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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 30894
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 7:31am | IP Logged | 1
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JB, were you offered the art chores on that story as well?
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John Byrne
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 8:23am | IP Logged | 2
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Nope, strictly words!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 9:14am | IP Logged | 3
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Thanks for answering.
Any "inside stories" on how you got that gig?
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15789
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 9:45am | IP Logged | 4
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Those issues had some nice covers, particularly this one:
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John Byrne
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 9:49am | IP Logged | 5
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Any "inside stories" on how you got that gig?•• Nothing exciting. Denny O'Neil, who was the editor, called me up one day and asked if I had three or four issues worth of Batman stories (or story) in my head.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 9:50am | IP Logged | 6
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Those issues had some nice covers, particularly this one:•• That's the one that was cited on LARRY KING as an example of "violence in comics." "A dagger thru a guy's head!!"
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Marc Foxx Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 5571
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Posted: 29 August 2014 at 3:44pm | IP Logged | 7
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That's the one that was cited on LARRY KING as an example of "violence in comics."
"A dagger thru a guy's head!!" *** Poor Flat Stanley...
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Robert White Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 August 2014 at 12:26am | IP Logged | 8
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Well, it could have proven lethal if Batman forgot to remove the dagger before he put the cape in cowl back on. Always one step ahead, that Larry King...
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Jason Schulman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 08 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2473
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Posted: 30 August 2014 at 1:00pm | IP Logged | 9
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Denny O'Neil, who was the editor, called me up one day and asked if I had three or four issues worth of Batman stories (or story) in my head.
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Today DC would ask you to make the story at least six issues, of course.
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Bill Catellier Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 September 2007 Location: United States Posts: 3225
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Posted: 30 August 2014 at 3:33pm | IP Logged | 10
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One of my favorite Batman stories. I enjoyed that era.
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Glenn Brenner Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 30 August 2014 at 5:17pm | IP Logged | 11
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That's actually the first Batman comic I bought in a candy store with my own money! Thank you, JB for such great memories.
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