tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post8260847584802919115..comments2024-01-11T05:12:57.536-08:00Comments on Michael Aushenker's CARTOON FLOPHOUSE: My Controversial Theory About the Macabre Man-ThingGreenblatt the Great!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05833132744552978594noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post-30582077202614811312010-04-19T07:20:42.099-07:002010-04-19T07:20:42.099-07:00JERRY BOYD writes:
Actually Mike,
THE MAN-THING a...JERRY BOYD writes:<br /><br />Actually Mike,<br />THE MAN-THING and SWAMP THING came about almost simultaneously (see BACK ISSUE # 6 - I think that's the right number) just by accident.<br />That's why DC never sued Marvel or vice-versa. It was just one of those things.<br />Also, Roy created THE GLOB as a villain for the HULK back in '68 or '69, so that modern-day swamp monster predated SWAMP THING by at least a year.<br />And swamp monsters really go back to THE HEAP in the '40s. After that, they're ALL copies of a sort.<br />Still, this is a good blog.<br />= JerryGreenblatt the Great!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05833132744552978594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post-70359669812733123792010-04-15T19:39:19.200-07:002010-04-15T19:39:19.200-07:00I hate to drop a bomb on comics history like this,...I hate to drop a bomb on comics history like this, but I had to draw a chronological line from Solomon Grundy to Man-Thing before rival researchers -- including the Jerry Boyd Comics Research Society of South Bay, CA (and its adjoining Library) beat me to it.Greenblatt the Great!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05833132744552978594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148500349447339883.post-81732476078530590942010-04-14T10:40:26.983-07:002010-04-14T10:40:26.983-07:00Holy Moley!! This could blow the swamp-genre wide ...Holy Moley!! This could blow the swamp-genre wide open!! Mikey, I suspect, like Deep Throat, you better go undercover, fast. You have no idea what forces you may have unleashed with this bombshell announcement!!<br /><br />Makes sense though, and this is the first time anyone has ever had the moxie to go public with this....<br /><br />Godspeed, Michael.Javier Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02384061829315078958noreply@blogger.com