The Son Of Satan in: Madhouse!

Here's a fantastic lost masterpiece from The Son Of Satan's original series, as Steve Gerber & Gene Colan do their own version of The Exorcist, with the added attraction that Daimon, of course, knows all the demons of his father's domain personally. If there is a minus, it's that Frank Chiaramonte is possibly not the most sympathetic inker Gene ever had, but that's nitpicking. This is pure brilliance, through and through.

The Defenders: The Sons Of The Serpent Strike!

Something now from Steve Gerber's wonderful, ground-breaking run on Defenders, and an issue where my fave member of the non-team, Valkyrie, takes centre stage.
There is a fight scene here, but Steve's only interested in it because he has to be, and because talking isn't achieving anything.
I love pretty much everything about this issue, but I especially like Val's brutal awakening into the modern world, and Doc's inability to sugar coat it for her.
But this one's full of so many great moments like that, I don't want to spoil them.
Go ahead, tread those dirty streets with Val yourself.

The Foolkiller

Live A Poem...Or Die A Fool. As philosophies go, it's not a bad one. 

The Foolkiller first appeared in Man-Thing # 3, and instantly became one of my favourite tortured, insane villains.

I always looked at him as Steve Gerber's twisted answer to superheroes in general, and The Punisher in particular, what with his holy mission to take out ( anyone he percieved to be ) the garbage.

After all, what right does any superhero have to go out at night and beat people up? No one asked them to. And what if they go after somebody that society deems to be the wrong person, as The Foolkiller invariably does? Who's right and who's wrong? 

Foolie ( as I'm sure he wouldn't like to called ) is obviously insane, but compared to who?

And as he himself discovers in this, the second part of his origin tale, you should always choose your heroes wisely, as they'll invariably let you down, them being fools like everybody else.

But there will always be fools in the world, as proven by the fact that various characters have taken up this mantle over the years, in various different comic runs, so there's clearly always room for another judgemental vigilante out there.

What would a 21st century Foolkiller fight against? People who text on their mobiles while driving?

Now there's an idea. Where do I get me a hat and a gun like that?