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Post by Crimebuster on May 10, 2017 13:15:34 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on May 10, 2017 20:52:46 GMT -5
21:00 -- I didn't realize Joe Simon's final work was on this series. Or was it just old inventory?
32:42 -- Ah, I didn't realize the Pre-Jack Knight Starman debuted in this series. Now I see where you were going with the whole James Robinson thing last episode.
I don't think I understood just how bad this series was until Cody began comparing it to Marvel Feature, and it came up so very short in contrast. Forget Iron Fist; what about Dr. Strange volume 2? And while Warlock didn't end up going anywhere as a result of his run on Marvel Feature, it was still a quality work.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 12, 2017 10:39:03 GMT -5
It goes without saying, as you say, that issue #8 is the best of the entire run... and I'd go as far as to say it's the best Dr. Fate story ever. To anyone who doesn't know the character, it's a brilliant and engrossing introduction, rife with future possibilities. And such excellent art! Such a sense of design!
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 26, 2017 8:34:17 GMT -5
Had some stuff going on earlier this year which kept me away from many leisure activities, but I finally got through your enjoyable podcasts, listening to this last episode yesterday. First, as a general comment, I have to say that I'm entirely in agreement with most of your guests about the "most-overrated" comics creator (i.e., Grant Morrison).
Second, as to this specific episode, I really found it interesting (as I did previous installments), even though I haven't read many of these First Issue Specials. Actually, I've only read one of the stories, the wonderful Dr. Fate issue, because it's reprinted in the equally wonderful Art of Walter Simonson tpb that I have.
And since Mike Vosburg came up, I think it's worth pointing out that soon after he drew the Starman story you guys discussed, he was the penciler on a rather odd, short-lived SF series published by DC called Starfire. I had all 8 issues back in the day, and have rather fond memories of it. Even though it was a really uneven series, storywise (with 3 or 4 different writers over its brief run), Vosburg's art was really quite good throughout. He's also one of those rare artists whose style meshes well with Vince Colletta's inks. If you ever want to cover that series for your show, I'm your man...
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jun 1, 2017 0:19:40 GMT -5
Finished listening to the first part of this and about half of this one(up to the Starman issue). Mucking around looking at Podbean I downloaded a bunch of comic casts, one of which is this... www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-sqsqr-2608fb5an interview with Karl Kesel in which they discuss his Superman work and love of Kirby among other things. Anyhoo, around the 42 minute mark they start talking about the Green Team and the Dingbats of Danger Street. Such synchronicity... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 22:10:47 GMT -5
It goes without saying, as you say, that issue #8 is the best of the entire run... and I'd go as far as to say it's the best Dr. Fate story ever. To anyone who doesn't know the character, it's a brilliant and engrossing introduction, rife with future possibilities. And such excellent art! Such a sense of design! That Doctor Fate issue from the Kubert cover to the Simonson interiors, is one of my favorite comics of all time and perhaps my all time favorite standalone issue. -M |
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 29, 2017 13:07:09 GMT -5
It goes without saying, as you say, that issue #8 is the best of the entire run... and I'd go as far as to say it's the best Dr. Fate story ever. To anyone who doesn't know the character, it's a brilliant and engrossing introduction, rife with future possibilities. And such excellent art! Such a sense of design! That Doctor Fate issue from the Kubert cover to the Simonson interiors, is one of my favorite comics of all time and perhaps my all time favorite standalone issue. -M It is a good one,and one of the top two of the series, alongside the Warlord debut. I would have been there for a Walt Simonson Dr Fate series, had it followed. |
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