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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 23, 2024 8:32:09 GMT -5
In Marvel Preview #14, there's a house ad for issue #16, meant to present a Weirdworld story in full colour written by Doug Moench an drawn by Michael Golden. As a big Golden fan I was shocked never to have heard of that project, but since issue #16 featured something else entirely, I'm tempted to think that the project was derailed and recycled as the three issues-long Weirdworld story published as Marvel Super Special #11-13.
According to Wikipedia, Marvel had a fight with several freelancers at the time over new work-for-hire contracts, and Mike Ploog is even said to have pulled out of the project after having drawn more than a hundred pages, which he kept.
My guess is that Golden was considered as a replacement and that the book was put on the schedule, but that somehow things fell through anyway.
Does anyone have information on this unfortunate story? A Weirdworld story drawn by Golden, or the original pages drawn by Ploog, both trigger a Pavlov reaction in this humble fan!
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 23, 2024 8:46:22 GMT -5
In Marvel Preview #14, there's a house ad for issue #16, meant to present a Weirdworld story in full colour written by Doug Moench an drawn by Michael Golden. As a big Golden fan I was shocked never to have heard of that project, but since issue #16 featured something else entirely, I'm tempted to think that the project was derailed and recycled as the three issues-long Weirdworld story published as Marvel Super Special #11-13. According to Wikipedia, Marvel had a fight with several freelancers at the time over new work-for-hire contracts, and Mike Ploog is even said to have pulled out of the project after having drawn more than a hundred pages, which he kept. My guess is that Golden was considered as a replacement and that the book was put on the schedule, but that somehow things fell through anyway. Does anyone have information on this unfortunate story? A Weirdworld story drawn by Golden, or the original pages drawn by Ploog, both trigger a Pavlov reaction in this humble fan! From what I've read and and heard, Ploog left Marvel and blamed Jim Shooter. It was the practice of the publishers at the time to never give anything other than work for hire to any of the creators. Neal Adams did a similar move when he was drawing the X-men Graphic novel " God loves, man kills". It was eventually done by Brent Anderson. Even today, if you do any work for established characters, you get only get page rates and such. This is the era of Kickstarter type books. But I wonder has any Kickstarter project hit the big time yet in the form of a big movie and a huge payday ? |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 23, 2024 9:23:48 GMT -5
What's the first appearance of the (a) Kryptonian Thought Beast? "The Scarlet Jungle of Krypton," the third story in Superboy #87 (March 1967).
Cei-U! I summon the Kryptonian kritter!
Thank you! The usual wiki-type sources didn't tell me that, probably because it's a species not a character. Anyway, now that I've seen the cover I I need Superboy 87 more than life itself. |
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Post by majestic on Nov 23, 2024 12:29:11 GMT -5
Has there ever been a story about trying to create another Sub-Mariner by having a human mate with an Atlantean? Or Aquaman at DC?
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 23, 2024 13:48:53 GMT -5
Has there ever been a story about trying to create another Sub-Mariner by having a human mate with an Atlantean? Or Aquaman at DC? IIRC, at least one of the origins of Aquaman was that he himself was the offspring of a human father and an Atlantean mother. But then, I'm a Baby Boomer, so what do I know about anything past about 1969?  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 23, 2024 13:54:47 GMT -5
Does anyone know what were the circumstances around why Brian Michael Bendis left DC? I followed the first 8 months of his Superman titles and dropped it. I think it was because it was too expensive to follow all the books when you factored in the crossovers. Did his titles Peter out or did DC figure he wasn't worth it ?
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 23, 2024 13:59:29 GMT -5
Does anyone know what were the circumstances around why Brian Michael Bendis left DC? I followed the first 8 months of his Superman titles and dropped it. I think it was because it was too expensive to follow all the books when you factored in the crossovers. Did his titles Peter out or did DC figure he wasn't worth it ? It was Shooter's fault. |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 23, 2024 14:36:11 GMT -5
Has there ever been a story about trying to create another Sub-Mariner by having a human mate with an Atlantean? Or Aquaman at DC? IIRC, at least one of the origins of Aquaman was that he himself was the offspring of a human father and an Atlantean mother. But then, I'm a Baby Boomer, so what do I know about anything past about 1969? Your expertise goes up until only 1969? Perfect. I can ask you questions about 1950s wrestling on the DuMont Network, right? |
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Post by Dizzy D on Nov 23, 2024 15:52:03 GMT -5
Does anyone know what were the circumstances around why Brian Michael Bendis left DC? I followed the first 8 months of his Superman titles and dropped it. I think it was because it was too expensive to follow all the books when you factored in the crossovers. Did his titles Peter out or did DC figure he wasn't worth it ? Wasn't this around the time that WB itself was getting sold off? (Everything moves so fast these days that I can be years off). I'm speculating but the future of the company around that time was very uncertain, so he might have just left because of that. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 23, 2024 15:53:03 GMT -5
IIRC, at least one of the origins of Aquaman was that he himself was the offspring of a human father and an Atlantean mother. But then, I'm a Baby Boomer, so what do I know about anything past about 1969? Your expertise goes up until only 1969? Perfect. I can ask you questions about 1950s wrestling on the DuMont Network, right? Saturday nights from the Marigold in Chicago. Also boxing from St. Nicholas Arena in NYC. Friday nights. Oh, and and I wouldn't call it expertise. I can barely remember how much time is left in a football game when they give the two-minute warning. |
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 23, 2024 16:45:00 GMT -5
Oh, and and I wouldn't call it expertise. I can barely remember how much time is left in a football game when they give the two-minute warning. At least 10 to 15 minutes. |
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Post by majestic on Nov 23, 2024 18:05:17 GMT -5
Does anyone know what were the circumstances around why Brian Michael Bendis left DC? I followed the first 8 months of his Superman titles and dropped it. I think it was because it was too expensive to follow all the books when you factored in the crossovers. Did his titles Peter out or did DC figure he wasn't worth it ? DC restructured around 2020-2021. Didio was let go and a lot of editors. Exclusive contracts were allowed to lapse. Plus Bendis' titles weren't as popular as DC had hoped. |
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