Comic book writer T. Casey Brennan was hospitalized at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital for pneumonia and COPD, according to The Daily Offbeat.
Brennan, who has reportedly maintained that he has insider knowledge of the JFK Assassination, was worried that his access to drugs and health coverage for his condition might be blocked by a Washtenaw County social worker.
"I wasn't sure if Medicare would pay all my bills and I needed the Obamaphone. So I asked to see the social worker. I told her I'm a nationally known comic book writer and have a Wikipedia page on me," the "Vampirella" writer told the publication.
Brennan has reportedly been issued an "Obamaphone," a free cell phone provided by Life Assistance and Lifeline Link-Up.
The 66-year-old writer reportedly mentioned to the social worker that his father was bound, tortured and burned by two men in ski masks back in 1975. Brennan was 27-years-old at the time of the $1,400 robbery.
Brennan is listed as No. 8 on a list of possible JFK shooters on page 1496 of Vincent Bugliosi's "Reclaiming History: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy." Brennan was reportedly concerned that his name being on the listing would result in backlash.
"First the social worker refused point blank to help me get a new Obamaphone or look into payment of my bills with Medicare. Then she went to my doctor, Ragheda Ibrahim, and told her the following: 1. I had lied about the ski mask attack. (My dad was also a county official, on the St. Clair County Board of Education.) 2. I had lied about the Wikipedia page. 3. I had lied about being a popular 1970s comic book writer," explained Brennan.
The staff at the hospital reportedly claimed they knew who T. Casey Brennan was after extensive research, which involved "googling me, getting up the wiki page & Vampi stuff," according to Brennan.
T. Casey Brennan is known for writing for DC Comics' "House Of Mystery" and Achie Comics' "Red Circle Sorcery" as well as his independent work. He campaigned to have depictions of smoking banned in comics, which led Bill Clinton to designate January 1990 as "T. Casey Brennan Month."
