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Post by Spike-X on Sept 6, 2017 22:47:58 GMT -5
First appearance of the High Evolutionary and his New Men. This issue also featured a full page splash of Galactus for no reason I could fathom other than Jack really wanted to draw a full page splash of Galactus.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 7, 2017 11:55:09 GMT -5
I'm reading late Silver Age/early Bronze Age Thor right now. #175 to #177 is Kirby's last Thor storyline, and it's a Kirby corker! Odin is in Odinsleep mode, and Loki sends the Odinsleep capsule into the Ocean of Sleep (or something) where he's floating around like he's in orbit in outer space. Then Loki steals the Odinring! Which means everyone must submit and treat his word as law because the Odinring means he's indisputable ruler of Asgard! (It's kind of like winning the electoral vote while being creamed in the popular vote. In more ways than one.) But Loki has not considered all the consequences. You see, if Odin is inaccessible, there are several spells imprisoning some very nasty characters and these spells dissipate when Odin is not around. So Surtur the Fire Demon is now heading towards Asgard. Loki, concerned that Surtur might not notice much difference between Odin and Loki flees to Midgard, leaving the rest of the Norse crew to face this new menace to Asgard! It's very exciting! And then #178 is an awesome one-shot with the Abomination and the Stranger! With great art by John Buscema and inked by Vince Colletta. Colletta really rises to the occasion here. I wouldn't have thought Buscema/ Colletta would work so well, but the art here is very nice. A great Thor debut for Buscema. It's weird to think that the Abomination bounced around a bit before being exclusively assigned to Hulk for a very long time. He started as a Hulk villain in Tales to Astonish, and he was kidnapped by the Stranger to go to the Stranger's weird house where he has a collection of alien tough guys from around the universe. I don't really know why. I guess he studies them. And then, devil worshippers summoned the Abomination (mistaken identity; they wanted a demon from Hell) to fight the Silver Surfer. And in Thor #178, he fights Thor! The Stranger leaves to go off on another one of his weird adventures to collect another alien tough guy, and the Abomination is wandering around the weird house, presumably looking in medicine cabinets and eating all the Fig Newtons. And while mucking about with one of the Stranger's devices, he accidentally teleports Thor into the Stranger's house. He convinces Thor that all the imprisoned tough guys are innocent bystanders abducted by the Stranger (sorta true, actually) and they are allies for a few pages. Its quite a fun little romp. For a while, he becomes Don Blake and loses his cane and has to figure out how to survive among the alien tough guys! Pretty cool! And I'm just a few issues away from a two-part story with Dr. Doom!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2017 16:00:54 GMT -5
Hawkman Golden Age DC Archive Volume #1
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 7, 2017 16:22:35 GMT -5
I read a little further on in Thor and Kirby does one more issue, starting off a new storyline where Loki attacks Thor with a magic mask that switches their bodies! The next two issues have Neal Adams art! With Joe Sinnott inking! And Odin finally decides to punish Loki and, not knowing that it's really Thor in Loki's body, he sends Thor to the Netherworld where he meets ... Mephisto! And Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg and Sif all go to the Netherworld to save Thor! Sif, Fandral and Hogun all attack Mephisto and he vanishes, thus prompting Volstagg to say ... HE HATH BEEN DRIVEN TO FLIGHT BY FEAR OF VOLUMINOUS VOLSTAGG !
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Post by Jesse on Sept 8, 2017 11:09:49 GMT -5
Daredevil #172"GangWar!" by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson The Kingpin story arc concludes mostly as he seizes power back from his rivals and gets revenge for the death of his wife Vanessa which leads Daredevil into another epic confrontation with Bullseye. {Spoiler}Great sort of cliffhanger at the end where it shows Vanessa climbing out of the rubble she was buried under a few issues ago.
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Post by Jesse on Sept 8, 2017 11:19:11 GMT -5
Justice League of America #108"Thirteen Against the Earth!" written by Len Wein This was one of the most fun JLA story arcs I've read. The story concludes with the other two teams made up of the stranded members of the the Justice League and the Justice Society united with the Freedom Fighters fighting Nazis and destroying giant robots located at various famous locations (Mount Rushmore, Mount Fuji). With both locations destroyed the teams reunite but break out into an huge brawl. Red Tornado realizes his teammates are still being effected by the Nazi mind control machine and follows to the signal to a satellite in space where he meets robot Adolf Hitler and punches his head off! With his teammates restored to sanity they are able to open the portals home to their respective Earths.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 8, 2017 12:22:18 GMT -5
Daredevil #172"GangWar!" by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson The Kingpin story arc concludes mostly as he seizes power back from his rivals and gets revenge for the death of his wife Vanessa which leads Daredevil into another epic confrontation with Bullseye. {Spoiler}Great sort of cliffhanger at the end where it shows Vanessa climbing out of the rubble she was buried under a few issues ago. I made a Top 25 comic books list many years ago and I included Daredevil #169 to #172. My favorite Daredevil storyline ever! (As much as I love the Mike Murdock issues, I try to keep a little perspective.)
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 8, 2017 12:23:43 GMT -5
Justice League of America #108"Thirteen Against the Earth!" written by Len Wein This was one of the most fun JLA story arcs I've read. The story concludes with the other two teams made up of the stranded members of the the Justice League and the Justice Society united with the Freedom Fighters fighting Nazis and destroying giant robots located at various famous locations (Mount Rushmore, Mount Fuji). With both locations destroyed the teams reunite but break out into an huge brawl. Red Tornado realizes his teammates are still being effected by the Nazi mind control machine and follows to the signal to a satellite in space where he meets robot Adolf Hitler and punches his head off! With his teammates restored to sanity they are able to open the portals home to their respective Earths. Another one of my favorites! You are reading some great comics!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 14:23:49 GMT -5
Jesse & Hoosier X ... Justice League of America #108 is one of my favorites too!
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Sept 8, 2017 16:55:59 GMT -5
Justice League of America #108"Thirteen Against the Earth!" written by Len Wein This was one of the most fun JLA story arcs I've read. The story concludes with the other two teams made up of the stranded members of the the Justice League and the Justice Society united with the Freedom Fighters fighting Nazis and destroying giant robots located at various famous locations (Mount Rushmore, Mount Fuji). With both locations destroyed the teams reunite but break out into an huge brawl. Red Tornado realizes his teammates are still being effected by the Nazi mind control machine and follows to the signal to a satellite in space where he meets robot Adolf Hitler and punches his head off! With his teammates restored to sanity they are able to open the portals home to their respective Earths. Yeah, I really liked the whole Len Wein run.
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 8, 2017 17:18:21 GMT -5
Read Atlantis Chronicles and Tide & Time (I put off reading AC for a very long time because it was going to be a very long-winded, tolkienesque account of Atlantis' past, but it was actually far better than I expected)
One thing I kind of miss about modern Aquaman, aside from stuff like Porm and the other sea creatures talking and having personalities, is the Sword & Sorcery feel. Almost reminds me of how my interest in Martian Manhunter was almost immediately killed when DC decided to make him a Superman clone
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2017 17:33:58 GMT -5
Read Atlantis Chronicles and Tide & Time (I put off reading AC for a very long time because it was going to be a very long-winded, tolkienesque account of Atlantis' past, but it was actually far better than I expected) One thing I kind of miss about modern Aquaman, aside from stuff like Porm and the other sea creatures talking and having personalities, is the Sword & Sorcery feel. Almost reminds me of how my interest in Martian Manhunter was almost immediately killed when DC decided to make him a Superman clone So your interest in Martian Manhunter ended before his run in Detective comics ended and he moved to House of Mystery. That's when they ended his role as alien in hiding as detective to Superman clone with fire as his kryptonite (as he was int he earliest Justice League of America appearances). I like J'onn, but DC has played him as a Superman clone since the early Silver Age, with a few possible exceptions here or there where they do something different for a short time, but they always go back to the Superman clone. I agree he works better used other ways, but Superman clone is pretty much the norm for DC and Martian Manhunter. -M
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 8, 2017 17:44:05 GMT -5
Read Atlantis Chronicles and Tide & Time (I put off reading AC for a very long time because it was going to be a very long-winded, tolkienesque account of Atlantis' past, but it was actually far better than I expected) One thing I kind of miss about modern Aquaman, aside from stuff like Porm and the other sea creatures talking and having personalities, is the Sword & Sorcery feel. Almost reminds me of how my interest in Martian Manhunter was almost immediately killed when DC decided to make him a Superman clone So your interest in Martian Manhunter ended before his run in Detective comics ended and he moved to House of Mystery. That's when they ended his role as alien in hiding as detective to Superman clone with fire as his kryptonite (as he was int he earliest Justice League of America appearances). I like J'onn, but DC has played him as a Superman clone since the early Silver Age, with a few possible exceptions here or there where they do something different for a short time, but they always go back to the Superman clone. I agree he works better used other ways, but Superman clone is pretty much the norm for DC and Martian Manhunter I'd compare it to J.M. Dematteis' take on Captain Marvel in Justice League International (a confused 12 year old trapped in the body of the world's mightest mortal), it's really hard for me to imagine the character any other way Johns' & Abnett's runs were/are good, but they almost seem to be afraid of embracing Arthur's ability to talk to fish outside of jokes at Arthur's expense
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 10, 2017 12:11:01 GMT -5
Fantastic Four #26 and Avengers #5 The main thing that's interesting about these two issues is that the events of FF #26 lead directly into the events of Avengers #5, marking the first real effort at "cross continuity" between titles. The FF and Avengers battling the Hulk and getting in each others way gave the story an extra dramatic wrinkle but it's the continuity between these two issues that made this "feel" like the Marvel Universe, really for the first time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 15:39:01 GMT -5
Golden Age Flash Archives #1 and starting tomorrow Golden Age Flash Archives #2.
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