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"Secret Origins #18 from 1987 also features the Alan Scott Green Lantern. I recall at the time that I was surprised that Roy Thomas waited so long to do the origin of the Golden Age GL but they did Guy Gardner in #7 so I guess that they wanted to…"
"You must remember this happened during Jim Shooter's peak "Only I Know How to Write Marvel Comics/I'm a Genius" phase.
Only last week, I wondered what Marvel was doing when Byrne's Superman #1 (Ja'87) came out, "counterprogramming" it if you will.…"
Only last week, I wondered what Marvel was doing when Byrne's Superman #1 (Ja'87) came out, "counterprogramming" it if you will.…"
"Alan Scott, or at least the current iteration of him, was made gay because his Earth-Two Obsidian was retconned as gay then retconned away! So they had the father replace the son.
They also needed a major Bat-character to be gay so (IMO to have the…"
They also needed a major Bat-character to be gay so (IMO to have the…"
"Marvel Team-Up #18 is one of my favorite issues of MTU and certainly my favorite of the ones starring the Human Torch.
If only the others gave Johnny more of a personality than "hot-headed youth"!"
If only the others gave Johnny more of a personality than "hot-headed youth"!"
"According to Wikipedia (I know), the photo was taken by a friend of the young Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. John reconnected with him in 1974 via then-girlfriend May Pang and picked the old photo as the album cover.
There are three passersby (thank…"
There are three passersby (thank…"
"Two of those "passerbys" were Paul McCarthney and George Harrison!
I remember John's "Rock N' Roll" album took years to be released due to legal issues and an insane Phil Spector! Someone put out a version of it and sold it through TV ads! "
I remember John's "Rock N' Roll" album took years to be released due to legal issues and an insane Phil Spector! Someone put out a version of it and sold it through TV ads! "
"Sensation Comics #18 from JUNE with a certain vibe to it! "
"8) One more try: Wally Bannister, "the World's Richest Playboy" (Sorry, Bruce!) from Metamorpho #16 who marries Sapphire after Rex Mason won't. He doesn't last long as he's killed off by #17, the last issue and the Element Man was framed for it! …"
"Hindsight is 20/20. I have the benefit of having thought about this back in 1997 or so, after some of the main difficulties and dilemmas made themselves clear aplenty.In any case, extrapolating mainly from the Legion of Super-Heroes between Crisis…"
"As for the Teen Titans or New Teen Titans, it seeems that despite Marv Wolfman wanting all titles to change after the Crisis, his New Teen Titans didn't get affected much.
The original Dove was killed and the Hawk became an unhinged solo act until…"
The original Dove was killed and the Hawk became an unhinged solo act until…"
"Hawkman #18 with Adam Strange and the bizarre Manhawks!"
"I was okay with a version of the JSA existing in the 1940s. It's not as though Superman and Batman were members, really, except retroactively.
(Yeah, I know. They made a couple of cameo appearances with the JSA in the 1940s. No longer happened)…"
(Yeah, I know. They made a couple of cameo appearances with the JSA in the 1940s. No longer happened)…"
"6) "About 100 yards" a helpful footnote said in Detective Comics #340 (Ju'65). I don't know if it was stated earlier or how to measure him, if they count his neck or not! "
"It would pain me to do this but I would get rid of all the "duplicate" heroes. Only one Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Atom and so forth. In fact, I would have no Justice Society at all. No Golden Age heroes, period if it could be done.
Have the…"
Have the…"
With Back Issue #159 being a celebration of Crisis on Infinite Earths 40th Anniversary (WHAT!!!) and "Doc" Beechler bringing it up on FB, where I posted something similar, I was thinking about Marv Wolfman's original intent, that in 1987, all DC…
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Henry K has asked me to relay an invitation to you: I'd appreciate it if you could let Luke Blanchard, Phillip Portelli, and anyone else who posted in my "NEW GODS", "WESTERNS" and "BIBLE" threads know about my KIRBY LAND group.
After a Jack Kirby Fan Group forum was hijacked by an unscrupulous individual on Facebook, Henry began his own forum, titled "Kirbyland" where he, and like-minded individuals continue to promote their beliefs on Facebook.
He wanted you to know.
I'd like to echo said sentiments, though I know you're very busy these days.
"Should you ever print your columns in book form, you have one guaranteed sale!"
Heh. Don't let my wife hear you say that. She already thinks I should be putting all this stuff in a book, instead of putting it out on the Internet for free.
She doesn't get that this whole five years of writing this column has been a training ground for me. I've learnt how to sharpen my text, work out the repetetion (most of it, anyway), and a dozen other things. That I've learnt along the way becomes especially apparent when I haul out an article like the Captain Savage one and re-run it as an archive entry. I honest-to-God cringe at the way I wrote some of that stuff originally---the awkward sentence structures, the over-repeated phrases, and the like. Fortunately, I have the luxury of polishing it up, along with adding any new information I've picked up since.
It's funny you mention my research, because the Good Mrs. Benson dings me on that, too. I spend a great deal of time---especially on stuff like the two Ultraman articles---locating information and piecing together how things came about. I spend a great amount of time on the art I attach, as well. Not just appropriateness, but in terms of getting the panels level and the right size, and then playing with the contrast and brightness to give it good colour.
Now I do all that because I'm a perfectionist, but I'm gratified when somebody like yourself takes the time to comment or give me a thumb's-up. It makes the work worthwhile. I don't know how guys like Cap or Craig Shutt do it; it seems so effortless for them. But I deeply appreciate knowing that my trouble hasn't gone unnoticed and I thank you for your kind words.
Commander B
Phillip,
I just saw you left me a thumb's-up for my Captain Savage column, and I wanted to thank you for that and all the other times you've done the same thing for my previous articles.
Sometimes I wonder if anybody ever reads my stuff, so it's always nice when I get a comment or a "like".
I also enjoy our occasional dialogues, like we just had on the Flash. You certainly keep me on my toes.
I just wanted to let you know I appreciate it, friend.
Commander B
Phillip,
I did respond. My impression about Pinkerton is the same as yours, and I did mention the items that support that impression. However, as you probably read, the whole discussion really doesn't mean anything. No amount of facts or evidence or intimations is going to sway those who want to believe Pinkerton was meant to be gay.
Nor does it matter. We're not obliged to accept a determination that came later. As far as you and I are concerned, Pinkerton was not gay, and it's as simple as that.
R,
Commander B
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