Axel Brass is a fictional character from the comic book Planetary. He is based on Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, though rewritten in certain aspects to avoid copyright infringement.
What is known of Brass is fairly limited despite how central he is to the comic's plot. Brass is the child of an incestuous brother and sister whose lineage stretches back to the French Revolution. At that time, a group of forward thinkers dedicated themselves and the...
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Axel Brass is a fictional character from the comic book Planetary. He is based on Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, though rewritten in certain aspects to avoid copyright infringement.
What is known of Brass is fairly limited despite how central he is to the comic's plot. Brass is the child of an incestuous brother and sister whose lineage stretches back to the French Revolution. At that time, a group of forward thinkers dedicated themselves and their children to a doctrine designed to produce the most from human potential. This likely included special diet, exercise and aspects of eugenics.
Brass was born at midnight on New Year's Eve, 1900 joining the number of Century Babies. He would eventually have many adventures, and eventually convinced his nemesis, Hark to join him, eventually forming a team of extraordinary individuals. (The team members, like Brass, are all analogues of other pulp adventurers such as Tarzan, The Spider, and Operator No. 5). In 1945, seeing that World War II...
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