I am so glad you or anyone for that trumpets this man's influence on comics in it's Golden and silver age.Thank you,this man's name should be shouted from every rooftop.A true legendary creative force.
The guy definitely deserves more appreciation, I'd recommend checking out the book I mentioned if you're into biographies. I'll be mentioning a lot of his work as we go, of course, and I'm very excited about it!
I was always more of a Broome guy, but Fox did some outstanding work: Adam Strange; "Man, thy Name is Brother from the JLA; The early Specter in the late 1960s with Murphy Anderson; and some of his Strange Adventures and Mystery in Space stories, like The Man Who Lived Forever.
Totally fair, John Broome is on my list so I'll definitely talk about him eventually! Just got a bunch of other characters and creators and whatnot to sift through before then!
Mr. Fox was a person you could talk to at DC when they were at 575 Lexington Ave. N.Y. He also help to produce the 1964 Comcon with free goodies and words to the wisdom. Make this event fun for the fans.Thank You for this Well written story of Mr. Fox a friend of Fandom.
One of my favorites. And they were bastards at DC to not give him health coverage. Just a disposable serf. I did learn a few good things about the man from your video. Didn't realize his novels came after his comics work. Still a fan of the four novels of his Kyrik, Warlock Warrior series. Not as good as Conan, but I read then fondly.
Fox was close to Shelly Mayer; but possibly not as close to Julius Schwartz. I wonder if Fox had been a practicing lawyer, he would have been allowed to join one of the services' JAG programs? It would strike me that he would have been a natural Civil Affairs Officer, as well . . . .
I could definitely imagine that. With Fox's strong sense of justice, experience in law, and desire to provide support during World War II in whatever capacity he could, I think it would have been a natural result if he stuck to the courtroom rather than becoming a comic writer.
This was a bit of a flub on my part with the research. I basically say that he was a fan of the Mets growing up, because the biography I got that information from just listed it offhand as one of his interests. I didn't realize that the Mets weren't formed until Fox was in his 50's, at which point he did become a fan, obviously much later in life that I thought it to be and stated it as in the video.
Can you explain further something you said in the video? You say that during WWII, when many DC writers were off to war, Fox would write many stories under their names so readers would not notice they were not writing. But at the time, writers very rarely (if ever at all) got credit for their writing. So this makes no sense to me.
It's true that credit often wasn't attributed to the writers and artists, but that wasn't always a consistent thing. In fact, it was becoming more common in the latter-years of World War II. While it still had room for improvement (and even does to this day, quite frankly) credit was indeed being given around the time that Gardner Fox was finding himself much more alone on the writing staff.
I am so glad you or anyone for that trumpets this man's influence on comics in it's Golden and silver age.Thank you,this man's name should be shouted from every rooftop.A true legendary creative force.
Couldn't agree more! I feel like a lot of the faces behind the panels get forgotten over time, so I want to make sure they get their time to shine! :)
Thank you for this episode. I learned a lot. I just subscribed.
Glad it was helpful! Happy to have you aboard as one of the oldies!
Gardner Fox and Mike Sekowsky's "Justice League of America" is the greatest comic book series of the Silver Age. Some of my all-time favorite stories.
Absolutely great stuff! I'm personally a big fan of his earlier stuff with Jay Garrick's Flash, but his Justice League work is fantastic, too!
I would love to see more videos on Gardner Fox
The guy definitely deserves more appreciation, I'd recommend checking out the book I mentioned if you're into biographies. I'll be mentioning a lot of his work as we go, of course, and I'm very excited about it!
I was always more of a Broome guy, but Fox did some outstanding work: Adam Strange; "Man, thy Name is Brother from the JLA; The early Specter in the late 1960s with Murphy Anderson; and some of his Strange Adventures and Mystery in Space stories, like The Man Who Lived Forever.
Totally fair, John Broome is on my list so I'll definitely talk about him eventually! Just got a bunch of other characters and creators and whatnot to sift through before then!
Mr. Fox was a person you could talk to at DC when they were at 575 Lexington Ave. N.Y. He also help to produce the 1964 Comcon with free goodies and words to the wisdom. Make this event fun for the fans.Thank You for this Well written story of Mr. Fox a friend of Fandom.
Did you know, despite the common misconception, Gardner Fox has no relation to Michael J. Fox?
Nor to The Fantastic Mr. Fox
One of my favorites. And they were bastards at DC to not give him health coverage. Just a disposable serf. I did learn a few good things about the man from your video. Didn't realize his novels came after his comics work. Still a fan of the four novels of his Kyrik, Warlock Warrior series. Not as good as Conan, but I read then fondly.
Fox and his wife were, respectively, wealthy Irish and Italian Catholics, at a time when that was not as common.
Fox was close to Shelly Mayer; but possibly not as close to Julius Schwartz.
I wonder if Fox had been a practicing lawyer, he would have been allowed to join one of the services' JAG programs? It would strike me that he would have been a natural Civil Affairs Officer, as well . . . .
I could definitely imagine that. With Fox's strong sense of justice, experience in law, and desire to provide support during World War II in whatever capacity he could, I think it would have been a natural result if he stuck to the courtroom rather than becoming a comic writer.
Fox could not have been a Mets fan which was not formed until the 1960s he most likely was either a Giants fan or a Dodgers fan
This was a bit of a flub on my part with the research. I basically say that he was a fan of the Mets growing up, because the biography I got that information from just listed it offhand as one of his interests. I didn't realize that the Mets weren't formed until Fox was in his 50's, at which point he did become a fan, obviously much later in life that I thought it to be and stated it as in the video.
Can you explain further something you said in the video? You say that during WWII, when many DC writers were off to war, Fox would write many stories under their names so readers would not notice they were not writing. But at the time, writers very rarely (if ever at all) got credit for their writing. So this makes no sense to me.
It's true that credit often wasn't attributed to the writers and artists, but that wasn't always a consistent thing. In fact, it was becoming more common in the latter-years of World War II. While it still had room for improvement (and even does to this day, quite frankly) credit was indeed being given around the time that Gardner Fox was finding himself much more alone on the writing staff.