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Post by lee on Jul 11, 2024 16:01:23 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale; it felt like it was taken straight from one of the old pulp magazines. I, too, would love to see more stories about the Stainless Steel Cat.
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Post by DocQuantum on Jul 11, 2024 18:55:48 GMT
nice! reads like one of those novels you are talking about and leaves Roland ready to go Yup! That was my goal. Thanks!
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Post by DocQuantum on Jul 11, 2024 19:03:38 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale; it felt like it was taken straight from one of the old pulp magazines. I, too, would love to see more stories about the Stainless Steel Cat. Thanks so much! I was hoping it would read like one of the stories from the pulps. I wanted it to read more as an authentic story from that era than something too modern that was just jarringly plopped into the past. Plus, the Sentinels were never meant to be super-heroes since Captain Comet to some extent and Superboy should lay claim to those titles. Thus I tried to give DiGrasso a legitimate reason to help people with his powers. He’s an unlicensed detective who specializes in retrieving stolen money or property when the police can’t help, using the skills he developed as a cat burglar/thief (now reformed), and now with his status as an “ultimate warrior” whenever he transforms, he has new abilities to add to his toolkit. Sure, he charges a hefty price for his usual clients, since he has to eke out a living somehow, but if he sees someone in trouble you can be sure he’ll not hesitate to help them selflessly if he can do so with or without his powers. He’s begun the hero’s journey, so there could be some interesting conflicts with his old selfishness, much like Peter Parker when he was still new at being Spider-Man (remember when he tried to join the Fantastic Four to get rich?)
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