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Post by Jesse on May 3, 2014 6:20:07 GMT -5
I've always enjoyed these Brandon Peterson panels from Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #3. Still to this day I have not been able to identify every piece of swag in this Elfin treasure room. Anyone want to give it a try?   |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 6:29:15 GMT -5
I've always enjoyed these Brandon Peterson panels from Medieval Spawn/Witchblade #3. Still to this day I have not been able to identify every piece of swag in this Elfin treasure room. Anyone want to give it a try?  
Nice Easter eggs. I see Thors Hammer, The Mask,WW's lasso,Dr. fates Helmet. Yeah, I'm not that familiar with the Mystical items. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 9:11:04 GMT -5
By the way, what is the story behind Byrne and his controversial legacy? I've heard some many tales of him being a jerk, discrediting other creators, rules with an iron fist on his own forums, and maybe shades of being bigoted in some cases. I really appreciate his art, but I'm just wondering is this guy really a loon? Has he also been ousted from the mainstream business too because it seems like he just does commissions now or something. He suffers from not keeping his mouth shut. Everyone has opinions but you have to know when not to reveal them. He's made ill timed comments about Latinas, Christophers Reeves Death and other creators that he should not have made at the time. As for his non work from the Big two- maybe they feel he's not worth the hassle. He also lost a foot on his fastball by not really doing backgrounds in his newer work. I was a big fan until his Wonder Woman Run. I felt that's when he began to not be " John Byrne " anymore. That Byrne Wonder Woman run is not good. I can't believe I read it as long as I did, hoping it would get better. |
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Post by the4thpip on May 3, 2014 11:19:48 GMT -5
 From Batman #54. What the shell? |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 11:31:56 GMT -5
Batclam?
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Post by Jesse on May 3, 2014 11:38:59 GMT -5
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 3, 2014 11:43:50 GMT -5
Holy bivalve mollusks Batman!
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 3, 2014 11:46:05 GMT -5
Golden Age Batman was always trollin' poor Robin.
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Post by Pharozonk on May 3, 2014 11:52:17 GMT -5
The ending to the Trial of Yellowjacket storyline is pretty moving.  |
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Post by Jesse on May 3, 2014 12:22:22 GMT -5
Almost hard to believe this is from a Batman story (Detective Comics #39).   |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 12:25:03 GMT -5
Almost hard to believe this is from a Batman story (Detective Comics #39).   Yikes ! Never saw that ! |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 12:27:08 GMT -5
The ending to the Trial of Yellowjacket storyline is pretty moving. When we had our top 100 sagas in cbr, that yellow jacket story was in my top 20. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 12:30:53 GMT -5
Who is the artist on that Trial of Yellowjacket scan?
Is Joe Sinnott the inker?
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 12:35:23 GMT -5
Pages like these are why I roll my eyes when fans act like John Byrne's FF was as good as Lee/Kirby's FF (or maybe even better!) and then dismiss everything that happened between FF #102 and #236. I like Byrne's FF, but he made a few bad decisions here and there, and it's not all gold. And Bronze Age Fantastic Four is ... well, FANTASTIC!
Lots of Buscema/Sinnott art, but also Buckler, Perez and Sienkiewicz. (And Ross Andru. And Ramona Fradon did one issue that I love.) Yeah, there are some stories that don't quite work as well as we'd like (I don't like Crystal hooking up with Quicksilver. I don't think it works at all.), but there's several great Doctor Doom stories, the period where Sue is threatening to leave Reed for good, the Sub-Mariner, Medusa, lots of great stories with Thundra and the Frightful Four, that great bit where Ben can turn to the Thing and back and he goes all nutty and has to fight the Hulk, that great Hulk/Thing team-up in FF #166 and #167, Darkoth, and so on.
And I almost forgot a couple of good Galactus appearances, like the one you scanned and the one from about #120 where Reed takes over Galactus's ship.
I don't like it as much later on, from about issue #190 or so, but the earlier part of it is thrilling and usually well written.
I was a big fan of the Byrne years when they were brand new, but I thought they were about as good as the 1970 to 1976 era. They hardly compare to the best years of the Lee/Kirby issues.
I'm sure you speak the truth, but that probably has a lot to do with the fact that jerks like me have only read the Stan/Jack run and Byrne run since both are frequently reprinted. Now that I think about it, I've read the complete runs of Lee/Kirby, Byrne and Walt Simonson and I think that's about it (granted that's probably 90% of everything that's worth reading). It's impossible to top what Lee/Kirby did on FF; it's only the most influential mainstream comic run of all-time. All you can really hope to do is an homage with flairs here and there of individuality.
And IMO, set the foundation for the entire Marvel Universe. |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 3, 2014 12:54:50 GMT -5
Who is the artist on that Trial of Tellowjacket scan? Is Joe Sinnott the inker? Al Milgrom drew that page inked by Sinott. It ran from Avengers 213-230 and had several artists. Bob Hall , Greg Laroque were some of the others. |
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