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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 6, 2022 15:10:04 GMT -5
May 1972
A weak month, with DC dropping its price from 25 to 20 cents, the page count from 48 to 32 and of course, the reprints. I dropped a few books that I was buying almost entirely for those. Conan 17 Always enjoyed Reese's inks over Kane's pencils, but Conan's face isn't exactly Conan's face, if you know what I mean. 
Oh, yes! As I recall, Kane and Reese made it into my 12-days-of-Christmas list for best penciller-inker combo. The splash page for that issue is just glorious.
Kane was supposed to become the regular artist on the title with this issue, but his stint lasted only until the next one (it took too long to pencil an issue, a reality that made a serious dent in Gil's income). Thank Crom, Smith was by then ready to come back with his best artwork yet!
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Post by Prince Hal on May 6, 2022 15:33:31 GMT -5
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 8, 2022 7:35:56 GMT -5
Bought later:
Warlock #1
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Post by Farrar on May 24, 2022 21:12:47 GMT -5
May 1972
Bought only one comic off the stands: Avengers #102The last Avengers comic I'd managed to buy off the stands had been Avengers #99. A few months later, this one. After what I considered to be very sloppy unfinished art by Barry Smith in #99, #102's art was a delight; it looked so Buscemaesque (as in John). This was my first exposure to Rich Buckler's artwork. Sinnott's inks made the art even more appealing. And as the story involved the Sentinels, I also saw similarities between the art here and in X-Men #57-60. For me as a young fan at the time, I liked Buckler's echoing of Buscema's and Adams's work of just a couple years' earlier; I had fun recognizing poses and the like from Avengers and X-Men issues I had in my collection! Storywise I loved the continuing subplot of Wanda and Vision's thwarted romance, with a jealous Clint and a disapproving Pietro in the mix.  My family moved to a different neighborhood in late May 1972 and away from my usual candy store where I bought new comics, so I never managed to buy or read the next two parts of this story (in Avengers #103 and #104) until many years later, when as an adult I read the next two stories in an Avengers Essentials collection.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 1, 2022 16:32:00 GMT -5
Nothing that I had of my own; but, I did later acquire and read JLA #100, where Len Wein brought back the Seven Soldiers of Victory....  |
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Post by MWGallaher on Jun 1, 2022 19:54:23 GMT -5
 ACTION # 415: The draw for me was the backup feature, with the return of Metamorpho! I got such a huge kick of the Element Man in B&B, I was really excited to see some solo stories. I've got vivid memories of the John Calnan art on this one. CAPTAIN MARVEL #22: I'd been exposed to Mar-Vell in THE AVENGERS, so I took a chance when his series suddenly returned to the stands after a year's hiatus. DEMON #1: Unforgettable cover! The story didn't quite bowl me over at the time, but I read it over and over on our family vacation to D.C. that month. I got the hardback collection of the complete series a couple of years ago and was impressed by how rich with potential Kirby's set-up was. This book is ripe for adaptation into a hit tv series, if you ask me. DETECTIVE #426: Here's where I learned about Russian Roulette and Frank Robbins. Robbins did odd-looking work but it was striking and memorable and I remember a desire to emulate it in my own drawing. FOREVER PEOPLE #10: I wasn't keeping up with the 4th World, but I wasn't about to miss a Deadman story. It wasn't at all what I expected, but so many of those pages are burned into my head! INFERIOR 5 #11: I thought it was hilarious. JLA #100: Possibly the best of the JLA/JSA team-ups. I loved every single panel, and there was no way I was going to let myself miss an issue in this 3-parter! MARVEL FEATURE #5: I didn't like Ant-Man losing his blue costume and distinctive helmet, but I still loved this feature. Like most of this month's buys, a lot of the artwork is seared into my brain. MARVEL PREMIERE #4: This went on the trip to D.C., too, and I clearly remember reading this on the motel bed. My first exposure to Lovecraftian fiction, and, yes, I can easily conjure up visual memories of Barry Smith's fish-men! MARVEL TEAM-UP #4: I had really liked the X-MEN reprint issue I read, and seeing them as hip, out-of-costume characters was just awesome. WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #214: It wasn't as good as BRAVE & BOLD, but I appreciated the chance to see some of the less prominent DC characters sharing the cover billing with Superman. The Atom was always a favorite, but I don't recall being impressed with anything Dick Dillin drew in this one. Comic I'd most like to have (but don't): There are a lot of tempting options, but even though I've read this story in SHOWCASE PRESENTS UNKNOWN SOLDIER VOL. ONE, I'd like to have an original edition. The Soldier has turned out to be one of my favorites of DC's war heroes, and this issue had the wonderful Dan Spiegle drawing it! |
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Post by berkley on Jun 1, 2022 20:27:11 GMT -5
MAY 1972:
Thor #202 -
JUNE 1972:
Batman #243 - one of the very few Batman comics I remember reading as a kid, though I had certainly loved the tv show a few years earlier. I did like this issue, so I possibly would have kept reading if I hadn't gotten out of comics not long afterwards.
Grimm's Ghost Stories #5 - I was getting interested in supernatural horror stories around this time - books, comics, movies, tv shows, which is probably why I read this one. I remember the cover very well but not the stories inside so I'm guessing they weren't anything special. I might have to look for the back issue sometime out of curiosity.
Kull, the Conqueror #4 - loved the Kull series, and Kull is probably still my favourite REH creation. The whole sword and sorcery genre fascinated me as it seemed to combine the sword-fighting adventure of ERB with the supernatural horror stuff I was getting into at this time. The Severins' artwork is some of my favourite ever in comics. I'm more positive that I had this particular issue than I was the previous one I listed.
Thor #203 - this 2-part Thor story made a big impression on me: I think the way Ego was drawn made it feel to me as a 10-yr old as if they were fighting God Almighty Himself, so it was in the tradition of the Mangog story in which Thor faces a hopeless struggle against an opponent vastly more powerful than himself.
Tomb of Dracula #4 - another comic that made a big impression. The magic mirror that is a doorway to other worlds and the way it was drawn by Colan and Palmer has been stuck in my head ever since.
Werewolf by Night #1 - more supernatural horror; Ploog's werewolf and the Darkhold were two more things that played a big part in my imaginary world back then.
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Post by berkley on Jun 1, 2022 20:35:03 GMT -5
DEMON #1: Unforgettable cover! The story didn't quite bowl me over at the time, but I read it over and over on our family vacation to D.C. that month. I got the hardback collection of the complete series a couple of years ago and was impressed by how rich with potential Kirby's set-up was. This book is ripe for adaptation into a hit tv series, if you ask me.
I didn't get to read it until a few years later but very much agreed. The concept itself is killer but besides Jason Blood and the Demon, I've always thought that the supporting cast was really well constructed and all interesting characters in their own right. I don't many subsequent Demon writers have agreed, though, from what I've seen.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jun 2, 2022 5:58:16 GMT -5
Bought later:
Captain Marvel #22
Fantastic Four #126
Justice League of America #100
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 2, 2022 15:13:22 GMT -5
JUNE 1972Batman 243: Adams, O'Neil and Ra's Al-Ghul. But only four more collaborations on Batman after this... Conan 18: Building to the Barry (Windsor) Smith finale. The peak of the best stretch of this comic ironically speeding to an end.  Demon 1: faithful to Kirby. Always loved the art in this comic, and also thougt that the less time the Demon spent as Jason Blood, the better.  Detective 426: Habit buy, but at least it's an intriguing Kaluta cover. Forever People 10: Deadman by Kirby (looking more like a 250-lb mummy than a ghost, but ho cares?) made it all worth it, no matter how much Jack didn't want to include him.  From Beyond the Unknown 18: Bring on the reprints! And another good Kaluta cover, too.  Inferior 5: Missed this story when it first came out. Justice League of America 100: If only Cardy could have done the story and not just that memorable cover.  Kull the Conqueror: Not as flashy as Conan, perhaps, but that Severin art made it so beautiful to read.  New Gods 10: The Fourth World was meandering to its end. Curse DC for not supporting it as it should have been. Tarzan 211: Tarzan by Kubert! Of course I bought it. Weird Worlds 1: More ERB. Something new and different. Of course I bought this.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jul 15, 2022 15:43:58 GMT -5
Bought later:
Avengers #104
House of Mystery #206
Tarzan #212
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 16, 2022 7:38:39 GMT -5
Here you go.  |
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 16, 2022 7:42:22 GMT -5
May 1972
A weak month, with DC dropping its price from 25 to 20 cents, the page count from 48 to 32 and of course, the reprints. I dropped a few books that I was buying almost entirely for those. Conan 17 Always enjoyed Reese's inks over Kane's pencils, but Conan's face isn't exactly Conan's face, if you know what I mean. That cover was inked by Frank Brunner, not Reese. Reese inked the cover for Conan #25.  Over on Facebook, Reese said he loved inking Kane and wished they had let him ink the cover to #17. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 16, 2022 10:53:00 GMT -5
To: kirby101D'oh! Must... learn... to... read. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Aug 3, 2022 11:49:39 GMT -5
Bought later:
Captain Marvel #23
House of Mystery #207
Iron Man #53
Our Army at War #250
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