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Post by spoon on May 18, 2024 22:20:24 GMT -5
I read Dragonlance #2-4 by Dan Mishkin, Ron Randall, and Randy Elliott. My twin brother bought some issues of this series back when it came out, but I'd never read this particular issues before.
I like these issues and would consider buying. Randall's art is very suited to this series. Mishkin written other sword and sorcery series like Amethyst, right? It's interesting trying to get to know the mythology of the series and the characters, and the least interesting character gets written out. The main character in these issues is Riva Silvercrown. She possesses the Dragonlance, which apparently she acquired at a monastery in #1, but I haven't read that issue. She considers herself to be a warrior, and she's pretty good at it despite her sexist father thinking otherwise.
Oftentimes, when I'm read old comics I'll skip over the letter page. In this case, I read most of it, because it has some cool info like role-playing game stats/attributes for characters in the stories. Dragonlance #4 also has a map at the end of the issue.
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Post by spoon on May 17, 2024 21:35:19 GMT -5
I read the Batman Knightfall Part One: Broken Bat TPB reprinting Batman #491-497 and Detective Comics #659-663. This is my first time reading any of the Knightfall saga.
Although there were individual issues that were interesting, I found the continuing storyline as a whole underwhelming. Part of that may be because apparently I joined a storyline already as progress, as I've learned there is a Knightfall Prelude TPB. Immediately after the Arkham Asylum jailbreak (or hospital break), Batman is already mopey about how worn down he is. He doesn't even get knocked around too bad for a while. To me, the better storytelling would be arc where Batman's condition get progressively worse instead of consistently bad through most of the story. But maybe all that happened in the Prelude. The Arkham breakout was way too easy to be the lynchpin of the story. I needed some Mission: Impossible complexity to make it feel earned. In general, it didn't feel like the plot came together a meaningful whole. Also, Bane seemed so cheesy compared to K.G. Beast of my vague memories of the villain from the Blind Justice story from Detective #598-600. Robin also has a hideous hairstyle. I'm an Aparo fan, but he seemed off his game here. Or maybe it was the inking.
What did I like? I thought some of the individual issues, particularly earlier in the TPB, had some nice action. There's a certain charm to a Batman storyline that just through a big chunk of his rogues gallery through a series of stories, rather than just one villain over several issues or just a bunch of gangsters. I'm more familiar with Batman's classic rogues gallery, so it was cool to read some stories with villains introduced in the late 80s and early 90s. Some of them I've read a few issues with before (the Ventroliquist). There's also Cornelius Stirk, who I'm not sure I've read his previous appearance. But I've never read a story with Amygdala or Zsasz before, so it was cool getting to know them.
I also read Marvel Tales #201-202. Those issues reprint the Marvel Team-Up two-parter that introduced Captain Britain to American comics. It's basically pleasant but unspectacular. Like, this Byrne is nice. It's nice to read Captain Britain's origin. Hey, it's Arcade's first appearance, but the Murderworld sequences are fairly similar to what I've already from he first fought the X-Men. Nice, but nothing too thrilling. The back-up is a Spider-Ham story that unfortunately isn't resolved in these two parts. Weirdly enough for funny animal series that I was into as a young reader, the story looks like it's going to be a critique of nativism. However, it then takes an absurd step that cuts against any serious commentary.
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Post by spoon on May 13, 2024 22:54:41 GMT -5
I have the Ultimate ones... they follow the main story thread and skip over all the guests and random side adventures. After the main story (which is...5 volumes I think).. the collect the other stuff in 6 and 7 Have you read much of what's skipped over by the Ultimate Collection volumes? If so, what do you think of those issues?
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Post by spoon on May 12, 2024 12:44:30 GMT -5
I read Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection vol. 2 reprinting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8-11 and the Michaelangelo #1, Donatello #1, and Leonardo #1. I'm pretty sure I read Leonardo #1 and TMNT #10-11 years ago from a different TPB that one of my brothers owned.
It has a range of story, from more down-to-earth brutal combat to some human (or turtle) interest to fantasy. The three micro-series (a much more fun name than one-shot) all feel very different. Michaelangelo adopts a stray cat he names Klunk in his micro-series. We get a guest appearance from Cerebus in #8 via a collaboration between Eastman & Laird and Sim & Gerhard. Donatello #1 is a tribute to Jack Kirby that has a few Kirby style flourishes. TMNT #9 is actually a flashback issue to an earlier stage in the lives of the Turtles. There are a couple indications here and there that it occurs in the past, but I'm not sure why that setting in time was chosen. It doesn't seem essential.
Leonardo #1 and TMNT #10-11 are a three-parter that bring back the seemingly dead Shredder as well as the Foot Clan. It also sees the Turtles, Splinter, April O'Neill, and Casey Jones fleeing from NYC to Northampton, Massachusetts. TMNT #11, which is narrated by April and focuses and the Turtles regaining their bearings, is probably the highlight of the book.
The formatting is very nice. It's over-sized, but it sounds like the original issues were as well. These issues also had very high page counts. At the end of each issue, there are short essays by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, as well as annotations by Eastman. There are insights on each issue, like how the Cerebus guest appearance came together and how they came to do a Kirby tribute. We get background on the Eastman and Laird collaboration, how Mirage Studios worked as a very small business, and about the creative relationship beginning to fray. I also learned that the flight of the Turtles to Northampton was motivated by Eastman and Laird deciding it would be cool to draw a setting they were actually more familiar with.
I may continue with vol. 3, but I'm also thinking about other reprint formats. After this Eastman and Laird started alternating issues. It appears that they also had guest creators on a bunch of issues, and it appears the Ultimate Collection series skips over those issues. I'm trying to decide whether those are worth checking out.
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Post by spoon on May 9, 2024 22:23:36 GMT -5
I read Flash (1987) #1-6 by Mike Baron, Jackson Guice, and Larry Mahlstedt (with guest inker Jack Torrance in one issue). This is a run that I remember as a kid. I think my older brother was usually the one who bought it, but I read his issues (except I don't think he had #2).
There's an effort to place tangible efforts on Wally West's power rather than the near limitless quality of Barry Allen running at the speed of light. After some condition that had put limits on his speed, as the series starts he tops out around 710 MPH (a bit short of Mach 1). He also has to eat a lot and sleep a lot to fuel his bursts of speed.
As a little kid reading these issues, I remember them being edgy, a bit scary, and almost verboten. Re-reading I can see where that comes from. Whether it's Vandal Savage (#1-2), Kilg%re (#3-4), or Speed Demon (#5-6), the villains all seem bizarre and genuinely dangerous. Vandal doesn't seem like he has limits and he does something particularly disturbing in removing a human body part. The Speed Demon (Jerry McGee) reminded me of my father who had anger issues (and really still does) in several ways. I think my brothers and I may have talked about how my dad resembled this character and he flipped out. Guice makes all the villains creepy.
Also, Wally is not your standard straight-arrow hero. He asked for his expenses to be paid in exchange for his super-heroics in #1. He wins the lottery and becomes a profligate spender. He speeds (in actual car) at well over 100 MPH. Wally is still with his pre-Crisis girlfriend Francis Kane (or Francine depending on the panel, but never Frances). But after she dumps him, Wally meets nutritionist Dr. Tina McGee in #3. Wally very quickly shoots his shot even though Tina is a married woman. Tina is depicted as separated or not so separate depending on the issue, although that may have been Baron intentionally having Tina misrepresented whether she's actually separated. Jerry gets roided up and gains super-speed. He beats up Tina and it's real-life scary, creepy villainy. The violence throughout these issues feels visceral.
I had forgotten how often the Titans show up in these issues, but I guess Wally was still a member at this point. We get appearances by Victor, Donna, and Gar.
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Post by spoon on May 7, 2024 22:21:25 GMT -5
I read Excalibur #61-67. These are Alan Davis's last few issue as writer/artist, after his previous stint where he teamed with Claremont. I've just skipped over and didn't bother buying two fill-in issues in #59-60.
I've read that editor Terry Kavanaugh just let Alan Davis do whatever he wanted. That really seems to be the case for good and ill. On the good side, Davis is art is so great. He can draw so beautifully when he's being self-indulgent, like drawing a showdown between Galactus and Rachel/Phoenix. He also draws perfect Sentinels. In some respects, I like his rendition of Nightcrawler, but during this period he tends to draw him standing erect. I feel like the traditional Nightcrawler posture is a big part of his visual identity. Ironically, as great as the interior art is, some of the covers are stinkers. Also, on the plus side, he really tries to do different things. The reveal of Widget's origin is some freaky body horror stuff. After the roster was largely unchanged during Claremont's run and under the other writers who briefly followed, Davis took the initiative to introduce new team members when he took the reins. Those characters are still around at this point.
On the other hand, I think the stories might have benefited from a co-plotter or a bit more hands-on editing. Aside from subplots, these issues contain two main arcs. There's a story about a government agency called R.C.X. mainly in #62-65, with #61 as sort of a transitional, table-setting issues for that arc. Then, there's another Days of Future Past spinoff/Sentinel story in #66-67. I would reverse the lengths of these stories. The R.C.X. story should be shorter and the future story longer. The villain in the R.C.X. story (which in my limited reading experience I think draws on backstory from Marvel UK Captain Britain material) comes across as shady from the get-go. It takes too long to cut to the chase. Also, Excalibur has its hands full with a menagerie of monstrous superhuman that are churned out in great numbers. Davis meta-fictionally basically admits that they don't get the attention of even interesting codenames, getting names like Cabbage pinned on them. Davis does try to explore Nightcrawler's ability to merge into shadows. It was a power that came up several times during his early appearances before being largely ignored.
I know lots of people think Days of Future Past has been beaten to death, but Davis does a good job of coming up with a new story that draws upon elements of the story that brought Rachel to the past as well as Days of Future Present. Also, as the concept of the multiverse is a recurring Excalibur theme, he presents the ominous threat of the Sentinels trying to spread their reign of terror on parallel worlds. The story also features characters from the Marvel UK line that Marvel decided to bring to the US in the early 90s, although they don't get much character development here. But this story needs more room to breathe. It could be a great epic, but it's squeezed into two issues. Maybe Davis had his date certain to depart and wrapped things up fast.
An ongoing subplots has Phoenix being written back into the fold over the course of these 7 issues, after Davis wrote her out of the book in #50. These a neat scene where Davis show various visual embodiments of Death. There's an explanation of some of the cosmic underpinnings of the Phoenix that I don't feel were explained that well or that I really bought into. Some lore about Phoenix costume colors quite amusingly gets tossed aside, because Rachel just has her own fashion preferences.
I have to say a bit more about the characters Davis introduced to the team during his writing stint: Cerise, Kylun, and Feron (plus Micromax as an ally). I do like that Davis shook things up and created some characters with very different backgrounds. On the other hand, the cast of characters got overstuffed and I'm not sure he knew what to do with them. If I remember correctly Kylun got written out and then back in during some prior issues. At times, Feron didn't have anything to do. Also, in these issues Davis starts a romance between Nightcrawler and Cerise. It feels very sudden and forced. I feel like a co-written could've helped to realize more potential out of that development. It seems almost like a consolation prize Davis gave to Kurt after the way he ended the love triangle subplot with Kurt, Meggan, and Captain Britain. Throughout so much of the series, Captain Britain hasn't seemed like all that great or interesting of a guy. Previous writers (including Claremont IIRC) had Kurt and Meggan drawn together. It had the potential to be a very explosive story and a satisfying pairing. But Davis seemed to want to redeem Captain Britain as closer to an idealized hero type, so that intrigued subplot got quashed. It seems like these characters Davis introduced mostly got written out of the series shortly after Davis himself left. They also, as far as I know, haven't built up many appearances over the last three decades. It's a shame because I think they had potential. The size of the cast and the draw of focusing on the original core roster were probably obstacles. Davis created some interesting issues of Excalibur issues. It seems like the X-books generally haven't tapped into that part of the lore enough, although I'm out of the loop on much of more recent X-book history.
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Post by spoon on May 4, 2024 13:01:49 GMT -5
I finished the rest of Essential Defenders vol. 4, reading Defenders #69-91. Aside from two earlier issues co-written with David Anthony Kraft, this constitutes the entirety of Ed Hannigan's run as writer. I had been more familiar with Hannigan as an artist, particularly of covers.
A number of the plotlines take up plotlines from other titles. I had found Lunitak's previous appearances dissatisfying, as a weirdo wielding a staff was able to hold the Defenders at bay. Hannigan salvages it by tying Lunatik's origins to some off-the-wall aspects of Man-Wolf stories I haven't read. It looks like the publication dates don't line up, so this may have been retooled explanation rather the intended plan at the time of Lunatik's introduction. We also get introduced to a realm called Tunnel World. The Defenders team up with a cool-looking wizard ally named Xhoohx.
Then, there's an arc that brings over plot threads from Omega the Unknown (which I also haven't read). First, Foolkiller II shows up. He's like a less annoying version of Lunatik. Then, Omega shows up who is dead, but not dead, but dead again. Along the way, we meet his supporting cast. It's hard to follow who's who, as I think there was an additional woman in the supporting cast who I didn't notice at first. Moondragon shows up to sort of help, but eventually condescend and criticize in her inimitable style. Along the way, I learn that Moondragon trained Hellcat in psychic power and Hellcat owns a magic cloak. I've actually read the Avengers and Defenders stories where both of those things apparently happened, but couldn't remember those events for the left of me. Nighthawk temporarily quits the Defenders while this is happening, the Wasp temporarily joins, and the Hulk is off somewhere. Which means for a bit we have an all-female roster. Yellowjacket follows Jan, but it's unclear whether he's considered to have rejoined. But it's a non-team.
I wonder if the sales figures were flagging for the current roster, because the original team of Doctor Strange, Hulk, and Sub-Mariner are back for their own arc in Tunnel World that runs parallel to the arc of the newer members on Earth. In these issues, the originals are featured on the cover even when the newbies may have a higher page count.
I know that being the strange & ridiculous team title is sometimes a distinguishing characteristic of the Defenders, but during the early part of the Hannigan run (and the end of the Kraft run before) it goes a little overboard. The team is inept at times and Nighthawk is a peevish annoying guy. Nighthawk is under an investigation by various government entities. It's totally confusing what the factual underpinnings of what the charges were supposed to be. My most charitable theory is that it's supposed to be Kafkaesque mess with no real explanation plus a pretext to write Nighthawk in and out of the team's battles as needed. One issue focuses on a surreal investigation into the Defenders. I'm not sure if an explanation was planned by Hannigan, but it doesn't get resolved in his run. Mandrill is also brought in as a villain with his icky "only in 70s" power of mesmerizing women in his scent. Although I have to admit that the equivalent is sometimes done with the Enchantress, for example. Among Mandrill's minions is Mutant Force, the revival of the all-new, totally cheesy version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants introduced during Kirby's mid-70s return to Captain America.
One brief arc features a war/misunderstanding between Atlantis and Wakanda that seems to prefigure the conflict of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie. That also spawns a story/PSA where Hulk stands up for the whales against overfishing; it's actually kind of good.
With Nighthawk's property impounded, the team relocates to a home Patsy Walker (Hellcat) inherited from her mom in Montclair, New Jersey! As a New Jersey resident whose sister went to Montclair State, I find it pretty cool. Not particularly recognizable though.
Hannigan's run ends will the resumption of Mandrill's machinations. It's not quite as icky as the earlier run. Matt Murdock is also brought in as a lawyer for Nighthawk and previous enemy of Mandrill. Hannigan actually comes up with an aspect of Mandrill's revenger plot that makes him a little interesting.
Hannigan's run ends with a message of thanks to the fans and a moment between Valkyrie and Hellcat. Those two are really the heart of his run in terms of story involvement. But his treatment of the characters is off more about vibes and personality then building up the personal lives and history. Having started Defenders from the beginning after not reading it when I was young, I never realized Hellcat was a member for this long (and still going as of #91).
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Post by spoon on Apr 30, 2024 21:51:51 GMT -5
She's really just in #129, because the first few pages are in the aftermath of the previous arc. She does appear in a few brief interludes of a page here and there during the Dark Phoenix Saga, but that's about it. It may not have registered, because it probably seem a random, unmemorable thing detached from the context of previous plotlines. I've read a few fan theories over the years about how the Proteus arc from UXM #126-128 should be included with the Dark Phoenix saga as kind of a prelude. Part of that may in an effort to better clarify Moira for any first-time readers. In a way I can see it but I've never had a problem with it's absence from the main Phoenix story. Aside from that, we get bits of Mastermind's plot in the Proteus arc. So if someone wants to read the whole storyline, including when it was a subplot rather than the main plot, there's an argument to include #125-128. Also, #125 has a handy summary of Phoenix's backstory in just a couple pages. On the other hand, the fact that the Dark Phoenix content is a subplot rather than the main plot in the Proteus arc are a good reason to use that as a dividing line. There's actually an instance of the Fastball Special in #100 where Wolverine call it by its name.
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Post by spoon on Apr 28, 2024 20:24:11 GMT -5
Moira MacTaggert rings a bell because you've read something with her before. You mentioned months back that you read a Dark Phoenix Saga HC. She's in the first few pages of Uncanny X-Men #129. Ahh...right, that must be it. I don't really recall her from that arc but since she's in it, that must be why the name rings a bell. She's really just in #129, because the first few pages are in the aftermath of the previous arc. She does appear in a few brief interludes of a page here and there during the Dark Phoenix Saga, but that's about it. It may not have registered, because it probably seem a random, unmemorable thing detached from the context of previous plotlines. But fun fact: one of the leprechauns is the first character to refer to Wolverine as Logan. It's toward the end of #103, after Colossus tosses Wolverine too the opposite side of the castle. One of the leprechauns talks to Wolverine and calls him "Mr. Logan" much to his surprise.
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Post by spoon on Apr 28, 2024 19:38:51 GMT -5
So, I recently read X-Men issues #96–103 for the first time. These issues find Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum really finding their feet with the new X-Men. Issue #96 opens with the team mourning their fallen comrade Thunderbird, with Cyclops in particular feeling very guilty about his death. This issue also sees the arrival of the bonny lass Moira MacTaggert and almost immediately a burgeoning romance between her and Banshee is evident – though Professor Xavier also seems romantically interested in her. The name "Moira MacTaggert" really rings a bell with me, though I'm not sure why. I strongly suspect that she must eventually become a superhero and I hope someone reading this will be able to let me know. Moira MacTaggert rings a bell because you've read something with her before. You mentioned months back that you read a Dark Phoenix Saga HC. She's in the first few pages of Uncanny X-Men #129. She first appears in #96, but she becomes an off-and-on recurring character over the years. There's more to her than her initial appearances you've read here, but I don't want to spoil things. Thus begins Claremont's long tradition of building up to future stories in subplots, although many will be drawn out longer than the Steven Lang story. The reason Cyclops remarks with shock that he's Eric the Red is because it's a disguise he used in a Silver Age story. If you've had your fill of Eric the Red, I have to break it to you that you're not done with him. That probably won't be a surprise since he brainwashed Havok and Polaris. The ethics of the image inducer will be revisited in the future. It's also the subject in one of the backup stories in a Classic X-Men, a series that reprinted X-Men from Giant-Size X-Men #1 through Uncanny X-Men #206 (skipping over a handful of issues), with new backup stories. Owning a castle is also not terribly consistent with Banshee being portrayed as more of a working class guy. Yeah, there's lack of clarity for a while about the extent of Phoenix's powers. I think this story is the weakest of Cockrum's first run. But fun fact: one of the leprechauns is the first character to refer to Wolverine as Logan.
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Post by spoon on Apr 22, 2024 18:33:10 GMT -5
What would you folks say are the best parts of the first Marvel series? I have read much of it. I've read just an issue or two past the issues that adapted the first movie, but I may be interested in checking other stuff out.
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Post by spoon on Apr 21, 2024 15:30:29 GMT -5
I read Batman #460-461, a two-part arc immediately after the Norm Breyfogle hardcover I read recently. Alan Grant writes and Breyfogle pencils. However, Tim Sale inks #460 before regular inker Steve Mitchell returns in #461. I like Sale's work here.
The arc titled "Sisters in Arms" focuses on female characters in these pre-Birds of Prey, pre-Harley Quinn days. The "sisters" here are Catwoman, police sergeant Sarah Essen, and Vicki Vale. There's also a runaway from Arizona who Selina Kyle has taken in who Selina calls . . . Arizona. I'm starting to realize that Vicki Vale has had more appearances in comics across eras than I realized growing up. When she showed up in the Batman movie I'm sure I had ever seen her in a comic. I guess she sneaks under the radar because Bruce never seems to get serious enough with her to have consequential storylines. Grant & Breyfogle do a good job of portraying Catwoman as bad, but not too bad, so I'm okay rooting for her. They also do a good job with the action sequences. Of course, there are aspects of superhero comics that are inherently unrealistic, but Breyfogle has a way of depicting Catwoman fighting male thugs that comes across as somewhat plausible.
On the supporting cast front, the Commissioner Gordon cliffhanger from #459 thankfully is picked up with some mundanely reassuring hospital scenes. Legs, a homeless amputee, continues as a recurring character as he thanks Vicki for her photo feature on homelessness. He has a memorable personality. The Breyfogle HC had a pinup of someone called Joe Potato. I thought, "Who the heck is Joe Potato?" Well, I get to know that P.I. in these issues.
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Post by spoon on Apr 20, 2024 22:08:18 GMT -5
I cracked open Essential Defenders vol. 4 and read Defenders #61-68. It was a little difficult remembering where the story left off. It's been a while since I read the previous Essential. Since Defenders was cancelled right when I started reading comics, I didn't grow up reading the series, even as back issues. These issues are written by David Anthony Craft, with Ed Hannigan later joining the writing team. Hannigan, Sal Buscema, Don Perlin, and Herb Trimpe handle pencils on various issues.
These issues include a fight against Lunatik guest-starring Spider-Man (#61), the Defender for a Day arc (#62-64), an issue mainly focused on the Presence and the female Red Guardian against a radioactive giant amoeba (#65), and the Val in Valhalla arc (#66-68). I remember Steve Gerber being very good at hitting the right tone of the with the oddball elements and humor. It feels like Kraft does not do that as well. The fact that Lunatik, a guy with a staff, can hold the Defenders at bay, makes them look ridiculous. My recollection was that in early issues the character involved some commentary on college campus issues. Defender For a Day was interesting for all the cameos, but it also made a lot of the characters involved seem dopey. Watching Nighthawk flip out actually isn't that entertaining. The Val(kyrie) in Valhalla story is more of a straight action story, but it gets a little confusing to follow. The impression is given that Barbara Norriss, whose body Valkyrie occupies, is pretty awful, and I don't really remember who much that jibes with prior stories. There are some interesting aspects of that story, and we get some cool action with the Hulk. The cover for #67 is also used as the cover for the TPB, but it has some false advertising. Dr. Strange is on the cover, but he doesn't appear at all in the issue. The Presence/Red Guardian subplot gets a couple pages in each issue until its the main plot in #65. It doesn't tie in with the team's current members (or non-members); the idea essentially seems to try to bring some closure to the story of Red Guardian as a former member. Frankly, I find it very creepy given my recollection of how disturbingly possessive the Presence was in prior stories. Reuniting with him is not cool. I read a Marvel Comics Presents story from years later than I think is in a Black Widow TPB, that I think tried to grapple with how messed up that was. Also, I got to say that Codename: Sergei is a silly alternate name for the Presence.
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Post by spoon on Apr 20, 2024 15:42:33 GMT -5
Me: When was Wolverine from the X-Men born?
ChatGPT: Wolverine's exact birth date is somewhat shrouded in mystery within the Marvel Comics universe. However, according to the comics, Wolverine, whose real name is James Howlett, was born in the late 19th century, likely around the 1880s or 1890s. Over the years, different storylines have hinted at various possible origins and ages for Wolverine, but a definitive birth date has never been firmly established.
Me:
What degrees does Professor Charles Francis Xavier hold?
ChatGPT:
In the Marvel Comics universe, Professor Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X, is depicted as having earned several advanced degrees. Among them are:
Doctorate in Genetics
Doctorate in Biophysics
Doctorate in Psychology
These degrees reflect his expertise in various fields relevant to his role as a leading expert in mutant genetics and as the founder and headmaster of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, also known as the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where he trains mutants to control their powers and advocates for peaceful coexistence between mutants and humans.
Me: Can anything move the Blob?
ChatGPT: In the Marvel Comics universe, the Blob, also known as Fred Dukes, possesses a mutant ability that grants him an incredible degree of immovability and resistance to physical force. His body is extremely dense and virtually immovable by conventional means. However, there have been instances where the Blob has been moved or displaced under certain circumstances:
1. **Extreme force**: While the Blob is incredibly difficult to move, characters with superhuman strength or immense power have been able to displace him, albeit with significant effort. Characters like the Hulk or Thor, for example, have been shown to be capable of moving the Blob under extreme circumstances.
2. **Psychic manipulation**: Since the Blob's powers are purely physical, they are not resistant to psychic manipulation. Characters like Professor X or Jean Grey, with powerful telepathic abilities, have been able to influence or incapacitate the Blob by manipulating his mind rather than physically moving him.
3. **Technology**: In some instances, advanced technology or specialized equipment has been used to move or contain the Blob. This might involve devices specifically designed to counteract his mass or restrain him through technological means.
Overall, while the Blob is exceptionally difficult to move through conventional means, there are certain circumstances, often involving extraordinary powers or advanced technology, where he can be displaced or manipulated.
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Post by spoon on Apr 20, 2024 9:50:05 GMT -5
MeDid Roy Thomas create Wolverine? ChatGPTNo, Roy Thomas did not create Wolverine. Wolverine was created by writer Len Wein and artist John Romita Sr. The character first appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" #180 (cover dated October 1974) in a brief cameo, and then had a full appearance in issue #181. The character was later developed further by writer Chris Claremont and artist Dave Cockrum in "Giant-Size X-Men" #1 (1975) and became a central figure in the X-Men comics. Roy Thomas, however, made significant contributions to Marvel Comics during his tenure, including co-creating characters like the Vision, Ultron, and Iron Fist, among others. It's a pretty big breakthrough in comic book historiography that ChatGPT discovered Claremont was the actual writer of Giant-Size X-Men #1.
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