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Dear Mr Conway, After some messing about on the internet, I havent been able to ffind a way to get in touch with you directly, so Im sending this in the hope that you get to read it. I'm a 48 year old comic fan based in the UK. Last year, I decided to spend a bit of time improving my collection of bronze age DC- I researched for issues that looked fun and completed some runs from my childhood. Over the Summer, Ive had the great pleasure in reading them all. There have been a lot. Some are great finds and some are unreadable trash- but it was only when I started to dig into them that i realised something: All my favourites were written by you. Not only that, but it was only when I saw the collection as a whole that I realised what an incredible quantity of quality writing you'd provided. You added character, emotion, imagination and pathos to so many comics that could have been so disposable. I appreciate there were some other great writers around at the time- but from the very first two comics I ever owned (JLA 191 and detective 504), you have been there providing the best stories around. I know this time at DC is just part of your many acheivements, but it's the part that closest to my heart and I wanted to thank you for the many years of entertainment. It was stories like yours that inspired me to become a storyteller myself (albeit a very different type of one).

My final point is the very longest of long shots- but if a life spent in creativity has taught me anything, its that it's always worth shooting for the moon. Do you still ever take commissions? Would you possibly consider writing a paid story? Even just one or two pages? I dont expect this to be possible, but it would be a dream come true, so I had to ask. If its of even a bit of interest or if you'd just like to say hi, contact me on professor-elemental@outlook.com. You can see some of the silliness that you helped inspire by googling Professsor Elemental or heading to youtube. Thank you for your time and I hope that life is treating you well. All the best, Paul/ Professor Elemental

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Could not agree more, Gerry. I feel like video game adaptations are where superhero adaptations were about 25-30 years ago. And in both cases, it seems like getting a good one is dependent on having a critical mass of folks who grew up with them in positions where they have the influence to shape the way that they're adapted, instead of having people in charge who are neither familiar with nor nostalgic for the source material.

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