Primal Force #5, Page 11

Artists: Ken Hooper (Penciller) , Barbara Kaalberg (Inker)

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Title:	Primal Force #5, Page 11
Artist:	Ken Hooper (Penciller)
Artist:	Barbara Kaalberg (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	FS
Views:	842
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	12/24/2015
Comic Art Archive:	Primal Force Issue: 5 Page: 11 View

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Primal Force is far from the most fondly remembered title of the 1990s; in fact, it's barely remembered at all. Launching with DC's line-wide zero-issue month (the first time around, in the wake of Zero Hour), Primal Force was a team title featuring a motley collection of lesser-known (and lesser) heroes. When Red Tornado is the book's star power, you know it's going to be an oddball group of characters. Rounding out the lineup were D-lister Jack O'Lantern and an effort to retool and reincarnate Claw, a DC Conan clone from the 1970s, as well as characters created especially for the book: Meridian and Golem. As its title suggests, it was very much a creature of the 1990s, and it never really had a chance. It ran a total of 15 issues (which is about twice as long as it would've run if it had debuted 20 years later). The book was noteworthy for a couple of reasons: it was written by Steven T. Seagle, so you knew it was going to be unconventional; and it featured distinctly a non-'90s art style.

An eBay seller was offering two pages from the same issue a few months ago, and bidding wasn't all that active on the item (not surprisingly). The seller either didn't care about these pages or didn't know much about comics, as the listing was for two pages from "Prime Force." I'm always up for cheap boards, even from obscure or lesser titles, so I decided to throw in a low bid and landed the listing.

This is Page 11 of the story (but as a red-mark note in the upper right corner indicates, Page 13 of the issue as a whole), and it finds the heroes in the middle of the Australian Outback, bathed in sunlight. Nevertheless, inker Barbara Kaalberg brings a dark, noir quality to bear, drenching the characters in shadow. It works to add tension and suspense to the scene. I really enjoy Ken Hooper's photorealistic approach here, which was quite atypical of comics in the 1990s. The new portrayal of Jack O'Lantern's costume (visible in the upper left corner of the page) for this series also caught my attention, as it depicted him as something of a pauper hero. This page, unlike the other one I got in the same transaction, shows several of the titular heroes in costume (even if it's in silhouette, as with Red Tornado and Lantern in Panel 3).

Another element of the board I like is the lettering. Of note is the fact the first word balloon includes a pasteover to correct an error/revision in the dialogue. It stands out as an aberration and isn't consistent with the rest of the lettering, but I love it when more of the process -- even the editing process -- is evident on a board.

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