Hardly a disaster. It should have never been billed as a Crisis event. It should have been marketed as the sequel to Morrison's Mr Miracle work and tie in to his Batman run that it was. It didn't help that Morrison was frustrated at getting only 6 issues for the 12 issue plan so they spread out the story across several titles they were writing at the time and they didn't even want 'Death of the New Gods' or 'Countdown to Final Crisis' tie in comics. Otherwise, it's up there with being one of the wildest, most creative stories that Morrison has ever done.
I remember that. I was intrigued by that but it seemed to be another thing cut short by the Nu52 (now there is an unmitigated disaster).
Thanks. I had forgotten about him. Also created by the same creators as Superman I believe.
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From the GCD:https://www.comics.org/issue/92/Doctor Occult / comic story / 0.9 page
Script: Jerry Siegel (credited as Leger)
Pencils: Joe Shuster (credited as Reuths)
Inks: Joe Shuster (credited as Reuths)
Letters: ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text:
Dr. Occult, the Ghost Detective, has sworn to combat supernatural evil in this world.
Genre: adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters:
Dr. Occult (introduction); Lois Amster; Sander Amster; Rose Psychic; The Vampire
Synopsis:
Dr. Occult and his partner Rose attempt to stop a vampire from attacking the Amsters.
I think by crazy you mean super-intelligent. I guess Dr. Occult and Rose Psychic are the oldest original comics characters to be brought back. They also brought back Slam Bradley and Speed Saunders.
Sheldon Mayer brought his Scribbly with him from Dell to re-use him in ALL-AMERICAN COMICS and later his own comic. Then again briefly in SUGAR AND SPIKE. Scribbly then showed up in an issue of SECRET ORIGINS in the 1980s--and, of course, the spin-off character of Red Tornado has been around since then.
Oswald the Rabbit appeared in the very first issue of NEW FUN (February 1935)--where it all began for National Allied, which became D.C. An animator named Walt Disney created Oswald for a series of cartoons in the 1920s which would be released by Universal. Walter Lantz later took over the cartoon series for Universal. After his seven-issue stint in NEW FUN, Dell became the rabbit's comic book publisher, from 1942 until 1962. Oswald appeared in Lantz cartoons up to 1951. After pretty much falling into obscurity, the Disney Corporation wanted to regain control of Oswald the "Lucky" Rabbit and in 2006 they traded Al Michaels for him, regaining the character from NBC Universal. After that Disney has used the rabbit in merchandising and he's potentially going to appear in an upcoming animation project. I suppose, if he appears in comics again it will more likely be in a Marvel comic.
Scorch in Justice League Vol 2 #27... however, it doesn't end good. RIP Scotty, who should've been DC's Clint Barton (in terms of personality)
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Managed to run into him just enough in my formative years to be a bit of a fan. Though he dosn't show up a lot. And I think is dead and has been since... 2012 or so?
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Does Lilith/Omen in the Rebirth Titans run count?
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Yeah I was surprised when Will Payton showed up there, a far more popular Starman in Jack Knight always made me think he wouldn't return lol.
It's actually funny to see how some "permanent" characters in Batman's rogue's gallery didn't stand out at first, Scarecrow was a golden age villain who only showed up a few times and his initial motivation was to get money to buy books even, and he only got the fear gas in post crisis, the 80's, and he was ripping off Mr. Fear from Marvel for doing so lol.
Is it AC#1000?
Only example I remember right now of someone from that specific incident getting a backstory, but DC probably did that plenty of times lol.
Rwcwntly in the back-up of Action comics, the Martian Manhunter story is bringing back several obscure characters: Mr. V, professor Arnold Hugo, VULTURE, even the old nickname of MM, the "Alien Atlas".
"Never assign to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity or ignorance."
"Great stories will always return to their original forms"
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable." James Baldwin
Keith Giffen used an obscure character called Glorith to replace the Time Trapper in the Legion 5YL book.
James "Jimmy" Henton. A throwaway character who was retconned much later into becoming a much more significant character in Alan Scott's life:
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I love it when good writers can dig into the past and give old characters a new life. I would much rather see that then the heroes dealing with the same villains over and over again. It does take some skill to take a forgotten character and revamp them for the modern age. Those that can do it well can really shine.
Well, crazy was a compliment on part. Sometimes intelligence and crazy go hand in hand.
Thanks for break down on older characters.
Thanks. That confirms it.
Yep. Also gave a huge spot light to some lesser known characters. Some of them like Super Young Team and Tawky Twany whom I haven't heard of before the mini.
He was killed off in JLD Vol 1. I hated that. But between the multiple Crisis it's possible for him to have come back.
Given how long she was gone, yeah, she does.
Nope. But I have seen that one before.
Named after Eric Randomski who was one of the producers of Batman: The Animated Series?
Didn't the character make an appearance during 'Death of Superman'?
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