tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post4513280714174368606..comments2024-03-17T06:13:35.059-04:00Comments on DC in the 80s: Super-Blog Team Up - Magic edition: examining The Immortal Doctor Fate v1 (1985) DC in the 80shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007375553276439273noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-49667232073358582382016-11-02T21:09:55.634-04:002016-11-02T21:09:55.634-04:00I recognize that Simonson cover -- I had this repr...I recognize that Simonson cover -- I had this reprint in collection right up until my last purge. Now I wish I'd kept it!<br /><br />Like you, I've always been attracted to the concept and character design of Dr. Fate, but struggled to find a good jumping-on point as a reader. Every convention season I think about picking up a (discounted) volume of Fate's Golden Age adventures, whichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722003948136596061.post-79003876159500247392016-11-02T14:25:08.332-04:002016-11-02T14:25:08.332-04:00"The 1st Issue Special #9 contribution is, as..."The 1st Issue Special #9 contribution is, as far as I'm concerned, definitive in the absolute. Walt drew this one story (and leave us not forget a pretty darn cool story from Martin Pasko) and it's influenced damn near every iteration of the character in some way or another ever since, I even see it in DC's newest Doctor Fate book. (BTW, I own that story in very single form thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com