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Legend
John Broome [1913-99]
Comics Legend John Broome [1913-99] was a prolific comics writer, and
the co-creator of the Green Lantern, The Guardians of the Universe, and
Captain Cold and Mr. Element for Flash
comics. His science-fiction stories were first published in pulp
magazines, but agent and DC editor Julius Schwartz convinced Broome to
write for the relatively new artform of comic books.
Broome is considered one of the best writers during the Silver Age of
comic books, starting somewhere around 1955. Although he wrote in many
different genres, he almost always injected an element or two of
science-fiction into his comics stories. When writing science-fiction
for comic books, Broomeʼs strong sense of character, his injection of
science into the core of a story, and his story twists made him a master
of his art.
His work has often been reprinted in soft- and hardback collections.
Broomeʼs major work includes : DC COMICS--The
Atom (ʼ47); Atomic Knights
(ʽ60-ʼ64); Batman
(ʽ64-ʼ69); Big Town (ʽ51-ʼ58);
Captain Comet (ʽ51-ʽ54/ʼ71);
Charlie Chan (ʽ58-ʼ59);
Dr. Mid-Nite (ʽ47-ʼ48,
ʼ72-ʽ74); Elongated Man
(ʽ65-ʼ67); Flash (ʽ46-ʽ47) ,
[2nd version] (ʽ56-ʼ70, ʽ71/ʼ76/ʼ85);
Ghost Patrol (ʼ48); Green Arrow
(ʽ59/ʼ61); Green Lantern [1st
version] (ʽ47-ʼ49), [2nd version] (ʽ59-ʼ70); Hawkman (ʽ47-ʼ48); Justice
Society of America (ʽ47-ʼ51); Kid Flash (ʽ60-ʼ63); Mystery in Space
(ʽ51-62); Phantom Stranger
(ʽ52-ʽ53/ʼ71); Sargon the Sorceror
(ʽ46-ʼ48); Sensation Mystery
(ʽ52-ʼ53); Star Hawkins
(ʽ60-ʼ63); Strange Adventures
(ʽ51-ʼ62); Strange Sports Stories
(ʼ63); FAWCETT COMICS: Captain Marvel,
(ʽ42-ʽ43); Lance O'Casey (ʼ43).
Broome also wrote the comic strip
Nero Wolfe (ʼ56-ʼ57). His stories have been reprinted in
Mysteries in Space (Simon &
Schuster, ʽ80), Secret Origins of the
Super DC Heroes (Harmony, ʼ76),
Green Lantern and Green Arrow (Coronet, ʼ72),
Batman from the ʽ30s to the ʽ70s,
(Crown Publishing, ʼ71) and several other collections.
John Broome won the coveted Inkpot Award in 1998. His work is highly
recommended.
Michael Vance
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