Astro Jack
I’ve been in a bit of a writing funk, so I thought I’d put my mind toward a writing prompt. Virginia provided this gem for this month’s prompt contest:
Write a story poem or scene about someone discovering/becoming a superhero at the age of 32.
I thought this would be a fun opportunity to write a little bit about Astro Jack. I haven’t done much with Jack, but the basic concept behind him is that he’s basically the grandfather of the superheroic age in which all my other heroes live. He was the first big hero, the one who made it big and popular. Sort of the Superman of my ‘verse. Most of his adventures take place in the ’20s through the ’50s.
Aside from that basic concept, I haven’t really fleshed him out. So why not start now?
This is just a little bit, just a starting sketch. Maybe if I can get this blasted space western done I can move on to this afterward. Who is this Jack Martin, and what happened to him in the savage trenches of France?
