The Badger - Capital Comics
Madison's Capital Comics introduced THE BADGER
(note the declarative) in 1983.
Sequence of Issues
THE BADGER Volume 1, Number 1: PRECIPITATION
Story by Mike Baron. Art by Jeffrey Butler. This inaugural issue
credits both as co-creators.
Introducing the core characters of the book:
- Ham the Weather Wizard, sorcerously exiled from Wales in A.D. 412,
appears catatonic in a mental hospital near Madison in A.D. 1983.
- Daisy Fields, psychiatric case worker, accepts Ham as her first case.
- Norbert Sykes, in his Badger personality, sits under observation in the hospital.
Other characters:
- Dr. Irving Bor, director of the mental hospital;
- Hank Daggett, orderly;
- Dr. Fred Burton, psychiatrist;
- Hubert Pismo, psychotic axe murderer and escape artist;
- Rollin Sykes, stepfather of Norbert.
Characters appearing but yet unnamed:
- Yak and Yeti
- Norbert's mother
THE BADGER V1N2: HAM'S NEW BROOM
Art by Rick Burchett and Jeffrey Butler.
Two backup stories: one drawn by Burchett and Butler,
one by Charles Truog.
New characters:
- Riley Thorp appears as a freestyle martial artist.
- Yak appears as an Nepalese anti-sorcerer;
- Yeti as his muscular bodyguard.
Character development:
- Yak calls Ham "Hammaglystwythkbrngxxaxolotl".
THE BADGER V1N3: THE DAY THE COMICS FELL
Pencils by Burchett; inks bu Dennis Wolf.
Backup story drawn by Butler.
Character development:
- Riley names himself "Jabberwock",
and reveals himself as both a martial arts teacher on the Madison Southside
and an associate professor of economics at UW.
- Riley expresses romantic interest in Daisy.
THE BADGER V1N4: DOGFIGHT
Written 1984. Art by Butler.
New characters:
- Carl Avery, local gambling kingpin;
- Pamela Sue Tilson, Avery's hostess and Badger girlfriend;
- Herkimer Kropenski, bare-knuckle fighter.
This issue leads into a crossover with NEXUS 6 and 7.
Last modified: 13 August 1998
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