

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:21 pm

Awesome!!!

dave · Post by **dave** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:51 pm

I like the art on the interior-the Covers for everything they've done have been excellent.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:43 pm

cshepard81 wrote:Guess I was too slow posting it in the other thread.
Is the Dan Jackson cover artist our own Daniel Jackson?

Hahaha....I can draw stick figures, that's about it....

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:25 pm

I am excited to read this.

iwantvaliant · Post by **iwantvaliant** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:46 pm

I really like Olliffe's work. I'm very pleased to see he's on this book!

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:30 pm

Looks great. Really looking forward to this one and Turok.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:50 pm

That's a nice page. It will be interesting to see how Shooter handles a different character.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:23 pm

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:27 am

400yrs wrote:That's a nice page. It will be interesting to see how Shooter handles a different character.

Yes, that will be interesting.

I am REALLY looking forward to this... the old books are pretty campy which is GREAT for their time but an updated version (well recently written) will hit at a very nice time.

yardstick · Post by **yardstick** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:06 pm

Is this to be a sort of futuristic "Thundarr" type character? Or more paralleling the historical Biblical character?

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 6:13 pm

yardstick wrote:Is this to be a sort of futuristic "Thundarr" type character? Or more paralleling the historical Biblical character?

It is based off the Gold Key character from back in the day.

Mighty Samson was an original comic book series from Gold Key Comics. Similar to other post-apocalyptic titles like Kamandi, Atomic Knights or the like, it was set in the area around "N'Yark", in an Earth devastated by a nuclear war.

Mighty Samson lasted 32 issues between 1964 and 1982. The first issue was published in July 1964. The title was cancelled with #20 (1969). Issues 7–20 each had a back-up story with the large-headed character Tom Morrow. Mighty Samson was brought back in 1972 (probably due to the popularity of Star Trek), and lasted until #31 in 1976. The first two new issues were reprints; issue #21 (reprinting #7), and issue #22 (reprinting #2). A final new story was published in Gold Key Champion #2 in 1978. #32 (a reprint of #3, but with a line-art version of #4's cover) was published under the "Whitman Comics" line in 1982, and sold in a bag with Turok #130 and Dagar the Invincible #18.

Mighty Samson was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Frank Thorne. Artist Jack Sparling took over the artwork with #8, and Binder and Jack did the title through #20. In the new issues beginning with #23, art was by Jose Delbo, and later by Jack Abel.

Samson was a wandering barbarian adventurer. An apparent mutant, due to his size and strength, but one who did only good. In the first issue, he loses an eye to a liobear, who he kills and skins (and whose hide he would wear). He is nursed back to health by Sharmaine, whose father Mindor had figured out some 20th Century knowledge from artifacts from the past.

jbtheo · Post by **jbtheo** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:11 pm

Sweet--looks awesome.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:25 pm

The new material looks much better than the old IMO.

yardstick · Post by **yardstick** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:55 pm

Knightt wrote:
yardstick wrote:Is this to be a sort of futuristic "Thundarr" type character? Or more paralleling the historical Biblical character?
It is based off the Gold Key character from back in the day.

Mighty Samson was an original comic book series from Gold Key Comics. Similar to other post-apocalyptic titles like Kamandi, Atomic Knights or the like, it was set in the area around "N'Yark", in an Earth devastated by a nuclear war.

Mighty Samson lasted 32 issues between 1964 and 1982. The first issue was published in July 1964. The title was cancelled with #20 (1969). Issues 7–20 each had a back-up story with the large-headed character Tom Morrow. Mighty Samson was brought back in 1972 (probably due to the popularity of Star Trek), and lasted until #31 in 1976. The first two new issues were reprints; issue #21 (reprinting #7), and issue #22 (reprinting #2). A final new story was published in Gold Key Champion #2 in 1978. #32 (a reprint of #3, but with a line-art version of #4's cover) was published under the "Whitman Comics" line in 1982, and sold in a bag with Turok #130 and Dagar the Invincible #18.

Mighty Samson was created by writer Otto Binder and artist Frank Thorne. Artist Jack Sparling took over the artwork with #8, and Binder and Jack did the title through #20. In the new issues beginning with #23, art was by Jose Delbo, and later by Jack Abel.

Samson was a wandering barbarian adventurer. An apparent mutant, due to his size and strength, but one who did only good. In the first issue, he loses an eye to a liobear, who he kills and skins (and whose hide he would wear). He is nursed back to health by Sharmaine, whose father Mindor had figured out some 20th Century knowledge from artifacts from the past.

So, more like Thundarr then...

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:13 pm

More like Thundarr was like the Mighty Samson... except for the Chewbacca wannabee.

I am sure that Samson will have greater depth.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 3:03 pm

Knightt wrote:More like Thundarr was like the Mighty Samson... except for the Chewbacca wannabee.

Hey, don't be dissin Ookla.....

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:42 pm

Ookla ? Was that it ? Ookla ?

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:48 pm

This actually looks promising. Maybe this will be the Dark Horse / Gold Key book that doesn't suck so bad I have to drop it after 2 issues.

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:41 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:
cshepard81 wrote:Guess I was too slow posting it in the other thread.
Is the Dan Jackson cover artist our own Daniel Jackson?
Hahaha....I can draw stick figures, that's about it....

Must be one heck of an inker you are using then!

Prelate1 · Post by **Prelate1** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:18 am

Was this common knowledge and I just missed it?

Shooter:By the way, working with me on the "Mighty Samson" is writer J.C. Vaughn, who is excellent. Wait'll you see.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page ... e&id=29128

Really looking forward to this.