A ton of memories, flashbacks, watching this on Saturday Mornings!!

It is with a heavy heart to report that comic book and television writer Martin Pasko has passed away at the age of 65 on Sunday night of natural causes, confirmed by friend Alan Brennert.
Beginning in 1974, Pasko wrote for many DC Comics titles, in particular the Superman line of books, including Superman, DC Comics Presents and Superman Family. While in the 1980s Pasko wrote for tv shows such as The Twilight Zone and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 1990s saw Martin Pasko’s work on writing for Batman: The Animated Series and the show’s 1993 spin-off film “Batman: Mask of the Phantasm”. Pasko wrote the episodes “See No Evil” and “Paging the Crime Doctor”. For his amazing work, Pasko along with Paul Dini, Michael Reaves, and Sean Catherine Derek won the 1993 Daytime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program for BTAS.
Originally published in 1989, Gotham by Gaslight tells the “What if” story of a 19th century Caped Crusader who comes face to face with the Butcher of Whitechapel. It’s Batman vs. Jack the Ripper written by Brian Augustyn and illustrated by none other than the creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola.


