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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2016 15:53:20 GMT -5
I'm reading up on some of Mark Gruenwald's work in the Captain America in the 1980's. I liked this storyline that spanned for the better part of two years. Plus some slam bang action against the Serpent Society which was okay. The best part I liked was the Steve Rogers interaction with Diamondback. I liked her as a girlfriend to Cap back in the days. This was a great storyline. I re-read it every year or so. I definitely agree with you on that one. I like to re-read this storyline and the "Under Siege" storyline. That was a great one that needs to be read perhaps every year.
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Post by sabongero on May 4, 2016 12:56:24 GMT -5
I'm reading up on some of Mark Gruenwald's work in the Captain America in the 1980's. I liked this storyline that spanned for the better part of two years. Plus some slam bang action against the Serpent Society which was okay. The best part I liked was the Steve Rogers interaction with Diamondback. I liked her as a girlfriend to Cap back in the days.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 26, 2016 12:43:22 GMT -5
One of the best "Marvel Team Ups" of the 1980's. Nothing beats a Captain America and Wolverine issue dealing with terrorists.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 22, 2016 17:48:10 GMT -5
I have read some X-Men (Uncanny X-Men, New X-Men/X-Men, X-Factor, etc.) sporadically, so I am not a diehard X-Men reader. However, I am familiar with some of the characters and some of the more popular stories.
My question is, how come there seems to be a prevalent "hatred" from X-Men fanboys on Chuck Austen's X-Men work?
I have read Chuck Austen's Superman stories in the past. I am not saying they are critically acclaimed, but I was entertained with the slam bang action he brought that Action Comics title.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 22, 2016 13:19:22 GMT -5
I wonder who is the actor that will be playing Jay Garrick in this show at the finale when he is finally revealed to be the man behind the Iron Mask. It would be cool if it was John Wesley Shipp who was the original Flash in the early 1990's series.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 22, 2016 13:17:37 GMT -5
Whoh! I didn't know that. I'm looking forward to seeing The Major and Bato in this film. Also, I hope there are CGI Tatchikomas in the film. That would be great. I loved the Stand Alone Complex series.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 20, 2016 12:33:28 GMT -5
Thirty years ago (April 1986) Thor, The Frog of Thunder graced the newstand racks. It's one of my favorite comic books in Walter Simonson's legendary run in Thor.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 19, 2016 17:30:05 GMT -5
I recently got a hold of a few Gen13 in the early run which was written by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. I just wanted to ask, was this team inspired by X-Men? I mean I know they're not mutants, but Jim Lee just started writing this with Choi and Jim Lee just departed the X-Men franchise recently, back then.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 19, 2016 17:29:39 GMT -5
I recently got a hold of a few Gen13 in the early run which was written by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. I just wanted to ask, was this team inspired by X-Men? I mean I know they're not mutants, but Jim Lee just started writing this with Choi and Jim Lee just departed the X-Men franchise recently, back then. First, I htink you're in the wrong thread for that, but secondly, I guess you just have to decide by yourself, they probably only tried to mimick the successfull marvel books and rebrand those to the 90ies MTV generation... Ooops. You're right. My apologies moderator for being off topic. I was reading 100 Bullets and still have my mind on Vertigo for some reason. I'll post my Gen13 post in the Wildstorm thread. Thanks for letting me know my off-topic mistake Arthur, I really appreciate it. Speaking of 100 Bullets. I'm really digging the story of Agent Graves and giving a chance for hard cases to exact revenge without the penalty of paying for taking that action. I skipped some of the issues in the volume. And I came across an issue where Joe Dimaggio, the Yankee Clipper, was handed a bullet in November 1963 to exact "revenge" for Marilyn's murder. I like the implications of that scene. Jack got clipped that same month back in 1963.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 19, 2016 13:01:49 GMT -5
My favorite Jack Kirby work of all time will always be Fantastic Four #48 to #50. I always loved the introduction of Galactus and the Silver Surfer, and the Silver Surfer betraying his master to save Earth.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 19, 2016 12:57:50 GMT -5
I recently got a hold of a few Gen13 in the early run which was written by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. I just wanted to ask, was this team inspired by X-Men? I mean I know they're not mutants, but Jim Lee just started writing this with Choi and Jim Lee just departed the X-Men franchise recently, back then.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 12, 2016 13:22:23 GMT -5
Agreed only on the last part. It's not like he didn't know better than anyone, what happens when your enemies know where you live. Back In Black would've made for a nice last Spider-Man story, though. Is that the storyarc where Spider-Man breaks into prison and beats the crap out of Kingpin in front of all the prisoners, and threatens to come back to end Kingpin if his aunt May dies? That was one of my favorite Spider-Man stories aside from the two issue storyarc where he defeats Firelord a couple of decades ago.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 11, 2016 22:59:20 GMT -5
The idea is decent, but as shaxper said, DC did it already and owned it. That's interesting. When did DC do that and during what era and titles? I am interested in reading it. @ Shaxper - Which DC comic books did a "Civil War"-like in the past? Thanks.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 11, 2016 15:43:37 GMT -5
I liked his JLA, but I think that was mostly because having the Big 7 roster was just FUN... I think perhaps I liked it in spite of him instead of because of him. I did like Arkham Asylum, but most of the rest of his stuff I've read(which, granted it's a huge amount) just tries way to hard to be slick and cool and mysterious without actually succeeding. Incidently, I always have thought Warren Ellis tries too hard to do the same nowadays, which is a shame as I loved his early stuff. Gotta agree with Warren Ellis's early stuff. I prefer his Planetary, Black Summer, and Thunderbolts any day of the week for rereading materials. I never get tired of rereading these three.
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Post by sabongero on Apr 11, 2016 15:40:27 GMT -5
What's the consensus on Gundam Wing? I used to love that show, the characters and the mecha. Somewhat heavy on the war vs peace moral debate but still enjoyable. . I personally think it still holds up. Wing was my 'gateway Gundam show' so to speak, so I was afraid my opinion on it might be coloured by nostalgia, but I saw snippets of it in recent years, and thought it was still very good. And I believe most people appreciate Wing nowadays. IIRC, the main criticism of the show was its bishounen designs for the pilots. And that's just a cosmetic thing. Wing is cool because none of the pilots are traditional heroes per se, and are very, very fallible. While typing this, I'm actually watching my Gundam Seed DVDs. Now THERE's another polarizing entry into the Gundam mythos. What did you think of it? I loved the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing series from 2000. All fifty episodes were fantastic. I loved the names of the characters. They were all based on numbers. Literally. Great political story as well. I always liked Zechs Merquise in the Tallgeese. It was just a great look. I liked it more than the Epyon.
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