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Joe Zhang
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JB, on Aint it Cool they have a podcast of Jerry Ordway mentioning that you were originally slated to draw Mark Gruenwald's Squadron Supreme. Is this true, and how did this awesomeness not come to be?
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John Byrne
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I don't remember this being officially official. Gruenie and I talked about it, but the Squadron wasn't all that much interest to me.
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Bill Guerra
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And to think that in some alternate reality, I'd have been able to read this series!
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Brad Danson
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That certainly would have changed things for me. I bought the first issue as a kid and couldn't get into it. YEARS later I found out that it had some critical acclaim but never found the desire to seek it out based on my first experience. But anything JB did was a definite buy. I would have been 'in' for the entire series.
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Matt Hawes
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Bill & Brad, you should give the mini-series a chance. It was probably Mark Gruenwald's finest work.
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Andrew W. Farago
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If the book had one single artist from beginning to end, I might have enjoyed it more, but I don't really see it as a standout work. Gruenwald's "The Captain" storyline from Captain America #332-350 is where he's firing on all cylinders, but something about Squadron Supreme never really comes together to form a compelling whole.
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Bill Guerra
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| Posted: 12 August 2013 at 4:11pm | IP Logged | 7
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Matt, I have read the Squadron Supreme! I've been a fan since I picked it up many, many moons ago. It just would have been so much cooler with JB handling the pencils, as I've always felt that the change in artists was a weak point.
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Ian Penman
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A very good series. Mark G doing the JLA better than DC were doing it at the time. His Captain America run was consistently good too. A much underrated writer.
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Thom Price
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I have a soft spot for the Squadron Supreme, and I think the mini is good but not great. One of its weak areas is the art, which is uneven and pretty mediocre. JB's artwork would have elevated that story quite a bit.
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Bill Catellier
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I loved that series. Since it wasn't a major book (ie Superman, Spider-man etc) I recall having to track down the issues at different locals. Convenience stores, super market, drug stores and others. It was a challenge, but a fun one and when I did find the issues it was all the more rewarding. I miss those times.
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Chris Wood
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JB on the Squadron Supreme is a combination that I would love to see (along with JB on Captain Mar-Vell).
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Jeff Stockwell
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| Posted: 13 August 2013 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | 12
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If only, if only...sigh...
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