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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 28, 2017 13:50:18 GMT -5
Well, following her eventual "death" in ASM #400 and subsequent resurrection, she seemed to de-age considerably. The Aunt May of the 2000s, for example, during Howard Mackie and J. Michael Strazynski's run, is much more like a 50-something than the septuagenarian of the Silver and Bronze Age. Even in the post-Brand New Day era, May seems a lot sprightlier than she ever used to be. We've seen this de-aging process in spin-off media too, such as the films. In Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Aunt May was played by the 70-something Rosemary Harris, but in the recent Spider-Man films starring Andrew Garfield, she is played by the 60-something Sally Field (who, let's be honest, looks more like a 50-something). Myself, I put this down to modern society and the mainstream media's unhealthy preoccupation with youth and attendant over-emphasis on youthfulness. In the new Marvel version, Aunt May is played by Marissa Tomei, who is 52. That's a pretty normal age to be the Aunt of a high school kid. It just seems a little weirder because, A) we are used to Aunt May looking old, and B) Marisa Tomei is still freaking HOT!
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 28, 2017 13:55:35 GMT -5
Myself, I put this down to modern society and the mainstream media's unhealthy preoccupation with youth and attendant over-emphasis on youthfulness. There's also the fact that older people don't look as old as they used to. My earliest memories of my grandfather are of a white-haired, wrinkled, balding man. I'm now almost as old now as he was then, and I don't look nearly as old as he did.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 28, 2017 15:09:25 GMT -5
Myself, I put this down to modern society and the mainstream media's unhealthy preoccupation with youth and attendant over-emphasis on youthfulness. There's also the fact that older people don't look as old as they used to. My earliest memories of my grandfather are of a white-haired, wrinkled, balding man. I'm now almost as old now as he was then, and I don't look nearly as old as he did. This is very true. I've noticed that myself. I attribute it to better nutrition. When I was a kid, 50 and 60-something's had gone through WW2 and rationing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 15:46:46 GMT -5
Thanks to the Masterworks program, last night I read FF 32 and 33. Historic issues. Silver Age FF seems kind of feast or famine to me, with some issues being absolutely great and others kind of duds. I find the Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man issues to all be great, at least the first fifty and few annuals, which are the ones I've read so far.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 28, 2017 18:39:02 GMT -5
Amazing Spider-Man has such a great supporting cast. For my money it's easily the best in comics. Once you get into the 40s, Mary Jane gets thrown into the mix. Early MJ is hilarious! Gwen and MJ are always saying mean things to each other and acting like it's a joke. I especially like the sequence where MJ shows up ostensibly to help Aunt May move in with Anna May Watson (MJ's aunt) and all MJ does is turn on the radio and start dancing in the middle of the living room. Anna is used to this and says something like "Just try not to get in the way too much, Mary Jane."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 19:02:52 GMT -5
Yes. I read the issue with that Mary Jane dancing scene for the first time ever whithin the last few weeks. Great stuff!
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 1, 2017 9:58:58 GMT -5
Thanks to the Masterworks program, last night I read FF 32 and 33. Historic issues. Silver Age FF seems kind of feast or famine to me, with some issues being absolutely great and others kind of duds. I find the Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man issues to all be great, at least the first fifty and few annuals, which are the ones I've read so far. Yup, but the Silver Age FF will become all feast starting about #44, and lasting for a while. Me, I have to catch up on my Silver Age Spider-Man one of these days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 12:03:04 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 1, 2017 12:48:53 GMT -5
Thanks to the Masterworks program, last night I read FF 32 and 33. Historic issues. Silver Age FF seems kind of feast or famine to me, with some issues being absolutely great and others kind of duds. I find the Silver Age Amazing Spider-Man issues to all be great, at least the first fifty and few annuals, which are the ones I've read so far. Yup, but the Silver Age FF will become all feast starting about #44, and lasting for a while. Me, I have to catch up on my Silver Age Spider-Man one of these days. I was just about to post this! But I start the great days of the FF from #36. The Frightful Four in #36, #38, #41 to #43, then that great Doctor Doom story in #39 and #40. #37 is a very odd story, but I've always liked it anyway. And I used to find the Vince Colletta inks in #40 to #43 more than a little disappointing, but it's grown on me over the years as I've read those issues a bunch of times. I think the Colletta inking on the Frightful Four issues in #41 to #43 really fits the mood of the story. And then, yeah, you get to #44, with the Inhumans and Joe Sinnott, with Galactus, the Silver Surfer and the Black Panther waiting in the wings, and you're reading some of the best comics ever!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 13:08:00 GMT -5
Nice. Issue 34 is up next for me. I enjoyed recently reading the two part story that had (hopefully without spoiling anything for those who haven't read it yet) a certain relative of Johnny and Sue in it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 1, 2017 13:28:33 GMT -5
Nice. Issue 34 is up next for me. I enjoyed recently reading the two part story that had (hopefully without spoiling anything for those who haven't read it yet) a certain relative of Johnny and Sue in it. For me, the FF hits a rough patch in the late 20s and early 30s. I like those stories OK, but there's a certain "zing" in most of the stories from #21 to #27 that I really love! FF #25 and #26 is my second favorite comics storyline ever! (Spider-Man Annual #1 wins that category!) And FF #23 is one of my favorite Doctor Doom stories. (There's a three- or four-way tie for first.) Not to mention the Hate-Monger, the Mole Man, Sue's new powers, the Infant Terrible, Sub-Mariner, Doctor Strange and George Roussous inking! But I do sort of love those FF stories from #28 to #35 anyway because of that great Chic Stone art! Every panel looks like a stained glass window! If I was a millionaire, I would pick one of Stone's best panels - maybe something from #31? Avengers #9? - and have it turned into a window on my big house.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 13:40:20 GMT -5
Great post! Although Silver Age Spider-Man is my favorite title/time period, FF 25-26 is my favorite story. There's so much Marvel Silver Age I haven't gotten to yet though.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 1, 2017 13:51:10 GMT -5
Great post! Although Silver Age Spider-Man is my favorite title/time period, FF 25-26 is my favorite story. There's so much Marvel Silver Age I haven't gotten to yet though. I've been reading Marvel Silver Age bit by bit for 40 years. I've read all FF, all Spidey (just finished that a few weeks ago), all Hulk, all X-Men. I don't have much to go on Strange Tales. I've read every issue of Tales of Suspense but only some of Cap and Iron Man after they got their own series. I still have to read a lot of Sub-Mariner, maybe 20 issues of Avengers and a huge amount of Thor. I've read most issues of Sgt. Fury up to #30 but very little after that.
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Post by brutalis on Mar 1, 2017 14:00:51 GMT -5
Marvel and DC silver age are just so darn much fun. Stories never took themselves too seriously and many may border on absurd and ridiculous but i can sit and read and re-read those masterpieces over and over. I am sorry to say i cannot do that for most big Two comics from the 80's forward
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2017 14:03:11 GMT -5
I really dig this message board. It's so cool to discuss this stuff with others who love it as well.
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