#Dan Spiegle

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Who framed Roger Rabbit - comic adaptation, 1988

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The Nemesis (Tom Tresser) first appeared in Brave and the Bold 166#, cover date September, 1980. He was created by Cary Burkett and Dan Spiegle. ("Batman and Black Canary: Requiem for 4 Canaries", and "Nemesis", Brave and the Bold 166#, DC Comic Event)

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Dan Spiegle

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October 1982 to November 1984. Among the segments of DC's voluminous archives that they ought to properly reprint but probably never will is this early 1980s revival of aviator hero Blackhawk by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. Created by Will Eisner and Chuck Cuidera for Quality Comics back in 1941, the Blackhawks were a multinational paramilitary squadron, with vaguely kinky black leather uniforms and special aircraft they operated from their own secret private island. They fought the Nazis during WW2 and later branched out into anticommunism and international supervillains. The original series was for years defined by excellent artwork (in particular by Reed Crandall), broad characterization, exaggerated ethnic accents, and some egregious racism (much of it directed at the Blackhawks' Chinese cook/mascot, "Chop-Chop"). In the late '60s, there was a brief, ludicrous attempt to turn the characters into superheroes, which hastened the demise of the original book, but the Blackhawks still had their fans — including Steven Spielberg, whose interest in developing a BLACKHAWK feature film occasioned this revival.

Probably the best word for this 23-issue run is "solid." It returns the characters to their original WW2 milieu, dials down the racism (the Chinese character eventually even gets a proper uniform), and offers some very competent storytelling from Evanier and Spiegle. The individual plots are seldom outstanding, but there are only a few real duds, and it's significantly more consistent than most monthly books of its era. Evanier and Spiegle were a good team, as further evidenced by their charming creator-owned CROSSFIRE series, launched through Eclipse toward the end of this run, although it wasn't enough to keep the BLACKHAWK book alive after Spielberg's interest lapsed.

The 1987–1988 Howard Chaykin miniseries (later collected as BLACKHAWK: BLOOD & IRON) is flashier and more fun, although it remains controversial. Chaykin made Blackhawk (whom Chaykin named Janos Prohaska, after a real-world Hollywood stuntman best known today as the guy who played the Horta on the STAR TREK TOS episode "The Devil in the Dark") an abrasive dick, and sidelined most of the rest of the group in favor of a new Lady Blackhawk, a brassy American Communist named Natalie Reed. (Chaykin did at least give "Chop-Chop" a real name — Weng Chan.) The Evanier/Spiegle series was not intended to reinvent the characters so much as to present a palatable median version that could provide the foundation for a feature film, so while it's not as dynamic or as stylish, it's also much less confrontational. For some, that makes it the definitive modern treatment of this venerable franchise.

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Cartoon Actors, HA! Lunatics, If You Ask Me… “Who Framed Roger Rabbit Comics Adaptation” (1988)

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Original Art - Saga Of The Swamp Thing #02 Pg 25 (1982) by Dan Spiegle

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Dan Spiegle, 1971.

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Magnus, Robot Fighter by Dan Spiegle

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"Hair Apparent!" in House of Mystery #292, May 1981, written by Gerry Conway, original art by Dan Spiegle

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Dan Spiegle “The Beauty of the Beast” The Phantom Stranger in The Saga of Swamp Thing #3 (1982) Source

Colors by Adrienne Roy

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Korak, Son of Tarzan #3 (UK edition) - August 1971, cover by George Wilson.

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Crossfire #12: The Twenty-Fourth Annual Death of Marilyn Monroe

by Mark Evanier; Dan Spiegle; Jo Meugniot and Carrie Spiegle

Cover by Dave Stevens

Eclipse

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The origin of Nemesis was revealed in the anthology Brave and the Bold 167#, cover date October, 1980. ("Batman and Blackhawk: Ice Station Alpha," and "A Name Writ in Blood", Brave and the Bold 167#).

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Dan Spiegle

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Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

The Triumph of the Green Goblin

Writers: Dennis Marks

Pencils: Dan Spiegle

Inks: Vince Colletta

Colours: Bob Sharen

Covers: John Romita Jr., Al Milgrom

Marvel

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Green Arrow vs Clock King by Dan Spiegle