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I made these model sheet character designs of the most extremely conservative superheroes. The Question (Vic Sage), Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk (Hank Hall) and the Odd Man (Clayton "Clay" Stoner). I've been thinking about these current extremely polarizing political times are like a throwback to the '60s era of liberal hippie protesters vs the Vietnam war and conservative Nixon administration. It makes sense for the Question to unit with the Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk and the Odd Man since they are on the same side of the political fence. The Question was the first conservative libertarian objectivist superhero in comics in 1966, created by Steve Ditko), Hawk was the first conservative warhawk superhero in comics in 1968 (created by Steve Ditko). The Odd Man was Steve Ditko's last creation for DC in 1979. Guy Gardner joined the conservative Ronald Reagan movement in comics in 1987. For the characters to be truly authentic and faithful they should be faithful to the creators visions as decisive extremely conservative figures and not tone down their edge in fear of offending someone.

I used Robert Patrick as my model for the Question. I used Henry Rollins as my model for Guy Gardner, I used Ryan Kelley as my model for Hawk and I used James Garner as my model for the Odd Man. To be truly faithful and authentic, DC should go back to the roots of the characters, including their retro fashion. Lee Marvin could have been cast as Vic Sage in the '60s-'70s, Jan-Michael Vincent could have been cast as Vic Sage in the '80s, and Robert Patrick in the '90s-'00s.

I don't say The Question, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk and the Odd Man need to take place in the '60s or '70s or '80s. I think of the Ridley Scott Blade Runner approach, the Jay Bernstein Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer approach, the Tim Burton Batman approach, the Bruce Timm Batman: The Animated Series approach, the Chuck Russell Mask approach, the Betty Thomas Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel approach, the Frank Miller Sin City and Spirit approach - which combines modern technology (even futuristic in Blade Runner), etc. with classic style, fashion, buildings and car designs, etc. keeping the classic characters authentic in style, without limiting them to outdated technology. Mixing modern with retro.
The Question as Vic Sage is a conservative crusading TV journalist for Crown City's WWB (Worldwide Broadcasting) opposing crime and corruption in it's myriad forms, aided by his saff (Nora Lace, Fred Pine, Al Kert and Bob Hasel) and Sam Starr, the president and founder of WWB. The Question is a radical conservative libertarian capitalist, objectivist atheist as intended by Steve Ditko.
Steve Ditko's Question was as preachy as Joe Friday and lectured against hippie liberalism and corruption of society. A strict rigid "moral code" idea of black and white good and evil. The Question was quite vicious in his methods. Ditko believed that there were ideas like evil and corruption that could never be measured in degrees. If someone did bad things, they were corrupt and deserved no sympathy. The Question frequently forced his enemies into situations that were likely fatal with no remorse. Vic Sage would launch into tirades against the evils of the weak people who did nothing to stop the actions of evil people. The Question was a politically conservative extreme, and can easily make many liberal readers uncomfortable.

The Question is a crimefighter whose name refers not only to his featureless facemask, but also to the choice he put before a pursed individual: Corruption or Purity?
In Blue Beetle #4 (1967) "Kill Vice Sage" plot and art by Steve Ditko and typed script by Warren Savin, the Question drop kicks two criminals into a sewer and says, "There! That puts these rats right where they belong!" They hold onto a pipe and beg, "Help! Do something! We're getting caught in the current! Can't hold on much longer!" The Question responds coldly, "So why tell me your problems?" They plead, "You can swing over on the pipes and pull us out! But hurry! C'mon! You have to save us! You must!" The Question says, "You're both crazy if you think I'd risk my neck to save the likes of you! As far as I'm concerned, you're just so much sewage! And you deserve to be right where you are!" They shout, "You're inhuman! You can't leave us here! You've no right! It's your fault we're here! You must save us! It's your duty! It's..." The Question interrupts, "Duty?? To whom??" As they drift down the sewer. The Question thinks, "I sure don't wish those two any luck! But they just might survive their trip to the river! So I'd better call Captain Lash so he can pick 'em up either way!" Reprinted in The Action Heroes Archives (2007).
In Blue Beetle #5 (1968) Blue Beetle teams up with the Question as the Question helped the Blue Beetle face down a hippie modern artist calling himself Our Man: The Destroyer of Heroes. In the Question's own back-up feature story, the Question defeated an art critic who had praised the work of Our Man in the Blue Beetle's feature story and was revealed to be homicidal in the Question feature. This would be the final issue of the Blue Beetle series, and the last time Ditko would make a Question story. In a sense Ditko kept making Question stories but renamed Mr. A for copyright reasons. It would have been interesting if DC hired Ditko to make Question stories in 1987 instead of Denny O'Neil. Ditko would be disgusted by liberal O'Neil's liberal reboot of the Question. The Question should be conservative libertarian capitalist objectivist as Ditko intended, it would make for interesting clashes with the Green Arrow liberals side. But the Question shouldn't be a President Trump supporter nor a President Luthor supporter nor a Mayor Cobblepot supporter.
Ayn Rand was a libertarian and called herself a radical for capitalism. Conservatives love Ayn Rand's books supporting capitalism, individualism, and just thinking of personal happiness for yourself. Ayn Rand is a major inspiration for the Tea Party movement, which has swept a new generation of Republicans and self-described conservatives into power. Rand defended abortion, supported freedom of speech, claimed to be against racism but also against civil rights affirmative action government policies as "grossly collectivist." comicplug.com/sage-advice-the-…

Reporter Rex Graine Mr. A published randomly in independent underground comix magazines /fanzines Witzend #3 and #4 by Wally Wood and Bill Pearson's Wonderful Publishing Company in 1967 and 1968, published in Comic Crusader #6 and #7 by Martin L. Greim in 1969, published in Graphic Illusions #1 by Gluckson in 1971, published in The Collector #26 by Fanzine in 1972, published in Comic Crusader #13 by Martin L. Greim in 1972, published in Mr. A. #1 by Comic Art Publishers in 1973 and published in Mr. A. #2 by Bruce Hershenson in 1975 was basically reporter Vic Sage the Question published in Blue Beetle and Mysterious Suspense by Charlton in 1966 and 1967 and 1968 with another name, wearing a white suit and an armored mask. Ditko explained that the Question published by Charlton was a Comics Code accepted version of Mr. A. Charlton owned the Question. DC now owns the Question. Steve Ditko owns Mr. A and Ditko brought back Mr. A published in Steve Ditko's 176-Page Heroes Package, Ditko Continued, Oh No! Not Again Ditko!, Mr. A #15 and #18 published by Robin Snyder & Steve Ditko in 2000, 2009, 2014 and 2016.
The Question/Mr. A's conservative capitalist message in Witzend #4 (1968) "Money" written and art by Steve Ditko: "Only fools will tell you that money is the root of all evil. Money is the tool of exchange. A tool that must first be made before it can be used, begged, stolen or earned. It must be made by the productive ability of men. Is that evil? Money is made by, and the rightful tool of, honest people. For people who can exchange their abilities for an equal value. Money. And that money is exchanged for an equal value in products and services provided by other men's services. Is that evil? Beggars and thieves exchange nothing for their wants and demands or someone elses earned wealth, nor the cheats and corrupters who knowingly deal in the inferior, the illegal, and the none value for the true value: money, and that is evil."
The Question/Mr. A's conservative message in Witzend #3 (1967) "Angel" written and art by Steve Ditko: "Don't abuse your emotions. Don't be a sucker. Don't feel, think. Think of yourself. Use your head instead of your sensitive feelings or heart. Have no mercy or compassion for aggressors. To have any sympathy for a killer is an insult to their victims. Have no compassion or sympathy for a killer."

Alan Moore explained about his Watchmen, "The Question was Rorschach, yep. Dr. Manhattan and Captain Atom were obviously equivalent. Nite-Owl and the Ted Kord Blue Beetle—were equivalent. The Silk Spectre, in that she's the girl of the group, sort of was the equivalent of Nightshade. The Comedian was The Peacemaker, we had a greater degree of freedom, and we decided to make him slightly right-wing, patriotic, and we mixed in a little bit of Nick Fury into The Peacemaker make-up. Adrian Veidt was Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt. Because we're not doing the Peacemaker or the Question, we could be much more extreme with all these characters. We probably couldn't have had the Question living in a completely filthy slum room and being mentally disturbed, who had a personal odor problem, and be a little guy who was ugly—you would've had to have had Vic Sage, successful TV commentator. Ted Kord... Ditko seemed very fond of that sort of sound, so in some half-assed way, that observation influenced me in giving Rorschach the name Walter Kovacs. The Question didn't look like any other super-hero on the market, and it also seemed to be a kind of mainstream comics version of Steve Ditko's far more radical Mr. A, from Witzend.  In Stan Lee's fanzine, Stardock (#2 (1969)), there was an article called "Propaganda: Why the Blue Beetle Voted for (conservative Southern Dixiecrat) George Wallace" (by Michel Parry with Adrian Amos). Steve Ditko did have a very right-wing agenda (which of course, he's completely entitled to), but at the time, it was quite interesting, and that probably led to me portraying Rorschach as an extremely right-wing character." www.twomorrows.com/comicbookar…
www.knibbworld.com/nicholls17/…
Frank Miller said in 2001 about The Dark Knight Strikes Again, "I have the opportunity to show heroism from different points of view, politically and otherwise. With Ollie Queen I have a left-wing radical. With Bruce Wayne, if anything, he's a bit of an idealistic anarchist. I'm gonna use The Question, and it's gonna be Steve Ditko's Question. No Denny O'Neil/Alan Moore- I'll-use-this-guy's-own-creation-against-him approach here. I want to have Ditko's Ayn Randian point of view as part of my story. Meanwhile, on the Establishment side, I'll have Superman."

While liberal Green Arrow is all about altruism. Guy Gardner first appeared in Green Lantern #59 (1968) "Earth's Other Green Lantern" written by John Broome, piloted and edited by Julie Schwartz and art by Gil Kane. Reprinted in Showcase Presents Green Lantern #3 (2008). As liberal Neal Adams pointed out: "He was a gym teacher, and he was blonde, and he was from the Midwest and he was a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant." thegeeksverse.com/2013/06/20/l…
Liberals Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil replaced Guy Gardner with the African American civil rights liberal Green Lantern John Stewart in Green Lantern #87 (1971) "Beware My Power" written by Denny O'Neil and art by Neal Adams. Reprinted in Green Lantern/Green Arrow: More Hard-Traveling Heroes (1993). Neal Adams: "So we hit Guy Gardner with a bus, and then we got another guy. A black guy. A pissed-off black guy."
Green Arrow was created by a conservative DC writer/editor - Mort Weisinger, yet it makes sense for the Robin Hood inspired Green Arrow to turn out to be a liberal, and Guy Gardner was created by DC writer John Broome, editor Julie Schwartz and artist Gil Kane (who modeled him after Adam-12 TV cop Pete Malloy (Martin Milner)), it makes sense for the white blonde Anglo-Saxon Protestant gym teacher from the Midwest Guy Gardner to turn out to be a conservative. After Guy Gardner is granted a Green Lantern power ring again by a militant splinter group of six Oan Guardians in Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (1985) "War Zone" written by Marv Wolfman and art by George Perez, writer Steve Englehart brought out Guy Gardner's ultra-macho conservative personality in Green Lantern #195 (1985) "4" written by Steve Englehart and art by Joe Staton. Reprinted in Green Lantern: Sector 2814 (2014). Artist Joe Staton gave Guy Gardner his own individual Green Lantern costume based on the entitled character Major Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith) from the TV show The Jewel in the Crown (1984).
In Justice League #2 (1987) "Make War No More" plot by Keith Giffen, typed script by J.M. DeMatteis, and art by Kevin Maguire, Green Lantern Guy Gardner stated his conservative nationalist America-first views, "Nobody but Ronnie-Boy (conservative Republican president Ronald Reagan) should have his finger on the (nuke) button! Then we'd have the world where we want it, huh?" As moderate liberal Batman thinks "Infuriating!" Blue Beetle thinks "Jerk!" Manhunter from Mars thinks "Pathetic!" Reprinted in Justice League: A New Beginning (1989).

In Justice League #3 (1987) "Meltdown" plot by Keith Giffen, typed script by John Marc DeMatteis, and art by Kevin Maguire, Guy Gardner says, "Sly Stallone eat your heart out 'cause it's time for America's greatest hero to kick some commie butt again!" Nationalist Guy Gardner sings the "Star Spangled Banner" as he assaults un-American "commies." Reprinted in Justice League: A New Beginning (1989).
In Showcase #75 (1968) "The Hawk and the Dove! Prologue: In the Beginning... A Voice...a Voice...The Birds Fly!" plot and art by Steve Ditko and typed script by Steve Skeates, conservative warhawk Hank Hall has a counter pro-war protest with his conservative friends holding signs "Fight to Win" and "Might is Right" against his liberal peacenik brother Don Hall's anti-war protest with his liberal friends holding "Peace" signs. Hank Hall says "Force is the only way! Compromise? Never! We've got to smash 'em... Force is the only thing they understand!" Reprinted in the Steve Ditko Omnibus volume 2 (2012). In 1968 supporters of the Vietnam War were called "hawks" "warhawks" and those against the Vietnam War were called "doves" "hippie peakniks."
The Odd Man first appeared in Detective Comics #487 (1979) "The Pharaoh and the Mummies" written by Steve Ditko and art by Steve Ditko. The Odd Man is Clayton "Clay" Stoner, a freelance private detective/thief and dedicated Individual who is accused of murder. He has blue eyes and blond hair which changes to black hair when he acts as a vigilante wearing mismatched clothing under the name Odd Man. He then escapes from custody, dress in a frankly amazing mismatched stripes-polka-dot ensemble like a blotter paper, his mission is revenge on the people who double-crossed him: and everyone in the paranoid city of River is implicated.
DC apparently had no further interest in Steve Ditko's Odd Man and Ditko's style didn't fit the changing mainstream comics trends of Neal Adams imitators, Alan Moore imitators, Frank Miller imitators, Art Adams imitators, Todd McFarlane imitators, Jim Lee imitators and Grant Morrison imitators. As The New York Times article "From Spider-Man to Ayn Rand" said in 2008, "By the '70s he was regarded as a slightly old-fashioned odd-ball; by the '80s he was a commercial has-been."
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/boo…
Instead, they should be Jerry Siegel imitators, Bill Finger imitators, William Marston imitators, Joe Shuster imitators, Bob Kane imitators, Harry Peter imitators, Steve Ditko imitators, Jack Kirby imitators and Wally Wood imitators. Authentic. And not just follow those newer guys and those trends.
In a sense Steve Ditko kept making Odd Man/Clayton "Clay" Stoner stories but renamed Mad Man/Matt Madder for copyright reasons, in Ditko Presents (2009) "The Mad Man," #5 (2010), Act 6 (2011), Act 8 (2011), #16: Sixteen (2012), #9 Teen (2014), #25 (2016) "The Return of the Mad Man," #26 (2017), etc. all written by Steve Ditko and art by Steve Ditko.  It would have been interesting if DC hired Ditko to make Odd Man stories again instead of disregarding and ignoring Odd Man. As the Mad Man has been described, the Odd Man’s eccentric fashion sense reflects Ditko’s visual interests: his slacks are tidy horizontal stripes, while his shirt is mad and squiggled: he is both heroic and unheroic, a victim of rationality-destroying Force and frame-up Fraud that has come back to haunt the city, exposing the ethical rot of so many. This is another important quality of Ditko’s recent work. Often, the “hero” is an overtly inhuman, purely metaphorical agent, disinterested in living in human society at all, and dedicated solely to needling the bad and empowering the good. The Mad Man is the only “big” serial Ditko is running in his new comics: a gigantic continuing mystery story featuring modular adventures issue by issue, but potentially building toward something greater. comicsalliance.com/steve-ditko…
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I made these model sheet character designs of the most extremely conservative superheroes. The Question (Vic Sage), Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk (Hank Hall) and the Odd Man (Clayton "Clay" Stoner). I've been thinking about these current extremely polarizing political times are like a throwback to the '60s era of liberal hippie protesters vs the Vietnam war and conservative Nixon administration. It makes sense for the Question to unit with the Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk and the Odd Man since they are on the same side of the political fence. The Question was the first conservative libertarian objectivist superhero in comics in 1966, created by Steve Ditko), Hawk was the first conservative warhawk superhero in comics in 1968 (created by Steve Ditko). The Odd Man was Steve Ditko's last creation for DC in 1979. Guy Gardner joined the conservative Ronald Reagan movement in comics in 1987. For the characters to be truly authentic and faithful they should be faithful to the creators visions as decisive extremely conservative figures and not tone down their edge in fear of offending someone.

I used Robert Patrick as my model for the Question. I used Henry Rollins as my model for Guy Gardner, I used Ryan Kelley as my model for Hawk and I used James Garner as my model for the Odd Man. To be truly faithful and authentic, DC should go back to the roots of the characters, including their retro fashion. Lee Marvin could have been cast as Vic Sage in the '60s-'70s, Jan-Michael Vincent could have been cast as Vic Sage in the '80s, and Robert Patrick in the '90s-'00s.

I don't say The Question, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Hawk and the Odd Man need to take place in the '60s or '70s or '80s. I think of the Ridley Scott Blade Runner approach, the Jay Bernstein Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer approach, the Tim Burton Batman approach, the Bruce Timm Batman: The Animated Series approach, the Chuck Russell Mask approach, the Betty Thomas Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel approach, the Frank Miller Sin City and Spirit approach - which combines modern technology (even futuristic in Blade Runner), etc. with classic style, fashion, buildings and car designs, etc. keeping the classic characters authentic in style, without limiting them to outdated technology. Mixing modern with retro.
The Question as Vic Sage is a conservative crusading TV journalist for Crown City's WWB (Worldwide Broadcasting) opposing crime and corruption in it's myriad forms, aided by his saff (Nora Lace, Fred Pine, Al Kert and Bob Hasel) and Sam Starr, the president and founder of WWB. The Question is a radical conservative libertarian capitalist, objectivist atheist as intended by Steve Ditko.
Steve Ditko's Question was as preachy as Joe Friday and lectured against hippie liberalism and corruption of society. A strict rigid "moral code" idea of black and white good and evil. The Question was quite vicious in his methods. Ditko believed that there were ideas like evil and corruption that could never be measured in degrees. If someone did bad things, they were corrupt and deserved no sympathy. The Question frequently forced his enemies into situations that were likely fatal with no remorse. Vic Sage would launch into tirades against the evils of the weak people who did nothing to stop the actions of evil people. The Question was a politically conservative extreme, and can easily make many liberal readers uncomfortable.

The Question is a crimefighter whose name refers not only to his featureless facemask, but also to the choice he put before a pursed individual: Corruption or Purity?
In Blue Beetle #4 (1967) "Kill Vice Sage" plot and art by Steve Ditko and typed script by Warren Savin, the Question drop kicks two criminals into a sewer and says, "There! That puts these rats right where they belong!" They hold onto a pipe and beg, "Help! Do something! We're getting caught in the current! Can't hold on much longer!" The Question responds coldly, "So why tell me your problems?" They plead, "You can swing over on the pipes and pull us out! But hurry! C'mon! You have to save us! You must!" The Question says, "You're both crazy if you think I'd risk my neck to save the likes of you! As far as I'm concerned, you're just so much sewage! And you deserve to be right where you are!" They shout, "You're inhuman! You can't leave us here! You've no right! It's your fault we're here! You must save us! It's your duty! It's..." The Question interrupts, "Duty?? To whom??" As they drift down the sewer. The Question thinks, "I sure don't wish those two any luck! But they just might survive their trip to the river! So I'd better call Captain Lash so he can pick 'em up either way!" Reprinted in The Action Heroes Archives (2007).
In Blue Beetle #5 (1968) Blue Beetle teams up with the Question as the Question helped the Blue Beetle face down a hippie modern artist calling himself Our Man: The Destroyer of Heroes. In the Question's own back-up feature story, the Question defeated an art critic who had praised the work of Our Man in the Blue Beetle's feature story and was revealed to be homicidal in the Question feature. This would be the final issue of the Blue Beetle series, and the last time Ditko would make a Question story. In a sense Ditko kept making Question stories but renamed Mr. A for copyright reasons. It would have been interesting if DC hired Ditko to make Question stories in 1987 instead of Denny O'Neil. Ditko would be disgusted by liberal O'Neil's liberal reboot of the Question. The Question should be conservative libertarian capitalist objectivist as Ditko intended, it would make for interesting clashes with the Green Arrow liberals side. But the Question shouldn't be a President Trump supporter nor a President Luthor supporter nor a Mayor Cobblepot supporter.
Ayn Rand was a libertarian and called herself a radical for capitalism. Conservatives love Ayn Rand's books supporting capitalism, individualism, and just thinking of personal happiness for yourself. Ayn Rand is a major inspiration for the Tea Party movement, which has swept a new generation of Republicans and self-described conservatives into power. Rand defended abortion, supported freedom of speech, claimed to be against racism but also against civil rights affirmative action government policies as "grossly collectivist." comicplug.com/sage-advice-the-…

Reporter Rex Graine Mr. A published randomly in independent underground comix magazines /fanzines Witzend #3 and #4 by Wally Wood and Bill Pearson's Wonderful Publishing Company in 1967 and 1968, published in Comic Crusader #6 and #7 by Martin L. Greim in 1969, published in Graphic Illusions #1 by Gluckson in 1971, published in The Collector #26 by Fanzine in 1972, published in Comic Crusader #13 by Martin L. Greim in 1972, published in Mr. A. #1 by Comic Art Publishers in 1973 and published in Mr. A. #2 by Bruce Hershenson in 1975 was basically reporter Vic Sage the Question published in Blue Beetle and Mysterious Suspense by Charlton in 1966 and 1967 and 1968 with another name, wearing a white suit and an armored mask. Ditko explained that the Question published by Charlton was a Comics Code accepted version of Mr. A. Charlton owned the Question. DC now owns the Question. Steve Ditko owns Mr. A and Ditko brought back Mr. A published in Steve Ditko's 176-Page Heroes Package, Ditko Continued, Oh No! Not Again Ditko!, Mr. A #15 and #18 published by Robin Snyder & Steve Ditko in 2000, 2009, 2014 and 2016.
The Question/Mr. A's conservative capitalist message in Witzend #4 (1968) "Money" written and art by Steve Ditko: "Only fools will tell you that money is the root of all evil. Money is the tool of exchange. A tool that must first be made before it can be used, begged, stolen or earned. It must be made by the productive ability of men. Is that evil? Money is made by, and the rightful tool of, honest people. For people who can exchange their abilities for an equal value. Money. And that money is exchanged for an equal value in products and services provided by other men's services. Is that evil? Beggars and thieves exchange nothing for their wants and demands or someone elses earned wealth, nor the cheats and corrupters who knowingly deal in the inferior, the illegal, and the none value for the true value: money, and that is evil."
The Question/Mr. A's conservative message in Witzend #3 (1967) "Angel" written and art by Steve Ditko: "Don't abuse your emotions. Don't be a sucker. Don't feel, think. Think of yourself. Use your head instead of your sensitive feelings or heart. Have no mercy or compassion for aggressors. To have any sympathy for a killer is an insult to their victims. Have no compassion or sympathy for a killer."

Alan Moore explained about his Watchmen, "The Question was Rorschach, yep. Dr. Manhattan and Captain Atom were obviously equivalent. Nite-Owl and the Ted Kord Blue Beetle—were equivalent. The Silk Spectre, in that she's the girl of the group, sort of was the equivalent of Nightshade. The Comedian was The Peacemaker, we had a greater degree of freedom, and we decided to make him slightly right-wing, patriotic, and we mixed in a little bit of Nick Fury into The Peacemaker make-up. Adrian Veidt was Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt. Because we're not doing the Peacemaker or the Question, we could be much more extreme with all these characters. We probably couldn't have had the Question living in a completely filthy slum room and being mentally disturbed, who had a personal odor problem, and be a little guy who was ugly—you would've had to have had Vic Sage, successful TV commentator. Ted Kord... Ditko seemed very fond of that sort of sound, so in some half-assed way, that observation influenced me in giving Rorschach the name Walter Kovacs. The Question didn't look like any other super-hero on the market, and it also seemed to be a kind of mainstream comics version of Steve Ditko's far more radical Mr. A, from Witzend.  In Stan Lee's fanzine, Stardock (#2 (1969)), there was an article called "Propaganda: Why the Blue Beetle Voted for (conservative Southern Dixiecrat) George Wallace" (by Michel Parry with Adrian Amos). Steve Ditko did have a very right-wing agenda (which of course, he's completely entitled to), but at the time, it was quite interesting, and that probably led to me portraying Rorschach as an extremely right-wing character." www.twomorrows.com/comicbookar…
www.knibbworld.com/nicholls17/…
Frank Miller said in 2001 about The Dark Knight Strikes Again, "I have the opportunity to show heroism from different points of view, politically and otherwise. With Ollie Queen I have a left-wing radical. With Bruce Wayne, if anything, he's a bit of an idealistic anarchist. I'm gonna use The Question, and it's gonna be Steve Ditko's Question. No Denny O'Neil/Alan Moore- I'll-use-this-guy's-own-creation-against-him approach here. I want to have Ditko's Ayn Randian point of view as part of my story. Meanwhile, on the Establishment side, I'll have Superman."

While liberal Green Arrow is all about altruism. Guy Gardner first appeared in Green Lantern #59 (1968) "Earth's Other Green Lantern" written by John Broome, piloted and edited by Julie Schwartz and art by Gil Kane. Reprinted in Showcase Presents Green Lantern #3 (2008). As liberal Neal Adams pointed out: "He was a gym teacher, and he was blonde, and he was from the Midwest and he was a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant." thegeeksverse.com/2013/06/20/l…
Liberals Neal Adams and Denny O'Neil replaced Guy Gardner with the African American civil rights liberal Green Lantern John Stewart in Green Lantern #87 (1971) "Beware My Power" written by Denny O'Neil and art by Neal Adams. Reprinted in Green Lantern/Green Arrow: More Hard-Traveling Heroes (1993). Neal Adams: "So we hit Guy Gardner with a bus, and then we got another guy. A black guy. A pissed-off black guy."
Green Arrow was created by a conservative DC writer/editor - Mort Weisinger, yet it makes sense for the Robin Hood inspired Green Arrow to turn out to be a liberal, and Guy Gardner was created by DC writer John Broome, editor Julie Schwartz and artist Gil Kane (who modeled him after Adam-12 TV cop Pete Malloy (Martin Milner)), it makes sense for the white blonde Anglo-Saxon Protestant gym teacher from the Midwest Guy Gardner to turn out to be a conservative. After Guy Gardner is granted a Green Lantern power ring again by a militant splinter group of six Oan Guardians in Crisis on Infinite Earths #9 (1985) "War Zone" written by Marv Wolfman and art by George Perez, writer Steve Englehart brought out Guy Gardner's ultra-macho conservative personality in Green Lantern #195 (1985) "4" written by Steve Englehart and art by Joe Staton. Reprinted in Green Lantern: Sector 2814 (2014). Artist Joe Staton gave Guy Gardner his own individual Green Lantern costume based on the entitled character Major Ronald Merrick (Tim Pigott-Smith) from the TV show The Jewel in the Crown (1984).
In Justice League #2 (1987) "Make War No More" plot by Keith Giffen, typed script by J.M. DeMatteis, and art by Kevin Maguire, Green Lantern Guy Gardner stated his conservative nationalist America-first views, "Nobody but Ronnie-Boy (conservative Republican president Ronald Reagan) should have his finger on the (nuke) button! Then we'd have the world where we want it, huh?" As moderate liberal Batman thinks "Infuriating!" Blue Beetle thinks "Jerk!" Manhunter from Mars thinks "Pathetic!" Reprinted in Justice League: A New Beginning (1989).

In Justice League #3 (1987) "Meltdown" plot by Keith Giffen, typed script by John Marc DeMatteis, and art by Kevin Maguire, Guy Gardner says, "Sly Stallone eat your heart out 'cause it's time for America's greatest hero to kick some commie butt again!" Nationalist Guy Gardner sings the "Star Spangled Banner" as he assaults un-American "commies." Reprinted in Justice League: A New Beginning (1989).
In Showcase #75 (1968) "The Hawk and the Dove! Prologue: In the Beginning... A Voice...a Voice...The Birds Fly!" plot and art by Steve Ditko and typed script by Steve Skeates, conservative warhawk Hank Hall has a counter pro-war protest with his conservative friends holding signs "Fight to Win" and "Might is Right" against his liberal peacenik brother Don Hall's anti-war protest with his liberal friends holding "Peace" signs. Hank Hall says "Force is the only way! Compromise? Never! We've got to smash 'em... Force is the only thing they understand!" Reprinted in the Steve Ditko Omnibus volume 2 (2012). In 1968 supporters of the Vietnam War were called "hawks" "warhawks" and those against the Vietnam War were called "doves" "hippie peakniks."
The Odd Man first appeared in Detective Comics #487 (1979) "The Pharaoh and the Mummies" written by Steve Ditko and art by Steve Ditko. The Odd Man is Clayton "Clay" Stoner, a freelance private detective/thief and dedicated Individual who is accused of murder. He has blue eyes and blond hair which changes to black hair when he acts as a vigilante wearing mismatched clothing under the name Odd Man. He then escapes from custody, dress in a frankly amazing mismatched stripes-polka-dot ensemble like a blotter paper, his mission is revenge on the people who double-crossed him: and everyone in the paranoid city of River is implicated.
DC apparently had no further interest in Steve Ditko's Odd Man and Ditko's style didn't fit the changing mainstream comics trends of Neal Adams imitators, Alan Moore imitators, Frank Miller imitators, Art Adams imitators, Todd McFarlane imitators, Jim Lee imitators and Grant Morrison imitators. As The New York Times article "From Spider-Man to Ayn Rand" said in 2008, "By the '70s he was regarded as a slightly old-fashioned odd-ball; by the '80s he was a commercial has-been."
www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/boo…
Instead, they should be Jerry Siegel imitators, Bill Finger imitators, William Marston imitators, Joe Shuster imitators, Bob Kane imitators, Harry Peter imitators, Steve Ditko imitators, Jack Kirby imitators and Wally Wood imitators. Authentic. And not just follow those newer guys and those trends.
In a sense Steve Ditko kept making Odd Man/Clayton "Clay" Stoner stories but renamed Mad Man/Matt Madder for copyright reasons, in Ditko Presents (2009) "The Mad Man," #5 (2010), Act 6 (2011), Act 8 (2011), #16: Sixteen (2012), #9 Teen (2014), #25 (2016) "The Return of the Mad Man," #26 (2017), etc. all written by Steve Ditko and art by Steve Ditko.  It would have been interesting if DC hired Ditko to make Odd Man stories again instead of disregarding and ignoring Odd Man. As the Mad Man has been described, the Odd Man’s eccentric fashion sense reflects Ditko’s visual interests: his slacks are tidy horizontal stripes, while his shirt is mad and squiggled: he is both heroic and unheroic, a victim of rationality-destroying Force and frame-up Fraud that has come back to haunt the city, exposing the ethical rot of so many. This is another important quality of Ditko’s recent work. Often, the “hero” is an overtly inhuman, purely metaphorical agent, disinterested in living in human society at all, and dedicated solely to needling the bad and empowering the good. The Mad Man is the only “big” serial Ditko is running in his new comics: a gigantic continuing mystery story featuring modular adventures issue by issue, but potentially building toward something greater. comicsalliance.com/steve-ditko…
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