Ah, I got slightly confused there – the Mad Bomber is George
Metesky, a real-life supervillain who set off bombs across New York City for sixteen years before he was caught.
Madbomb is special for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, it’s Jack Kirby both writing and drawing one of his signature creations, which means you get amazing visuals like this:
But that’s not all – you also get cameos from Henry Kissinger, a secret 200-year-old Royalist conspiracy to overthrow the U.S government and restore the British Monarchy, Captain America and Sam Wilson having very frank discussions about the linkages between American democracy and slavery, Cap and the Falcon being thrown into the plot of Rollerball (aka “Kill-Derby”), and of course a bomb that can drive people insane.
In other words, it’s high-concept superhero action mixed with pop culture references and cultural anxieties of the 1970s mixed with Jack Kirby’s unique Olmec- and surrealist-inspired art.
And I love it unreservedly.
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