So here we have an example of a set-up splash. It’s the kind where a situation or problem is posited which the story will then go onto resolve. And that’s the hook… will Babyface fall on his baby face or prove his mettle? Hopefully that’s enough to pull you into the story and keep you going. The master of the set-up splash was Bob Kanigher who wrote and edited the bulk of the war material for DC Comics in the Silver Age. The only thing that ever varied in a Kanigher splash was the nature of the problem to be resolved…
and sometimes…
even that
never changed.
