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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 8:36:47 GMT -5
So far, I LOVE them. I am actually almost done reading the second series. After this, I'm either going to go back to reading my GL/GA book or go back to Wally's Flash solo. I think I had some of that first Justice Society mini-series, coldwater, but I got rid of those issues a long while ago. I'm not much of a "DC guy" but I remember really quite enjoying the issues I had of that series. Yeah, DC, so far, is pretty hit or miss with me for a lot of reads/characters. Not that Marvel has been the best reads (especially lately), but It is going to be hard not to pick up any of my old (but new to me) Marvel reads this winter. Most of what I have read by DC I have LOVED, however, some of it has something about it that seems really almost..."better behaved" than my old Marvel reads. I love the bronze age Firestorm and Flash stuff. I love the GL/GA collection stuff. I love Perez' Wonder Woman. I love the JSA stuff I have. But something about the core of the characters, to me, seems just different. Better behaved, more transparent, and somehow disconnected. But this is the EXACT reason that I am reading strictly DC this winter. I know this cannot be true, so I'm going to try and nail the difference or see if it balances out to me.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 31, 2015 7:33:58 GMT -5
I love the bronze age Firestorm and Flash stuff. I love the GL/GA collection stuff. I love Perez' Wonder Woman. I love the JSA stuff I have. But something about the core of the characters, to me, seems just different. Better behaved, more transparent, and somehow disconnected. That's a very good description of exactly how feel about a lot of DC's superhero characters (Batman and Superman aside). To me, they somehow seem to lack fibre or substance. That's why I find Marvel's heroes much more engaging. I think my favourite DC read these days would have to be Jonah Hex. His Bronze Age comics are always worth a read, as too are the three Vertigo mini-series from the '90s and the Palmiotti & Gray run that stated around 2006 and lasted 70 odd issues before the New52 reboot ruined the series.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 8:39:03 GMT -5
I love the bronze age Firestorm and Flash stuff. I love the GL/GA collection stuff. I love Perez' Wonder Woman. I love the JSA stuff I have. But something about the core of the characters, to me, seems just different. Better behaved, more transparent, and somehow disconnected. That's a very good description of exactly how feel about a lot of DC's superhero characters (Batman and Superman aside). To me, they somehow seem to lack fibre or substance. That's why I find Marvel's heroes much more engaging. I think my favourite DC read these days would have to be Jonah Hex. His Bronze Age comics are always worth a read, as too are the three Vertigo mini-series from the '90s and the Palmiotti & Gray run that stated around 2006 and lasted 70 odd issues before the New52 reboot ruined the series. Yeah, it's not that I like "dark". In fact, I always feel the exact opposite. I often hear people describe Marvel characters as "grittier" or "darker", and I don't see it that way. I see them maybe developed a bit better, maybe a bit "meatier", or perhaps their origins come with more struggle? I'm not sure. I'm hoping reading strictly DC this year will either help me determine it, or help me see that it's not what I think. Whatever it may be, I'm open to it. Maybe this is why I like Wally so much. He has the "light" feeling I like in characters, but throughout his history, he has been developed from Kid Flash, to immature and irresponsible young man, to great superhero. He has a timeline that throughout his reads, you get to see him grow. I'm sure other characters have this, but Wally's biggest time was from a time that I best relate to comics, I think. Anyway, Is that Jonah Hex first solo series stuff collected in a trade? Some of the individual issues are a bit more than I'd like to spend when I'm not sure if I'd like the character and stories. But if I can get it in a trade, that is much more affordable.
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 31, 2015 10:08:03 GMT -5
If you don't mind reading in black and white, there was a Showcase volume a few years ago reprinting his earliest stories.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 1, 2015 10:50:14 GMT -5
Anyway, Is that Jonah Hex first solo series stuff collected in a trade? Some of the individual issues are a bit more than I'd like to spend when I'm not sure if I'd like the character and stories. But if I can get it in a trade, that is much more affordable. The early Weird Western Tales appearances and a good amount of the regular '70s and '80s Jonah Hex series are reprinted in black & white in the two Jonah Hex Showcase volumes. However, you might be better to sample one of the Joe R. Lansdale and Tim Truman mini-series from the '90s first. They take the supernatural or "weird west" elements that were present in a handful of the early Jonah Hex stories and ramp it up to 11! The first mini-series, Two-Gun Mojo, comes highly recommended and was the first Jonah Hex thing I ever read. It's a great gateway drug into the character as a whole. Not sure if the Two-Gun Mojo TPB is still in print, but it can usually be picked up for pretty cheap on eBay or similar.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 21:56:45 GMT -5
Read Fantastic Four #39 and #40. The Battle of the Baxter Building 2-parter. Never read them before. I enjoyed them greatly...especially the one on one battle with The Thing and Doom.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 6:33:43 GMT -5
Anyway, Is that Jonah Hex first solo series stuff collected in a trade? Some of the individual issues are a bit more than I'd like to spend when I'm not sure if I'd like the character and stories. But if I can get it in a trade, that is much more affordable. The early Weird Western Tales appearances and a good amount of the regular '70s and '80s Jonah Hex series are reprinted in black & white in the two Jonah Hex Showcase volumes. However, you might be better to sample one of the Joe R. Lansdale and Tim Truman mini-series from the '90s first. They take the supernatural or "weird west" elements that were present in a handful of the early Jonah Hex stories and ramp it up to 11! The first mini-series, Two-Gun Mojo, comes highly recommended and was the first Jonah Hex thing I ever read. It's a great gateway drug into the character as a whole. Not sure if the Two-Gun Mojo TPB is still in print, but it can usually be picked up for pretty cheap on eBay or similar. Thank you, Confessor. I will look. I tend to like most things you all recommend here.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 5, 2015 15:09:56 GMT -5
Received in the mail and read, Cork High And Bottle Deep by Virgil Partch. Excellent collection of alcohol related panel cartoons by a master of the craft. It did get a bit same-y at times because of the narrow focus. But pretty much every cartoon hit the spot. It's especially fun if you've been watching Mad Men as I have of late.
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Post by Cei-U! on Nov 5, 2015 16:47:43 GMT -5
I bought my dad a bar stool seatbelt for his 40th birthday. Wonder if Partch got a royalty?
Cei-U! I summon the gag gift!
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 5, 2015 19:57:18 GMT -5
Read Fantastic Four #39 and #40. The Battle of the Baxter Building 2-parter. Never read them before. I enjoyed them greatly...especially the one on one battle with The Thing and Doom. This is one of my top 20 stories of all time. Nice Wally Wood inking of the Daredevil figures in #39.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2015 7:42:02 GMT -5
I am still reading silver age Teen Titans, and loving every second of it. Oh god, the fun, the laughs, the art, it's a package of wonderfulness. I am on the second Archives book. Beast Boy was just introduced. I love him so. Even when he cries and runs away. He has my heart.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 8, 2015 8:27:04 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder why he didn't really catch on the first time around? Were people just wanting the Titans to all be sidekicks?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2015 8:30:32 GMT -5
Yeah, I wonder why he didn't really catch on the first time around? Were people just wanting the Titans to all be sidekicks? Silver age TT fans were not ready for green skinned teens answering emergency fan mail.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 8, 2015 21:57:57 GMT -5
I don't know, Kermit the Frog was pretty popular.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2015 22:13:12 GMT -5
Kermit wasn't trying to be in TT.
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