9) STORM SAXON
So, when I say “Show Within A Show”, I don’t literally mean shows, as this is in fact, a show within a comic. (Our first entry was technically a drawing within a comic”, so you probably already knew that.) A nakedly fascistic adventure program from the future reality of ‘V For Vendetta’, Storm Saxon’s adventures feature utterly nonsensical plotting, overt racism and sexism, and also capture the minds of the dull-witted working class, allowing V’s embrace of more artistic pursuits to stand in stark contrast. (Had reality TV existed in 1983, we’d likely have seen “Who Wants to Live In A Fascist Dystopia?” instead…)
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Good list! When I saw the topic, the Brown Hornet was the first thing to pop into my mind.
One fun also-ran that just popped into my head:
Captain Avenger – the character played by John Ritter’s character in the 1980 film Hero At Large. The story is about an actor playing a hero who stops a robbery in real life while wearing his hero costume, and all the things that fall out from that.