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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 14, 2024 18:16:24 GMT -5
The corner box for Spoof #2 is wild.
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 14, 2024 18:10:10 GMT -5
FemForce #98 featuring Miss Victory (from Helnit Publishing), Black Cat / She-Cat (from Harvey Comics), and Phantom Lady / Nightveil (from Quality Comics)
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 6, 2024 19:59:52 GMT -5
Al Hartley!! Before he started doing Archie-style cartooning, he did some absolute beauties for Atlas romance.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 29, 2024 2:59:57 GMT -5
Gene "The Dean" Colan.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 26, 2024 20:46:44 GMT -5
It would be great if Marvel paid tribute by finally printing the unpublished The Cat #5 featuring her pencils, but I know that's a pipe dream.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 26, 2024 13:54:17 GMT -5
Where the script fails is when it relies on plot-mandated nonsense, when it simply walks over continuity, or when it ignores characterization. You just described everything Bendis has ever written.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 23, 2024 15:20:12 GMT -5
War time action not over written. But Kirby was a lousy writer. Right? Well, it's no fair bringing out one of the greatest single issue stories ever published! I really enjoy the Lee / Kirby Sgt. Fury run. Lee may be overdoing it, but the issues still have energy and heart. Actually, I also quite like the issues after Kirby left as well. Kurt is right about one thing, though: The Roy Thomas issues are almost unreadable. This was one of Roy's first assignments and he definitely was doing his best Lee, and then overdoing, jamming every panel with as much dialogue and lame jokes and banter as possible. I'm a fan of the series as a whole -- and of Roy Thomas! -- but there's no question that the worst run and the hardest part to get through in the whole series is the Thomas stretch between Lee and Friedrich.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 23, 2024 14:02:09 GMT -5
Before he went to Archie and became their house style, Dan DeCarlo spent many years drawing Millie the Model at Atlas.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 23, 2024 14:01:11 GMT -5
Web of Spider-Man 42 Looks like that's Jim Salicrup, the editor of this issue, taking the picture.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 20, 2024 1:31:19 GMT -5
You'll note that he's clearly leading them away from Dr. Doom instead of towards him, so maybe having a blind guide isn't the best idea after all.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 18, 2024 19:16:07 GMT -5
I've said before that the most tedious thing in all of comics is the argument about whether Stan or Jack should get the credit. So I'm not going to participate much. But kirby101 is correct about Dr. Strange - it was Ditko's idea. In January 1963, some months prior to Dr. Strange making his debut, Stan wrote a letter to superfan, zine publisher, and budding comics historian Jerry Bails, and in that letter among other things he teases upcoming projects including Dr. Strange. In the letter Stan explicitly states that Dr. Strange was Ditko's idea.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 16, 2024 13:28:23 GMT -5
Crimebuster Quest #2 Adventure module variant in the house! and I absolutely love, love love, the bookmark with the replacement key for runic alphabets this will definitely get used in my D&D games! Great job Crimebuster! -M Thanks again for the support! I'm glad this arrived okay, and I hope you like the story! One thing I should note about the bookmark is that I had it printed before I started doing Quest, so it's actually missing the dwarven rune language used in Quest, though some of the other translations will be coming up as well. I created an updated version with the dwarven runes on it as well, which is included in the digital rewards here. The decoder bookmark can also be used to translate stuff from Crimebusters and Cthulhu vs. Uncle Sam as well -- I think every issue except possibly the upcoming Crimebusters #6 has something that can be translated.
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 14, 2024 23:04:44 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 14, 2024 23:00:30 GMT -5
For me, I've just seen my collecting focus shift a number of times. When I got burned out on superhero stuff, I started buying Golden Age and romance. And then Archie. And now I buy a lot of self-published stuff, and a lot of my focus is on making comics and collecting my own books!
I still love going to stores and finding deals and weird books I've never seen, or hard to find back issues. There's nothing like finding something cool in a dollar bin or at an antique store, so I find myself buying a lot of weird, cheap books that I don't really intend to keep. Even sometimes the more "expensive" books are just fun to own for a little while before moving them on to another home. Did I need to spend $20 on a Tomb of Dracula #2, or on a Star Spangled War Stories #137? No, but they both look really cool, and I'll enjoy them for a little while before selling them off again.
I've sort of accepted the fact at my age that I'm just a caretaker for books that will eventually go to someone else, so I'm less focused on getting stuff for a long term collection than getting stuff for the experience of finding it and enjoying it for the short and medium term. It's a different kind of fun and satisfaction, but still fun and satisfying!
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 11, 2024 23:43:07 GMT -5
One of my absolute favorite romance covers. While DC was busy having all their women weeping on every cover, over at Charlton, people were busy getting busy! One of the sexiest code approved covers ever in my opinion. After a long day at work, what's really the best way to relax? Desperate housewives indeed!
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