“Crossfire: The Comic that Exposed Hollywood”

by 02.09.2026

Crossfire was a revolutionary 1980s comic book that changed the way we experienced superheroes. Featuring a man fraudulently taking the identity of someone else, it also exposed the dark side of Hollywood as experienced by the writer, Mark Evanier. Let’s do a comic review and explore this strange world of Crossfire together!
Links from Video:
Crossfire Volume 1: https://amzn.to/4knQlBj This is the best option to read the series.

First issue of the series –
Crossfire Issue 1: https://amzn.to/4kntR37

Features the tale of a crooked movie director, naïve starlet, and Crossfire saving the day.
Crossfire Issue 3 https://amzn.to/3ZuFyeS
Crossfire Issue 4: https://amzn.to/3ZuFyeS

Serial Killer on the Loose –
Crossfire Issue 7: https://amzn.to/4tvyv3u

Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:31 Crossfire as an Imposter
01:02 Jay Endicott
01:55 Drawing From Reality
02:13 Bad Romance
02:30 Introducing Rainbow
03:08 Hollywood Perversion
03:27 Origins of Crossfire Comic
03:49 Writer Mark Evanier
04:11 Real Stories from Hollywood’s Darkside
05:27 Storytelling as an Experiment
06:55 Evolving Into Pure Pulp
07:21 Color to Black and White
07:30 Dan Spiegle Artwork
08:21 Themes and Takeaways
08:48 The Entertainment Industry
10:14 Legacy of Crossfire
11:30 Outro

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