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...Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon spun a riveting tale of superheroics’ glory days, 1939 to 1954, through the tale of Kavalier and Clay, two Jewish comic-creators and their spectacularly successful creation, The Escapist...
Here’s the premise: after the end of Chabon’s novel’s plot, Kavalier and Clay drop the Escapist project and leave the comic in the hands of other writers. The creation bounces around from firm to firm—but each company that takes on the project soon finds itself filing for bankruptcy. Perhaps there is something inherently flawed in the idea of a character who is a cut-rate Houdini knockoff representing an organization called The Golden Key battling the evil forces of The Iron Chain...
This creative premise allows the Escapist to reflect comic styles as they evolve over time...
Each story is preceded by a brief introduction written by a real-life expert on comic book history, placing the subsequent story in its comic and historical context...
Here’s the problem: the anthology’s meta-setup focuses on a continuously unsuccessful comic strip. So the comics cannot successfully match their respective eras’ tones—or else, the Escapist’s incarnations might be financially viable, and the project’s plot would be ruined...