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Post by Bronze age andy on Jun 12, 2020 14:46:11 GMT -5
Anytime I see his name in the credits at the front of a book I know I'm in for an interesting and thought provoking story.
One of the greats.
R.I.P Mr. O'Neil
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 19:41:51 GMT -5
So many of my favorite stories were written by him. RIP Denny O Neil.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 12, 2020 19:49:54 GMT -5
He will always be remembered for Batman and GL/GA; but his greatest work, in my eyes, was The Question. That was just a really thought-provoking series, filled with a dichotomy of peaceful philosophy and violence. Hub City was based on East St Louis, a town that has seen horrible times and he translated it well.
Also, when you think about it, the world lost two great writers: Denny O'Neil and Charlton scribe Sergius O'Shaughnessy.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 12, 2020 19:59:01 GMT -5
Very sad news. His writing pretty much dragged DC into the modern era, so it's only fitting he was paired with Neal Adams for his big projects. But he did so much more than "just" revamping Batman and Green Lantern. He was also behind both the revamp of Wonder Woman for the New Look mod era starting with #178, and the soft reboot of Superman starting with #233 where they dropped Kryptonite, depowered him, and made him a TV anchor. Without him, DC might still be stuck in the 1950's.
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 12, 2020 20:06:22 GMT -5
Without him, DC might still be stuck in the 1950's. I would say Frank Robbins also helped in adding maturity to DC superheroes--namely Batman--in his late 60s runs on the parent title, but your point is well taken. |
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Post by Confessor on Jun 12, 2020 20:17:53 GMT -5
Really sad news. O'Neil was one of my favourite Batman writers...in fact, he might be my all-time favourite Batman writer. I also enjoy his short run on Amazing Spider-Man in the early '80s, which is perhaps best remembered for the introduction of Madame Web and Hydro-Man, both of who are among my favourite Spidey C-listers.  |
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 12, 2020 20:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Jun 12, 2020 21:32:49 GMT -5
Damn. I'm actually tearing up.
Possibly my favourite Batman writer. The reason I'm a Green Arrow fan. And The Question was probably my first adult superhero book.
R.I.P. Denny. You touched my life in ways you could never know.
MTGGLF (as Gorf used to say)
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 13, 2020 19:52:36 GMT -5
Denny O'Neil was, of course, one of the giants of the field, with the skill he brought to his craft, and the issues he addressed in his works.
Much as I love what he did with Batman, and admire his groundbreaking GL / GA, I really loved his Question so much, and his Moon Knight and Iron Man over at Marvel, but the single character that gets looked over that I'm totally in love with, is Azrael.
Sure wish I could have met him.
Rest in Peace sir.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 13, 2020 20:42:40 GMT -5
He will always be remembered for Batman and GL/GA; but his greatest work, in my eyes, was The Question. That was just a really thought-provoking series, filled with a dichotomy of peaceful philosophy and violence. Hub City was based on East St Louis, a town that has seen horrible times and he translated it well. Also, when you think about it, the world lost two great writers: Denny O'Neil and Charlton scribe Sergius O'Shaughnessy. I loved Denny's Batman, but I REALLY need to read his The Question run. It's one of the glaring omissions in my comics reading history. RIP |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jun 14, 2020 0:48:46 GMT -5
He was generous with his time when I met him, and honest to a fault as well as philosophical. Even if one wanted to be critical of his approach or work he genuinely did care about the form, it's fans and readers I believe. He wrote some of the best comic stories of all time, number one probably being "There Is No Hope In Crime Alley" for Detective Comics.
If some things didn't work out so well perhaps, he was still usually really trying, and as a reader you certainly got something worth the price of admission at very least. I don't know enough to consider his work as an editor other than to say I really enjoyed his Bizarre Adventures magazine. I rarely bought the magazines but I bought every issue of that one!
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jun 14, 2020 6:56:31 GMT -5
Much as I love what he did with Batman, and admire his groundbreaking GL / GA, I really loved his Question so much, and his Moon Knight and Iron Man over at Marvel, but the single character that gets looked over that I'm totally in love with, is Azrael. Do you mean Daredevil not Moon Knight? Apart from guest appearances in Iron Man and Power Man/Iron Fist, O'Neil only wrote Moon Knight once, in a backup story in MK #26. |
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Post by foxley on Jun 14, 2020 7:21:03 GMT -5
Much as I love what he did with Batman, and admire his groundbreaking GL / GA, I really loved his Question so much, and his Moon Knight and Iron Man over at Marvel, but the single character that gets looked over that I'm totally in love with, is Azrael. Do you mean Daredevil not Moon Knight? Apart from guest appearances in Iron Man and Power Man/Iron Fist, O'Neil only wrote Moon Knight once, in a backup story in MK #26. But Denny was editor on Moon Knight. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jun 14, 2020 7:32:43 GMT -5
But Denny was editor on Moon Knight. According to Jim Shooter, O'Neil did little editing, and spent much of his time in the office writing his own scripts. Ironically, this tended to produce better comics than those from editors who were more closely following Shooter's principles. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 14, 2020 14:27:04 GMT -5
I just remember O'Neil was editor on Moon Knight back when it was legendary. Didn't realize he was so hands off.
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