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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 20:06:12 GMT -5
Thanks. I figured it was there, but it wasn't showing up for me. Charlton had an Earp comic but it was titled, Frontier Marshall, Wyatt Earp. I see on Marvel's first 70s issue(#30) there is a blurb at the bottom that says The Fighting Frontier Marshall. I still think there was some legal reason for this revival. Naw, more likely this was put out when Marvel publisher Martin Goodman, from time to time, thought it wise to flood the market with titles to increase market share and did so using reprints-the cheapest way possible. Goodman did this quite often
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 19:02:59 GMT -5
Marvel reprinted some of the Wyatt Earp series in the 70's, though to be honest, I don't think I've ever actually seen an issue of the reprint series in all my years of collecting. The short run picked up the numbering from the 50's Atlas series. I wanted to find out more about this Wyatt Earp #32. But it's not listed on the GCD under Wyatt Earp. The GCD says Wyatt Earp #29, June 1960, was the last Marvel issue of this series. So what in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a goin' on here? I see it on GCD. A 5 issue series #30-34 Oct'72-June'73 GCD info
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 17:08:16 GMT -5
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 14:39:36 GMT -5
Thanks, Rom and Ish! I've had this computer for 8 years, and it was refurbished when I got it. Are new PCs worth the price compared to refurbished? The guy who worked on mine said a refurbished harddrive brings all it past problems with it. (Of course, I could always use my laptop, though I'm having trouble getting used to it.) An 8 year old computer is like an 80 year old man. If you had the hard-drive replaced with a new one, then you extended it's life (I don't trust that word- refurbished). But then the monitor will sooner or later die. That too has a limited life. Unfortunately, today's electronics are relatively inexpensive but have a planned obsolescence. You're better off biting the bullet and getting a new basic computer for $300 that has Windows 10 included. And as mentioned, download your old programs onto a disc or external drive and export to the new one. I'm speaking from experience as I had a 7 year old laptop last year that was constantly giving me problems and was slow as molasses.Kept sinking in $50 here, $75 there for temp fixes until I finally found an honest geek who gave me a free diagnostic and told me not to pay him for a bandaid solution and just buy a new laptop Oh..Don't spend money for extended warranties. It's not worth it
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 14:22:23 GMT -5
Iccy's adoration of Jim Shooter and the original thread where this was previously hashed out is here Jim Shooter CCF ThreadI freely admitted that I was a fan. What's your point ? My point is, as Crimebuster mentioned, I provided the link to the original discussion which we are only repeating.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 11:58:52 GMT -5
Gene Colan was an all-time class act. And very genial too
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 11:41:29 GMT -5
Iccy's adoration of Jim Shooter and the original thread where this was previously hashed out is here Jim Shooter CCF Thread
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 11:26:58 GMT -5
First you equate people being negative to Shooter as prima donnas and then you think a 50% employee satisfaction rate is something to be proud of. And Shooter's biggest supporter in his first few years as EIC, John Byrne, also left Marvel cursing Jim on the way out.Jim Shooter's blog is a self-serving propaganda piece extolling his own virtues. He couldn't say it better himself. Wait..he did say it about himself Maybe, but I haven't heard or read if any of the people written about refute what he said. Peter David-Why People Dislike Jim Shooter
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 11:19:27 GMT -5
First you equate people being negative to Shooter as prima donnas and then you think a 50% employee satisfaction rate is something to be proud of. And Shooter's biggest supporter in his first few years as EIC, John Byrne, also left Marvel cursing Jim on the way out.Jim Shooter's blog is a self-serving propaganda piece extolling his own virtues. He couldn't say it better himself. Wait..he did say it about himself Maybe, but I haven't heard or read if any of the people written about refute what he said. Doug Moench-I hated that guy so much
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 10:56:16 GMT -5
First you equate people being negative to Shooter as prima donnas and then you think a 50% employee satisfaction rate is something to be proud of. And Shooter's biggest supporter in his first few years as EIC, John Byrne, also left Marvel cursing Jim on the way out.Jim Shooter's blog is a self-serving propaganda piece extolling his own virtues. He couldn't say it better himself. Wait..he did say it about himself Maybe, but I haven't heard or read if any of the people written about refute what he said. Tony Isabella-Shooter Is A Liar
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 10:41:09 GMT -5
There's 2 sides to every story, Ish. Roy Thomas left because he wanted to manipulate Marvel comics into letting him write Conan while working for DC and the upper management didn't know that he had already signed with DC. I was a boss for a while and it sometimes becomes a situation where you have to babysit people and force them to do what they are getting paid to do. Foe every prima dona that has a negative story about Shooter, there is one that has a good story of support and loyalty.Since when was Gene Colan a prima donna? First you equate people being negative to Shooter as prima donnas and then you think a 50% employee satisfaction rate is something to be proud of. And Shooter's biggest supporter in his first few years as EIC, John Byrne, also left Marvel cursing Jim on the way out.Jim Shooter's blog is a self-serving propaganda piece extolling his own virtues. He couldn't say it better himself. Wait..he did say it about himself
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 10:00:21 GMT -5
The unfortunate fact is that hard drives tend to deteriorate after five years or so. Like the loss of brain cells, they begin to lose functionality like a cancer.Even the mere act of starting up a computer, scanning for viruses or de-fragging wears the hard-drive down. If your computers over 5 years of age don't spend lots of money trying to fix it. Either get the hard-drive replaced or get a new computer
Also don't upgrade to Windows 10 on an old hard-drive. You'll just speed up it's death cycle
I have a new laptop with Windows 10 and am completely happy with it. I'd never go back
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 6:19:29 GMT -5
Sure if your just a selfish consumer and only care about the finished product you see, then you would love Jim Shooter. Never mind how he drove away creators like Gene Colan and Roy Thomas. Never mind how he sided with Marvel management against Jack Kirby in returning his art. He got issues of Dazzler out in time and that's what counts for ones legacy. What goes around comes around. No one wants to hire him. It came to the point of him having to go back to what he did as a 14 year old and write Legion stories again. And for supreme irony, he got thrown out before he could finish his storyline. There's 2 sides to every story, Ish. Roy Thomas left because he wanted to manipulate Marvel comics into letting him write Conan while working for DC and the upper management didn't know that he had already signed with DC. I was a boss for a while and it sometimes becomes a situation where you have to babysit people and force them to do what they are getting paid to do. Foe every prima dona that has a negative story about Shooter, there is one that has a good story of support and loyalty. What's your source for this Roy Thomas story (besides if it came from Jim Shooter's blog)?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 6:17:35 GMT -5
My points are part of a perspective of what makes an editor outstanding. Besides getting the trains running on time like Mussolini, it's the staff he builds and maintains to keep the company on top. Jim Shooter took over a company that was already far ahead of all competition in sales and quality. At the end of Shooter's run, I see enough talent had jumped over to DC and independents leaving Marvel, on a whole as rather bland.
Just compare the outpouring of new ideas and titles generated during the Roy Thomas years. Strong creator-driven concepts with unique voices.Under Jim Shooter we get loads of license titles and The New Universe .
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 23, 2017 5:28:35 GMT -5
He wasn't. Abu Izzadeen is currently serving time in prison. Channel 4 just named the wrong guy because they're a s**t news channel. Stick with the BBC and Reuters UK if you want to know what's really happening in Britain. So you have Fox News in Britain, too. How do you justify pointing out Fox News when someone fills this thread with hundreds of links to the Daily Kos
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