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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 6, 2015 13:26:34 GMT -5
The only one I could think of was Monet St. Croix's younger sisters. Oh, and Brother Voodoo and Captain Triumph, now that I think of it. Both have one of the twins dead as their origin though. Add the Crimson Foxeses. There was the Ladyhawks, too (from Spidergirl/MC2)... same kinda thing... twins that shared the costume, ID. Turbo had the same thing going for a while, but that was a male/female thing, and I'm not 100% certain they were actually twins, maybe just brother and sister. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 6, 2015 14:35:33 GMT -5
Gemini of the Zodiac gang had the good/bad twin thing going on too.
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Post by Paradox on Feb 6, 2015 18:34:38 GMT -5
Turbo had the same thing going for a while, but that was a male/female thing, and I'm not 100% certain they were actually twins, maybe just brother and sister. The New Warriors ones? Looking it up, they don't appear to be related at all, just friends. |
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Post by badwolf on Feb 6, 2015 18:42:31 GMT -5
That's what they want you to think.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 6, 2015 21:46:44 GMT -5
Turbo had the same thing going for a while, but that was a male/female thing, and I'm not 100% certain they were actually twins, maybe just brother and sister. The New Warriors ones? Looking it up, they don't appear to be related at all, just friends. Yeah, I thought they were related... it's been a while though, I could be mis-remembering. |
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Post by Paradox on Feb 7, 2015 1:49:34 GMT -5
To be honest, I remembered it the same way. I only went checking to see if they were twins.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2015 4:13:42 GMT -5
Ok on thing that bothered me about reading comics in the Bronze Age as a kid (and I had no idea how the industry worked then) was buying an issue off the rack, having it to be continued, and having the next issue be a completely different story because the Dreaded Deadline Doom had struck. The one that got me as a kid was Avengers 144 to 145, but I got reminded of it the other night when I was reading the Essential Luke Cage and it happened in there too.
As an adult, reading back issues, it's not a big deal, but as a kid when you were saving allowance to get the next part and it was something totally different (and there was no guarantee you would then get the next issue where it actually continued) it was annoying as heck....
At the point I was buying books, it was inventory stories, but I know they did reprints too at some point. Not sure if this ever happened with DC, but it certainly plagued DC form time to time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2015 4:42:45 GMT -5
Revisiting twins again for a moment, was reading through the Baxter Deadman series earlier, has anyone mentioned Cleveland Brand, Boston's twin brother?
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 7, 2015 7:22:31 GMT -5
Ok on thing that bothered me about reading comics in the Bronze Age as a kid (and I had no idea how the industry worked then) was buying an issue off the rack, having it to be continued, and having the next issue be a completely different story because the Dreaded Deadline Doom had struck. The one that got me as a kid was Avengers 144 to 145, but I got reminded of it the other night when I was reading the Essential Luke Cage and it happened in there too. As an adult, reading back issues, it's not a big deal, but as a kid when you were saving allowance to get the next part and it was something totally different (and there was no guarantee you would then get the next issue where it actually continued) it was annoying as heck.... At the point I was buying books, it was inventory stories, but I know they did reprints too at some point. Not sure if this ever happened with DC, but it certainly plagued DC form time to time. -M One I remember at DC was an issue of Green Lantern (with Green Arrow). Neal Adams did the ever of "a very special" issue (or however they billed it), but I agree; it was more a Marvel thing than DC. Conan was plagued by late deadlines at the end of Barry Smith's run, for instance, tough they never had to throw in a reprint. One time they printed directly from Barry Smith's pencils, which they tried to plug as a cool thing. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 9, 2015 9:18:56 GMT -5
Ok on thing that bothered me about reading comics in the Bronze Age as a kid (and I had no idea how the industry worked then) was buying an issue off the rack, having it to be continued, and having the next issue be a completely different story because the Dreaded Deadline Doom had struck. The one that got me as a kid was Avengers 144 to 145, but I got reminded of it the other night when I was reading the Essential Luke Cage and it happened in there too. As an adult, reading back issues, it's not a big deal, but as a kid when you were saving allowance to get the next part and it was something totally different (and there was no guarantee you would then get the next issue where it actually continued) it was annoying as heck.... At the point I was buying books, it was inventory stories, but I know they did reprints too at some point. Not sure if this ever happened with DC, but it certainly plagued DC form time to time. -M Funny thing, as soon as I read the first sentence I immediately thought of Avengers 144-145. They interrupted such cool storylines (Old West Kang & Squadron Supreme/Serpent Crown) with a completely lame fill in, that lasted 2 issues. And then to have another DDD reprint substitution just a few issues later in 150 was inexcusable. |
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Post by badwolf on Feb 9, 2015 10:19:30 GMT -5
I recently read a Spider-Man omnibus that had a fill-in issue that happened to be one of my favorites in the volume. It's not because I didn't like the regular writer or ongoing story, but it was refreshing to read just a single issue that wasn't connected to everything else. Sort of a "breather."
I'm not sure if I felt that way back when I was reading them month to month, though.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Feb 9, 2015 10:24:26 GMT -5
I recently read a Spider-Man omnibus that had a fill-in issue that happened to be one of my favorites in the volume. It's not because I didn't like the regular writer or ongoing story, but it was refreshing to read just a single issue that wasn't connected to everything else. Sort of a "breather." I'm not sure if I felt that way back when I was reading them month to month, though. Agreed, a breather isn't a bad thing. At least when it comes at a break between major storylines. The problem with this Avenger's 2 issue fill-in was it interrupted the ongoing storylines for two months. That, and the fact that they were two pretty awful issues. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 9, 2015 10:27:18 GMT -5
I recently read a Spider-Man omnibus that had a fill-in issue that happened to be one of my favorites in the volume. It's not because I didn't like the regular writer or ongoing story, but it was refreshing to read just a single issue that wasn't connected to everything else. Sort of a "breather." I'm not sure if I felt that way back when I was reading them month to month, though. Agreed, a breather isn't a bad thing. At least when it comes at a break between major storylines. The problem with this Avenger's 2 issue fill-in was it interrupted the ongoing storylines for two months. That, and the fact that they were two pretty awful issues. C'mon! Hawkeye saves everyone by strategically vomiting into a trash can. It's classic! Avengers Assemble! |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 9, 2015 10:33:46 GMT -5
Ok on thing that bothered me about reading comics in the Bronze Age as a kid (and I had no idea how the industry worked then) was buying an issue off the rack, having it to be continued, and having the next issue be a completely different story because the Dreaded Deadline Doom had struck. The one that got me as a kid was Avengers 144 to 145, but I got reminded of it the other night when I was reading the Essential Luke Cage and it happened in there too. As an adult, reading back issues, it's not a big deal, but as a kid when you were saving allowance to get the next part and it was something totally different (and there was no guarantee you would then get the next issue where it actually continued) it was annoying as heck.... At the point I was buying books, it was inventory stories, but I know they did reprints too at some point. Not sure if this ever happened with DC, but it certainly plagued DC form time to time. -M One I remember at DC was an issue of Green Lantern (with Green Arrow). Neal Adams did the ever of "a very special" issue (or however they billed it), but I agree; it was more a Marvel thing than DC. Conan was plagued by late deadlines at the end of Barry Smith's run, for instance, tough they never had to throw in a reprint. One time they printed directly from Barry Smith's pencils, which they tried to plug as a cool thing. Sorry man, but Conan #22 reprinted #1. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 9, 2015 10:36:03 GMT -5
This never bothered me but it was a thought I had, was the "death trap" originated in comic books ? I look at comics now and never see it. They just shoot the hero.
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