Hello, my name is Noah! I’m working on a comic book. Given your work, I was wondering if you have any tips for how to create and write memorable characters for comics? Sincerely, Noah
13. April 2025
No quick tips. There are lots of great books on the subject, from the series we did at DC with Watson-Gupthill to individual creator books like Scott McCloud’s, or Drawing With Words, Writing With Pictures. Good luck!
Was Starman’s (Prince Gavin) uniform inspired by Captain Atom’s Original Uniform ?
13. April 2025
Not by me, but it’s certainly possible Steve drew inspiration from his previous work.
Was there any pushback to the Supergirl statue appearing in the Legion Hall of Heroes post Crisis (like in LSH 31 and 38)?
2. October 2024
Not that I recall, but my memory’s not great on points like that.
Was Stalker inspired by Elric of Melnibone ?
2. October 2024
Definitely by Moorcock. I think it might have been one of the other avatars–maybe Hawkmoon? But I was a fierce reader of his work.
The dragon in Dragonsword gave me big Smaug vibes, was that intentional ?
14. August 2024
It’s possible. But I’ve loved dragons from Anne McCaffrey’s books too. (And Naomi Novick’s, but those came much later).
Where did the idea for Dragonsword come from ?
28. July 2024
I don’t recall any single source of inspiration. I’m a fan of sword & sorcery, and read a lot of it in my youth, but not sure which books led me to Dragonsword. Thanks for remembering it!
Hey there Mr. Levitz. I was doing some reading on some of the old Jonah Hex comics and I ran into a pretty juicy one about a stagecoach robber that happened in Wyoming where the gang and leader were all killed in the end. At the last page it menitons an editors note saying that this story was based on true events. I was curious to see how you guys got a hold of such a story.
24. April 2024
It would have been the writer who found it, Michael Fleisher I assume?
In the great comicbook armada, writers/artists/creators tend to float whereas editors, like ships’ captains, generally remain within their own flotilla led by their publisher-admiral. Hypothetically, if you hadn’t embodied DC to such a degree, which characters and/or which working Ts&Cs may have tempted you to write for Marvel 30 to 40 years ago?
19. January 2024
I was most fond of AVENGERS and X-MEN of the main Marvel titles…always liked group books with characters with different costumes or powers. But the occasion didn’t come up until a couple of years ago.
I have a friend who purchased a copy of the 75th anniversary of DC Comics that looks like it was signed by you to possibly Carl Gafford. Since he has passed away I am wondering if you did in fact sign a copy for him and if you would like to have it back.