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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 1, 2021 15:27:40 GMT -5
I've been scouring the internet to find an old Warren Magazine story featuring a woman defeating a female vampire with a cross she constructs with bobby pins. I found a similar story in an issue of Vampirella called "The Vampiress Stalks the Castle this Night", but it's not the story I remember. The story I remember had little or no narration/dialog and more detailed art than the one I found. Can anyone confirm if this actually exists or if I somehow formed a false memory. I even seem to recall seeing tee shirts with the image I'm thinking of but can't seem to find it anywhere. You can go thru lots of Warren mags here: archive.org/details/warrenpublishingAnd Skywald too: archive.org/details/skywald-comics
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Post by daveb on Nov 1, 2021 21:04:18 GMT -5
I've been scouring the internet to find an old Warren Magazine story featuring a woman defeating a female vampire with a cross she constructs with bobby pins. I found a similar story in an issue of Vampirella called "The Vampiress Stalks the Castle this Night", but it's not the story I remember. The story I remember had little or no narration/dialog and more detailed art than the one I found. Can anyone confirm if this actually exists or if I somehow formed a false memory. I even seem to recall seeing tee shirts with the image I'm thinking of but can't seem to find it anywhere. Are you certain it was Warren and not one of their competitors, like Skywald, Eerie Publications, of even one of the Marvel horror magazines? No, I have no idea. I'll keep digging. Thanks.
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Post by foxley on Nov 2, 2021 1:41:56 GMT -5
I'm reviewing a manuscript about the MCU for an academic press and at one point the author claims that "the MCU began with the idea that each installment would lead into the next, and that each film would reference events occurring in the same universe, creating a level of interconnectivity never witnessed before in the film industry." My question is: is this really true? Were there no film franchises before the MCU that worked in a similar way? Wondering if anyone has insights on this. I'm going to disagree with everyone else and say that I think the writer is correct. This may sound like semantics, but he says "creating a level of interconnectivity never witnessed before in the film industry." Yes, there were some franchises that had some interconnectivity prior to the MCU, but none close to the same " level." Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame don't make any sense at all unless you've seen the previous 20 films. Nothing close to that had been done or attempted before. I'll also say that it did begin with this idea of interconnectedness as well. Sure, they didn't know if Iron Man would succeed. But there was a plan in place to build off it right from the start. The Avengers are set up in the Iron Man post credits scene, creating a framework for all the rest of the Phase One films to fit into. Tony Stark appears at the end of Hulk, etc. So the argument is that the MCU was the first series of films to do exactly what the MCU film series does? That's true, but it is also a completely trivial and meaningless claim.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Nov 2, 2021 10:51:10 GMT -5
I'm contemplating purchasing The Fantastic Four Omnibus 4, which collects FF #'s 94-125. I'm not terribly familiar with this stretch of the title beyond a couple of those last Kirby issues and was wondering what folks around here thought of it.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Nov 2, 2021 12:13:00 GMT -5
I'm contemplating purchasing The Fantastic Four Omnibus 4, which collects FF #'s 94-125. I'm not terribly familiar with this stretch of the title beyond a couple of those last Kirby issues and was wondering what folks around here thought of it. Lots of John Buscema art, if you like that sort of thing. And the stories aren't that bad either. This is coming from a biased fan of the FF, mind you.
I believe most of the issues are also collected in the recently released Marvel Epic Collection, Fantastic Four: Battle of the Behemoths.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 2, 2021 12:40:55 GMT -5
Are you certain it was Warren and not one of their competitors, like Skywald, Eerie Publications, of even one of the Marvel horror magazines? No, I have no idea. I'll keep digging. Thanks. You could try asking Richard Arndt. I checked his Warren and Skywald indexes and the words "bobby" and "pins" do not appear, but he may recall the story. He doesn't seem to be a member of this forum, but he is online. His indexes were a major source for the GCD.
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Post by kirby101 on Nov 2, 2021 13:27:32 GMT -5
I'm contemplating purchasing The Fantastic Four Omnibus 4, which collects FF #'s 94-125. I'm not terribly familiar with this stretch of the title beyond a couple of those last Kirby issues and was wondering what folks around here thought of it. Unbiased opinion. The first FF I bought was #116, and I soon bought back issues, so these are my FF inaugural issues. I still can remember every one. The final Kirby issues are fun, if not the soaring stories of earlier ones (Kirby was getting ready to leave). But his art still is great. The few Romita issues are good and then we watch Big John come into his own on the title.
If you like Kirby, Buscema and Romita, it is very worthwhile.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Nov 2, 2021 14:28:47 GMT -5
I'm contemplating purchasing The Fantastic Four Omnibus 4, which collects FF #'s 94-125. I'm not terribly familiar with this stretch of the title beyond a couple of those last Kirby issues and was wondering what folks around here thought of it. Unbiased opinion. The first FF I bought was #116, and I soon bought back issues, so these are my FF inaugural issues. I still can remember every one. The final Kirby issues are fun, if not the soaring stories of earlier ones (Kirby was getting ready to leave). But his art still is great. The few Romita issues are good and then we watch Big John come into his own on the title.
If you like Kirby, Buscema and Romita, it is very worthwhile.
I love all three of them. I was a child of the Seventies so Buscema and Romita largely defined the Marvel Universe for me visually. I was wondering how the stories themselves are;I see that Goodwin wrote a few in this run, which is promising. But it seems the art alone makes this one worth getting. And considering Marvel's lousy habit of letting these omnis quickly go out of print, I'd better grab it sooner rather than later.
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 2, 2021 14:30:41 GMT -5
I'm going to disagree with everyone else and say that I think the writer is correct. This may sound like semantics, but he says "creating a level of interconnectivity never witnessed before in the film industry." Yes, there were some franchises that had some interconnectivity prior to the MCU, but none close to the same " level." Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame don't make any sense at all unless you've seen the previous 20 films. Nothing close to that had been done or attempted before. I'll also say that it did begin with this idea of interconnectedness as well. Sure, they didn't know if Iron Man would succeed. But there was a plan in place to build off it right from the start. The Avengers are set up in the Iron Man post credits scene, creating a framework for all the rest of the Phase One films to fit into. Tony Stark appears at the end of Hulk, etc. So the argument is that the MCU was the first series of films to do exactly what the MCU film series does? That's true, but it is also a completely trivial and meaningless claim. There had been spin-off before, going back in media to the 40's. What had not been done before in the film industry was to have multiple films with multiple characters of different but also of the same standing, being portrayed together or in various subsections. The amount of combinations make it so the only thing that really matter is the shared space. This had not been done before, but has since been emulated. It's not just the MCU now.
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Nov 2, 2021 14:57:18 GMT -5
I'm contemplating purchasing The Fantastic Four Omnibus 4, which collects FF #'s 94-125. I'm not terribly familiar with this stretch of the title beyond a couple of those last Kirby issues and was wondering what folks around here thought of it. I've been doing a FF in the 70s read through for the last few months, starting with 103, the first post-Kirby ish. I know I read/skimmed the last few Kirby issues years back, and my impression then was they were perhaps the weakest issues of his run. John Romita takes over but unfortunately only does, I think, four issues before going back to ASM. I'm a fan of Buscema, and he does solid work here, but I personally would've loved an extended JR run on the title. As for the stories, 103-125 are definitely not a high point for the title. It sometimes feels like Lee is running on fumes and not particularly interested in the book anymore. The best issue imo was 119, written by Roy Thomas, and is a well done look at racism featuring the Black Panther.(er, I mean Leopard, as he briefly rebrands himself here, I believe due to a perceived negative connotation with the real life Black Panther Party) That said, I did enjoy Lee's final epic Galactus storyline from 120-123. Alas, he didn't end things there, and his last two issues, featuring the return of the Creature From the Black Lagoon-inspired character first used during the end of Kirby's run, are the very definition of mediocre. I'm up to 129, and things have picked up with Thomas as full time writer, but the clock is ticking on a big blow up between Reed and Sue, which leads to a major shakeup that I know is not fondly remembered by many fans. A running theme since 103 has been a lot of ANGER within, and also directed at, the team. The citizens of New York and specifically the landlord of the Baxter Building, who is obsessed with evicting the FF, are constantly upset with our heroes for destroying property and causing trouble. The constant bickering and arguing between characters has been tiresome, so I'm not sure how enjoyable the upcoming issues will be
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Post by daveb on Nov 2, 2021 18:22:33 GMT -5
No, I have no idea. I'll keep digging. Thanks. You could try asking Richard Arndt. I checked his Warren and Skywald indexes and the words "bobby" and "pins" do not appear, but he may recall the story. He doesn't seem to be a member of this forum, but he is online. His indexes were a major source for the GCD. Thanks, I may try to contact him. I've just started going through Eerie to see if I can find it.
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Post by badwolf on Nov 3, 2021 9:45:43 GMT -5
I'm reading the first Lee & Kirby FF omnibus. I've read the first 10 issues before in Masterworks, but I'm not sure if I ever noticed this in issue #2. After they've defeated the Skrulls, all four of them are shown tied up. Then the FF (the real FF) go to their orbiting spaceship, trick the captain, and then head back to Earth. Then there are only three Skrulls tied up, and Reed tells the police chief that the fourth went back with the ship. What happened here? Did anyone ever write an additional scene to reconcile the discrepancy?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 3, 2021 9:54:29 GMT -5
I'm reading the first Lee & Kirby FF omnibus. I've read the first 10 issues before in Masterworks, but I'm not sure if I ever noticed this in issue #2. After they've defeated the Skrulls, all four of them are shown tied up. Then the FF (the real FF) go to their orbiting spaceship, trick the captain, and then head back to Earth. Then there are only three Skrulls tied up, and Reed tells the police chief that the fourth went back with the ship. What happened here? Did anyone ever write an additional scene to reconcile the discrepancy? He wandered the Earth as Kwai Chang Caine. Looking for three very specific cows.
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Post by badwolf on Nov 3, 2021 9:56:16 GMT -5
I'm reading the first Lee & Kirby FF omnibus. I've read the first 10 issues before in Masterworks, but I'm not sure if I ever noticed this in issue #2. After they've defeated the Skrulls, all four of them are shown tied up. Then the FF (the real FF) go to their orbiting spaceship, trick the captain, and then head back to Earth. Then there are only three Skrulls tied up, and Reed tells the police chief that the fourth went back with the ship. What happened here? Did anyone ever write an additional scene to reconcile the discrepancy? He wandered the Earth as Kwai Chang Caine. Looking for three very specific cows. Not sure if that is a reference I don't get...
Putting aside the fact that the Skrulls could have changed shape and escaped the ropes easily, how did four become three?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2021 9:58:35 GMT -5
He wandered the Earth as Kwai Chang Caine. Looking for three very specific cows. Not sure if that is a reference I don't get...
Putting aside the fact that the Skrulls could have changed shape and escaped the ropes easily, how did four become three?
www.cbr.com/skrull-cows-kree-skrull-war-skrull-kill-krew/
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