Oz and Ends

Musings about some of my favorite fantasy literature for young readers, comics old and new, the peculiar publishing industry, the future of books, kids today, and the writing process.

Showing posts with label AUTHOR Max Allan Collins. Show all posts

Showing posts with label AUTHOR Max Allan Collins. Show all posts

10 April 2013

A Mystery with Not-So-Secret Identities

A while back, I had the idea for a mystery story set in the world of mid-1900s American comics publishing. I’m still working on that, but ...

07 October 2012

Another Kid in Crime Alley

For years I’ve owned copies of Batman , #408, in which Max Allan Collins introduced the second Jason Todd stealing tires off the Batmobil...

18 July 2010

Jason Todd: Capable of Killing?

The last two weekly Robins have discussed how the personality and narrative function of the second Jason Todd varied greatly depending on...

04 July 2010

Jason Todd Remade: ”Promises to Be a Real Thriller”

In late 1986, two new writers took over the Batman stories from Doug Moench: Mike W. Barr on Detective Comics and Max Allan Collins on B...

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