That was in the follow up series, Hawkman, which Ostrander quickly exited.

Definitely up there. One of the greatest, doesn't get any recognition.

I'm perfect as the guy who mouths off and gets his hand blown off!

Hawkman is a toxic property still, but Ostrander's Hawkworld was the first DC book I bought regularly, and I thought it was terrific. He and Yale also wrote an underrated Manhunter series that occasionally crossed over into Suicide Squad.

Basically, yeah.

He was also a bit of a guru to Christopher Priest. Priest's Hama stories are great to read.

Everybody always leaves Hawkworld out, too, but dammit, that was a great book.

I think the only JSA book he ever wrote was "The Last Days of the JSA" or the like. His Earth-2 stuff was all in Infinity, Inc. and All-Star Squadron (which subsumed the JSA under it's umbrella).

A weekday matinee on the second or third week of a run is about my level of interest. Maybe.

Yeah. I mean, I love Roy for keeping the JSA alive, but… his instincts are not always good ones. There's no reason to link Robotman and Robin just because they share a last name. Lots of people have the same last name but aren't related - I know a couple of FBI guys down at Nakatomi Plaza who could have set hims…

That's what I'm worried about, too. Midnighter at least appeared in the Rebirth issue, so I hope he remains Dick's "nemesister." And I really liked Tiger King, too, so I hope he finds a way to stick around.

That's not something to celebrate.

That whole Incredible Herc thing was such a blast.

That first Chuck Dixon/Tom Lyle Robin mini-series was one of the first trades I ever bought. I think it had a slick cover, but the interiors were still newsprint like then-current comics. I loved that book. Tim Drake traveling the world, getting into adventures. Good stuff.

Many comic book writers for the big two have issues with trying to bring back or at least as much of the stuff they liked as children when they were reading. Exhibit A: Roy Thomas.

It takes place in a post-Singularity Northampton, Massachusetts. Aside from the robots, it's pretty true to life.

I used to read QC a lot because the guy who does it is local, so I'd see familiar landmarks and such in the background. Once it got into the underground robot fighting circle though, I checked out. Too far up its own ass, imo.

They're not really worth anything, really. Only what the market will bear.

I had a good thing going, bringing a box of comics into my LCS and getting store credit - about a dime a book, which suited me fine. Then they changed ownership and location, right before I could unload the final box. I've been dealing with the new people for a year, and they're alright, but I still haven't worked up…

Lending credence to Morrison's theory that the DCU is a living organism, it kept trying to regrow Kara Zor-El until it got the real thing back.