Issue #2 had a nice bit with "Julie Schwartz" telling "Kane" and "Infantino" they are restarting the Superhero books.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
We need a who's who for all the new creators from issue #3 (back cover)
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
I am interested in seeing more who is based on whom, but I am not very knowledgeable on details of comic book history. However, I am pretty sure Howard Chaykin is being tight-lipped about who the characters are actually based on, but speculation and the inevitable disagreements are fun to see.
I’ll don the mask and wear the cape
If I am super, how can I wait?
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Finally got around to reading issues 3 and 4. Metcalf is Roy Thomas. Mavrides is Jim Steranko. Pollard is probably Jim Warren from Creepy Magazine. Gatlin is probably Chaykin himself. The other guys I'm not sure but they've got to be stand in for Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Gerry Conway, etc
Finally got around to #5. Bill Podesta is Neal Adams?
I think in the latest episode they young artists are more of a mix of the young turks and Studio guys from the 70s, Starlin, Kaluta, Wrightson, etc... none of them are a one on one stand in.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Villiers is Starlin, but Chaykin has said this isn't history, so even the stories about Gitlin aren't always the way it happened.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
I follow Chaykin on Facebook and he's stating this case. However, many fans will take this as a mockunentary where the feelings and general idea are portrayed but with enough glossing over so as not to be a fully accurate representation. The "some events have been fictionalized" thing.
I’ll don the mask and wear the cape
If I am super, how can I wait?
Yes, this. I am on FB with him too. On a thread where Harvey Kurtzmen was discussed, I said Chaykin had done a scene in Hey Kids about how Hugh Hefner treated Kurtzmen. Chaykin's response was "Excuse me?". So I corrected myself and said Kenmore and Grossberg. He gave me a thumbs up on that.
I think the point is that he may have one character, say the stand in for Gil Kane or Neal Adams or Starlin do something that happened to another creator because it fits his narrative better.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!