Tag Archives: Paul Levitz

What Will We Do With A Cancelled Legion Of Superheroes? The New 45….

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Paul Levitz posted on Facebook; The word came out yesterday. DC’s officially announced the end of the current run of the LEGION with #23…sad to see my old friends go, and hoping my tale for that issue with Kevin Maguire …

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When Paul Levitz Was A Gossip-Hungry Rumour Monger Just Like Me

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Rich Johnston

When Paul Levitz was Publisher and President of DC Comics, we had a few contretemps, he and I. Well, there were some examples of micromanagement in the comics being published by the recently-purchased Wildstorm imprint that I saw as dulling …

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Keith Giffen Leaves Legion Of Superheroes After Two Issues?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Rich Johnston

It was meant to be the reunion of Team Levitz/Giffen. Two creators, both committed to Legion stories, both working on the book separately and together in the past, both with The Great Darkness Saga on their resumes. And reunited again for …

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#Vertigone?

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I’ve worked with a legend for 25 years. She’s the best, & I’ll miss her gentleness & sanity at VertigoDC – Neil Gaiman I’ve long said there are two or three people to whom I owe my career. Karen Berger …

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When Bill Jemas Met Paul Levitz At NYCC

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

For comic industry observers of the late nineties and noughties, the rivalry between Marvel and DC reached epic heights. After the Marvel bankruptcy, the company did all it could to lift itself out of the more, throwing everything at the …

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Tuesday Runaround – What Paul Levitz Said To Christopher Nolan

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on. They say I am a work …

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New Twist In The Fight For Superman: $600,000 For Shuster’s Half?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Daniel Best, 20th Century Danny Boy, who is the go-to guy for following this and many other comic-related legal battles, reports today that there’s a surprising new development in the fight to control Superman.  Ahead of the anticipated November 2013 …

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Legion Of Super Changes

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We’ve mentioned that after issue twelves of the New 52, as well as every comic getting a Zero Issue to explore earlier stories in the comics’ characters lives, there would be title changes and creator changes across the line. I’ve …

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Professor Paul Levitz To Teach The Future

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Pace University of New York City and Westchester County has appointed Paul Levitz as a professor for their upcoming semester. But rather than just concentrating on his past in publishing, he’ll be teaching about the future. He’ll be teaching PUB …

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Knockabout To Sell The Black Dossier In The UK

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It was one of the more odder publishing decisions. Despite The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier passing through DC’s legal department with only a few nips and tucks before being cleared, Paul Levitz, decided to overrule them and …

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Reading 75 Years Of DC Comics by Greg Baldino

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Greg Baldino writes for Bleeding Cool 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth Making is a difficult book to review here at the start of 2012– and not just because it weighs fifteen pounds and takes up almost …

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When George Perez And Kevin Maguire Draw Power Girl – Two Ongoing Books For Earth Two In The DC New New 52

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

We knew that Justice Society by James Robinson and Nicola Scott, set in the DC parallel universe Earth Two, was coming. What we didn’t know until today was that it will be accompanied by Worlds Finest, starring Huntress and Power …

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Video Preview: Legion Of Superheroes #1

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Rich Johnston

A look at Legion Of Superheroes #1 by Paul Levitz and Francis Portela, courtesy of Spanish agent David Macho Gomez – who is certainly making a name for himself this week.

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Paul Levitz Sets Up In Artists’ Alley At San Diego Comic Con

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The line up San Diego Comic Con’s Artists Alley, this year sponsored by deviantART, has been announced by the convention. And there’s a surprise or two. Artosts Alley is always a heady mix of the name creator taking commissions, newbies …

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When Paul Levitz Spoke To Google. For An Hour. Without A Moustache.

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Paul Levitz spoke to Google employees earlier this month about DC Comics and the Legion of Super-Heroes. And yes, he has no moustache. He seems to have shaved it last last year. And it’s stayed off. My favourite paragraph? After …

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Mini-Glitch: 75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking For £60 Off

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Rich Johnston

That’s one hell of a drop for such a massive book. Amazon UK are selling the massive 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Leviz with Taschen Publishing for just £74.15, down form £135. It’s …

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DC Comics To Publish Marshal Law?

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Rich Johnston

It’s only been a few years since Paul Levitz was so disgusted with the way The Boys portrayed superheroes that he cancelled it, and let Dynamite take over publishing the book – only for it to become their best selling …

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Wednesday Runaround – Baal Ki Khaal!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Rich Johnston

TrafficWatch: We enjoyed the fact that someone at Marvel was just looking at the Kirby lawsuit story on Bleeding Cool at exactly the same time as someone from law firm Weissmann Wolff Bergman — the Beverly Hills law firm that …

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