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Post by Hoosier X on May 2, 2014 13:09:14 GMT -5
OMG! That last panel, where Ned Leeds has just told Peter that living Gwen's fingerprints match dead Gwen's fingerprints, and yet, Gwen's grave has her body in it, and the whole Spidey supporting cast is there! Living Gwen is grabbing Peter and he's looking dazed. And Mary Jane is staring into the distance with a "What now?" look. Fingerprints aren't determined by DNA. They are created in utero by the movement of the amniotic fluid. Identical twins (/ clones) do not have identical fingerprints. They should re-do the science instead of the coloring when they reprint old comics.
(Of course, that would reduce the reasons for reading comics in the first place.)
For your next assignment, you should tell us all the reasons why The Metal Men make no sense. 
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Post by the4thpip on May 2, 2014 15:14:03 GMT -5
Whenever I have some free time at work (which is one of the few nice things at the new job: it happens), I download some golden age Plastic Man comics. They are a lot of fun, but I guess the occasional anti-Japanese racism showed up in pretty much ever WWII ear comic in the US, right?
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Post by thebeastofyuccaflats on May 2, 2014 15:21:21 GMT -5
To probably no one's real surprise, I started reading my run of Hitman again. I've reread individual stories from it before (say "Zombie Night At The Gotham Aquarium" for one Halloween, "The Santa Contract" at x-mas, etc.), but this time, it's the whole enchilada; I even threw Tommy's earliest showings from Ennis/McCrea's short-lived take on The Demon. As I've said, it's probably my personal favorite thing to ever be part of the DCU (Robinson's Starman being #2, Moore's Swampy being #3, and so on).
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Post by BigPapaJoe on May 2, 2014 15:32:00 GMT -5
I've been reading the Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Thor (Tales of Suspense), and X-Men from the beginning. I've shifted to mostly reading Fantastic Four, as I'm finding those stories and especially the interactions with the characters the best. Besides, that is essentially where the main Marvel universe began. I figure to read about 25-30 issues before I start hopping to the other titles again. Thor has probably been my second favorite from what I've read so far, but it really feels like Marvel's version of Superman at this point. The Avengers is great, but I'm only about 5 issues in. X-Men unfortunately has been really lackluster.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2014 15:35:17 GMT -5
I've been reading the Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Thor (Tales of Suspense), and X-Men from the beginning. I've shifted to mostly reading Fantastic Four, as I'm finding those stories and especially the interactions with the characters the best. Besides, that is essentially where the main Marvel universe began. I figure to read about 25-30 issues before I start hopping to the other titles again. Thor has probably been my second favorite from what I've read so far, but it really feels like Marvel's version of Superman at this point. The Avengers is great, but I'm only about 5 issues in. X-Men unfortunately has been really lackluster. Might I suggest... classiccomics.boards.net/thread/21/slam-bradley-reads-marvel-universe |
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Post by Crimebuster on May 2, 2014 15:55:36 GMT -5
Thor is a pretty generic Superman ripoff until the Tales of Asgard backup starts in Journey Into Mystery #97 and begins creating the MU version of Asgard. It took another year or so for that stuff to fully seep into the main feature, but once it did, it got pretty awesome.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on May 2, 2014 20:58:47 GMT -5
I've been reading the Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Thor (Tales of Suspense), and X-Men from the beginning. I've shifted to mostly reading Fantastic Four, as I'm finding those stories and especially the interactions with the characters the best. Besides, that is essentially where the main Marvel universe began. I figure to read about 25-30 issues before I start hopping to the other titles again. Thor has probably been my second favorite from what I've read so far, but it really feels like Marvel's version of Superman at this point. The Avengers is great, but I'm only about 5 issues in. X-Men unfortunately has been really lackluster. Might I suggest... classiccomics.boards.net/thread/21/slam-bradley-reads-marvel-universeThanks for the referral. |
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Post by Pharozonk on May 2, 2014 21:01:03 GMT -5
Per the advice of our good Scott Harris, I read Avengers #161-162. It was a fun Hank Pym story that was centered around Ultron so that combo is a win in my book.  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 2, 2014 21:07:41 GMT -5
To probably no one's real surprise, I started reading my run of Hitman again. I've reread individual stories from it before (say "Zombie Night At The Gotham Aquarium" for one Halloween, "The Santa Contract" at x-mas, etc.), but this time, it's the whole enchilada; I even threw Tommy's earliest showings from Ennis/McCrea's short-lived take on The Demon. As I've said, it's probably my personal favorite thing to ever be part of the DCU (Robinson's Starman being #2, Moore's Swampy being #3, and so on). I started on Starman today! While there have certainly been some things I feel like I was missing, it's good so far. It's strange that Jack Knight looks like Tommy in a few panels, though. Also, Tony Harris seems to like to drop Static's head into every issue somewhere. You know, a 'Hitman from the beginning review thread would be nice.... |
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Post by DubipR on May 2, 2014 21:10:05 GMT -5
Pulled out some Tarzan trades that Dark Horse did of Manning's run....
Jewels of the Opar
Love that man's work.
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Post by paulie on May 6, 2014 8:40:58 GMT -5
I read DC Comics Presents 59. Pretty funny stuff here from Keith Giffen and Paul Levitz. I always liked their take of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. Plus we get an Ambush Bug appearance. Some nice art from Giffen and Kurt Schaffenberger as well. Kurt really did a nice job streamlining Giffen's art which was heading in more experimental directions at the time.
A very funny comic and recommended.
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Post by paulie on May 6, 2014 8:41:55 GMT -5
Per the advice of our good Scott Harris, I read Avengers #161-162. It was a fun Hank Pym story that was centered around Ultron so that combo is a win in my book. Fantastic Comic and the start of another terrific era of Avengers. |
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Post by maddog1981 on May 6, 2014 11:14:56 GMT -5
I'm working my way through the Essential Defenders volumes. I just read Defenders #10 which had a pretty good Thor vs. Hulk fight.
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Post by paulie on May 6, 2014 11:25:02 GMT -5
I'm working my way through the Essential Defenders volumes. I just read Defenders #10 which had a pretty good Thor vs. Hulk fight. Defenders is pretty good up until, oh I dunno..., issue 65 or 70 or thereabouts. Lots of good stories.
#10 might be the best Thor/Hulk fight.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 6, 2014 11:53:59 GMT -5
I'm working my way through the Essential Defenders volumes. I just read Defenders #10 which had a pretty good Thor vs. Hulk fight. Defenders is pretty good up until, oh I dunno..., issue 65 or 70 or thereabouts. Lots of good stories.
#10 might be the best Thor/Hulk fight.
I am not a big fan of Thor vs. Hulk fights, mainly because the Hulk stinks, but Thor #385 has a really good one. With the extremely unlikely creative team of Jim Shooter plotting, Stan Lee scripting and Erik Larsen on pencils. This is from 1987, before Larsen got into his faux-McFarlane phase on ASM:  |
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