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John Francis Moore

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Batman & Houdini: The Devil's Workshop (1993) — Writer — 97 eksemplarer
Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution (1992) 63 eksemplarer
Batman: Collected Legends of the Dark Knight (1994) — Forfatter — 50 eksemplarer
Batman: Poison Ivy (1997) 42 eksemplarer
Elseworlds: Justice League Vol. 1 (2016) 33 eksemplarer
Superman: The Dark Side (1999) 27 eksemplarer
X-Men: Zero Tolerance (2000) — Forfatter — 25 eksemplarer
X-Men: Operation Zero Tolerance (2012) 21 eksemplarer
Birds of Prey: Catwoman/Oracle (2003) 16 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 Volume 1 (2009) — Forfatter — 15 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #1 - The Gathering (1993) 12 eksemplarer
Dick Tracy: Big City Blues (1990) 10 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #3 (1993) 8 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #5 (1994) 7 eksemplarer
Factor X #4 - Reckonings (1995) 7 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #7 (1994) — Forfatter — 6 eksemplarer
Factor X #3 - Open Wounds (1995) 6 eksemplarer
Factor X #2 - Abandoned Children (1995) 6 eksemplarer
Dick Tracy vs The Underworld (1990) 6 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #2 6 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #2 6 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #4 (1994) 6 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #8 (1994) 6 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099: Oasis (1996) 5 eksemplarer
Factor X #1 - Sinister Neglect (1995) 5 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #3 (1993) 5 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #6 (1994) 5 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #25 (1995) 4 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #9 4 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #12 (1994) 4 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #14 (1994) 4 eksemplarer
X-Force [1991] #67 - Stand-Off (1997) 4 eksemplarer
Dick Tracy (Vol. 3) (1990) 4 eksemplarer
Superman: The Dark Side, #2 (1998) 4 eksemplarer
Superman: The Dark Side, #1 (1998) 4 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #15 (1994) 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #17 (1995) 3 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #5 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #20 (1995) 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #11 3 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #43 3 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #25 3 eksemplarer
Superman: The Dark Side, #3 (1998) 3 eksemplarer
X Force and Cable Annual 1996 (1996) 3 eksemplarer
X-Force [1991] #68 - Girl Talk (1997) 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #10 (1993) 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #13 3 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #14 3 eksemplarer
Batman Family #8 (of 8) (2003) 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #44 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 (1996) 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #19 (1995) 2 eksemplarer
Birds of Prey 2 eksemplarer
Chronos 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #16 (1993) 2 eksemplarer
Fate (1994-1996) #1 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #18 (1995) 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #33 (1993) 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #23 (1995) 2 eksemplarer
Superboy [1990] #6 (1990) 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #11 2 eksemplarer
X-Force (1991) #70 - Transitions (1997) 2 eksemplarer
X-Force (1991) #75 - Convergence (1998) 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #6 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #7 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #10 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #18 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #4 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #19 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #20 2 eksemplarer
Superboy [1990] #5 (1990) 2 eksemplarer
X-Men 2099 #32 (1996) 2 eksemplarer
Doom 2099 #22 2 eksemplarer
Batman Family #5 (Freeway) (2003) 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #13 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #12 1 eksemplar
Batman Family #2 Athena (2003) 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #8 1 eksemplar
Fate (1994-1996) #0 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #21 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #15 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #23 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #24 1 eksemplar
Doom 2099 #24 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #22 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #21 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #30 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #29 (1996) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #28 (1996) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #27 (1995) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #26 (1995) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #35 (1996) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #34 (1996) 1 eksemplar
X-Men 2099 #31 (1996) 1 eksemplar
Chronos: Legacies 1 eksemplar
Fate 1 eksemplar
Superboy [1990] #4 (1990) 1 eksemplar
Superboy [1990] #3 1 eksemplar
Hothouse: Part 2 1 eksemplar
Hothouse: Part 1 1 eksemplar
X-Force (1991) #74 - Afterlife (1998) 1 eksemplar
Chronos: Mad Genius 1 eksemplar
Factor-X (1995) #2 (1995) 1 eksemplar
X-Factor 1 eksemplar
Batman: Family (2019) 1 eksemplar
Batman Family #7 (2002) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

The New Mutants: The Demon Bear Saga (1990) — Bidragyder — 44 eksemplarer
DC One Million Omnibus (2013) — Bidragyder — 41 eksemplarer
X-Men: The Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix (1871) — Illustrator — 39 eksemplarer

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1964-09-05
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Nationalitet
USA
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Not really my kind of book. Thought with the big names associated with it, it would have a stronger plot.
 
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Brian-B | 1 anden anmeldelse | Nov 30, 2022 |
Got this for $3 at The Strand. Three dollars well spent. It was nice to see a different side of Superman. He was going through real human problems, deadlines with his book, and women troubles. I wasn't expecting it to end the way it did, none the less it was a good read.

The artwork is very 90's and vibrant. If you happen to find this while thrifting, buy it, you won't regret it.
 
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Koralis | Jul 12, 2022 |
Access a version of the below that includes illustrations on my blog.

Before reading it, I had thought Ironwolf: Fires of the Revolution would be a retelling of the events of Howard Chaykin's original rel="nofollow" target="_top">IronWolf* story in the new context of his Twilight story. It turns out that Fires of the Revolution is largely a sequel to the 1973-74 IronWolf, albeit one that retcons it a little bit to fit it into the future history established by Twilight. The original IronWolf concerned struggles over the "Empire Galaktika"; Fires of the Revolution quickly establishes that this is a high-faluting name for a group of three planets. The capital of the Empire Galaktika was Earth; Fires of the Revolution clarifies that early human colonists named a ton of planets "Earth." This does require us to ignore that in the original series, IronWolf visited the Grand Canyon, but it mostly all fits together (except for the Tales of the House of IronWolf back-ups, but they weren't such a big deal anyway).

Well, I say it all fits together, but Fires of the Revolution actually opens with a retelling of an event from the first issue of IronWolf, Weird Worlds #8: Lord Ironwolf's burning down of his family's ancestral forests of anti-gravity wood, to keep them out of the hands of his brother, who's working with the Empress Erika. I complained that in the original, this moment seemed underplayed; here the writers and artists turn it into the big dramatic moment it deserved to be. From there, though, Fires of the Revolution shifts into following up rather than retelling: Ironwolf and Shebaba's fledgling revolution is cut short when one of their own betrays them. The empress is willing to cut a deal with the rebels and form a parliamentary government, but only on the condition of Ironwolf's death, so one of Ironwolf's allies betrays him.

It's a slightly different world than the original IronWolf stories of two decades prior: less sword-and-planet warlord, and more courtly intrigue. Penciller Mike Mignola follows this new approach with visuals that come right out of the French Revolution: his Empress Erika is a highly refined aristocrat, not the sultry seductress of Chaykin's originals. (Though, of course, she is no less venomous underneath.) In the highly repressed world of this Empire Galakitka, Lord Ironwolf is different from the other aristocrats: something primal and barbaric, full of energy, willing to burn the world down if it means progress might result. This resonates with the larger story of Twilight, too (to which this is a sidequel; Homer Glint puts in an appearance, and everyone in this story can live forever because of what happened over there), in that Ironwolf claims that if the Empire Galakitka is integrated into humanity's galactic civilization, it can reverse some of the stagnation that has set in.

On the whole, Fires of the Revolution is kind of pulpy just like the original IronWolf, but in a different way. Lots of fights and betrayals and fires and shadow and plotting, but the universe feels darker and less swashbuckling. But I would partially attribute that to putting the fabulously gloomy Mignola on art. I enjoyed reading it on the whole, and looking at it even more. I still do have one complaint: I get what motivates Ironwolf's personal goals. He is a simple man at heart, and he wants revenge for the various ways he's been wronged. (There's a lot of them by this point-- basically everyone who ever threw in with him was killed.) But what motivates him politically? As an "aristo" what makes him want to rid the Empire Galaktika of aristocratic control and put a democracy in place? This was a weakness in the original IronWolf and continues to be one here.

(This book was originally published as a graphic novel in hardcover in 1992, and released in paperback in 1993. DC finally collected Chaykin's Twilight in 2015; it would be cool if they also released a collection of both Fires of the Revolution and the original IronWolf stories from Weird Worlds. It would make a nice little 150ish-page space epic.)

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* As always, it's hard to tell how comic book character names ought to be capitalized. While the text pieces in the 1986 reprint special used "IronWolf," Walt Simonson's introduction to this volume goes with "Ironwolf," so I am capitalizing that way in the context of this volume.… (mere)
 
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Stevil2001 | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jul 13, 2018 |
Superman never makes it to earth, but instead ends up on Apokolips, and raised by Darkseid. Darkseid uses Supes as his final weapon against the new gods of New Genesis, and the fight ends up on earth where Supes turns good and defeats Darkseid.

I have to admit, every story I've read that deals with the new gods really sucks. They are lame, lame lame. This was an ok story, but about on par with Elseworld: Superman: Distant Fires. Supes in black armor looked wicked cool though!
 
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BookstoogeLT | Dec 10, 2016 |

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P. Craig Russell Artist, Illustrator
Mark Chiarello Illustrator
Larry Hama Author
Adam Pollina Illustrator, Cover artist
Mike Mignola Illustrator
Alan Grant Author
Stan Woch Illustrator
Brian Apthorp Illustrator
Pop Mhan Illustrator
Joe Kelly Author
Ron Lim Illustrator
Scott Peterson Associate Editor
Walter Simonson Introduction
Kyle Baker Illustrator
Steve Oliff Colorist
Tim Sale Artist
Brian Bolland Cover artist
Chris Bachalo Illustrator
Leinil Francis Yu Illustrator
Rob Haynes Illustrator
Pascual Ferry Illustrator
Randy Green Illustrator
Salvador Larroca Illustrator
Carlos Pacheco Illustrator
Ken Bruzenak Letterer
Bill Pearson Letterer
Bob Kahan Editor
John Workman Letterer

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