![]() If you gave me a piece of paper, I could probably name at least threeĭozen residents of Palomar. I know what comics were edited by Dez Skinn and Archie Goodwin, and I know who published Mister X.Ī dozen characters from Ghost World without cracking open the book, and Squad, and I know Ambush Bug’s real name. I could name most of the members of the Suicide Without resorting to any reference work, IĬould give fairly details biographies of minor characters like Drax theĭestroyer and Dum Dum Dugan, and I know who created Nightcrawler and I’m sometimes concerned by the amount of trivia in my head, at theĪmount of completely useless bullshit bouncing around my brain-box. When I was done, I saw a familiar look on one guy’s face, and heard the inevitable question – how did I know all this shit?Īnd I just felt like somebody from Eltingville. Work, but also making a point of mentioning his appearance on M*A*S*H. Off my Hama knowledge, dwelling mostly on his GI Joe and Wolverine I had to convince everybody that Hama was the proper writer, by showing Hama and Ron Wagner was an indisputable fact, lodged away somewhere in my brain. The fact that the Nth Man was created by Larry Larry Hama, because I knew I was right, and didn’t have to resort to When somebody in the group was adamant that it was the work of Chuckĭixon, I was even more unwavering in my argument that it was written by ![]() Remained unmovably driven, even when reality goes all skew-whiff ![]() I really dig the action scenes, and the way the title character ![]() To end up digging it out and reading the whole damn thing again tonight. I have every issue in aīox behind me and after talking about it again here, I’m probably going Machinations, the Nth Man only lasted about a year, but is still fondly A lateĮighties military-porn comic with disturbingly metaphysical I was having a few drinks with some comic-literate people a few weeksĪgo, and talk inevitably swerved in the direction of the Nth Man. ![]()
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