ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (11/05/85)
From: Mike Ciaraldi <ciaraldi> I heard a totally unconfirmed rumor last week. It claims that when Jim Shooter heard that John Byrne was going to take over Superman he told Byrne he couldn't work for both Marvel & DC. So, Byrne will be leaving Marvel for DC very shortly. I have no idea if this is true or not. Like most rumors (true or false) it seems somewhat believable based on past occurences and the personalities involved. Has anyone heard anything else like this? Mike Ciaraldi seismo!rochester!ciaraldi
mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (11/09/85)
> I heard a totally unconfirmed rumor last week. > It claims that when > Jim Shooter heard that John Byrne was going to take over Superman > he told Byrne he couldn't work for both Marvel & DC. > So, Byrne will be leaving Marvel for DC very shortly. > > I have no idea if this is true or not. > Like most rumors (true or false) it seems somewhat believable > based on past occurences and the personalities involved. It would be consistent. A few years ago, Byrne was slated to draw a Batman miniseries. He only drew the first issue because when Shooter found out about it, he told Byrne he couldn't do any work for DC if he wanted to work for Marvel. Of course, (I think) Byrne was under contract to Marvel then, and he's a free lancer now. I hope the rumor is true. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "A flash in front of my eyes ... I blink ... open my eyes to ... discover I am a dog in a pickup truck full of garbage ... no one but me sees the lid blow off the can ... it's 14 miles to the dump ... this is ... at last ... heaven."
moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (11/11/85)
In article <12885@rochester.UUCP> ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP writes: >So, Byrne will be leaving Marvel for DC very shortly. > >I have no idea if this is true or not. Last I heard, Byrne had gone freelance (quietly) a few months ago. I assume Shooter knew of it at the time. "Eddie the Mouth was a vicious animal. But he was one of the old-time vicious animals and as such had some kind of moral code. It wasn't much of a moral code, but it was better than nothing..." Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA UUCP: {uw-beaver, sun, allegra, sb6, lbl-csam}!fluke!moriarty <*> DISCLAIMER: Do what you want with me, but leave my employers alone! <*>