In the last installment, we were halfway through Millennium Productions’ original comic story The Monarch of Armageddon, written by Mark Ellis and drawn by Darryl Banks. The tale featured John Sunlight as its prime antagonist, and took place as a direct sequel to the Lester Dent pulp Doc Savage novel, The Devil Genghis. Across theContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 7”
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Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 6
In the previous article, I began a look back at the 1991-92 Millennium Productions depiction of Doc’s ultimate enemy, John Sunlight. Written by Mark Ellis and drawn by Darryl Banks, Sunlight was the antagonist in an ambitious, complex story called The Monarch of Armageddon. It was a direct sequel to the 1938 pulp novel TheContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 6”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 5
In the first parts of this article, I explored the pulp magazine roots of the villain John Sunlight in the 1930’s novels Fortress of Solitude and The Devil Genghis, followed by his comic book incarnations, which began fifty years later. Marvel Comics, in the 1970’s, teased a story featuring Sunlight in their black and whiteContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 5”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part Four
In the first installments of this article, I took a look at the pulp roots of Doc Savage’s most celebrated foe, John Sunlight — then began the exploration of his literary return in Doc Savage comics across the decades. The first of those revivals came in the late 80’s/early 90’s DC Comics series, in aContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part Four”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 3
In Part 1, I examined the pulp origins of the most ubiquitous villain in the Doc Savage canon, and in Part 2 explored how DC Comics resurrected John Sunlight in the 1980’s. The story of that return, called “Sunlight Rising”, was written by Mike Barr, and illustrated by Rod Whigham. It was a long story,Continue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 3”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 2
In Part 1, we took a look at John Sunlight’s origins in the pulps, as well as the interest in the character generated by his mention in Philip José Farmer’s Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, and the near miss of a Sunlight appearance in the Marvel/Curtis Doc Savage black and white magazine of the ’70’s.Continue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 2”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 1
Much has been made — over many decades — out of the fact that across the original pulp run of Doc Savage magazine, only one villain came back to oppose Doc for a second time. That character, of course, was John Sunlight. He was certainly a unique and compelling character. In many ways he wasContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 1”
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