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Post by Outrajs on Aug 7, 2017 12:32:51 GMT -5
I'm never using tape on my bags again! I just bought a stack of about 50 books and they are all taped and of course on the first book out...tape tear. I feel your pain.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 7, 2017 12:24:52 GMT -5
Audrey Hepburn as Lois Lane. Perfect fit.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 7, 2017 12:22:36 GMT -5
I'm the opposite from bry214: I hate the whole Marvel-handbook attitude of ranking all the characters in some quantified, carved-in-stone rating system of so-and-so is stronger (or smarter, or faster, etc) than so-and-so. I think all that is best left as a much more vague picture - yeah, we know that the Hulk is stronger than Spider-Man, who's stronger than Captain America, who's stronger than Daredevil, but once you get to a certain level, it's best left open: so for me, Marvel's Hulk, Thor, Hercules, etc would all be more or less on a par. Also, I dislike the way superhero comics handles this whole "strongest one there is" idea: it feeds into the worst aspects of the genre, emphasizing the power-fantasy above very other consideration. So for me, it's a great idea to make it clear that WW and a few, not too many, other heavyweights are more or less as strong as Superman. I don't know the DCU all that well but I imagine this exclusive group might also include Captain Marvel, Black Adam, I think i read somewhere that the Martian Manhunter is up there?. Of course Orion and Barda, insofar as they are DCU characters, ... villains like Kalibak, Solomon Grundy, It's almost like 1,000,000 is a lot but 1,000,001 is still more. At the level what's the point? It's more of a non-issue in brute strength. However, there is still something to be said for their battles against each other...brain power of what would be the best moves, dexterity and agility, staying power and Constitution, etc. So, yes I do like sparring between them but for different reasons other than who is the strongest, fastest, smartest. I like them to see who can use their entirety to win, not just one feature alone.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 7, 2017 12:07:59 GMT -5
When I was a kid I had a friend who was crazy into comic books. He read absolutely everything and knew just about everything on all current books at the time. One day I bought Lobo's first edition of his own book and immediately boarded and bagged it without reading it. I didn't want it to get messed up. He told me I could never be a true comic book fan if I was a collector. To him, all books are made to be read. He kept just about everything, but if you didn't read everything you bought he called you a collector...an insult in his book. I would love to hear everyone's opinion on this one. Ha! that's so cosmic : I was about to post a thread on the exact same topic! In my book your friend is right : I have 15000+ comics, so I indeed have a collection, but it doesn't necessarly make me a collector. A collector wants to own before anything else. I would make a tiny distinction between my take and your friend's though : I wouldn't call you a collector as an insult, just as a relevant distinction. If you want to own and store htings, that's perfectly fine, I'm not gonna say you're a bad person, far from it. I might just hazard you're missing on something, but even that is subjective as everyone is wired diferently. I usually did read what I bought. The only two times I did that were with the Lobo book and the glow in the dark Spectre book.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 7, 2017 10:44:35 GMT -5
When I was a kid I had a friend who was crazy into comic books. He read absolutely everything and knew just about everything on all current books at the time. One day I bought Lobo's first edition of his own book and immediately boarded and bagged it without reading it. I didn't want it to get messed up. He told me I could never be a true comic book fan if I was a collector. To him, all books are made to be read. He kept just about everything, but if you didn't read everything you bought he called you a collector...an insult in his book. I would love to hear everyone's opinion on this one.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 6, 2017 9:47:29 GMT -5
My grandfather always taught me.to be strong and independent. He taught me baseball and tennis and took me to just practice. He wanted me to be able to take care of myself and strive to always be better. So one day he bought me a Wonder Woman poster for a mentor/mascot. I started reading some of her books at the time in the earlish 90's and saw she was the type of lady I wanted to become one day. She was my entrance into comics and I will always be grateful to my grandfather for it.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 3, 2017 18:36:09 GMT -5
I have both the 1976 and 1977 DC calendars, and they do indeed assign birthdays for just about every damn character in the DC universe in the 1976 calendar, no matter how pointlessly obscure. I just glanced over at it and the next birthday coming up is August 6, the birthday for Kid Eternity. Other characters with August birthdays: The Joker, Chlorophyll Kid, Lois Lane, Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing, Element Lad, the Golden Age Hawkgirl - who apparently has a different birthday than the Silver Age Hawkgirl, and Plastic Man. if there are specific heroes you need birthdays for, I can take a look. The 1977 calendar actually doesn't have birthdays, instead it gives the dates of specific events in the DCU. Thanks! But I am more in need of Marvel birthdays. This just makes one more reason DC is better than Marvel.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 3, 2017 7:51:01 GMT -5
I am working on a project for a friend and it requires birthdays for Marvel and DC superheroes. The problem is...very few of them actually have birthdays listed anywhere that I can find. He told me to just use the publication date for their first appearance but to me it seems like a birthday would be one of those little pieces of information that can flesh out a character. I could be wrong....there could be a site on the dark web (ooooh...a new superhero name?) Somewhere that has them all...but I can't find them. It just makes me a little sad at the missed opportunity.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 3, 2017 7:40:45 GMT -5
She wasn't in the Avengers very long at all! But she was a regular in The Defenders for a while. (In my opinion, it was a HUGE missed opportunity for the Avengers creative team.)
I think Hellcat has her own comic right now. And I think she's supposed to appear in the next issue of The Hulk (it's really She-Hulk, but for some reason, she's just Hulk.).
I loved Patsy, too, but maybe the Avengers creative team felt like she'd be redundant with the Beast in there. Similar powers and similar personalities with the happy-go-lucky thing, and we know Marvel can't have too many happy superheroes in one place! You find Beast to be happy? I also am not sure about Patsy. She seems more bossy and take charge than happy...she is just comedic when she does it.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 3, 2017 7:39:37 GMT -5
I just finished 3rd series Avengers # 41 & 42 of the Kang Wars. I got the whole series and they are fun....Kang is a bit...hmm...over the top but still hilarious.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 3, 2017 7:02:25 GMT -5
Pre-Christian...AND post-Christian. Joan of Arc wore full plate. But yes. A real warrior woman doesn't wear "bikini armour". Pssst...Red Sonja isn't real. In all seriousness though, I totally agree with your point. As aesthetically pleasing as a chain mail bikini might be to nerdy, hormone-riddled teenage boys, it is totally impractical. But then, you get a lot of that kind of thing when it comes to armour in fantasy books, films or comics -- and not just with the females! In my late teens, my best friend got into doing historical, late medieval re-enactment and became something of an expert on the history and practical use or armour. He really opened my eyes to just how unrealistic and stupid fantasy armour is, for both sexes. I mean, the number of times you see pictures of male warriors with fantastically ornate battle helmets, when, in reality, apart from weighing an absolute ton, ornate helmets with horns, wings, dragons and other decorations would be, at best, impractical on the battlefield and, at worst, downright dangerous to the wearer. Such helmets provide way too much opportunity for swords and other weapons to become stuck on or in the helmet during battle, when in reality, a good helmet should be streamlined or rounded, in order to make sword and other weapon hits slide off, to protect the wearer. Yes. I will know she is not real. I wish she was though. That would be cool. But like I have said previously, I prefer a little realism in my fantasy. It helps me create a stronger suspension of disbelief.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 2, 2017 7:21:38 GMT -5
The only problem I have with Red Sonja is that she is still construed as a sex symbol. She is strong and powerful. She is smart and beautiful. But for a character with a history and backstory like hers you would think she would dress more...properly. I'm not necessarily talking modestly...but as a proper WARRIOR would. With armour that would actually protect her. She is drawn to still be a sex symbol. as Boudicca would, and other Pre-christian female war-chieftans, yes. Pre-Christian...AND post-Christian. Joan of Arc wore full plate. But yes. A real warrior woman doesn't wear "bikini armour".
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 1, 2017 11:21:12 GMT -5
Would Bolland be pre or post crisis Wonder Woman?
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 1, 2017 11:12:22 GMT -5
He also understood why it was impossible for them to honor it. If someone owes you something, and you know they can't pay it through no fault of their own, you don't show up to cause trouble about it unless you're expecting some other kind of recompense. Why assemble a costume, wreck havoc, and attempt to murder people if you don't actually want something from them? Textbook lawful evil. "It doesn't matter that what I'm asking for is impossible, all that matters is that YOU owe ME, and you did not pay up!" For more examples consult page 1-46 of your local paper, or watch C-SPan for an hour. Okay, herein lies the problem. The original deal was for a feather, yes? Why is it evil to want what is promised? If they had promised a feather every year, why didn't they stockpile some? Why didn't they save the species when it was endangered? Why not try and make a different deal? Why not write in a clause in the beginning in case something like that happened? Why weren't they proactive in seeking out these people when they learned the bird was extinct to head this off at the pass? You make a deal with your employer over your paycheck. If they were unable to pay you would you be okay with that? No, you wouldn't. You would demand you receive what your deal was. Did he go about it in an extreme manner? Yes. But it doesn't exactly make him a true villain either.
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Post by Outrajs on Aug 1, 2017 6:49:28 GMT -5
I no longer do unless the bag or book look like they truly need it. Score 1 for you and for the environment!
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