tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post692139345216544234..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: GREEN LANTERN #87Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-81303825796280998482017-04-28T10:25:55.890-07:002017-04-28T10:25:55.890-07:00Thanks, Blam. Now that you mention it, I actually ...Thanks, Blam. Now that you mention it, I actually own that "Bruce-as-senator" issue; it's in the BATMAN ILLUSTRATED BY NEAL ADAMS books, which I've had for several years! I'm sure I read it; I guess I just forgot.<br /><br />I like the <b>idea</b> of Clark as a new anchor if you don't factor Superman into the equation. It's a fine career move for Clark. But Superman is a very public hero, so that makes Clark appearing on TV a pretty dumb idea.<br /><br />Thanks for the GL history as well! One of my favorite things about posting on DC stuff is when people respond to answer my many questions. I know most all of the DC basics, but the finer continuity points usually elude me.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-22782176229792461402017-04-21T23:05:06.252-07:002017-04-21T23:05:06.252-07:00Bruce Wayne served as interim Senator while a frie...<br>Bruce Wayne served as interim Senator while a friend convalesced after being shot. It happened in <i>The Brave and the Bold</i> #85, written by Bob Haney — the very issue that introduced Green Arrow’s new, Adams-designed look — although much of Haney’s run on the title was of dubious continuity. Barbara Gordon was elected to the House of Representatives, not the Senate, a few years later.<br /><br />Clark Kent as the anchor of a TV news broadcast will never not be stupid to me, even though it was the status quo of the (new) comics when I started reading them.<br /><br />I don’t think much was done with John Stewart before the mid-’80s, when he became a more long-term replacement for Hal Jordan at the hands of Len Wein & Dave Gibbons — leading into the Steve Englehart & Joe Staton run you mention during which <i>Green Lantern</i> morphed into <i>The Green Lantern Corps</i>. The latter period, which preceded and then ran concurrent to <i>Crisis on Infinite Earths</i>, also found Guy Gardner emerging from a coma with the personality you know from <i>Justice League International</i> due to brain damage that stemmed from some combination of physical and mental stressors after an accident with a damaged power battery left him in the Phantom Zone at the mercy of General Zod.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-85314586387138514602017-04-04T09:37:16.135-07:002017-04-04T09:37:16.135-07:00I had no idea this was Elliot Maggin's first c...I had no idea this was Elliot Maggin's first comic book story. Pretty impressive for a debut job!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-69742951293423715692017-04-04T09:36:35.109-07:002017-04-04T09:36:35.109-07:00Warlord could easily be mistaken for Green Arrow i...Warlord could easily be mistaken for Green Arrow in the right lighting, I suppose. That's pretty funny!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-28311916633524535762017-03-28T22:40:38.100-07:002017-03-28T22:40:38.100-07:00The Comicbook Database lists it as his first story...The Comicbook Database lists it as his first story, period:<br /><br />http://comicbookdb.com/creator_chron.php?ID=562<br /><br />I have always had Peted David as my own personal "coming in all cylinders firing" guy, going for the broke with Death of Jean DeWolff by his sixth issue and certain other fun romps before that. It obviously helps that they were published for us during my formative first two years of readership.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-86746021110856817452017-03-28T07:54:37.802-07:002017-03-28T07:54:37.802-07:00Oliver's obvious reply to Clark should've ...Oliver's obvious reply to Clark should've been "They won't be able to tell if I wear glasses!" <br /><br />Isn't this pretty much Maggin's first story at DC? I know he mentions it as such in the introduction to the original Kingdom Come trade paperback (as well as admitting he got the idea for "Must There Be A Superman" from a young Jeph Loeb), but if it actually is, what a story to start with.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-73582515021044451892017-03-25T14:05:48.242-07:002017-03-25T14:05:48.242-07:00Superman knows his stuff around keeping a secret i...Superman knows his stuff around keeping a secret identity.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-32631623486416362182017-03-25T12:56:10.247-07:002017-03-25T12:56:10.247-07:00"...while Clark’s concern is simply that two ..."...while Clark’s concern is simply that two blond public figures in Star City with Green Arrow’s distinctive facial hair would blow his secret identity."<br /><br />This was played up to nice effect in Mike Grell's Green Arrow run when he had Travis Morgan A.K.A. The Warlord visit Seattle and be immediately mistaken for Oliver Queen.Derek Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06802477302784667617noreply@blogger.com