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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2020 22:05:44 GMT -5
A promo piece produced by DC circa 1984 looking at the 50th anniversary of DC Comics and featuring interviews by (sic) Jack Ryder with a number of creative folks at DC Comics at the anniversary party-including, but not limited to Karen Berger, Dick Giordano, Joe Orlando, Julie Schwartz, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Mike Barr, Todd Klein, Ron Randall,Paul Kupperberg, Steve Lightle, Larry Mahlstedt, Don McGregor, Alan Gold, Andrew Hefler and others.
The thing that stood out to me was learning there was supposed ot be a series of DC/First cross-overs with a Batman Jon Sable book done by Mike Grell to lead it off, but I guess they never materialized, and I don't really know the story behind that (well that and how young all the creators looked and all the hideous/glorious 80s fashions).
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Post by chadwilliam on Jan 5, 2020 22:36:14 GMT -5
A promo piece produced by DC circa 1984 looking at the 50th anniversary of DC Comics and featuring interviews by (sic) Jack Ryder with a number of creative folks at DC Comics at the anniversary party-including, but not limited to Karen Berger, Dick Giordano, Joe Orlando, Julie Schwartz, Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Mike Barr, Todd Klein, Ron Randall,Paul Kupperberg, Steve Lightle, Larry Mahlstedt, Don McGregor, Alan Gold, Andrew Hefler and others. The thing that stood out to me was learning there was supposed ot be a series of DC/First cross-overs with a Batman Jon Sable book done by Mike Grell to lead it off, but I guess they never materialized, and I don't really know the story behind that (well that and how young all the creators looked and all the hideous/glorious 80s fashions). -M www.cbr.com/batman-jon-sable-crossover/2/
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 6, 2020 1:11:08 GMT -5
Dere's a lotta New Yawk and east coast accents in theyah.
Don McGregor I don't know if I ever even saw a photo of before, so seeing and hearing him, and also Joe Orlando, is pretty cool! They brought Wonder Woman out to the Empress Hotel here one year, but I couldn't tell you if it was the same one.
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 7, 2020 15:45:19 GMT -5
This week's cover contest got me looking back at the celebrity-packed cover to Superman vs. Muhammad Ali and I noticed this: Ms. Mystic, one of cover artist Neal Adams' creations, is depicted and listed as a DC character. According to the GCD, this is her first appearance, four years prior to her first adventure published in Ms. Mystic #1 by Pacific Comics. I didn't recall ever hearing that the character was developed as a property for DC Comics. Quick research shows that Mike Netzer (a.k.a. Mike Nasser, who is also in the crowd at number 157) sued Adams, contending that Ms. Mystic was co-created by him and Adams in 1977 at the direction of DC art director Vince Colletta (in the crowd at number 113).
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 7, 2020 16:44:13 GMT -5
Great catch, MW!
I've believed for years that the unnumbered person to the left of #163 (between Ali's legs) is Stan Lee. Anyone else see a resemblance?
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Post by MWGallaher on Jan 7, 2020 21:50:07 GMT -5
Great catch, MW! I've believed for years that the unnumbered person to the left of #163 (between Ali's legs) is Stan Lee. Anyone else see a resemblance? I think you are right about that, Rob. He's conspicuously unidentified in the key. Steve Gerber also appears to be there, next to Brooke Shields, Gerber being unidentified as well. And I can recognize Mark Hanerfield, the model for Abel, in the crowd, too. There's gotta be a complete key somewhere on the internet! And of course, DC subscription staffer Carol Fein is in the crowd--Adams obviously had a thing for her, right?
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Post by MDG on Jan 8, 2020 10:25:14 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Jan 8, 2020 15:19:55 GMT -5
Anyone ever listen to the FF radio show from the 70s? It seems like these had the same kind of budget as the 1960s Grantray-Lawrence cartoons, in that it doesn't feel like they wrote scripts--the actors just read the comics. Granted, there was enough extraneous exposition in those books to explain a lot of things, but sometimes there's not much of a clue to what's actually going on.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 8, 2020 15:27:51 GMT -5
I used to have a bootleg video that had something similar from DC, around the 50th of Superman. I distinctly recall Barbara Randall (not yet Kessler) acting goofy.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 8, 2020 15:30:59 GMT -5
Anyone ever listen to the FF radio show from the 70s? It seems like these had the same kind of budget as the 1960s Grantray-Lawrence cartoons, in that it doesn't feel like they wrote scripts--the actors just read the comics. Granted, there was enough extraneous exposition in those books to explain a lot of things, but sometimes there's not much of a clue to what's actually going on. Bill Murray as the Human Torch!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 1:41:25 GMT -5
I think I've posted this before but it was brought to my attention again, it's a clip from the Mike Douglas show from July 1977, where Phil Seuling appears to talk comic books (along with gushing fanboy Jamie Farr). It really does give you a snapshot of how comics were perceived in the late 70s by the general public as well. There's also a surprise appearance by a (pre-Elfquest) Wendy Pini at the end of the clip...
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 12, 2020 9:54:00 GMT -5
I think I've posted this before but it was brought to my attention again, it's a clip from the Mike Douglas show from July 1977, where Phil Seuling appears to talk comic books (along with gushing fanboy Jamie Farr). It really does give you a snapshot of how comics were perceived in the late 70s by the general public as well. There's also a surprise appearance by a (pre-Elfquest) Wendy Pini at the end of the clip... -M Slab-lovers will be gasping as they watch Seuling and Mike Douglas manhandle these comics. And does anyone recognize that "comedian" on the far right, next to Jamie Farr? I feel about him the way the young Alvy Singer felt about Joey Nichols.
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 12, 2020 11:02:35 GMT -5
This is the first I've ever seen Phil Seuling and I had no idea Jamie Farr was such a fan.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 12, 2020 13:41:39 GMT -5
I was thinking how Phil Seuling could've been a relative of Lou Ferigno's! That comedian on the end was like a lot of older people then; comics were 'the funnies', if not embarrassing junk and/or a bad influence (like rock & roll).
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Jan 12, 2020 16:00:05 GMT -5
I think I've posted this before but it was brought to my attention again, it's a clip from the Mike Douglas show from July 1977, where Phil Seuling appears to talk comic books (along with gushing fanboy Jamie Farr). It really does give you a snapshot of how comics were perceived in the late 70s by the general public as well. There's also a surprise appearance by a (pre-Elfquest) Wendy Pini at the end of the clip... -M Slab-lovers will be gasping as they watch Seuling and Mike Douglas manhandle these comics. And does anyone recognize that "comedian" on the far right, next to Jamie Farr? I feel about him the way the young Alvy Singer felt about Joey Nichols. Fabian is on the far left and Jerry Lester is on the far right.
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