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Post by Calamas on Jan 26, 2015 20:30:20 GMT -5
The Rutland Halloween Parade figured in five Marvel issues: Amazing Adventures #16, Avengers #83 and 119, Marvel Feature #2 (the Defenders story you mentioned) and Thor #207. At DC, it popped up in Batman #237, DC Super-Stars #18, and Justice League of America #103 and 145, in addition to the Freedom Fighters issue cited above. Cei-U! I summon the checklist! I had heard the following story somewhere over the years. These details are from Wikipedia (and since it’s Wikipedia, truth varies): In the fall of 1972, writers Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, and Len Wein crafted a loose three-part story spanning titles from both companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein (and Wein's first wife Glynis) interacting with [Tom] Fagan and Marvel or DC villains (and heroes). Beginning in Amazing Adventures #16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the Beast hitches a ride from Englehart, who is driving the Weins and Conway to Rutland. The story terminates after Juggernaut attempts to steal Englehart's car. The action continues in Justice League of America #103 (by Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano), with Batman and other JLAers wind up leading the parade while attempting to capture Felix Faust. Faust ultimately steals Englehart's car, but is pulled over by the police. In the third part of the unofficial crossover, Thor #207, (by Conway, John Buscema, and Vince Colletta), the three comics creators (and one wife) again visit Fagan, during which visit Englehart's car is stolen by the unseen and unmentioned DC villain Felix Faust, as shown in JLA #103. |
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Post by Calamas on Jan 26, 2015 20:33:33 GMT -5
Dupe
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 26, 2015 21:36:23 GMT -5
Was Super Stars # 18 the Deadman/Phantom Stranger Team-Up? You are correct, sir. Cei-U! I summon the spirit of Ed McMahon! |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 26, 2015 22:03:52 GMT -5
(Warning: I can't figure out how to remove links. Sorry.) I took them out.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 27, 2015 9:00:34 GMT -5
Justice League of America #139February 1977 (November 1, 1976) $.50  Cover Art: Neal Adams, signed “The Ice Age Cometh!” 17 pages Julius Schwartz (Editor), Steve Englehart (Writer), Dick Dillin (Penciller), Frank McLaughlin (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: Aquaman, The Atom, Batman, Black Canary, The Elongated Man, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, The Phantom Stranger, Superman, Wonder Woman, teamed as the Justice League of America Villains: Captain Cold, The Icicle, Minister Blizzard, The Shadow Thief SynopsisThe Justice League, turning out in force to deal with a catastrophic cold wave sweeping Equador, can do little but aid civilians caught in the encroaching phenomenon. News comes from America that three super-villains — Captain Cold and Minister Blizzard from Earth-One, the Icicle from Earth-Two — are on a crime spree in Gotham City. Four Leaguers return to the States to hunt down the baddies and determine their role in Equador's freaky weather. Cold and his partners are quickly put on ice (sorry) but the cold wave continues. Hawkman realizes the true culprit must be the Shadow Thief, whose “dimensiometer-- the device that allows him to become a shadow-- destroys Earth's magnetic fields … Its continued use could trigger a new Ice Age!” The JLA returns to America to interrogate their jailed foes. The Shadow Thief attempts to free his henchmen, boasting openly of his plan to doom the Earth while he lives the high life in another dimension. He might well have gotten away with it if not for the timely intervention of the Phantom Stranger. The Stranger reaches across the dimensions and turns off the Thief's lethal device, ending the threat. Behind the Scenes“Esteban Corazon,” the fictional Equadorian president introduced in this story, is a simplified Spanish translation of scripter Steve Englehart's name. The character is drawn to resemble the writer. ContinuityIt is not clear where this story fits into Earth-Two continuity. The Icicle informs Black Canary at one point that “I’ve been as busy as ever on our Earth!” which a footnote promises will be explained in “upcoming issues of All-Star Comics!” Though this implies that Icicle appears here following the Injustice Society's defeat in the ‘Justice Society of America’ story in All-Star Comics #67, set during the summer of 1977, there is no evidence in the source material to decide the matter either way. The Bad GuysThis is the Earth-One incarnation of Minister Blizzard. He should not be confused with his Earth-Two doppelgänger first seen in Wonder Woman #29 (May-June 1948).
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Post by Calamas on Jan 27, 2015 12:07:55 GMT -5
(Warning: I can't figure out how to remove links. Sorry.) I took them out.
Thanks for cleaning it up. I’d made a mess of it. |
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 27, 2015 12:55:35 GMT -5
Is there any indication that "Equador" is a doppelganger of our Earth's Ecuador, other than the name?
I suppose that naming the president "Esteban Angelcorazon" would have been too obvious...
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 27, 2015 22:30:16 GMT -5
With my needing to gear up for my collaboration with Roy Thomas (see the Meanwhile thread), I must reluctantly wrap up the CCF Guide to Earth-Two for the time being. I'm going to be spending a lot of time working on the computer over the next several months and I owe it to myself not to add to it with extraneous projects. You guys have been great and I promise it WILL return!
Cei-U!
I summon the sabbatical!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 28, 2015 11:23:57 GMT -5
We'll miss you, and I know at least Cold Water and I are a little bit jealous  Wildfire I summon the Roy Thomas Love! |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 28, 2015 11:38:30 GMT -5
Bah. So he has a job reading tons of comics and working with a classic comics star writer/editor who's made huge impacts on comics as we know them today. Probably making a ton of money too. Doesn't make me the least bit jealous. Nope, not all.
OK, maybe a little...
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Post by Action Ace on Jan 28, 2015 13:58:47 GMT -5
Is there any indication that "Equador" is a doppelganger of our Earth's Ecuador, other than the name? I suppose that naming the president "Esteban Angelcorazon" would have been too obvious... I think Cei-U mistyped. It is correctly spelled Ecuador in the comic. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 5, 2015 12:26:37 GMT -5
With my needing to gear up for my collaboration with Roy Thomas (see the Meanwhile thread), I must reluctantly wrap up the CCF Guide to Earth-Two for the time being. I'm going to be spending a lot of time working on the computer over the next several months and I owe it to myself not to add to it with extraneous projects. You guys have been great and I promise it WILL return! Cei-U! I summon the sabbatical! That's awesome. Roy Thomas is my favorite writer. Good luck! |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 5, 2015 8:19:57 GMT -5
I have some extra time on my hands just now, so for the next few weeks the Guide is back. Enjoy! Teen Titans #46February 1977 (November 8, 1976) $.30  Cover Art: Rich Buckler (Penciller), Frank McLaughlin (Inker), signed “The Fiddler's Concert of Crime!” 17 pages Julius Schwartz (Editor), Bob Rozakis (Writer), Irv Novick (Penciller), Joe Giella (Inker), no lettering or coloring credits FC: Aqualad, The Hornblower, Kid Flash, Robin, Speedy, Wonder Girl, teamed as The Teen Titans GS: The Joker's Daughter SC: The Creeper (as Jack Ryder) Villains: The Fiddler and his gang SynopsisThe Fiddler comes to Earth-One to give his crime career a fresh start. His plans to disrupt a concert headlined by “the two greatest rival groups in popular music” — motivated as much by his hatred of rock and roll as by his desire to abscond with the gate receipts — hit a temporary snag when two Teen Titans, Speedy and Mal Duncan in his new role as “the Hornblower” interrupt. Fiddler hypnotically compels the rehearsing musicians and stagehands to attack the heroes, making his getaway in the confusion. Nursing their wounds back at Titans HQ, the two battered teens and their teammates hear a news report that Fiddler has kidnapped Peter and Laura McCarthy, one of the acts scheduled to play at the concert. While half the Titans investigate the scene of the crime — where they find clues suggesting things are not what they seem — the others return to the Long Island Coliseum. At the arena, Fiddler uses his magical music to summon hordes of rats and bees, creating a panic. The vermin overpower Speedy, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl. Mal pulls a Pied Piper and wrests away control of the creepy crawlers, leading them outside. Desperate now, Fiddler takes the show's other headliners, Ricky and Kathy Woodworker, hostage. The Titans trounce the malevolent maestro and rescue the rockers. Robin reveals the incredible truth behind the McCarthys' bogus kidnapping: they and the Woodworkers are the same people! The couple have been secretly maintaining dual careers for years. Pressured into appearing in both guises at the same event, they staged their own abduction to wriggle out of it. Ah, the Seventies! Behind the ScenesThe musical acts depicted in this issue — “Peter & Laura McCarthy and The Flyers” and “Kathy & Ricky Woodworker” — are parodies of 1970s superstars Paul (and Linda) McCartney and Wings and The Carpenters (siblings Karen and Richard), respectively. ContinuityIt is not clear where this story fits in Earth-Two continuity. The Fiddler references his defeat alongside the Injustice Society in the “Justice Society of America” story in All-Star Comics #67, set in the summer of 1977, but how long after those events this issue occurs cannot be determined. The Bad GuysThis is the first and (mercifully) only appearance of the Fiddler's “Fiddlecopter,” an unmanned fiddle-shaped helicopter armed with machine guns that fire violin bows. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 5, 2015 10:38:24 GMT -5
I had no idea that the Creeper, the Joker's Daughter and the Fiddler were ever all in the same comic. WOW!
The only issue of Teen Titans I ever had (before the Maev Wofman/George Perez version) was the one where it was revealed that the Joker's Daughter was SPOILER WARNING! Two-Face's daughter.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 6, 2015 7:45:07 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #228February 1977 (November 16, 1976) $.30  Cover Art: Ernie Chan (penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker) “Retreat To Tomorrow!” (17 pages) Denny O’Neil (Editor), Martin Pasko (Writer), Jose Delbo (Penciller), Vince Colletta (Inker), Milt Snappin (Letterer), Liz Berube (Colorist). FC: Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman of Earth-One Intro: The Red Panzer (Helmut Streicher) SynopsisEarth-One's Wonder Woman prevents the mid-air collision of a commercial airliner and a mysterious black rocket piloted by the Red Panzer, a German wearing a crimson strormtrooper uniform over full body armor. A startled Panzer protests that she cannot be here in the 1970s and still be so young: “The time-scanner foretold nothing of this!” WW has him on the ropes in seconds but before she can lower the boom, a green ray the helmeted villain calls the “grapple-beam” brings the speeding ship to an abrupt halt, stunning her. They pass through a space warp, emerging in the skies over Washington, D.C. The Panzer shuts off the grapple-beam and, regaining control of the Panzer-Ship, shakes Wonder Woman loose. Landing none too gently atop a newsstand, the Amazing Amazon notices the dates and headlines of the newspapers surrounding her. She has traveled both backward through time to 1943 and through the dimensional barrier to Earth-Two. Passersby naturally mistake her for her Justice Society doppelgänger so she buys some civilian clothes to wear until she can figure out how to get home. In his secret underground laboratory in Alexandria, Virginia, the Red Panzer — actually an inventive genius named Helmut Streicher, a fact not known to his superiors in the Nazi hierarchy — broods. Streicher created a device for looking into the future where he witnessed the downfall of the Third Reich. He became the Panzer to change the future and prevent Germany’s defeat. The Earth-Two Wonder Woman (who will not become aware of Earth-One for another nineteen years) attacks her doppelgänger, believing her a Nazi spy. They skirmish briefly until, with the aid of her magic lasso, she accepts the truth. The Amazons raid the Panzer’s hideout which, after weeks of searching, Diana located just the day before. While one Wonder Woman returns to her own world and time in the Panzer-Ship, the other clashes with the rocket’s owner. Though his armor enhances his strength to superhuman levels, the Red Panzer is no match for his Amazon foe. Before she can question her captive, the grapple-beam automatically retrieves the Panzer-Ship. Its abrupt materialization fells the super-heroine. Behind the ScenesThis story is simultaneously the last episode of the Earth-One Wonder Woman’s series (until Wonder Woman #243) and the debut of the Earth-Two version’s series. The change in format was undertaken as a tie-in to the Wonder Woman TV series starring Lynda Carter that debuted April 21, 1976 on ABC. (The pilot episode first aired on the same network as a 90-minute movie on November 7, 1975.) Because the show was set during World War II, it was decided to set the comic in the same era with new stories set in the Earth-Two Amazon’s past, making this the first JSA-related series to make extensive use of “retroactive continuity.” Ironically, the TV show changed its setting to the present when it moved to CBS in its second season. ContinuityThe “Wonder Woman” stories appearing in Wonder Woman #228-243, Wonder Woman Spectacular 1978 and World’s Finest Comics #244-250 (as well as the “Superman and Wonder Woman” story in All-New Collectors Edition #C-54) contradict the character’s Golden Age continuity in the following ways: ● This Wonder Woman's costume is identical in its detailing to her Earth-One counterpart's rather than reflecting the character's actual appearance in the early 1940s. ● This Diana Prince is a Navy yeoman; the original was an Army lieutenant. ● This Etta Candy is enlisted in the Women's Army Corps; the original was a student at the Holliday School for Women. ● The commanding officer of Army Intelligence is General Blankenship; the Golden Age strip featured Colonel (later General) Darnell. ● This Diana transforms into Wonder Woman by twirling in place until her clothes magically change; the Golden Age character changed manually. ● This Wonder Woman has straight hair; the Earth-Two Wonder Woman's hair was curly during World War II. ● This Steve Trevor has brown hair; both the Earth-One and Earth-Two Trevors are blonde. ● This Queen Hippolyte has the blonde hair of her Earth-One counterpart; the original had black hair. Each of these changes was made to make the comic book series match the television series as closely as possible. Some continuity theorists relegate this series therefore to “Earth-TV.” Since the numerous guest appearances of the JSA make it clear that this is intended to be Earth-Two and a number of villains introduced in the series make appearances in later Earth-Two stories, this guide will treat these stories as canonical despite these editorially mandated contradictions. The Bronze Age “Wonder Woman” stories indexed here are not published in chronological order, jumping forward and backward in time without any apparent rhyme or reason. The timeline for these stories is: ● Spring 1942 – World's Finest Comics #245 ● April 1942 – World's Finest Comics #246-47 ● June 1942 – All-New Collectors' Edition #C-54, Wonder Woman #233-41 ● August 1942 – World's Finest Comics #248-50 ● Winter 1942 – Wonder Woman #230 ● Sometime in 1943 – Wonder Woman #228-29, 231-32 ● Sometime during or after 1943 – Wonder Woman Spectacular 1978, World's Finest Comics #244 ● August 1945 – Wonder Woman #242-43 See the index entries for the individual issues for more information. It is not clear exactly when during 1943 the Earth-Two portion of this issue's story takes place. The Good GuysThe Earth-Two Wonder Woman is shown gliding on air currents like her Earth-One counterpart in one panel of this story. The character had no such power in the Golden Age and is not shown using it in any other episode of the Bronze Age series. The Bad GuysThe Red Panzer's pet cat, Friedrich, is never seen again after this issue. Points to PonderIt is not clear how traveling to 1976 fit into the Red Panzer’s scheme to change Nazi Germany’s destiny or why his time-scanner did not detect the Earth-Two Wonder Woman’s presence in that era.
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