Dark Stars: Brother Voodoo
Nobody can do the hoodoo like Brother Voodoo!!! Jericho Drumm as Brother Voodoo is the story of a man who comes home and is forced to claim his birthright. The mystic tales of the voodoo priest begins with death and resurrection. The Strange Tales of Brother Voodoo challenges the logic and academic belief system of Drumm as the scholarly-type brutha and transforms him into a mystical peoples champion.
What I really dig about this type of hero story is the fact that you don’t get to choose to be a hero — it chooses you. Once you embrace it and keep it tight, your whole scenario takes shape as if you were born to it. When a characters character comes to the forefront in a compelling way, you can’t help but get down with it. Brother Voodoo has that edge, and I challenge you to stare into the eyes of a man who has lived twice. Bahlactus has spoken.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:46 am
I never read this title, but can easily remember the cover and what grade I was in when the title came out. There was a kid in my class that collected alot of the “alternate” comics at the times. Not your regular run-of-the-mill super hero books. I recall Where Monsters Dwell, Godzilla and some of the more well known Strange Tales. Nice ride on your time machine Bahlactus.
August 7th, 2007 at 11:03 am
I always dig the What ifs where Dr. Strange is dead and Mr. Drumm is sorcerer supreme. Very cool stuff.
August 8th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Fred hembeck had a long-running gang in his Marvel Age strips, the gist of which were that Brother Voodoo was the lamest character in the Marvel Universe (if I remember correctly). There’s a heck of a lot of promise and strength in Voodoo’s first few appearances, though–he’d make a dandy character to bring back.