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Post by junkmonkey on Nov 26, 2016 18:09:55 GMT -5
Apparently accepting Paypal is not required on eBay.Fr as it is in the UK. Are you located in the UK then, junkmonkey? I had no idea. I was only saying the other day in another thread that there were only four of us forum regulars from the UK, but it looks like you make it 5. Yes I am. Currently (and for the past 25 years) in the Highlands.
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Nov 26, 2016 18:17:33 GMT -5
ALPHA FLIGHT.♡♡♡ Sorry, Byrne's Alpha Flight is kind of my favorite thing. Mine too. Love it. It's a pity things go downhill so fast once Bryne leaves and Mantlo takes over. Though a do like some aspects of Mantlo's run...though nowhere near as much. Strange how Bryne has said that he hated writing Alpha Flight but he wrote the characters so damn well. I appreciate Goblyn. And I appreciate how he made Northstar mock the rest of AF, especially Heather. lol. But he also did pretty wrong by Northstar.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 26, 2016 18:35:56 GMT -5
Are you located in the UK then, junkmonkey? I had no idea. I was only saying the other day in another thread that there were only four of us forum regulars from the UK, but it looks like you make it 5. Yes I am. Currently (and for the past 25 years) in the Highlands. Great to hear that! Hey, tingramretro I found another Brit in the forum! The Highlands are beautiful. I once stayed in an old castle somewhere vaguely near Loch Ness, with some friends. That was a lot of fun. Scotland generally is a country I'd like to explore more. I'm off to Edinburgh for New Year this year, actually.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 18:36:45 GMT -5
Mine too. Love it. It's a pity things go downhill so fast once Bryne leaves and Mantlo takes over. Though a do like some aspects of Mantlo's run...though nowhere near as much. Strange how Bryne has said that he hated writing Alpha Flight but he wrote the characters so damn well. I appreciate Goblyn. And I appreciate how he made Northstar mock the rest of AF, especially Heather. lol. But he also did pretty wrong by Northstar. I hated the storyline with Northstar and the fairies. And Puck. His so called origin. I hated how he explained how Puck wasn't always a little person.
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Nov 26, 2016 19:20:42 GMT -5
I appreciate Goblyn. And I appreciate how he made Northstar mock the rest of AF, especially Heather. lol. But he also did pretty wrong by Northstar. I hated the storyline with Northstar and the fairies. And Puck. His so called origin. I hated how he explained how Puck wasn't always a little person. I hated how he gave Northstar AIDS. I also hated the Puck storyline. Like being a little person is a curse. Wtf.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 19:54:39 GMT -5
I hated the storyline with Northstar and the fairies. And Puck. His so called origin. I hated how he explained how Puck wasn't always a little person. I hated how he gave Northstar AIDS. I also hated the Puck storyline. Like being a little person is a curse. Wtf. I believe Mantlo never wrote Northstar as having AIDS. Eventually he was going to be revealed as being gay and having the disease. Hence all the coughing he was doing. The storyline was changed from the people upstairs where in fact he was a magical being, and was dying because he was away from his magical homeland for too long. Yes, that’s right…he wasn’t gay. He was just a fairy. That’s muuuuch better.
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Nov 26, 2016 20:26:52 GMT -5
I hated how he gave Northstar AIDS. I also hated the Puck storyline. Like being a little person is a curse. Wtf. I believe Mantlo never wrote Northstar as having AIDS. Eventually he was going to be revealed as being gay and having the disease. Hence all the coughing he was doing. The storyline was changed from the people upstairs where in fact he was a magical being, and was dying because he was away from his magical homeland for too long. Yes, that’s right…he wasn’t gay. He was just a fairy. That’s muuuuch better. He gave him AIDS. He just never said it. Northstar had been sick for quite a while. Then the story was switched because that was an awful idea, to him being an elf. Which, yes, was an idea that was not much better. They were elves, but, yeah. They wrote them like fairies. *sigh* MANTLO.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 20:52:28 GMT -5
Mantlo could write some good comics but unfortunately Alpha Flight really wasn't one of them. I enjoyed his Spider-Man, Hulk and his early Micronauts. It was sad to hear what happened to him.
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Nov 26, 2016 21:27:41 GMT -5
Mantlo could write some good comics but unfortunately Alpha Flight really wasn't one of them. I enjoyed his Spider-Man, Hulk and his early Micronauts. It was sad to hear what happened to him. Of course he could! I think every writer probably has a "dud" out there. AF was Mantlo's. I, too, think what happened to him was awful, and I feel bad for him and his loved ones. I mean, I am not a crazed fanboy who wishes harm to a creator simply because he did not write a series the way liked it. I do have a heart.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 21:40:07 GMT -5
Mantlo could write some good comics but unfortunately Alpha Flight really wasn't one of them. I enjoyed his Spider-Man, Hulk and his early Micronauts. It was sad to hear what happened to him. Of course he could! I think every writer probably has a "dud" out there. AF was Mantlo's. I, too, think what happened to him was awful, and I feel bad for him and his loved ones. I mean, I am not a crazed fanboy who wishes harm to a creator simply because he did not write a series the way liked it. I do have a heart. I never said you didn't. <3
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 27, 2016 4:07:04 GMT -5
I've always thought Mantlo was a deepy underrated writer. I really liked most of his stuff, and I've never really understood why he seems to be so unpopular with a lot of people. Though admittedly, his Alpha Flight wasn't the greatest run ever.
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 27, 2016 11:43:35 GMT -5
Mantlo could write some good comics but unfortunately Alpha Flight really wasn't one of them. I enjoyed his Spider-Man, Hulk and his early Micronauts. It was sad to hear what happened to him. I agree on all of this. I enjoyed his Hulk, his Marvel Team-Up and Spectacular Spider-Man, his Rom, and his Micronauts in particular is one of my all-time favorites, but his Alpha Flight was absolutely dreadful, and this coming on the heels of the wonderful Byrne run on that title. And yes, it is said what happened to him. I think of that whenever I read one of his comics.
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 27, 2016 11:45:18 GMT -5
Old single back issues of comics I bought off of amazon Fantastic Four 346 I think. The team is in dinosaur country and the Fantastic Four dont have powers handy or whatever Uncanny X Men 290 Alpha Flight 3, 4 and 5 ALPHA FLIGHT.♡♡♡ Sorry, Byrne's Alpha Flight is kind of my favorite thing. It’s in my top ten.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 28, 2016 20:24:27 GMT -5
Berni Wrightson, Master of the Macabre #1 (yes they misspell his name in the title) That's not a misspelling; that's how his name was spelled in the first decade of his career. Wikipedia explains: "Wrightson began spelling his name "Berni" in his professional work to distinguish himself from an Olympic diver named Bernie Wrightson, but later restored the final "e" to his name." When I came back to fandom about 15 years ago, it took a while for me to get used to seeing his name spelled "Bernie".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 12:39:34 GMT -5
Picked up this book the other day for a good price. Only 21 more to go to complete the series.
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