Posted on 12/07/2004 3:05:20 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
It has been learned that comics legend Bob Haney died on Thanksgiving Day, November 25th. He was 78 years old.
Haney died at a nursing/hospice facility in El Cajon, CA where he was hospitalized following a stroke that had robbed him of his ability to speak or recognize people. Complications from the stroke were the cause of his death.
Haney was one of the great Silver Age comics writers, landing at DC in the mid-50s, where he soon came to write virtually every comic DC published at one time or another. Haney was the co-creator of the original Teen Titans, Metamorpho, Eclipso, Doom Patrol, and an array of other characters, including Sgt. Rock. Together with other writers of the era, Haney tried unsuccessfully to unionize talent at DC in the late '60s.
Haney worked at DC through the mid-80s, and in animation as well, eventually retiring to San Felipe in Baja, Mexico. Most recently, Haney wrote Teen Titans Swingin' Elseworlds, which was illustrated by Jay Stephens, and inked and colored by Mike and Laura Allred. The book was canceled by DC in August of 2003, and has not yet seen print from, or been rescheduled by DC Comics.
Mark Evanier has written an obituray for Haney, which can be found here .
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Dang! I loved his work on the mid-60's Teen Titans. He could draw some sexy women, too. His Mera in Aquaman was somethin' else!
I believe you may possibly be thinking of spectacular '60s DC artist Nick Cardy , here... yes? :)
D'oh! Nick Cardy, of course!!!! I'll go sit in the corner with the dunce cap now.
It's late (or early, depending on... you know... wherever it is you happen to be, right now). Don't sweat it. :)
Early here on the East Coast...but that's no excuse for a 60's DC maven like myself! :)
Wasn't there an Element Girl too? Urania Blackwell or something?
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