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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 31, 2015 22:39:41 GMT -5
Warlord. The Edgar Rice Burroughs books. I really miss that type of lost world fantasy. I know Dynamite has done ERB books, but I wasn't overly impressed with them (whereas I like their pulp books).
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 31, 2015 23:53:10 GMT -5
Oh gosh, so many. 100-Page Super-Spectaculars. Tomb of Dracula. Conan. MoKF by Moench and Gulacy. The four teamup titles (B&B, DCCP, MTU, MTIO). Weird Western Tales. Kirby's Fourth World and Eternals. Kull the Conqueror with art by the Severins. Don McGregor's Killraven and Black Panther. Kubert's Tarzan. Frank Thorne's Red Sonja. Tales of the Zombie. Steve Englehart's Batman, Captain America, Dr. Strange and Justice League. Gerber's Defenders, Man-Thing and Howard. I could go on and on.
Cei-U!
I summon the Bronze Age goodness!
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 1, 2015 1:57:41 GMT -5
I miss Kirby man, all that invention, those ideas, that amazing powerful artwork, never rated him as a know-it-all snot nosed punk and now...
... and I miss the best EVER era of the Legion.
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 1, 2015 2:30:26 GMT -5
Kamandi! There's a lot of comics I was fond of, but the number-one missing comic of the 1970s is Kamandi. I forgot to mention Kamandi! And also Karate Kid, and Marvel's Tarzan. |
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Post by tingramretro on Nov 1, 2015 2:31:13 GMT -5
Master of Kung-Fu would be the big one for me That's where I began to follow Moench religiously as a kid. Until he took out that restraining order... |
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Nov 1, 2015 4:20:12 GMT -5
Wasn't alive at the time, and my father hadn't started collecting comics until the 80s, so my knowledge is limited to the big name stuff like Death of Gwen Stacy and stories that were collected in 'greatest of all time' anthologies. I know it was a pretty good time to be following Spider-Man and Batman, and that the seeds were being laid for great runs on X-Men and Teen Titans, but the more obscure stuff like Red Sonja I know very little about. Overall it looks like the only time both big companies had their creative acts together.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 8:00:06 GMT -5
Forever People
Jack Kirby's New Gods Series
Mr. Miracle
Big Barda
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 1, 2015 9:38:43 GMT -5
Le journal Tintin.
So much great material in there. So, so much. Including the Spirit by Will Eisner, in glorious colour. Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt. Thorgal by Rosinski and Van Hamme. Tintin by Hergé, naturally. Simon du fleuve by Auclair. Jonathan by Cosey. Buddy Longway by Derib... and all the incredible adventure strips written by Greg, and drawn by Eddy Ppape, William Vance, Hermann...
I didn't know how good I had it!!!
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Post by MDG on Nov 1, 2015 9:51:35 GMT -5
Arcade
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 1, 2015 11:25:09 GMT -5
The Brave and the Bold. Remember that two-part story with Batman, Green Arrow, the Atom, Two-Face and the Joker? And the Jim Aparo art?
Good times.
Also, trying to figure out what was up with Wildcat. Is there an Earth-1 Wildcat? Or is this a different Earth entirely? Or what?
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Post by shaxper on Nov 1, 2015 11:25:51 GMT -5
Claremont writing good X-Men stories.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 1, 2015 11:30:03 GMT -5
Also, trying to figure out what was up with Wildcat. Is there an Earth-1 Wildcat? Or is this a different Earth entirely? Or what? They didn't worry about continuity getting in the way of a good story back then. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 1, 2015 14:00:46 GMT -5
The Brave and the Bold. Remember that two-part story with Batman, Green Arrow, the Atom, Two-Face and the Joker? And the Jim Aparo art? Good times. Also, trying to figure out what was up with Wildcat. Is there an Earth-1 Wildcat? Or is this a different Earth entirely? Or what? There was an Earth One Wildcat. There. Problem solved.  I dunno, I think I miss specific creators more than genres or titles. I don't need MORE damn team-up books that I have to collect; Deadpool Team-Up almost broke me. Although I do miss the "anything can happen" less corporate atmosphere where Atlas comics would spit out 34 titles that lasted two issues and the editor would approve a Howard the Duck book because he was in a good mood. Everything post 1970 seems a little too organized and focus-tested for my taste. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 1, 2015 23:51:18 GMT -5
I miss Starlin being at the top of the heap.
I miss Neal Adams being the style everyone copied, because now we have Lee n Liefield.
I miss the diversity of Wrightson, Ploog, Mayerick, Golden, Miller, Corben, Chaykin, Gulacy, and Day among many others. Diverse talents, and diverse styles, try finding that now.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 2, 2015 9:19:49 GMT -5
I don't think it's a coincidence that nearly every major title introduced at Marvel between Stan Lee's reign as EIC and Jim Shooter's was cancelled by the mid-'80s. The Defenders, Master of Kung Fu, Power Man & Iron Fist, Team-Up, Two-in-One all had runs of around 100 issues but were gone by the time Shooter launched the New Universe line. The only significant survivors from that period were the X-Men revival, the two Conan titles, Spectacular Spidey and Star Wars. Maybe it was simply a matter of sales but it's almost like he decided to purge anything not created by Lee/KirbyDitko (or didn't fit his narrow editorial vision). And what took their place? Corporate comics, either spin-offs of successful books, mini-series featuring characters from those franchises, crossover events or licensed titles based on toy lines. Sad.
Cei-U!
I summon the post-mortem!
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