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the G-man said:
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Haven't read it yet, but personally I think anything would be better than that last arc written by Denny O'neill. Feh! Phooey! Ick! Stupid old bastard, why won't he die?!?



Denny O'Neil.

If it wasn't for that "Stupid Old Bastard," Batman might have been canceled in 1969. There certainly wouldn't have been a "Dark Knight," "Killing Joke," "Batman Year One" or any of the other classic books that came out in the 80s since they were all based, to one degree or another, on O'Neil's version of Batman...which still stands as the definitive one.

In fact, that "stupid old bastard" was Frank Miller's editor on Daredevil, essentially teaching Miller everything he knew about "grim and gritty."

That "stupid old bastard" wrote some the most enduring stories in comics form of the last forty years: "No Hope in Crime Alley," "the Jokers's Five Way Revenge," "the Batman Nobody Knows," "Daughter of the Demon," "Green Lantern/Green Arrow."

Maybe he's not on the top of his game anymore, but the man played the game longer, and better, than nearly anyone else in the mainstream comics field.

Show some respect.



I agree completely with the G-Man on this one! Comics owe a great deal to Denny O'Neil for all of the reasons already stated. Snarfie-wash your dirty mouth out w/ soap and then go crawl to Denny O'Neil and beg his forgiveness! Hopefully he won't won't drop dead on top of you though it certainly would be poetic justice. I can hear him yelling, "Take that! Damn punk kid!" on his way out...

-----once over and twice twisted---------