tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post1014851475978184823..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Famous First Fridays: MockingbirdThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-9749252133591480812010-07-02T15:35:22.164-04:002010-07-02T15:35:22.164-04:00As ASH would say! GROOVY!As ASH would say! GROOVY!Mike Mikulovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426364090992151914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-12925972249889324062010-07-02T13:24:33.734-04:002010-07-02T13:24:33.734-04:00An even better history lesson lurks just below you...An even better history lesson lurks just below your post, Mike!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and giving us even more awesome info, Steven! 'Tis truly appreciated! And as is my wont, I open the door wide open to ya any time you'd care to do a Groovy Guest post! (And an aside, I do so miss your columns over at CBR.)<br />Pax!The Groovy Agenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-49360691698927394732010-07-02T04:40:07.885-04:002010-07-02T04:40:07.885-04:00Man, I made Diversions! Talk about sweet.
You'...Man, I made Diversions! Talk about sweet.<br /><br />You're right: in Mark's original designs, Mockingbird was a black woman who was... well, not exactly intended to be a villainess. See, Mark had this notebook featuring a Marvel version of the JLA that he wanted to eventually put together, and while Hawkeye filled the Green Arrow role, there was no Marvel heroine comparable to the Black Canary, so Mark had come up with his original version of Mockingbird, who was a possible tweener for introduction in Spider-Woman, but then Mark ended up off that assignment. In the meantime, somewhere it was decided to revive the Bobbie Morse character, who had begun as a love interest in Ka-Zar but they couldn't use the Huntress name anymore because of the DC heroine. I think it might've been my suggestion to adapt Mark's Mockingbird concept to the character; all the SHIELD stuff in the story was mine, as a come-on for a Nick Fury series I was pitching at the time that Marvel ultimately passed on.<br /><br />A side tale about that issue: Al Milgrom was the book's editor when the story was bought, but he didn't like Mark's costume for Mockingbird so he, Ed Hannigan and I sat around his office one day redesigning it. That's the costume Jimmy drew. But by the time the story saw publication, editorship of Marvel Team-Up had shifted to Denny O'Neil, whose assistant at the time was Mark, and, curiously enough, when the story saw print Mockingbird was wearing the original Gruenwald costume design.<br /><br />Always a character I'd have liked to have returned to, but I likely would never have hooked her up with Hawkeye.<br /><br />(By the way, the only other thing I recall about Mark's "Marvel JLA" is that The Aquarian, from Steve Gerber's Man-Thing series, would've been the Superman figure...)<br /><br />- GrantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-24356145887814112632010-07-02T00:44:10.484-04:002010-07-02T00:44:10.484-04:00As Johnny Carson used to say. I did not know that!...As Johnny Carson used to say. I did not know that! Thanks for the history lesson! My favorite subject was always history. I loved her character in West Coast Avengers. See, you do learn something new every day!Mike Mikulovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426364090992151914noreply@blogger.com