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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 10:00:36 GMT -5
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 12, 2015 11:00:07 GMT -5
This one is so great, so surprising, so innovative that I remember the first time I read it and how much I loved it! I was 13 or 14 and I had picked up the paperback that reprinted Spider-Man #7 to #13 (the stories were all reprinted about the size of a four-by-six index card) and I read that book cover to cover in the living room. Best unmasking story ever! Not a hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! |
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 12, 2015 11:05:48 GMT -5
Classic. His headmask is ripped off his head to reveal perfectly perched glasses. Gotta love it.  Well, yeah. Where else is he going to put them while he's out fighting crime? I've only ever read the first 75 or so issues of Daredevil, but they never addressed the fact that he gets hit in the face an awful lot, yet he never seems to break a pair of his glasses or that they don't cut his face by being jammed into his skin. I used to have every issue of Daredevil from #1 to about #240, and I loved them! However, there's a period from issue #54 to #80 where it's almost non-stop terrible (in my opinion). But when it gets good again (with the coming of the Black Widow) it gets really good, solid Bronze Age storytelling. I love Frank Miller's run as much as anybody, but Daredevil was a pretty good, at times great, comic long before Miller showed up. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 12, 2015 11:21:48 GMT -5
 Geez Louise! Tales of Suspense is one of my favorite comic book series ever! |
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Post by MDG on Nov 12, 2015 11:36:27 GMT -5
I read my copy of this to death:  |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 12, 2015 11:57:15 GMT -5
I read my copy of this to death: This may help to explain some of those Superdickery covers. Looks like Jimmy was a jerk too, unless these are in retaliation.
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Post by The Captain on Nov 12, 2015 12:05:55 GMT -5
Well, yeah. Where else is he going to put them while he's out fighting crime? I've only ever read the first 75 or so issues of Daredevil, but they never addressed the fact that he gets hit in the face an awful lot, yet he never seems to break a pair of his glasses or that they don't cut his face by being jammed into his skin. I used to have every issue of Daredevil from #1 to about #240, and I loved them! However, there's a period from issue #54 to #80 where it's almost non-stop terrible (in my opinion). But when it gets good again (with the coming of the Black Widow) it gets really good, solid Bronze Age storytelling. I love Frank Miller's run as much as anybody, but Daredevil was a pretty good, at times great, comic long before Miller showed up. I own the Masterworks up until issue #63 or so, select issues up to #95, then the entire run from #95 up, but I haven't read beyond the Masterworks yet. Might start that soon, once I wrap up my read through the entire Thor series. I think the issues you reference as being "non-stop terrible" fell into the time period where it was dictated that every story had to be one-and-done. There was a fantastic Jester storyline that ran 5 full issues (#42-46, IIRC), but then they shifted, so that each issue was like starting over again. You had to show Karen pining for Matt, Matt conflicted about bringing Karen into his life, Foggy being Foggy; no character progression, no growth, just the same story over and over with a different villain. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 12:10:51 GMT -5
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Post by DE Sinclair on Nov 12, 2015 12:44:30 GMT -5
So, three teenagers are on the street, two boys and a girl. Both boys have versions of x-ray vision. Which they use to look at each other under their clothes. Ignoring the girl (and most teenage boys favorite fantasy). Is this Brokeback Smallville? |
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Post by hondobrode on Nov 12, 2015 13:46:37 GMT -5
Yet another Neal Adams Bronze Age classic  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 12, 2015 13:54:29 GMT -5
1) Since the time I first read this,"penetra-vision" has taken on a worrisome connotation. 2) Isn't "Clark Kent" Superman's secret identity? Isn't "Clark" the secret Superman constantly needs to conceal? 3) Love the cover. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Nov 12, 2015 14:07:15 GMT -5
I used to have every issue of Daredevil from #1 to about #240, and I loved them! However, there's a period from issue #54 to #80 where it's almost non-stop terrible (in my opinion). But when it gets good again (with the coming of the Black Widow) it gets really good, solid Bronze Age storytelling. I love Frank Miller's run as much as anybody, but Daredevil was a pretty good, at times great, comic long before Miller showed up. I own the Masterworks up until issue #63 or so, select issues up to #95, then the entire run from #95 up, but I haven't read beyond the Masterworks yet. Might start that soon, once I wrap up my read through the entire Thor series. I think the issues you reference as being "non-stop terrible" fell into the time period where it was dictated that every story had to be one-and-done. There was a fantastic Jester storyline that ran 5 full issues (#42-46, IIRC), but then they shifted, so that each issue was like starting over again. You had to show Karen pining for Matt, Matt conflicted about bringing Karen into his life, Foggy being Foggy; no character progression, no growth, just the same story over and over with a different villain. I think this might have been during the brief period where Stan implemented a "no continuing storylines" policy because he thought long stories were hurting sales due to spotty distribution. So he wanted every issue to be self contained. I think he reversed pretty fast, as fans actually wanted the longer stories, plus he seemed to enjoy writing them more. |
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Post by Farrar on Nov 12, 2015 19:21:11 GMT -5
I think this might have been during the brief period where Stan implemented a "no continuing storylines" policy because he thought long stories were hurting sales due to spotty distribution. So he wanted every issue to be self contained. I think he reversed pretty fast, as fans actually wanted the longer stories, plus he seemed to enjoy writing them more. As Crimebuster states, Stan "implemented" the change...but he was just carrying out Martin Goodman's orders. Goodman didn't like continued stories and feared their impact on sales. Here's a Goodman quote from a couple of years later, in a May 1971 New York Times article: "...he [Stan] got a lot of college kids reading us. They make up a segment of our readership, but when you play it to them you lose the very young kids who just can’t follow the whole damn thing. We try to keep a balance. Because I read some stories sometimes and I can’t even understand them. I really can’t!” Back to 1969's new policy: it certainly was "reversed pretty fast." Looking at the comics I have as a timeline, the Soapbox announcement to discontinue continued stories was made in Fantastic Four #91 (Oct 1969). And a mere 3 issues later, in FF #94 (Jan 1970), there was a new announcement: "We never expected to be so completely swamped by an avalanche of irate letters, cards, and telegrams!...We promise NOT to drop our swingin' subplots--we never intended to anyway..." |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 12, 2015 20:42:55 GMT -5
It's interesting to note that the secret Identity convention was more popular and used more by DC. Marvel didn't really build too many stories around the fear of being outed.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 12, 2015 20:46:14 GMT -5
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