An argument could be made that every Golden Age or Silver Age #DCComics series will show its hoary old age in at least some way, when scrutinized today. Nevertheless, I believe Bob Kanigher's classic "Enemy Ace" chronicles hold up better than just about any other mainline DC material from any era, even now...excluding content related to Vertigo or other offshoot imprints.
Written in the first person, Mr. Kanigher's work is an extended character study of a fictional World War I pilot named Hans von Hammer. As the titular enemy ace, he proves himself to be, in my opinion, the best of all traditional "DC Universe" characters (er, a backhanded compliment? it's largely because this IP hasn't been over-exposed/rebooted/retconned, or otherwise badly fractured across decades).
Intriguingly, Hans von Hammer's adventures are quasi-existential. They reveal how he has the soul of a poet, often ruminating on "'the killer sky.'" Leading me to think he could have been almost a sage, if he hadn't been embroiled in war. In addition, the moderately downbeat stories include striking aerial artwork by Joe Kubert. Very good stuff, all around.
Will you go along with my choice? Or "Doom Patrol"? Or something else entirely?
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https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/the-enemy-ace-archives-2002/the-enemy-ace-archives-vol-1
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If you'd like to see more with my actual thoughts, go here to the original thread: https://blorbo.social/@okilies/113065579035781234
Hadda to come on here quick because I track the #EnemyAce tag on Tumblr and someone has blessedly blessed us with many fanarts of Hans!! IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024
https://mapled-penitentiary.tumblr.com/761455785430695936/enemy-aces-from-today
https://mapled-penitentiary.tumblr.com//761548359023706112/enemy-ace-part-2
https://mapled-penitentiary.tumblr.com/761841446500401152
Eventually I must a) make the fanart section on the fansite and b) mayhaps ask them if I can have them up there...
September 17th's "seasons change"!
That one list paired these two was very funny but also very cute: two strangers in a strange land, and I do like friendos of the grumpy/sunshine kind!
As a pumpkin spice hater though, I thought it apt to have the both of them drink it. Ishtar suggested it--and Hans...maybe likes it?! What is this witchery of flavor of the modern age?!
Oh, Feff is also there too.
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September Twelve's "with the title "subdivisions"
...Yeah, I had no idea for this one either. Only thing I've heard subdivisions in is in a military context, so that's how I drew this one. Hans thinking he's being very helpful with his planning for S.O.N.G--except some don't think so, it seems! 
I added Miku because I had the funny idea of Hans trusting Hibiki so much that he thinks she can take enemies all by herself. (I mean, she can, but you know, there's a limit?!)
I couldn't fit it into this idea--and to be fair, this would only happen after a few months in this scenario--but I came up with short nicknames for some of the girls that Hans would use 
He'd call them "valkyries" (which is slight in-joke haha) the way he'd call his men "my fledglings" (yes, you read that right), but Shirabe and Kirika would be "little bunny" and "little witch", for example.
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Doing catchup! Here's September 7th's, "4&5 are temporary neighbors."
Of course, the fact that both (old) Bat Lash and Hans ended up being "picked" for this meant I could only do the obvious (to me) (please read Guns of the Dragon)
I messed up the rifle and pose, though. Because of course I would lol.
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Following the new #introduction train with the new word limit (wait, where are you going, come back, I promise I won't be at the limit of the word count--!!)
Hullo! I am NAAN and while I usually work as a comicker, I also take the time to archive or ramble about things I find interesting to share! I try to work within my financial limits, so anything archived is just mainly tech-related like a cassette filled with interviews or music that's never been in HQ online! (These are very specific examples for reasons.)
>>> https://archive.org/details/@therealnaan <<<
I also post a bunch of my fanart under #NAANfanart, old and new, as well as work on my fansite and uhh (checks notes) one fanbook and fancomic! (Quick, how many times I can use fan as a prefix--)
>>> https://okilies.neocities.org <<<
My primary fansite right now is one for Hans von Hammer, better known as #EnemyAce: https://hollenreiter.neocities.org A (justifiably) depressed and brooding WWI ace pilot who only likes talking to a wolf? Sign me up?!
I dabble in other parts of #DCComics fandom, mainly the #TangentComics publishing line. Other fandoms I tend to play in include #Macross, #AhMyGoddess / #OhMyGoddess , #KishinCorps, #TenchiMuyo and the #MagicalGirls genre. I've also posted stuff about #LimbusCompany but I don't talk about it much on here in comparison to the others.
Most of my fandom experience is done "alone," as I always tended to do fandom alone while growing up. (I got on the internet late too.) But I'm active in some of the fandoms above through Discord at times. I'm mainly a lurker but I like seeing what people are into (or seeing if they know the thing :eyes: )
I'm into #linguistics, #comics #history and #design, though you won't see much of those on here, given this is my fandom account. ( boop @naan )
I'm also Puerto Rican straight from the island (though living in the US for (checks notes), wow, 18 yrs!! And by next week I will no longer be in my mid 30s. Oh nooo. Well, anyway 
My account is mostly SFW but I interact with accounts that are more adult-oriented. Please keep that in mind, and go cry to your mother if you ignore the warning and complain afterwards.
#EnemyAce fansite, Höllenreiter, has updated! Firstly, finally the creators page dedicated to Kanigher and Kubert has been filled out! Still lots to do for it but the basis is good enough as it's the transcription of biographies found in DC Archive books. Somewhat bittersweet to add the addendum of Kubert's death as well as his wife's 
https://hollenreiter.neocities.org/creators
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