tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453019142012088904.post9164910792901991644..comments2024-02-22T21:52:31.800-08:00Comments on Coffee and Comics: BLACK CONDOR #12Clinton Robsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10980971574482457634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453019142012088904.post-34766197687584325112016-01-13T13:07:31.857-08:002016-01-13T13:07:31.857-08:00Great post Clinton!
I really dig Rags Morales art...Great post Clinton!<br /><br />I really dig Rags Morales artwork, I really enjoyed his work on Identity Crisis and those early New 52 Action Comics issues. While I wasn't sold on Morrison's story, I was definitely sold on Morales' artwork. There was a great progression where Superman runs across a bridge and then leaps into the sky as we see his shoes and the road succumb to the wear and tear of his super heroics. It was a great panel progression.<br /><br />I never had this issue, I had issue #1 & 3 of the series that I believe I got around 1997 or so at either a garage sale or those comic 3-4 packs you used to see in stores. I enjoyed the story and premise, definitely fun issue, but I have never tracked down the rest of the series. I'm going to have to see if I can complete this 12 issue series by digging through the cheap bins. MetropolisKid41https://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453019142012088904.post-77868187364678158902016-01-13T12:56:04.959-08:002016-01-13T12:56:04.959-08:00Michael,
Black Condor was originally a Golden Ag...Michael, <br /><br />Black Condor was originally a Golden Age character introduced and published by Quality Comics, the same company that originally published Blackhawks, The Spirit, Uncle Sam, Plastic Man, Phantom Lady, and many others.<br /><br />Quality Comics, whose publishing offering relied mostly on Superheroes, folded after World War II when the brightly clad superhero fad faded in favor of other comic genres like Western, Horror, Romance, and Detective stories, and so they closed their doors in 1956. At that time DC then purchased the rights to the characters. DC simply continued publishing the comics like Blackhawk and GI Combat, continuing Quality's pre-existing numbering (the last issue of Blackhawk Quality published was #107 in September 1956 and the first issue of Blackhawk DC published was #108 released in November 1956).<br /><br />The other characters that DC aquired simply sat on the shelf, waiting to be used. In fact, DC purchased so many characters during this time from folded companies, that they even lost track of what characters they all owned. The story is that the character Ralph Dibney, the Elastic-Man, was created simply because DC wanted a character like Plastic Man, and hadn't realized that they actually owned him already!<br /><br />Black Condor's last published appearance by Quality Comics came in 1943, he first appearance in a DC comic came in the pages of Justice League #107 & 108 in 1973, 17 years after DC had purchased the rights to the character. <br /><br />From there he would be made part of the superhero team called the Freedom Fighters, that lived on Earth-X in the DC Multiverse. The other members of the team were Uncle Sam, Doll Man, Human Bomb, Phantom Lady, and the Ray, all also former Quality characters. The Freedom Fighters title ran for 15 issues before being a casualty of the infamous DC Implosion.<br /><br />Post-Crisis, DC gave a couple of the Quality characters a shot with their own title in the early 90's. In addition to this Black Condor series, there was also 2 series starring the Ray. First an initial 6 issue mini-series and then later a 28 issue ongoing series.<br /><br />-Kyle Benning of the King-Size Comics Giant-Size Fun Podcast MetropolisKid41https://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453019142012088904.post-38191676705460002282016-01-12T02:59:41.376-08:002016-01-12T02:59:41.376-08:00He was in the Dan Jurgens post-Death/Return of Sup...He was in the Dan Jurgens post-Death/Return of Superman before Zero Hour. Apparently he's only there for about 6-7 issues tops before leaving. I did not know that he also appears in Primal Force (looks like I need to find those) as well as other scattered appearances before dying in Infinite Crisis and being a zombie in Blackest Night. http://www.comicvine.com/ryan-kendall/4005-76170/Clinton Robsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980971574482457634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-453019142012088904.post-76419471394989886332016-01-11T17:27:04.541-08:002016-01-11T17:27:04.541-08:00I had never heard of this character before. Which ...I had never heard of this character before. Which Justice League was he in?SonOfCthulhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com