Comic Book Stories

Captain America’s Jet Freedom’s Flight Story

Captain America writer, Mark Gruendwald found me in one of my frequent visits to the Marvel Comics office and handed me a pile of Captain America reference.  As usual, his few images told me everything I needed to know. Artist Kieron Dwyer had cooked up a design of Captain America’s new jet. He apparently had [...]

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DC Comics Gotham City Map Story

The Story Behind DC Comics’ Famous Gotham City Map Page 1 of 4 DC Comics’ Gotham City map was generally designed for the time in and around the “No Man’s Land” or “Cataclysm” series. Unofficially known as “Escape From Gotham City” after the John Carpenter cult fave movie, “Escape From New York.” Batman’s Gotham City is hit [...]

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Icarus Spaceship Story

The Guardians of the Galaxy 1994 Annual No. 4 is the only comic book that contains a work of mine that was printed in a severely compromised fashion. For the first time! Read the technical specifications and descriptions OMITTED from the 1994 Guardians of the Galaxy Annual No. 4

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Punisher Armory 1 Cover Art Story

The First Cover to the Punisher Armory Series The Punisher Armory. Put out by Marvel Comics. Hardly seems likely? No superheroes, no super powers. No stories, as we knew them; no panel-to-panel continuity. No page of small panels. Sort of a narrative that has only the character’s voice as the constant. Sometimes the technical guy [...]

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Research at a Shooting Range

My Punisher Armory editor, Don Daley, calls me up to tell me I had to call this guy. Seems that this man shows up at the Marvel offices claiming that he was a representative for a gun manufacturer. He wanted to speak to me. Don very nicely withheld my personal information but did take the [...]

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