#michael fleisher

[bitter1stuff]

Okay, so I'm saving this here because I'm blown away by the choices Michael Fleisher (story) and Al Milgrom (pencils) made. When I write, I try not to plagiarize. For example, I'll take three things from somewhere, change them a bit, and then combine those three pieces into one hopefully original idea. The brazenness here of shock troops upset with someone for owning books and equipping them with flame throwers (Fahrenheit 451), let alone their name being "Thought Police" (1984) is so crazy to me. Was it because they knew the audience was around twelve, so it'd be better to make the baddies something kids might know in order to make the story less complicated? Was it laziness? I'd love to just mash-up pop culture tropes into a story like this.

[marvelousmrm]

Ghost Rider #63 (Fleisher/McDonnell, Dec 1981). The Orb sure is goofy fun.

[evilhorse]

Haywire house ad (circa September 1988)

[nerds-yearbook]

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)

[balu8]

Adventure Comic #435: The Man Who Stalked the Spectre

by Michael Fleisher/Russell Carley; Jim Aparo; John Albano (?) (source comics.org)

DC

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian Annual #9 -1984- Marvel Comics

"Wrath of the Shambling God!" (1-30 of 38)

script by Michael Fleisher

art by Ernie Chan

lettering by Rick Parker

coloring by Christie Scheele

[brevoorthistoryofcomics]

GH: GHOST RIDER #80

The last regular issue of GHOST RIDER I bought was #80,–literally just one issue away from the series’ cancellation with #81. So why did I jump off here, right before the end/ Well, the honest reason is that GHOST RIDER was never a book I was all that interested in. I bought it out of habit for a very long time, only really enjoying it infrequently across that period. I had the available funds,…

[smashedpages]

On this day in 1979, Marvel launched a second Man-Thing series by writer Michael Fleisher and penciller Jim Mooney. The creative team worked on the first three issues, but were then replaced by writer Chris Claremont and illustrators Don Perlin and Bob Wiacek (who drew the cover for the first issue). The short-lived title featured appearances by Jennifer Kale and Doctor Strange, and only lasted 11 issues.

[coverpanelarchive]

The Brave & The Bold #166 (1980)

[all-action-all-picture]

Because you demanded it! It doesn't get bigger than this! The ultimate clash of the Titans!

The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus. This was originally intended for an issue of The Sandman (no, not that one) in 1976 but that title got cancelled before this epic tale could be unleashed on an unsuspecting world. It did later show up in Best of DC Digest No. 22 - Christmas with the Superheroes (1981).

**SPOILER ALERT** If you're thinking Seals are a controversial choice for villains then you're not alone. However it turns out the reason our heroes are fighting each other is because there has been "some sort of accidental mix-up" and the Seal Men have inexcusably been getting the wrong Christmas presents for years!

[beyondthespheres]

The Spectre (first translated as "Gespenst" (Spectre), later as "Geist "(Ghost), made it three times on the covers for the German DC anthology "Horror", which ran from 1972 to 1984. He also appeared a few more times in it without showing up on the covers.

[bitter1stuff]

Update: Now there's Droogies!

[marvelousmrm]

Ghost Rider #66 (Fleisher/Sutton, Mar 1982). This traveling carnival is proving to be a sweet setting for Blaze.

[evilhorse]

DCI with Johnny DC (circa July 1988)

[nerds-yearbook]

Marvel celebrated the 50th issue of the second volume of Ghost Rider with a double sized issue with a cover date of November 1980. The issue matched Ghost Rider up with the original Ghost Rider, also known as the Night Rider. ("Manitou's Anger... Tarantula's Sting", Ghost Rider (Vol 2) #50, Marvel Comic Event)

[comicarthistory]

Page from The Warlord #119. 1987. Art by Ron Randall and Pablo Marcos.