
{"id":75323,"date":"2018-08-30T18:57:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=75323"},"modified":"2018-08-30T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T17:30:43","slug":"disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nous apprenons la disparition du sc\u00e9nariste Gary Friedrich. Sans doute plus connu des lecteurs pour avoir cocr\u00e9\u00e9 le Ghost-Rider (\u00ab\u00a0Le Motard Fant\u00f4me\u00a0\u00bb) et le Fils de Satan, Friedrich a fait partie d&rsquo;une certaine rel\u00e8ve chez Marvel vers la fin des ann\u00e9es 60 et le d\u00e9but des seventies. Entre autres choses, Il f\u00fbt aussi, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de Steve Ditko, le co-cr\u00e9ateur de Blue Beetle<!--more--> (la version Ted Kord du personnage).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75324\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/attachment\/blue-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?fit=420%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"420,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?fit=420%2C415\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-75324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?resize=420%2C415&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" width=\"420\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?w=420 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?resize=70%2C70 70w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?resize=150%2C148 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blue.jpg?resize=400%2C395 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>Gary Friedrich (\u00e0 ne pas confondre avec Mike Friedrich, un autre auteur de comics) d\u00e9bute dans les comics en 1966. A la base Friedrich n&rsquo;envisageait pas cette carri\u00e8re. Mais son ami Roy Thomas lui a expliqu\u00e9 que le secteur embauche \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque. Sur un coup de t\u00eate, Gary s&rsquo;installe \u00e0 New York et devient colocataire de Thomas. Ce dernier le recommande alors aupr\u00e8s de l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur Charlton Comics. Il y a pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment 52 ans, \u00e0 quelques jours pr\u00e8s, son premier sc\u00e9nario est publi\u00e9 dans Love Diary, chez Charlton. S&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;une s\u00e9rie romantique, Friedrich profite pleinement du fait que l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur, malgr\u00e9 la petite taille de sa gamme, aborde des genres tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents. Quelques semaines plus tard il cr\u00e9\u00e9 donc d\u00e9j\u00e0 ses propres super-h\u00e9ros, les Sentinels, une \u00e9quipe aujourd&rsquo;hui m\u00e9connue. Son troisi\u00e8me script, paru le m\u00eame mois, est bien plus notable : il collabore avec Steve Ditko pour mettre en forme un concept de ce dernier. Il s&rsquo;ag\u00eet de r\u00e9inventer dans Captain Atom #83 (octobre 1966) le personnage de Blue Beetle (jusqu&rsquo;ici une sorte de Superman) pour en faire un acrobate masqu\u00e9, dans la veine de Spider-Man. Parall\u00e8lement l&rsquo;auteur \u00e9crit aussi pour Go-Go, un titre parodique de Charlton, o\u00f9 il invente des pastiches de super-h\u00e9ros DC et Marvel tels que Blooperman (Superman), la Bestest League of America, Spider-Dan (Spider-Man), Captain Americuss&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75325\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/attachment\/ghost2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost2.jpg?fit=375%2C564\" data-orig-size=\"375,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost2.jpg?fit=375%2C564\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-75325\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost2.jpg?resize=375%2C564&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" width=\"375\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost2.jpg?w=375 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost2.jpg?resize=100%2C150 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but 1967, sans totalement abandonner Charlton, Friedrich d\u00e9barque chez Marvel. Coloc de Roy Thomas, il co-\u00e9crit avec lui le premier \u00e9pisode de Ghost-Rider. Mais il ne s&rsquo;agit pas encore d&rsquo;un motard. Le dessinateur Dick Ayers, qui a travaill\u00e9 sur un cowboy fantomatique chez un concurrent disparu, d\u00e9cide de ramener ce concept chez Marvel. Ensemble, les trois hommes modifient assez l&rsquo;id\u00e9e pour qu&rsquo;elle puisse \u00eatre \u00e0 nouveau d\u00e9pos\u00e9e par l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur. C&rsquo;est le d\u00e9but du premier Ghost Rider de Marvel, le cow-boy Carter Slade (version qui reviendra par la suite sous des noms divers tels que Nightrider ou Phantom Rider). Sa production chez Charlton faisant preuve de sa capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 jongler avec des genres tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents, Friedrich est mis \u00e0 contribution sur des titres Marvel tr\u00e8s diff\u00e9rents les uns des autres. Il \u00e9crit aussi bien les aventures de cow-boy (Ghost Rider, donc, mais aussi Rawhide Kid ou Two-Gun Kid), d&rsquo;h\u00e9ro\u00efnes ing\u00e9nues (Millie The Model) mais aussi, d\u00e8s le printemps 1967, les r\u00e9cits de guerre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ses \u00e9pisodes de Sgt. Fury, dessin\u00e9s par Dick Ayers, son collaborateur de Ghost Rider, vont r\u00e9ellement permettre au sc\u00e9nariste de se faire remarquer. D&rsquo;autant plus que Friedrich, sensibilis\u00e9 par ce qui se passe alors au Vi\u00eat-Nam, va rendre le Sergent Fury pertinent par rapport \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque de sa publication. Il \u00e9crit ainsi Sgt. Fury Annual #3 (1967) qui, contrairement \u00e0 l&rsquo;habitude, ne se d\u00e9roule pas pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Friedrich et Ayers d\u00e9crive au contraire une r\u00e9union des anciens Howling Commandos, deux d\u00e9cennies plus tard, dans le contexte du conflit vietnamien. Fin 1967, toujours avec Ayers, le sc\u00e9nariste lance sa premi\u00e8re v\u00e9ritable cr\u00e9ation Marvel, le Captain Savage, une sorte de d\u00e9riv\u00e9 de Sgt. Fury (l\u00e0 o\u00f9 Fury repr\u00e9sente l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de terre, Savage est un marin). Mais comme Ghost Rider, Captain Savage n&rsquo;aura qu&rsquo;un succ\u00e8s limit\u00e9. Pour la petite histoire notons que dans Not Brand Ecch #6, magazine parodique de Marvel, Friedrich est le premier \u00e0 sc\u00e9nariser le mariage de Spider-Man, quand bien m\u00eame il s&rsquo;agit d&rsquo;un pastiche.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75326\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/attachment\/inc-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?fit=729%2C1080\" data-orig-size=\"729,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?fit=691%2C1024\" class=\"alignright wp-image-75326\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?resize=375%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" width=\"375\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?w=729 729w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?resize=101%2C150 101w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?resize=691%2C1024 691w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Inc.jpg?resize=400%2C593 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>L&rsquo;auteur ne revient v\u00e9ritablement vers du super-h\u00e9ros \u00ab\u00a0premier degr\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb qu&rsquo;en mai 1968 (encore qu&rsquo;il convienne de souligner qu&rsquo;\u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque il n&rsquo;a qu&rsquo;une ann\u00e9e et demi de m\u00e9tier derri\u00e8re lui). L&rsquo;anthologie Tales To Astonish est alors supprim\u00e9e et on lui confie l&rsquo;\u00e9criture de la toute nouvelle s\u00e9rie Incredible Hulk qui en r\u00e9sulte. Dans la foul\u00e9e, Friedrich donne un coup de main \u00e0 Roy Thomas pour l&rsquo;\u00e9criture d&rsquo;X-Men #44 (qui r\u00e9v\u00e8le l&rsquo;origine d&rsquo;Iceman) avant d&rsquo;\u00e9crire, de fa\u00e7on autonome, plusieurs aventures des mutants. V\u00e9ritable \u00ab\u00a0joker\u00a0\u00bb de Thomas, Friedrich reprend ensuite l&rsquo;\u00e9criture du guerrier Kree Captain Marvel. En 1970, Friedrich est aussi le premier \u00e0 \u00e9crire les aventures solo r\u00e9guli\u00e8res de Black Widow, dans les pages d&rsquo;Amazing Adventures. De fa\u00e7on presque proph\u00e9tique, il passe aussi, dans le m\u00eame temps, aux commandes de la s\u00e9rie Daredevil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">N\u00e9anmoins Marvel ne suffit pas \u00e0 l&#8217;employer pleinement. En 1971, on le retrouve aussi en parall\u00e8le chez un \u00e9diteur concurrent, Skywald, o\u00f9 Gary Friedrich s&rsquo;essaie \u00e0 un genre nouveau, le super-h\u00e9ros motard. Il cr\u00e9\u00e9 ainsi Hell-Rider et quelques personnages annexes (Butterfly et The Wild Bunch). Si Hell-Rider est un \u00e9chec cuisant, rapidement arr\u00eat\u00e9, Friedrich se concentre sur son travail pour Marvel tout en conservant quelques id\u00e9es de cette exp\u00e9rimentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75327\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/attachment\/ghost1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost1.jpg?fit=375%2C550\" data-orig-size=\"375,550\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost1.jpg?fit=375%2C550\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-75327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost1.jpg?resize=375%2C550&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" width=\"375\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost1.jpg?w=375 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Ghost1.jpg?resize=102%2C150 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>En 1972, Roy Thomas et lui r\u00e9inventent enti\u00e8rement le Ghost Rider en ne conservant gu\u00e8re que le titre. Cette fois il s&rsquo;ag\u00eet d&rsquo;un motard qui a sign\u00e9 un pacte avec le diable et qui, dans certaines conditions, se transforme en un d\u00e9mon \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0t\u00eate de mort\u00a0\u00bb. Johnny Blaze, le Motard Fant\u00f4me, est n\u00e9. La r\u00e9partition des r\u00f4les dans cette cr\u00e9ation sera cependant par la suite un vrai sujet de pol\u00e9mique, Friedrich rapportant qu&rsquo;il est le seul \u00e0 avoir eu l&rsquo;id\u00e9e&#8230; et regrettant de ne pas toucher les royalties des produits d\u00e9riv\u00e9s, surtout \u00e0 partir du moment o\u00f9 le Ghost Rider deviendra un personnage de film. Sans abandonner certaines activit\u00e9s (comme l&rsquo;\u00e9criture de Sgt. Fury par exemple), Friedrich devient \u00e0 partir de ce moment-l\u00e0 une sorte de \u00ab\u00a0monsieur macabre\u00a0\u00bb chez Marvel. On lui confie rapidement le lancement de la s\u00e9rie Frankenstein (1973) qui non seulement adapte le roman de Mary Shelley mais importe dans les num\u00e9ros suivants la Cr\u00e9ature dans l&rsquo;univers Marvel. Friedrich est aussi le co-cr\u00e9ateur de Daimon Hellstrom, le Son of Satan (ou Hellstorm, pour certains lecteurs plus tardifs).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">En 1975, Friedrich fait partie de l&rsquo;\u00e9ph\u00e9m\u00e8re aventure Atlas\/Seaboard : la famille Goodman, ancienne propri\u00e9taire de Marvel, lance une nouvelle maison d&rsquo;\u00e9dition. Friedrich collabore \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents titres comme The Cougar, Iron Jaw, The Barbarians, The Brute&#8230; mais sans lendemain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"75331\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/disparition-de-gary-friedrich-1943-2018\/attachment\/son\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Son.jpg?fit=375%2C573\" data-orig-size=\"375,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Son.jpg?fit=375%2C573\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-75331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Son.jpg?resize=375%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Disparition de Gary Friedrich (1943-2018)\" width=\"375\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Son.jpg?w=375 375w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Son.jpg?resize=98%2C150 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>Pour Marvel, il prend aussi la suite de Chris Claremont pour l&rsquo;\u00e9criture de Captain Britain, magazine produit \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9poque exclusivement pour la Grande-Bretagne. Sa production est, de toute mani\u00e8re en baisse, pour un ensemble de probl\u00e8mes personnels. Vers la fin des ann\u00e9es 70, Friedrich est en effet rattrap\u00e9 par un mariage en \u00e9chec et des soucis d&rsquo;alcoolisme. En 1978, Friedrich quitte New York et met fin \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re dans les comics, vivant \u00e0 partir de l\u00e0 de petits boulots. En dehors d&rsquo;un bref retour en 1993 pour une histoire le r\u00e9unissant avec Roy Thomas et Dick Ayers, Friedrich se tient \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9cart du monde des comics jusqu&rsquo;en 2007.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A cette \u00e9poque, dans la perspective de la sortie du film Ghost Rider, le sc\u00e9nariste attaque Marvel pour demander des int\u00e9r\u00eats. La proc\u00e9dure, qui va durer jusqu&rsquo;en 2011, va n\u00e9anmoins tourner \u00e0 l&rsquo;avantage de Marvel, Friedrich ayant sign\u00e9 en 1978 un contrat abandonnant tous ses droits sur le personnage. Les \u00e9changes ayant apparemment \u00e9t\u00e9 houleux, Friedrich se retrouvera \u00e0 son tour poursuivi pour avoir vendu des produits \u00ab\u00a0Ghost Rider\u00a0\u00bb de son cru, estimant qu&rsquo;il en avait le droit. Perdant devant le tribunal, Gary Friedrich retrouve cependant une forme de visibilit\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s du fandom am\u00e9ricain et, \u00e0 partir de l\u00e0, participe de fa\u00e7on accrue \u00e0 des conventions de comics. Un temps, il esp\u00e8re m\u00eame en profiter pour trouver \u00e0 nouveau du travail dans les comics mais sans grand r\u00e9sultat. Ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, souffrant de la maladie de Parkinson, il avait cependant espac\u00e9 ses apparitions publiques.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Si sa carri\u00e8re active a \u00e9t\u00e9 finalement relativement br\u00e8ve (une douzaine d&rsquo;ann\u00e9es), on peut voir dans la production Marvel de Gary Friedrich une sorte de prototype de ce que seront plus tard les Midnight Sons chez l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur (Ghost Rider, Son Of Satan, Frankenstein). Ou plus exactement il convient de le rapprocher de la production de Marv Wolfman pour obtenir un peu les Midnight Sons des ann\u00e9es 70. Les lecteurs fran\u00e7ais de longue date se souviendront avoir lu l&rsquo;essentiel de ses sc\u00e9narios traduits en France chez Ar\u00e9dit-Artima, \u00e9diteur moins regardant sur la censure et plus apte \u00e0 publier des r\u00e9cits alternants entre la guerre et le Fantastique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nous apprenons la disparition du sc\u00e9nariste Gary Friedrich. 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