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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 30, 2017 10:10:39 GMT -5
I finally read Adventure Comics #350. Sir Prize and Miss Terious are: {Spoiler: Click to show}Star Boy and Dream Girl! The villains are known as the Devil's Dozen (though there are only four or five) and they're charmingly lame! Also ... The Substitute Legion shows up! Yay! I love Night Girl. I wish there was a Night Girl limited series.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 20:45:53 GMT -5
I finished the Trial of the Flash storyline from Flash #340-350. I'd never read it before, just knew about it from the Life Story of the Flash book by Mark Waid and Company. I'm planning to read and reread the 1987 West Flash book but I wanted to start with that last story and then read Crisis before I started on the Wally West-starring volume.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 1, 2017 21:22:36 GMT -5
That's make a nice review thread, Parallax And Welcome!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 22:07:17 GMT -5
That's make a nice review thread, Parallax And Welcome! Thanks Wildfire.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 22:17:05 GMT -5
I read FF 64-66 today. I'm in the ''Him'' storyline right now.
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Post by berkley on May 1, 2017 23:23:12 GMT -5
I read FF 64-66 today. I'm in the ''Him'' storyline right now. Often described as the last FF story that Kirby really put himself into. After that, the theory goes, he decided he couldn't keep on giving up his best ideas to Stan, so the remainder of their FF run is more or less a recycling of things that had gone before. Personally, some of my favourite FF moments are from those later issues, and I think the Kirby/Sinnott artwork might have reached its pinnacle sometime during those years. But it's true that there weren't any more great new characters or concepts introduced, so I believe there's more than likely an element of truth to the idea.
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Post by antoine on May 2, 2017 9:31:03 GMT -5
Just started re-reading XIII for the first time in 8-10 years. Just finished the first arc, (5 volumes), and it still holds up! What a great series!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 2, 2017 10:36:55 GMT -5
Just started re-reading XIII for the first time in 8-10 years. Just finished the first arc, (5 volumes), and it still holds up! What a great series! I had to Google that to have any idea what you were talking about.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 12:09:52 GMT -5
I read FF 64-66 today. I'm in the ''Him'' storyline right now. Often described as the last FF story that Kirby really put himself into. After that, the theory goes, he decided he couldn't keep on giving up his best ideas to Stan, so the remainder of their FF run is more or less a recycling of things that had gone before. Personally, some of my favourite FF moments are from those later issues, and I think the Kirby/Sinnott artwork might have reached its pinnacle sometime during those years. But it's true that there weren't any more great new characters or concepts introduced, so I believe there's more than likely an element of truth to the idea. Thanks for the insight! A bit depressing to know, but it's nice to be informed.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 13:40:09 GMT -5
I love and deeply respect Jack Kirby, but Stan Lee had an incredible run on Amazing Spider-Man that Kirby had not a thing to do with.
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Post by Confessor on May 2, 2017 15:21:03 GMT -5
I love and deeply respect Jack Kirby, but Stan Lee had an incredible run on Amazing Spider-Man that Kirby had not a thing to do with. When you've got Steve Ditko and John Romita on board, you don't need no stinkin' Kirby! Runs for cover!
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Post by antoine on May 3, 2017 8:00:56 GMT -5
Just started re-reading XIII for the first time in 8-10 years. Just finished the first arc, (5 volumes), and it still holds up! What a great series! I had to Google that to have any idea what you were talking about. Yeah, I guess when it's Franco-Belge stuff, I should give more information! It sold more than 12 millions copies, just in french, as of 2014.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2017 8:31:40 GMT -5
I finished the SGT FURY run from #11 to #20. The eighteenth issue features the death of Fury's girlfriend Pamela Hawley. I don't know if it's considered a key issue anymore but I've always considered it a major blind spot in my Silver Age Marvel reading because I had never read it until a few days ago. Pamela Hawley first appeared in SGT FURY #4, and she appeared in most of the issues from #4 to #10. And then she was only in #13 and #17 before her death in #18. (I guess the Howlers were so busy howling that they didn't have any time for furlough to London, where Pamela was a military nurse). In #18, Sgt. Fury decides to ask her to marry him. He buys a ring that he carries on a necklace around his neck. The Howlers get back from a mission and Fury finds out that Pamela was killed when the Nazis bombed the hospital. It's very touching and sad. In the next issue, Fury and the Howlers go and get revenge on the unit that killed Pamela. They're supposed to be on furlough, but with the surreptitious aid of the other armed services, they make it to Holland where they find the Luftwaffe guys who bombed the hospital and Fury gets personal revenge against the Nazi general who ordered the raid. It's a little off-the-rails, but still kind of cool for all that. The Nazi general was a WW I flying ace and his old Fokker biplane is on the airfield, ready to go. He wounds Fury with a pistol and then decides to run him down with the Fokker! But Fury dodges the propeller and jumps on the wing, and an epic battle in the sir ensues as the general tries to fight off Fury's fury and Nick finally manages to gain control of the craft. The general eventually falls to his death because he didn't have time to fasten his seat belt. WA-HOO! And #20 features the return of Baron Strucker's Blitzkrieg Squad! I love those guys!
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2017 8:42:59 GMT -5
I haven't actually read this issue yet but I posted it because I like this cover more than the one from #151. So now I've started the run on Strange tales from #151 to #168. I read #151 a few days ago. Both the S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Doctor Strange stories are great at this point! Fury is fighting Hydra again, and this time the many-headed criminal organization is led by a fellow named Don Caballero, whom I seem to remember somewhere is just a disguise and it's really ... I won't spoil the surprise. And I'm not 100% sure who it is as my memory is sometimes faulty on these details. Art by Karby and Steranko! But the real fun is in the Doctor Strange story! Bill Everett art! And he's fighting Umar, Dormammu's sister! I love Umar. Looking at this art, I wonder if she was visually based on Joan Crawford.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 3, 2017 13:07:04 GMT -5
I finished the SGT FURY run from #11 to #20. The eighteenth issue features the death of Fury's girlfriend Pamela Hawley. I don't know if it's considered a key issue anymore but I've always considered it a major blind spot in my Silver Age Marvel reading because I had never read it until a few days ago. Pamela Hawley first appeared in SGT FURY #4, and she appeared in most of the issues from #4 to #10. And then she was only in #13 and #17 before her death in #18. (I guess the Howlers were so busy howling that they didn't have any time for furlough to London, where Pamela was a military nurse). In #18, Sgt. Fury decides to ask her to marry him. He buys a ring that he carries on a necklace around his neck. The Howlers get back from a mission and Fury finds out that Pamela was killed when the Nazis bombed the hospital. It's very touching and sad. In the next issue, Fury and the Howlers go and get revenge on the unit that killed Pamela. They're supposed to be on furlough, but with the surreptitious aid of the other armed services, they make it to Holland where they find the Luftwaffe guys who bombed the hospital and Fury gets personal revenge against the Nazi general who ordered the raid. It's a little off-the-rails, but still kind of cool for all that. The Nazi general was a WW I flying ace and his old Fokker biplane is on the airfield, ready to go. He wounds Fury with a pistol and then decides to run him down with the Fokker! But Fury dodges the propeller and jumps on the wing, and an epic battle in the sir ensues as the general tries to fight off Fury's fury and Nick finally manages to gain control of the craft. The general eventually falls to his death because he didn't have time to fasten his seat belt. WA-HOO! And #20 features the return of Baron Strucker's Blitzkrieg Squad! I love those guys! Pamela's mistake was in saying "yes" to Nick. That's surely the kiss of death for a supporting character!
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