J.D. Vollman = Steve Murphy

[John Pannozzi]

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:

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!

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by John Pannozzi

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!

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.

[DrSpengler]

Thanks for hitting Steve up for the answer, man!

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