The Next Event Comic

[Dr. Mind]

(08-22-2011 04:02 PM)SilverHammerMan Wrote:  Speaking of the Eternity Squared posters, I thought I saw Galaxy Ranger over the shoulder of what appears to be Patriot Puncher. Is it too early to be cautiously optimistic for a new Galaxy Ranger series?
I always thought the character was a cool idea, a superhero in the far future who fights injustice on a galactic scale sounds awesome, but the execution never quite clicked for me, especially when Harry Doleman was in charge, he couldn't write his way out of a paper bag.
However the solicitation does beg the question of what the Ranger, a character set in the 47th century, is doing in a book with a modern setting.

It sure looks like the Ranger to me, too. But, beneath the mask, hard to say if it's Marc Tr1umph wearing the costume, or some as yet to be determined 21st century character donning the Silver Cowboy Hat, Tesseract Holsters, and Anti-Matter Revolvers (dare I hope for Eddie Masters, whose Chrono-Cop character has been deservedly forgotten?). As far as the original Ranger having a role in Eternity Squared, there may be battles being fought in different eras, or, there are any number of vilains that could be involved in a multi-epoch attack on the entire universe (either jumping around in time, or bringing characters from other time periods into the present for some reason): Professor Infinity, Past Master, Time Demon (though he would have to be drastically altered to be the mastermind in this scenario), or even Clock Puncher (though his powers would have to have been considerably enhanced for him to be a real threat, or he'd have to be working for one of the heavier hitters, like Dr. Element, the Pharaoh, or Emperor Solar). While I agree with you for the most part about Galaxy Ranger never quite living up to its potential (though Messenheim's SunWar series was pretty fun), I personally would love to see them bring at least some of the characters from the Virtue League into the present: imagine Commander Friendly or Growing Lady fighting alongside WarpWave or Sinew!