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Post by tingramretro on May 18, 2017 10:43:22 GMT -5
I had the complete set and I've foolishly sold them to guy who wanted it so badly and I wished I hadn't done it. It was an invaluable information of all Marvel Characters at that point of time. It was indeed...even if that information was sadly not always entirely accurate. |
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2017 10:54:22 GMT -5
I had the complete set and I've foolishly sold them to guy who wanted it so badly and I wished I hadn't done it. It was an invaluable information of all Marvel Characters at that point of time. It was indeed...even if that information was sadly not always entirely accurate. I know you are a stickler for accuracy ... for the record, I'm not. Why, it is a great source of information for me and I respect it very much and I wished I still had it. Back then, it was my Marvel Comics and I hated all the changes that they made (in general sense of the word) after that book been published. Getting back to the accuracy point - to me it's very trivial to me and I often care less about it. Sorry to say this tingamretro - I just can't remember every little details about any character that Marvel Comics creates and having said that I treated this source of information very highly and I wished I still kept it. I admire your integrity of being very accurate but I just can't be bogged down by it and I just get very depressed when people here correct me and I'm afraid that I'll have to be extra careful of posting stuff here. I'm here for the joy of comics and not strive for being accurate. That's my take on this subject. Sorry tingamretro. |
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Post by dbutler69 on May 18, 2017 13:09:44 GMT -5
I had the complete set and I've foolishly sold them to guy who wanted it so badly and I wished I hadn't done it. It was an invaluable information of all Marvel Characters at that point of time. It was (is) such a great resource, even with all the changes that have happened, the Marvel depicted in those volumes were MY Marvel! I agree completely! I LOVED the OHbOTMU, and "my" Marvel largely ceased to exist no too terribly long after these came out, so they do capture "my" Marvel pretty well. And yes, I enjoyed DC's Who's Who a lot too, but I was a sucker for the strength levels depicted in Marvel's version, even if it hamstrung the creators a bit and probably got contradicted in the actual comics now and then. |
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Post by shiryu on May 18, 2017 15:53:53 GMT -5
I have the soft-cover 2011 edition which was the most up to date at the time, and it was really useful to get official info about certain characters and teams. Unfortunately it stopped with issue #5, I suppose due to low sales now that you can find everything online. In fairness, Wikipedia is pretty good with most major and minor Marvel characters, but I would have liked to complete the series.
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Post by Snikts and Stones on May 18, 2017 19:39:36 GMT -5
It was (is) such a great resource, even with all the changes that have happened, the Marvel depicted in those volumes were MY Marvel! I agree completely! I LOVED the OHbOTMU, and "my" Marvel largely ceased to exist no too terribly long after these came out, so they do capture "my" Marvel pretty well. And yes, I enjoyed DC's Who's Who a lot too, but I was a sucker for the strength levels depicted in Marvel's version, even if it hamstrung the creators a bit and probably got contradicted in the actual comics now and then. I loved the strength levels as well. The series 3 trading did a good job of that too I thought, "enhanced" strength being in in the 2 ton range (non furry beast, and sabretooth I believe fell into this) Thinderbird 2/Warpath was much weaker but it makes sense he'd get stronger as he got older. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 18, 2017 21:01:15 GMT -5
The attempts at scientific explanations for super powers used to crack me up. As I recall, the Hulk supposedly drew mass from another dimension. Um, okay. Other dimensions seemed to be the catch-all when they couldn't come up with some other jibberish. They should have just put, "'Cause, comics!"
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Post by Snikts and Stones on May 19, 2017 9:59:54 GMT -5
The attempts at scientific explanations for super powers used to crack me up. As I recall, the Hulk supposedly drew mass from another dimension. Um, okay. Other dimensions seemed to be the catch-all when they couldn't come up with some other jibberish. They should have just put, "'Cause, comics!" Cyclops' eyes were actually extra dimensional portals or something like that for a while too I believe? |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 19, 2017 11:40:10 GMT -5
The attempts at scientific explanations for super powers used to crack me up. As I recall, the Hulk supposedly drew mass from another dimension. Um, okay. Other dimensions seemed to be the catch-all when they couldn't come up with some other jibberish. They should have just put, "'Cause, comics!" I think that was one of the reasons that I preferred Who's Who to the Marvel Handbook. On the surface it seemed a bit more fluffy. But it didn't have the eye-rolling comic book "science" that was essentially magic anyway. |
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Post by tingramretro on May 20, 2017 8:33:33 GMT -5
The attempts at scientific explanations for super powers used to crack me up. As I recall, the Hulk supposedly drew mass from another dimension. Um, okay. Other dimensions seemed to be the catch-all when they couldn't come up with some other jibberish. They should have just put, "'Cause, comics!" I think that was one of the reasons that I preferred Who's Who to the Marvel Handbook. On the surface it seemed a bit more fluffy. But it didn't have the eye-rolling comic book "science" that was essentially magic anyway. A lot of which was later ignored, anyway. Supposedly, Wolverine had some kind of sterile mesh which covered the holes in his hands when his claws weren't extended...until a later writer just said "nope, the holes just instantly heal over until he opens them up again". |
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Post by Snikts and Stones on May 20, 2017 11:41:46 GMT -5
I think that was one of the reasons that I preferred Who's Who to the Marvel Handbook. On the surface it seemed a bit more fluffy. But it didn't have the eye-rolling comic book "science" that was essentially magic anyway. A lot of which was later ignored, anyway. Supposedly, Wolverine had some kind of sterile mesh which covered the holes in his hands when his claws weren't extended...until a later writer just said "nope, the holes just instantly heal over until he opens them up again". yep, there was also blood when he popped (shlikted) the bone claws for a while too. Could've been a side effect of his taxed to the limit healing factor... |
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Post by senatortombstone on May 22, 2017 21:52:55 GMT -5
I had the complete set and I've foolishly sold them to guy who wanted it so badly and I wished I hadn't done it. It was an invaluable information of all Marvel Characters at that point of time. I had the entire 86-89 series and sold it on eBay a couple of years ago for $25.00. I don't regret it, because I had already read the issues inside out and the information was obsolete. I bought the complete 2006 HC TPB set for $75.00 and gave it away to a relative for a birthday present. Although I love these series, I don't like how the information becomes obsolete, ret-conned, and undone. One handbook which I will not yield is the Official Handbook to the Conan Universe. I did not know this until yesterday at the MCBA SpringCon, but Marvel bagged issue 75 of Conan Saga with an updated [cover at least] copy of the Official Handbook to the Conan Universe. I found two sealed copies of these book yesterday and promptly purchased them. |
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