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Eric Jansen
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Looking up something else, I was very surprised to see that in CHARLTON BULLSEYE #4&5 (1976), John Byrne WROTE and drew two 11-page chapters of DOOMSDAY+1! First, I had no idea there were extra chapters of that beloved old series I have every issue of! Second, aside from co-plotting X-MEN, I thought JB's first solo writing was FANTASTIC FOUR #232!
Am I missing any other early (or surprising) professional, published JB writing?
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JB was writer/artist for Space:1999 #6, also back in '76.
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If you're looking for any examples pre-FF #232, JB also wrote two earlier issues of FANTASTIC FOUR, #'s 220 & 221.
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| Posted: 24 October 2025 at 12:47am | IP Logged | 4
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And of course MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #50, which was JB's first full writing gig at Marvel.
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Eric Jansen
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| Posted: 24 October 2025 at 3:14am | IP Logged | 5
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Ah yes, I blanked on those FF and MTIO issues, but that SPACE: 1999 issue is a surprise!
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Eric Jansen
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| Posted: 27 October 2025 at 7:47am | IP Logged | 6
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I see that JB wrote as well as drew his stories for WHEELIE AND THE CHOPPER BUNCH #2 & 3! I'd like to see them! Seriously, there must be some publisher out there who could pull these obscure early assignments together for some retrospective publication--maybe even a magazine at TwoMorrows? (Likewise, I'd like to see Neal Adams' ARCHIE stories and early gems by other great artists.)
Going through the credits of WHEELIE, SPACE:1999, and other Charlton comics of the period, I see other familiar names like Joe Staton, Tom Sutton, and (I'm surprised!) Mike Zeck! I never really thought of these as JB's contemporaries, but I guess they all did come up around the same time.
Edited by Eric Jansen on 27 October 2025 at 7:48am
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I don't believe that JB wrote the WHEELIE stories. Since they were licensed kids properties, they didn't really bother with credits on the page so it's harder to tell.
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I don’t recall writing any published WHEELIE stories.
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You didn’t remember drawing that Avengers commission, either.
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I still hold out hope.
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| Posted: 27 October 2025 at 10:23pm | IP Logged | 11
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I got that info from the Grand Comics Database, which is usually pretty accurate. However, they DO have to update info every so often, so they're not infallible.
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I had plotted a Wheelie story — “Star Cars”, about cars from outer space. But I left the book before I got to do it.
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