This hard-boiled graphic novel set in the early '50s hints at what the comic strip "Steve Canyon" might've been like had it been penned by a cynical, leftist libertine rather than a right-wing cold warrior. Its antihero is ex-World War II fighter pilot Harry Block, who turns his back on the American dream, fakes his death, and decamps to Guatemala, where, getting embroiled in espionage, murder, and revolution, he mixes it up with the CIA., Communist rebels, and the most powerful force in the country, the U.S. Fruit Company. Nearly any page would make "Steve Canyon" stalwarts blanch. This is adult-but-mainstream comics fare, boasting rough language, brutal violence, and blatant sex. Creator Chaykin, best known for his groundbreaking sf satire American Flagg (1987), is comics' foremost exponent of pulp, and his gritty approach and wise-ass attitude give American Century its oomph. The book would've been even better, however, had Chaykin drawn it himself, instead of just coauthoring and designing it; his own noirish drawing style beats the somewhat stiff realism of the comic's illustrators. Gordon Flagg
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