tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post6627441716141905699..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Black and White Wednesday: "Superhero!" by Steve Skeates and Tom SuttonThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-80290801500093431442012-09-16T11:05:19.689-04:002012-09-16T11:05:19.689-04:00Strange but true: the 1st page of the 1st MOON KNI...Strange but true: the 1st page of the 1st MOON KNIGHT story in MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (by Doug Moench & Don Perlin) is ver similar in layout to the 1st page of the "Crime Crusher" story. (His costume is B&W, too.)Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-63979791799164023852012-06-22T19:38:20.436-04:002012-06-22T19:38:20.436-04:00Nice twist ending--I wasn't expecting it!Nice twist ending--I wasn't expecting it!macsnafuhttp://www.macsnafu.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-54826407370113669222010-06-25T15:44:05.671-04:002010-06-25T15:44:05.671-04:00This could be where Kurt Busiek got his idea for t...This could be where Kurt Busiek got his idea for the Batman-like vampire hero the Confessor in ASTRO CITY:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Confessor_%28comics%29Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-32247674182881934882010-05-19T12:58:21.316-04:002010-05-19T12:58:21.316-04:00At the risk of being obvious, "Crime Crusher&...At the risk of being obvious, "Crime Crusher's" rhetoric sounds familiar: <i>"There is good and there is evil! They are opposites! They do not mix! A man cannot be partly evil!"</i><br /><br />Straight out of <i>Mr. A.</i><br /><br />Given that Skeates worked with Ditko at DC in the late sixties, writing this story was probably cathartic for him.Harvey Jerkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118848012122050416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-58457919638912346182010-05-19T02:02:35.964-04:002010-05-19T02:02:35.964-04:00"It ain't enough he's foulin' up ..."It ain't enough he's foulin' up the caper - he gives lectures too!"<br /><br />That's hilarious!Had Skeates been reading Ditko's Mr. A? <br /><br />Nice twist too.Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-46168800797818004572010-05-19T01:50:03.727-04:002010-05-19T01:50:03.727-04:00Excellent! This is one of my favorite stories from...Excellent! This is one of my favorite stories from Eerie. Thanks for posting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-18464954352264055282010-05-19T01:40:49.729-04:002010-05-19T01:40:49.729-04:00Looks like Skeates had some residual anger at Stev...Looks like Skeates had some residual anger at Steve Ditko to work out of his system...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com