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Post by Lolatadatodo on Dec 24, 2016 22:16:14 GMT -5
Oooh! I am going to Google and see what a #1 would cost me. I am guessing a LOT, and I really just want to read the series right now. So, I may have to get it digitally if it is too expensive. I liked the issues I read today. Alot of the early issues are not that good...it has pretty good art for the most part but the writing is subpar. Still there are a few good ones. Issues 1-10 are decent...#11-18 I struggled to get through. I'd rather read the Howard Mackie era...but that's another story entirely. IMHO it doesn't really get good until around issue #19 or so. Around the time Bill Mantlo comes on board. Bill Mantlo started with #17. I will start there then.  |
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Dec 24, 2016 22:27:28 GMT -5
I am going to get reader copies, too, since I can only read it on digital any other way, and that only suits me for a couple of issues before I lose interest.
Also, I do not want to have to worry about if I spill nail polish on one (like I might have with one of my books the other night).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2016 22:47:01 GMT -5
I am going to get reader copies, too, since I can only read it on digital any other way, and that only suits me for a couple of issues before I lose interest. Also, I do not want to have to worry about if I spill nail polish on one (like I might have with one of my books the other night). You should be able to get alot of the issues for cheap. I've seen them many times in dollar bins. That was how I got many of them in my collection. I can't read any comics digital. I need the actual physical copies to get any enjoyment out of reading them. I will never go digital. |
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Dec 25, 2016 9:06:57 GMT -5
I am going to get reader copies, too, since I can only read it on digital any other way, and that only suits me for a couple of issues before I lose interest. Also, I do not want to have to worry about if I spill nail polish on one (like I might have with one of my books the other night). You should be able to get alot of the issues for cheap. I've seen them many times in dollar bins. That was how I got many of them in my collection. I can't read any comics digital. I need the actual physical copies to get any enjoyment out of reading them. I will never go digital. I just bought 7 issues on Lone Star, but I think I will be ebaying for the rest because they are not really THAT cheaply priced. There are some that I am not even going to bother trying to get, and just read them digitally, but it's only an issue here and there (like the part 1 of the DD appearance). |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2016 9:22:58 GMT -5
You should be able to get alot of the issues for cheap. I've seen them many times in dollar bins. That was how I got many of them in my collection. I can't read any comics digital. I need the actual physical copies to get any enjoyment out of reading them. I will never go digital. I just bought 7 issues on Lone Star, but I think I will be ebaying for the rest because they are not really THAT cheaply priced. There are some that I am not even going to bother trying to get, and just read them digitally, but it's only an issue here and there (like the part 1 of the DD appearance). I guess they have gone up in price then. Sorry. I know I have a few duplicates I can always throw your way if you don't mind reader copies only. |
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Post by Lolatadatodo on Dec 25, 2016 9:51:38 GMT -5
I just bought 7 issues on Lone Star, but I think I will be ebaying for the rest because they are not really THAT cheaply priced. There are some that I am not even going to bother trying to get, and just read them digitally, but it's only an issue here and there (like the part 1 of the DD appearance). I guess they have gone up in price then. Sorry. I know I have a few duplicates I can always throw your way if you don't mind reader copies only. You do not need to be sorry! It's not your fault! I knew they had probably gone up in price since you got yours a while ago.  I would LOVE reader copies! Thank you! <3 |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 26, 2016 0:52:07 GMT -5
Regarding the survival of Green Arrow and Aquaman past the end of the Golden Age: yes, it had everything to do with being Mort Weisinger creations. As the editor-in-chief in all but name at the end of the 1940s, he had the final say on which strips continued following the drop-off in reader interest and the downsizing of standard comics from 64 to 48 to 32 pages (official EIC Whit Ellsworth was on the West Coast overseeing film and TV adaptations). Two other MW creations, Johnny Quick and The Vigilante, also ran into the mid-50s.
Cei-U!
I summon the inside track!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 2, 2017 21:05:18 GMT -5
I've been finally reading the original TMNT stuff... I was hoping to get 'the Works' collections (Which are nicely colored) but apparently 1/2 the volumes are out of print and insanely expensive, so I went with the Ultimate Collection (still oversized, but B&W... with the fun edition of commentary from Eastman and Laird). Vol. 2 was very action oriented... some of it works really nicely, some less so. The two character oriented issues (One a 'pre-teen' story, and the one where they hang at Casey's house in Northhampton recovering from a Foot attack) were awesome. It's hard to believe it blew up and Eastman and Laird were already not getting along by then! The notes say #11 was the last issue they collaborated on until much later.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 3, 2017 12:47:28 GMT -5
I haven't had a chance to read either of these books, but I just ordered a couple of Ditko TPBs from the library. This:  And I can't find the cover of the other one, but it's called something like Steve Ditko's Strange Suspense. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2017 13:31:17 GMT -5
I haven't had a chance to read either of these books, but I just ordered a couple of Ditko TPBs from the library. This: And I can't find the cover of the other one, but it's called something like Steve Ditko's Strange Suspense. Was it one of these two?   -M |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 3, 2017 13:56:12 GMT -5
I was in a bit of a hurry earlier, but now that I'm home, I had a chance to look at the library entry a little more closely and it's a Fantagraphics book, The Steve Ditko Archives, Volume 1: Strange Suspense.  |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 5, 2017 16:37:31 GMT -5
David's run on Aquaman
This is actually my 3rd time trying to read it and due to being hungry for some sort of merman drama due to my love for Namor and Nu-52/DC You/Rebirth Aquaman, I coincided. To be fair though, I did like aspects of David's run during my initial attempts (namely the fact that the under-sea varmints actually do "speak". I also liked that Arthur was raised by Dolphins and unsuccessfully tried to court one) and I'm really not sure why I never continued on with it. But I am kind of a scatterbrained reader and constantly jump around titles, barely finishing any with the exception of Transmetropolitan
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Post by String on Jan 5, 2017 19:40:18 GMT -5
Iron Man #1-6 by Busiek and Chen. While long familiar with Busiek's classic run on Avengers during this time, I've never gotten around to reading to his Iron Man run, a character whom he's always wanted to write and it shows. Setting up shop for Tony after Heroes Reborn, Busiek has a strong handle on his character and narration. Building another start-up from scratch again, wanting to make a real difference in the world through his mother's foundation, Busiek brings back Pepper Potts and Happy Hogan, brimming with drama and even re-introduces elements from way back in Tales of Suspense. New and old villains, building mysteries and conspiracies, all wrapped up in Chen's fluid dynamic art. This volume is off to a terrific start.
First Issue Special #8 by Grell. On the advice of some here, I bought my first ever copy of a Warlord book. A very good introduction, Travis' secret spy mission gone awry leading to him crash-land in Skaratis. How he adapts to his new unusual surroundings, getting caught up in the local warfare and intrigue, ending with a neat cliffhanger which leads into the forthcoming new series. The 'science' behind this lost world was intriguing (though I don't quite recall a mention of why time stops or severely slows down here). The concepts and fantasy elements were good.
Thor #300 by Gruenwald, Maccahio, and Pollard. One word - epic. In scope, in drama, in action, in mythic history, in art, in everything.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 6, 2017 10:50:22 GMT -5
Alien worlds #1, from Pacific Comics.
Really nice little anthology. Bruce Jones has a wicked sense of humour, and the artwork in there is impressive: Al Williamson, Tim Conrad, Mayerik, Redondo... Pacific Comics had several excellent titles.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 6, 2017 13:16:57 GMT -5
I got a few comics digitally from Comixology lately. I got X-Men #24. (So I've now read all of the 66 issues of the original X-Men run!) And I got two more golden Age Batman comics (#27 and #35). And, because many issues of Strange Tales are only 99 cents, I got Strange Tales #147 to #150. I read all the Ditko issues of Doctor Strange years ago. (I had every issue of ST from #101 to #146 for a while. Some of them were pretty beat up.) But I've only read a few of the stories from #147 to #168. So it's nice to read these Silver Age Doctor Strange stories I've never read. The art is still great! Some awesome Bill Everett! And the first storyline includes the origin of the Ancient One ... and the menace of Kaluu! (And the story in #148, I've read this before. I think it was reprinted in the Doctor Strange Marvel Treasury Edition in the mid-1970s.) I'm looking forward to reading the others. The S.H.I.E.L.D stories are also pretty good. The first conflict with A.I.M.! I like the Don Heck art. (I think it's Kirby layouts.) |
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