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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jul 31, 2017 20:18:44 GMT -5
I always see issues of Marvel Fanfare kicking around here and there....any issues worth owning?
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 31, 2017 22:13:07 GMT -5
I always see issues of Marvel Fanfare kicking around here and there....any issues worth owning? Oh hell yes. Some spectacular art in the early issues by the likes of Golden and Vess, and some rare Sandy Plunkett. I would have to look up the different issues, but they are well worth reading.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 22:17:30 GMT -5
I always see issues of Marvel Fanfare kicking around here and there....any issues worth owning? Off the top of my head, the Warriors Three stories by Charles Vess, The Black Widow issues featuring Perez art, issue 50 with a Buscema Thor story and some of the Starlin stories in the early 20s are among my favorites and the first 6-8 issues with the Golden Savage Land story are also great. I also recall a very good story with Scarlet Witch I believe and possibly other magic using characters using the Wand of Watoom as a MacGuffin that was very good and that had a one-shot sequel a few years later. -M
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 31, 2017 22:24:23 GMT -5
I always see issues of Marvel Fanfare kicking around here and there....any issues worth owning? Off the top of my head, the Warriors Three stories by Charles Vess, The Black Widow issues featuring Perez art, issue 50 with a Buscema Thor story and some of the Starlin stories in the early 20s are among my favorites and the first 6-8 issues with the Golden Savage Land story are also great. I also recall a very good story with Scarlet Witch I believe and possibly other magic using characters using the Wand of Watoom as a MacGuffin that was very good and that had a one-shot sequel a few years later. -M The Scarlet Witch was the one by Sandy Plunkett.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 31, 2017 22:29:04 GMT -5
The early issues of Marvel Fanfare were really great.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 1, 2017 16:01:25 GMT -5
I always see issues of Marvel Fanfare kicking around here and there....any issues worth owning? Off the top of my head, the Warriors Three stories by Charles Vess, The Black Widow issues featuring Perez art, issue 50 with a Buscema Thor story and some of the Starlin stories in the early 20s are among my favorites and the first 6-8 issues with the Golden Savage Land story are also great. I also recall a very good story with Scarlet Witch I believe and possibly other magic using characters using the Wand of Watoom as a MacGuffin that was very good and that had a one-shot sequel a few years later. -M Golden Savage land story is 4 issues, I believe. I need them for my team-up book collecting because the first four issues of Fanfare were originally slated for Marvel team-up, but I haven't got around to tracking them down lately.
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Post by berkley on Aug 1, 2017 20:12:22 GMT -5
I'm looking for recommendations again and I figure this is the thread to do it in. This time it's the 1940s: I'm reading some hard-boiled and science fiction from that decade off and on so it occurred to me that this would be a good time to read some comics from the same era. I already have the Tintin series going but I'd like to add a few other things.
One obvious choice would be The Spirit, a comic that a lot of fans think entered its peak period just after WWII, which happens to be just where I am with the other things I mentioned, but my back-issue reprint collection is still pretty spotty and the Archive volumes are both hard to come by and expensive. Still, I might read a few of the things I do have.
I was also considering trying something by Milton Caniff: I believe he left Terry and the Pirates in the 40s sometime and started another series, Steve Canyon. Any opinions on Canyon or on Caniff in general?
Any other suggestions? Nothing leapt out at me during a quick glance at wiki. European BD and American new-strips seem to be the two sources that I'm drawn to for this era in comics but that could be just because I don't know much about what was going on in comic books at the time.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2017 20:19:50 GMT -5
I'm looking for recommendations again and I figure this is the thread to do it in. This time it's the 1940s: I'm reading some hard-boiled and science fiction from that decade off and on so it occurred to me that this would be a good time to read some comics from the same era. I already have the Tintin series going but I'd like to add a few other things. One obvious choice would be The Spirit, a comic that a lot of fans think entered its peak period just after WWII, which happens to be just where I am with the other things I mentioned, but my back-issue reprint collection is still pretty spotty and the Archive volumes are both hard to come by and expensive. Still, I might read a few of the things I do have. I was also considering trying something by Milton Caniff: I believe he left Terry and the Pirates in the 40s sometime and started another series, Steve Canyon. Any opinions on Canyon or on Caniff in general? Any other suggestions? Nothing leapt out at me during a quick glance at wiki. European BD and American new-strips seem to be the two sources that I'm drawn to for this era in comics but that could be just because I don't know much about what was going on in comic books at the time. Most people prefer Terry to Steve Canyon. I think both are very strong. Terry gets better as it goes along, as Caniff develops his style and borrows from studio-mate Noel Sickles. Canyon starts with Caniff at probably the peak of his powers. The storylines probably aren't as interesting as late Terry, but the art is incredible. My personal favorite Caniff is probably Male Call.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 1, 2017 20:27:54 GMT -5
Cole's Plastic Man is my favorite superhero comic ever, about 40% of the time.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 20:31:28 GMT -5
I'm looking for recommendations again and I figure this is the thread to do it in. This time it's the 1940s: I'm reading some hard-boiled and science fiction from that decade off and on so it occurred to me that this would be a good time to read some comics from the same era. I already have the Tintin series going but I'd like to add a few other things. One obvious choice would be The Spirit, a comic that a lot of fans think entered its peak period just after WWII, which happens to be just where I am with the other things I mentioned, but my back-issue reprint collection is still pretty spotty and the Archive volumes are both hard to come by and expensive. Still, I might read a few of the things I do have. I was also considering trying something by Milton Caniff: I believe he left Terry and the Pirates in the 40s sometime and started another series, Steve Canyon. Any opinions on Canyon or on Caniff in general? Any other suggestions? Nothing leapt out at me during a quick glance at wiki. European BD and American new-strips seem to be the two sources that I'm drawn to for this era in comics but that could be just because I don't know much about what was going on in comic books at the time. There's a couple of more recent Spirit collections DC did that are more readily available, one is a best of Eisner's Spirit collection and the other is one focusing on the femme fatales. I saw both in my local shop last week when I stopped by, so there still out there at cover price. The Kitchen Sink reprints series is also out there on the cheap often too if you don't mind individual comics and are looking for a fairly inexpensive way to sample some Spirit. As for Caniff, I have a couple of the NBM volumes of Terry and a half dozen f the Checker Caniff volumes I got on the cheap, and I enjoyed both. Terry was a bit more fun, but the Canyon stuff was a good read, but most of what I had was from '49-'53. As for other stuff, I read a couple of collections of Sheena stories from Jumbo comics that was put out by Devil's Due a half dozen or so years ago and quite enjoyed them. If you can find any of theMen of Mystery issues put out by AC Comics, they are collections of public domain comics form the late 40s and ealry 50s that are a decent way to sample a number of different strips to see if somethign catches your fancy. They used ot be somewhat affordable, but now they are pricey, costing the same as a trade papaberback, but I used to see a bunch in bargain bins around and picke dup a few to sample. -M
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Post by berkley on Aug 1, 2017 21:57:01 GMT -5
I do have some of the Kitchen Sink Spirit comics but as you say the stories are all jumbled up and I'd prefer to read them in chronological order. But I will probably fall back on those for lack of the Archive collections. Will also look for the other Spirit collections mrp mentioned
Forgot about Caniff's Male Call, will definitely look for that one. As a shorter strip it's all in one volume, too.
For whatever reason, my enjoyment of superheroes doesn't seem to kick in until the Marvel comics of the 60s. But Cole's Plastic man is such a landmark I really should give it a look someday.
The Sheena and Men of Mystery comics sound like good possibilities. I'll have to check some online images to see how I like the artwork.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions so far. Definitely gives me some ideas to work on.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 22:05:12 GMT -5
This is one of the Men of Mystery issues I have... this is the Sheena trade... there is a second volume of this, but I don't have that one. This is the best of Spirit volume, looks lit came out around the time of the movie... and here's the Femme Fatales volume... -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 1, 2017 22:09:15 GMT -5
Similar adventure strips from the same time period that are well worth a look (though they may not be much easier to find) would include Frank Robbins' Johnny Hazard and Alex Raymond's Rip Kirby. From slightly earlier (though contemperaneous with parts of Terry) would be Noel Sickles' Scorchy Smith, which had a reprint volume done by IDW.
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Post by spoon on Aug 1, 2017 22:16:34 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, the Warriors Three stories by Charles Vess, The Black Widow issues featuring Perez art, issue 50 with a Buscema Thor story and some of the Starlin stories in the early 20s are among my favorites and the first 6-8 issues with the Golden Savage Land story are also great. I also recall a very good story with Scarlet Witch I believe and possibly other magic using characters using the Wand of Watoom as a MacGuffin that was very good and that had a one-shot sequel a few years later. -M Golden Savage land story is 4 issues, I believe. I need them for my team-up book collecting because the first four issues of Fanfare were originally slated for Marvel team-up, but I haven't got around to tracking them down lately. Yeah, the Savage Land story is just #1-4, and I believe Michael Golden just drew the first 2 issues. I think Paul Smith and Dave Cockrum each contributed an issue. That arc was reprinted as a TPB back in the late 1980s, when very few stories got the TPB treatment. I think it was just titled "Savage Land" or "X-Men: Savage Land" and perhaps re-issued a few times over the years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 22:32:10 GMT -5
Golden Savage land story is 4 issues, I believe. I need them for my team-up book collecting because the first four issues of Fanfare were originally slated for Marvel team-up, but I haven't got around to tracking them down lately. Yeah, the Savage Land story is just #1-4, and I believe Michael Golden just drew the first 2 issues. I think Paul Smith and Dave Cockrum each contributed an issue. That arc was reprinted as a TPB back in the late 1980s, when very few stories got the TPB treatment. I think it was just titled "Savage Land" or "X-Men: Savage Land" and perhaps re-issued a few times over the years. There's also the Marvel Fanfare Strange Tales trade form 2008 that reprints #1-7 of Marvel Fanfare. I picked that one up out of a $5 trade box at a con a few years back, which is why I always incorrectly think of 1-7 when I think of the Savage Land arc. -M
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