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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 21:21:10 GMT -5
Billionaire Island #3. Mark Russell and Steven Pugh. After issue number 2 being seriously delayed by COVID, number 3 comes out super quick. This is Russell at his best and most acerbic. He is definitely the current king of satire comics. This is aimed straight at the heart of the 1% and the capitalist system. And the last page is a dagger to the heart of the system. If you loved Snagglepuss or The Flintstones you do not want to miss this one. I accidentally came across this series after reading a Flintstones comic book that was totally different than what I expected given my familiarity with the iconic cartoon versions. I will agree that the three issues so far has been a "Russell-icious" read. It is thought-provoking and fantastic satire at its best. I look forward to reading more issues in the future, and hopefully it continues for a very long time.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 21:17:48 GMT -5
For those familiar with Doug Moench's work, would you recommend his run on Moon Knight, Detective Comics, or Batman? I see he had extended runs on those and would like to have a recommendation on which of those three to start with ? Thanks.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 21:14:31 GMT -5
I'll give it a try. Count me in. I liked the Aquaman new52 series with Geoff Johns. Perhaps this extended run by Byrne would do the same.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 21:12:30 GMT -5
I am currently reading the new Deathstroke ongoing series with Christopher Priest helming the writing duties. Fantastic series. And the illustrator on some of the issues are Carlos Pagulayan, who illustrations are fantastic.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 21:06:50 GMT -5
The one that jumps immediately to my mind was the "One More Day" storyline that ran across the Spider-Man titles in 2007. In particular, the final part of that storyline in Amazing Spider-Man #545, which serves up a terrible conclusion to a godawful storyline and does irreversible damage to a beloved fictional character. I absolutely hated "One More Day". I actually threw my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #545 across the room in disgust upon finishing it for the first time. I've never, ever had such a physical or violent reaction to the contents of a comic book before or since. The deal that Peter Parker and Mary Jane made with Mephisto erased their marriage from continuity, ushered in wholesale character regression for Spider-Man and much of his supporting cast (especially for Black Cat, Mary Jane, Aunt May and villains like Sandman), and resurrected Harry Osborn for no adequately explained reason. In addition, there were also knock on effects throughout Spider-Man's past continuity, like the storyline in the '90s Clone Saga, in which Mary Jane was pregnant and lost her baby, never having happened. But perhaps the single worst thing that OMD did was to kill any sense of onward character momentum in the series dead. It rendered Spider-Man as nothing more than formula fiction and killed any interest I had in the ongoing life of Peter Parker. Although I hung on a fair few years afterwards, hoping things would improve -- and there were a few decent stories during that time, to be fair -- the Peter Parker that I loved...the character that I gave a crap about...died with OMD. To this day, Amazing Spider-Man #545 is the latest issue of ASM that I own and that's unlikely to ever change. This issue marks the moment when I lost interest in Spider-Man's ongoing adventures for good. I remember the venom and wrath of Spider-Man and Mary Jane fans throughout when that "hands tied behind him"-JMS written with editorial mandate and illustrated by Joe Quesada arc came out. It really hit the nerves of many Spider-Man fans. And then this brought to mind. The editorial sabotage that was the character assassination of Gwen Stacy in the 6-Part "Sins Past" storyline.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 20:50:23 GMT -5
When I was still in single-digits I avoided books done by Rob No Feet Liefeld and didn't care for McFarlane Spidey.
So shunning books like those made it a dark period for me but at least I had loads of back-issues to read.
I read in the internet sometime when he was still alive, the late Michael Turner, was said to "not draw feet" for some reason as well. I thought Mr. Liefeld was more a "gear-pouches" type of illustrator instead of a "not draw feet"-type of illustrator.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 24, 2020 20:33:59 GMT -5
I picked up an issue of the current ongoing series of the Teen Titans, which lead me to pick-up an issue (issue #19) of the ongoing Deathstroke series due to the crossover. And I was immediately smitten by the way the Deathstroke issue was written that I went back to the store and immediately bought the next six issues of the Deathstroke ongoing series.
It was written by Christopher Priest. I am unfamiliar with that writer. So I wanted to ask a question here in the CCF questions thread:
For any CCF members that has read any Christopher Priest-written comic books, whether his other comic books in the past or his current work on Deathstroke, what is your opinion of Christopher Priest?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 23, 2020 16:43:08 GMT -5
I think Top Cow and Marvel did one over a decade ago. They used Wolverine and Darkness, trying to out-dark each other and to our-violence each other. It was a one shot issue also. Yeah. That's the one. I remember picking it up back in the late 2000's in one of the discount racks like 10 comic books for $5 or $10 I cannot remember. They were a mixed bag of comic books. I just remember going through it and looking at the art but not reading the story.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 23, 2020 10:28:24 GMT -5
Hawk Woman's costume doesn't seem to have been designed in the same spirit as Hawk Man's - shouldn't she be wearing some sort of metal bikini-top? Speaking of bikini... It's not the same Hawkwoman, but it was a female Thanagarian agent that made a guest-appearance in Animal Man during the Morrison run. It must have come from editorial, because there's no covering whatsoever to help protect during battle against an enemy.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 23, 2020 10:19:41 GMT -5
The Men Without Fear. But for some reason I prefer their other team-up comic book issue. For some reason, Alan Grant's portrayal of Daredevil being more happy than Batman in that issue appealed to me as a reader, given how many darker Daredevil portrayals have been done over the decades. But when he interrogated that criminal to the whereabouts of one of the antagonist, sure was illustrated Batman-scary. They should have a teamup where Batman and some other similarly "dark" superhero - maybe Wolverine or someone like that - try to out-dark each other - who can put on the deepest scowl, spout the stupidiest tough-guy one-liners, etc, etc. I think Top Cow and Marvel did one over a decade ago. They used Wolverine and Darkness, trying to out-dark each other and to our-violence each other. It was a one shot issue also.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 19:01:56 GMT -5
Thanks. It never dawned on me to look up team-up books with Hawkman in it. I only assumed his solo series and team books such as the JSA. I guess it couldn't hurt to see see if he appeared in any of the DC Comics Presents with a team-up with Superman. Brave and Bold didn't become a team-up title until #50. The Hawkman series ran in BB #34-36 and 42-44 during the book's days as a second Showcase title.
Cei-U! I summon the Pinioned Paladin!
Back-up stories in comic books never crossed my mind. I wonder if Hawkman appeared in back-up stories during the Worlds Finest Comics series?
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 18:20:11 GMT -5
As a Martial Law baby in the then dictator-ruled Philippines under 20-year dictator Ferdinand Marcos, I will always say this Voltes V, which Marcos banned from the television shows, thus incurring the ire of kindergarten to grade schoolers, because he thought that the dictatorial power-hungry villains showcased similarities of the abuse he was doing to the country.
This just never gets old.
And of course Daimos.
And of course my all time favorite as a grade schooler in New York, you can't beat Voltron (not the one with the roller skates).
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 18:02:00 GMT -5
I guess my essential Hawkman would start with the six early '60s Brave And Bold comics with Joe Kubert art. His art elevates even the more pedestrian of stories, but this is the run that establishes the modern policemen from Thanagar Hawkman and Hawkgirl removed from the older reincarnated ancient Egyptian couple thing. Thanks. It never dawned on me to look up team-up books with Hawkman in it. I only assumed his solo series and team books such as the JSA. I guess it couldn't hurt to see see if he appeared in any of the DC Comics Presents with a team-up with Superman.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 17:55:56 GMT -5
Once again I re-read this silent issue Larry Hama gem. I just can't get enough of it.
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Post by sabongero on Jul 22, 2020 16:47:05 GMT -5
The Men Without Fear. But for some reason I prefer their other team-up comic book issue. For some reason, Alan Grant's portrayal of Daredevil being more happy than Batman in that issue appealed to me as a reader, given how many darker Daredevil portrayals have been done over the decades. But when he interrogated that criminal to the whereabouts of one of the antagonist, sure was illustrated Batman-scary.
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