{"id":35974,"date":"2026-07-20T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=35974"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:02:50","slug":"mighty-love-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2026\/07\/20\/mighty-love-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Howard Chaykin<\/strong>, with Don Cameron<\/strong>, Kurt Hathaway<\/strong> & Dave Stewart<\/strong> (DC Comics)
\nISBN: 978-1-56389-930-0 (HB) 978-1-56389-931-7 (TPB)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> produced in less enlightened times and deliberately employed to provoke and annoy you.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let the outfits fool you: it\u2019s not just another kinky love story\u2026<\/p>\n

Oddly released under the DC rather than Vertigo imprint when it debuted in 2003, this is a story about crime in the big city and of the compromises individuals must make to achieve their private and personal purposes.<\/p>\n

Delaney Pope<\/em> is a rough, tough cop on a completely corrupt force who is fed up with seeing the scum she arrests get away with murder – and far worse. Lincoln Reinhardt<\/em> is a slick, liberal defense attorney constantly thwarting the frames and set-ups of those cops. He constantly clashes with Pope in the course of his job. They both loathe each other with a passion.
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\nUnbeknownst to either they both assuage their workday frustrations by putting on masks and costumes to beat the crap out of criminals (with or without badges) in the commission of their crimes on the streets and in the backrooms… an arena where there are no doubts about guilt, innocence or mitigations.<\/p>\n

The thrill of these nocturnal forays inevitably lead to a meeting of \u201cSkylark<\/em>\u201d and \u201cIron Angel<\/em>\u201d, and a tenuous, teasing (if not actually titillating) team-up when separate cases bring them together against the city\u2019s first criminal mastermind. Not knowing each other\u2019s real identity, but afraid to unmask and lose that so-tantalising tension, the pair must decide what\u2019s most important, the actual or the promised\u2026
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\nThis delightfully fizzy adult romp prods all the fetishistic trappings of superhero storytelling as the brassy and whimsical writer\/artist (with computer effects by Don Cameron, lettering by Kurt Hathaway and colours from Dave Stewart) blends classic romcom movie riffs as seen in The Shop Around the Corner<\/strong>, The Thin Man<\/strong>, Pat and Mike<\/strong> and even Adam\u2019s Rib<\/strong> with a welter of crime caper movies to produce a costume drama in the unmistakable Chaykin manner.<\/p>\n

Presumably a pilot for an unrealized longer series, Mighty Love<\/strong> was a fast & stylish, done-in-one oddity that reads well and looks great – so if all you want is a good time; Baby, look no further, and seek this out…
\n\u00a9 2003 Howard Chaykin, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n

Born today: long serving Golden Age artist\/strip creator John Lehti<\/strong> (Crimson Avenger<\/strong>, Cotton Carver<\/strong>, Tarzan<\/strong>, Flash Gordon<\/strong>, Tales of the Great Book<\/strong>, Tommy of the Big Top<\/strong>, Big Town<\/strong>, Lassie<\/strong>, Tom Corbet, Space Cadet<\/strong>, Sgt. Rock<\/strong>, The Losers<\/strong>) in 1912; Al Bryant<\/strong> (Gale Allen<\/em>, Shark Brodie<\/em>, Military Comics<\/strong>, Feature Comics<\/strong>) in 1917; multi-talented artist\/editor\/publisher Dick Giordano<\/strong> (Sarge Steel<\/strong>, Judomaster<\/strong>, Batman<\/strong>, Human Target<\/strong>, Elongated Man<\/strong>, Modesty Blaise<\/strong>, countless features at Warren, Valiant, DC & Marvel) in 1932 and, in 1990 Brazilian artist Bilquis Evely<\/strong> (Luluzinha Teen e Sua Turma<\/em>, Doc Savage<\/strong>, Shaft<\/strong>, Wonder Woman<\/strong>, The Dreaming<\/strong>, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

On this date in 1975, Walt Kelly<\/strong>\u2019s astounding strip Pogo<\/strong> published its last episode, and in 1995 writer\/editor\/animator George Caragonne<\/strong> (The Legend of Zelda<\/strong>, Masters of the Universe<\/strong>, Planet Terry<\/strong>, Star Brand<\/strong>, Penthouse Comix<\/strong>) died today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Howard Chaykin, with Don Cameron, Kurt Hathaway & Dave Stewart (DC Comics) ISBN: 978-1-56389-930-0 (HB) 978-1-56389-931-7 (TPB) This book includes Discriminatory Content produced in less enlightened times and deliberately employed to provoke and annoy you. Don\u2019t let the outfits fool you: it\u2019s not just another kinky love story\u2026 Oddly released under the DC rather … <\/p>\n

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