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- Writer/Illustrator/Comics Historian. Co-host of The Fire and Water Podcast, host of The Film and Water Podcast, TreasuryCast, and other shows on The Fire and Water Podcast Network.
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- Hawkman - 1986
- Adventure Comics - 1978
- Action Comics - 1971
- Rip Hunter - 1960
- Sgt. Bilko - 1956
- Showcase - 1978
- Crisis on Infinite Earths - 1985
- Crisis on Infinite Earths - 1985
- Hot Wheels - 1970
- Showcase: Dr. Fate and Hourman - 1965
- Superboy - 1973
- The Metal Men - 1963
- Binky's Buddies / Scooter - 1970
- Detective Comics - 1969
- Omac - 1974
- Astonishing Tales - 1970
- Adventure Comics - 1980
- Showcase: Hawkman - 1978
- Action Comics / Batman - 1978
- "The Great One Is Coming!" - 1970
- Swamp Thing / Kamandi - 1973
- Detective Comics - 1987
- Arion, Lord of Atlantis - 1985
- DC Special - 1969
- Hawkman - 1962
- Superman - 1968
- The Spectre - 1967
- Plastic Man - 1966
- Lois Lane - 1970
- The Flash - 1970
- Detective Comics - 1979
- The Flash - 1979
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4 comments:
Not bad, but I still think the illo. for "Shadow War" was among the best house ads ever.
If I'm not mistaken, the series this ad trumpets was pretty much the last hooray for the Silver Age Hawkman I had grown up with. Oh, he and Hawkwoman appeared in the pages of JLI after this as the "old fuddy-duddys" shocked by the "wacky" behavior of the Guy/Beetle/Booster League - uggh, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little - but this is the last time he was handled well.
Now, he doesn't even exist. Just another childhood hero sacrificed on the altar of "this month's sales figures." But I'm not bitter. :-)
Sadly agreed. I've tried to read Hawkman series since, and while I've enjoyed some more than others, none have captured the appeal of the Hawks, individually or as a couple. Why can't comic book writers understand how to write solid adventures around a happy marriage?
Happy marraiges aren't "edgy and gritty" enough.
(Though as someone wiser than me has said, "gloomy" would be a better word for much "post-modern" than gritty.)
Best,
-Craig W.
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