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'''Richard "Dick" Wood''' (pen name Dick Hamilton) | '''Richard "Dick" Wood''' (pen name Dick Hamilton) is an American scriptwriter for comic books. | ||
Wood's most distinctive stylistic quirk lies in his interjections. ''Y-yipes'' and ''Thunderation'', among other things, are interjections Wood uses elsewhere. Some singular expressions from the two stories in [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #2]] indicate Wood as the script-writer, as: ''Suffering Hannah'' and ''Great suffering Caesar''. [1] | Wood's most distinctive stylistic quirk lies in his interjections. ''Y-yipes'' and ''Thunderation'', among other things, are interjections Wood uses elsewhere. Some singular expressions from the two stories in [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #2]] indicate Wood as the script-writer, as: ''Suffering Hannah'' and ''Great suffering Caesar''. [1] | ||
Wood might be the writer of both stories in [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #3]]. As in succeeding stories, Lothar refers to himself as ''Lothar'', not ''I'', and his dialogue gets a bit dumber. | Wood might be the writer of both stories in [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #3]]. As in succeeding stories, Lothar refers to himself as ''Lothar'', not ''I'', and his dialogue gets a bit dumber. | ||
== Mandrake the Magician by Dick Wood (1966-1967) == | == Mandrake the Magician by Dick Wood (1966-1967) == | ||
{| {{table}} | {| {{table}} | ||
!Title | !Issue !!Title !! note | ||
|- | |||
| [[Mandrake the Magician 1 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #1]] || "[[Menace of the City Jungle (King)|Menace of the City Jungle]]" || 2 x Yipes, What in thunderation, ''Yikes'', ''Great cats!'' | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mandrake the Magician 1 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #1]] || "[[The Flying Phantom (King)|The Flying Phantom]]" || 2 x Thunderation, ''Great ghost!'' | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #2]] || "[[Specter from Space (King)|Specter from Space]]" || Suffering Hannah, ''Great grief'' | |||
|- | |||
| [[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #2]] || "[[The Phantom Casino (King)|The Phantom Casino]]" || 3 x Yipes, Great suffering Caesar, ''Yikes'', ''Mumbo Jumbo'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #3]] || "[[The Doomsday Man (King)|The Doomsday Man]]" || Yipes, ''Great grief'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[The | | [[Mandrake the Magician 3 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #3]] || "[[The Terror of the Haunted Desert (King)|The Terror of the Haunted Desert]]" || Yipes | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[ | | [[Mandrake the Magician 4 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #4]] || "[[The Black Wizard (King)|The Black Wizard]]"<ref name="uncredited">Uncredited at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> || ''Great guns!'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[The | | [[Mandrake the Magician 5 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #5]] || "[[The Fear Mongers (King)|The Fear Mongers]]"<ref name="poole">Credited to [[Gary Poole]] at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> || ''What in thunder?'', ''Great grief'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| "[[Midnight with Mandrake (King, Flash Gordon)|Midnight with Mandrake]]" | | [[Flash Gordon 1 (King)|Flash Gordon #1]] || "[[Midnight with Mandrake (King, Flash Gordon)|Midnight with Mandrake]]" || Yipes, ''What in Sam Hill?'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
==The Phantom by Dick Wood== | |||
In the Phantom issues 31 and 32 (Charlton Comics) Dick Wood is credited as the writer of the stories "The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La" ''(Great Hannah, Thunderation, Great Caesar)'' and "The Pharaoh Phantom" ''(Thunderation)''. | |||
One find similar ''Wood'' expressions like this and above in some of the Phantom stories by King Comics: | |||
*[[Mandrake the Magician 2 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #2]] - "The Pirate Raiders"<ref name="uncredited">Uncredited at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> ''(Yikes)'' | |||
*[[Mandrake the Magician 4 (King)|Mandrake the Magician #4]] - "The Girl Phantom"<ref name="uncredited">Uncredited at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> ''(Great ghost. Mumbo Jumbo)'' | |||
*The Phantom #20 - "The Adventures of the Girl Phantom" ''(Yipes, What in thunder)'' | |||
*The Phantom #20 - "The Invisible Demon" ''(Yipe)'' | |||
*The Phantom #23 - "Delilah"<ref name="harris">Credited to Bill Harris at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> ''(What in thunder, Where in thunderation)'' | |||
*The Phantom #26 - "The Pearl Raiders"<ref name="harris">Credited to Bill Harris at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> ''(Yikes)'' | |||
*The Phantom #28 - "Diana's Deadly Tour"<ref name="harris">Credited to Bill Harris at [https://www.comics.org GCD]</ref> ''(Great suffering Hannah, Mumbo jumbo)'' | |||
==Note== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
[1] O'Hearn, Martin. [http://martinohearn.blogspot.no/2011/11/mandrake-writer.html"Who Created the Comic Books?"], Monday, November 14, 2011. | [1] O'Hearn, Martin. [http://martinohearn.blogspot.no/2011/11/mandrake-writer.html"Who Created the Comic Books?"], Monday, November 14, 2011. | ||
[[Category: Writers|Wood, Dick]] | [[Category: Writers|Wood, Dick]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:49, 6 December 2020
| Richard Wood | |
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| Nationality: |  American
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| Occupation: | Writer |
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Richard "Dick" Wood (pen name Dick Hamilton) is an American scriptwriter for comic books.
Wood's most distinctive stylistic quirk lies in his interjections. Y-yipes and Thunderation, among other things, are interjections Wood uses elsewhere. Some singular expressions from the two stories in Mandrake the Magician #2 indicate Wood as the script-writer, as: Suffering Hannah and Great suffering Caesar. [1]
Wood might be the writer of both stories in Mandrake the Magician #3. As in succeeding stories, Lothar refers to himself as Lothar, not I, and his dialogue gets a bit dumber.
Mandrake the Magician by Dick Wood (1966-1967)
| Issue | Title | note |
|---|---|---|
| Mandrake the Magician #1 | "Menace of the City Jungle" | 2 x Yipes, What in thunderation, Yikes, Great cats! |
| Mandrake the Magician #1 | "The Flying Phantom" | 2 x Thunderation, Great ghost! |
| Mandrake the Magician #2 | "Specter from Space" | Suffering Hannah, Great grief |
| Mandrake the Magician #2 | "The Phantom Casino" | 3 x Yipes, Great suffering Caesar, Yikes, Mumbo Jumbo |
| Mandrake the Magician #3 | "The Doomsday Man" | Yipes, Great grief |
| Mandrake the Magician #3 | "The Terror of the Haunted Desert" | Yipes |
| Mandrake the Magician #4 | "The Black Wizard"[1] | Great guns! |
| Mandrake the Magician #5 | "The Fear Mongers"[2] | What in thunder?, Great grief |
| Flash Gordon #1 | "Midnight with Mandrake" | Yipes, What in Sam Hill? |
The Phantom by Dick Wood
In the Phantom issues 31 and 32 (Charlton Comics) Dick Wood is credited as the writer of the stories "The Phantom of Shang-Ri-La" (Great Hannah, Thunderation, Great Caesar) and "The Pharaoh Phantom" (Thunderation).
One find similar Wood expressions like this and above in some of the Phantom stories by King Comics:
- Mandrake the Magician #2 - "The Pirate Raiders"[1] (Yikes)
- Mandrake the Magician #4 - "The Girl Phantom"[1] (Great ghost. Mumbo Jumbo)
- The Phantom #20 - "The Adventures of the Girl Phantom" (Yipes, What in thunder)
- The Phantom #20 - "The Invisible Demon" (Yipe)
- The Phantom #23 - "Delilah"[3] (What in thunder, Where in thunderation)
- The Phantom #26 - "The Pearl Raiders"[3] (Yikes)
- The Phantom #28 - "Diana's Deadly Tour"[3] (Great suffering Hannah, Mumbo jumbo)
Note
References
[1] O'Hearn, Martin. "Who Created the Comic Books?", Monday, November 14, 2011.