My letter to Batman

My scanner is a bit hinky today--no surprise, since it's so old it creates images through daguerreotype--but here is a serviceable scan of what was for my the highlight of my days: my letter printed in Batman 345.

And yes, I really did say "Spa Fon," an EC in-joke whose latinate-yiddish origins are discussed here.

In a poignant coincidence given this week's news, the story in question--the homage to Will Elder that was the subject of this column was, according to the letter column, "the dazzling DC debut of Gene Colan."