Captain Gravity

(Penny-Farthing, 1998-1999)
™ and ©1998 Penny-Farthing Press, Inc.

On location among the historic ruins of Chichen Itza, Mexico, a movie crew is attempting to shoot the debut of the newest serial sensation, Captain Gravity. Unfortunately, the film is just a front for a group of Nazis, who seek a legendary extraterrestrial artifact known only as Element 115.

Tricked into betraying his friends and the artifact to the Germans, young Joshua Jones seems to be the only one left to foil the Nazis’ evil scheme. Gambling everything on the unknown effects of his exposure to Element 115, Jones hopes the appearance of the supposedly fictional Captain Gravity will save the day.

This four-issue mini-series combines the campiness of Golden Age stories with the melodrama of B-grade movies, but also provides solid storytelling with realistic, 3-D characters. The story also confronts the issue of racism head on, comparing Hitler’s campaign against the Jews with America’s treatment of blacks and other minorities during the same time period.

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