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Batman #386 featuring Black Mask, DC Comics 1985.
There's been quite a lot written about the rise to prominence of DC Comics character and Batman villain Black Mask in recent years — and for good reason.  The character's rise from relative obscurity in 1980s DC Comics to major fixture of the DCEU across comics, games, TV, and film is impressive indeed.  Created by[...]
The Daily LITG, 23rd February 2020, Happy Birthday Doug Moench
Venus de Milo, Swansea, MA Bolton Comic Con, Bolton Whites Hotel, Bolton Galaxy Comic Con, Royal Jersey Showground, Jersey Amazing Comic Con Aloha, Westside Comics and Games, Hawaii Fan Fest 2020, London ExCel Centre. Happy birthday to… Doug Moench, co-creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, Electric Warrior and Six From Sirius. Eric Lurio, author of The Cartoon Guide to the US Constitution. Martin Thomas, artist on Pantheon, Gunfire, Force Seven, Left On Mission and Elric. Jennifer Miller,[...]
moon night
But we'll get to that. The collection starts with where the character started — in the pages of Werewolf by Night #32 and #33 from 1975. The issues were written by Doug Moench and drawn by Don Perlin Moench would basically be the quintessential Moon Knight writer for years, almost ignoring anyone else's handling of the character. The[...]
Four Color Roots Part 5: A Misspent Youth At Early '90s Comic Cons
He had dissipated, tired eyes like Robert Mitchum's. – Andrew Gordon, Smoking Dope with Thomas Pynchon: A Sixties Memoir In 1993, I met Doug Moench face-to-face at a comic  convention held in a few drab, unimpressive carpeted rooms of a Sheraton Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware My plastic goodie bag of miscellaneous issues, trading cards, and other swag[...]