tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74359730635472277342024-03-05T22:00:36.478-05:00Blinded Me With ComicsThe Groovy Agent's guided tour through the comicbooks, characters, and creators of the awesome 80s!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-43864473537631581342009-08-14T00:02:00.007-04:002009-08-20T19:57:54.975-04:00Cover Me: Frank Miller Goes IndieJust a quickie this week (new job, time consuming, etc., etc., etc.), but it doesn't take long to give ya a snapshot of Frank Miller's independent cover artwork from the 1980s. Check it out!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzpmPWAQxdZL-OgKlB5N2r-ZikyxY53TcrRfsvNNIPw_m1lHVWEkEovCT3vaBqwuRtJJy038TJ_umZft6agQKztOavZ216EJA21RwBdgF6Pt5rTC3PG6bcw-lhXB345-18HRfOfoApoI/s1600-h/anythinggoes2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlzpmPWAQxdZL-OgKlB5N2r-ZikyxY53TcrRfsvNNIPw_m1lHVWEkEovCT3vaBqwuRtJJy038TJ_umZft6agQKztOavZ216EJA21RwBdgF6Pt5rTC3PG6bcw-lhXB345-18HRfOfoApoI/s400/anythinggoes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369625313818324082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqA4Om4XiyF_-fUiGmiNMtsmo3tufvlxNl5Nnhv_quLfLGcJTDAar_6COSQLFj8SQvUdpVyLcFeMG-YCDws5a81mnKoaMDrh1UDrRUA0PTyuqIoM-PgzpIWzpoES5SkDxkAMcRD_aTYL0/s1600-h/deathrattle18.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqA4Om4XiyF_-fUiGmiNMtsmo3tufvlxNl5Nnhv_quLfLGcJTDAar_6COSQLFj8SQvUdpVyLcFeMG-YCDws5a81mnKoaMDrh1UDrRUA0PTyuqIoM-PgzpIWzpoES5SkDxkAMcRD_aTYL0/s400/deathrattle18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369625304223243730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpsb_1nNi9B3YDrJo8XtCafkl-yhGx76F2X-q_xH7MDMwoOnFjdHc3hQSnnaPy-utvQNpiVlzoJ-unO2ZhN8mCXf-MDftqPdXmK4ql65WJOka7TtuVFvCHSpmuem3hcRlapNVyPC5tl0/s1600-h/destroyerduck7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpsb_1nNi9B3YDrJo8XtCafkl-yhGx76F2X-q_xH7MDMwoOnFjdHc3hQSnnaPy-utvQNpiVlzoJ-unO2ZhN8mCXf-MDftqPdXmK4ql65WJOka7TtuVFvCHSpmuem3hcRlapNVyPC5tl0/s400/destroyerduck7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624868095824866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyIQQHZh8yt2mI8tOUcglpfrGLQ43-k4KKQ_QJtyg9KROA3d2iIaUTjfHLAdQcs_PFK5ducb9TW5KxRx-XEqSAPDcB9OQaXX9gEnjosPLhqd7p-4KPbzOTbnVvuWO74FyOfSZ8UGIdiI/s1600-h/samurai3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyIQQHZh8yt2mI8tOUcglpfrGLQ43-k4KKQ_QJtyg9KROA3d2iIaUTjfHLAdQcs_PFK5ducb9TW5KxRx-XEqSAPDcB9OQaXX9gEnjosPLhqd7p-4KPbzOTbnVvuWO74FyOfSZ8UGIdiI/s400/samurai3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624861475902370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But wait, there's more! Just to make this post a little more filling (tastes great!), here are Frank's Famous Detective centerfolds from <span style="font-style: italic;">Ms. Tree</span> #'s 1, 2, and 4 (still looking for the centerfold from #3...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8h8Gj1_3gkJILk32M-pT5XdinjhpfoaGjDVLnOOPE2tcnKqEJ-ohVefEuRd-5bzrqa22KwvUco0PkLNlCKMyQ-lvExCT59bBpcT1sbYM2nYpu7dGlRYuf_OY-2ozrrwCwuBDcRO4l21E/s1600-h/mstree%231-18-19-frank_miller_centerfold.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8h8Gj1_3gkJILk32M-pT5XdinjhpfoaGjDVLnOOPE2tcnKqEJ-ohVefEuRd-5bzrqa22KwvUco0PkLNlCKMyQ-lvExCT59bBpcT1sbYM2nYpu7dGlRYuf_OY-2ozrrwCwuBDcRO4l21E/s400/mstree%231-18-19-frank_miller_centerfold.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624850741729394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3zw0xjaW-v3BoBDFa5lyuJqR6BLmtD89Enj6nsCItd8WtD2CpE24AWmhF3pzn1VigSEuIvMfQ4BEptZ9z1DL3ik5IKGf3N14qWN0GRQm0lQxRNlxRGiFwoux1O2aEc-UskgncZgraYs/s1600-h/ms+tree+02+16%2617.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht3zw0xjaW-v3BoBDFa5lyuJqR6BLmtD89Enj6nsCItd8WtD2CpE24AWmhF3pzn1VigSEuIvMfQ4BEptZ9z1DL3ik5IKGf3N14qWN0GRQm0lQxRNlxRGiFwoux1O2aEc-UskgncZgraYs/s400/ms+tree+02+16%2617.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624843307187490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRnkgtNVv22Bo2Xj-D_Yj8d4X2dkPyuousHW9Ec3kNa7olNgGXnfsbmFsmnaRxSDoenVsLDcuBN9qv-EESDgI93OmI_rjzY-De9VTEaU3R3k5NDzx1U6KyGmyUKs7KZi3hCK3gHRfrM8/s1600-h/Ms.+Tree+004+16-17.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRnkgtNVv22Bo2Xj-D_Yj8d4X2dkPyuousHW9Ec3kNa7olNgGXnfsbmFsmnaRxSDoenVsLDcuBN9qv-EESDgI93OmI_rjzY-De9VTEaU3R3k5NDzx1U6KyGmyUKs7KZi3hCK3gHRfrM8/s400/Ms.+Tree+004+16-17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369624834393523490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204); font-style: italic;">IMPORTANT NOTE: BMwC is going to be taking a short hiatus (a week or two) to give me time to get ahead on everything. When BMwC returns, it will be moving to SATURDAYS, by the way. Stay tuned!</span>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-46884326071613547432009-08-07T00:02:00.015-04:002009-08-07T00:02:00.348-04:00Cover Me: Frank Miller at MarvelBefore Frank Miller became <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Frank Miller</span>, while he was making a name for himself on his first <span style="font-style: italic;">Daredevil</span> run, Marvel Comics utilized Miller's talents on dozens of covers. Aside from those he's most associated with (<span style="font-style: italic;">Daredevil</span> and the various <span style="font-style: italic;">Spider-Man</span> titles), Miller's art did the spinner-rack boogaloo on...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Captain Americ</span><span style="font-style: italic;">a</span>... <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gVYcFY6txhrQyaDucXh8uyDb9fT1z_hGSP2w76B1ea1eFKjwbVTbWEJux_pkd7YDM74u_KdawY7kjtVnR1hPxtNK3YqQjz31rJfWxyWkj48YGdtpkysWJNAH0ia9Fv9UtcDpDLuEadE/s1600-h/ca244.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3gVYcFY6txhrQyaDucXh8uyDb9fT1z_hGSP2w76B1ea1eFKjwbVTbWEJux_pkd7YDM74u_KdawY7kjtVnR1hPxtNK3YqQjz31rJfWxyWkj48YGdtpkysWJNAH0ia9Fv9UtcDpDLuEadE/s320/ca244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366973266227094690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8Nvs2DA5piBRVFR1sgDGifCQK_lulV1Wglb_tuRj48f722iiXnMAzuCYURk4nTT0L0iFBmFCYGODWOPyBaMFRuBKZ1f7am1l8ZpOtVhwRRX_g5PGL4p1tF0KXtO_b1TL_7xYfe94qM0/s1600-h/ca245.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix54kVM_BeroG72iph0-Yc3bv_bU9qnPN2vH9Ql2uyRQI_Q7MtiWBuUvshpLAYPD_ORUww_jjsMW13Ja4SnH9KewvMR9IAjuvDjOroh0UUqY1eQGaT8pmwGGr8D04m-IyFclTuuIHz0Xw/s320/marvelspotlight7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366969656873614482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWyy9cdNVnCZvreUfIZ3uyBIuQm-Xhv5mi4oYWLg9TeWdDRhfpOxj9iZKnGJWrhwbKtKy1WTuJofxbr1UG3NE5KpMv08ufkDynzbnSpN7CxcUgY6Nk_G_0WR2dJlfNb0r6OtX5SzlsG8/s1600-h/whatif27.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzWyy9cdNVnCZvreUfIZ3uyBIuQm-Xhv5mi4oYWLg9TeWdDRhfpOxj9iZKnGJWrhwbKtKy1WTuJofxbr1UG3NE5KpMv08ufkDynzbnSpN7CxcUgY6Nk_G_0WR2dJlfNb0r6OtX5SzlsG8/s320/whatif27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366969647944071378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But wait! There's more! Miller also dabbled a bit in the indie/direct market arena during the mid-to-late 1980s. Where? Stay tuned!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-44093755009433025922009-07-31T00:02:00.015-04:002009-07-31T08:43:51.752-04:00STOP THE PRESSES: Marvel Comics Owns Marvelman!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhmvuBpJMw8BZMbzGqryoKb8KYbsc0wjUfRS-8cOrH7Cd39fPDxruAkpxTwaH7mFhdAHNI7lfoHYz3BXLXyxFpEjMiFp_YGlyDtLpIXS-oVmPhOsPN9REIyuLDwiWOOcQKX3De_2AJWY/s1600-h/20-Page19.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzhmvuBpJMw8BZMbzGqryoKb8KYbsc0wjUfRS-8cOrH7Cd39fPDxruAkpxTwaH7mFhdAHNI7lfoHYz3BXLXyxFpEjMiFp_YGlyDtLpIXS-oVmPhOsPN9REIyuLDwiWOOcQKX3De_2AJWY/s400/20-Page19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364223095579670578" border="0" /></a>That's right. You don't have to call Mike Moran "Miracleman" anymore! Here's the press release from Marvel Comics:<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">The biggest news of Comic Con International in San Diego was revealed moments ago and jaws are still on the floor-the world-renowned super hero MARVELMAN is now part of the Marvel Comics family! Marvel Comics has purchased the rights to MARVELMAN from creator Mick Anglo and his representatives, finding a home for one of the most sought after heroes in graphic fiction!</span><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">"It is an honor to work with Mick Anglo to bring his creation to a larger audience than ever before," said Dan Buckley, CEO & Publisher, Print, Animation & Digital Media, Marvel Entertainment Inc. "Fans are in for something special as they discover just what makes Marvelman such an important character in comic book history."</p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_F5PEz6SMBE6g0dt3KEOloDWqEuuJ7Mwp-gO8WLQXAw_qASjcRp2vWArXXlWDb_egeWQ3BA1wMoeRUlzBl1mH5KZ8y2gAn6MIlmim6cOy5spXX387UcYKfRtekcZgu1yhCV-jDUXFH8/s1600-h/warrior7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC_F5PEz6SMBE6g0dt3KEOloDWqEuuJ7Mwp-gO8WLQXAw_qASjcRp2vWArXXlWDb_egeWQ3BA1wMoeRUlzBl1mH5KZ8y2gAn6MIlmim6cOy5spXX387UcYKfRtekcZgu1yhCV-jDUXFH8/s400/warrior7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364229278097914594" border="0" /></a>Originally created in 1954 by Mick Anglo and appearing in some of the most celebrated comic stories of all time, MARVELMAN is Micky Moran, a young reporter gifted with the power to save the world by simply uttering the word "kimota!"</p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">"I did not think it would ever happen," said Mick Anglo. "It's a wonderful thing to see my creation finally back."</p><p style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">MARVELMAN is back and he's found a new home at Marvel Comics! What's next for Mick Anglo's legendary creation? Stay tuned to Marvel.com for all the news on Marvelman and this exciting new addition to the Marvel family!</p>Here's a <a href="http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.8869.Marvelman_Now_A_Part_of_Marvel_Comics%7Eexcl%7E">link</a> to Marvel's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> page, which includes the full scoop plus your first look at Marvelman merchandise, including tee-shirts and posters.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEVR2wCIFse_DIzRYJov-PHyUQM3f5FHzxu-wnsS_ajZcsvxCAFowssjvC5hotoCBmycvFe_AHsbQwG4n31lCTCJZk85Bo7BZKd8qB_ocS26LKxmjzDhMyf-o6c0tOFIoSItlx6AR1IU/s1600-h/09-cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEVR2wCIFse_DIzRYJov-PHyUQM3f5FHzxu-wnsS_ajZcsvxCAFowssjvC5hotoCBmycvFe_AHsbQwG4n31lCTCJZk85Bo7BZKd8qB_ocS26LKxmjzDhMyf-o6c0tOFIoSItlx6AR1IU/s400/09-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364229523507115570" border="0" /></a>Why is this such a big deal? Are you wondering, to quote Bugs Bunny, "What's all the hubbub...bub?" Perhaps you need a bit of background, grasshopper. There's a very good summary of the whole <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman/Miracleman</span> history at the <a href="http://www.leylander.org/intercom/marvelman/">leylander.org</a> and another at <a href="http://www.leylander.org/intercom/marvelman/">sequart</a>. I'll wait for ya while you read all that (it's really interesting, check it out!)<br /><br />...<br /><br />Okay, are ya back? So the upshot is that British publisher Quality's <span style="font-style: italic;">Warrior Magazine </span>brought 1940s British <span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain Marvel </span>clone <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> back in the early 1980s under the talents of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore">Alan Moore</a>, <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/l/leach_garry.htm">Garry Leach</a>, and <a href="http://www.alandavis-comicart.com/">Alan Davis</a>. In 1985, when U.S. publisher Eclipse got the rights to publish <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> here in the states, Marvel Comics threatened a lawsuit if they used the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> name, so Eclipse published <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> under the name <span style="font-weight: bold;">Miracleman</span>. Moore, Leach, and Davis eventually left the strip and other creators, most notably <a href="http://www.neilgaiman.com/">Neil Gaiman</a>, picked up the ball and carried on with the strip until it finally folded in the early 1990s when Eclipse went under.<br /><br />Since that time, <a href="http://www.ifanboy.com/podcasts/video/iFanboy_-_Episode__129_-_Miracleman">the rights have languished in legal limbo</a>. Image's <a href="http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/features/toddmcfarlane/default.asp">Todd McFarlane</a> claimed that he had bought the rights; <a href="http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2005/03/guns-and-statues.asp">Gaiman</a> had a claim to the rights; creator <a href="http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2006/11/16/does-mick-anglo-own-miracleman/">Mick Anglo</a> felt he'd never been fairly recompensed for the rights and thus still had claim.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxFXbqM_ZeTRJqfHd8PpVtfEpxYjfckPpIhWlC_v4N27xGfgWth4-_0GZHtaNB-g47gnrSYy866Exchi52wQ_ciDqwi8M2Wq8Zm_9jNtpMImb8kKEo_NEpbrZ7zLPkPxFe8EHHhN8jE0/s1600-h/joeyqmm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMxFXbqM_ZeTRJqfHd8PpVtfEpxYjfckPpIhWlC_v4N27xGfgWth4-_0GZHtaNB-g47gnrSYy866Exchi52wQ_ciDqwi8M2Wq8Zm_9jNtpMImb8kKEo_NEpbrZ7zLPkPxFe8EHHhN8jE0/s400/joeyqmm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364227011144981314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Looks like Mick was right, according to the press release.<br /><br />OR, one has to wonder, does Marvel really have the rights to Marvelman/Miracleman, or does Marvel have the rights to Mick Anglo's Marvelman? Is Marvel going to create a new Marvelman from the whole cloth? Are they going to update him Marvel style and ignore the Warrior/Eclipse years? Or do they have the rights to the whole Marvelman/Miracleman library (the "pixie dust" effect in Joe Quesada's poster give us hope)? And what does Alan Moore have to say about all of this?<br /><br />Only time will tell! I'll do my best to keep you updated as news is made available.<br /><br />We'll return to our regularly scheduled Frank Miller/Cover Me feature next week--unless I learn that Marvel has gotten the rights to <a href="http://www.garfield.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Garfield</span></a> or some other "Internet breaking" news.The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-40681899551366578672009-07-24T00:02:00.009-04:002009-07-24T00:02:00.837-04:00Cover Me: Frank Miller at DCWhen most folks think of Frank Miller in the 1980s, they more than likely think of<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Daredevil, Wolverine,</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Ronin, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, </span>or<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elektra</span>. How many of you remember what Frank did to pass the time while he was working on those ground-breaking masterpieces, though? One thing he did was draw covers for a handful of DC mags. Remember any of these?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkV2VqJOviHOK7acCdWAPKtLi9bQkxnwizdK7NlKZuHrsB5YlJlBGOKcejaLx7RbXyl3bLvvyT8jWI48Tb_HyKMjRtHbioJ484Tjydtjsq9OG2RGHqRvOuCCmxUHGzQHz4qCj4qDnZey0/s1600-h/ww298.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkV2VqJOviHOK7acCdWAPKtLi9bQkxnwizdK7NlKZuHrsB5YlJlBGOKcejaLx7RbXyl3bLvvyT8jWI48Tb_HyKMjRtHbioJ484Tjydtjsq9OG2RGHqRvOuCCmxUHGzQHz4qCj4qDnZey0/s400/ww298.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381149893739378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcT4NfE3SW3mBE-yIhPY5ViwzpYW90vvlmHQ1S1ZabrCMJPSxOApSAAkNHJDFshqskfdj427lKVRzFwdOfIBe2G-CTwcc9J7FVu02YVl49-caL61Gf9C3D7YFAkBrE5kYbziUjyu-bQM/s1600-h/batoannual1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcT4NfE3SW3mBE-yIhPY5ViwzpYW90vvlmHQ1S1ZabrCMJPSxOApSAAkNHJDFshqskfdj427lKVRzFwdOfIBe2G-CTwcc9J7FVu02YVl49-caL61Gf9C3D7YFAkBrE5kYbziUjyu-bQM/s400/batoannual1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381154276881826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rFSyQ9D7lvD-awdROQsGeDQ4830KNuBYxhvHHeCwp7yVwso6Kyoaxyo1-FSVK6PmwTLKkSU-fey-VsGVLSk6ckf8PTLvkSXq6TEY09RvRyKb6d9ZFijYBVNTZWWOaCw3KlPlRsRt-GY/s1600-h/superboy51.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rFSyQ9D7lvD-awdROQsGeDQ4830KNuBYxhvHHeCwp7yVwso6Kyoaxyo1-FSVK6PmwTLKkSU-fey-VsGVLSk6ckf8PTLvkSXq6TEY09RvRyKb6d9ZFijYBVNTZWWOaCw3KlPlRsRt-GY/s400/superboy51.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381151711029282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2THXmZwoYQmOdQK9iOSHz9kVDujMdQOjySAoj7dk6xqnkgnWk7Hu8JrLUXpnqazmW3eEWJi3vyqAlyTCyeqfq382PzM0PzW3yqJXy2RRQHOf1DF5jY88Y-jb_BPiRW1TPR5ydrXWKg4/s1600-h/mazingman12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2THXmZwoYQmOdQK9iOSHz9kVDujMdQOjySAoj7dk6xqnkgnWk7Hu8JrLUXpnqazmW3eEWJi3vyqAlyTCyeqfq382PzM0PzW3yqJXy2RRQHOf1DF5jY88Y-jb_BPiRW1TPR5ydrXWKg4/s400/mazingman12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381154412051906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />No? Yes? What about the hoopla surrounding the fact that Miller was the cover artist for DC's <span style="font-style: italic;">Superman: The Secret Years</span> mini-series?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssBy6qUHkNn65vMWC5_oFSSucVUOZiL7mfWVX_KIDucrcZ2qpq0Cocb4PCbFMFa4kV_XK7UerHe0vJAXMn_TKo36OuX3uYGcV-OLGcoi7L-sWG1VSDdX-H1Lm8NYZ2-AK16O57p2bZPA/s1600-h/supermansecretyears1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhssBy6qUHkNn65vMWC5_oFSSucVUOZiL7mfWVX_KIDucrcZ2qpq0Cocb4PCbFMFa4kV_XK7UerHe0vJAXMn_TKo36OuX3uYGcV-OLGcoi7L-sWG1VSDdX-H1Lm8NYZ2-AK16O57p2bZPA/s400/supermansecretyears1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381744654691362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAUVMdf7z9z3PWq6JFq1BjGMtIALvN5N9DnycEAdeO91LxobGFfcaHO040imnhnFIeyf3vNr_XkS7g6m92EJ5N8fdnA-nsVZ141wvuQqogtFN4-Qbti2WWR1TYsHw282XQfrW3TgoWxI/s1600-h/supermansecretyears2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAUVMdf7z9z3PWq6JFq1BjGMtIALvN5N9DnycEAdeO91LxobGFfcaHO040imnhnFIeyf3vNr_XkS7g6m92EJ5N8fdnA-nsVZ141wvuQqogtFN4-Qbti2WWR1TYsHw282XQfrW3TgoWxI/s400/supermansecretyears2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381736953867490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkar6RAF_mSORh2jdOrllvKUnDK76yx6YPPPHtLuaoNBLwNfWzh-bPqxf0729snR2oxlBHYWJfzU2dAh1eaNl3cjJPrQ1Ux4gq1VSMUUJ3kY6W14vqIKWcLVlnAmY_d14cdWF2tUrhHs/s1600-h/supermansecretyears3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkar6RAF_mSORh2jdOrllvKUnDK76yx6YPPPHtLuaoNBLwNfWzh-bPqxf0729snR2oxlBHYWJfzU2dAh1eaNl3cjJPrQ1Ux4gq1VSMUUJ3kY6W14vqIKWcLVlnAmY_d14cdWF2tUrhHs/s400/supermansecretyears3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381735745156146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qqytqYzeWkWlVkTBX_k3XlkNYiFjiKI4mBZQJorTV0Tfgt1FuSD5suRD2yJl6mcOH5YNYyk962GOeKTBV5VTnPaqgo014KTIVsaBkl7O6jUypiO49VKSZTYJhJA7CIN9Eke9CsKC6S8/s1600-h/supermansecretyears4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qqytqYzeWkWlVkTBX_k3XlkNYiFjiKI4mBZQJorTV0Tfgt1FuSD5suRD2yJl6mcOH5YNYyk962GOeKTBV5VTnPaqgo014KTIVsaBkl7O6jUypiO49VKSZTYJhJA7CIN9Eke9CsKC6S8/s400/supermansecretyears4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361381731884646258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What other comicbook work did the talented Mr. Miller do during the 80s? Come back next week for the answer!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-18373918207154384842009-07-17T00:02:00.019-04:002009-07-17T08:25:30.742-04:00John Ostrander Needs You!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0Ica3TjbjVNo-Ihpjt7_UhyphenhyphenJZ4ANGK4wnhOoii9TolC_ioyXXKIbpMPk1O2B5wTRK47FUicWUVag0m6DxEnL49Nh_GDA3W5WMQByiBhE_e3HIDeZtOcfw1I-zj3BP6Fk0L6I1ed_xR8/s1600-h/grimjack1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0Ica3TjbjVNo-Ihpjt7_UhyphenhyphenJZ4ANGK4wnhOoii9TolC_ioyXXKIbpMPk1O2B5wTRK47FUicWUVag0m6DxEnL49Nh_GDA3W5WMQByiBhE_e3HIDeZtOcfw1I-zj3BP6Fk0L6I1ed_xR8/s320/grimjack1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359040716737773906" border="0" /></a>One of the absolute best writers to come out of the 1980s is none other than <a href="http://www.comicscommunity.com/boards/ostrander/">John Ostrander</a>. A former Chicago actor who had thought of becoming a Catholic priest, Ostrander showed a facility for writing stories that went a bit deeper than your run-of-the-mill comicbook fare. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiayoYB2Fc6SZVkNw6WDPntRUcKxp27LOrFCAaaYT7G_5DrYD5RUcnfirBbCgP287D05aZ5DwyG9lw_Pbbr4_kT-CQ1L1TycAT5RGi8r02LnVp9DTLMZCEHti-QjENzYa3FU7_T8WfuwY/s1600-h/dynamojoe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiayoYB2Fc6SZVkNw6WDPntRUcKxp27LOrFCAaaYT7G_5DrYD5RUcnfirBbCgP287D05aZ5DwyG9lw_Pbbr4_kT-CQ1L1TycAT5RGi8r02LnVp9DTLMZCEHti-QjENzYa3FU7_T8WfuwY/s320/dynamojoe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359040793298875266" border="0" /></a>His insightful characterization, excellent plotting, and naturalistic dialogue kept his comics on my "must read" list for many years.<br /><br />He co-created and wrote well-remembered characters like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo Joe</span> for First. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hWc4nmZ5QY0ClihTtDF1OnEdbIdh4BKAQUQGf019w9pK4oaSvfUZO_nHDtNMoKwAJiBjip7mhfhzx4gBQwPNnBBPWo____ZRJIUIsWBAkkr8cWM7wx0RxREAonK93rSFq8vvkvmbzKM/s1600-h/legends1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hWc4nmZ5QY0ClihTtDF1OnEdbIdh4BKAQUQGf019w9pK4oaSvfUZO_nHDtNMoKwAJiBjip7mhfhzx4gBQwPNnBBPWo____ZRJIUIsWBAkkr8cWM7wx0RxREAonK93rSFq8vvkvmbzKM/s320/legends1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359040976829211842" border="0" /></a>For DC he plotted <span style="font-style: italic;">Legends</span> (essentially re-booting the entire DC universe after the original <span style="font-style: italic;">Crisis on Infinite Earths</span>), wrote <span style="font-style: italic;">Firestorm</span>, contributed to <span style="font-style: italic;">Wasteland </span>(which helped pave the way for the types of comics DC would produce in its Vertigo line), helped revamp the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Suicide Squad</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Manhunter</span>, and created such memorable and important characters as Amanda Waller and (along with his late wife, Kim Yale) Barbara Gordon's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Oracle</span> persona.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ASOp2im-tChf1mTaDfLRrvNyP7u3jjRJqCxYyJMr7wy1LZ-ysFO9oz4opCq_t-OLxGz9HMYzpW3ubSF5dypx95jYjbsR1nm7MCQbU1kGgkO8aJSeo8zlU79911aNuaHGoKDrc-3Mmhc/s1600-h/suicidesquad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ASOp2im-tChf1mTaDfLRrvNyP7u3jjRJqCxYyJMr7wy1LZ-ysFO9oz4opCq_t-OLxGz9HMYzpW3ubSF5dypx95jYjbsR1nm7MCQbU1kGgkO8aJSeo8zlU79911aNuaHGoKDrc-3Mmhc/s320/suicidesquad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359041373852726626" border="0" /></a>If you didn't read Ostrander comics in the 80s, you just didn't know your comics, dude! Not only did Ostrander write awesome comics, but he stuck with them. He didn't do an "arc" here and there and move on to "put his mark" on every character a company published. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VGMQe-qzpToGYo7eSGyur42FW8Dr7JKX4PbjZ2S19xjwqEv4FT1x8_sGQvkq2GKQgdHDrwTXRLTYM-fqTlSn6D4BZHYeCUBPHW2Lmf4xiTsL7LkSA2v0g11utpofeHCmsILxsuVCoS8/s1600-h/firestorm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VGMQe-qzpToGYo7eSGyur42FW8Dr7JKX4PbjZ2S19xjwqEv4FT1x8_sGQvkq2GKQgdHDrwTXRLTYM-fqTlSn6D4BZHYeCUBPHW2Lmf4xiTsL7LkSA2v0g11utpofeHCmsILxsuVCoS8/s320/firestorm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359041182789809218" border="0" /></a>He wrote every <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo Joe </span>story. He stayed on <span style="font-style: italic;">Firestorm</span> for nearly 50 consecutive issues.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Suicide Squad</span> was his baby for its entire 66 issue run. A true talent and a real pro, through and through.<br /><br />From the 90s on, Ostrander has continued to be an influential and popular comicbook author. His 90s run on <span style="font-style: italic;">The Spectre </span>is legendary and would be enough to keep him in the comicbook hall of fame, but he ain't stoppin', still going on mags like <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars: Legacy </span>from Dark Horse (nearing 50 issues on that awesome mag).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4K0sdCwRPV85F7zpZfPee0Y-LAkDHLN4mFL8Bj5LqPIS_nrz2wMTk02eavoT9UPLINoXjN7D-XL3ar1BaK2k166B6LUbAuBA4dzXuobUQbo91TcX2WOU3aI7l7Hrj3fCO0xKHOudwJI/s1600-h/manhunter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4K0sdCwRPV85F7zpZfPee0Y-LAkDHLN4mFL8Bj5LqPIS_nrz2wMTk02eavoT9UPLINoXjN7D-XL3ar1BaK2k166B6LUbAuBA4dzXuobUQbo91TcX2WOU3aI7l7Hrj3fCO0xKHOudwJI/s320/manhunter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359042194441902914" border="0" /></a><br />John Ostrander has given comics fans tons of enjoyment, it goes without saying. But right now, John really needs our help. John has been battling <a href="http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/glaucoma/glaucoma_facts.asp">glaucoma</a> and has undergone very expensive treatments in order to keep his sight. His insurance (no surprise) won't cover all of the costs he's incurring, so fandom is coming to his aid through a group called <a href="http://www.comix4sight.com/">Comix4Sight</a>. <a href="http://www.comix4sight.com/">Comix4Sigh</a>t is holding auctions at various comic-cons and has set up a website with info on how to donate items for auction--along with a link to where you can just plain ol' <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=7XnWk_MSVmL6A9m7Fj7G3Y3IxTInNMtKv4C95pqVXY26D0adx8sbcmC6-qS&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1fb6947b0aeae66fdb090c3508df63c7a078883ba93cc8aafe">send money</a>. Please visit the <a href="http://www.comix4sight.com/">Comix4Sight</a> page and do what you can to help John in his time of need.The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-6222852890333350442009-07-10T00:02:00.023-04:002009-07-10T00:03:47.483-04:00The British Invasion! Gaze Into the Art of Brian Bolland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fNosAoelXfmo3fbFBQx5P9ES8h1mRRip7Rve13iOYBf0a0UKC_ZO5XRHfK4qGOKl2TXv4vHabYkU4ptPqLzau5008YWZAi57myr8hsV0edSLXgpsNSc-5CbHbIIhd18I0Jiy9t3KxVs/s1600-h/fistofdredd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fNosAoelXfmo3fbFBQx5P9ES8h1mRRip7Rve13iOYBf0a0UKC_ZO5XRHfK4qGOKl2TXv4vHabYkU4ptPqLzau5008YWZAi57myr8hsV0edSLXgpsNSc-5CbHbIIhd18I0Jiy9t3KxVs/s320/fistofdredd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356099539524069426" border="0" /></a>In the mid-to-late 1970s, <a href="http://www.brianbolland.net/">Brian Bolland</a> was wowing 'em in the UK. By virtue of his meticulously detailed line work, his mastery of black/white/positive/negative space, his facility for caricature, and his realistic-yet-grand style. He had come into <span style="font-style: italic;">2000A.D.</span>, now one of Great Britain's premiere comicbooks, then a struggling new venture, to help in deadline crunches and had become the definitive <span style="font-weight: bold;">Judge Dredd </span>artist. Bolland's work on <span style="font-style: italic;">Cursed Earth</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Judge Death</span> is some of the most beautiful, haunting, and just flat-out cool art in (dare I say it?) the history of the medium.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVCzUJYV31gy_ThNtt2M9a6f308TdgXytbFluo_YygWUB7_mi2aigFM4U0Cf0JoAuNjtGSBAx-9odgsULDov1amP7euY68O8eP_OHqpMECjGm0MSSiWyeabC6SGhYnukz8IWD2i77LAU/s1600-h/dreddico.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVCzUJYV31gy_ThNtt2M9a6f308TdgXytbFluo_YygWUB7_mi2aigFM4U0Cf0JoAuNjtGSBAx-9odgsULDov1amP7euY68O8eP_OHqpMECjGm0MSSiWyeabC6SGhYnukz8IWD2i77LAU/s320/dreddico.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356100525585160786" border="0" /></a>You'd think American publishers would have gotten wind and snapped Bolland up, but Marvel, DC, and the newly forming independent publishers didn't seem to be interested in what was going on "across the pond". It took fate stepping in for the British Invasion to begin.<br /><br />I have many reasons to admire Joe Staton. His art on <span style="font-style: italic;">E-Man, Mike Mauser, JS</span><span style="font-style: italic;">A, </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Lantern</span>, just to name a few*. However great his artistic accomplishments, I'm even more thankful for his need to have a roof over his head when drawing <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Lantern</span>. The story goes that when Staton attended the UK's 1979 Comicon, the Bollands were kind enough to put Joe up. Brian mentioned to Joe that he'd love to do a cover for <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Lantern</span>, since he was a huge GL/DC comics fan. Joe, having seen Brian's art and being no fool, called GL editor Jack C. Harris and told him of Brian's desire to do a GL cover. Harris was no fool either. He assigned Bolland the cover to <span style="font-style: italic;">Gree</span><span style="font-style: italic;">n Lantern</span> #127 (January 1980). That led to the covers of GL issues 130 and 131. Then <span style="font-style: italic;">Adventure Comics</span> editor Len Wein got into the act and handed Bolland the cover assignment to <span style="font-style: italic;">Adventure</span> #475 (June 1980). In October 1980, Bolland's first interior work for the U.S. showed up in <span style="font-style: italic;">Myster</span><span style="font-style: italic;">y In Space</span> #115, a seven page sci-fi short titled "Certified Safe". Wein then assigned Bolland the covers of <span style="font-style: italic;">Justice League of America</span> #'s 189-190 (January-February 1981). Those Starro covers, with little Starros attached to the faces of the JLA-ers really got Bolland noticed, capturing the imaginations of fans who had recently seen the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Al</span></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/"><span style="font-style: italic;">ien</span></a>. Bolland was quickly becoming a superstar. 1981 started off right with the January appearance of another Bolland-illustrated seven pager, "Falling Down to Heaven..." in <span style="font-style: italic;">Madame Xanadu</span> #1.Next Bolland did the covers to the three-issue mini-series <span style="font-style: italic;">Tales of the Green Lantern Corp</span><span style="font-style: italic;">s</span> (February-April 1981), then the cover of <span style="font-style: italic;">DC Comi</span><span style="font-style: italic;">cs Presents</span> #43 (December 1981). Bet you'd like to see that legendary run of DC covers, wouldn't you? 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width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlTv_mWQ5yRw2ciXzvpB7TRQJV-P0pbf3Zd52HaCfCNRJVUwptN-8-CJGlY9Nw93_7bpNPbnEOJzRKXEg6K_TJmhaLSpRH-lkUDdltz4TsAWsbdlyXLXzLDN_ZqpyTN9YF2YXUzXfSEM/s320/jdccp43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356100904059548594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJF77M2wwHLmcEnOkuqo7KDLyxFUghQBbS5nA-SJIz-ZThoZ-O6PvazcQfHC2mfv6Nco4jySJDOOcSGOvTGJTJCnbrRzsgaRH6m08Xjb5AJbw-S8k4WIctTcDmvIpYc-Lz8tZnlDj8mY/s1600-h/33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJF77M2wwHLmcEnOkuqo7KDLyxFUghQBbS5nA-SJIz-ZThoZ-O6PvazcQfHC2mfv6Nco4jySJDOOcSGOvTGJTJCnbrRzsgaRH6m08Xjb5AJbw-S8k4WIctTcDmvIpYc-Lz8tZnlDj8mY/s320/33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102241097121746" border="0" /></a>Also of note during this period was Bolland's contribution to Kitchen Sink's "Spirit Jam" (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Spirit</span> #30, cover dated July 1981). Bolland's work can be seen on the bottom three panels. The top half of the page, by the way is drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz. The tier above Bolland's is by John Byrne and Joe Rubenstein. The whole page was written by Chris Claremont. That's right, DC's main cover-man shared the same page with Marvel's hottest writer and artists. (A special tip of the hat to my pal Pete Doree for posting the <span style="font-style: italic;">Spirit Jam </span>scans on his awesome <a href="http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/07/spirit-jam.html">Bronze Age of Blogs</a>.)<br /><br />By this time, fans were dying to see how Bolland would handle DC superheroes. Well, in <span style="font-style: italic;">Justice League of America</span> #200**, we finally got our chance. Not only did writer Gerry Conway and editor Len Wein tap Bolland for a chapter of that giant JLA anniversary spectacular, but they gave him the chapter with the coolest characters: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman, Green Arrow,</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Canary</span> (you'd have to have lived back then to know how hot GL and BC were back then, trust me!). In the overall scheme of the issue, I have to think that this chapter was written with Neal Adams in mind ( it did star three of his signature characters, after all***), but for whatever reason, Bolland got the gig and man, did he ever deliver!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qonxubscO1-KA8LkVEWCyjxi9F0ivO3pi9Q0BVqosMYmtQAanUY4zoAKTkjckFde-CydJwn01LI-3PQR8yzl6tSm-HRWHDJZCrOORsR7XX0jER46amIcuMapiMnzNLAAtNl3bSbt7Ns/s1600-h/Large+JLA+200-40.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qonxubscO1-KA8LkVEWCyjxi9F0ivO3pi9Q0BVqosMYmtQAanUY4zoAKTkjckFde-CydJwn01LI-3PQR8yzl6tSm-HRWHDJZCrOORsR7XX0jER46amIcuMapiMnzNLAAtNl3bSbt7Ns/s320/Large+JLA+200-40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102658734070242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk94u_3AGgFkYdAp7Z05GK8r42gNb1wizSEujuIepkuOimuMdBUma2Cz6V-EY7_TlaKBs9fi3hLY2tJi1iPyeaFcAc7bcyZ_U5BBsmqKhGCFKTihvo3rbk9QsqImuk0wdt-WQj7eYIRc8/s1600-h/Large+JLA+200-41.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk94u_3AGgFkYdAp7Z05GK8r42gNb1wizSEujuIepkuOimuMdBUma2Cz6V-EY7_TlaKBs9fi3hLY2tJi1iPyeaFcAc7bcyZ_U5BBsmqKhGCFKTihvo3rbk9QsqImuk0wdt-WQj7eYIRc8/s320/Large+JLA+200-41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102653514906514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR370pensjnwGcgGmOubmtUqF_-Y-1xLy7fM3XNn_EvM_ytVbm2ffgN-FCQ9XGBGcrEmMVB2nuDa7u_1HEyWgob5MNz4PXoItoeoYC6IXvvRobKjjDwqfGkw1Eb4kAQKYzAS-CY9c5sA/s1600-h/Large+JLA+200-42.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR370pensjnwGcgGmOubmtUqF_-Y-1xLy7fM3XNn_EvM_ytVbm2ffgN-FCQ9XGBGcrEmMVB2nuDa7u_1HEyWgob5MNz4PXoItoeoYC6IXvvRobKjjDwqfGkw1Eb4kAQKYzAS-CY9c5sA/s320/Large+JLA+200-42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102651505196594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxqlze0DRe1tgZzhYqpusiWWGHDRezyJstXvSYw1yc7ZQNIFoKSKYKvDKCGyfZVIuMK9ISffyVtc3mm3WfvVC6-Xaz89mh5SSsGXedvHimE8deJNdRzMi2ZzTeOyF4KhzHDRo5R9u6Lg/s1600-h/Large+JLA+200-43.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicxqlze0DRe1tgZzhYqpusiWWGHDRezyJstXvSYw1yc7ZQNIFoKSKYKvDKCGyfZVIuMK9ISffyVtc3mm3WfvVC6-Xaz89mh5SSsGXedvHimE8deJNdRzMi2ZzTeOyF4KhzHDRo5R9u6Lg/s320/Large+JLA+200-43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102645289889362" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpdkltGZ0XOmP-28mmp2TdszgfsghZz0TAeJ04IPJ-8pfwfYO6EqJY-zZnCHa4Bh7_p88tAY79aI2jf1LDHWIbQHf91uaGup9YEW9Aya4zDJ85B63KctouVUVxdzWOzhuBcO8YZ8V9Xs/s1600-h/Large+JLA+200-44.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpdkltGZ0XOmP-28mmp2TdszgfsghZz0TAeJ04IPJ-8pfwfYO6EqJY-zZnCHa4Bh7_p88tAY79aI2jf1LDHWIbQHf91uaGup9YEW9Aya4zDJ85B63KctouVUVxdzWOzhuBcO8YZ8V9Xs/s320/Large+JLA+200-44.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356102641576446258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0OIYbeA9uKMYJaNoF5XokEcA_rjlsDRFote4zlbEHwGlfJ7L8rE_zEJr8fhKXFsjiIjsMj7CzZWGVOQoG9QVDthT4sZLEsYdcJ9hHT7Z1cUl1RzVlZCVAMUbA62Lf_YIzIWpyI3YCpo/s1600-h/Camelot_3000.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0OIYbeA9uKMYJaNoF5XokEcA_rjlsDRFote4zlbEHwGlfJ7L8rE_zEJr8fhKXFsjiIjsMj7CzZWGVOQoG9QVDthT4sZLEsYdcJ9hHT7Z1cUl1RzVlZCVAMUbA62Lf_YIzIWpyI3YCpo/s320/Camelot_3000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356105027972135074" border="0" /></a>Up until this point, you'll notice that Bolland stuck to mostly covers with the occasional short story, When he worked in the British comics, he did mostly five to seven page stories. But in 1982, Wein gave Bolland a shot at penciling his first full-length "maxi-series",<span style="font-style: italic;"> Camelot 3000</span>, written by Mike W. Barr. Created for the "direct only" market, the 12 issue series was an immediate hit, giving Bolland that last bit of energy he needed to catapult him through the stratosphere. The proof of how rabid--and loyal--his fans had become was put to the test during this series. Bolland's meticulous style could not be rushed, so the lag between issues kept getting longer and longer. Two months skipped between issues 5 and 6. Three months between numbers 9 and 10 and then between 10 and 11. Then a whopping nine months between issues 11 and 12. But it was worth it. Bolland wasn't "growing roses", he was working. He was producing one of the most beautifully drawn comics ever, and fans ate it up and asked for more.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmEy_7e_tdBx-e3tveH2kaZrfdVS_bkeGbuSPxAI1G28q-2Ssz6lp2ISewBWv11Si8YOHbpDOdsmGR_aYPQaZ7Q547wtsdcQTpBL-UzTiRGX1Gp2B5XxP5OLTNa8bN_DmjYrKVNCfujM/s1600-h/080422comics_8--120879263620357300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmEy_7e_tdBx-e3tveH2kaZrfdVS_bkeGbuSPxAI1G28q-2Ssz6lp2ISewBWv11Si8YOHbpDOdsmGR_aYPQaZ7Q547wtsdcQTpBL-UzTiRGX1Gp2B5XxP5OLTNa8bN_DmjYrKVNCfujM/s320/080422comics_8--120879263620357300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356105265333145570" border="0" /></a>Bolland, being a wise man, would stick pretty much to covers, pin-ups, short stories, and one-shots for the rest of his career. He'd rather "leave us wanting more" than leave us hanging by committing to assignments he wouldn't be able to carry out in a timely manner, and you have to admire his integrity. In 1988, Bolland would produce what many call his magnum opus with his work on the Alan Moore written <span style="font-style: italic;">The Killing Joke</span>, starring <span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman </span>and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joker.</span> His art was far more than magnificent on this story. While many debate the merits of Moore's story (this is, after all, the story in which the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joker </span>shoots and cripples Barbara [<span style="font-weight: bold;">Batgirl/Oracle</span>] Gordon, after all), none can deny the beauty of Bolland's art.<br /><br />Still going strong and still a fan favorite, Brian Bolland opened the floodgates for the comicbook's British Invasion of the 1980s. Those who would follow in his wake might have produced more in quantity, but few can touch him in quality.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">* For more Joe Staton love, check out <a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/">Diversions of the Groovy Kind</a>!</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">**JLA #200 will be covered here in the not-too-distant future. </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">***JLA #200 was written by Gerry Conway with the framing sequence penciled by George Perez. The rest of the issue was filled with team-ups of the JLA characters drawn mostly by the artists most closely associated with them, like Gil Kane on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Lantern/Atom</span> segment, Carmine Infantino on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Flash/Elongated</span> segment, Jim Aparo on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aquaman/Phantom Stranger</span> segment, and so on.</span>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-78283028514204132382009-07-03T00:02:00.014-04:002009-07-03T08:51:14.921-04:0080s Essentials: Captain America #250<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6dD1tH6xRHW8WDj5flc9cCeT8S9bS1jCO_GPdU3cNUxMieggLpwH0Irf9qhGu0UJRa1k1cFE2TR-H6FNE7LbvHpCmpsWidZ2LmszsLQkPMrv6eUuGofApvl1KKrV5N_rbcAnmGQ379I/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6dD1tH6xRHW8WDj5flc9cCeT8S9bS1jCO_GPdU3cNUxMieggLpwH0Irf9qhGu0UJRa1k1cFE2TR-H6FNE7LbvHpCmpsWidZ2LmszsLQkPMrv6eUuGofApvl1KKrV5N_rbcAnmGQ379I/s400/CaptainAmerica250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353875006948670594" border="0" /></a>Since this is the Fourth of July weekend, I thought of doing an overview of Roger Stern and John Byrne's run on <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain America</span>. The more I read those classic issues, the more I thought they deserved more than one post. Although their stint as the writer/artist team on Cap was a short one (issues 247-255, April-December 1980), it was incredible in its scope, execution, and influence. Needless to say, I'll be doing several more posts regarding the Stern/Byrne Cap.<br /><br /><br />With that in mind, I decided to zero in on <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain America</span> #250, which came out (I can't believe this, but it's true!) 29 years ago this month! This mag is truly one of the Essential comicbooks of the 1980s. Here's why...<br /><br />In July of 1980, the United States was still reeling over the Watergate scandal. Trust in the government (along with Big Corporations) was low-to-zero (sound familiar?), yet election season was in full force. President Jimmy Carter and California Governor Ronald Reagan were about to battle it out for the White House, but there was a feeling going around that the citizens of the U.S. would have loved to had an alternative candidate--one, preferably, who was not a politician. None stepped forward, and Reagan would go on to defeat Carter. Roger Stern and John Byrne captured this feeling of wanting more and turned it into a though-provoking, heart-tugging comicbook classic.<br /><br />Before I go on, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that the whole "Cap for Prez" idea was sparked by Roger McKenzie and Don Perlin, the writer and inker, respectively, on <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain America</span> during Roger Stern's tenure as that title's editor. Sterno, being one classy guy, wasn't about to let that fact go unnoticed, so he named McKenzie and Perlin in the credits, and then told the whole "behind the scenes" story on the letters page:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETf73sNJ455MbalhxZtaIrl0ZmtB5Dq_GxK1hNDwYAZZp-qSycNPitEzSGXWXJ_kf46du36ijTz8wyr7_7mq9WiiiP5KTondSzaZoOXOYPvhYDQBCOlIrj0o0im_eiIT6eFY72GaWMUk/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p13a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjETf73sNJ455MbalhxZtaIrl0ZmtB5Dq_GxK1hNDwYAZZp-qSycNPitEzSGXWXJ_kf46du36ijTz8wyr7_7mq9WiiiP5KTondSzaZoOXOYPvhYDQBCOlIrj0o0im_eiIT6eFY72GaWMUk/s400/CaptainAmerica250p13a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353872971546973122" border="0" /></a><br />"Cap for President" begins with our hero rescuing a congressman and his hostess from a hostage situation, which, besides providing the only real action in this issue allowed Byrne and inker Joe Rubinstein to really strut their stuff. The scene also allows Cap to meet Samuel T. Underwood, the New Populist Party's convention chairman. Underwood quickly goes from thankful bystander, to Cap-fan to hatching the idea of Cap running for President. Cap good-naturedly laughs off the idea, "Ha-hah! Thanks for the offer, Sam--but I'm afraid I'm not much of a politician!" Underwood quickly replies, "The people don't want a politician...they want a leader!" The following page sums up the national mood and this issue's plot quite well...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyCniUHfLptv7Q77RxKV6ItqvIN59Z3xD35kmbgf-ei13S7hBSBIWL7nzncNQHVpRF97MyOR5BKKE_yx3p9aJc6KSQiz0qE5USGP5SLiBmZnOOjK9Gpq7WNO2n1GblqnISfx_L-Txpc4/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p05.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyCniUHfLptv7Q77RxKV6ItqvIN59Z3xD35kmbgf-ei13S7hBSBIWL7nzncNQHVpRF97MyOR5BKKE_yx3p9aJc6KSQiz0qE5USGP5SLiBmZnOOjK9Gpq7WNO2n1GblqnISfx_L-Txpc4/s400/CaptainAmerica250p05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353872965477676050" border="0" /></a><br />Cap returns home to his Brooklyn digs, where, as Steve Rogers, he and his neighbors are helping the lovely Bernie Rosenthal move into her apartment. It's there that one of Steve's friends shows him that morning's edition of the Daily Globe...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcePzEnbSS43A62zwUktwf38_JH6ws8n2QDbk7Xzn5VrrGOAEq3JKXJ3NVg2p_oSMt19g9KacdolBNti32TXJPx63JHJXUExBUJArENc0LxsXs856t3aModsQH6vYqI-RDO13xj6-H0A/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p08.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcePzEnbSS43A62zwUktwf38_JH6ws8n2QDbk7Xzn5VrrGOAEq3JKXJ3NVg2p_oSMt19g9KacdolBNti32TXJPx63JHJXUExBUJArENc0LxsXs856t3aModsQH6vYqI-RDO13xj6-H0A/s400/CaptainAmerica250p08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353872965808081954" border="0" /></a><br />I love the way Byrne drew Steve's reaction to the news. Naturally, Steve's friends love the idea of Cap running for President.<br /><br />The next day <span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain America</span> heads to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aven</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">gers</span>' mansion to find a mob of Cap supporters and media waiting to bombard him with congratulations and questions regarding his upcoming White House bid.He politely brushes them off to find his fellow <span style="font-weight: bold;">Avengers</span>...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYacvTKhbUHEgh4We9cYVzQt1_dk2CnaXF73Z6TraTNQN2pyuvqV6HuxO0DhbKKmWHv3v-_Q-3fKEKVFhV9FnFmG4MnziB8wgV2DJ7vu3NZua22hNPsrL5MUsfzy3EiuDpmTxL5y7Q8Us/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYacvTKhbUHEgh4We9cYVzQt1_dk2CnaXF73Z6TraTNQN2pyuvqV6HuxO0DhbKKmWHv3v-_Q-3fKEKVFhV9FnFmG4MnziB8wgV2DJ7vu3NZua22hNPsrL5MUsfzy3EiuDpmTxL5y7Q8Us/s400/CaptainAmerica250p11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353872971329397458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Iron Man</span>'s attitude is especially interesting in light of the recent goings on in the modern Marvel Universe, is it not?<br /><br />Cap, as always, searching his soul to find the right thing to do, finds his way back to his old school. It is the memories of what he was taught here that help him cement his decision.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggk9iObCgBL6Zm3hGI8ZzM4uGf95bAGhHXM0xmMzeuC4cK2SPDJ2ft_1gl5qol5VH4thkkfPFMDJiC58D1Q9vTNJ61GtOw38zt3hAZcehjN8N3ie0S31b_OOYmZ8QfVnp_EcundDwYvng/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggk9iObCgBL6Zm3hGI8ZzM4uGf95bAGhHXM0xmMzeuC4cK2SPDJ2ft_1gl5qol5VH4thkkfPFMDJiC58D1Q9vTNJ61GtOw38zt3hAZcehjN8N3ie0S31b_OOYmZ8QfVnp_EcundDwYvng/s400/CaptainAmerica250p14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353873870679178018" border="0" /></a><br />Hours later, Cap appears at the NPP rally, ready to tell the world of his decision...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWzxY5rVUuN-mQR1u32TXmOvyZZtfnm9drKCDfTq9rwBToIzS3sudiZrX3NVdY_eWYwzCQjqtmBcnJLEN-sawtUfNktXdevhpOa6R4TRmtF5Y49t9kQjDJLg7rYcx_WRRI8VudSZvJcU/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWzxY5rVUuN-mQR1u32TXmOvyZZtfnm9drKCDfTq9rwBToIzS3sudiZrX3NVdY_eWYwzCQjqtmBcnJLEN-sawtUfNktXdevhpOa6R4TRmtF5Y49t9kQjDJLg7rYcx_WRRI8VudSZvJcU/s400/CaptainAmerica250p16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353873879879720306" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmqyp4xi9INwr_tTLtWi7XwzVuw6y49zNl_tfQs_n0NPB9jaBqPXCtPaM1I_Q42UKXf7btiTVjfgicGH5dFUGUjR48he4S8XIuzvAbZfYAZ66E6KWyQblr1WODMDqA58rZxAtC-Ln768/s1600-h/CaptainAmerica250p17.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBmqyp4xi9INwr_tTLtWi7XwzVuw6y49zNl_tfQs_n0NPB9jaBqPXCtPaM1I_Q42UKXf7btiTVjfgicGH5dFUGUjR48he4S8XIuzvAbZfYAZ66E6KWyQblr1WODMDqA58rZxAtC-Ln768/s400/CaptainAmerica250p17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353873878092225186" border="0" /></a><br />It's not the decision anyone wanted to hear, but it's the only one Cap could really have made. Stern's use of the JFK quote makes the ending especially poignant.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Captain America</span> #250 was an immediate hit, so popular that Marvel quickly produced an issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">What If...?</span> (#26, January 1981) detailing what would have happened if Cap had, indeed, run for President.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVFPZBCw5taJAxzcZxgqAZ16FagKVQST-0uXtUkfOlvHkHr4fnyfombNnRfPAo3epz00PwDZDgEvX_ikAoXrwpeVPAhUkOBMBHtV0AnKoOp60qEDYuSpyYLpKKKfX3i5Th0vYVpIVjyM/s1600-h/whatif.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxVFPZBCw5taJAxzcZxgqAZ16FagKVQST-0uXtUkfOlvHkHr4fnyfombNnRfPAo3epz00PwDZDgEvX_ikAoXrwpeVPAhUkOBMBHtV0AnKoOp60qEDYuSpyYLpKKKfX3i5Th0vYVpIVjyM/s400/whatif.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353873886066334210" border="0" /></a>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-52269077545278770302009-06-26T00:02:00.006-04:002009-06-26T00:15:47.715-04:00RIP Michael Jackson: King of Pop's Superman #400 AppearanceI'd intended on doing something completely different, but the shocking passing of 80s Icon and King of Pop Michael Jackson can't go unnoticed, even on this humble comicbook blog.While many might know that MJ appeared as <a href="http://www.captaineo.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain EO </span></a>in Eclipse Comics' 1987 adaptation of the Disney movie/ride, how many of ya knew he popped up in this Jerry Robinson<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Superman</span> tribute in the magnificent <span style="font-style: italic;">Superman</span> #400 (July 1984)?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEbH1yWHzNt-vXwiLeC4ZphK-nuzq1M0zABfB0NLfbeWu5z8IxrrHrXr2M4SGBGuOlUoghPA6yglAIY3OZAo26PdTshaWjYgZLnua_VOIPiQ1ZbZIc52p68jEBODYfAjC7feuEQPZZJw/s1600-h/robinson-pinup.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilEbH1yWHzNt-vXwiLeC4ZphK-nuzq1M0zABfB0NLfbeWu5z8IxrrHrXr2M4SGBGuOlUoghPA6yglAIY3OZAo26PdTshaWjYgZLnua_VOIPiQ1ZbZIc52p68jEBODYfAjC7feuEQPZZJw/s400/robinson-pinup.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351482619133091730" border="0" /></a><br />We'll return to our regular stuff next week. Thanks for your kind indulgence.The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-39899329795390513812009-06-19T00:02:00.039-04:002009-06-19T00:02:25.553-04:00Marvel Super-Special=Marvel At the MoviesRemember Marvel's big full color magazine, <span style="font-style: italic;">Marvel Super Special</span> and all its movie adaptations? Well, due to another day of freight-train style thunderstorms trucking through Groovyland, Ol' Groove doesn't have much time for posting, so here's a quick refresher course on the best--and the worst--of 80s movies in comicbook form...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLapNnDHk0lwWkBoVN8cSmN4ECSXTZbZn4F0wGc28jDqszGdsQeVnbiNZEkkdI0NgkVwOtzfA0dRBFxY4tkTwqh_15umN_NKxSaDhbfTKb1xPmsAgeAw_iB-QHAFg9B6ziDOgJ_KPSknw/s1600-h/2401_4_16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLapNnDHk0lwWkBoVN8cSmN4ECSXTZbZn4F0wGc28jDqszGdsQeVnbiNZEkkdI0NgkVwOtzfA0dRBFxY4tkTwqh_15umN_NKxSaDhbfTKb1xPmsAgeAw_iB-QHAFg9B6ziDOgJ_KPSknw/s400/2401_4_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348759432962373586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJeaymUZFL_p13lO1kC7ao8-3eA55dJYEhk3LJzsXR6_FNQVFoN3JaHZL7BR6vvPaG36hPaNRF5eC4EIBW85hT4x3C4ei64nCDHW0GIVsqziQDsyiXjSLHLZP_IG6YHlgOkdRHPjiicdM/s1600-h/2401_4_17.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXlBA0TA4cNvM2SLx-qSgKWishybZs8PD_WabsyRMUwQqPaA3EJ0iNQ3QggZiipziSZN775MeGZBma_DmrKYhKB8_F_6PjfTEnwbebNb69J5lq4uc8WOPHAhB1MiEbHFOGda0In66tvN4/s400/2401_4_41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348751799284389618" border="0" /></a><br />I'll tackle these in more detail in future posts, Groove-ophiles, but in the meantime, how about your thoughts on what you thought were the best and worst?The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-7197775400851900352009-06-12T00:02:00.039-04:002009-06-12T00:57:24.981-04:00Cover Me: Ed (The Name Might Not Ring a Bell) Hannigan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZWA7GbilCs-m8BxwIDTawTpzBAO72_zFnFPfjmVzvZqbDKlLQg9qeifCRBszZzkCDI7FIwP1R_H3NQ4DnBLwv2RXyVLCM3Yzmrhoi7EFC9N_Iv-sgA49yDAQWaD4ABNGmatZr4B8jaY/s1600-h/OHOTMU-80sMontage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZWA7GbilCs-m8BxwIDTawTpzBAO72_zFnFPfjmVzvZqbDKlLQg9qeifCRBszZzkCDI7FIwP1R_H3NQ4DnBLwv2RXyVLCM3Yzmrhoi7EFC9N_Iv-sgA49yDAQWaD4ABNGmatZr4B8jaY/s320/OHOTMU-80sMontage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346109462146573714" border="0" /></a>Shame on the comicbook industry for forgetting <a href="http://home.myfairpoint.net/hannigan7/index.htm">Ed Hannigan</a>. Ed is one of those renaissance men who can write, draw, letter, color, and edit. He knocked around Marvel Comics through the last half of the 1970s, then in the early 80s, he attained the star-status he deserved as one of the most innovative cover-artists of all time. His covers, in my eyes, rank with Adams' and Steranko's for their dynamic designs and cutting edge use of color. Ed's lettering abilities allowed him to create covers that invoked the creativity of Will Eisner's Spirit splash pages. From about 1982-1986, Hannigan's covers were the most eye-popping, attention-grabbing covers on the stands. When I think definitive 80s artists, Ed's up there with guys like Byrne, Miller, Bolland, and Simonson. 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width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJPkBhsuVyPgYBRV12BGkMyY7Ie80fBUwY8Y7mMs9j7xXvhYGl4zwNz9u9hlZphWuchy2-oDcB4GcopewfKOZQ9T7QFqlR9WgWJ76bysxsdQ49p9KWeWvn5K43gvUO2_-hp3s8gWEv-vs/s320/wf301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346101638271570322" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Those are just a few of the dozens of covers I would love to have posted. (For a behind-the-scenes look at Ed's cover-sketching process, visit the <a href="http://home.myfairpoint.net/hannigan7/covers.html">Covers and Sketches</a> page of his website. Wow!!)<br /><br />By the late 80s, Ed had scaled back his cover work (though he still supplied many layouts for other artists' covers) to work on drawing Mike Grell's <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Arrow</span> revival. By the mid-90s, for some strange reason, worked dropped off to nothing for this highly skilled and innovative artist, and that's a shame. Ed's name should be remembered and revered in the Hall of Fame for 1980s artists. Not only that, but the man's still around, still able to create knock-out covers, like this recent <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain Action</span> cover done for Moonstone. I say it's time for an Ed Hannigan revival!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneArJH0CH5KFwY843J3O7pxUx8Fe4Bu7Tf-ZJU00GDyutpQT93wl7Ux-18z47JgDnqiuGMCOdrx7fl7KLQCoXK4c4kktK0yFnRbzBvHYgt-I1jAcppLxs90HrdBlW0nzYz1WicjuVi10/s1600-h/CA3_cover_400.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneArJH0CH5KFwY843J3O7pxUx8Fe4Bu7Tf-ZJU00GDyutpQT93wl7Ux-18z47JgDnqiuGMCOdrx7fl7KLQCoXK4c4kktK0yFnRbzBvHYgt-I1jAcppLxs90HrdBlW0nzYz1WicjuVi10/s320/CA3_cover_400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346098203906722946" border="0" /></a>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-41787932012189456642009-06-05T00:02:00.017-04:002009-06-05T00:02:00.594-04:00T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in the 80s Part 2: The Deluxe/Solson Days of Thunder<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://blindedmewithcomics.blogspot.com/2009/05/thunder-agents-in-80s-part-1-jctexasred.html">Last Week</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">, we looked at the early days of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents revival of the 1980s. This time out, we look at the last d</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ays</span>...</span><br /><br />By the mid-80s, John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Carbanaro's</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> revival was in a downward spiral. The folks at Archie had let him down by making his books low priority. And then there was the furor caused by John C.'s sometime acquaintance/employee, David M. Singer. David was studying to be a lawyer, and his quizzical mind learned what Jim Shooter had learned--or at least, <span style="font-weight: bold;">believed</span>: Tower Comics had failed to properly copyright its <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">N.D.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">E</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.R. Agents</span> material. According to Singer, regardless of any agreements between Tower and John C., the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span> were public domain and anyone could publish <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.A</span>. comics*. And so he did.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6-zXZyx5XEXFClRJxum3wDDFWUGxPX3YhzIfG1KnEjeADvyctTq1CCvMGo6fznaWEmlLRejX4pwo2Yv-e4YUFDAe-HroszqKwrmltWIO8mfsJgZp29B8MgcF0RI_pVbazfaGCqaRcjg/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_01_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6-zXZyx5XEXFClRJxum3wDDFWUGxPX3YhzIfG1KnEjeADvyctTq1CCvMGo6fznaWEmlLRejX4pwo2Yv-e4YUFDAe-HroszqKwrmltWIO8mfsJgZp29B8MgcF0RI_pVbazfaGCqaRcjg/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_01_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510256349186338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvjaEJb1DwWdxSu563SC32cZhcCTYEY4kdHq2_tivgh5sGBzsLlN0otRnpYxXUj35wzfGvM2z0bXCuJOgHohe0LOo7I76U_Fp7FUa3jZ9c1OIi5LMbe6ttP0gVGj8l-ukDSwAi7FA9xI/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_02_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvjaEJb1DwWdxSu563SC32cZhcCTYEY4kdHq2_tivgh5sGBzsLlN0otRnpYxXUj35wzfGvM2z0bXCuJOgHohe0LOo7I76U_Fp7FUa3jZ9c1OIi5LMbe6ttP0gVGj8l-ukDSwAi7FA9xI/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_02_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510258640528226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M-FqbVMgVUrg-aI2ErN7VOCQck1kW0HdxtC84IBcfnmoMSP9C7c3Kq2tl2tqLLkgy1D-2jjNft9JVzyMD1TrH62qwZpDS-AITXJ4u1l5t2Lssf_1hi2-a8k2QanppXbTGgoCubpBZVo/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_03_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M-FqbVMgVUrg-aI2ErN7VOCQck1kW0HdxtC84IBcfnmoMSP9C7c3Kq2tl2tqLLkgy1D-2jjNft9JVzyMD1TrH62qwZpDS-AITXJ4u1l5t2Lssf_1hi2-a8k2QanppXbTGgoCubpBZVo/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_03_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510262180445442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkOBR8_v7Y3BMZID8MZPdGoP5Fs3b8_KgB2TBX4gGBvDQqx4Q4ZhqXH-XE0lQ4eHmnrMR9WBjyWIYGNWzOIH4EWwnFPg_yzhJQyMW2guQkSNVCPoGTiH4tQ0twWLqLf8YOu8dSLzF9Vc/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_04_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkOBR8_v7Y3BMZID8MZPdGoP5Fs3b8_KgB2TBX4gGBvDQqx4Q4ZhqXH-XE0lQ4eHmnrMR9WBjyWIYGNWzOIH4EWwnFPg_yzhJQyMW2guQkSNVCPoGTiH4tQ0twWLqLf8YOu8dSLzF9Vc/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_04_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510264578021778" border="0" /></a><br />Listen, when you're a young comics fan and you hear that a much-loved <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">comicbook</span> is making a comeback with the hottest artists of the day at the helm, you don't ask questions, you just buy. Singer's <span style="font-style: italic;">Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> (which he published under the Deluxe imprint) gave us George (<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Teen Tit</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ns</span></span>) Perez, Keith (<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Legio</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">n of Super-Heroes</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Giffen</span>, Dave (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Uncanny X-Men</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cockrum</span>, Jerry (<span style="font-weight: bold;">All-Star Squadron</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ordway</span>, Rich (70s star) Buckler, and even legends like Steve <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Ditko</span> and Murphy Anderson between its covers. On Baxter paper. In full-process color. 52 pages worth. For two bucks (the major sticking point as far as most fans were concerned in the days of seventy-five cent/one dollar comics). Singer and company were trying to recapture the old magic by using top artists and the same format as the original Tower series (but with fewer ads!). Oh, yeah, they had "pretty good" writers, too. Steve (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Avengers, Batman, Captain America</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Englehart</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Dann</span> (Roy's wife) Thomas, Tom and Mary (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Legion o</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">f Super-Heroes</span>) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Bierbaum</span>, and Roger (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Capt</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ain</span> America, Dar</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">edevil</span></span>) McKenzie. The first four issues were amazing. Perez and Thomas made <span style="font-weight: bold;">Raven</span> cool; <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Giffen</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Bierbaums</span> made <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lightning</span> weird; and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Englehart</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Cockrum</span>, Anderson, and even Singer, himself, turned out some pretty cool <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. 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width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2AIgUE_XSUj6OPeW2f54gBmY-Q0EVF_yV_hwRW6ZaxP1LMa86qQKNE09JPdbGJ-CZmoeEarHvN-d9UuibY2ahi0fmVmblX-ECbP414QWuQ043YJITAMH74AsBzEW83U4n4k9ArIZero/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_04_41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343513533372623378" border="0" /></a><br />Why no solo <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo</span> stories? Because Singer planned on spinning off a second <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.A</span>. book with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo</span> as the star. Didn't happen. John C., who, no matter what Singer or anyone else had to say, had paid for the rights to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span> and he wasn't going to sit still for anyone else using them.**<br /><br />By the fifth issue, though, it didn't really matter. Yeah, McKenzie and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Ordway</span> took over the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> strip and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Ordway's</span> art really captured Wood's style while keeping things slick and modern. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Giffen</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Bierbaums</span> were still running <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lightning</span> through the proverbial mill (pun intended--no matter how rancid). But Perez, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Cockrum</span>, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Englehart</span> were gone. Instead of replacing them with more super-stars (Can you imagine Frank Miller on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Raven</span>? John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Byrne</span> on any of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>? The mind boggles!) , Singer was hiring up-and-comers like Mike Harris, John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Statema</span>, and Ron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Lim</span> who, while quite good, weren't exactly the marquis names we were expecting. Poof. <span style="font-style: italic;">Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> was gone to that great back-issue bin in the sky.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMaR6PTJXs2gEL9mLq-uLMHz_cnl7PFnb4VOG9TL_XZaYGN1d9fU6dAchEvXn3bEnHXsanazpWdbhDLcqHw51dn0Gw18PNQcJrOiwl3Zy_t5ZBSAglPtLIAfAkvdBpAmDUErh7risM1M/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMaR6PTJXs2gEL9mLq-uLMHz_cnl7PFnb4VOG9TL_XZaYGN1d9fU6dAchEvXn3bEnHXsanazpWdbhDLcqHw51dn0Gw18PNQcJrOiwl3Zy_t5ZBSAglPtLIAfAkvdBpAmDUErh7risM1M/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510271930204994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFuuxxJ9Kr5SiGy1cdOCGzSDFfQ6BPTMTCc18zGxYzTc6BLpqGtPLaWclRXyPZu_0q4MA9rD2lhdC-wvUtgp-e4EhBQe0n7gvm2EmF-7HyvIPnhSqJCl8FCO0iRDGsHfQ3F28aOGKUN0/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPFuuxxJ9Kr5SiGy1cdOCGzSDFfQ6BPTMTCc18zGxYzTc6BLpqGtPLaWclRXyPZu_0q4MA9rD2lhdC-wvUtgp-e4EhBQe0n7gvm2EmF-7HyvIPnhSqJCl8FCO0iRDGsHfQ3F28aOGKUN0/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343513535550662226" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuSfQmuin2yNhIklI82bP-3x_M_PInh40bZAKdOE1XPreieJ5TJJ9QfUe_-_6LrbLCPauLZhlIhz_QxzJceEcr8n7MrwJ4vek3813DDCGBCCrv5QsIHdUSwG_IKEwiuyOjc1K_WofU-k/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_19.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuSfQmuin2yNhIklI82bP-3x_M_PInh40bZAKdOE1XPreieJ5TJJ9QfUe_-_6LrbLCPauLZhlIhz_QxzJceEcr8n7MrwJ4vek3813DDCGBCCrv5QsIHdUSwG_IKEwiuyOjc1K_WofU-k/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343514388499667282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwHIP432e01lA4L5dFQccORg2iyr7AvxprucxynNkOUKwP6djXrG4YEP1pS0miIKwwUNB7dZMb9vG07Oud0rAkPxOhy21WIrEjvf6jt9KoRPiygTmgwv_S9MoQ6IPPVk641cggr1Dd0s/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_27.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimwHIP432e01lA4L5dFQccORg2iyr7AvxprucxynNkOUKwP6djXrG4YEP1pS0miIKwwUNB7dZMb9vG07Oud0rAkPxOhy21WIrEjvf6jt9KoRPiygTmgwv_S9MoQ6IPPVk641cggr1Dd0s/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343514393744396402" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGGy9G5dORi40wtq3GW1ZVaBDiMSvT9yyZ2tS6domQeXIkdVdCK0uKvtdTg8xj5znisG10mMDrYuGMmTScGT8of0JAih4qTYQRxBmxNvGqeujrvkfIltohyphenhyphenWJklk5OyTAg0UviOSbgv0/s1600-h/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_38.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGGy9G5dORi40wtq3GW1ZVaBDiMSvT9yyZ2tS6domQeXIkdVdCK0uKvtdTg8xj5znisG10mMDrYuGMmTScGT8of0JAih4qTYQRxBmxNvGqeujrvkfIltohyphenhyphenWJklk5OyTAg0UviOSbgv0/s320/Wally_Woods_THUNDER_Agents_1984_05_38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343514396834120722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In 1987, Gary <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Brodsky</span>, son of Marvel Comics legend Sol <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Brodsky</span> published one issue of an "alternative future-timeline" version of <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span>, simply titled <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R.</span> through his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Solson</span> publishing company. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Brodsky</span> licensed the book through <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Carbanaro</span>, but it lasted only one issue. When you get past the "why is <span style="font-weight: bold;">No-Man</span> constipated to the point of pain?" cover, <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R.</span> is not a bad book. Written by Michael Sawyer with very nice art (though a bit too much on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">gray scale</span>) by James E. Lyle and Ron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Wilber</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R.</span> was set in a future gone mad, with a <span style="font-weight: bold;">No-</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Man</span> seemingly gone mad, as well. The daughter of Len (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo</span>) Brown would don her father's belt to become the new <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo</span>, and it looked like a new <span style="font-weight: bold;">Raven </span>and other new agents were waiting offstage. Lots of potential, but as with many publishers during the "black and white boom/bust" no follow through.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-VQqJpp_wAcSnywobb3H67rlj2vVr_faLobV-UZgx_m-d4Gz7CQkMwthsgjwNCbU_dE6rcWoLOSYWEvBhyphenhyphen_DznDxVN45JMxWhzSpBjsWXzIUtc-J_PT6KtRhqdT63DzeG9oUPq3I3_E/s1600-h/00.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-VQqJpp_wAcSnywobb3H67rlj2vVr_faLobV-UZgx_m-d4Gz7CQkMwthsgjwNCbU_dE6rcWoLOSYWEvBhyphenhyphen_DznDxVN45JMxWhzSpBjsWXzIUtc-J_PT6KtRhqdT63DzeG9oUPq3I3_E/s320/00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343515874749615410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gp3bEbD-a_0PpLJJm9vJux7jMAum8iAdsAmogvrJbTW5JKp50o9EhyXKcALY3UTbiv9I50TP60CAxr6QqNGuwDpatsmED4EXK_wfGab5Bzr9I9zieJorTycc0R9unn6Zr6tWYseq01Y/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7gp3bEbD-a_0PpLJJm9vJux7jMAum8iAdsAmogvrJbTW5JKp50o9EhyXKcALY3UTbiv9I50TP60CAxr6QqNGuwDpatsmED4EXK_wfGab5Bzr9I9zieJorTycc0R9unn6Zr6tWYseq01Y/s320/15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343515881178974850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0bGAKvJibi3mEGUGUaE-Rw1ujH6nTcFIL3jZZibz1XV6PX6xnv29dRZnQcGTP2iAlCwkFUkmSaXz0QF3tsP5N6miR1zSkcSBLwyp9gBfBcLWJdFqgCdKcZ20SCLEWhRrsvDQfho8nJQ/s1600-h/32.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0bGAKvJibi3mEGUGUaE-Rw1ujH6nTcFIL3jZZibz1XV6PX6xnv29dRZnQcGTP2iAlCwkFUkmSaXz0QF3tsP5N6miR1zSkcSBLwyp9gBfBcLWJdFqgCdKcZ20SCLEWhRrsvDQfho8nJQ/s320/32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343515881667689106" border="0" /></a><br />On and off during the 1980s, DC, First, and even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Marvel's</span> Epic line tried to work out deals with John C. but nothing ever came to fruition.<br /><br />The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents </span>made a couple guest-appearances in the 80s, as well. One, in Dark Horse's <span style="font-style: italic;">Boris the Bear</span> #11-12 (Summer 1987), was unauthorized, with John C. sending DH a "cease and desist" order to keep it from happening again. Another, in Apple Comics' <span style="font-style: italic;">Thunder Bunny</span> #11 (Fall 1987) got <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Carbonaro's</span> okay after he saw the issue for himself. Apple Comics licensed <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> from John C. for the remainder of the 80s, but never did anything else with them. When their contract expired, John C. allowed the publisher of <span style="font-style: italic;">Penthouse</span> magazine to license our heroes, which led to their legendary appearance in <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Omni</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Comix</span></span> #3 in the 1990s. Oh, that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Gulacy</span>/Austin art!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRBWrH3hvP1QPplQoP9CjExtK4RvqARxh8MGSTeGpScUusrkNSPH7CtlqGsQwAGhHQU_J_uuPwwscD00VLIhhUP2NjCbLeoi5paQBU1SetFTTDjrgJrLtg-sQGwUbF1he0edidzbgMmo/s1600-h/boris11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRBWrH3hvP1QPplQoP9CjExtK4RvqARxh8MGSTeGpScUusrkNSPH7CtlqGsQwAGhHQU_J_uuPwwscD00VLIhhUP2NjCbLeoi5paQBU1SetFTTDjrgJrLtg-sQGwUbF1he0edidzbgMmo/s320/boris11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516462149690802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwBwB6l5lwH9AwLWpEppnoTabHvapGAM8NTXg_Q8qlv7OHLk7NZlN9FgLOfTV6pV7aPxFyiT5oKL0lwSzxaqoK9UWA-mAQMwhe_WD9uwOIoAvzDe3akHrsusmXLutCFL-t4RvRS4xSLU/s1600-h/thunderbunny11.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwBwB6l5lwH9AwLWpEppnoTabHvapGAM8NTXg_Q8qlv7OHLk7NZlN9FgLOfTV6pV7aPxFyiT5oKL0lwSzxaqoK9UWA-mAQMwhe_WD9uwOIoAvzDe3akHrsusmXLutCFL-t4RvRS4xSLU/s320/thunderbunny11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343516464878978002" border="0" /></a><br />Those are the highlights, Groove-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">ophiles</span>. For all the skinny on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span>, might I suggest you nab a copy of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">TwoMorrows</span>' excellent <a href="http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=310"><span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Companion</span></a>? I learned a lot from it, thanks to its interviews with the actual creators. I think you'd dig it, too.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">*For more info on that situation (as well as details on the Archie Comics deal), directly from the typing fingers of the late John C. himself, check out his</span> <a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63">discussion forum</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">, which is still up and running.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">** Detailed in Robert J. Sadaro's "The Resplendent Sound of T.H.U.N.D.E.R.", in the section sub-titled "<a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/rsot.html">The Coming Storm</a>".</span>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-10306406694515296802009-05-29T00:02:00.039-04:002009-05-29T00:11:55.709-04:00T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents in the 80s Part 1: The JC/Texas/Red Circle Days of Thunder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9UKqDM7C_r-HoTW5Z6KXebu2FkgbP86tgglYuQDhwODR-CMo4-aKtxx57yuX9L339kghB5GTVmUTBrKZuVTBNMtEBDNXx2gMekV6WrpCx8QByZ137WH9rBMAId0TXqkXee-SfygI-pE/s1600-h/thunder1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd9UKqDM7C_r-HoTW5Z6KXebu2FkgbP86tgglYuQDhwODR-CMo4-aKtxx57yuX9L339kghB5GTVmUTBrKZuVTBNMtEBDNXx2gMekV6WrpCx8QByZ137WH9rBMAId0TXqkXee-SfygI-pE/s320/thunder1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340703312334782722" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">Like I promised last week, I'm back with a huge (I'm talkin' gi-normous!) post on </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">D.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">E.R. Agents</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> of the 1980s. It's so big, in fact, that it's</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> gonn</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">a</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">win</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">d up bei</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">ng two posts (at least--I keep finding more stuff to write about! Halp!), s</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">o this week Ol' Groove is gonna look at the early p</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">art of t</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">he </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">T</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">revival (JC Comics, Texas/Noble, and Red</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> Circle/Archi</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">e Adventure), next week will cover the rest of the </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">80s (Deluxe and Solson, plus a surprise or two, perhaps.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">..). W</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">h</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">y a</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">m I tellin' ya all of this? You're intelligent--you'll figur</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">e</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;"> i</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-style: italic;">t out! Onward!!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4wPoGOPpT5H_NMKNXMddLd529ShZALE8FzZclG47_Daa_2lxbay4Iu-HxMZJL-PL8rjwYa_YOyD28u7b2WQR2OY_Bg7r5HrzxP0_5roMYtCtwXXGY01ZMMsvD-BNrnDNb_z8zsesr6E/s1600-h/dynamo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4wPoGOPpT5H_NMKNXMddLd529ShZALE8FzZclG47_Daa_2lxbay4Iu-HxMZJL-PL8rjwYa_YOyD28u7b2WQR2OY_Bg7r5HrzxP0_5roMYtCtwXXGY01ZMMsvD-BNrnDNb_z8zsesr6E/s320/dynamo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340703425319071202" border="0" /></a>In late 1981/Early 1982, the Silver Age super-team created by Wally Wood and company started on the comeback trail. Throughout the 70s, fans pined away for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Ag</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ents</span>, wishing someone, somehow would bring <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dynamo, No-M</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">an, Rave</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">n, Lightning</span> and the rest back in new adventures. It almost happened in the late 70s, when Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter tried getting the publishing rights to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>, but found them<a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/rsot.html"> mired in legal q</a><a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/rsot.html">u</a><a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/rsot.html">estions pertaining to their own</a><a href="http://www.thunderagents.com/rsot.html">ership</a>. When the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span> did finally make their triumphant return, those same legal questions would plague them in ways worse than the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Warlord, Dynavac, Demo</span>, or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Red Star</span> ever could. Be that as it may, ad-man/uber-fan <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_03_07.html#016752">John Carbonaro</a> licensed and eventually bought the rights (murky as said rights might have been--and remain to this day!) from original <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H</span><span style="font-style: italic;">.U.N.D.E.R. Ag</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ents</span> publisher Tower Comics. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQXCZj9-POy9b111fDXb7QoAde0r1vfiqdHT0yNdN2JmYrjOY2eNnEpuzZ724kLgQS6JZeQpCqG979TM4QS4Ncx4IslgBSKKWv_m_7OHKtRw3e3bM7wYoWuJ9LFj7TcRnIycohAcjq2Y/s1600-h/jcp1cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKQXCZj9-POy9b111fDXb7QoAde0r1vfiqdHT0yNdN2JmYrjOY2eNnEpuzZ724kLgQS6JZeQpCqG979TM4QS4Ncx4IslgBSKKWv_m_7OHKtRw3e3bM7wYoWuJ9LFj7TcRnIycohAcjq2Y/s320/jcp1cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340703622230085650" border="0" /></a>His first <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.A.</span> project <span style="font-style: italic;">JCP Featuring T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> set comicbook fandom abuzz. Pulling together many of fandom's top creators, guys like Chris Adames, Lou Manna, <a href="http://www.marktexeira.com/">Mark Texeira</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/greatandpowerfulangel">Pat </a><a href="http://www.myspace.com/greatandpowerfulangel">Gabriele</a>, <span style="font-style: italic;">JCP Featuring T.A.</span> was a black and white, magazine-sized comicbook featuring not only a brand new "preview story" featuring almost all of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.R. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Age</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">nts</span> back in action, but reprints from the MLJ/Archie/Mighty/Red Circle line of comics, namely the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fly</span> (by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby) and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Hood</span> (by Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, and Gray Morrow). <span style="font-style: italic;">JCP F</span><span style="font-style: italic;">eaturing T.A</span>. was meant to be a sampler of what we could expect JC Comics to publish in their planned color comicbook line.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrfhwAWMOmMxKeCyMzY3ceRA1wCFUX9LWmKvCoguOQ9xI-byR5MxbixGLwse4RYrQ9wz0h0_ZqTqKCsllXJJOihUYqx-jE8FH3yBbCMl-I2RDm2XOVxeBFBG8Jr5x67r4Ffil8YgqHrU/s1600-h/ah8cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrfhwAWMOmMxKeCyMzY3ceRA1wCFUX9LWmKvCoguOQ9xI-byR5MxbixGLwse4RYrQ9wz0h0_ZqTqKCsllXJJOihUYqx-jE8FH3yBbCMl-I2RDm2XOVxeBFBG8Jr5x67r4Ffil8YgqHrU/s320/ah8cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340709927540785810" border="0" /></a>Somewhere along the way, Carbonaro went from licensing the MLJ/Archie/Mighty/Red Circle for his own publishing company, to partnering with Archie to bring back their Red Circle imprint, and all of the super-heroes from the MLJ/Archie/Mighty/Red Circle library...in addition to publishing the new adventures of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span>. Carbonaro would edit the Red Circle line while Archie "silently" helped him publish the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ag</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ents</span> under his JC imprint. Carbonaro's number one priority was the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Agent</span>s, while the Archie big-wigs, naturally, were more concerned about getting Red Circle up and running. That's where the problems really began. (I warned you this was complicated stuff!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCtmrKqN58TM5gCs0XYXZczI80XspOlR_UCGYieNFc6Hj_o5Jm3SJeSxqQxMAwGVCA9NXvYnj10QpvgYModg5r6TSYuYOk9isM_3S_qJtxnIHeEpEf0qDtG9XLZAUfVXwLCHhPxOVLbc/s1600-h/thunder2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCtmrKqN58TM5gCs0XYXZczI80XspOlR_UCGYieNFc6Hj_o5Jm3SJeSxqQxMAwGVCA9NXvYnj10QpvgYModg5r6TSYuYOk9isM_3S_qJtxnIHeEpEf0qDtG9XLZAUfVXwLCHhPxOVLbc/s320/thunder2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340702659977893026" border="0" /></a>Carbonaro planned for a <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">N.D</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.E.R. Agents/</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mighty Crusa</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">der</span> crossover to help create bigger buzz for both companies' projects. The crossover was written and, according to Carbonaro, handed over to Rich Buckler (who had taken over as editor of the Red Circle line so Carbonaro could concentrate on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>), but the powers-that-were at Archie wanted Buckler to skip the crossover because, again, according to Carbonaro, he was already too far behind deadline-wise with the regular Red Circle books. A crossover did happen, though--with Noble Comics' <a href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/j/justmach.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Justice Machine</span>.</a> In the legendary <span style="font-style: italic;">Justi</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ce Machine Annual</span> #1, a Texas-based fanzine publishing company called Texas Comics got the rights to Noble Comics publisher Mike Gustovich's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Justice Machine</span> and approached Carbonaro with their idea of doing a crossover between <span style="font-weight: bold;">Justice Machine</span> and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span>. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-jiUEX08jZmyE_FlqXchR2cIR8AT0ElsjYroGu07vrINzfczeabKQd-ABe3dU3Zbw_TPb-8fwipBZdtzr6L98v63lN4ggeri3gKohbSFJPoSnTxz5TRhNc3lpYyXqcLD6ZwYipH1eYQ/s1600-h/justice+machine+ann+p00fb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO-jiUEX08jZmyE_FlqXchR2cIR8AT0ElsjYroGu07vrINzfczeabKQd-ABe3dU3Zbw_TPb-8fwipBZdtzr6L98v63lN4ggeri3gKohbSFJPoSnTxz5TRhNc3lpYyXqcLD6ZwYipH1eYQ/s320/justice+machine+ann+p00fb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340707490361583442" border="0" /></a>Carbonaro agreed that it sounded like a good idea and gave Texas the go-ahead. And as cool and important as that story might be (written by Bill Loebs with art by <a href="http://www.comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=802">Bill Reinhold</a>, Jeff Dee, and Bill Anderson), it was eclipsed by the back-up story by a new guy by the name of <a href="http://www.billwillingham.com/">Bill Willingham</a>. A little thing he called <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/05/comics-you-should-own-elementals-1-5/">the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Elementals</span></a>, which went on to become one of the most popular titles of the 80s.<br /><br />Still, in all of this confusion, Carbonaro and his associates were able to complete three issues of the new <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> and three issues of <span style="font-style: italic;">Hall of F</span><span style="font-style: italic;">am</span><span style="font-style: italic;">e</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RGJrWonskUVH5p_abUjSuAk2dPplGozi5yu1i4ZZ1SdVOOWV6rObY-sb_3_ASLOBkj1l3dliASXbEjlrxc_DhcsA-HaJob_5hVkekwf8D2WrQW03da55HXU_IyFWCeOU4eqfFDGo27Y/s1600-h/THUNDER_Agents_83_01-02+03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RGJrWonskUVH5p_abUjSuAk2dPplGozi5yu1i4ZZ1SdVOOWV6rObY-sb_3_ASLOBkj1l3dliASXbEjlrxc_DhcsA-HaJob_5hVkekwf8D2WrQW03da55HXU_IyFWCeOU4eqfFDGo27Y/s320/THUNDER_Agents_83_01-02+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340708352883407186" border="0" /></a>before Archie's priorities shifted completely to Red Circle, leaving Carbonaro and company high and dry. But wait, I said three issues of <span style="font-style: italic;">T.A</span>., but only two were published, right? Well, in spite of all the changes in Archie's handling their end of the <span style="font-style: italic;">T.A.</span> deal, Carbonaro kept a decent relationship going with them. 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Agents </span>produced some excellent comics. Carbonaro had a definite vision for the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>, staying faithful to the Tower version while updating the strip for a new decade. He avoided "re-imagining" the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>, bringing back the "real" characters fandom had fallen in love with back in the 1960s. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfL4Z0X_ZLuaZ01Bq4jzIbj7K7UlOi3Zb5k1qSm1Kir1m6IOA-E86FkacmzOmsUowV7Id7lR30p3f6mdOJHBVhn8ZQ8AytAuOWhz43tsXmn9CPCAQkIumH6KKHvR8TWxGceP9ieMKAe0/s1600-h/Blue-Ribbon_12-22+23_ditko.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfL4Z0X_ZLuaZ01Bq4jzIbj7K7UlOi3Zb5k1qSm1Kir1m6IOA-E86FkacmzOmsUowV7Id7lR30p3f6mdOJHBVhn8ZQ8AytAuOWhz43tsXmn9CPCAQkIumH6KKHvR8TWxGceP9ieMKAe0/s320/Blue-Ribbon_12-22+23_ditko.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340712975767843986" border="0" /></a>Keeping the costumes, powers and characterizations intact allowed Silver Age fans to enjoy the JC take on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Agents</span>, while fun stories and exciting art grabbed new fans and reeled them in. His choice of artists (especially Texeira, Manna, and Blyberg--oh, and that dude named Ditko wasn' t bad, either...) were as good as anyone working at Marvel or DC at the time, and perfectly captured, then updated, the Wally Wood style. If the Archie connection had stayed strong, and Carbonaro and his compatriots had been allowed to strut their stuff for another three or so issues, JC Comics' <span style="font-style: italic;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents</span> could have been a huge hit, rather than another great, short-lived comic in the annals of "what might have been".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next week: The Deluxe and Solson Days of Thunder</span>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-58639718056740431112009-05-22T00:02:00.013-04:002009-05-22T00:02:00.670-04:00Those Awesome Fan Mags: Amazing Heroes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p3mFL8VoTsXHGzPFlCF5xsFUphCHkyYNO_sfh5mKMNJO_dTAFG78wytwlkkRv5jewSvpZbWJjgm6TEpRnmDZVJy3y71fhGA9fqdhT2X0FZJ3-cdpiZ01-QuJqxSc5MMwiRnRmhH-tgk/s1600-h/AH_1_81.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p3mFL8VoTsXHGzPFlCF5xsFUphCHkyYNO_sfh5mKMNJO_dTAFG78wytwlkkRv5jewSvpZbWJjgm6TEpRnmDZVJy3y71fhGA9fqdhT2X0FZJ3-cdpiZ01-QuJqxSc5MMwiRnRmhH-tgk/s200/AH_1_81.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337966701795331538" border="0" /></a>Remember <span style="font-style: italic;">Amazing Heroes</span>? That twice-monthly, comicbook-sized (more often than not running 100+ pages), professional-quality fan magazine that ran from 1981-1992? I sure do. It was kind of the <span style="font-style: italic;">TV Guide</span> of comics. As I recall, it was pretty much intended to be a lighter, more superhero friendly antidote to publisher Fantagraphics' heavy, scholarly-minded (read: pretentious) <span style="font-style: italic;">The Comics Journal</span>. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF-RFhgc_TOXNPd9dshPUSoQoOXFPyEVfS6zg0R_j-i0Kj2TPx1fSZwGM5zR-VDcp15x0vRaq0DpHIeHoqm_wA0B9zcORWnTCgaAgVDB0i3zmi7hvb-8zQOCNmAmZu_hsz418l1qse8Y/s1600-h/ah15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMF-RFhgc_TOXNPd9dshPUSoQoOXFPyEVfS6zg0R_j-i0Kj2TPx1fSZwGM5zR-VDcp15x0vRaq0DpHIeHoqm_wA0B9zcORWnTCgaAgVDB0i3zmi7hvb-8zQOCNmAmZu_hsz418l1qse8Y/s200/ah15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337967242377177586" border="0" /></a>At first, Gary Groth (Fantagraphics' publisher) kept it a bit of a secret that the same publisher was responsible for both <span style="font-style: italic;">TCJ</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">AH</span>, and published AH as "Redbeard, Inc.", but eventually the cat came out of the bag, and nobody really cared, anyway.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1Kn0MAbMHMu_NAtEblwLc6Nc01CZwfe2CIcnSZw8dqMCvKFCJHdpBfLCgtmihoUnmsq5MniRmT0AaN0lkttFVwk2qcU9kd9OfX5NNrJlO6sskF5JhMFs_1-Gky9xeN4aqGrucZ6hfI4/s1600-h/ahps00bhw1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL1Kn0MAbMHMu_NAtEblwLc6Nc01CZwfe2CIcnSZw8dqMCvKFCJHdpBfLCgtmihoUnmsq5MniRmT0AaN0lkttFVwk2qcU9kd9OfX5NNrJlO6sskF5JhMFs_1-Gky9xeN4aqGrucZ6hfI4/s200/ahps00bhw1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337969398302082946" border="0" /></a>Suffice to say that <span style="font-style: italic;">Amazing Heroes</span> (affectionately referred to as <span style="font-style: italic;">AH</span>), was a fun mag. Each issue listed all the comics that were to be published over the next two weeks ("Coming Distractions"), had great feature stories and/or interviews with/on popular writers, artists, and comics, loads of reviews ("Comics in Review") and sported a lively letters page--which actually ran several pages ("Amazing Readers"). Many issues reprinted popular comic strips like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Star Hawk</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Star Wars</span>, as well as running sometimes funny "editorial cartoons" poking fun at various comics characters and creators. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zLk0oNmd4QUZQOE80rgtzfTwY1fFWUbNfMX-ePYSo_TcNz4xs4rHC18oHv9luGH1BBa3rI4wbSAtbQNN-DrEluL74qIrNj9GzQfbCmnBASl6xZOj18JdjQfvaR3Ec5XM7iE9VhNs4zk/s1600-h/ah78.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zLk0oNmd4QUZQOE80rgtzfTwY1fFWUbNfMX-ePYSo_TcNz4xs4rHC18oHv9luGH1BBa3rI4wbSAtbQNN-DrEluL74qIrNj9GzQfbCmnBASl6xZOj18JdjQfvaR3Ec5XM7iE9VhNs4zk/s200/ah78.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337968452394950594" border="0" /></a>One of the best features of <span style="font-style: italic;">AH</span> was its "Hero Histories" in which we'd get an exhaustive overview of anything from <span style="font-weight: bold;">X-Men </span>or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Titans</span> to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Enemy Ace</span> or even <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brother Power, the Geek</span>. Best of all, each issue was chock full of art, including original pieces by both pros and up-and-coming fan artists. Oh, and AH's covers simply screamed "buy me!" more often than not.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiidSTRHLUp-qgdF5bRJ0lHCKWISbtuJrp7SyBAiaCctoFefGHWNgAbuO5_tNmcLuLoIkLmhuG55qc7iFREw7lT9JoASBu59OwzvlBo8hYo94Q1B2BpWgHj1ZqLUgFtZULA_js9eMVK9Q/s1600-h/AmazingHeroes_91.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiidSTRHLUp-qgdF5bRJ0lHCKWISbtuJrp7SyBAiaCctoFefGHWNgAbuO5_tNmcLuLoIkLmhuG55qc7iFREw7lT9JoASBu59OwzvlBo8hYo94Q1B2BpWgHj1ZqLUgFtZULA_js9eMVK9Q/s200/AmazingHeroes_91.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337968046079335538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">AH</span>'s most popular feature, by far, was its "Preview Issues" in which we'd get info about every comic to be published for whatever year the Preview Issue was published for. It was a really cool and handy resource, as the entries were run in alphabetical order making it easy to find and read the scoop on your favorite titles first. The "Preview Issues" were so popular, in fact, that they were eventually spun off into their own mag, appropriately titled <span style="font-style: italic;">Amazing Heroes Preview Special</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EUIo0Q-ttnEeCCIUPsjI94jwQzEtGrCES9Oumk7WazSneh_Xw-QO_X2jPOGaTqkswOZ8MNj8nH5Uhae3OmC8DVU92JSFAUMeM1egTK0e0PDPzs1pxwa6PvBYZ8yYQyocVRqJ4-11LyU/s1600-h/ah157.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EUIo0Q-ttnEeCCIUPsjI94jwQzEtGrCES9Oumk7WazSneh_Xw-QO_X2jPOGaTqkswOZ8MNj8nH5Uhae3OmC8DVU92JSFAUMeM1egTK0e0PDPzs1pxwa6PvBYZ8yYQyocVRqJ4-11LyU/s200/ah157.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337970033660413010" border="0" /></a>Lighter than <span style="font-style: italic;">TCJ</span>, but much more substantial than every issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Wizard</span> piled one on top of the other, <span style="font-style: italic;">AH</span> filled an important niche and did so with tons of class. But then, what else would one expect from a mag edited by guys like Mark Waid and Dave Olbrich?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84cbnxpaZci7lsJyH94fiPkuySKgWECr8TgqgiszUi3Y6FrOPizP6olYY_ZuCNYPoR99bI8fdjy9VEPZ0MktXZzHaFr-TavZ48Q4iwnsueRo8WpUPbr_h0MiUK3tbjwW08gf-nOXWym4/s1600-h/amazingheroes171.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84cbnxpaZci7lsJyH94fiPkuySKgWECr8TgqgiszUi3Y6FrOPizP6olYY_ZuCNYPoR99bI8fdjy9VEPZ0MktXZzHaFr-TavZ48Q4iwnsueRo8WpUPbr_h0MiUK3tbjwW08gf-nOXWym4/s200/amazingheroes171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337970215222431106" border="0" /></a>Sorry about the relatively short post for this week, but between getting back on track from my son's wedding last weekend and preparing for my daughter and son-in-law's college graduation this coming weekend, Ol' Groove is in a bit of a pinch for time. Never fear, though, for next week I'll be back with a huge post on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents</span> in the 1980s. Or something else if I don't get that monster-post finished. Either way, it'll be good stuff, I promise!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-18632162528529113232009-05-15T00:02:00.028-04:002009-05-15T00:03:39.772-04:00To Be "S'Pacific": Pacific Comics' Anthologies from Bruce Jones Associates<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LLzWEe2EL_B6-nNc7_su0_AeONiQpXax-2DXFlcwN8BxJmsxLd6Ca_B2zEO6NtP6rSlY7Vp5ZTKLVww3THNftoTTKuZEcwi3zgBolaZDFiuEtlbIPgQVIL5sDwZazAJ5bnMiIxnXRvE/s1600-h/bjalogo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 70px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LLzWEe2EL_B6-nNc7_su0_AeONiQpXax-2DXFlcwN8BxJmsxLd6Ca_B2zEO6NtP6rSlY7Vp5ZTKLVww3THNftoTTKuZEcwi3zgBolaZDFiuEtlbIPgQVIL5sDwZazAJ5bnMiIxnXRvE/s320/bjalogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335046738520623154" border="0" /></a><a href="http://theartofbrucejones.com/index.html">Bruce Jone</a><a href="http://theartofbrucejones.com/index.html">s</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/anjelbasca">April Campbell</a> *. In the 80s, they became perhaps my favorite editors on the strength of the magnificent anthology titles they produced/packaged/edited for Pacific Comics: <span style="font-style: italic;">Twisted Tales, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Alien Worlds, </span>and the magnificent, single-issue of<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFW8I4MdAADsSIfUEsOxY72kF17Kt8CwXDp4G4UqKvwtdlJYBIKA7b2FZLugkuuGIcs-UZsLxn5QaO5n6bL7Lkh5x_kWwfE7opRPL0bButSMK6zIptgAWYgOYQ1zWTXQv1JUzxApmDbo/s1600-h/Twisted+Tales1+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFW8I4MdAADsSIfUEsOxY72kF17Kt8CwXDp4G4UqKvwtdlJYBIKA7b2FZLugkuuGIcs-UZsLxn5QaO5n6bL7Lkh5x_kWwfE7opRPL0bButSMK6zIptgAWYgOYQ1zWTXQv1JUzxApmDbo/s320/Twisted+Tales1+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335048157501824146" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Pathways to Fantasy**</span>. Those mags were intended to be--and were quite worthy-- modern-day heirs to the great <a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/ec.htm">EC line of comics</a> of the 1950s. They were also very much a product of their times, printed on "Baxter" paper (that crisp, white, low-gloss paper that holds up so well to the ravages of time) in full-process color (by masters like Joe Chiodo and Steve Oliff) with painted covers. "R" rated (a "Recommended for Mature Readers" lable was added to the covers with issue #6) with plenty of blood, nudity, and profanity (sometimes, admittedly, of the titillating, unnecessary sort). In fact, it was kind of like taking Marvel's <span style="font-style: italic;">Ep</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ic Illustrated</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFraQTmq5flLnOtTzjL_BWAZq4pG5__i1IirR_96Rc3bs7kyhhrwt5gBXwVx09hJJFpMdm9UNxYQpS_YNFHBe3j12l_yC5NU8lrRmLGJigdgswoKoM-TFc_2XjvBPGl8nzOZ7GIPqlTo/s1600-h/AlienWorlds4-00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdFraQTmq5flLnOtTzjL_BWAZq4pG5__i1IirR_96Rc3bs7kyhhrwt5gBXwVx09hJJFpMdm9UNxYQpS_YNFHBe3j12l_yC5NU8lrRmLGJigdgswoKoM-TFc_2XjvBPGl8nzOZ7GIPqlTo/s320/AlienWorlds4-00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335048944164574194" border="0" /></a> mag, making it comicbook size, and splitting it into three comics...with much better writing, since Jones, himself, handled most of the writing chores. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/brucejoneswriter">Bruce Jones</a> was a master of the short-comicbook story format. (I'll soon be posting some of his <span style="font-style: italic;">U</span><span style="font-style: italic;">nknown Worlds of Science Fiction</span>, and Warren work over on <a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/">Di</a><a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/">versions of the Groovy</a><a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/"> Kin</a><a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/">d</a> for proof of that.) Don't forget that Campbell helped plot, edit, and contributed a few stories of her own, as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpSjEG-rKLRGxH-C1kFqG4PF_ur03DWLPRfpJO3nOQPhkMxk5uy0vUvUCg48rPRlocg91YHW130Sk5hlBaRSY88b9bavzL4KmJ2A7ZpJ7Pyx4ptOCbU45QaK9rVjWVGh51XoBh6rjPFg/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpSjEG-rKLRGxH-C1kFqG4PF_ur03DWLPRfpJO3nOQPhkMxk5uy0vUvUCg48rPRlocg91YHW130Sk5hlBaRSY88b9bavzL4KmJ2A7ZpJ7Pyx4ptOCbU45QaK9rVjWVGh51XoBh6rjPFg/s320/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335049122416809778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">(*aka April Campbell Jones--she and Bruce married in 1984</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">.) </span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">(*</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">*Yeah, they did other cool stuff for Pacific, like </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Somerset Holmes </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Silverheels</span>, and yea</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">h, they </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">continued producing awesome anthologies for Eclipse after Pacific's dem</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">ise. I'll cover all of that--as well as profiles on both </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.desperadopublishing.com/CREATORS/JonesB.htm">Bruce</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> and April--in</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> future</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> posts, promise!)</span><br /><br />They made a great team and were able to lure some of the very best artists in the biz to work on their mags. For example, during their horror anthology <span style="font-style: italic;">Twisted </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ta</span><span style="font-style: italic;">les</span>' eight issue run at Pacific (Fall 1982-Spring 1984), they were able to get the best artists from Marvel, DC, indies, ground-level, undergrounds--everyone wanted to play in Bruce and April's sandbox. Like "who?", you ask? Heck, why tell you when I can show you! Check out the credits on these splash pages--a veritable "who's who" of 80s comicbook artists...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfspEklysJHz0XeC4aJZ5ISahQkUK4YzVKzfacU5Ekc13uCRjGAgljzTHGDdLLhHUixkG424CMrd9kWcY4fsjqcdF9hkRTGvC8GERhCFiYYmjIPOScTRcQfTWMIUUoW-T_emyP46hUaFw/s1600-h/twistedtales1-09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfspEklysJHz0XeC4aJZ5ISahQkUK4YzVKzfacU5Ekc13uCRjGAgljzTHGDdLLhHUixkG424CMrd9kWcY4fsjqcdF9hkRTGvC8GERhCFiYYmjIPOScTRcQfTWMIUUoW-T_emyP46hUaFw/s200/twistedtales1-09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335040125825239282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfhtgpzNG_iBzQcYu8xGPxLnWWTooDAjKg4ufO-g1IXB0GLaBwUmxabdg3yRJr3Z83YdqBqS2_hSqxd_BzoJyCj67pmv8RTTA3Ev-E0TrTZImgDP-YAV0XC29W04pWdGzlbqKR0BUc-Go/s1600-h/twistedtales1-24.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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I'm guessing you've heard of...<a href="http://www.williamfnolan.com/">William F. Nolan</a>? I'm not making this up. 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AW ran for seven issues (Winter 1982-Spring 1984) under the Pacific banner, and it was a joy to look at. Wasn't a bad read, either! 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width: 200px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3nb-8y6uSB1Wfo4NZvve3MIRQk6oIhQjVCymqjwa8VoXSvt6NYqIrLZRSkT-qjOC66sIhFN1UYlyv0yuix8o0rmP5aTRcbMMm7cAu2Raufm3wvAx6XIYs_reBf7eb2Mu9oXb1SsCpluI/s200/Alien+Worlds+1982+%23006_p010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335031870370016722" border="0" /></a><br />Yep, that last piece is from a rare Roy G. Krenkel story, perhaps even his last, since he passed away in 1983.<br /><br />And finally, what could have been the best anthology in the lot, <span style="font-style: italic;">Pathways to Fantasy</span> (Summer 1984). Only one issue--but <span style="font-weight: bold;">what</span> an issue! Try not to drool on your keyboard!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJVsNjO70JR-zJH_-njHdA0wZ2O3k5mmoJdz6J7SvjNpZCxTmnDHSofookWFyQrkJoNE8t3klvhfYoFE_7XKRoK32ZUnYsYoQxKLyVa4ltV_MATvYREtA4Mdu5z4iJXx9VM7NHUFDYhU/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJVsNjO70JR-zJH_-njHdA0wZ2O3k5mmoJdz6J7SvjNpZCxTmnDHSofookWFyQrkJoNE8t3klvhfYoFE_7XKRoK32ZUnYsYoQxKLyVa4ltV_MATvYREtA4Mdu5z4iJXx9VM7NHUFDYhU/s200/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335032883347873826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I3OZDMLlFryodirGR7ys3xIEdtyOc5YWAh5_iitVZcBGG-OCI7cs-FziU7P9Ljzt_PC3DG8BgN1bPNDU0jGBstSlFFCHsBoxmLUxMhtCq75ip49oxPcRL7t-eKBLE7tkjwf9YOHE9RQ/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_08.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I3OZDMLlFryodirGR7ys3xIEdtyOc5YWAh5_iitVZcBGG-OCI7cs-FziU7P9Ljzt_PC3DG8BgN1bPNDU0jGBstSlFFCHsBoxmLUxMhtCq75ip49oxPcRL7t-eKBLE7tkjwf9YOHE9RQ/s200/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335032889738439154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrM0D1iujA4-64VI6YrcBAMAH3m6ej7v1hjYjQPWBsAVK_gttQoyd4d10SFZU608WqEQtjhG_VBAm0YuXmNh6b9RXYlDVakuuZpD9DVojWrP0bv2oU1123Nt3BM787tyzXWDb3-gJ-AA/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_18.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrM0D1iujA4-64VI6YrcBAMAH3m6ej7v1hjYjQPWBsAVK_gttQoyd4d10SFZU608WqEQtjhG_VBAm0YuXmNh6b9RXYlDVakuuZpD9DVojWrP0bv2oU1123Nt3BM787tyzXWDb3-gJ-AA/s200/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335032891424328498" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjzczDczBxk2COKyKpriJJiPAYNdXbMAt0U6AAyLLSJecSVoU0NGQhsw3VAS7NURHAdCYNEz3CLRLFLB_tWtd1ickYAdMVz9GxY-xL0Lsyq6WqbPdKSnb_6wnziEaDlMb7tRL5MU9qGY/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_22.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjzczDczBxk2COKyKpriJJiPAYNdXbMAt0U6AAyLLSJecSVoU0NGQhsw3VAS7NURHAdCYNEz3CLRLFLB_tWtd1ickYAdMVz9GxY-xL0Lsyq6WqbPdKSnb_6wnziEaDlMb7tRL5MU9qGY/s200/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335032892765888082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdN4VJadhd09o-alVAvYxn2nXEBNrGDtpBM4iRefXDHGoG76kDPbfQgZ9VVto3c7E5gt3PbmmTxW6NuI_1YJcVkcIypcQx3JSqRJ9hdlzOAIBr612ttkWp6LHx13egeRteG6_bObq8W4/s1600-h/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_27.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdN4VJadhd09o-alVAvYxn2nXEBNrGDtpBM4iRefXDHGoG76kDPbfQgZ9VVto3c7E5gt3PbmmTxW6NuI_1YJcVkcIypcQx3JSqRJ9hdlzOAIBr612ttkWp6LHx13egeRteG6_bObq8W4/s200/Pathways_to_Fantasy_1_27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335032899095356946" border="0" /></a><br />Magnificent art. Great writing. Thought provoking. Sexy. Gut churning. Dream/nightmare inducing. It's no wonder Eclipse Comics snatched Bruce Campbell Associates up to continue <span style="font-style: italic;">Twisted Tales</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Alien Worlds</span> after Pacific's demise. And just how well did that work out? Stay tuned! Meantime, have you got any memories of <span style="font-style: italic;">Twisted Tales, Alien Worlds,</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">Pathways to Fantasy</span> you'd like to share? Favorite stories? Post a comment!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-12669299582390960472009-05-08T00:02:00.018-04:002009-05-08T00:02:00.501-04:0080s Graphic Novels aka "Remember Those Big Honkin' Comicbooks with the Cardstock Covers?"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bY_g9AWxnkSADy7oErayZ-ZCTMcZh65xcR-qn0tXHQLcFUnR7i13nSVkgkeyxqPPRutT26h4BCSVQaDCW2Z7d7hR1oIARh9bsw0xynZvcbtTMA9r1bYtwz0m1YyXuaNGiE6V7AD6OYw/s1600-h/2658_4_001.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 244px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333199376100908866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bY_g9AWxnkSADy7oErayZ-ZCTMcZh65xcR-qn0tXHQLcFUnR7i13nSVkgkeyxqPPRutT26h4BCSVQaDCW2Z7d7hR1oIARh9bsw0xynZvcbtTMA9r1bYtwz0m1YyXuaNGiE6V7AD6OYw/s320/2658_4_001.jpg" /></a>European comicbook publishers had been doing it for decades, but it wasn't until the early 1980s that the "graphic novel format" (8.5 x 11 full-process color comics of varying page lengths--usually a minimum of 48 pages--on glossy paper with cardstock covers--though some "extra special" gns were published in hardcover and often later reprinted with the standard cardstock covers) came into vogue. Eclipse had tried it in the late 70s with <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sabre</span>, and even Marvel gave it a shot with the 1978 Stan Lee/Jack Kirby <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Silver Surfer</span> reunion. Never mind the fact that the term "graphic novel" meant a lot of different things back in the early 80s. To some it meant Dave Sim's plans to do his <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Cerebus</span> comic as a 300 issue story with a beginning, middle, and end. To others it meant the done-in-one, 100 or so page, single issue stories like Steranko's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Chandler</span> being published in Byron Priess' <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Fiction Illustrated</span>. There was also a camp that believed the term belonged to collections of serialized stories, like Will Eisner's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Contract With God</span>. There were (and still are) debates about what the term "graphic novel" really means, but Marvel and DC really muddied the waters when they applied the term as the title to their lines of European-style comics.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRrOYO7Zl83sB0XMDU2sk-jxmF7_9tCoGGwJAYxC8_Fm5atFxUdHUNc0wnJEaans_kj2wgapsGJeu06B80J4OctBFF2uARwoUbRm7asDzFQjFbKJQB7HbZysCoLiTBVcyOpPDTmC3GOI/s1600-h/2658_4_005.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 243px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333199550843840930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRrOYO7Zl83sB0XMDU2sk-jxmF7_9tCoGGwJAYxC8_Fm5atFxUdHUNc0wnJEaans_kj2wgapsGJeu06B80J4OctBFF2uARwoUbRm7asDzFQjFbKJQB7HbZysCoLiTBVcyOpPDTmC3GOI/s320/2658_4_005.jpg" /></a>In 1982, Marvel initiated their line of European-style comics with <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marvel Graphic Novel</span> #1, featuring "The Death of Captain Marvel" by Jim Starlin. Why Marvel felt the need to number their "graphic novels" I'll never know. Each gn was a one-shot with no ties to past or future gn's. Perhaps they were toying with the notorious "collector's mentality" so many of us fans are saddled with. Still, they officially stopped numbering them with <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">MGN </span>#20, though many sources insist on numbering the first 38 or 39 gns, irregardless. Publishing "graphic novels" was really taking a chance, financially, considering their prices ranged from $4.95 to $7.95 in a time when comicbooks prices ranged from sixty to seventy-five cents. Still, the packaging was enticing, the concepts were often intriguing, and the talent working on them was usually top-notch, at least in the early days. For example, the second issue reprinted "Elric: The Dreaming City" (reprinted from early issues of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Epic Illustrated</span>) by Roy Thomas and P. Craig Russell; issue 3 was all-Starlin again with "Dreadstar" (a spin-off of his "Metamorphosis Odyssey" series from--<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCuDx6_UJwy2SgNMFoQbAr49IoAuejVNym8bOhk7veurVS1zvy-PadPMEma059SHA-HrLLgHR71zkZ80bRYg36sJ5QoyZ30tePSq07jQqEFIr6LxR_XcCDtQlviq_6oVYd3ECeAGc3Z4/s1600-h/2658_4_023.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333199856222790850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOCuDx6_UJwy2SgNMFoQbAr49IoAuejVNym8bOhk7veurVS1zvy-PadPMEma059SHA-HrLLgHR71zkZ80bRYg36sJ5QoyZ30tePSq07jQqEFIr6LxR_XcCDtQlviq_6oVYd3ECeAGc3Z4/s320/2658_4_023.jpg" /></a>you guessed it--<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Epic Illustrated</span>) which led to a <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Dreadstar</span> series under Marvel's Epic imprint; issue #4 gave us the debut of Chris Claremont and Bob McCleod's <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">New Mutants</span>, serving as an introduction to Marvel's upcoming <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">New Mutants </span>comicbook; #5 featured the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">X-Men</span> in the acclaimed "God Loves, Man Kills" by Claremont and Brent Anderson; #6 starred Walt Simonson's <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Star Slammers</span>; #7 allowed Don McGregor and P. Craig Russell to "complete" their <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Killraven</span> saga (from the <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">War of the Worlds</span> series in the 1970s <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Amazing Adventures</span>)...and on it went. Some of the gns were purely hyped-up, expensive (if extremely well done) previews of upcoming comics (<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Dreadstar, New Mutants, Futerians, Void Indigo, Starstruck, and Swords of the Swashbucklers</span>). Others featured Marvel characters in stories too big, violent, and/or sexy for their regular Comics Code approved mags ("Death of Captain Marvel", "God Loves, Man Kills", "Revenge of the Living Monolith", "The Sensational She-Hulk" (by John Byrne), "Shamballa", "Daredevil" (by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz), "Emperor Doom", "The Incredible Hulk and the Thing" (by Starlin and Bernie Wrightson), et al. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iGbvKV8Y3YPG_RpsRyoodPtdVNqRn4RIKVnx3XrBSFqejUzlDtZ9L7e5WwK5bklrxnjSC1dZK-rD0ElzNzvjsfWlGG1Igx2snwWwk08Nlfm4gEyhC6Mj-1C6EPD75NV5o7W6KkIcmJg/s1600-h/2658_4_035.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 236px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333200461732492258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4iGbvKV8Y3YPG_RpsRyoodPtdVNqRn4RIKVnx3XrBSFqejUzlDtZ9L7e5WwK5bklrxnjSC1dZK-rD0ElzNzvjsfWlGG1Igx2snwWwk08Nlfm4gEyhC6Mj-1C6EPD75NV5o7W6KkIcmJg/s320/2658_4_035.jpg" /></a>A few were just a chance for top creators to experiment and do something they really wanted to do (<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Star Slammers</span>, "Super-Boxers", "Spider-Man: Hooky"). And some--well, some were just a waste of time and could just have easily have been published as regular comicbook annuals ("Dazzler: The Movie", "The Aladdin Effect", "Thor: I Whom the Gods Would Destroy"). Eventually, Marvel would even give their Epic line of comics their own "graphic novel" series. With or without numbering, Marvel's "graphic novel" line hung around for just over a decade, providing fans with some good ("Silver Surfer: Judgement Day"), some bad ("Wolfpack"), and some just plain ugly ("Heartburst").<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnW3pSOy8inyZ56hdW2xg9Qp-HMn9gZ1bBJAUH0t7LSBVIwhU0d4coiaI__ti1PZtMyqZoCfLeXfFq0suIn9L3JZSRHOZaWxhFImKVvqeSeakMyLjf8nKzcX4dJcWiDhVznLpKWKV5gE/s1600-h/2715_4_004.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 241px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333200976606962594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnW3pSOy8inyZ56hdW2xg9Qp-HMn9gZ1bBJAUH0t7LSBVIwhU0d4coiaI__ti1PZtMyqZoCfLeXfFq0suIn9L3JZSRHOZaWxhFImKVvqeSeakMyLjf8nKzcX4dJcWiDhVznLpKWKV5gE/s320/2715_4_004.jpg" /></a>DC got into publishing "graphic novels" with a tentative step in 1981, when they created a new Superman story for their German markets and decided to produce it in English to see how it would sell in the newly-borning comics shops. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Superman Spectacular</span> #1 is a hard-to-find item, now, but it got the ball rolling. In 1983, DC got into publishing "graphic novels" with a bit more gusto, producing it's own line of gns with the very original umbrella title of <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">DC Graphic Novel</span>. DC's approach, however, was quite different from Marvel's. With rare exception, DC's gns were one-shot stories set outside the DC Universe. They were strictly sci-fi and fantasy comics like "Star Raiders", "Warlords", and "Metalzoic". In its short, seven issue run (August 1983-August 1986), the only time <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">DC Graphic Novel</span> ran a DCU-centric story was when they allowed Jack Kirby to wrap-up his <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">New Gods/Fourth World</span> saga with "The Hunger Dogs". <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEb6GMjaba9b4oJJ5xnlub0tbv08UjF5n4rcp59AabsKybfvpYOTUKStKHSCOm-35tRAigoRjlzwi_hMjFax8sbpPdBlpMKEX99VEhOLkvuZSIMXw31XiZ4dW0HuTrNOm5xvyXq3Ce5g8/s1600-h/2992_4_003.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 239px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333201380249842034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEb6GMjaba9b4oJJ5xnlub0tbv08UjF5n4rcp59AabsKybfvpYOTUKStKHSCOm-35tRAigoRjlzwi_hMjFax8sbpPdBlpMKEX99VEhOLkvuZSIMXw31XiZ4dW0HuTrNOm5xvyXq3Ce5g8/s320/2992_4_003.jpg" /></a>From 1985-1987, DC tried it again, this time adapting famous science fiction stories by the likes of Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Frederick Pohl, Larry Niven, and George R. R. Martin. The uninspiringly titled DC Science Fiction Graphic Novel line, edited by the Grand Master Julie Schwartz, himself, produced seven beautifully-illustrated issues (Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers, and others produced the art) before biting the dust. After that, from 1987 through the early 90s, DC's "graphic novel" energies were spent mostly on <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Batman</span>, starting with the classic "Son of the Demon" (by Mike W. Barr and Jerry Bingham) and including "Batman: Digital Justice" (created completely on computer by Pepe Moreno), "Night Cries", and others.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO2bECX9gDM1vRAhFzDmhXzMe6jR5PW41bXEeDYlZMvrtet0pJHzl3lh0hgMpzQiGlOxiAEsHmO7P-sRKgQJl-9DmFOGo0UsBj8XniMRqkDcrKENlhyphenhyphenpR71P-NP3wpqejsd41iMy82FM/s1600-h/16350_4_004.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333202048617698242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO2bECX9gDM1vRAhFzDmhXzMe6jR5PW41bXEeDYlZMvrtet0pJHzl3lh0hgMpzQiGlOxiAEsHmO7P-sRKgQJl-9DmFOGo0UsBj8XniMRqkDcrKENlhyphenhyphenpR71P-NP3wpqejsd41iMy82FM/s320/16350_4_004.jpg" /></a>First Comics also got into the "graphic novel" game in 1984 with their <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">First Graphic Novel</span> series (the lack of original titles must have been a prerequisite for publishing gns) featuring <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Beowulf, Nexus, Eric Shanower's Oz series, American Flagg, Elric,</span> and many others. Much like Marvel's GN series, First Graphic Novels featured series tie-ins, previews, one-shots by hot creators, and reprints.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXap6es4Yad0eIM-5L8437cJKHpSIrKWhxVRL42Q-W56jIAh4C9B_V1rikZH3i6qOsHr0TsTIFrC-ldJ7SgVVQNYKdhZ5zOtTH7iIoDdvq615-soKQxiEWX9eZXZBpu4Eq1fGrwmoexc/s1600-h/29264_4_000.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 248px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333202381713955490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXap6es4Yad0eIM-5L8437cJKHpSIrKWhxVRL42Q-W56jIAh4C9B_V1rikZH3i6qOsHr0TsTIFrC-ldJ7SgVVQNYKdhZ5zOtTH7iIoDdvq615-soKQxiEWX9eZXZBpu4Eq1fGrwmoexc/s320/29264_4_000.jpg" /></a>Many other publishers tried their hands at "graphic novels" in the 80s, especially the company that pretty much pioneered the format (in the U.S.), Eclipse Comics. Besides <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Sabre</span>, they published many original gns and collections like Jim Starlin's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Price</span> (also part of the "Metamorphosis Odyssey" series) and Dave Stevens' <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Rocketeer</span>.<br /><br />By the mid-80s, publishers were transitioning over to a couple variations on the European format: the "prestige" comic, which was exactly the same format as the "graphic novel" except its size was the same as a standard comicbook and the trade paperback, which is the same, popular format we have today for collecting four or more issues of standard comicbook stories. Those two formats eventually rooted the "graphic novel" format off the shelves, until the trade paperback emerged supreme in the 1990s.The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-5676058519881790242009-05-01T00:02:00.025-04:002009-05-28T15:37:43.782-04:00Insert Preview Here: DC Showcase, 80s Style<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NYS5z2afgcwgA-uZIGNx-RMJYeRb9uyyXgumYgalWUH-jbH5xYH8Z3nllK76LLMJrg4NELe1GJnp0HF2oftcDWSZtiVKMaBS_gylykQAb2d69dq8QkVb3zUVGopbC0n1I4xh9R8rYlU/s1600-h/newtitans.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330162450886552402" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 303px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NYS5z2afgcwgA-uZIGNx-RMJYeRb9uyyXgumYgalWUH-jbH5xYH8Z3nllK76LLMJrg4NELe1GJnp0HF2oftcDWSZtiVKMaBS_gylykQAb2d69dq8QkVb3zUVGopbC0n1I4xh9R8rYlU/s320/newtitans.jpg" border="0" /></a>Trivia Question: What do the <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Teen Titans, the new Dial "H" for Hero, All-Star Squadron, Arak, Wonder Woman, Captain Carrot, Night Force, Atari Force, Amethyst, Batman and the Outsiders,</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Devil</span> have in common (besides, obviously, being 80s comics)? They were all introduced via free 16 page inserts in special issues of various DC comics. You read that right. DC would bind a brand new 16 page preview of an upcoming new comic into the center of an existing title.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aQ6RSXSLABrmri0oEU2YOKJGTWqqAm1VJGBLBP24wAvPwMxOia15n7-RV_0OfumvWd8Nn4-GEBgFhW78Wi2j8H3eUPSLdS9RZAWVJMDmQ6GbDnzNu6BMgH23Ak4TyqE9AMUn3_7pVKk/s1600-h/dialh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330162553011642322" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 289px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aQ6RSXSLABrmri0oEU2YOKJGTWqqAm1VJGBLBP24wAvPwMxOia15n7-RV_0OfumvWd8Nn4-GEBgFhW78Wi2j8H3eUPSLdS9RZAWVJMDmQ6GbDnzNu6BMgH23Ak4TyqE9AMUn3_7pVKk/s320/dialh.jpg" border="0" /></a>The preview stories were brand new, written and drawn by the upcoming book's creative team. The tricky part of these previews was making the stories relevant without making them so integral to the first issue that a reader who hadn't read the preview would feel like they'd missed something. They usually consisted of a front cover, 14 pages of story, plus a back cover that usually featured the cover of the actual first issue, all on newsprint (or Mando paper, when DC moved to that in 1983).<br /><br />Sometimes the comics the previews were inserted into seemed kind of random. I often wondered why the <span style="font-weight: bold;">New Teen Titans</span> and the "new" <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wonder Woman</span> made their debuts in <span style="font-style: italic;">DC Comics Presents</span> rather than in <span style="font-style: italic;">Justice League of America</span>. Sometimes the previews were made lots of sense, like <span style="font-weight: bold;">Arak</span>'s debut in <span style="font-style: italic;">Warlord</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">All-Star Squadron</span> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Justice League</span> of <span style="font-style: italic;">America</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Night Force</span> in <span style="font-style: italic;">New Teen Titans</span> (since Marv Wolfman wrote both titles).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtekytiImwYauibhs7cwXVk4AArTJ7RJ9gfeYJBIZQy1UkjiGgIu1ExRISUI8-Vc54q3RB2ZDbW5swspNY1zFYCA5PlGNr7Yl98xy1sNkoPlF2_5isNWhRiF3kJ07wc9sNtCI6FO5Y-tg/s1600-h/arak.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330162801192155762" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 218px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtekytiImwYauibhs7cwXVk4AArTJ7RJ9gfeYJBIZQy1UkjiGgIu1ExRISUI8-Vc54q3RB2ZDbW5swspNY1zFYCA5PlGNr7Yl98xy1sNkoPlF2_5isNWhRiF3kJ07wc9sNtCI6FO5Y-tg/s320/arak.jpg" border="0" /></a>It was an experiment that lasted for about half a decade, giving fans a bit more bang for their buck. The idea of getting what amounts to an extra half comic with no cover price increase had to boost both sales and interest in the titles featuring the previews as well as the titles being previewed. It certainly showed that DC had a lot of faith in their new titles--and that they appreciated their faithful readers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFCTqT7qvnHuk65PHpy1DwLXKU4sHIH0gBlxuyDu-LF-hi0EjUkQaTzrH43nCbIt4DC-awMsEhjm9fQ_zJFLDI3QbgnaK6mNHvqaKridBeQ4uR9fhl5um5YIHXNW1En3hy_kMbJRFPPM/s1600-h/outsiders.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330164272680659522" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 295px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFCTqT7qvnHuk65PHpy1DwLXKU4sHIH0gBlxuyDu-LF-hi0EjUkQaTzrH43nCbIt4DC-awMsEhjm9fQ_zJFLDI3QbgnaK6mNHvqaKridBeQ4uR9fhl5um5YIHXNW1En3hy_kMbJRFPPM/s320/outsiders.jpg" border="0" /></a>Now, I'm concentrating on the "free previews" that served as an intro to new DC series, not the toy advertisements that ran in almost all titles in a given month (like those for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Masters of the Universe, Mask</span>, and the rest). I've scoured my collection and the Internet, wracked my brain, and consulted about every source I can think of. I think the following list is pretty comprehensive. If I've left anything out, please leave a message or send me an e-mail, okay? Oh, and I'll be covering DC's Bonus Books, which used the same format but focused on showcasing new talent rather than new comics, in a future post. Got it? Good! Now, here's a listing of the previews and their creative teams, along with the title and issue number of the comics they appeared in. If you've never seen these, you might want to try to track 'em down. Good luck!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Teen Titans</span> by Marv Wolfman and George Perez (<span style="font-style: italic;">DC Comics Presents</span> #26, July 1980)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbOpcXmbqlVeYj_nGRTUW9QxLviXHR1J2sbSvXom2ECiBoVAtHj97btmI_TIPIsxNga1MJA5S31ex2y4b_DP6ifDIomUN7feslBgPwLTuisQ_zlfS1WY-CI1POjNKqJbZAUvn2zpn_1M/s1600-h/DC+Comics+Presents+026-pt2NewTeenTitansPreview00.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330150685363824338" style="width: 217px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbOpcXmbqlVeYj_nGRTUW9QxLviXHR1J2sbSvXom2ECiBoVAtHj97btmI_TIPIsxNga1MJA5S31ex2y4b_DP6ifDIomUN7feslBgPwLTuisQ_zlfS1WY-CI1POjNKqJbZAUvn2zpn_1M/s320/DC+Comics+Presents+026-pt2NewTeenTitansPreview00.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QHVdM-l_yGADYQqSWaIaFQD6_v6n3EsDs78JoxuDMWnhZpoqXmo1VfONyiVYLQdhAzmG8aFS2DFsV-8HalqvufELr1OilDbjZtn9wzZ0bWSPLWlfDSfhrEW9uMCbJSZSMoFe85OwgsY/s1600-h/DC+Comics+Presents+026-pt2NewTeenTitansPreview15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330150686591398898" style="width: 219px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QHVdM-l_yGADYQqSWaIaFQD6_v6n3EsDs78JoxuDMWnhZpoqXmo1VfONyiVYLQdhAzmG8aFS2DFsV-8HalqvufELr1OilDbjZtn9wzZ0bWSPLWlfDSfhrEW9uMCbJSZSMoFe85OwgsY/s320/DC+Comics+Presents+026-pt2NewTeenTitansPreview15.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dial "H" for Hero</span> by Marv Wolfman and Carmine Infantino (<span style="font-style: italic;">Legion of Super-Heroes</span> #272, November 1980)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDF6vdLNPcWvMtNGEyN-VGpc4cbJVRafztFW5zHp3Mr0VC1Ide0Yz8QWlgM0Ofipwn_73sjjA2QJWqEmNCkDspuFUAqSctxOt5yVwMk2g3pkDwr7NXZ1dgFpBon8DPtOVUuh0UpSskxt0/s1600-h/LegionOSHv2-272-DialH-01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152009582782466" style="width: 205px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDF6vdLNPcWvMtNGEyN-VGpc4cbJVRafztFW5zHp3Mr0VC1Ide0Yz8QWlgM0Ofipwn_73sjjA2QJWqEmNCkDspuFUAqSctxOt5yVwMk2g3pkDwr7NXZ1dgFpBon8DPtOVUuh0UpSskxt0/s320/LegionOSHv2-272-DialH-01.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc0a9DO_OSq5DEOBYRogHp51Af8I59UeT5MWSmm8DcVhnJny5VRB6FZ9gMP2gxmzBbBZCR8yq9NsVXTfRrdnfowmP6F4zB8oeQ_l46EEGxHjXFj3GMfHgW2Ho2HEmtsYN3xCDHXCV29I/s1600-h/LegionOSHv2-272-DialH-16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152015715392434" style="width: 203px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc0a9DO_OSq5DEOBYRogHp51Af8I59UeT5MWSmm8DcVhnJny5VRB6FZ9gMP2gxmzBbBZCR8yq9NsVXTfRrdnfowmP6F4zB8oeQ_l46EEGxHjXFj3GMfHgW2Ho2HEmtsYN3xCDHXCV29I/s320/LegionOSHv2-272-DialH-16.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">All-Star Squadron</span> by Roy Thomas and Rich Buckler (<span style="font-style: italic;">Justice League of America</span> #193, May 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhJpCrGd21LNmWHwhJXmtA36dLef-z0MAT5Frq3QLdfCk2Ly0ToayQLseQqPFCgi1XYyRM3Kb9QYfLCOcaoDGcM4xPzhF_aHClrQDRHPDoxH-Gf4-5yWFLtZheYxEPbfpXGtZavWITBA/s1600-h/JLA+193-27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330151382373947842" style="width: 216px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkhJpCrGd21LNmWHwhJXmtA36dLef-z0MAT5Frq3QLdfCk2Ly0ToayQLseQqPFCgi1XYyRM3Kb9QYfLCOcaoDGcM4xPzhF_aHClrQDRHPDoxH-Gf4-5yWFLtZheYxEPbfpXGtZavWITBA/s320/JLA+193-27.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHBWFlvxOeiKtwgq-UyzGkpHnxF8Y3KaA-1R_qB44yGEoqCkoq1qBCjumkow34VqeRhHBkmPGbScRNORQWWfyb63jhedHttDTuuUxl3sPQV_gdEU0EV0dUnqyNAPj-bC1aGx5hyBbAL8/s1600-h/JLA+193-42.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330151385168781490" style="width: 219px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHBWFlvxOeiKtwgq-UyzGkpHnxF8Y3KaA-1R_qB44yGEoqCkoq1qBCjumkow34VqeRhHBkmPGbScRNORQWWfyb63jhedHttDTuuUxl3sPQV_gdEU0EV0dUnqyNAPj-bC1aGx5hyBbAL8/s320/JLA+193-42.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Arak, Son of Thunder</span> by Roy Thomas, Ernie Colon and Tony DeZuniga (<span style="font-style: italic;">Warlord</span> #48, May 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoWgP5_cX2BbmDaG3-QGZBxR61J-AggG6OD-c-_sXdkoiZgYiZ_vIK9WqRSwM_GewjdAyfEfxplYo-mi6BaVYWDestdabISMK9aiywvYOKksnmKj0e279hPrKtNLXKDH5zhkvq3ITJac/s1600-h/Warlord+048-26.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152628511984194" style="width: 221px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuoWgP5_cX2BbmDaG3-QGZBxR61J-AggG6OD-c-_sXdkoiZgYiZ_vIK9WqRSwM_GewjdAyfEfxplYo-mi6BaVYWDestdabISMK9aiywvYOKksnmKj0e279hPrKtNLXKDH5zhkvq3ITJac/s320/Warlord+048-26.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wonder Woman</span> by Roy Thomas and Gene Colan (<span style="font-style: italic;">DC Comics Presents</span> #41, October 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5EibeH-pCvbh1ihlxdPSwLQUc0jntal_e6mvA8VTYnhhLwKdaXiBFeraIF4fULi8jOveM2NOSvLBxydqxoTjOOdTA0eyqJAvJfJijlaGkWljZ5ek3ZK3Tz0Z81lC0DmS_VrW86-HDC0/s1600-h/DC+Comics+Presents+41-18.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330150687532942018" style="width: 216px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5EibeH-pCvbh1ihlxdPSwLQUc0jntal_e6mvA8VTYnhhLwKdaXiBFeraIF4fULi8jOveM2NOSvLBxydqxoTjOOdTA0eyqJAvJfJijlaGkWljZ5ek3ZK3Tz0Z81lC0DmS_VrW86-HDC0/s320/DC+Comics+Presents+41-18.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_edr5-7L5BmkFDe-_sb6Co1PUl_Xfw-4E5cCC9z0NH7kYmzslpkQOiNbfj1bjpPX2ycP5tsw2DAUV2YNsXwNc3rCyibR8Q6-i5XrTct0zSo7EJvCzGCpP_gf-JNpEBbfjG0jbtzaIlfY/s1600-h/DC+Comics+Presents+41-33.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330150693627427122" style="width: 216px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_edr5-7L5BmkFDe-_sb6Co1PUl_Xfw-4E5cCC9z0NH7kYmzslpkQOiNbfj1bjpPX2ycP5tsw2DAUV2YNsXwNc3rCyibR8Q6-i5XrTct0zSo7EJvCzGCpP_gf-JNpEBbfjG0jbtzaIlfY/s320/DC+Comics+Presents+41-33.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!</span> by Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw! with Gerry Conway and Ross Andru (<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Teen Titans</span> #16, November 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlWlgvegVLNgikX06QNooUZk9Ke1c92P1pW96QEWfw3rBqq9VLPV_CE0ifT-HTtr0qD890VtVc7FStPPjVWDqstWTsYEExalSqM6et-JScmDKCnXLEQYfY2y_0ar4YEAW-ltabKy08A8/s1600-h/New+Teen+Titans+016-15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152015161612754" style="width: 218px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlWlgvegVLNgikX06QNooUZk9Ke1c92P1pW96QEWfw3rBqq9VLPV_CE0ifT-HTtr0qD890VtVc7FStPPjVWDqstWTsYEExalSqM6et-JScmDKCnXLEQYfY2y_0ar4YEAW-ltabKy08A8/s320/New+Teen+Titans+016-15.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Night Force</span> by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan (<span style="font-weight: bold;">New Teen Titans</span> #21, April 1982)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHhtWSsAoO72lxXyPso1WT18L4ClYsjlA3xiowLwS3UEIHC0wvMLhqa43fntT8NynE-HX8FKLUrcX1X6ThSrbVUecWNToA9JRhsknKyr42RthTHwVSIvV2oKJGggOwZifj6fm-Q06c2U/s1600-h/New+Teen+Titans+021-27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152017777982898" style="width: 218px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHhtWSsAoO72lxXyPso1WT18L4ClYsjlA3xiowLwS3UEIHC0wvMLhqa43fntT8NynE-HX8FKLUrcX1X6ThSrbVUecWNToA9JRhsknKyr42RthTHwVSIvV2oKJGggOwZifj6fm-Q06c2U/s320/New+Teen+Titans+021-27.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWStrxhl7Mq_6m9QmpSIiyBzbekWLSFUdeL4viHlZMOIDIbE19Ihlz9u8RgNw21-EZ9aiLvUz5a4fhRUli3FbSWKLmZ5aI4bqOBBKQvBc_jcshc2lFHJcJVr_7UyZ8w5vTplmkQhNfkM/s1600-h/New+Teen+Titans+021-42.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330152629241570242" style="width: 215px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWStrxhl7Mq_6m9QmpSIiyBzbekWLSFUdeL4viHlZMOIDIbE19Ihlz9u8RgNw21-EZ9aiLvUz5a4fhRUli3FbSWKLmZ5aI4bqOBBKQvBc_jcshc2lFHJcJVr_7UyZ8w5vTplmkQhNfkM/s320/New+Teen+Titans+021-42.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atari Force</span> by Gerry Conway and Ross Andru (<span style="font-style: italic;">DC Comics Presents</span> #53, October 1982) is the exception to my "no toy ads" rule, because, although this preview led to the mini-comics Atari packaged with their game cartridges, a year after this preview an actual Atari Force comic was produced, picking up the threads of the mini-comics. Clear?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6laIb848zUk5TbeZxfD365YNZwqj0_RGTR6VjAl-vR0wt3uSKC9TbfE-NQUsKXV4OAcupztVlWooCdzjuEuF8WpQODtHcYYs0awmueHSoCToakiXDh63j7mnfLEurBFQsz4cDx9F_T_o/s1600-h/DC+Comics+Presents+053-13_AF01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330159435737762594" style="width: 210px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6laIb848zUk5TbeZxfD365YNZwqj0_RGTR6VjAl-vR0wt3uSKC9TbfE-NQUsKXV4OAcupztVlWooCdzjuEuF8WpQODtHcYYs0awmueHSoCToakiXDh63j7mnfLEurBFQsz4cDx9F_T_o/s320/DC+Comics+Presents+053-13_AF01.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld</span> by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Ernie Colon (<span style="font-style: italic;">Legion of Super-Heroes</span> #298, January 1983)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gBLu73IaT0QxShLaPNBnzmpjYJ5XFflIshFCnOLGExN4dzxLGqwNmPel3mBpmWuTrjzqMxVaZDVn08EevPqvZ93ocVMi4lJrxTUba8KufIshcIQG2g6iT7t5fyvr5grih9qGrp-YcMo/s1600-h/Legion_of_Super-Heroes_v2_298_14.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330151389307664114" style="width: 209px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1gBLu73IaT0QxShLaPNBnzmpjYJ5XFflIshFCnOLGExN4dzxLGqwNmPel3mBpmWuTrjzqMxVaZDVn08EevPqvZ93ocVMi4lJrxTUba8KufIshcIQG2g6iT7t5fyvr5grih9qGrp-YcMo/s320/Legion_of_Super-Heroes_v2_298_14.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Batman and the Outsiders</span> by Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo (<span style="font-style: italic;">Brave and the Bold</span> #200, April 1983)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj_v47UUcu4OQ7KWuX9jmJfQ9sA7ivwcxVwmiOZjVT4PYPe7jDdNZiB-VtFxqwIOfhe6WKhkl54Gj_SQbU1fdLQUBjbYE8qlBxvMNQ932C0xVdypqEKrvWEA-YvXCIOdqjr-X_Fu8QmA/s1600-h/BraveandtheBold_1983_%23200_43.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330150679747574114" style="width: 205px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilj_v47UUcu4OQ7KWuX9jmJfQ9sA7ivwcxVwmiOZjVT4PYPe7jDdNZiB-VtFxqwIOfhe6WKhkl54Gj_SQbU1fdLQUBjbYE8qlBxvMNQ932C0xVdypqEKrvWEA-YvXCIOdqjr-X_Fu8QmA/s320/BraveandtheBold_1983_%23200_43.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blue Devil</span> by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins (<span style="font-style: italic;">Fury of Firestorm</span> #24, March 1984)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2uQ7h7xvZM243B2WMvTh32ChOIh3ZQoKkrYBhV5zll-CPTZ-_96b9v3XZnvMq5_-2y7AHb8Zz2_6kVtcHu8QH37FI8l1dhGbDKtWbJ9OepATQQI-UQW5d1bI8C27IkFm8eMRU5K3I-4/s1600-h/FofF-024-15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330151373198909794" style="width: 210px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2uQ7h7xvZM243B2WMvTh32ChOIh3ZQoKkrYBhV5zll-CPTZ-_96b9v3XZnvMq5_-2y7AHb8Zz2_6kVtcHu8QH37FI8l1dhGbDKtWbJ9OepATQQI-UQW5d1bI8C27IkFm8eMRU5K3I-4/s320/FofF-024-15.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbK9fYPs1XXvYTmtaH5dXc6vYtn9IrKmvy7lNkEdEgFXCDcad_E8CSdqQypCIBfUMQlOa4qgCC8gkT86LulEx7y4390SAH2LL87omQdoycE9JfRjsfBVTfmFsK-SU-apBJZOUDrNJMeY/s1600-h/FofF-024-30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330151378616879730" style="width: 211px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbK9fYPs1XXvYTmtaH5dXc6vYtn9IrKmvy7lNkEdEgFXCDcad_E8CSdqQypCIBfUMQlOa4qgCC8gkT86LulEx7y4390SAH2LL87omQdoycE9JfRjsfBVTfmFsK-SU-apBJZOUDrNJMeY/s320/FofF-024-30.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-75568806366598856492009-04-24T00:02:00.027-04:002009-04-24T00:02:00.107-04:00Starslayer: He Might've Slayed 'Em, But the Back-ups Were the Stars<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325110299096103394" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 243px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9N87TpoMstu8MB1IEImflmfzvNV6I55ZnOC1huU25g03ayFITmQxHEROZbK7fpXT02a7QCW-yfWi9xQGBw2Q9FaN65yAzYiuzKskq7d6Q58ZGXwy3wM0RP6XE6Y58hJ4JZm5AheGAejM/s320/Starslayer_Mike_Grell_0fc.jpg" border="0" /><a href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/p/pacific.htm">Pacific Comics</a> made a huge splash in 1981. Bill and Steve Schanes had gone from a mail order company (which they started in 1971), to distributors, to art-portfolio publishers, to comicbook publishers at a pretty rapid clip. They seemed to know what they were doing, as when they decided to start their own line of color comicbooks (to be sold directly to Comics Shops--to whom they'd also distribute the comics they published, yep, yep), they started by inviting two extremely popular creators. The Schanes brothers were pals with Jack Kirby <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnOTi1QUdXrrp-ln-X86GGRgdiwKxvp0PaW5yzgNh8J3fiojPhy2AaT3QCgU20Y7cq9cmF_cnA58h8mB_V5ANaB4VgUj85A4SsskVXri65BUpxgRjABlubiQYlVgh4e_A-zMu1ZZ4hyQ/s1600-h/Starslayer_Mike_Grell_6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325110430602205330" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 249px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnOTi1QUdXrrp-ln-X86GGRgdiwKxvp0PaW5yzgNh8J3fiojPhy2AaT3QCgU20Y7cq9cmF_cnA58h8mB_V5ANaB4VgUj85A4SsskVXri65BUpxgRjABlubiQYlVgh4e_A-zMu1ZZ4hyQ/s320/Starslayer_Mike_Grell_6.jpg" border="0" /></a>due to their generous habit of supplying the King of Comics with copies of the comics he was producing--since the publishers seemed to keep forgetting to do it themselves. As it happened, Kirby had worked up his version of <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span> for another publisher, but <span style="font-style: italic;">Captain Victory and His Galactic Rangers</span> had never been picked up. The Schanes brothers grabbed it and Pacific Comics was off and running. Bill and Steve were also smart enough to know that, while Kirby was a legend, his star wasn't as bright as it had once been, and they needed a star who was blazing at that very moment.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FOFFR0RQZkfoKue7uFY2o6t_sAsUGgg1ikRiNumbhma3svpp8vtUupN6H271Dq_vMUCgwq_bU_XCg9Mdr4d2Dpu8rvc2mpwqHY0QbZHRwGpirRGPsbikmaciBfgfQa-Crf8B7CdfmwE/s1600-h/Starslayer+001-00FCBC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325110762347006034" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 242px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FOFFR0RQZkfoKue7uFY2o6t_sAsUGgg1ikRiNumbhma3svpp8vtUupN6H271Dq_vMUCgwq_bU_XCg9Mdr4d2Dpu8rvc2mpwqHY0QbZHRwGpirRGPsbikmaciBfgfQa-Crf8B7CdfmwE/s320/Starslayer+001-00FCBC.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mike Grell had built up quite a following at DC Comics, rising up from back-up artist on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aquaman</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Green Arrow</span>, to fan-favorite on Superboy and the <span style="font-style: italic;">Legion of Super-Heroes</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Lantern/Green Arrow</span>, to mega-star on his own creation, <span style="font-style: italic;">Warlord</span> (which just happens to be the subject of this weeks <span style="font-weight: bold;">Famous First Fridays</span> over at <a href="http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/">Diversions of the Groovy Kind</a>, hint, hint!). The brothers from Pacific approached "Iron Mike" and hit pay-dirt once again. Grell, too, had created a new series that DC was to have published, but for the housecleaning that had happened over there in 1978, and they decided he would do it as a six-issue mini-series. As a preview of what was to come, Pacific published a portfolio starring Grell's <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer*: Log of the Jolly Roger</span> prior to publishing the comic. The portfolio sold out and it looked like Pacific and Grell had a hit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5BxIhs6jSYVJEZm_yxeXG9B2urU0NMIMpHZVLyhACQilkEWmrovxPEO_YJ9avs5NzuGC1z5Z0c81Pk4nR5BoVU9vvEO9e8f-_Xh3Bg1TNglMSWtEsS7ecMEcw0B_dZHNrZ_71HGjOjg/s1600-h/Starslayer+001-2425.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325118093786423442" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 320px; height: 234px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5BxIhs6jSYVJEZm_yxeXG9B2urU0NMIMpHZVLyhACQilkEWmrovxPEO_YJ9avs5NzuGC1z5Z0c81Pk4nR5BoVU9vvEO9e8f-_Xh3Bg1TNglMSWtEsS7ecMEcw0B_dZHNrZ_71HGjOjg/s320/Starslayer+001-2425.jpg" border="0" /></a>Grell reversed his <span style="font-weight: bold;">Warlord </span>premise of a modern man being sent into a savage world, by having a savage man (a Celtic barbarian named Torin Mac Quillon) sent to a <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars</span>-inspired future. It was a cool premise (you can read the first issue on my pal <a href="http://grantbridgestreet.blogspot.com/2008/12/mike-grells-starslayer-1.html">Joe Bloke's blog</a>), with Grell's trademark great characters and art, taut dialogue, and realistic characterization. It should have been a hit. But a funny thing happened...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1BNsnsDRLh_j5Y4289uZUFqHT8f-WuHxhfLhXfuDixszG3vgbnOyj_BIV7FT5WNIHzv2brKerT4aZ-y53jaCU6y6XckOaLR4SdeVOUKsAan2JrzO2b7UXITtkYBSw5G57AyflGC03pA/s1600-h/Starslayer+002-33BC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325111297131361026" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 222px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1BNsnsDRLh_j5Y4289uZUFqHT8f-WuHxhfLhXfuDixszG3vgbnOyj_BIV7FT5WNIHzv2brKerT4aZ-y53jaCU6y6XckOaLR4SdeVOUKsAan2JrzO2b7UXITtkYBSw5G57AyflGC03pA/s320/Starslayer+002-33BC.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pacific didn't run many ads, which meant that they had room for longer stories--or standard-length stories plus a back-up feature. Most of <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span>'s first six issues had back-ups. First, there was something called <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rocketeer</span> by a new kid (who'd been toiling in the cartoon industry) named Dave Stevens ran in issues 2 and 3. While fans were digging Grell's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Starslayer</span>, they were totally flipping out over <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rocketeer</span>. Nearly half the letters in <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> were paens to Stevens and his genius.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6OLsVMVneO-RvpMmSSn_943twCmgLEF8NhS01nehfx7vRGHhAbvA6Q6i56n5SrTnSuMl1J8zzjuHPjewwyTusr2Ez3BMxizLwjJZKFkVqXENd3pouh1rA7_LonSGrciXL8cbPsqGTqU/s1600-h/Starslayer+002-32.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325111525186500770" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 219px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ6OLsVMVneO-RvpMmSSn_943twCmgLEF8NhS01nehfx7vRGHhAbvA6Q6i56n5SrTnSuMl1J8zzjuHPjewwyTusr2Ez3BMxizLwjJZKFkVqXENd3pouh1rA7_LonSGrciXL8cbPsqGTqU/s320/Starslayer+002-32.jpg" border="0" /></a> Even the letters that focused on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Starslayer </span>still found room to praise <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rocketeer</span>. Instead of leaving <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rocketeer</span> as a back-up in <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> (there were only three issues to go anyway, right?), Pacific decided to create an anthology title, <span style="font-style: italic;">Pacific Presents</span>, and let Stevens' beautifully illustrated tale of 1930s era barnstormer Cliff Secord and his Bettie Page look-alike girlfriend headline it. There weren't many <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rocketeer</span> stories published (though the character did blow through, what?, three publishers?), but what was published was popular enough that Disney <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102803/">put it on the Silver Screen</a> in 1991.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrwzk8QyLBEKf2YM4adcTL4Pob3aH0dHYqygHO6bBFaJhAysEdhZf9gTQMmq-mAfnBRvqlcXBaPz6P3V_zqfKO-zEavDCxvjUpAGtb3rVhs2sqw8vRmthdRqkFfewde-8nRpd1jIYcYs/s1600-h/Starslayer+005-26.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325113033265139506" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 219px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrwzk8QyLBEKf2YM4adcTL4Pob3aH0dHYqygHO6bBFaJhAysEdhZf9gTQMmq-mAfnBRvqlcXBaPz6P3V_zqfKO-zEavDCxvjUpAGtb3rVhs2sqw8vRmthdRqkFfewde-8nRpd1jIYcYs/s320/Starslayer+005-26.jpg" border="0" /></a>In <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> #5, Sergio Aragones' latest creation, an inept barbarian named <span style="font-weight: bold;">Groo</span> made his second appearance (his first had been in Eclipse Comics' <span style="font-style: italic;">Destroyer Duck</span> #1) as he went his merrily destructive way on to his own title. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Groo</span> turned out to be a mega-hit, appearing under a variety of publishers and in hundreds of comics all the way into the 21st Century.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9hozmyOUk7KuaQqz7mGf5SmDSTOOfOUKcImImdtkPat1KuYdH2zeJsflGSTkH9G4_iyUOe4vKzZtdXBxyJcEGxEJNsSQOlKrmVemneq5Vtd8nhfJh_HsJiN2q_UXZX66jchEy0x1iU/s1600-h/Starslayer+007-00FC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325113269251494114" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 210px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9hozmyOUk7KuaQqz7mGf5SmDSTOOfOUKcImImdtkPat1KuYdH2zeJsflGSTkH9G4_iyUOe4vKzZtdXBxyJcEGxEJNsSQOlKrmVemneq5Vtd8nhfJh_HsJiN2q_UXZX66jchEy0x1iU/s320/Starslayer+007-00FC.jpg" border="0" /></a>Grell finished his story of how Torin and his comrades saved the universe by destroying the earth (I told'ja it was a cool story!), then shifted his energies--and creations--to a new publisher, First Comics. Grell's time would be spent mostly on something completely different; <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFpQfHEsEosC2OIR7_PRvhmayyp9lvGhGopShVpKzRcSWDMFqym9Ue6w9yOwMbxMWJSClQZ3ob1V8Ni7pjeZlLATp8han4_z66sDWJakyJUD9OHi8gx8rS9QbDeVch6nxABZzuA2J3II/s1600-h/jonsable.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325113713831753906" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 275px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFpQfHEsEosC2OIR7_PRvhmayyp9lvGhGopShVpKzRcSWDMFqym9Ue6w9yOwMbxMWJSClQZ3ob1V8Ni7pjeZlLATp8han4_z66sDWJakyJUD9OHi8gx8rS9QbDeVch6nxABZzuA2J3II/s320/jonsable.jpg" border="0" /></a>a series about a soldier of fortune who poses as a children's book writer called <span style="font-style: italic;">Jon Sable, Freelance</span>. After a few issues of <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> at First, he handed the writing chores over to newcomer John Ostrander (he had given the penciling chores to another newcomer, Lenin Delsol, starting with issue #7, his first, eh, First issue) to focus completely on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sable</span>. Like Groo,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Sable</span> also enjoyed a long run at a variety of publishers. Over 100 issues on and off up until this past year. Sable also starred in a short-lived <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JonSableFreelance">ABC-TV series</a> in 1987, and was the subject of Grell's first prose novel in 2000.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeR7j6OP_O-bxU6B2tvrMlVnZXMECM96ZPY6tnrAzHoh8z83iwuWtPAbZV7nuuNyCw0cCDEyjQzpWHCQUP0d43TUuLQZwCK4g3IyKNZahR6AyyESDeL1avx8I33FRrtszLzDxdkD4JIs/s1600-h/Starslayer+009-29LP.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325115102523125042" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 125px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeR7j6OP_O-bxU6B2tvrMlVnZXMECM96ZPY6tnrAzHoh8z83iwuWtPAbZV7nuuNyCw0cCDEyjQzpWHCQUP0d43TUuLQZwCK4g3IyKNZahR6AyyESDeL1avx8I33FRrtszLzDxdkD4JIs/s320/Starslayer+009-29LP.jpg" border="0" /></a>With issue #10, <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> got a new back-up feature. Written and co-created by Ostrander, co-created by yet another new artist, Tim Truman, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span> had all the makings of yet another hit, and First knew it. They began plugging <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span> in the editorials and letters pages, as well as in the fan magazines. When <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span>'s debut finally appeared, it blew fandom away. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsHvDsc2UfBPwpVGvBVWOsjkp3NsIv4UJwhKDBq-Y2n1zUnURgjNLb4IeNBfX_szYpsBUPQTjX7XfiA_MwmupMh-2CNPRBU435FfOUzKnk0p955GAuHlg-IpQbW4LGO8SulzhWS2Hoeo/s1600-h/Starslayer+018-00FC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325115489757258050" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 210px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsHvDsc2UfBPwpVGvBVWOsjkp3NsIv4UJwhKDBq-Y2n1zUnURgjNLb4IeNBfX_szYpsBUPQTjX7XfiA_MwmupMh-2CNPRBU435FfOUzKnk0p955GAuHlg-IpQbW4LGO8SulzhWS2Hoeo/s320/Starslayer+018-00FC.jpg" border="0" /></a>A smart mixture of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wolverine, Conan, Batman, Warlock,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mike Hammer,</span> and Humphrey Bogart, the barbaric gumshoe/bar owner of Cynosure (the nexus of creation, where all worlds and realities converged) hit all the right buttons for those of us who had grown up in the 70s. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span> was callous, tough, hard-bitten, short-tempered, and mercenary, but he was also cool, heroic, and morally centered by his own code of ethics. Ostrander's stories were biting and hard-bitten, while Truman's art was kind of ugly, but awesomely cool in a punk sort of way, filled with raw energy, and gloriously detailed. By <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> #18, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Grimjack</span> was teaming up with Torin and then it was straight to his own title. A title that ran 81 issues.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxARMsADFTbSq284NuxR7KaPcOYozcya6jDw3EK1Umodi1fiX9W9sXJlF7gOfjpW5Hje5dC_LzfccpdD8Q6bwuwz2-D6Lw5e99fvgDLHOAMNr60klYke6UwuQK16LaLjIVzmgSD6SBAuI/s1600-h/Starslayer+027-00FC.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325116374143456706" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 209px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxARMsADFTbSq284NuxR7KaPcOYozcya6jDw3EK1Umodi1fiX9W9sXJlF7gOfjpW5Hje5dC_LzfccpdD8Q6bwuwz2-D6Lw5e99fvgDLHOAMNr60klYke6UwuQK16LaLjIVzmgSD6SBAuI/s320/Starslayer+027-00FC.jpg" border="0" /></a>With issue #20, <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> gained another back-up, Peter Gillis and Tom Sutton's mystical <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Flame</span>, who had been the back-up in First's short-lived <span style="font-style: italic;">Mars</span> series. The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Black Flame</span> never got his own comic, movie, TV show, or novel, but the feature did take over one entire issue of Starslayer, issue #27.<br /><br />The final issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span>, #34, appeared in late 1985. Ten years later, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWWLrgLxCJX115iCfQ3pvnT2jg8xwyLDdkv-i3OEjZE1N_QtQU4N2FdW9B7N0vT1HpvQmdsFMSZFZKR3J7213YWr3ABi7v12E0Qdc2IJXlE7SR1qM3jaD-npRLHPxUyQu3fvJGdryF9k/s1600-h/ss34.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325116979528326306" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 209px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWWLrgLxCJX115iCfQ3pvnT2jg8xwyLDdkv-i3OEjZE1N_QtQU4N2FdW9B7N0vT1HpvQmdsFMSZFZKR3J7213YWr3ABi7v12E0Qdc2IJXlE7SR1qM3jaD-npRLHPxUyQu3fvJGdryF9k/s320/ss34.jpg" border="0" /></a>Acclaim Comics reprinted Grell's original Pacific mini-series as a "director's cut", allowing Grell to rewrite, redraw, and expand wherever he felt the need. Sadly it didn't lead to a regular <span style="font-style: italic;">Starslayer</span> series. Or movie. Or TV show. Or novel. Or even back-up strip.<br /><br />That's it for this week, Awesome Ones. Don't worry, Ol' Groove will eventually fill you in on what <strong>The Rocketeer, Groo, Grimjack, Jon Sable, </strong>and even <strong>Starslayer </strong>were all about. Can't use up all my ammo in one post, now can I?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEXT WEEK: "Insert Preview Here: DC Showcase, 80s Style". Don'tcha miss it!</span><br /><br />(*At about the same time, Jim Starlin was planning on expanding his <span style="font-style: italic;">Metamorphosis Odyssey</span>, which had been running in <span style="font-style: italic;">Epic Illustrated</span>, into a series. The idea was to spin one of the main characters off into his own series. That character was to have been <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vanth Starslayer</span>. Grell informed Starlin of his ownership of the "Starslayer" name, so it was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vanth Dreadstar</span> who went on to star in his own comic.)The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-28649577621829006592009-04-17T00:02:00.024-04:002009-04-17T00:02:00.620-04:00What It Is: The Nexus of Capital Comics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQk2iCRGs6MIrXELgXTDsd688r3lMfvHSQEgPjLUxLS-HV0_I2QgLVkChqm4AQ_ZRlgIK7mFA4Zgl5TzGXGt_icaXmuCIlS3u7tMFhA2Hnu7mbeh0Bk6o5-wdnUYIc49N0OOkcdWDAzI/s1600-h/Nexus000+original+No1back.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320939316659630754" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 228px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQk2iCRGs6MIrXELgXTDsd688r3lMfvHSQEgPjLUxLS-HV0_I2QgLVkChqm4AQ_ZRlgIK7mFA4Zgl5TzGXGt_icaXmuCIlS3u7tMFhA2Hnu7mbeh0Bk6o5-wdnUYIc49N0OOkcdWDAzI/s320/Nexus000+original+No1back.jpg" border="0" /></a>In 1980, two former college-pals-turned-creative-team, writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude met with John Davis, Milton Griepp, and Richard Bruning, the heads of Capital City Distribution. Capital City, of Madison, Wisconsin, was looking to add a publishing division to their successful distribution company. Baron and Rude, two local talents were pitching a science fiction comic about a door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen in a war ravaged future. The Capital guys .liked Baron and Rude's style, but wanted no part of publishing a straight sci-fi comic. They wanted a costumed crime-fighter. Baron and Rude left, "bounced ideas back and forth" (<span style="font-style: italic;">Comic Book Artist</span> #8, May 2000, p. 27) and came up with a 12 page strip featuring their hero, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nexus</span>. Davis, Griepp, and Bruning dug it, asked for 20 more pages, and by early 1981, <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span>, a 44 page black and white magazine-sized comic hit the shelves of comic shops around the U.S.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EA4e0B2QZJrKer5ocRj2IKxdJnyT70fG3c3fnm2VffLg331WNFhgn9ZNjA8-_UJUJUEXIyC6npJopSo0KiSF4F_o72rxhjkMXfwDbwWqkHqU9pkoribH_Lj7T0bL4L16y3hXERgFzUY/s1600-h/Nexus004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320939694123808658" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 220px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EA4e0B2QZJrKer5ocRj2IKxdJnyT70fG3c3fnm2VffLg331WNFhgn9ZNjA8-_UJUJUEXIyC6npJopSo0KiSF4F_o72rxhjkMXfwDbwWqkHqU9pkoribH_Lj7T0bL4L16y3hXERgFzUY/s320/Nexus004.jpg" border="0" /></a>Nexus wasn't your typical vanity or fan project trying to ape Marvel Comics. It was more professional than other comics of its type and much, much more original. Baron and Rude grew in their craft by leaps and bounds, and gave comics fans a new vision of what comics could strive for. Sure, Nexus' costume looked like a mix of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">X-Men</span>'s <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cyclops</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Space Ghost</span> by way of Dave Cockrum, but Rude's art showed a mastery of draftsmanship and anatomy akin to Gold Key's Russ Manning. Baron's scripting it pretty tight, fast paced, and surprisingly polished for a first-timer. Their concept, a sci-fi "hero" who tracks down and assassinates mass murderers wasn't the typical late 70s/early 80s comicbook fare. It was daring and different, showing that, right out of the gate, Baron and Rude were out to challenge fan favorites like Jim Starlin, Chris Claremont, and John Byrne on their own turf.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfX0eLcuKdLu-RCJ3yu9z30u-FnhlEXFssmIvqZaqDaEtGKyCox-rOZrTwIS-H4_D0X8Bbtu9jXNCzGvVdB5RQr_UZ2I-qCUtt0scx7mFBQxx57KSMt4DzEefRUYncs7tgIv0S9cIWWQ/s1600-h/bwnexus1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320943361667798946" style="width: 144px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfX0eLcuKdLu-RCJ3yu9z30u-FnhlEXFssmIvqZaqDaEtGKyCox-rOZrTwIS-H4_D0X8Bbtu9jXNCzGvVdB5RQr_UZ2I-qCUtt0scx7mFBQxx57KSMt4DzEefRUYncs7tgIv0S9cIWWQ/s200/bwnexus1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbymEW3pUq-JksT3u49PhoCzIqpM2xz2a60yTfbQRCE_sOVgmKwxeQWpogpF_fcPWK1jdp93Lx97-DerU8RwZ26cLgeitQig1_Vn0qgycemh5Vrvc5AYqzLejw2elTrAVJEQpoQTU2au0/s1600-h/bwnexus2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320943365490938994" style="width: 143px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbymEW3pUq-JksT3u49PhoCzIqpM2xz2a60yTfbQRCE_sOVgmKwxeQWpogpF_fcPWK1jdp93Lx97-DerU8RwZ26cLgeitQig1_Vn0qgycemh5Vrvc5AYqzLejw2elTrAVJEQpoQTU2au0/s200/bwnexus2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBOgnHY1ZkM2vMVurYKa7Xcyzojzab6CZjHgXjP1yyPjxqDqY1X9YZg25JVI-9yRjssKzFbOgBlBEJdGrGoyTpjO5SAx-XL_qYQW1SxoFwLQiFh3h39c1NuAYQd2dOeaED5YMXZQs1is/s1600-h/bwnexus3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320943366827428738" style="width: 156px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBOgnHY1ZkM2vMVurYKa7Xcyzojzab6CZjHgXjP1yyPjxqDqY1X9YZg25JVI-9yRjssKzFbOgBlBEJdGrGoyTpjO5SAx-XL_qYQW1SxoFwLQiFh3h39c1NuAYQd2dOeaED5YMXZQs1is/s200/bwnexus3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3c6Cot3R-youoWI-bYd8yHXYjR5NI_dIIOX6Hk2TxcZTHal4uoSyH4kOjAiY-Ha5H0XKNTA3TMBrBaX29zzJZzNadMeeba4xsUASFeyXHI4D0xDt6QeujrtuQrr5_SXHfoVAS5if1Ys/s1600-h/Nexus089.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320941003671643490" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 238px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3c6Cot3R-youoWI-bYd8yHXYjR5NI_dIIOX6Hk2TxcZTHal4uoSyH4kOjAiY-Ha5H0XKNTA3TMBrBaX29zzJZzNadMeeba4xsUASFeyXHI4D0xDt6QeujrtuQrr5_SXHfoVAS5if1Ys/s320/Nexus089.jpg" border="0" /></a>The young writer and artist populated Nexus world with all kinds of alien life-forms, evil dictators, and hard science fiction concepts. The the darkness of super-powerful floating heads of decapitated men and women was balanced by the light and whimsy of alien allies with names like Dave (with his famous greeting, "What it is.") and Tyrone. Nexus gave fans more angst than X-Men and Teen Titans combined, but leavened it with a tongue-in-cheek humor worthy of the Original Captain Marvel and Plastic Man. Only two young bucks who didn't know any better would have the chutzpah to try something like this. Only two young bucks with that kind of chutzpah could pull it off.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Pfsw5-r4B42CeY5H-NTFFKOH-L9wWsag_noUH6he8FIWZwQEgpoa1y7fd4GfAQ9Mo1274MnUBiM8KbqpcbTlVC93votF5anALrQDPkWjcKX0ClUtZ9dGb-kRhdgn_R1WUh7eus-8MPU/s1600-h/nexus-01-02.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYjRiWnlc8KL-Kk121aQuJGr7nbRhG-n-ewJYQOO1Ng-2Y4OEbVw3Z0EI8s5d8f9jbwl1rV1ZZFmI7FvzWwy2q66gDafc3XScdQLUe6z9x3XiRgIpom1SkanshyK-8rKL2RzewvNv7GM/s1600-h/nexus-02-27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320947872433111426" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYjRiWnlc8KL-Kk121aQuJGr7nbRhG-n-ewJYQOO1Ng-2Y4OEbVw3Z0EI8s5d8f9jbwl1rV1ZZFmI7FvzWwy2q66gDafc3XScdQLUe6z9x3XiRgIpom1SkanshyK-8rKL2RzewvNv7GM/s320/nexus-02-27.jpg" border="0" /></a>Baron and Rude not only pulled it off, but made it payoff. Fans were taking notice, and after two more black and white issues (the third featuring a "flexi-disc"; actually a plastic record with music, dialogue, and sound effects meant to be listened to while looking at the comic), Capital decided the time was right to meet Marvel, DC, Pacific, and Eclipse head-on. It was time for a full-color <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nexus</span> comicbook. Editor/Designer Rich Bruning was going to make sure that <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span> would be the best looking comic on the stands. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtolfFGQr341JNgURVpWcDVYQPHgEZjbI2wzOCRQVZqflxfa6FpxaY8vaPCEw_mW5GeQ5MPxIcNk_oNGXHDfREtNPnOcIFpLCGYURhFq3oPTs6WCP9M_RNK5HwZxM-yMJKAGxNwJdYxtQ/s1600-h/nexus-04-26.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320948179824093762" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtolfFGQr341JNgURVpWcDVYQPHgEZjbI2wzOCRQVZqflxfa6FpxaY8vaPCEw_mW5GeQ5MPxIcNk_oNGXHDfREtNPnOcIFpLCGYURhFq3oPTs6WCP9M_RNK5HwZxM-yMJKAGxNwJdYxtQ/s320/nexus-04-26.jpg" border="0" /></a>No newsprint for <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span>, the color comic would be published on the more expensive, and very fashionable, Baxter paper, a whiter, heavier stock Marvel and DC saved for "special" projects (usually reprints of their classic comics). And since the Baxter paper could be used for more experimental printing methods, Bruning called upon George Freeman to color <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span>. Freeman would use the coloring and separation techniques he had learned from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Captain Canuck</span> creator Richard Comely when he was CC's artist.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM4rDLb42Pw2HFGsQd-KOqWc87XuawcgTW4A11n9kDyGGwBqnsPimlGdVDgikffS_jbbTC4v10ERNJ6InnAGrUr-yYukLxXL5UKL68dIegkCr-YRlTpQrwV-SJ_pWF4_6qlmsLuu4PKk/s1600-h/nexus-01-01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320943866775207986" style="width: 130px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtM4rDLb42Pw2HFGsQd-KOqWc87XuawcgTW4A11n9kDyGGwBqnsPimlGdVDgikffS_jbbTC4v10ERNJ6InnAGrUr-yYukLxXL5UKL68dIegkCr-YRlTpQrwV-SJ_pWF4_6qlmsLuu4PKk/s200/nexus-01-01.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4-IOsCxB8Zq-yFQ3RTZ19A3SZVBDSBBejmPIXHjuZRELcZenzd-h2urKL_JiPUbceRtE7KX4jsliOYstwS5zdS_ee998JZVttnvikDK-0dSE1t5aOcuLljKcfX_2hrhxopeWRfgRJeU/s1600-h/nexus-01-02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320947452081669538" style="width: 130px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4-IOsCxB8Zq-yFQ3RTZ19A3SZVBDSBBejmPIXHjuZRELcZenzd-h2urKL_JiPUbceRtE7KX4jsliOYstwS5zdS_ee998JZVttnvikDK-0dSE1t5aOcuLljKcfX_2hrhxopeWRfgRJeU/s200/nexus-01-02.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggKcIPkcLlOVntz9axZFP_ZrP4mrumlhUdCjpXcVV8fTmO6b0b4psZbVBx4P8lvBU6_x8qn-3dGBnZlsCFAvDMQNJJKoGzoaftH9uXGn8rQwdhObd22gnMfj8Gz65_MNzSqYKp2pDWE8/s1600-h/nexus-01-03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320946799325163762" style="width: 129px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiggKcIPkcLlOVntz9axZFP_ZrP4mrumlhUdCjpXcVV8fTmO6b0b4psZbVBx4P8lvBU6_x8qn-3dGBnZlsCFAvDMQNJJKoGzoaftH9uXGn8rQwdhObd22gnMfj8Gz65_MNzSqYKp2pDWE8/s200/nexus-01-03.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd8soQY5QbBhbeYPN3vH0_B_8We7XZiEyl5EzGHjBaUBcmakBAFeITItdSf845Y6XLwN1cgPfmle86WZ47T_n2bzjdSiF0f3CpruiSvSFyzYrNGFuy8fSMtXCUZwebUJhfj7AkLQjUNo/s1600-h/nexus-01-04.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320946814672599138" style="width: 129px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYd8soQY5QbBhbeYPN3vH0_B_8We7XZiEyl5EzGHjBaUBcmakBAFeITItdSf845Y6XLwN1cgPfmle86WZ47T_n2bzjdSiF0f3CpruiSvSFyzYrNGFuy8fSMtXCUZwebUJhfj7AkLQjUNo/s200/nexus-01-04.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />When the "new color" <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus </span>made its debut in early 1983, it blew fandom away. With Baron's scripting, Rude's art, Freeman's coloring, and Bruning's slick art direction, <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span> was the comicbook we'd all been dreaming of. From the painted wrap-around cover to the clever ads <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span> looked for all the world like the future of comicbooks. Capital was already planning two new comics in the "<span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span> format", and by every indication they were poised to become the next hot publisher.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9DZbSBuw__MVR_1QA3yaxmaRodsbJyMS1eOWI_530clCz7Mkk0uy6BcLJz08yPPLm-eqF4LvTdm9dIycd123jgsddwANyYEV8v1vXJDlTaL1gzBHb01GBNkAZWi0U9rvXIO8LwJkny0/s1600-h/badger2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320942647693876242" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 208px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9DZbSBuw__MVR_1QA3yaxmaRodsbJyMS1eOWI_530clCz7Mkk0uy6BcLJz08yPPLm-eqF4LvTdm9dIycd123jgsddwANyYEV8v1vXJDlTaL1gzBHb01GBNkAZWi0U9rvXIO8LwJkny0/s320/badger2.jpg" border="0" /></a>Their next comic, Mike Baron's troubled superhero (he suffered from Multiple Personality Disorder) the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Badger</span>, with art by newcomer Jeff Butler, made his debut in late 1983. One of the most highly anticipated new comics of the season, Baron's quirky super-hero (and his side-kick, a fifth century druid by the name of Ham) won a lot of fans over in spite of Butler's stiff, less polished art. The slick package and coloring (which would be standard fare for all Capital comicbooks) helped overcome the semi-pro artwork, and besides, it was Baron's show. His writing was the star here. The<span style="font-style: italic;"> Badger</span> was a hit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU_1uWHW0QQ2OrRKSBPfl4hU_YCttZe3_WE-o-rGaQJR8WKvX0bNrqAJiRZ1-eEJ27Hilfi8JFMVjN9eA04e6UJpdN0qjM7Hqyc7DBf011RoZi4eLqdkwJe93FNYCz5t04PLiV_F_cl0/s1600-h/whisper1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320942844263481458" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 208px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSU_1uWHW0QQ2OrRKSBPfl4hU_YCttZe3_WE-o-rGaQJR8WKvX0bNrqAJiRZ1-eEJ27Hilfi8JFMVjN9eA04e6UJpdN0qjM7Hqyc7DBf011RoZi4eLqdkwJe93FNYCz5t04PLiV_F_cl0/s320/whisper1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Capital was sticking to its plan to limit their output to three comics, while every other comicbook publisher sought to unleash a veritable flood of product into the comics shops. Their third title, <span style="font-style: italic;">Whisper</span>, about a young woman caught up in a world of espionage and ninjas, hit the shops soon after <span style="font-style: italic;">Badger</span>'s debut. Tightly written by sometime Marvel author Steven Grant and loosely drawn by newcomer Rich Larson, complete with cover art by fan favorite Michael Golden, <span style="font-style: italic;">Whisper</span> grabbed <span style="font-weight: bold;">Daredevil</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Electra</span> fans, as well as hanging on to <span style="font-style: italic;">Nexus</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Badger</span>'s fan base. It looked like Capital had nowhere to go but up.<br /><br />But the other publishers, those glutting the market with more comics than had ever been published since the Golden Age, weren't really nuts about one of their distributors competing with them as another publisher. Capital realized that their bread and butter was distribution, and by early 1984, after six color issues of <em>Nexus</em>, four issues of the <em>Badger,</em> and two issues of <em>Whisper</em>, the brightest new publisher on the comicbook horizon was gone.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRqbC8pBeg8m89FiXnJ8zWUqAi-00_WzOd_I0zb03692tdSOOuULNcVWgqf3UjssEmnoFRoEEctyFXmHAHPlvCvB5iB0IsWaBJqU5HoitKLeLbgeh_1eGkOXA1GyuMvVAocC-VRDpbWc/s1600-h/colornexus1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320944915328128594" style="width: 131px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRqbC8pBeg8m89FiXnJ8zWUqAi-00_WzOd_I0zb03692tdSOOuULNcVWgqf3UjssEmnoFRoEEctyFXmHAHPlvCvB5iB0IsWaBJqU5HoitKLeLbgeh_1eGkOXA1GyuMvVAocC-VRDpbWc/s200/colornexus1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86UnF2ipQkLF8qRpq0soSloKgTJH_sDmsHTFeXdZPrM1H0dF03FyEr-TE3R_Y-d549kwPbdbPOaxv8_HWJQnRcYCMqRrNyZlJY8xqaTQP3TbriOXhCld5mrm2zCsuRw98dlKdsnbjXZs/s1600-h/colornexus2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320945039208988754" style="width: 144px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86UnF2ipQkLF8qRpq0soSloKgTJH_sDmsHTFeXdZPrM1H0dF03FyEr-TE3R_Y-d549kwPbdbPOaxv8_HWJQnRcYCMqRrNyZlJY8xqaTQP3TbriOXhCld5mrm2zCsuRw98dlKdsnbjXZs/s200/colornexus2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQhorFRahosvsjxr3fGsm-s4sGorKJtxF0bLpGjSiLGpFLq2ORBd0i3kikdQZhI2QlSXHYuLr4_PcgQ3QmjB3ymoAw0IDv6y40DhekNjUdjsHjB0f9IiDgLjn7HAyB6q5-3j_2iD-3sQ/s1600-h/colornexus3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320944918155427298" style="width: 132px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQhorFRahosvsjxr3fGsm-s4sGorKJtxF0bLpGjSiLGpFLq2ORBd0i3kikdQZhI2QlSXHYuLr4_PcgQ3QmjB3ymoAw0IDv6y40DhekNjUdjsHjB0f9IiDgLjn7HAyB6q5-3j_2iD-3sQ/s200/colornexus3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA_6Kg9-AumVpGYeGWwYFQZ33N-qOBOc31iEYevXqyzKHeUgebq-bV4Ud1adeKCBhsD6Y3BfEph-W5l3JKTbMMVekZezBOLFbBrfdM_yOSUUfCMzbJTo37gN5dOA6CjhNWETrGfFBjTI/s1600-h/colornexus4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320944925139355938" style="width: 134px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLA_6Kg9-AumVpGYeGWwYFQZ33N-qOBOc31iEYevXqyzKHeUgebq-bV4Ud1adeKCBhsD6Y3BfEph-W5l3JKTbMMVekZezBOLFbBrfdM_yOSUUfCMzbJTo37gN5dOA6CjhNWETrGfFBjTI/s200/colornexus4.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFiwjnbLCuBEH1Nj1hvXDeUjMW5iW5LuGlFnJBM3r_yUJffUaQ3MrHlqHMpWDT37of4efgGCio132L1o8QZkOG13guW6kS9aE1AyQZewOLDJedqu0nePwYFKiPFr4meQi-YTe2k3cM6M/s1600-h/colornexus5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320944927464407906" style="width: 131px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFiwjnbLCuBEH1Nj1hvXDeUjMW5iW5LuGlFnJBM3r_yUJffUaQ3MrHlqHMpWDT37of4efgGCio132L1o8QZkOG13guW6kS9aE1AyQZewOLDJedqu0nePwYFKiPFr4meQi-YTe2k3cM6M/s200/colornexus5.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEECFTt5S6KSCNWg42_KNEA7nVztyQxshsPJj_hpeYHtfHZhGBZZXGTNit2QflDoEMxmkpUHzNwOsD7mBfEiP1yw1H2sMIb32vTcVXwKCzUJ6xYeTYAos2HfXW3ykWWPFt3dL5U4sV370/s1600-h/colornexus6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320945039394453010" style="width: 131px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEECFTt5S6KSCNWg42_KNEA7nVztyQxshsPJj_hpeYHtfHZhGBZZXGTNit2QflDoEMxmkpUHzNwOsD7mBfEiP1yw1H2sMIb32vTcVXwKCzUJ6xYeTYAos2HfXW3ykWWPFt3dL5U4sV370/s200/colornexus6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The other independent publishers, though, had taken notice of the amount of craft Capital had put into their coloring and packaging, and many raised their game to match the bar that Capital had set. Another new publisher, First Comics, soon got the rights to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nexus, Badger</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Whisper</span>, and brought them back in all their full-processed color, Baxter paper glory. No longer did the "death" of a comicbook publisher mean "death" for the comics they published.<br /><br />But that's a topic for a future post!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NEXT WEEK: "Starslayer: He Might've Slayed 'Em, But the Back-ups Were the Stars"</span>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-91630116608133956342009-04-10T00:02:00.003-04:002009-04-13T15:28:12.760-04:00A Ballet of Violence: Frank Miller and Daredevil's Greatest Hits<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHltYYR9BckQs5CtKz1OhxaLEEvveE0c8Xn38MUbbMOQy2qHP051-4eVZ6tI2fZn1RfuDBJSHcsGScxPdzsgO-TAc56w4RFd5MsnbO1z0jYUVMuPU6sHGLsSxrnTQJorjxMbDwDMIzTQ/s1600-h/ddbullseye.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318397755737244898" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 169px; height: 202px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHltYYR9BckQs5CtKz1OhxaLEEvveE0c8Xn38MUbbMOQy2qHP051-4eVZ6tI2fZn1RfuDBJSHcsGScxPdzsgO-TAc56w4RFd5MsnbO1z0jYUVMuPU6sHGLsSxrnTQJorjxMbDwDMIzTQ/s320/ddbullseye.jpg" border="0" /></a>When you think of Marvel Comics in the 1980s, you more often than not probably think of Frank Miller. You think of <span style="font-style: italic;">Daredevil</span>. Of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Elektra</span>, of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kingpin</span>, of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bullseye</span>, of ninjas... Ah, who's kidding who? You think of the new level of bone-crunching violence Miller brought to comicbooks. That brutal, gritty, in-your-face, street level hand-to-hand combat that would never work in real life, but looks totally awesome on a comicbook page (especially when inked by Klaus Janson). Stuff like DD layin' the smackdown on various hoods and thugs...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeSywbgmLNc4DG-ofW-J4vjySejDgnbwgjgUEQjdV74fXwJ5b9svmccKsP41DVGyIoaL151cmpV859otvV65ZcFJsFxjyOs-IRktmBZm6yMVY1kkkIELJEKXDqlHMdcclcawszCmisWQ/s1600-h/Daredevil_171-06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318385223461456722" style="width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeSywbgmLNc4DG-ofW-J4vjySejDgnbwgjgUEQjdV74fXwJ5b9svmccKsP41DVGyIoaL151cmpV859otvV65ZcFJsFxjyOs-IRktmBZm6yMVY1kkkIELJEKXDqlHMdcclcawszCmisWQ/s320/Daredevil_171-06.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUv1bPq94RWsK8hxW3rjVJ5ODdXd7_Kg_yd2Cgc5-9ktAZLoxsCASZgIXfRKyj-heyii8QggisDcSHvFivDiCvWc5JwGhavrE-80QMcO3yDY7laipcSZybHIvpOEN2PWHas0JjECdhdQ/s1600-h/Daredevil_171-07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318385229257132994" style="width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzUv1bPq94RWsK8hxW3rjVJ5ODdXd7_Kg_yd2Cgc5-9ktAZLoxsCASZgIXfRKyj-heyii8QggisDcSHvFivDiCvWc5JwGhavrE-80QMcO3yDY7laipcSZybHIvpOEN2PWHas0JjECdhdQ/s320/Daredevil_171-07.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuknYl7Z_lvR_igQ_gKGW7tlAEDvthVZRG2aMQ0hikKonBkk8fjMyhMsKrgufPDv5wMdguHlk-UYEftMvZC3W0zVHqX4efgpysXGpSVvvaD5TH3VVVGyYx4kYg1J-o6VNmWo6aCDjC-4/s1600-h/daredevil(1981-08)173-19.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318385238545861986" style="width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTuknYl7Z_lvR_igQ_gKGW7tlAEDvthVZRG2aMQ0hikKonBkk8fjMyhMsKrgufPDv5wMdguHlk-UYEftMvZC3W0zVHqX4efgpysXGpSVvvaD5TH3VVVGyYx4kYg1J-o6VNmWo6aCDjC-4/s320/daredevil(1981-08)173-19.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2WU-ibBmYIYhtYulXp1j049WqdSC7PoXnd0tqaFyJPzU-UupiWi7blD-iKT8hpzSqXKVpGhw_SIu7dusE-BhuYd0gRmNb4J-r7j84FJ3RV_0qT6_Q7m6hriP434s93I1OCp5HtcLbAg/s1600-h/Daredevil_179_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318385248604579586" style="width: 220px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2WU-ibBmYIYhtYulXp1j049WqdSC7PoXnd0tqaFyJPzU-UupiWi7blD-iKT8hpzSqXKVpGhw_SIu7dusE-BhuYd0gRmNb4J-r7j84FJ3RV_0qT6_Q7m6hriP434s93I1OCp5HtcLbAg/s320/Daredevil_179_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />... or DD beatin' down <strong>Bullseye</strong>... (DD #172, April 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk9izG7951SyamFKNIQBMxahXS5pFEYZzIEdV9JQUx8SWmF9SjGlWgv2-dTi2YZ0GwHuHMvCWBmNj7Vloow8xdWohkpBUytY0e7GuyhnQWpGaQ30wxBsa8GPuhgJ79sXDfhSXIHJOJhs/s1600-h/Daredevil_172-19.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318386545993573410" style="width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlk9izG7951SyamFKNIQBMxahXS5pFEYZzIEdV9JQUx8SWmF9SjGlWgv2-dTi2YZ0GwHuHMvCWBmNj7Vloow8xdWohkpBUytY0e7GuyhnQWpGaQ30wxBsa8GPuhgJ79sXDfhSXIHJOJhs/s320/Daredevil_172-19.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjuqJL_5rBUFue17sHfQy-uhQakbIDTaQel0OiuVDlxpq7z2CPfM1remZ5TIb9LqMLatpLNcf18wHOzQcNXX46qq9uGU5d5D1dTGP1DUvXlmAlhyphenhyphenfPHTCVfEYYsKcKR3baW3fFNHqkVM/s1600-h/Daredevil_172-20.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318386549044879058" style="width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjuqJL_5rBUFue17sHfQy-uhQakbIDTaQel0OiuVDlxpq7z2CPfM1remZ5TIb9LqMLatpLNcf18wHOzQcNXX46qq9uGU5d5D1dTGP1DUvXlmAlhyphenhyphenfPHTCVfEYYsKcKR3baW3fFNHqkVM/s320/Daredevil_172-20.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />... or DD <strong>trying</strong> to whup up on <strong>Kingpin</strong>...ouch...(DD #171, March 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD4To_yLH7dbblfO4iIH5328Ri3ALL10o_J-MmWQB8CIBHRp0Q1TfK16PinM97sX88khjaIOaabCQz4ePyHn829mpaRPc4Z9YLoNG8shOgbTB3etFSCb5YjyFC3CkX9WC2m4X7eb7XgE/s1600-h/Daredevil_171-15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318386551909655650" style="width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjD4To_yLH7dbblfO4iIH5328Ri3ALL10o_J-MmWQB8CIBHRp0Q1TfK16PinM97sX88khjaIOaabCQz4ePyHn829mpaRPc4Z9YLoNG8shOgbTB3etFSCb5YjyFC3CkX9WC2m4X7eb7XgE/s320/Daredevil_171-15.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPHDsOTByGR2oBM0JF0cHRS13iLAnoAZMA7poOMIAmv-_dnt-oSwGJmtylH92n4fZOK_oFOM2IbH1RUhQkgLUpicziAzbcqKKMFc-Vq3kepIGdQVMpwfJlxt59pqmAws_QWjbJwTYEVA/s1600-h/Daredevil_171-16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318386557264430146" style="width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNPHDsOTByGR2oBM0JF0cHRS13iLAnoAZMA7poOMIAmv-_dnt-oSwGJmtylH92n4fZOK_oFOM2IbH1RUhQkgLUpicziAzbcqKKMFc-Vq3kepIGdQVMpwfJlxt59pqmAws_QWjbJwTYEVA/s320/Daredevil_171-16.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />... or DD and <strong>Electra</strong> kickin' the holy hoo-ha out of one another...(DD #179, November 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sOzYBwo0Xai6ObPY07bea5uekuwuIxtjVzSkc7MiXsyFIBYf3NDySZd5tXq7V_F85z2lPALyuQo2O6vX82wOp_3dSjtXpjrIxfGljrhRZ8gM7ekgRphyphenhyphenOtCeyisDisjeoufgd60hqR4/s1600-h/Daredevil_179_18.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318388770367960130" style="width: 213px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sOzYBwo0Xai6ObPY07bea5uekuwuIxtjVzSkc7MiXsyFIBYf3NDySZd5tXq7V_F85z2lPALyuQo2O6vX82wOp_3dSjtXpjrIxfGljrhRZ8gM7ekgRphyphenhyphenOtCeyisDisjeoufgd60hqR4/s320/Daredevil_179_18.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq60dhCNVJJ16LI1ObIWtnVuDNzIYK7q4XuoOAk4HZ880yKRxaHjYj_0jYX9Udxut9FDKCguJEBANsh2S7w3NNybBM2EKXR12atZcGCDEhT3YdydCCqdPhwaWDafs2AZz-3OrpqCNb_zY/s1600-h/Daredevil_179_19.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318388782230317810" style="width: 215px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq60dhCNVJJ16LI1ObIWtnVuDNzIYK7q4XuoOAk4HZ880yKRxaHjYj_0jYX9Udxut9FDKCguJEBANsh2S7w3NNybBM2EKXR12atZcGCDEhT3YdydCCqdPhwaWDafs2AZz-3OrpqCNb_zY/s320/Daredevil_179_19.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>... or <strong>Electra</strong> layin' the smackdown on various hoods and thugs...(DD #178, October 1981)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OP-Br_9ZZcuSTivpVPZDbROR_ZDaanReLtSYPRTH8pTNk1wLMIJXZzIhwVJXrP7LWi3zhUdDzg1Nz03C4jFUK7k7kUO-NuxCoPfFAi7ax0wvUKPybYTVD-Lk5x9ugJG0vElyXyQXdgg/s1600-h/Daredevil+178-02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318388788440211394" style="width: 217px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OP-Br_9ZZcuSTivpVPZDbROR_ZDaanReLtSYPRTH8pTNk1wLMIJXZzIhwVJXrP7LWi3zhUdDzg1Nz03C4jFUK7k7kUO-NuxCoPfFAi7ax0wvUKPybYTVD-Lk5x9ugJG0vElyXyQXdgg/s320/Daredevil+178-02.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFsMos48OdX-GXHSFiFoaqef49H9U1p5XZ2kXS84bcPQ8KyM6ZerAHZqzGv5UfkDjn1ynQyD6I_sGsCseywwysXU3xBHAVmIfdqVdQRT0IuEFiY3N3gtdDpqJBAJnjo3pFZXS_Ck73VY/s1600-h/Daredevil+178-03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318388793617992546" style="width: 320px; height: 230px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFsMos48OdX-GXHSFiFoaqef49H9U1p5XZ2kXS84bcPQ8KyM6ZerAHZqzGv5UfkDjn1ynQyD6I_sGsCseywwysXU3xBHAVmIfdqVdQRT0IuEFiY3N3gtdDpqJBAJnjo3pFZXS_Ck73VY/s320/Daredevil+178-03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />... or ninjas taking down ninjas (DD #174, July 1981).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNtlgv4mB9IOwwchpuwmSYzzDcB4NmGTsTmGD3LqsiIlLNeDnQxksiCRQ2_gW37eND-HMZP1LMesO4dFSTEeXkmZvcO1O0ifPgeTDAKwjf-mOTC76cHcqr8fHihlgUojeKvdJ7_Rh71k/s1600-h/ninjas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318388798122303618" style="width: 262px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNtlgv4mB9IOwwchpuwmSYzzDcB4NmGTsTmGD3LqsiIlLNeDnQxksiCRQ2_gW37eND-HMZP1LMesO4dFSTEeXkmZvcO1O0ifPgeTDAKwjf-mOTC76cHcqr8fHihlgUojeKvdJ7_Rh71k/s320/ninjas.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br />Sometimes the violence was downright disturbing. Miller was adept at showing how brutal and callous mankind could be, as when <strong>Kingpin</strong> felt the need to use one of his flunkies as an object lesson as to why no one should ever mess with him. Ever (DD #172 again).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGtutP-sgcAStHRjN403k0hAlUXAXLLwhGwHJaBhGNnvGBmtS-s6vVe7ms2HXD2QXGhK_3taIkEvH5jvCLaTWHkQsI70FbafEb4_RFFtrFuZbv4i0h8_XVP_QEpYbIa8DyTw97PPZUE/s1600-h/Daredevil_172-12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318390203383182082" style="width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTGtutP-sgcAStHRjN403k0hAlUXAXLLwhGwHJaBhGNnvGBmtS-s6vVe7ms2HXD2QXGhK_3taIkEvH5jvCLaTWHkQsI70FbafEb4_RFFtrFuZbv4i0h8_XVP_QEpYbIa8DyTw97PPZUE/s320/Daredevil_172-12.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiA9lO1Sjr1bWTleJrUTaTTetP0sPtPwwuX5ReMfepM6txqF9EyvxatfPPnL3Q00otaHtAiDsxBl-KVZOd49QzSIBe5Ek01uAgUU6QAnGeKkO71_u8JYIqovdFBcG_WPEh2Mkb5UDorM/s1600-h/Daredevil_172-13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318390220436444610" style="width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiA9lO1Sjr1bWTleJrUTaTTetP0sPtPwwuX5ReMfepM6txqF9EyvxatfPPnL3Q00otaHtAiDsxBl-KVZOd49QzSIBe5Ek01uAgUU6QAnGeKkO71_u8JYIqovdFBcG_WPEh2Mkb5UDorM/s320/Daredevil_172-13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But to me, the most terrifying violence is the psychological kind. Miller showed that DD's lady-love, <strong>Electra</strong>, was its brutal master in this scene with a stoolie and reporter Ben Urich... (DD #179 again)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_WUsNP4xNGZw0Fku3OPIu6w60w0seDIz4-Se39rfA1EUcyIgKu7MJHCoCpDP-OtpCmqadyNvCVMZe-wCQlV7RlWGCNqhH_MLezgqaeZVpdVd36XZg7k4D3tMKYLKwVSHJMQjFKFangY/s1600-h/Daredevil_179_02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318390224114184418" style="width: 218px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_WUsNP4xNGZw0Fku3OPIu6w60w0seDIz4-Se39rfA1EUcyIgKu7MJHCoCpDP-OtpCmqadyNvCVMZe-wCQlV7RlWGCNqhH_MLezgqaeZVpdVd36XZg7k4D3tMKYLKwVSHJMQjFKFangY/s320/Daredevil_179_02.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVo2hnGyPNYhq1KIt7lmeCrx4zVZ-5DcKLLlTjcfOs8rpUrdSv7PKT0y_Dz7yc5LSeyzJUANxenVdLZGbJxKtx6R3mdGIWl9nbbCFh7b-IMzxIdpw0JfYXfxsnZ87eH8wBKzqj-qbcFM/s1600-h/Daredevil_179_03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318390234388332450" style="width: 221px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVo2hnGyPNYhq1KIt7lmeCrx4zVZ-5DcKLLlTjcfOs8rpUrdSv7PKT0y_Dz7yc5LSeyzJUANxenVdLZGbJxKtx6R3mdGIWl9nbbCFh7b-IMzxIdpw0JfYXfxsnZ87eH8wBKzqj-qbcFM/s320/Daredevil_179_03.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh, and you can blame the Comics Code, not Frank Miller, for the swords, knives, and sai's that could puncture flesh, muscle, bones, and organs but not the front of a shirt or coat. Miller had no intention of hiding the fact that violence was brutal and that it had terrible consequences. You could say that Miller's theme throughout his entire tenure as <em>Daredevil</em> writer/artist was violence and its consequences. Just think about how in Miller's second issue (DD #169, December 1980), DD defeated <strong>Bullseye</strong> and could have left him for dead. As the helpless villain lay unconscious, about to be run over by an oncoming subway train, our hero waged a war in his heart about how right or wrong such an action would be--and rescued his arch enemy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGV6sbmgdLuE423b_fmRfEFHBZf3mIL-F8iUFTmcGD0Nijss6corq4ygjxR3U0hVrChhM4xvpbRRPIvs5kMZ91xOuAwBbRHFauqgJHm_j-NiQyOPLgoQwNkv1zuH8cGtz0us4SpQg4Jf8/s1600-h/Daredevil_169-21.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318392797742283442" style="width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGV6sbmgdLuE423b_fmRfEFHBZf3mIL-F8iUFTmcGD0Nijss6corq4ygjxR3U0hVrChhM4xvpbRRPIvs5kMZ91xOuAwBbRHFauqgJHm_j-NiQyOPLgoQwNkv1zuH8cGtz0us4SpQg4Jf8/s320/Daredevil_169-21.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The same arch enemy who would later callously murder his beloved <strong>Elektra</strong>...(DD #181, January 1982)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFLlu0Xk77t9J7yaM6Zv9HH0dIPQ0FliVDSY9CiKp6yCvKXbnlb3fY1RHs7x0P7AUFy_wvo4JScbt7J4UFPKeXQu6PQfyFhQKTW5PVWCnfkD3z5wLHCKNDW6k9xgCWoroqqW4lPeLdOw/s1600-h/Daredevil+181-23+.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318392805527899570" style="width: 213px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFLlu0Xk77t9J7yaM6Zv9HH0dIPQ0FliVDSY9CiKp6yCvKXbnlb3fY1RHs7x0P7AUFy_wvo4JScbt7J4UFPKeXQu6PQfyFhQKTW5PVWCnfkD3z5wLHCKNDW6k9xgCWoroqqW4lPeLdOw/s320/Daredevil+181-23+.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7eD45w25Jeoh42D6EN5So08TbDTgCuaMHy0aSJKtrIHTeY5ceWCg_naodRrRFUJQURakFaO_PIjbTzBBMG2V09c0zDXr7L7M3T967eyQ4FqlaH7rWLeoOcno7bQsYPbkrCYXuPJJclE/s1600-h/Daredevil+181-24+.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318392813276152258" style="width: 102px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii7eD45w25Jeoh42D6EN5So08TbDTgCuaMHy0aSJKtrIHTeY5ceWCg_naodRrRFUJQURakFaO_PIjbTzBBMG2V09c0zDXr7L7M3T967eyQ4FqlaH7rWLeoOcno7bQsYPbkrCYXuPJJclE/s320/Daredevil+181-24+.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...causing <strong>Daredevil</strong> to rethink his stance on justice and mercy...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2N83w-WiMaQZmCXYYfHN-Y9fUvSSHamFVBftqGK0W_KvboVCvyTSsedLinUnXwhxIoG1zhC_C-bKQ5L7jP82dy9vBhXVpFPCFKmua4vGMmTkkbmtUQ_ddiffnfXe6kswcbGGFg3dmpE/s1600-h/Daredevil+181-35+.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318392810487554210" style="width: 210px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2N83w-WiMaQZmCXYYfHN-Y9fUvSSHamFVBftqGK0W_KvboVCvyTSsedLinUnXwhxIoG1zhC_C-bKQ5L7jP82dy9vBhXVpFPCFKmua4vGMmTkkbmtUQ_ddiffnfXe6kswcbGGFg3dmpE/s320/Daredevil+181-35+.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and hardening our hero to the point that, in Miller's final issue as writer/artist (DD #191, November 1982), he would sit by <strong>Bullseye</strong>'s bedside and torture him with a game of Russian Roulette.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V8T7X2Yq-aw66Sm4loFBzQdJPbfpOjdrj_eq2dilIS4l-kNKfEnX2mdjm8rdP00h_ygcy1rzpNG3loDDpkjoTXkyTOiZ1Ta5Sunh2S8T6hU44gmD0b0JM3H3bldBeibvpsn1RQjIlyc/s1600-h/DareDevil+191-01.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318395115011414946" style="width: 205px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6V8T7X2Yq-aw66Sm4loFBzQdJPbfpOjdrj_eq2dilIS4l-kNKfEnX2mdjm8rdP00h_ygcy1rzpNG3loDDpkjoTXkyTOiZ1Ta5Sunh2S8T6hU44gmD0b0JM3H3bldBeibvpsn1RQjIlyc/s320/DareDevil+191-01.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuZ9inarvjRzCASVunWtZfPghhSInJiCvOIeVx-EKkEljSGmzuSTLM44nysR7Ddbx_Qf3p6wPHwYMDB1G-NR75q7t9lIs6VzszCb46MS84I6UlkFsm4X2XDwItsnm5G-lqSl7Zo-FIvs/s1600-h/DareDevil+191-02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318395131949256946" style="width: 204px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuZ9inarvjRzCASVunWtZfPghhSInJiCvOIeVx-EKkEljSGmzuSTLM44nysR7Ddbx_Qf3p6wPHwYMDB1G-NR75q7t9lIs6VzszCb46MS84I6UlkFsm4X2XDwItsnm5G-lqSl7Zo-FIvs/s320/DareDevil+191-02.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGdudO1LwOnRQPH0Q3vdaewbJ5lO0yVuA-T7NvhT7nA9xYfDtUr-w6Rr5IKGAQuPFBcVF0V6-arJKMmKoOoLhPuVYdXOeraXdxsSRY83VaTIvCJyBNyOUbdEbS37Gp7u3BW4zfXKQmSM/s1600-h/DareDevil+191-20.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318395136785442258" style="width: 205px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGdudO1LwOnRQPH0Q3vdaewbJ5lO0yVuA-T7NvhT7nA9xYfDtUr-w6Rr5IKGAQuPFBcVF0V6-arJKMmKoOoLhPuVYdXOeraXdxsSRY83VaTIvCJyBNyOUbdEbS37Gp7u3BW4zfXKQmSM/s320/DareDevil+191-20.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedUDHgsu2QfhY-H2BU76h2HA0qyqeic6A6oE9D_axn4n7Rufqp7pChcgxLqYrvM26Td0W6BXJQDcsOY2mX4mNzetv2tVdj3bhyuI35L8H65sNRQL-AeiuRlIkHJSemOoMKSzUt_cAj50/s1600-h/DareDevil+191-21.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318395141974793298" style="width: 200px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedUDHgsu2QfhY-H2BU76h2HA0qyqeic6A6oE9D_axn4n7Rufqp7pChcgxLqYrvM26Td0W6BXJQDcsOY2mX4mNzetv2tVdj3bhyuI35L8H65sNRQL-AeiuRlIkHJSemOoMKSzUt_cAj50/s320/DareDevil+191-21.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And that was Miller learning his trade, dudes and dudettes. In upcoming posts, we'll be looking at Miller on top of his game and unleashed on the original <em>Wolverine</em> mini-series, <strong>Batman</strong> (<em>The Dark Knight Returns</em> and <em>Year One</em>), <em>Ronin</em>, and his writer-only return to <strong>Daredevil</strong> "Born Again". Stay tuned!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next week: "What It Is: the Nexus of Capital Comics"!</span><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435973063547227734.post-1637776537593923842009-04-03T00:02:00.001-04:002009-04-03T18:35:21.982-04:00Welcome to the 80s!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NwFudwroppNLL2_hRQ3bezbalpWEIWRJ7GYXYk8oueHca9IayzeO1G011FLMKNfXlAiQJTNnI-1z9o6phX6-z6t7znMir4KTbVgxb0Ca_M05nuBVU298cpjWk1Q80kvpoFKO2BPmSD8/s1600-h/captainvictory1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312474188588289218" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 206px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NwFudwroppNLL2_hRQ3bezbalpWEIWRJ7GYXYk8oueHca9IayzeO1G011FLMKNfXlAiQJTNnI-1z9o6phX6-z6t7znMir4KTbVgxb0Ca_M05nuBVU298cpjWk1Q80kvpoFKO2BPmSD8/s320/captainvictory1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Comicbooks of the 1980s! When the decade started, Marvel and DC were the undisputed rulers of the comicbook kingdom. Archie Comics was still jogging along while Harvey and Charlton were on their last legs. Comic Shops were starting to spread across the country, and new publishers like Eclipse and Pacific started wooing top talent away from the "Big 2" with incentives like creator ownership and royalties. And although Comics Shops were popping up, comicbook sales, which still depended on newsstand sales, were in the dumper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUc2Xg7Te5DDav_QzsEaKTfkknNDAFXK6INjdNF4DJ9L0hzksvkVPj17Wa0Pn1OqAhl8jnfYslfRmdhBgJcRl5E5RuL98Pk5T4b-_YKjyXM9S2K-lBLD6B0ZHAooy5nk2c8lqCHsNMfXE/s1600-h/nexus1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312474321486901026" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 231px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUc2Xg7Te5DDav_QzsEaKTfkknNDAFXK6INjdNF4DJ9L0hzksvkVPj17Wa0Pn1OqAhl8jnfYslfRmdhBgJcRl5E5RuL98Pk5T4b-_YKjyXM9S2K-lBLD6B0ZHAooy5nk2c8lqCHsNMfXE/s320/nexus1.jpg" border="0" /></a>As the decade got rolling, things began to rapidly change. More new publishers began popping up, bringing out characters who would, for a time, actually give the heroes of the Big 2 a run for their money. Besides Eclipse and Pacific, Capital, Comico, and Fantagraphics would produce comics and turn out new stars the likes of which the newsstand-friendly, comics code-approved Marvel and DC could not. Of course, the folks who ran the Big 2 weren't total fools. They dipped their toes into the Direct Sales (Comics Shops only) market, liked how the water felt, and dove in with abandon, creating new formats, imprints, and a flurry of reprint material in an effort to claim all the shelf-space in every comics shop.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzWRUb67nLKTR-uELW1dKpUO-7LLTpwdr4ncRad1oQdx6wrRgZUTgxbvZzAV-YYYaxdyzf6Ula82Qw1GbgXMGc1pae82jGcX9bKl0XHHvZ9eJvvkpe1e__vgrLU343y1vOvzBtos1adI/s1600-h/warrior2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312474532781917218" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 226px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZzWRUb67nLKTR-uELW1dKpUO-7LLTpwdr4ncRad1oQdx6wrRgZUTgxbvZzAV-YYYaxdyzf6Ula82Qw1GbgXMGc1pae82jGcX9bKl0XHHvZ9eJvvkpe1e__vgrLU343y1vOvzBtos1adI/s320/warrior2.jpg" border="0" /></a>While the Big 2 grabbed and held on to the lion's share of the shelf space, what seemed like hundreds of "independent" or "indy" (non-Marvel/DC) companies followed Eclipse and the other indy pioneers' lead and began producing not only super-heroes, but sci-fi, horror, high-adventure, satire, funny animals, and much more. Even underground publisher Kitchen Sink "went straight" and began mixing comics like <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Spirit, Steve Canyon</span>, and the super-hero parody <span style="font-weight: bold;">Megaton Man</span> in with their sex and dope fare. Fans who had been growing bored with comics from 1978 to 1980 started finding comics that excited them again.<br /><br />It was the publishers from "across the pond" who really shook things up. <span style="font-style: italic;">2000A.D.</span> with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Judge Dredd</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Warrior</span> with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Marvelman</span> turned superhero comics on their ear and had fans who'd grown tired of the DC and Marvel formulas gobbling them up like E.T. with a pack of Reeces' Pieces.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJhPhT17JEU67jx7KKhLZ9CKcwiI1Lve4s_Dk09RwDJOFSkmDLtJlQFaz9dyMTXGRpKyC4U8395g2fPkNjvg0Xaz4rbLMcIEfFHx_kpwK10VQAKOErdfNKxKYUFNw3xZyKUmEnIBDaJo/s1600-h/americanflagg1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312474846619755314" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 207px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjJhPhT17JEU67jx7KKhLZ9CKcwiI1Lve4s_Dk09RwDJOFSkmDLtJlQFaz9dyMTXGRpKyC4U8395g2fPkNjvg0Xaz4rbLMcIEfFHx_kpwK10VQAKOErdfNKxKYUFNw3xZyKUmEnIBDaJo/s320/americanflagg1.jpg" border="0" /></a>And then--<br /><br />Have I gotten your attention yet? Are you interested in the details? Want to know more about the comics of the 1980s? Then you've come to the right place! Blinded Me with Comics will pull back the curtain on the comics, characters, and creators of the MTV decade. From the most famous (<span style="font-style: italic;">Watchmen, Dark Knight Returns, Secret Wars</span>) to the most obscure (<span style="font-style: italic;">Neil the Horse, Big Ben, Thriller</span>), BMwC will attempt to cover it all Friday after Friday.<br /><br />It all begins next Friday with "A Ballet of Violence: Frank Miller and Daredevil's Greatest Hits". Be here!The Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.com11