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Post by Calidore on Sept 24, 2020 18:47:09 GMT -5
Thought it was interesting that Brutus stayed Brutus, but Popeye became Braccio. Is there a direct translation for Braccio? In Italian the complete name is "Braccio di Ferro" (Arm Of Iron). Much more flattering than Popeye. What would be the literal translation of Popeye anyway?
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 24, 2020 21:56:34 GMT -5
In Italian the complete name is "Braccio di Ferro" (Arm Of Iron). Much more flattering than Popeye. What would be the literal translation of Popeye anyway? With all that mumbling, he needs translation!
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 24, 2020 21:59:18 GMT -5
ps I tried it on Google and "Popeye" just gave "Popeye;" but, "pop eye" gave "occhio pop," which would just confuse him with a manga reprint publisher.
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Post by zaku on Sept 25, 2020 2:31:18 GMT -5
In Italian the complete name is "Braccio di Ferro" (Arm Of Iron). Much more flattering than Popeye. What would be the literal translation of Popeye anyway? "Occhio che sporge" (Eye which pops)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 9:15:20 GMT -5
I'm picking up the Wonder Woman by Perez omnibusses and I see there's also an omnibus for the War Of The Gods storyline. The third Perez omnibus has all the relevant Wonder Woman issues (#58-62 and War Of The Gods #1-4). I'm wondering, as I've never read the storyline, how crucial are the non-WW issues to the story?
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Post by foxley on Sept 27, 2020 9:31:57 GMT -5
I'm picking up the Wonder Woman by Perez omnibusses and I see there's also an omnibus for the War Of The Gods storyline. The third Perez omnibus has all the relevant Wonder Woman issues (#58-62 and War Of The Gods #1-4). I'm wondering, as I've never read the storyline, how crucial are the non-WW issues to the story? The four issues of the actual miniseries are vital; everything else is just fluff. It was not one of DCs better universe wide crossovers (IMHO), which is a shame as it had a lot of potential. John Ostrander manages a really good jab at Grant Morrison's pretentiousness in the Suicide Squad issue though.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 27, 2020 12:48:18 GMT -5
It revived the original JSA, which is about the only praise I can give it.
Not that DC let anyone do much with them, for very long, no matter how popular it was with its audience (ask Len Strazewski), until Robinson and his cohorts, who were in better favor, revived it and recast everyone, again.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 27, 2020 13:17:28 GMT -5
I think it was an abomination that George Perez left the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries to do that terrible War of the Gods mini.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 27, 2020 13:34:11 GMT -5
It revived the original JSA, which is about the only praise I can give it. I thought the JSA were brought back by John Ostrander in Armageddon: Inferno.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 27, 2020 14:25:32 GMT -5
The League of Comic Book Correctors strikes again!
The JSA does turn up in issue 2 of the mini; those crossovers, after Millennium, tend to blend together for me, as I found most of them forgettable. Millennium is only memorable for what a mess it was, and about 4 or 5 decent tie-in comics (the sequence in the swamp, with linking covers and the Secret Origins story) and Zero Hour's only saving grace was the debut of James Robinson's Starman.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 27, 2020 14:31:40 GMT -5
The fastest way to get a correct answer in the net is to post a wrong one.
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Post by berkley on Sept 27, 2020 17:42:03 GMT -5
I think it was an abomination that George Perez left the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries to do that terrible War of the Gods mini. What was the story on that episode? Did he suddenly change his mind about the Starlin miniseries or was the other thing just an unforeseen opportunity that came up and that he couldn't miss? And what was the War of the Gods, anyway?
Sorry, that ws three quick questions, I'm failing to hold to the thread parameters.
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 27, 2020 19:19:51 GMT -5
I think it was an abomination that George Perez left the Infinity Gauntlet miniseries to do that terrible War of the Gods mini. What was the story on that episode? Did he suddenly change his mind about the Starlin miniseries or was the other thing just an unforeseen opportunity that came up and that he couldn't miss? And what was the War of the Gods, anyway?
Sorry, that ws three quick questions, I'm failing to hold to the thread parameters.
War of the Gods was DC's summer crossover event, with Perez on art, and Wonder Woman and Themyscira. It was intended to celebrate Wonder Woman's 50th Anniversary, putting her front and center of things, which would suggest why Perez chose to do it over finishing Infinity Gauntlet. He also got to write and draw, while he was just the hired artist on Infinity Gauntlet. Might have been a timing issue, too; perhaps Starlin was late with his scripts and Perez could only do the issues he did. Anyway, the plot has Circe manipulating various pantheons into warring against the Earth and remaking it in their image, with the Olympians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Norse, African and even Thanagarian gods involved. The JSA turn up with the Norse gods. Captain Marvel acts under the influence of the Roman Gods and tries to destroy the Olympians, which is to distract Wonder Woman from stopping Circe's plans. Black Adam recruits the Suicide Squad, at one point. Eventually, Circe is exposed and she and Wonder Woman & Donna Troy battle Circe at the Tomb of Cronus. It also is the only time Son of Vulcan was featured, apart from DC Challenge #9 and one panel in History of the DC Universe, after the Charlton Action Hero purchase. My guess is, that like Peter Cannon, they did not own him outright, as people assumed; or, he was too similar to Thor (and Captain Marvel) though he predates him. Or else they couldn't figure out what to do with him. That still put him one ahead of Judomaster, who only got a DC Challenge appearance, until the LAW mini-series (not counting a different Judomaster, from JL Quarterly #14). Judomaster was supposed to appear in the aborted Comic Cavalcade Weekly, in his own strip, with Frank McLoughlin, the creator, on art.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 28, 2020 2:50:39 GMT -5
I remember WOTG as being just awful. I don’t know about Starlin being late but Ron Lim did an amazing job on the rest of Infinity G.
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Post by foxley on Sept 28, 2020 2:57:37 GMT -5
Starlin writing Thanos? No thanks. However many issues of his Mary-Sue Darksied ripoff effortless defeating everyone, and then thwarting himself at the last minute for reasons that make no sense.
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