Dan DeCarlo Quotes

I wrote the original Mike Hammer as a comic, Mike Danger.

I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.

I'll continue doing 'Jingle Belle' as long as I've got a good story for her.

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.

Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller.

Seth Meyers and I wrote a 'Spider-Man' comic.

Venom is such a great character, it will be fun to see who he tangles with along the way.

I love Deathstroke! I was 12 in 1980 when Deathstroke appeared in 'Teen Titans' #2.

I think 'Prince Valiant' was the first cartoon I ever did.

Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages.

Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000.

'Watchmen' is a cornerstone of both DC Comics' publishing history and its future.

I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.

It's always been a dream for me to play a comic book character.

Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to 'gamble' on an unknown.

The third biggest comic people in America want to make a comic book out of me. It's unbelievable.

One of the things I would love to do is 'Axe Cop,' which is a comic book. I would like to be involved in 'Axe Cop' someday. I would also love to be in a Western.

In DC Comics, Blue Devil is a superhero who came out of a movie.

I'm so not a comic book guy. The most I knew about 'The Flash,' as a little kid, was the Underoos. I had 'The Flash' Underoos.

The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.

I still feel it's kind of weird to say, 'I'm a comic book writer.'

Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself as Edward Blake.

My character is Toni Topaz, and she's from the new-generation Archie Comics. I will be rocking the signature pink hair.

I actually put Jubilee in 'Squirrel Girl.' I made it a priority.

I'm very excited about taking over the reins on Vampirella. I've really been enjoying myself so far.