The Merge Noir

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jmucchiello
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I haven't this out very far but it intrigues me. What if neo-paladin's The Merge had happened in 1950? No anime, no superhero revival, no hanna-barbera cartoons, no star trek, no star wars, no RPGs. So what is there? Cowboys. Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon style sci-fi. All the monsters look like a man in a monster suit, or Boris Karloff. Godzilla. Drunkard detectives in run down single-room offices that She just walked into. Hitler's brain in a jar.

I don't plan to do anything with this. But it got stuck in my head today. And I'm releasing it here.

Now let's consider 1890... Jules Vern vs Edgar Rice Boroughs for sci-fi style.
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You're a couple decades early for ERB; try H.G. Wells instead.
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Davies wrote: Sat Jan 22, 2022 4:46 am You're a couple decades early for ERB; try H.G. Wells instead.
Yeah, I know. Maybe he was dreaming them up back then.
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Also, don't forget proto-superheroes like The Shadow...
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There would also be reports in Britain of animals that can talk to humans and of children with unusual abilities or skills. Look up the Beano and the Dandy to see what I mean.
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betterwatchit wrote: Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:37 pm There would also be reports in Britain of animals that can talk to humans and of children with unusual abilities or skills. Look up the Beano and the Dandy to see what I mean.
I thought you were going Winnie-the-Pooh, there. :)
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I can also imagine the Island of Sodor and the North-Western Railway making it over as well.
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jmucchiello wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:33 amI thought you were going Winnie-the-Pooh, there. :)
The comic scene in Britain was rather different to the American scene back then.
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