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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 13, 2015 7:42:55 GMT -5
I seem to recall a horrible, horrible storyline in MTIO where The Thing was a professional wrestler. Or was that just a nightmare? I'm pretty sure that was his solo series, as I recently read MTIO from start to finish and don't recall that being part of that series. That was indeed his solo series. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jul 14, 2015 19:59:15 GMT -5
After pulling out some long ago filed short boxes, I found a big run of Marvel Team-Up that I've never really read. I did read a few when I bought the run, but didn't really fall in love with them at the time, so just filed them away and forgot about them.
There's a few issues pre #50, a good chunk from #50 to #100, then most from #100up.
I'm just wondering, is this series worth reading, and if so, what are some recommendations for the best ones to start with? Or is it not worth the time and should I just flick them off for what I can get (I see some are starting to increase in price, so might be a good time to let them go).
Any thoughts/advice is greatly appreciated. My best offer is this: Name an issue of Marvel Team-Up and I will tell you why it is brilliant. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2015 20:15:35 GMT -5
My best offer is this: Name an issue of Marvel Team-Up and I will tell you why it is brilliant. Why is this brilliant? I absolutely refuse to own it.  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jul 14, 2015 20:50:59 GMT -5
Ah yes, a classic for the ages which - like most truly great art- will only be recognized as the work of genius is after we are long dead. Most importantly, this actualizes the long-running subtext of the Marvel Universe is made text, and we realize that Aunt May is actually a major deity, even when she is not holding a lamp! And it's Greg Laroque's best issue of the series, art-wise. Galactus, especially, comes off Kirby epic and God-like. [img src=" ![]() i24.photobucket.com/albums/c42/Ludymark/25a9d6d2-b026-410d-91d8-1190974e167d_zpsv7pqrdjx.jpg" src=" " alt=" "] (Sorry for the bad cropping. The Photobucket editor is unimaginably terrible. It's basically a miracle that this exists at all. No one will create a worse photo editor, ever. No one will come close. This is the platonic ideal.) I also REALLY like the pacing here - In the beginning it's structured like a regular issue of Marvel Team-Up and it just sloooowly gets weirder and weirder until the Pilsbury Dough Boy shows up. Plus it plays completely fair with the rules on the cover - It makes major changes to the structure of the Marvel Universe, and it's not a hoax or a What If. |
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 15, 2015 18:19:03 GMT -5
Somebody saw from the cover that Aunt May battled Galactus and then had to ask what was brilliant about it?
I no longer understand this world.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2015 18:55:33 GMT -5
Somebody saw from the cover that Aunt May battled Galactus and then had to ask what was brilliant about it? I no longer understand this world. Neither did Galactus, it seems. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 16, 2015 2:34:08 GMT -5
Somebody saw from the cover that Aunt May battled Galactus and then had to ask what was brilliant about it? I no longer understand this world. I wouldn't pick on this particular issue, there are many trhougout the series, just as bad, some even worse. |
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Post by Confessor on Jul 19, 2015 4:14:18 GMT -5
My best offer is this: Name an issue of Marvel Team-Up and I will tell you why it is brilliant. Why is this brilliant? I absolutely refuse to own it. I can understand your hesitation about this issue, especially if your tolerance for tongue-in-cheek, silly stories is low. But actually, this issue is very enjoyable and as Reptisaurus! has pointed out, the artwork is very nice. |
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Post by Trevor on Jul 19, 2015 6:54:16 GMT -5
I've always had a plan to buy every issue of that assistant editors month, but like most of my collecting plans, it's buried under others at the moment.
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