By Bob Rozakis

:Last week’s column about comics pseudonyms prompted a variety of emails…

Interesting collection of pseudonyms, Bob, but when and where did Kanigher ever write under the “David Lawrence” name? And why credit me with the work of “Noel Naïve” rather than Joey Cavalieri? Regards,
-- Robin Snyder (rscomics@aol.com)

As I mentioned in the column, most of the names on the list came from Rich Morrissey and Tom Orzechowski.. I’ll have to invite whichever of them came up with the David Lawrence - Bob Kanigher link to give us some back-up info.

As for the Noel Naïve pseudonym, you’d certainly be the one to know it wasn’t yours, Robin. So, unless we hear from Joey denying custody as well, we’ll credit him with its use.

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I always suspected that the woman writing the letter columns for JONAH HEX back in the late 1970s was Jenette Kahn -- but now you have shot down my theory. I no longer have any of my old JONAH HEX issues, but I still remember one response to a letter that bothered me.
The letter writer wanted to have Jonah get married or wanted to know something about Jonah's wife (I don't exactly recall), and "Nellie Rooke" responded by asking the letter writer if he (or she) could imagine waking up and having to look at Jonah's hideously scarred face across the breakfast table every morning. Nellie then informed all of us JONAH HEX readers that being able to stomach looking at your partner across the table is what love is all about.
Ms. Rooke's comment did not come off as facetious (if that was the intent). Rather, I took her to be a shallow-minded person who believed that good looks are the basis of healthy relationships. For nearly 25 years now I have assumed that Jenette Kahn was that shallow person. It's odd what little details stick with a person over time. I don't recall a lot from the 1970s (being just a teenage kid at the time), but the shallowness of that answer has stuck in my head for nearly a quarter (or at least a fifth) of a century.
-- Thom Young (thomyoung@earthlink.net)

I don’t recall that particular column, but I suspect it was Nellie’s attempt at humor. And, for the record, Nellie Rooke was definitely not DC President Jenette Kahn.

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When and where did you use the Boris Zabok pseudonym, Bob?
-- Howard Margolin (Doctor OHM@aol.com)

In DETECTICE COMICS #483, as the colorist of “Terminus” which was the last Robin story I wrote. Boris also made a couple of contributions to McCALL’S magazine, where an old college friend was an editor at the time.

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More psuper-pseudonyms: Ever seen a complete list of all of the Crusty Bunkers? I've seen various members named for specific projects, but never a comprehensive list.
-- Raymond Neal (raymondneal@yahoo.com)

That’s a tough one, Raymond, since the Bunkers were composed of any and all artists who happened to be around when Neal Adams and Dick Giordano ran Continuity Studios together back in the 1970s. Among those I’m pretty sure were part of the list: Terry Austin, Bob Wiacek, and Michael Nasser (now Michael Netzer). Anybody out there who can help with this one?