Thursday, April 25, 2024

RAR #75: THE SHAMAN (1947)

In BLACKHAWK #17. The Blackhawks and their comrade Miss Fear take on The Shaman, who uses illicit atomic science to impress his native followers with his "magic." The location might be Canada, given that the only city mentioned is a made-up place called "North City." There's one line of dialogue where the White governor admits that the natives have some justice on their side, but that he doesn't like The Shaman's fear-mongering. Once he's out of the way, of course, everything becomes hunky-dory.


BTW, despite the judgment rendered by Chuck, there's clearly nothing "dirty" about the Shaman's counter. Olaf comes at the Shaman clumsily, and the Shaman uses his own momentum against him. Later, of course, Olaf does win the second and last bout, but only because he's better prepared. If one of the Blackhawks had used judo against a larger enemy, then that would have been "smart."

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