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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 29, 2021 19:51:54 GMT -5
So, reading more Legion Of Super-Heroes. I have a question: according to one serial by Shooter, apparently Superboy uses super-hypnosis to forget everything he's learned about the future when he returns to his own time. How does that work exactly when he's constantly going back and forth through time?
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 29, 2021 21:43:02 GMT -5
So, reading more Legion Of Super-Heroes. I have a question: according to one serial by Shooter, apparently Superboy uses super-hypnosis to forget everything he's learned about the future when he returns to his own time. How does that work exactly when he's constantly going back and forth through time? They left the knowledge of the existence of the Legion intact, but not the specifics of his adventures with them, I assume. I haven't read a ton of his stories; so, I don't know if they ever addressed how he regains his memories in the 30th century, or if he does. A later era story has him submitted to a machine that erases his memories, but something goes wrong with the procedure. Interestingly, his memory is a key element of the All-New Collector's Edition story, with the wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl, where Superboy comes through time, knows about the wedding, but notices lots of armed people and there is a sudden attack on the wedding. Superboy sees that everything is out of whack and they discover that the Time Trapper is behind it all. Most of that was kind of thing was thrown out there as a quickie gimmick and forgotten by the next issue.
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Post by Farrar on Jul 29, 2021 22:13:52 GMT -5
So, reading more Legion Of Super-Heroes. I have a question: according to one serial by Shooter, apparently Superboy uses super-hypnosis to forget everything he's learned about the future when he returns to his own time. How does that work exactly when he's constantly going back and forth through time? That's something that was questioned way back in Adventure #333, when a reader asked how Superboy and Supergirl could both be in the Legion at the same time, given that Superman was surprised by her existence when she showed up on Earth in Action #252. The reader wondered if Superboy "takes a serum, or hypnotizes himself, or something, when he returns to his own time?" Mort Weisinger's answer: "You’re close. Supergirl uses post-hypnotic suggestion to make the Boy of Steel forget about her when he returns to twentieth-century Smallville.” Then, in the very next issue Adventure #334, to underscore this it's noted in-story on page 3, panel 3. Story by Edmond Hamilton. The notion of this super post-hypnotic suggestion was subsequently referenced every so often during the Adventure run, to periodically remind readers that once he re-entered the 20th century Superboy wouldn't remember some details of his 30th century exploits, as in this letter from Adventure #372:
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 5, 2021 13:25:44 GMT -5
Are there any Amethyst princess of Gem world fans ? How was that series ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2021 13:59:06 GMT -5
Are there any Amethyst princess of Gem world fans ? How was that series ? The first 12 issue maxi-series was very good. I haven't read the others. -M
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 5, 2021 21:45:50 GMT -5
Are there any Amethyst princess of Gem world fans ? How was that series ? I haven't read it, but have heard nothing but praise from anyone who did and it was always reviewed well.
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Post by commond on Aug 11, 2021 4:16:14 GMT -5
Has anyone read Warriors of the Shadow Realm or any of the other Weirdworld stuff? I saw a house ad for WoSR in a mag I was reading and it looked intriguing.
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 11, 2021 7:48:05 GMT -5
First rate art, first by Mike Ploog and then John Buscema with Marie Severin and in Warriors Rudy Nebres, with Peter Ledger and Steve Oliff doing full painted finishes. All gorgeous stuff. But in the end it was a thin version of Lord of the Rings and not a great story. Worthwhile only for the art.
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Post by tonebone on Aug 11, 2021 8:39:57 GMT -5
First rate are, first by Mike Ploog and then John Buscema with Marie Severin and in Warriors Rudy Nebres, with Peter Ledger and Steve Oliff doing full painted finishes. All gorgeous stuff. But in the end it was a thin version of Lord of the Rings and not a great story. Worthwhile only for the art. There's actually a great TPB collection of this material that was published about the time the Secret Wars crap was being spammed out. I agree with your review. Beautiful art, not a lot of substance to the story. The magazines had really nifty fold-out pages... I don't think the TPB did. I got mine at Ollie's Outlet for about $3 and my local one still has a few copies. Edit: Later I picked up the Weirdworld TPB that was actually part of Secret Wars/Battleworld. It, too, was thin on story, with nice art. It featured Skarr (I think) and some other older Marvel fantasy type stuff, but the big attraction for me was the return of Crystarr! Pretty cool. Also picked it up at Ollies.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 13, 2021 15:01:56 GMT -5
People sometimes send the GCD questions about comics that they vaguely remember. Sometimes the people on the GCD lists can identify the story. Here are a few recent ones that no one has identified yet: 1. "I'm trying to identify a fantasy / horror comic I had back in the late-60s / early-70s. In the story, a man gets a new eyeglasses prescription. The lens were ground from a meteorite. When the man wears the glasses he sees alien beings, shaggy brown creatures with antennae. Without the glasses, the beings are invisible. No one but the man can see them. The beings are everywhere, they follow people around, making them change their minds. For example, the man sees a woman about to go into a store, the being zaps her with its antennae, and she changes her mind and instead walks down the street. The story progresses from there with the man seeing these things influencing people at all levels of society. Does this sound familiar? It's a lot like John Carpenter's They Live, but this comic came out in the early 70s at the latest. I'd love to find a copy - lost mine decades ago." 2. "The comic involves Veronica Wiflaberek (spelling unknown) hiring a private detective to find her husband, and they had a son named Benji would was a "holy terror" and was only calmed by his teddy bear." 3. "Hi, I serach a comics which I read as a child in Iran, from ca. 1969, adapted from an American or English comics. It was syfy,some adventuer in Space, the hero called John, was a test pilot. The alien spaceships had names such as Onyx, Argol. Some charachter names were Sandra, Marc, Leutnant Solon, Gorda , Jourin, .. Please help me to find this comics." Sample page: Identifying any of these comics will bring you worldwide acclaim and good karma!
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Post by badwolf on Aug 13, 2021 15:20:27 GMT -5
Has anyone read Warriors of the Shadow Realm or any of the other Weirdworld stuff? I saw a house ad for WoSR in a mag I was reading and it looked intriguing. I enjoyed it. As others have said, it has great art. I don't think it is a copy of LOTR, though. Probably they were aiming for something in that vein, but it's not the same story or anything. There are some odd changes in tones from one story arc to another. The parts that appeared in Marvel Fanfare have more comedy in them, while the rest is basically serious, particularly the final story from Epic Illustrated.
I too got the TPB for a few bucks at Ollies - definitely worth it.
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Post by tonebone on Aug 13, 2021 16:16:08 GMT -5
Are there any Amethyst princess of Gem world fans ? How was that series ? One of my favorite series of all time. The Showcase volume is both 12 issue limited series, I think, but in black and white, which is maybe not the best way to experience such a colorful series. That Ernie Colon art is pretty happenin in black and white, tho.
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Post by spoon on Aug 19, 2021 20:06:15 GMT -5
I've never read From Hell before. I see there's a colorized Master Edition, but I understand it's originally black & white. Does anyone have an opinion on which version/edition is best?
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Post by The Captain on Aug 19, 2021 20:16:45 GMT -5
I've never read From Hell before. I see there's a colorized Master Edition, but I understand it's originally black & white. Does anyone have an opinion on which version/edition is best? I've only read the first 1/3 of it in the original black and white. I can't imagine anything being added to the story by it being colorized.
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Aug 19, 2021 20:43:36 GMT -5
I've never read From Hell before. I see there's a colorized Master Edition, but I understand it's originally black & white. Does anyone have an opinion on which version/edition is best? I've only read the original version. My initial belief was that it would be like colorizing a classic movie, but Ive flipped through the color version and it looks pretty good. Still, I think black and white captures the mood of the dark underbelly of late 19th century Victorian London better
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