Confessor
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Post by Confessor on May 19, 2023 2:21:09 GMT -5
Actually, I kinda do, yes! Well, the Flash as he has been since the Silver Age anyway. I love the Golden Age outfit with the winged metal helmet. Well, that's why I asked, since the Flash's redesigned Silver Age costume is not that different from Captain Marvel's (Infantino probably had the latter in the back of his mind somewhere when he created it). I find it puzzling that you like one and not the other. No, I dislike the Flash's costume as well. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 19, 2023 3:20:32 GMT -5
Sorry, misunderstood your response.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 19, 2023 11:24:23 GMT -5
Actually, I kinda do, yes! Well, the Flash as he has been since the Silver Age anyway. I love the Golden Age outfit with the winged metal helmet. Well, that's why I asked, since the Flash's redesigned Silver Age costume is not that different from Captain Marvel's (Infantino probably had the latter in the back of his mind somewhere when he created it). I find it puzzling that you like one and not the other. Actually, he might have had another Flash in mind...... Flash Gordon!  The one caveat to that is I have also seen it colored green, in other reprints of the Power Men storyline, from the latter days of Alex Raymond, on the series (it leads to the final defeat of Ming). I have no idea which is the more accurate; so, it could have been the red and yellow, which would obviously inspire Carmine or it could have been green and someone changed the coloring in a reprint, to ape The Flash, or, it could have depended on the source material used for reprint, as a foreign source might have a different color scheme or even a domestic source might have varied in different papers (though that is rarer). |
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Post by Cei-U! on May 19, 2023 11:54:31 GMT -5
Carmine Infantino claimed in an interview for Comic Book Artist that he took the Silver Age Flash's costume from a proposal package he'd done for a character named "Captain Whiz" (the Fawcett association is inescapable). Both Julius Schwartz and Robert Kanigher called BS on that claim, saying they had no recollection of either Captain Whiz or the proposal so we should probably take that with a grain of salt.
Cei-U!
I summon the dubious duds!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 19, 2023 12:06:57 GMT -5
Carmine Infantino claimed in an interview for Comic Book Artist that he took the Silver Age Flash's costume from a proposal package he'd done for a character named "Captain Whiz" (the Fawcett association is inescapable). Both Julius Schwartz and Robert Kanigher called BS on that claim, saying they had no recollection of either Captain Whiz or the proposal so we should probably take that with a grain of salt. Cei-U! I summon the dubious duds! Captain Whiz sounds like he has a bladder problem. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 19, 2023 14:11:31 GMT -5
Captain Whiz sounds like he has a bladder problem. Yeah, he should just called himself the Whizzer and erase all doubt. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 20, 2023 18:43:33 GMT -5
Well, that's why I asked, since the Flash's redesigned Silver Age costume is not that different from Captain Marvel's (Infantino probably had the latter in the back of his mind somewhere when he created it). I find it puzzling that you like one and not the other. Actually, he might have had another Flash in mind...... Flash Gordon! The one caveat to that is I have also seen it colored green, in other reprints of the Power Men storyline, from the latter days of Alex Raymond, on the series (it leads to the final defeat of Ming). I have no idea which is the more accurate; so, it could have been the red and yellow, which would obviously inspire Carmine or it could have been green and someone changed the coloring in a reprint, to ape The Flash, or, it could have depended on the source material used for reprint, as a foreign source might have a different color scheme or even a domestic source might have varied in different papers (though that is rarer). Holy Planet Mongo, Batman!!! I have read that and never noticed! It's like seeing Etrigan in Prince Valiant all over again. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2023 18:07:33 GMT -5
When you find that elusive book you're looking for in high grade...but it's only available in its original crate of 100 copies 
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2023 21:51:21 GMT -5
So here's where that widely seen 'slap' meme comes from, World's Finest 153
There, I slapped it.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 4, 2023 17:28:34 GMT -5
The more I think about the fact that DC still doesn't have a proper competitor to Marvel's Epic Collection series, the angrier I get...
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 4, 2023 18:47:47 GMT -5
The more I think about the fact that DC still doesn't have a proper competitor to Marvel's Epic Collection series, the angrier I get... This is what made DC second rate to Marvel. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2023 18:53:04 GMT -5
It's nice to know that there are warehouses out there with thousands of uncirculated copies of bronze-age books. And that someone else buys them before the guy who claims he has 10 million back-issues does.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 4, 2023 18:56:37 GMT -5
The more I think about the fact that DC still doesn't have a proper competitor to Marvel's Epic Collection series, the angrier I get... This is what made DC second rate to Marvel. What makes it worse is how cold turkey DC is about a lot of their older properties, especially Pre-Crisis. I've heard speculation that they "underestimate" how popular a re-release of something in a new format would be and then it sells out in under thirty days
I'm hoping that this won't be the case for their Compendium series
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 4, 2023 19:12:56 GMT -5
This is what made DC second rate to Marvel. What makes it worse is how cold turkey DC is about a lot of their older properties, especially Pre-Crisis. I've heard speculation that they "underestimate" how popular a re-release of something in a new format would be and then it sells out in under thirty days
I'm hoping that this won't be the case for their Compendium series
I heard a while ago that DC has a bad financial deal for Bronze Age comics that makes it difficult for them to reprint and make money. Maybe someone can chime in on this. |
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Post by MDG on Jun 4, 2023 19:22:12 GMT -5
What makes it worse is how cold turkey DC is about a lot of their older properties, especially Pre-Crisis. I've heard speculation that they "underestimate" how popular a re-release of something in a new format would be and then it sells out in under thirty days
I'm hoping that this won't be the case for their Compendium series
I heard a while ago that DC has a bad financial deal for Bronze Age comics that makes it difficult for them to reprint and make money. Maybe someone can chime in on this. It might be that at some point with bronze age books, they're committed to paying creator royalties. |
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