Blaze Comics
| Blaze Comics | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Booster Gold #1 (May, 1986) |
| Created by | Dan Jurgens |
| In-story information | |
| Type of business | Publishers |
| Base(s) | Metropolis |
| Owner(s) | Skip Andrews (Managing Editor) |
| Employee(s) |
Benjamin Lindgren Martin Kramer |
Blaze Comics is a fictional American comic-book publisher in the DC Comics universe. The issues regularly featured Booster Gold as its main hero.
Fictional history
Blaze Comics is a comic book publisher run by the Managing Editor Skip Andrews. Popular Blaze titles include Astro Teens, Commander Courage.
Skip worried about falling sales figures and late books. He wondered how to give the company a boost, when his eyes catch the headline of the Daily Planet, about Metropolis’ latest hero "Booster Gold". Skip Andrews contacted Dirk Davis, Booster Gold's Manager about licensing his client for a Blaze Comic book based on the hero's adventures.[1]
Skip eventually assigned his star artist and writer, Benny Lindgren and Marty Kramer respectively, to production of Booster Gold's comic adaptation.[2]
Things were going well for Benny until the 1000 found out he and Marty, the writer on the Booster Gold book, had information about Booster Gold. They were kidnapped by the 1000 and tortured until they gave them all the information they had. Afterwards, they were shot in the head and left for the police to find.[3]
In other media
Film
- Blaze Comics is featured in the Man of Steel. The logo is seen during Superman and General Zod's battle.[4]
Video games
- Blaze Comics appears in DC Universe Online. Blaze Comics comic book stores are located throughout Metropolis.
- Blaze Comics is referenced in Batman: Arkham Origins. A Blaze Comics store is seen in the streets of Gotham City. Also, during Firefly's attack on Pioneer Bridge, the player can find a Blaze Comics truck.[5]
- Blaze Comics appears in Lego Dimensions.
References
- ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), DeCarlo, Mike (i), Ziuko, Tom (col), Mas, Augustin (let), Race, Janice (ed). "The Big Fall" Booster Gold 1 (February 1986), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), DeCarlo, Mike (i), Hoolahan, Nansi (col), Mas, Augustin (let), Race, Janice (ed). "Crash!" Booster Gold 4 (May 1986), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ Jurgens, Dan (w), Jurgens, Dan (p), DeCarlo, Mike (i), D'Angelo, Gene (col), Costanza, John (let), Gold, Alan (ed). "Time Bridge (Part II of II)" Booster Gold 9 (October 1986), New York, NY: DC Comics
- ↑ Johnson, Scott (May 7, 2013). "Man Of Steel Has A Booster Gold Easter Egg". Comicbook.com. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
- ↑ ComicBookCast2 (October 25, 2013). "Booster Gold / Blaze Comics Easter Egg - Batman Arkham Origins". YouTube. Retrieved May 20, 2014.