tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post451447226389316785..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: MARVEL 1990s: FOOLKILLER #1Tony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-86499025248908573612016-12-06T14:09:37.745-05:002016-12-06T14:09:37.745-05:00Your reviews have inspired me to check this out! ...Your reviews have inspired me to check this out! Thanks!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-26405630207345145102016-12-06T08:55:32.569-05:002016-12-06T08:55:32.569-05:00I always considered Foolkiller to be one of the un...I always considered Foolkiller to be one of the unsung greats of the 90s, especially from Marvel, but I guess that degree of philosophical depth was something Marvel at the time didn't want to follow. Nowadays it would be optioned as the next Netflix show.<br /><br />SPOLIERS FOR TONY<br /><br />I'll say something hopefully not too controversial but Foolkiller always struck me as the left-wing alternative to the right-wing Punisher. The Punisher acts on a primal, emotive and inherently personal level. His family was killed so he goes after the criminals and guns them down, without any wider thought as to the underlying causes. So from that point of view he fits into a somewhat right-wing ethos. <br /><br />The Foolkiller as you will see from later issues, starts at the same point as the Punisher but then develops a philosophical framework which sounds more left-wing to me: society's failings are down to a lack of individuals' concept of the common good. So he will go after the criminal but also the corrupt landlord- anyone who lefts society down.<br /><br />A great book, a great intellectual and narrative tour-de-force by Steve Gerber. I regret the late De Zuniga's inks- they overpower most pencillers.Giovanni Spinellanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-33524321025848296592016-12-06T06:15:00.887-05:002016-12-06T06:15:00.887-05:00So weird to read this I remember the series well I...So weird to read this I remember the series well I bought it at the Newsstand. I guess in my teens i thought early twenties. The character came out of an old Spider-Man comic and it was fun read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122511262401935821noreply@blogger.com