I know Howard Chaykin is not everyone’s cup of tea. Thankfully, he’s mine. Most recently, I’ve been enjoying his work in the current New Avengers arc in which Nick Fury organizes a team of Avengers in 1959. Though penned by series scribe Brian Michael Bendis, Chaykin is getting his opportunity to flesh out the ragtag team of hero-ish characters from the era (or who could have been around at the time) in Avengers 1959.
While I’ve never quite understood why, one of my favorite pulp characters growing up was Dominic Fortune. I was so thrilled to see the character included in Bendis’ story and now in the new five-issue mini. Maybe it’s the vest or the pistol or the cool-as-hell codename—his last name is really Fortunov (of course it is!).
