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Fighting American (1997) #2 page 21 Stephen Platt

Artists: Stephen Platt (Penciller) , Joe Weems (Inker)

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Title:	Fighting American (1997) #2 page 21 Stephen Platt
Artist:	Stephen Platt (Penciller)
Artist:	Joe Weems (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	Sold
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Fighting American #2 page 21

Fighting American was originally created in the 1950s by the team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby as a humorous send-up of their more famous star-spangled creation, Captain America. In the original series, John Flagg and his crew battled such Cold War baddies as “Hotsy Trotsky” and “Poison Ivan.”

A two-issue miniseries (August–October 1997) from Awesome Entertainment, written by Rob Liefeld (story) and Jeph Loeb (script), and penciled by Liefeld and Stephen Platt, had originally been produced for the "Heroes Reborn" version of Captain America for Marvel Comics.[12] Here, Fighting American was a retired superhero coping with the death of his partner. The miniseries came about, Liefeld said in 2007, while he was packaging a Captain America series for Marvel. In early 1997, the company, which had filed for bankruptcy, asked Liefeld to accept lower payment for his studio's work. He refused and was removed from the series. Liefeld called Fighting American co-creator Joe Simon and Roz Kirby, widow of co-creator Jack Kirby, who agreed to license the character to him, but at a price Liefeld would not accept. Liefeld created the similar character Agent America, drawing "maybe three pinups and one poster image", but withdrew the character, he said, when Simon threatened to sue. Liefeld negotiated a new deal for Fighting American, but was then sued by Marvel. During the course of the trial, he said, his version of Fighting American acquired a shield. As one of the terms of the settlement, however, Fighting American was forbidden from throwing his shield like a weapon, to distinguish him from Captain America.

In later comics published by Awesome Entertainment, Fighting American was John Flagg, a former soldier who gained powers through an unspecified experiment "never to be duplicated." A subsequent miniseries, Rules of the Game, written by Loeb with art by Ed McGuinness, reintroduced some of the original Simon & Kirby villains. It was followed by the miniseries Dogs of War, written by Jim Starlin and penciled by Platt. While Awesome was legally prohibited from having him throw the shield, Rules and Dogs showed several additional weapons are built into it, including multiple spike projectiles, a Gatling gun and a mini-missile. This version has also used throwing stars tipped with tranquilizers.

Fighting American #2 page 21 - October 1997

Artists: Stephen Platt (Penciller) , Joe Weems (Inker)

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