John Jones was very much like Detective Sergeant Joe Friday, with a bit of Phillip Marlowe and a science fiction twist. Like pulp detectives, crooks routinely got the drop on Jones in the second act, roughing him up to add tension before the final turnabout.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Joe Friday from Mars?
This is an excellent post on one of the under-rated characters of the Silver Age of Comics.
