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Trevor Von Eeden was hired by DC when he was just 16. He co-created Black
Lightning, DC’ Comics first black superhero lead character, with Tony Isabella.
Von Eeden also did a limited series called Thriller that was ground breaking at
the time. And then he disappeared off the face of the Earth. In a recent
interview with Comics Creator News he revealed that he didn’t deal with stardom
well and that was why he stopped working. He also revealed that he and current
Batman writer Tom King were working on a Black Lightning/Superman comic called
"Sources". He also revealed that Superman Group Editor Eddie Berganza
disappeared on him in the middle of him working on it as he was recovering from
cancer surgery. In the piece Von Eeden says that he was asked by Editor Harvey
Richards to draw three Hawkman sample pages for Editor Bob Harras to approve of
in December. In January Harras’ learned Von Eeden was diagnosed with cancer and
communication stopped. In February Berganza told him that he was having a
Superman/Black Lightning script written for him. And then a month later
communication stopped again. After a while the art was finished and DC paid for
it but to this day the issue hasn’t been scheduled. DC does plan on eventually
publishing the comic but the book won’t have the same impact. |
