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Post by realjla on Feb 26, 2016 18:40:24 GMT -5
I didn't mind them individually, or perhaps the occasional team-up of any two of them, but when they (with the exception of Grodd) started CALLING THEMSELVES 'Flash's Rogues Gallery', and having regular meetings...nah, too corny. I don't know if it was Fox or Bates who came up with the idea of everyone teaming up, but Bates got a little too nuts with stuff like that.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 26, 2016 20:43:38 GMT -5
I stand corrected...but that makes those stories even worse than I thought. Wein wrote Superman in his own book for a while, but never made him sound so insufferable. Overconfident? Well, yeah, when he wrote Justice League, but the heroes were always getting knocked around when they tried to act on their own, without 'teamwork'. For a (mostly) 'two hero' team-up book, the regular character should not come off as full of himself as Superman does in those stories. In # 229, the Spectre 'cures' Superman of his misconceptions, which he should never have had in the first place. This is why I don't like the 'brawn over brains' approach to writing Superman. The point of that 3 issue arc was that Superman had to be taken down a peg. Spectre showed him that he couldn't win all the time and prevented him from rescuing Supergirl in #29. Yeah! Those are some of my favorite issues of DCCP. But, again, I grew up with '70s comics so I have lower expectations for how superultramightybadass superheroes need to be. If they can do best three outta seven, I'm perfectly happy.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 26, 2016 21:31:00 GMT -5
The point of that 3 issue arc was that Superman had to be taken down a peg. Spectre showed him that he couldn't win all the time and prevented him from rescuing Supergirl in #29. Yeah! Those are some of my favorite issues of DCCP. But, again, I grew up with '70s comics so I have lower expectations for how superultramightybadass superheroes need to be. If they can do best three outta seven, I'm perfectly happy. Wein did write those stories but Starlin's influence was all over it from the look of Mongul. He looked like Thano's twin brother. The only weak link was the Romeo Tanghal inking.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 26, 2016 21:46:28 GMT -5
Pretty much my take, too. Wein came up with the idea of Mongul on his own (although Starlin designed the character) but I'd be shocked if Starlin wasn't involved in the plotting of the first Mongul arc.
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Post by Mormel on Feb 27, 2016 2:18:05 GMT -5
Why, oh why must we get repeated servings of the utterly boring characters that are Mystique and the Wrecker? I mean, Mystique is in almost every other recent X-Men comics! And she's boring! Come on, X-people, put her away for good in a prison cell at the other end of the galaxy! Because she's played by J-Law. New readers that Marvel hopes to rake in, could be drawn to X-Men comics if they see Mystique is in it and connect her to Lawrence. And to think, years ago when I was an airplane cleaner, I came across an issue of 'Sky' magazine that had Jennifer on the cover and identified her as 'Hollywood's Indie Darling' (at that point, in terms of mainstream success, she had been in 'First Class' and was set to appear in 'Hunger Games').
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 4, 2016 17:53:43 GMT -5
The fact that a character named "Spider-Gwen" has an ongoing comic tells me that Marvel Has, officially and for all time, run out of ideas. A idea like that belongs in a throw away What If ? issue. It serves them right for screwing their talent for so long that they now create for companies that allow them to keep their ideas.
Had to be said
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 4, 2016 21:11:03 GMT -5
That famous starship, the Starjammer, should be drawn the way it was when it was first introduced. It's as big as frikkin' Manhattan island, for heavens' sake!!! And it should be depicted in all its Cockrum-designed glory, not as a simple tube with four wi gs on it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 16, 2016 7:39:44 GMT -5
I never understood Alex Toths popularity. Is it because of Space Ghost ?
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Post by MDG on Mar 16, 2016 7:59:35 GMT -5
I never understood Alex Toths popularity. Is it because of Space Ghost ? No--it's because he is one of the finest storytellers ever to work in the medium.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 16, 2016 9:09:27 GMT -5
I never understood Alex Toths popularity. Is it because of Space Ghost ? No--it's because he is one of the finest storytellers ever to work in the medium. Also the greatest letterer in comic book history, a larger-then-life character, a successfully versatile stylist, an artist who was often able to chose his projects, one that often achieved timelessness quality in his work, both in style and content.
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Post by Prince Hal on Mar 16, 2016 9:27:53 GMT -5
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 16, 2016 9:33:07 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and he still is to this date the best comic book artist to ever draw airplanes.
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Post by MDG on Mar 16, 2016 9:44:30 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and he still is to this date the best comic book artist to ever draw airplanes. And just about the only artists who could do exciting car chases in comics.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Mar 16, 2016 9:47:07 GMT -5
Having a conversation about cartoons we grew up with on another forum, I had to look up Herculoids, because I couldn't remember the name at the time. I didn't know that was created by Alex Toth. That was one of my favorite cartoons, and use to watch it reran on Boomerang back when I had cable/dish service.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 16, 2016 9:53:46 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and he still is to this date the best comic book artist to ever draw airplanes. And just about the only artists who could do exciting car chases in comics. Well on a related note to my recent Marshall Law thread, I sumon the Paul Bartel spirit!
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