Unlike most of the other ABC characters, Greyshirt is not so much a parody of comic book characters as a pastiche of classic masked detectives.

These characters, like Greyshirt, were often inspired by pulp magazine and comic book archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked detective.

" The comic then continued with " Young Greyshirt ," which explored the character's life before Tomorrow Stories, and " Greyshirt ," which featured short stories similar to those seen in Tomorrow Stories.

During this time, she also formed an at first antagonistic relationship with another Tomorrow Stories feature character, Greyshirt, the two of them eventually recognizing the other as their equal.

He then became a regular artist on Moore's America's Best Comics line published by Wildstorm, co-creating and then illustrating the graphically innovative " Greyshirt " serial ( a Spirit homage ) in Tomorrow Stories, and later writing a spin-off Greyshirt series.

Greyshirt originally appeared in Tomorrow Stories ( 1999 ), each issue consisting of a collection of short stories featuring a recurring cast of characters.

Greyshirt later appeared in Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset, a comic-book limited series and spin-off from Tomorrow Stories that was written and drawn by Veitch.

Both the Weeping Gorilla and Chucklin ' Duck motifs were used in the Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset series by Rick Veitch, and a Weeping Gorilla Comix panel makes a cameo appearance in the story " King Solomon Pines " in Tom Strong's Terrific Tales # 5 ( scripted by Leah Moore and illustrated by Sergio Aragones ).

* Greyshirt – Created by Moore and Rick Veitch

After Greyshirt arranged her arrest, she was sentenced to death by gas chamber.

* Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset # 6 ( America's Best Comics, 2001 )

* ABC: A-Z, Greyshirt and Cobweb # 1 ( America's Best Comics, 2006 )

Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

The Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B.

At this time, Plato called in a couple of favors and gave Franky a chain mail Greyshirt.

After recovering for two weeks, Franky decides to adopt the identity of Greyshirt, a masked private investigator.

Greyshirt waited for her with red roses on the night she crawled out of her grave.

* 2003: Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset.

* Greyshirt – A smart, skilled and tenacious fighter who sports a complete bodysuit made of chainmail, walking cane fitted with power grappling line.

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As is usual with collaborative efforts in comic strips, his name was the only one credited — although, sensitive to his own experience working on Joe Palooka, Capp frequently drew attention to his assistants in interviews and publicity pieces.

Highlights of the strip's final decades include " Boomchik " ( 1961 ), in which America's international prestige is saved by Mammy Yokum, " Daisy Mae Steps Out " ( 1966 ), a female-empowering tale of Daisy's brazenly audacious “ homewrecker gland ," " The Lips of Marcia Perkins " ( 1967 ), a satirical, thinly-veiled commentary on venereal disease and public health warnings, " Ignoble Savages " ( 1968 ), in which the Mob takes over Harvard, and " Corporal Crock " ( 1973 ), in which Bullmoose reveals his reactionary cartoon role model, in a tale of obsession and the fanatical world of comic book collecting.

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Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.

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The Beano is now the longest-running weekly comic, since The Dandy became a fortnightly comic in 2007.

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