DeFalco/Frenz Retrospective: Kickers Inc. #1

 


Writer: Tom DeFalco
Penciler: Ron Frenz

Synopsis: Football players decide to become paranormal investigators. 

Comments: I could be wrong but this might be the first time Sal Buscema inks Ron Frenz's work. The two have almost exclusively work together for the past 18 years. Kickers Inc. is a New Universe title that took place in its own continuity. 


I am not a football fan. I'm actually writing this review the day of Superbowl LVI. The fictional New York Smashers would be used in the main 616 continuity as the team Kevin Masterson's stepfather, Bobby Steele, would play for. 


I wonder if the "White Event" in the New Universe that gave individuals their powers inspired the eclipse on the TV show Heroes or the Big Bang in the Milestone titles (e.g. Static Shock)? 



Wow, that guy's comments on about athletes getting brain damaged was years before CTE was widely accepted. 



Ron Frenz's hometown of Pittsburgh makes a cameo! 


So the Kickers Inc. is formed to investigate the paranormal. This was before the X-Files and Supernatural, but after Kolchak: The Night Stalker.  Tom and Ron would later work on Kolchak Tales: Ghost Stories together. 







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