In an early 1930s story in the Buck Rogers comic strip, Buck goes to Jupiter and befriends a tribe of giant wolves who live there. (Comic strip readers of the thirties must have been really good at suspending disbelief.)
The comic strip is interesting, if you’re a student of the early history of adventure comic strips or popular science fiction. If you’re looking for good art, intriguing plots, or engaging characters, you may be disappointed.
Nevertheless, here’s a pretty decent description of courage:
He isn’t afraid to do things he’s afraid to do!
It’s not courage if you’re not afraid.
DavidH | 25-Mar-11 at 11:59 pm | Permalink
Or as Heinlein’s character Lazarus Long put it:
“Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. (He is also a fool.)”