The 7 Guys of Justice versus Benito Mussolini.
I'm not really sure how much more I can say about this comic that will say even remotely as much as that sentence.
In the letter's column of a recent issue, Brian Joines talks about September 11th (the comic was in publication throughout that time), and refers to his series as simply a comic making fun of superheroes. I think he sells his creation short here. The fight against fascism is an integral part of the history of the costumed superhero. Aside from Superman and Batman, the majority of the legacy characters we know and love now had their origins in the midst of the Second World War. So for 7 Guys to pay some attention to that aspect of the genre's history automatically paints it as something far more than simply a comic that makes fun of superheroes.
Loving something means questioning it, exploring it. 7 Guys asks numerous questions about the genre, but also offers insights into it, into it's history, and looks to its future.
More tomorrow.
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