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{{quote|''"It's funny, y'know? And kind of sad. Never once...in all the decades I spent solving every problem with my fists-did anyone ever accuse me of preaching violence. But now...when I talk about finding another way...a better way...for us to live...they're always accusing me of ramming my views down people's throats..."''}}▼
''[[The Life and Times of Savior 28]]'' is a miniseries published by IDW, written by [[Friend to All Living Things|J.M. DeMatteis]] and drawn by Michael Cavallaro. Savior 28, a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Superman]] and [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]], has been called the Avatar of Liberty for 60 years. His real name is Jimmy Smith and he is 102 years old, even though he still looks to be 35. However, Savior 28 has finally decided to stop fighting for justice with violence and become a
▲''"It's funny, y'know? And kind of sad. Never once...in all the decades I spent solving every problem with my fists-did anyone ever accuse me of preaching violence. But now...when I talk about finding another way...a better way...for us to live...they're always accusing me of ramming my views down people's throats..."''
▲''The Life and Times of Savior 28'' is a miniseries published by IDW, written by [[Friend to All Living Things|J.M. DeMatteis]] and drawn by Michael Cavallaro. Savior 28, a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[Superman]] and [[Captain America (comics)]], has been called the Avatar of Liberty for 60 years. His real name is Jimmy Smith and he is 102 years old, even though he still looks to be 35. However, Savior 28 has finally decided to stop fighting for justice with violence and become a Pacifist. Of course, being an [[Actual Pacifist]] and a [[Technical Pacifist]] are two different things. Also, there are supervillains eager for his blood, superheroes who wonder whether he's an evil impostor, and his former sidekick, who narrates the whole tragic tale. Dennis McNulty, formerly the Daring Disciple, assassinates Savior 28 midway through the first issue.
The miniseries is based on an idea J.M. DeMatteis had for Captain America in the early 1980s, where Cap would decide to become an advocate for peace and eventually get assassinated. After 30 years and Cap's own (temporary) death, [[Pillars of Moral Character|DeMatteis]] wanted to use the miniseries to explain how fruitless the use of violence can be in solving conflict, in general and specifically in superhero comic books.
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* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: McNulty has this about Savior 28, and Savior 28 seems to have it about himself, according to McNulty.
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: McNulty says that if someone treated every death as if they "really mattered", he would go catatonic. Savior 28 goes catatonic after helping free Buchenwald in his civilian identity.
* [[Beware the Superman]]: "But my employers knew there was nothing funny about a raging alcoholic with a history of mental
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Savior 28 has a lot in common with both Superman and Captain America. There's a bit of Captain Marvel in there as well. The three vastly different origins (aliens, government experiment, the Spirit of America) he has told cloud the issue even more.
** Hadrach the Lemurian seems to be a mix of the Submariner and [[Swamp Thing]].
* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: Savior 28 altered his costume over the years to fit the times. McNulty mocks his love beads in the 60s and black leather in the 80s.
* [[Comic Book Time]]: Averted, as Savior 28 has been around for 60 years but hasn't aged.
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* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Dennis McNulty's opinion about humanity.
* [[Identity Impersonator]]: McNulty filled in as Savior 28 while Smith was catatonic after World War II, at the request of President Truman. McNulty says Jimmy saw him as an impostor, but Dennis isn't the most reliable narrator.
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: Played with, in that Savior 28 at least ''dressed'' the part for a while.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: While we see various real-world celebrities and historical figures, including [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Orson Welles]], Dennis McNulty looks a lot like [[Jack Kirby]]. Artist Mike Cavallaro himself has said he didn't intend McNulty to look like Kirby, instead trying to go for [[James Cagney]] and Leo Gorcey. "So yes, Dennis does kinda look like Jack Kirby. But he also kinda looks like James Cagney with maybe a little Leo Gorcey, which is what I was really shooting for," Cavallaro says. "No attempt was made by either J.M. nor [me] to draw any connection between Jack Kirby's beliefs and those of the character, Dennis McNulty."
* [[Odd Friendship]]: James Smith was good friends with Orson Welles.
* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]: Whether it is more about doing good or feeding one's ego is brought up.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Various movies and serials were done about Savior 28, usually ending in a climactic battle with Savior 13.
* [[Sidekick]]: Dennis McNulty's original job as the Daring Disciple.
* [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]: Pushing for peace and rejecting violence is hardly a bad thing. DeMatteis has a genuine concern about comic books and pop culture becoming more violent.
* [[Super-Hero Origin]]: We never get a full origin of Savior 28 and how he got the Master Stone. The three versions we're given all at once are drastically different. Dennis comments that most origins are bogus and the heroes themselves don't even know.
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