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Post by rberman on Nov 12, 2023 8:18:24 GMT -5
I was wrong about Denny O'Neil; it's Len Wein who was the inspiration for Cain. He also appeared in the Rutland party scene in Batman #237. Note that Abel (Joe Orlando's assistant Mark Hanerfeld) is just above Cain in the top panel.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 12, 2023 19:52:08 GMT -5
I was wrong about Denny O'Neil; it's Len Wein who was the inspiration for Cain. He also appeared in the Rutland party scene in Batman #237. Note that Abel (Joe Orlando's assistant Mark Hanerfeld) is just above Cain in the top panel. Man, I almost did recognize that, with the re-coloring. |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 14, 2023 5:20:09 GMT -5
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 15, 2023 6:58:23 GMT -5
On sale 35 years ago today:  I never read this. I know of the character, but I haven’t read a single tale. Something is telling me he showed up in Marvel US titles, too. Anyone here familiar with his exploits? |
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Post by commond on Nov 15, 2023 7:47:25 GMT -5
Walt Simonson used him in an issue of Fantastic Four in 1990. Then Marvel UK made a push to enter the American market and they produced Death's Head II, which was successful for a time albeit with a redesigned version of the character. Marvel UK suffered badly during the market collapse in the summer of '93 and by '94 they stopped publishing in the US. It was most notable for launching the career of Bryan Hitch, though he almost gave up on comics until Stormwatch came along.
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Post by foxley on Nov 15, 2023 8:12:34 GMT -5
He was actually created for Marvel's UK Transformers comic, but Marvel had a policy of using original characters created for licenced in a Marvel owned title first so that if they lost the licence, they could keep the original characters. (This is why Circuitbreaker debuted in Secret Wars II.) So Death's Head first appeared in a one page back-up strip in Transformers (UK) #167 that featured no Transformer characters.
Death's Head was later used in the Doctor Who strip in Doctor Who Magazine back when it was published by Marvel UK.
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 15, 2023 8:59:54 GMT -5
Thanks, guys.
Oh, now I need to track down his appearance in the DWM strip. Interesting!
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Post by commond on Nov 15, 2023 9:13:27 GMT -5
As far as I know, Death's Head debut in Transformers #113 and was part of a storyline that lasted until 120. He appeared a twice more before used in the Doctor Who magazine and Dragon's Claws. Dragon's Claws and the Death's Head book from 35 years ago were an effort to publish American sized comic books in the UK (as opposed to the weekly magazine sized comics that we grew up on.) To avoid Hasbro claiming rights to the character, there was a one page strip produced that Marvel UK ran in many of its books in 1988.
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Post by foxley on Nov 15, 2023 15:32:41 GMT -5
Thanks, guys. Oh, now I need to track down his appearance in the DWM strip. Interesting! It's DWM #135. The story is included in the ''A Cold Day in Hell" collection ( Doctor Who Graphic Novel #11).
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 17, 2023 11:14:23 GMT -5
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 18, 2023 13:08:44 GMT -5
This should make George happy. And the rest of us barf.  |
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 18, 2023 13:56:24 GMT -5
This should make George happy. And the rest of us barf.
This transaction truly illustrates the actual disparity between "wealth" and "taste".
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 18, 2023 16:40:59 GMT -5
This should make George happy. And the rest of us barf. I just hope it won't be displayed by whoever bought it and that it'll just be researched by top men |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 18, 2023 20:52:19 GMT -5
This should make George happy. And the rest of us barf. What money-laundering drug dealer shelled out for that nightmare? |
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 19, 2023 12:43:46 GMT -5
Tell me the Getty Museum in LA doesn't look like it was design by Steve Ditko.  |
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