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jkcarrierCounting down our 12 favorite short-lived comics series. See what other CBR posters chose for the #11 spot here: http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?436048-The-Second-Day-of-Classic-Comics-Christmas-2012
And my choice for today is...
11. The Scorpion
(3 issues, 1975)
One of the better efforts from the short-lived Atlas/Seaboard line, a pulpy 1930s adventure stylishly written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. For the first two issues, immortal soldier-of-fortune Moro Frost, aka the Scorpion, battled crooks and zombies in classic noir style (with a touch of Chaykin's trademark sardonic wit). Bizarrely, the third issue featured a completely different creative team, and transformed the character into a modern-day spandex-clad superhero. Even more bizarrely, Chaykin lifted the character and concept wholesale and recycled it as "Dominic Fortune" over at Marvel (albeit with an even more satirical bent). But those first two issues stand out as something uniquely cool, and a teasing promise of what might have been, had Atlas been around for the long haul.
And my choice for today is...
11. The Scorpion
(3 issues, 1975)
One of the better efforts from the short-lived Atlas/Seaboard line, a pulpy 1930s adventure stylishly written and drawn by Howard Chaykin. For the first two issues, immortal soldier-of-fortune Moro Frost, aka the Scorpion, battled crooks and zombies in classic noir style (with a touch of Chaykin's trademark sardonic wit). Bizarrely, the third issue featured a completely different creative team, and transformed the character into a modern-day spandex-clad superhero. Even more bizarrely, Chaykin lifted the character and concept wholesale and recycled it as "Dominic Fortune" over at Marvel (albeit with an even more satirical bent). But those first two issues stand out as something uniquely cool, and a teasing promise of what might have been, had Atlas been around for the long haul.
