Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #169

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:08:08 +0000

Lady Cop. That’s HOT! Gay boys know HOT when we see it. I think it’s probably been made into a movie… several times. And, honey? Your father’s a dock worker? I think he knows alllllll about V.D.!

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:50:15 +0000

Bought and still own the Lady Cop issue. Loved it when I was a kid growing up. Wished there had been more. I agree that the Killerin Boots must be found and brought to justice by Lady Police Chief.

Gail Simone, if you are listening, do it for the audience who have waited 30 years forthe resolution to this story.

By: Devon

Devon — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:26:08 +0000

This brought a smile to my face.

Thanks, Bill!

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:28:03 +0000

I don’t read Simone’s Atom (though I tried it for a couple of issues at the beginning when Byrne was drawing it) but it’s always nice to hear about an obscure minor character makes a comeback. James Robinson was a master at this in STARMAN.

1st ISSUE SPECIAL was basically another SHOWCASE and they had some very good issues.
There were the fantastic Kirby issues (ATLAS and DINGBATS), the Ditko CREEPER (under a lame cover), Mike Grell’s premiere of WARLORD, WAlter Simonson’s DR. FATE…

By: Bully

Bully — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:34:39 +0000

Pointing to the second to last panel you’ve reproduced: Sorry, Chief Warner, but I don’t think that’s a department-issue uniform.

Cloth…doesn’t…work…that…way!

By: fourth worlder

fourth worlder — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:13:53 +0000

Never much saw the attraction for Angie D…

Ah, but ‘Get Cristy Love,’ who remembers her?
Huh, sugah?

By: km

km — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:56:58 +0000

The idea is that Dad has a very strict moral baseline and would thus frown on Daughter ‘sleeping around’, as I believe it would’ve been called at the time.

As for Lady Cop…I dunno, I’m not seeing the awesome either. The mediaverse was positively littered with ‘lady cops’ back then – remember Angie Dickinson in ‘Police Woman’? Great concept for the time, but the novelty value’s kinda worn off in the interim.

By: Andrew Collins

Andrew Collins — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:51:19 +0000

That is an awesome entry, and my respect for Gail Simone just went up even more (which I didn’t think was possible given how in love with her work I am now). I even remembering seeing that panel in All-New Atom that mentions the “Killer In Boots” and wondering if there was some story I missed. Now I want to see the saga of the Killer In Boots finished too!

By: Mike Thomas

Mike Thomas — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:56:06 +0000

What does her dad not sleeping with any women after her mom died have to do with how he would react to her having VD?

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:49:08 +0000

My fourth favorite character over at “The Dugout” is Lady Cop.

She’s after Kyle Farnsworth, Jim Thome, and Manny Rameriez.

By: bird

bird — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:16:40 +0000

thanks for this post. i would have never caught the lady cop in all new atom without it. it’s pretty frickin obvious now but i remember reading that iss and not catching it.

what will i do when the 365 days is over?

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:48:30 +0000

I’m afraid I don’t, Bill.