Brandvold talks Writing “Bat Lash” with Aragonés & Severin

[andy khouri]

Later this year, DC Comics will return their Western hero Bat Lash to the four color world in a new mini-series written by Sergio Aragonés & Peter Brandvold and artist John Severin. CBR News spoke with Brandvold about his first comics series.

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[Bat-Mite]

Sergio Aragonés writing? Bat Lash? This will sell less than canned Ebola, but I'll read it.

[Super-Hip!]

At this point I feel like someone needs to remind everyone that Sergio Aragones co-wrote those classic Bat Lashes with Dennis O'Neil.

And while I think Severin's one of the greats, and love seeing his work wherever and whenever, I wonder if anybody asked the still-living Nick Cardy if he wanted to contribute something?

[johnsteed]

And while I think Severin's one of the greats, and love seeing his work wherever and whenever, I wonder if anybody asked the still-living Nick Cardy if he wanted to contribute something?


Here, here! Cardy is AMAZING and, from what I've seen, he still has it. Maybe we'll get some covers from Mr. Cardy...

[joe bloke]

oh, man! i am waiting on this one big time! i loved Bat Lash back in the day. by far and away the finest western comic ever produced. actually, from a personal point of view, i reckon Bat Lash was by far and away one of the finest comics ever produced, full stop. i just wish DC would release all the old issues in a Showcase edition. Nick Cardy is one of the true greats. John Severin i like - actually, John Severin i REALLY like - so i'm more than willing to give him a shot, but it would have been so very cool to see Cardy back where he always belonged.

[matt levin]

I'm certainly up for this--
just waiting patiently here.
this is me, waiting patiently.
Patience, patience, patience.
Is it out yet?
Is it out yet?

Matt

[rick]

Sergio Aragonés writing? Bat Lash? This will sell less than canned Ebola, but I'll read it.


It probably won't sell well here in the US, but it will almost certainly be a big hit in Spain, Italy and South America where the original Bat Lash stories have been reprinted numerous times over the years.

I certainly will be buying it.

[David O Burcham]

First Jonah Hex, then Batton Lash...

...can Brian Savage / Ke-Woh-No-Tay / Scalphunter be far behind?

My grandmother was full-blood Choctaw. Outside of the once-in-a-blue-moon appearances of Red Wolf and American Eagle at Marvel; Apache Chief on Superfriends; and Wahoo McDaniel, Jack & Jerry Brisco, and the Youngblood brothers in wrestling, the only monthly comic book Indian heroes I had were Turok and Scalphunter (I know, I know... Ke-Woh-No-Tay was caucasian... but, still, you take what you can get). The only thing that kept Ke-Woh-No-Tay from being my favorite over Turok was the lack of dinosaurs.

I hope the DC Westerns (and War Stories) have a renaissance in the coming years.

[joe bloke]

enemy ace! i want enemy ace! i want joe kubert doing enemy ace!