From
time to time, Gar shows up in series other than Titans and Doom Patrol.
I've managed to find a few of his appearances.
If you see any appearances by Gar that I don't have on the site, please
email me!
Legends
Gar gets
quite a bit of exposure in the Legends
mini-series. This is after Wally
becomes Flash, when he was still "hanging" with the Titans. He and Gar
seem to be the official "Titans representatives" in the mini-series and
both get equal time (as opposed to most comics today - where if Gar
shows up, he's just stuck in a picture for a common face in the group).
Gar even appears on two of the covers of the mini-series.
Plotter: John Ostrander
Scripter: Len Wein
Penciller: John Byrne
Legends #1
p. 9
Legends Mini
Series
Legends #1,
cover
Gar plays
psychiatrist for Flash
Legends #1
p. 10
Wow! A 2nd
cover in the same mini series!
Legends #3
cover
What to do
when offered a position with the JLA?
Legends #6
p. 28
Changeling
takes on Captain Boomerang
Legends #4,
p.21
Superheroes
assembled
Legends #5,
p. 20
Justice Leagues
The Justice Leagues miniseries was a
bit of a
disappointment. A few side teams got token mentions, including the
"Justice League of Adventure" created by Flash. Interesting that Gar is
the only of the old team mates to join up (Nightwing refused).
Sadly, the team got about 1 page of exposure.
Writer: Paul Grist
Penciller: Coy Turnbull
The "Justice
League of Adventure"
Justice
Leagues #4, p. 21
The JL of
Adventure gets about 1 page
Justice
Leagues #4, p. 21
Captain Carrot
and His
Amazing Zoo Crew
Gar, of
course, was the natural choice for a guest star in the last
issue of Captain Carrot and His
Amazing Zoo Crew (ok, so I have 3
copies
of that issue ^^; )
However, one thing I noticed is that one comment on the cover of that
issue seems to sum up how Gar is often treated in comics. Click on the
thumbnail for a larger version of the cover to see what I mean.
Plotter: E. Nelson Bridwell
Writer: Joey Cavalieri
Penciller: Rick Hoberg
Captain
Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #20
Click for a
larger image
Gar changes
from mouse to human
Captain
Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #20 p.4
Gar goes
undercover on Earth C
Captain
Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #20 p.17
Changeling
and the Zoo Crew - from left to right: Alley Kat Abra, Captain Carrot,
Pig Iron, Rubber Duck, Beast Boy (then Changeling) and Yankee Poodle.
Captain
Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew #20 p.20
X-men/New Teen
Titans
Crossover
In 1982,
fans were supposed to be treated to a series of "Marvel and DC Present"
comics - we were lucky to get the X-men/New Teen Titans teamup before
the two companies had a falling out (luckily over 10 years later
we get the X-patrol Amalgams).
The X-men and the New Teen Titans were considered a natural team-up
at the time. In 1982, they were not only two teams that could be
thought of having similar dynamics and make-ups, but were also two of
the most popular teams out in comics.
DC and Marvel characters were assumed to inhabit a shared universe,
just never meeting (later changed by the DC versus Marvel mini-series
where it was established that there were parallel universes, which goes
against the whole Crisis, which goes into screwed up continuity, but I
digress). Nowadays to be able to accomplish a crossover, somehow one
side needs to
get through to the other's dimension.
Naturally there had to be a meeting of Logan (Gar) and Logan
(Wolverine) with the inevitable relationship comment. Another
interesting point is
the way that Chris Claremont paired up the two youngest team members,
Gar
and Kitty Pride (known as Sprite at the time).
Claremont did a good job of balancing the teams - the comic doesn't
let or two characters take over like they do today.
The comic is set after the death of Jean Grey in Marvel continuity,
with the villains being Dark Phoenix, Darkseid, and the Terminator.
Scripter: Chris Claremont
Penciller: Wlater Simonson
Finisher: Terry Austin
X-men/New
Teen Titans crossover p. 9
I
wonder if Gar still wears PJs like that?
X-men/New
Teen Titans
crossover p. 18
Changeling
is getting
a bit emotional....
The
youngest heroes get acquainted
X-men/New
Teen Titans crossover p.42
More
Gar and Kitty
X-men/New
Teen Titans crossover
p. 42
Gar as
Lockheed the Dragon, with everyone else
X-men/New
Teen Titans crossover p. 44
The
inevitable "Logan meets Logan" moment
X-men/New
Teen Titans crossover p. 46
Batman and the
Outsiders
The
New Teen Titans
and Batman and the Outsiders
crossed over, appearing in
Batman and the Outsiders #5
Writer: Mike Barr
Artist: Jim Aparo
Colorist: Adrienne Roy
Batman
and the Outsiders 5, p. 4
Gar
goofs off
Batman and the Outsiders
#5 p. 46
Secret Files and
Origins
In
the final issue of Secret Files and
Origins, Grant Morrison wrote a
story showing the meeting of the Flashes (Barry Allen and Jay Garrick)
from the point of view of a
blonde haired young boy visiting the States while his parents worked in
Africa. This young boy is supposed to be Garfield Logan, age 8.
Which actually makes no sense since by age 4, Gar was green and by age
6, his parents were dead.
Research people, research!
Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist: Mike Parobeck
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Inker: Romeo Tanghal
Secret
Files and Origins 50, page 11
Secret
Files and Origins 50, page 24
Teen Titans/Outsiders
Secret Files and
Origins 2003
Several artists and
writers created pieces for the combined Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret
Files and Origins issue.
Gar on
the cover of Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret
Files and Origins - image by McKone
Picture
by Carlo Barberi
Teen
Titans/Outsiders Secret
Files and Origins 2003
page 10
Picture
by and story by Phil Jimenez
Teen
Titans/Outsiders Secret
Files and Origins 2003
page 44
Picture
by Carlo Barberi
Teen
Titans/Outsiders Secret
Files and Origins 2003
page 61
Wonder Woman #287
Since
at the time this was written Wonder Girl was still Wonder Woman's
adopted sister, a New Teen Titans/Wonder Woman crossover was
inevitible. Thanks to Rodney Sweigert for sending me these scans.
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Don Heck
Wonder
Woman 287 cover
Click
for larger image
Wonder
Woman 287 p. 9
Wonder
Woman 287 p. 8
Miscellaneous Images
Thanks
to Phil Melton (aka PM at the DCMB) for sending me these scans!
Action
Comics 546, p. 7
Action
Comics 546, p. 10
Supergirl
20, cover
Supergirl
20, p. 23
Blue
Beetle 12
I
scanned this one,
but this was the only
space to fit it.
It's only the only
appearance Gar made
in Graduation Day.
