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J.D. Vollman = Steve Murphy

As Spengs guessed, J.D. Vollman was in reality a pseudonymn for Steve Murphy.

Here's the excerpt from Murph's email to me which reveals that fact:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Murphy

J.D. Vollman. Strange as it may sound: I wrote those issues but have
zero memory of having used that pseudonym. Or why. Or how I came up
with the name.

Makes me wonder how much else I've forgotten!

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Pannozzi (Post 994848)

As Spengs guessed, J.D. Vollman was in reality a pseudonymn for Steve Murphy.

Here's the excerpt from Murph's email to me which reveals that fact:

Oh... you know how that rock band culture worked. It's a wonder anybody can remember anything from that era! :lol:

Seriously though, thanks for clearing this up.

I can only guess that Archie Comics put some pressure on Mirage to oust Dean Clarrain and peg somebody else to write that last story arc after the controversial Cyber-Turtles arc finished up, and "J. D. Vollman" was the best talent that Mirage could scratch up on such short notice.

Thanks for hitting Steve up for the answer, man!

I'll be adding that to the Turtle Tips...