Project Superpowers is a comic book limited series published by Dynamite Entertainment beginning January 2008. It is co-plotted by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross, with scripts by Jim Krueger, covers by Alex Ross, and finally interior art by Doug Klauba and Stephen Sadowski. Ross is also art director, which includes sketched pages, colour guides, and redesigns of most of the characters.
The series resurrects a number of Golden Age superheroes originally published by companies including Fox Comics, Crestwood Publications and Nedor Comics, many of whom are in the public domain, including the protagonist, Fighting Yank.
The characters include:
The first issue of the series (#0) depicts an aging Bruce Carter III, formerly the Fighting Yank, confronted by a spirit that comes in the form of a fluttering American flag and claims to be "the blood of [...] patriots" who died for America, including the Golden-Age superheroes who were Carter's friends and colleagues. This "American Spirit" visits...
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