Then there's Spillane -
Patrick Lee wrote:
>
> Many hardboiled/mystery writers have come into the
comic fold in recent
> years. Max Allan Collins's involvement actually
dates back to him
> scripting
> the Dick Tracy daily strip in the 70's and he
originated Ms. Tree as a
> comic
> book while also writing Batman and creating Wild Dog
with Terry Beatty for
> DC comics in the 80's. In the 90's, Collins worked
with his hero and
> friend
> Mickey Spillane on the Mike Danger comic
book.
>
> Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series does predate his
comic work but I spoke
> to Greg at a comic convention years ago and he
described his longtime love
> of comics and how he enjoyed his opportunity to work
in the medium. More
> recently, Brad Meltzer did a groundbreaking
miniseries for DC called
> Infinite Crisis and spent a year writing the Justice
League. David Morrell
> recently did a Captain America minseries and has
more work coming. As was
> mentioned earlier, Duane Swiercynski is writing
Cable for Marvel and has
> done some Punisher work. Charlie Huston has worked
on Moon Knight and
> Wolverine for Marvel. The work they have all done is
variable in
> quality and
> certainly will appeal to you depending on the
subject matter and
> whether you
> enjoy comics. I have read all of the authors' prose
work and I would be
> hardpressed to identify any of their styles in their
comic work.
>
> Pat Lee
>
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