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Post by coinilius on Oct 12, 2016 0:41:15 GMT -5
I personally thought it was disappointing that the Locke and Key Adult Colouring Book didn't include a brand new story that worked the lack of colour into the plot in some way - a key that has drained all the colour out of the world or sonething... it seems like that would be a neat way of fusing comic books and colouring books. Same with that doctor strange one mentioned above - throw in a flimsy story about being trapped in a colourless dimension.
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Post by coinilius on Sept 23, 2016 10:20:56 GMT -5
It all got picked up on at the time - it lead into a story in Superman and into Legion of Three Worlds. The soul that was captured in the lightning rod is revealed in Legion of Three Worlds.
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Post by coinilius on Sept 21, 2016 23:26:57 GMT -5
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Post by coinilius on Sept 19, 2016 4:10:59 GMT -5
Interesting comments on the Ruby Spears Suerman cartoon - I have only ever seen little snippets on YouTube (it has a theme which is based on the John Williams score). It sounds like a good series to check out one of these days.
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Post by coinilius on Sept 15, 2016 6:43:52 GMT -5
I liked Cosmic Odyssey at the time. I haven't reread it since it initially came out, so I can't say how it's aged or if I would like it now, my tastes have radically changed in some ways since 1988/1989. I know there is a contingent of fans who did not like the story arc of John Stewart, Green Lantern in that story, but that's a real subjective reason to like or dislike the story or to recommend or not recommend the story. Gerard Jones did great stuff with the aftermath in GL and Mosaic... I really enjoyed Mosiac - Gerard Jones was really my introduction to Green Lantern and John Stewart, at least on a regular basis.
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Post by coinilius on Sept 12, 2016 2:27:55 GMT -5
No need to apologise, Nowhere Man, that's what I thought you meant - I can imagine that there are a lot of people out there taking things out of context or characterising Alan Moore a certain way based on these announcements.
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Post by coinilius on Sept 11, 2016 23:28:17 GMT -5
Here's the actual video where these quotes come from. Once again, the reality is that Moore is anything but "bitter and angry." I particularly like his comments about not wanting to cater to what fans want, like superhero movie franchises, but rather focus only on the stuff that really interests him. Where are you getting the 'people think he is being bitter and angry' bit from -I mean, I am sure that there are proper out there right now calling him bitter and angry, but I didn't get that vibe from any of the comments here... Did the guardian article linked to have that sort of tone? I'm at work so I've only skimmed the article so far...
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Post by coinilius on Sept 8, 2016 3:10:41 GMT -5
I really enjoyed Hawkman's time in this book, I wish they'd used him more. This particuar interpretation of Katar just works for me. A shame the later Hawkworld reboot made such a mess of the continuity. I came in on this series after Katar was no longer a part of it so I can't comment on how he was used here, but I recently went on a Silver Age Hawkman binge and I really just adore Katar and Shayera. Glad to hear that Katar is used well here and not written too off-model just for a cheap laugh (I quite like the funny Justice League but they weren't against mis-characterising characters for a cheap laugh).
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Post by coinilius on Sept 1, 2016 21:43:44 GMT -5
I enjoyed them at the time, or at least I enjoyed The Fly and The Comet - The Comet is Mark Waid doing a warm up for his eventual Flash run. Black Hood and the Shield I was never as fond of, although I liked the idea behind the Black Hood, with the hood being passed to different people. Jaguar was pretty good too, I think - I was a Messner-Leobs fan back then (I much preferred his Flash to Mark Waid's version at the time - the supporting cast were just so much better in the Messner-Leon issues).
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Post by coinilius on Sept 1, 2016 18:37:33 GMT -5
brutalis - I can totally see Spider-Man as a married man, especially since when I first started reading Spider-Man Peter and MJ were newly weds and as such, married Spider-Man has been the default setting of the character for me ever since. It's the same for Superman, where I came in on the Post-Crisis version of the character and was reading through his engagement and wedding and married life with Lois.
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Post by coinilius on Aug 31, 2016 1:19:08 GMT -5
I love how the implication of that cover is that Clark just walks around using his X-Ray vision to check out every hot new guy in town lol
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Post by coinilius on Aug 30, 2016 23:18:39 GMT -5
In Superman III Lana says to Clark that it's the first time he has been back since his mother passed away. In Superman IV he is selling the farm. So yeah they did reveal that Ma had passed away sometime between the beginning of Superman the Motion Picture and Superman III.
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Post by coinilius on Aug 30, 2016 23:02:32 GMT -5
But every woman in Kandor has to bathe and sleep and dress and use the bathroom knowing that Superman could be watching, and overhearing every sound. tolworthy: isn't that the same for everyone on earth as well? With his powers, Superman can watch everybody use the bathroom anytime he wants, unless they're in a lead lined water closet. And forget about clothes, he can see through them anyway! Actually, Superman American Alien mentioned this - teenage Clark says that he did try perving on people through their clothes but they were all strange and squished looking because they were still in clothes, he was just looking through the clothes at their junk in all unusual positions.
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Post by coinilius on Aug 26, 2016 7:08:34 GMT -5
Sounds like a very fun thread! Although not some of the best examples, I enjoyed the Marvel vs DC mini-series that they did in the '90's - though probably more for Amalgam than the actual 'Vs' mini.
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Post by coinilius on Aug 25, 2016 7:07:02 GMT -5
Thanks for the link to that fascinating blog!
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