#gerry conway

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Fire and Ice (1983)

#fire and ice gif #ralph bakshi #frank frazetta #80s movies #80s fantasy movies #animated features #gerry conway #roy thomas #larn #teegra #darkwolf #nekron #sword and sorcery #animation #1980s #1983 #gif #chronoscaph gif

[inhousearchive]

House-ad for Man-Bat (1976), a would-be ongoing series by Gerry Conway and Steve Ditko. The book was cancelled after just two issues due to low sales.

#man-bat #man-bat 1976 #manbat #kirk langstrom #batman #gerry conway #steve ditko #house-ad #house ad #dc #dc comics #dcedit #comicedit #comicsedit #70s

[evilhorse]

Now…I need the Justice Society!

(All-Star Comics #62)

#all-star comics #justice society of america #jsa #super squad #hawkman #carter hall #signal #in trouble #earth 2 #multiverse #gerry conway #paul levitz #keith giffen #wally wood #dc comics #comics #70s comics #bronze age comics

[nerds-yearbook]

Issue 200# of the Superman Family, cover date April, 1980, presented a possible future (somewhere around the year 2000). In this future, Superman and Lois Lane were married with a daughter named Laura who was just discovering her powers. On their wedding anniversary Lois learned she was pregnant and it was decided that Clark would become a stay at home dad so Lois could continue her career as a reporter. ("Lois Lane: Unhappy Anniversary", "Jimmy Olsen: The Thief At Sky's Edge", "Private Life of Clark Kent: Clark Kent's Frantic Fan", "Superwoman: Something Swims the Time Stream", "Mr and Mrs Superman: Celebration", The Superman Family 200#, DC Comic Event)

#nerds yearbook #real life event #first appearance #comic book #dc comics #dc #april #1980 #superman family #superman #gerry conway #bob oksner #alex saviuk #kurt schaffenberger #win mortimer #lois lane #laura kent #jimmy olsen #metropolis #the daily planet #1999 #2000 #lucy lane #superwoman #perry white #wedding anniversary #lana lang #bruce wayne #dick grayson #barbara gordon

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

BHOC: MARVEL TALES #101

This issue of MARVEL TALES presented me with a slightly more manageable conundrum. I didn’t own a copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #124, the issue that was reprinted here, but I had read it. I believe my school buddy Don Sims had a copy, and I’d read it at his place at some point. Consequently, this issue would hold very few surprises for me. But it was still a relatively simple choice to drop 35 cents…

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#Amazing Spider-Man #Gerry Conway #Gil Kane #John Romita #Marvel #Marvel Tales

[rassilon-imprimatur]

Batman #348 (”Shadow Play”)

Detective Comics #592 (“The Fear”)

Batman: Shadow of the Bat #2 (The Last Arkham)

#Batman #Bruce Wayne #Gerry Conway #Alan Grant #Gene Colan #Klaus Janson #Adrienne Roy #Norm Breyfogle

[ewzzy]

Methinks thou dost suffer too well, youth.

#thor #spider-man #peter parker #ross andru #gerry conway #marvel comics

[all-action-all-picture]

1975 ad for The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

#1975 #dc #dc comics #king arthur #joe orlando #nestor redondo #gerry conway

[northoftheroad]

https://13thdimension.com/flight-of-passage-from-robin-to-nightwing-40-years-later/

EDIT. I notice both Gerry Conway and Marv Wolfman wants to take credit for the idea of letting Dick become Nightwing and create a new Robin for Batman to hang out with...

Gerry Conway:

Marv Wolfmann (from another article at the same website):

#dick grayson #nightwing #robin #batman #marv wolfman #gerry conway #taking credit for nightwing #the history of nightwing

[mjwatson-daily]

Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #143 Writer: Gerry Conway, Pencils: Ross Andru

#Gerry Conway #mary jane watson #peter parker #spider man #Ross Andru

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Fire and Ice (1983)

#fire and ice gif #ralph bakshi gif #frank frazetta #sword and sorcery #80s fantasy movies #darkwolf #animated features #gerry conway #roy thomas #animation #1980s #1983 #gif #chronoscaph gif

[aboutzatanna]

Hey, remember that JLU episode titled ‘The Once And Future Thing: Weird Western Tales’ where a couple of JL members ended up stranded in the old West thanks to time travel?  

Well, turns out there was a comic book very similar to it written by Gerry Conway with art by Don Heck but starring a different set of JL members which may or may not have been the inspiration for the episode:   

The episode was written by the late Dwayne McDuffie who was no stranger to writing in references to older comics. For instance, the two parter ‘Brave and the Bold’ Flash’s hallucinations were references to various Silver Age Flash comic covers and he was also very open about the fact that the line up for the Terra Beyond two parter was based on Marvel comics Defenders (no not the Netflix team, the one with Namor and Dr Strange). Even the episode title itself, ‘Weird Western Tales’ is a reference to the long running anthology series of the same name featuring DC’s western characters. 

The story arc in the comics ran from Justice League of America Vol 1 #198-199.     

While it’s hard to conclusively say that the episode was inspired by the comic, there are some interesting similarities like Batlash’s introduction here:   

I posted Zatanna’s meeting with Cinnamon earlier in another post but here is a little excerpt:  

Interesting to note that one of the goons calls her an ‘Eastern Filly’ (is it because of the way she was dressed or a subtle hint that she is not 100% Caucasian?).  The heroes and their new Western cowboy friends all meet at a Saloon: 

Then they all ride off on horses out of town to confront the villain and of course, faces robot cowboys:   

The differences begin with the choice of the time travelling villain, the comic went with classic JL villain: the Lord of Time:   

JLU went with David Clinton, aka Chronos. He’s a different villain who is primarily the enemy of the Atom/Ray Palmer but has also fought the JL on occasion.   

The Lord of Time on the other hand, is a conqueror from the future who travelled back in time with future technology to conquer the past and rule the future. Sound familiar? He was Kang before Kang.  Since JLU’s version of Chronos comes from the future, you could make a case that version is a combination Chronos and Lord of Time.   

Then of course,  there is the line up, the comic features Zatanna, Elongated Man, Barry Allen and Hal Jordan whereas the show features Wonder Woman, Batman and Green Lantern.  Superman also appears trying to thwart the Lord of Time in the present day.     

On the Western heroes side, we got Diablo instead of Cinnamon and Scalphunter is replaced by Pow Wow Smith (and it only takes a cursory glance at the characters wikipedia pages to see why the socially conscious Dwayne McDuffie made that choice).   

The plot of the JLU episode involved a corrupt sheriff using future technology to take over the town but the plot of the comic is a little different. The Lord of Time sent the heroes back in time, erased their memories, because an anti matter meteor was set to strike earth on that day.   The LoT is counting on the heroes to stop the meteor so he can have it for himself so he can use it to conquer the world.  (Why he doesn’t just get the meteor himself? Maybe he didn’t have the technology to?) 

Anyway, the heroes learn about the anti matter meteor heading towards them, Zatanna is reluctant to leave her new found cowgirl girlfriend with her friends to fight the robots:

But she ends up going anyway:   

Can I just say, I really like this shot of Zee and Green Lantern flying together? Even though she is depowered during this period, they never really stuck strictly to the ‘she can only manipulate the elements’ ethos.  Having her flying alongside GL and being unabashed powerhouse is really cool and shows her place among the DCU. There is no ‘she has to be taken out so someone else can shine’ bs here.  Also, reading these comics, I have felt that GL makes the most sense as the field leader of the JL; power based on creativity and will power and they are specifically trained to work together and take on strange extra terrestrial or otherwise threats. I think any of the human GL’s (except maybe Guy) can lead the team.  

Zatanna and GL  manage to stop the meteor. But in present timeline the Lord of Time ends up defeated by Superman (early on he got in a kryptonite trap set by the LoT but managed to escape) just as the time trapped Leaguers make their way back.      

Awww, a krytonite waterfall wasn’t that bad, Clark.    

Overall, the issue was alright. It does feel like placeholder (albeit a fun one) before the big #200 celebration issue (I posted some scans from that here). Come to think of it, the episode came off as filler as well, with the Western parts feeling like a fun romp and ultimately inconsequential to the arcs of the main heroes but the follow up portion set in the Batman Beyond timeline was more impactful and memorable.   

#zatanna #zatanna zatara #flash #barry allen #green lantern #hal jordan #superman #clark kent #elongated man #ralph dibny #john stewart #justice league of america #jlu #justice league unlimited #dwayne mcduffie #gerry conway #dcau

[evilhorse]

Doctor Fate will not live through the night!

(All-Star Comics #62)

#all-star comics #justice society of america #jsa #super squad #dr fate #kent nelson #dr midnite #charles mcnider #wildcat #ted grant #star spangled kid #sylvester pemberton #power girl #Kara zor l #green lantern #alan scott #hawkman #carter hall #impending doom #cosmic rod #earth 2 #multiverse #gerry conway #paul levitz #keith giffen #wally wood #dc comics #comics #70s comics #bronze age comics

[onlylonelylatino]

Green Arrow, Black Canary and Batman by Brian Bolland

#green arrow #black canary #batman #brian bolland #dc comics #bronze age #gerry conway

[cantsayidont]

May 1983. The irony of this statement (in a scene from DETECTIVE COMICS #526) is that anyone who's ever had a cat — and certainly anyone who's had as many cats as Selina Kyle has — knows that this is absolutely not true.

#comics #detective comics #gerry conway #don newton #alfredo alcala #catwoman #selina kyle #batman #batcat

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

BHOC: MARVEL TALES #100

Despite the fact that it was a reprint title, MARVEL TALES didn’t miss the opportunity to go oversized for its 100th issue, a trend that had started with the centennial issues that Marvel and DC were putting out. It’s kind of a mixed bag, in that one of the secondary features doesn’t have any relation to the lead character, Spider-Man. But it was still entertaining, even if it cost more coin than…

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#Amazing Spider-Man #Gerry Conway #Gil Kane #Hawkeye #John Romita #Luke Cage #Marvel #Marvel Tales #Mike Nasser #Scott Edelman #Stan Lee #Steve Ditko #Terry Austin #Two-Gun Kid