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Post by The Cheat on Mar 1, 2017 16:12:51 GMT -5
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." Yeah, MJ's definitely a hoot
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 13:55:13 GMT -5
Great couple of panels!
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 2, 2017 14:03:50 GMT -5
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." Yeah, MJ's definitely a hoot That must be the directors cut.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 12:31:15 GMT -5
Finished reading The Saga of the Swamp Thing #19 and with that, I have finished all pre-Alan Moore Swamp Thing.
Some it was good, and some it took patience. But I'm ready to dive back in and read the Moore run having the context of the previous forty plus issues.
And I read Superman/Fantastic Four: The Infinite Destruction. It was fun. I've really become a big Dan Jurgens fan over the past few years.
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Post by Icctrombone on Mar 5, 2017 7:46:32 GMT -5
Finished reading The Saga of the Swamp Thing #19 and with that, I have finished all pre-Alan Moore Swamp Thing. Some it was good, and some it took patience. But I'm ready to dive back in and read the Moore run having the context of the previous forty plus issues. And I read Superman/Fantastic Four: The Infinite Destruction. It was fun. I've really become a big Dan Jurgens fan over the past few years. The Swamp thing series before Moore came along is severely underrated. The Superman/FF crossover is a treasury sized book, has it been reprinted at the traditional size yet ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 17:44:33 GMT -5
Finished reading The Saga of the Swamp Thing #19 and with that, I have finished all pre-Alan Moore Swamp Thing. Some it was good, and some it took patience. But I'm ready to dive back in and read the Moore run having the context of the previous forty plus issues. And I read Superman/Fantastic Four: The Infinite Destruction. It was fun. I've really become a big Dan Jurgens fan over the past few years. The Swamp thing series before Moore came along is severely underrated. The Superman/FF crossover is a treasury sized book, has it been reprinted at the traditional size yet ? Not as far as I know, mine was the treasury sized edition.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 19:56:26 GMT -5
The Swamp thing series before Moore came along is severely underrated. The Superman/FF crossover is a treasury sized book, has it been reprinted at the traditional size yet ? Not as far as I know, mine was the treasury sized edition. It's collected in DC/Marvel Crossover Classics Vol. 4 along with things like Surfer/GL Unholy Alliances, Darkseid/Galactus The Hunger and one of the Spidey/Batman crossovers from the 90s. It's a regular sized trade, not treasury sized... The full index for that volume can be found on the GCD-M
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 6, 2017 2:38:34 GMT -5
I think I'm going to read Bronze Age Green Arrow and I read Green Lantern #90 a few days ago. written by Denny O'Neil. Art by Mike Grell! Fun 1970s comic book sci-fi. I'll probably read up to #100 and then read something else for a while.
And I'm going to read Avengers #47 to #50 over the next few days. I have a reprint of #47 but I've never read the others.
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 6, 2017 12:41:20 GMT -5
Just read Savage Dragon # 1-50.
I'm torn on it.
I kind of like it, and especially respect what Erik Larsen has been doing and his creative freedom, but, in all honesty, I really feel that would be much better with an editor to help make it better.
Sequences can be confusing and just looking at his pencils the action sometimes gets too distorted and is not clear.
I like his ideas and bold strokes in the story and at times his work is great.
Like I said, I'm torn.
Dragon and some of the supporting characters are cool, but not sure I dig it enough to follow it any further.
If you're looking for some Bronze Age-style fun, you might like this.
It's a fun romp of him mostly apeing Marvel.
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Post by brutalis on Mar 6, 2017 13:18:04 GMT -5
Just read Savage Dragon # 1-50. I'm torn on it. I kind of like it, and especially respect what Erik Larsen has been doing and his creative freedom, but, in all honesty, I really feel that would be much better with an editor to help make it better. Sequences can be confusing and just looking at his pencils the action sometimes gets too distorted and is not clear. I like his ideas and bold strokes in the story and at times his work is great. Like I said, I'm torn. Dragon and some of the supporting characters are cool, but not sure I dig it enough to follow it any further. If you're looking for some Bronze Age-style fun, you might like this. It's a fun romp of him mostly apeing Marvel. I buy the Savage Dragon Archives on the cheap in black and white and they are some quick and fun reads perfectly mimicking the classic 1960's style Marvel comics with a more "mature" bent. Larsen is one of those fly by the seat of the pants writer/artists in the Kirby vein. That's why i particularly enjoy the series, it is like what if Kirby were still producing comics on a regular basis tossing ideas and characters at you as fast as he can create them? There is very little depth of characterization beyond Dragon himself but it is fantastic silly mindless romping through a wild universe for the mind.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 6, 2017 13:25:19 GMT -5
I just finished Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold - The Batman Team-Ups, Vol. 1 (Collecting The Brave and The Bold #59, #64, #67, #69-71 and #74-87). Some fun stuff with Zaney Bob Haney, but the highlight for me were the Neal Adams stories. The art was, of course, great, and even the writing seemed improved. Plus, I finally got to read my first comic with the "I Ching" Wonder Woman. It was groovy, man!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 21:15:49 GMT -5
Almost finished with Fantastic Four #38, via Marvel Masterworks.
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Post by Batflunkie on Mar 6, 2017 21:54:21 GMT -5
Catwoman v1 and #1-#18 of v2 Initially expected it to be little more than a T&A book, but it's got elements of Diabolik and Lupin The 3rd (i.e. a robin hood/gentleman thief) to it that makes it a very nice package of action and suspense 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 Camp/Kitsch I can handle (I love a good B-Movie), but most of Silver-Age DC is just an absolute chore to sift through (tbh Silver Age GL did have some legitimately engaging/interesting sci-fi concepts in some issues). I think the only series from that era that I can actually get into is Metal Men
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2017 23:50:18 GMT -5
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! I just finished FF 40. It's really getting great!
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 7, 2017 3:06:59 GMT -5
Catwoman v1 and #1-#18 of v2 Initially expected it to be little more than a T&A book, but it's got elements of Diabolik and Lupin The 3rd (i.e. a robin hood/gentleman thief) to it that makes it a very nice package of action and suspense 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 Camp/Kitsch I can handle (I love a good B-Movie), but most of Silver-Age DC is just an absolute chore to sift through (tbh Silver Age GL did have some legitimately engaging/interesting sci-fi concepts in some issues). I think the only series from that era that I can actually get into is Metal Men I love The Metal Men! I want Mercury to yell "Get a room, you two!" at Doc Magnus and Tina!
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