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Paul Kupperberg on February 29th, 2020

Following a four-issue miniseries, Phantom Stranger landed in the pages of Action Comics Weekly as a regular, rotating feature. The Stranger has always attracted top tier artistic talent (Carmine Infantino, Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Mike Mignola, to name a few), and the trend continued in his ACW strip, including two tales drawn by probably the top talent of the day, the amazing Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 25th, 2020

Talk about scoring a hit! “Congratulations, Mr. Bates–It’s a Warlock!” was a short story I wrote that was inspired by the 1979 film Kramer vs. Kramer, that appeared in House of Mystery #294 (July 1981). The hit came in editor Karen Berger’s assignment of the art to a pair of legendary artists, George Tuska and Tony De Zuniga.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 25th, 2020

From Green Lantern #154 (July, 1982), it’s “A Matter of Snow,” another Tale of the Green Lantern Corps I wrote, this one with art by Paris Cullins and Rodin Rodriquez, lettered by Adam Kubert, colored by Anthony Tollin, and edited by Dave Manak.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 22nd, 2020

From the script that made its penciller, comic book legend Don Heck call me a “Son of a bitch!”… “Fire of the Gods!” from Weird War Tales #75 (May 1979). The story was inked by John Celardo, colored by the wonderful Bob LeRose, lettered by Albert DeGuzman, and edited by Paul Levitz.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 16th, 2020

Last time on PaulKupperberg.com…this! Now, Part 2–“The Choice!” from Green Lantern #153 (June 1982). This Tale of the Green Lantern Corps was pencilled by Carmine Infantino, inked by Frank Chiaramonte, lettered by Adam Kubert, colored by Anthony Tollin, and blue-pencilled by Dave Manak.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 15th, 2020

Part 1 of a 2-part Tales of the Green Lantern Corps back-up story from Green Lantern #152 (May 1982), another pencil and ink job by irascible Carmine Infantino. “Paradise World” was lettered by the cantankerous Milt Snappin, colored by the avuncular Anthony Tollin, and edited by the durable Dave Manak.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on January 4th, 2020

The second of a pair of Zatanna back-ups I wrote for World’s Finest #278 (April 1982), both illustrated by the late, great Dan Spiegle, one of those artists whose work I admired as a kid but whose name I wouldn’t learn until much later on.… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 18th, 2019

It was not only my pleasure to have gotten to know comic book artist Ric Estrada back in the 1970s, I would also have the privilege of his drawing a few stories that I scripted. Ric was a sweet and gentle man, an ordained minister, if I remember correctly, and a favorite artist of mine long before he drew the six-page “Brother War” for Weird War Tales #81 (November 1979).… Read the rest

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Paul Kupperberg on December 14th, 2019

From Detective Comics #504 (July 1981), another “Tales of Gotham City”/Commissioner Gordon back-up story, “A Day in the Life of a Cop,” with art by Jose Delbo and Joe Giella.

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Paul Kupperberg on December 13th, 2019

I’d later do a close to two year run as the writer of Superboy with Kurt Schaffenberger, but I believe this was the first time the legendary artist of Captain Marvel and Lois Lane ever drew one of my scripts. From Detective Comics #485 (August-September 1979), a Hudson Collage-era Robin the Boy Wonder in “The Case of the Cavorting Corpse!”… Read the rest

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