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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 18, 2018 18:27:59 GMT -5
Is this one of those stories where it's somebody besides Harvey Dent? I especially like the one where actor Paul Sloane goes nuts and thinks he's Two-Face. Yep, this is the Paul Sloane story. My favorite Two-Face story of them all is the Paul Sloane story in Detective Comics #777 to #782. It's called "Dead Reckoning." If there isn't a TPB, there should be!
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 18, 2018 18:43:59 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #192! This is sort of where I came in because it's the first issue of Captain America I bought back in the 1970s. I got a hold of #191 a few weeks later because I found a copy cached behind some more recent copies on a spinner rack, probably at the bookstore in New Castle, Indiana, that almost always had one or two issues of the previous issue behind the new ones. I've decided to read up to #200 because I'm not sure I read every issue of the Madbomb storyline. I missed a few issues in the 1970s and didn't start getting Cap EVERY SINGLE ISSUE until #202. I've picked up most of the issues from #193 to #200 over the years, but even if I did eventually read them all, I never read them in order. So now's my chance! Among the most recent issues, I had most of them as back issues in the 1970s. it's such a great Red Skull storyline that ends in #186! That Frank Robbins art is DIFFERENT, and I remember not liking it much back them, but it's grown on me. It's got a kind of awkward energy. I think it's amusing how everybody looks like a ballerina. I suggest reading the Frank Robbins issues of Captain America while listening to Swan Lake. I also like the Nightshade issue a lot. I'd kind of forgotten about Nightshade, but I've been thinking about her a lot and I see a lot of potential for her, especially as a Bronze Age character. It's too bad she wasn't used more back then. I'm surprised she hasn't been brought back as a mutant who controls lycanthropes! In #191, Los Angeles hoodlums hire Stilt-Man to kill the Falcon! Well, it seems kind of dumb but Los Angeles had so few super-powered characters back then that they had to get whoever was available. And Stilt-Man does seem well suited to Robbins' peculiar talents. And #192, my first issue, seemed pretty cool to me back then! Nowadays I think it's kinda WHACK that one of the members of Cap's rogues gallery looks like William Howard Taft.
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Post by dbutler69 on Feb 19, 2018 9:15:32 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #192! This is sort of where I came in because it's the first issue of Captain America I bought back in the 1970s. I got a hold of #191 a few weeks later because I found a copy cached behind some more recent copies on a spinner rack, probably at the bookstore in New Castle, Indiana, that almost always had one or two issues of the previous issue behind the new ones. I've decided to read up to #200 because I'm not sure I read every issue of the Madbomb storyline. I missed a few issues in the 1970s and didn't start getting Cap EVERY SINGLE ISSUE until #202. I've picked up most of the issues from #193 to #200 over the years, but even if I did eventually read them all, I never read them in order. So now's my chance! Among the most recent issues, I had most of them as back issues in the 1970s. it's such a great Red Skull storyline that ends in #186! That Frank Robbins art is DIFFERENT, and I remember not liking it much back them, but it's grown on me. It's got a kind of awkward energy. I think it's amusing how everybody looks like a ballerina. I suggest reading the Frank Robbins issues of Captain America while listening to Swan Lake. I also like the Nightshade issue a lot. I'd kind of forgotten about Nightshade, but I've been thinking about her a lot and I see a lot of potential for her, especially as a Bronze Age character. It's too bad she wasn't used more back then. I'm surprised she hasn't been brought back as a mutant who controls lycanthropes! In #191, Los Angeles hoodlums hire Stilt-Man to kill the Falcon! Well, it seems kind of dumb but Los Angeles had so few super-powered characters back then that they had to get whoever was available. And Stilt-Man does seem well suited to Robbins' peculiar talents. And #192, my first issue, seemed pretty cool to me back then! Nowadays I think it's kinda WHACK that one of the members of Cap's rogues gallery looks like William Howard Taft. The Frank Robbins are still hasn't grown on me. Maybe some day. Nice idea you have for Nightshade! I wasn't too crazy about #191, but I did like #192. Well, the writing, anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 9:01:38 GMT -5
Last night I read Brave and Bold #54 featuring the debut of the Teen Titans (Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad). While some of the dialogue doesn't hold up today, I read the story with a very open mind and found aspects of the story to be quite sinister...and well written. Mr. Twister was a very creepy villain and I imagine if this story was redone today, the darker, more subtle elements would be expanded upon. The art was beautiful and very detailed. I liked Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad giving their mentors some lip too about their attitudes regarding teenagers, haha!
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Post by urrutiap on Feb 21, 2018 1:03:26 GMT -5
Earlier tonight I read Power Pack issues 2, 3, and 4. Can't believe I missed out on the first couple of issues of Power Pack when I was a kid in the 1984 but I was too young back then to even read a comic book but I was the right age at 4 to see Conan the Destroyer or Dune at the drive in theater
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 21, 2018 1:08:26 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #197 in Jack Kirby's "MADBOMB" storyline. It's a lot of fun and I'm sorry I really didn't appreciate it back in 1976 when it first came out. And I'm loving Frank Giacoia's inking!
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 22, 2018 18:26:50 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #192! This is sort of where I came in because it's the first issue of Captain America I bought back in the 1970s. I got a hold of #191 a few weeks later because I found a copy cached behind some more recent copies on a spinner rack, probably at the bookstore in New Castle, Indiana, that almost always had one or two issues of the previous issue behind the new ones. I've decided to read up to #200 because I'm not sure I read every issue of the Madbomb storyline. I missed a few issues in the 1970s and didn't start getting Cap EVERY SINGLE ISSUE until #202. I've picked up most of the issues from #193 to #200 over the years, but even if I did eventually read them all, I never read them in order. So now's my chance! Among the most recent issues, I had most of them as back issues in the 1970s. it's such a great Red Skull storyline that ends in #186! That Frank Robbins art is DIFFERENT, and I remember not liking it much back them, but it's grown on me. It's got a kind of awkward energy. I think it's amusing how everybody looks like a ballerina. I suggest reading the Frank Robbins issues of Captain America while listening to Swan Lake. I also like the Nightshade issue a lot. I'd kind of forgotten about Nightshade, but I've been thinking about her a lot and I see a lot of potential for her, especially as a Bronze Age character. It's too bad she wasn't used more back then. I'm surprised she hasn't been brought back as a mutant who controls lycanthropes! In #191, Los Angeles hoodlums hire Stilt-Man to kill the Falcon! Well, it seems kind of dumb but Los Angeles had so few super-powered characters back then that they had to get whoever was available. And Stilt-Man does seem well suited to Robbins' peculiar talents. And #192, my first issue, seemed pretty cool to me back then! Nowadays I think it's kinda WHACK that one of the members of Cap's rogues gallery looks like William Howard Taft. I'm trying to read all of Volume 1 of Cap, which is no small feat, believe you me. I'm up to #256 Madbomb didn't really do all that much to me, I did like however the fact that everything around Cap seems vast and unwieldy, almost boarding on Lovecraftian. Kind of had an air of OMAC to it, which is to be expected Robbins' art took me a while to digest, but in the end, I rather liked it. Mainly how he portrayed Skull. His characters seem very exaggerated and elastic, boarding on caricatures
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 22, 2018 20:02:07 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #192! This is sort of where I came in because it's the first issue of Captain America I bought back in the 1970s. I got a hold of #191 a few weeks later because I found a copy cached behind some more recent copies on a spinner rack, probably at the bookstore in New Castle, Indiana, that almost always had one or two issues of the previous issue behind the new ones. I've decided to read up to #200 because I'm not sure I read every issue of the Madbomb storyline. I missed a few issues in the 1970s and didn't start getting Cap EVERY SINGLE ISSUE until #202. I've picked up most of the issues from #193 to #200 over the years, but even if I did eventually read them all, I never read them in order. So now's my chance! Among the most recent issues, I had most of them as back issues in the 1970s. it's such a great Red Skull storyline that ends in #186! That Frank Robbins art is DIFFERENT, and I remember not liking it much back them, but it's grown on me. It's got a kind of awkward energy. I think it's amusing how everybody looks like a ballerina. I suggest reading the Frank Robbins issues of Captain America while listening to Swan Lake. I also like the Nightshade issue a lot. I'd kind of forgotten about Nightshade, but I've been thinking about her a lot and I see a lot of potential for her, especially as a Bronze Age character. It's too bad she wasn't used more back then. I'm surprised she hasn't been brought back as a mutant who controls lycanthropes! In #191, Los Angeles hoodlums hire Stilt-Man to kill the Falcon! Well, it seems kind of dumb but Los Angeles had so few super-powered characters back then that they had to get whoever was available. And Stilt-Man does seem well suited to Robbins' peculiar talents. And #192, my first issue, seemed pretty cool to me back then! Nowadays I think it's kinda WHACK that one of the members of Cap's rogues gallery looks like William Howard Taft. I'm trying to read all of Volume 1 of Cap, which is no small feat, believe you me. I'm up to #256 Madbomb didn't really do all that much to me, I did like however the fact that everything around Cap seems vast and unwieldy, almost boarding on Lovecraftian. Kind of had an air of OMAC to it, which is to be expected Robbins' art took me a while to digest, but in the end, I rather liked it. Mainly how he portrayed Skull. His characters seem very exaggerated and elastic, boarding on caricatures I definitely see what you mean about "Madbomb." It's really kind of underwhelming when all is said and done. But I have been kind of excited about reading the whole thing in order for the first time! I got four or five them when they came out, and I picked up a few more over the years. I still have #194, #196, #198 and #199. I have been going back and forth between reading them online and then reading the actual comic books. I'm pretty sure I have never read #197 because I love the Kill Derby segment in #196 and I'm sure I would have remembered it if I had ever read #197. So it was GREAT to read the whole thing in order this week. I was very happy to be able to put it all together and read the whole thing more than 40 years later. And there are great moments! I already mentioned Kill Derby and I also Cap's Love Story in #198. (This is a sequence that I'm not sure has ever really been resolved. I guess we're supposed to assume that Carol died of the mysterious disease affecting her and that Cap just moved on.) I have all the rest of this Kirby run on Cap and I'm thinking of continuing to Kirby's last issue. But it really hasn't been that long since I read them. Just two or three years ago.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 22, 2018 21:01:43 GMT -5
I definitely see what you mean about "Madbomb." It's really kind of underwhelming when all is said and done. But I have been kind of excited about reading the whole thing in order for the first time! I got four or five them when they came out, and I picked up a few more over the years. I still have #194, #196, #198 and #199. I have been going back and forth between reading them online and then reading the actual comic books. I'm pretty sure I have never read #197 because I love the Kill Derby segment in #196 and I'm sure I would have remembered it if I had ever read #197. So it was GREAT to read the whole thing in order this week. I was very happy to be able to put it all together and read the whole thing more than 40 years later. And there are great moments! I already mentioned Kill Derby and I also Cap's Love Story in #198. (This is a sequence that I'm not sure has ever really been resolved. I guess we're supposed to assume that Carol died of the mysterious disease affecting her and that Cap just moved on.) I have all the rest of this Kirby run on Cap and I'm thinking of continuing to Kirby's last issue. But it really hasn't been that long since I read them. Just two or three years ago. I think it might just be that I've held his Tales Of Suspense WWII Cap in such high regard, that everything else pails in comparison (Bicentennial Battles was pretty close to that though). Surprised that they haven't done much with Mr. Buddha except for Captain America Corps
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 22, 2018 22:28:39 GMT -5
After watching Thor Ragnarok, I got rather interested in reading the comics, especially given my love for Sword & Sorcery books. Thor's early romps in Journey Into Mystery (83-90) feel like a group of scientists in the midst of creating a "winning forumla" but keep turning it into a "chaotic mess" more often than not. The stories reflect a lot of why I'm not too terribly partial to DC books from the same era; they're incredibly formulaic and a tough slog to get through, with things like Thor asking for Odin's guidance and Asgard in general being the only saving grace
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Feb 22, 2018 22:59:24 GMT -5
After watching Thor Ragnarok, I got rather interested in reading the comics, especially given my love for Sword & Sorcery books. Thor's early romps in Journey Into Mystery (83-90) feel like a group of scientists in the midst of creating a "winning forumla" but keep turning it into a "chaotic mess" more often than not. The stories reflect a lot of why I'm not too terribly partial to DC books from the same era; they're incredibly formulaic and a tough slog to get through, with things like Thor asking for Odin's guidance and Asgard in general being the only saving grace Early Thor was a mess. And it was easily the most DC-like of the early Marvel superhero books. Thor was pretty much a Superman ripoff until they started to explore Asgard.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 22, 2018 23:51:43 GMT -5
Early Thor was a mess. And it was easily the most DC-like of the early Marvel superhero books. Thor was pretty much a Superman ripoff until they started to explore Asgard. And yet, it most have sold well I imagine or else Thor would have just been a minor footnote in Marvel's legacy. I like Don Blake, I like the fact that Thor's hammer doubles as a walking cane, and the fact that Thor will turn back into Blake within a minute if Mjolnir isn't in his hand. Everything else about the book so far is just bland and unimaginative, which feels weird to say considering how inventive and refreshing Marvel was at the time
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Post by String on Feb 23, 2018 21:12:40 GMT -5
In the current Avengers: No Surrender event, Mark Waid was asked for his Top 5 favorite Avengers stories. This novel was his fifth choice. Waid praised the book for it's solid characterization and fun story. Considering that I'd never heard of this book (or this novel series of which it's a part of), I was intrigued enough to hunt down a copy. Michelinie being a seasoned comic pro made this an easier choice too and in his intro, he gives credit to Layton, Shooter, Mantlo, and Stern for their assistance in getting this book done. The plot revolves around a lingering plot thread that, as far I as know, has never really been picked up within any of the comics. It concerns the time when Cap was frozen in the ice block and worshiped in the Eskimo village before being found by Namor. The question is, as the local shaman of that village, who saw Steve as an ice god totem that brought prosperity back to his village and helped keep their traditions alive, what lengths would this shaman go to in order to retrieve his former ice god totem and thus refurbish not only his village but his own reputation and pride as well? And what role does Kang, future warlord, have in all this? The story moves at a brisk pace, with plenty of action naturally. I can very well see this whole story being released as a small multi-part arc within the comic itself during the Bronze Age. But Waid most praised the characterization and on this point, he was spot-on. The reader gets a strong impression of the differing opinions and feelings of these Avengers (whose roster is that pictured on the front cover). Note is especially given to the triangle of Pietro-Wanda-Vision as Quicksilver feels anger over what he considers is an unfeeling machine taking over the role of protecting his sister while Wanda and Vision continue to explore their new found marriage. Thor is haughty of course with Beast being ever so jovial but I also liked the focus on Iron Man and his efforts to calm the brewing tension among the team members while presenting the image of a confident leader. Being published in 1979, the book does have it's dated references (who knew the Quinjet had an 8-track player?) but for me, that's just part of the charm, a neat fun piece of Marvel mania that does indeed showcase the strength of the mighty Avengers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2018 22:20:39 GMT -5
In the current Avengers: No Surrender event, Mark Waid was asked for his Top 5 favorite Avengers stories. This novel was his fifth choice. Waid praised the book for it's solid characterization and fun story. Considering that I'd never heard of this book (or this novel series of which it's a part of), I was intrigued enough to hunt down a copy. Michelinie being a seasoned comic pro made this an easier choice too and in his intro, he gives credit to Layton, Shooter, Mantlo, and Stern for their assistance in getting this book done. The plot revolves around a lingering plot thread that, as far I as know, has never really been picked up within any of the comics. It concerns the time when Cap was frozen in the ice block and worshiped in the Eskimo village before being found by Namor. The question is, as the local shaman of that village, who saw Steve as an ice god totem that brought prosperity back to his village and helped keep their traditions alive, what lengths would this shaman go to in order to retrieve his former ice god totem and thus refurbish not only his village but his own reputation and pride as well? And what role does Kang, future warlord, have in all this? The story moves at a brisk pace, with plenty of action naturally. I can very well see this whole story being released as a small multi-part arc within the comic itself during the Bronze Age. But Waid most praised the characterization and on this point, he was spot-on. The reader gets a strong impression of the differing opinions and feelings of these Avengers (whose roster is that pictured on the front cover). Note is especially given to the triangle of Pietro-Wanda-Vision as Quicksilver feels anger over what he considers is an unfeeling machine taking over the role of protecting his sister while Wanda and Vision continue to explore their new found marriage. Thor is haughty of course with Beast being ever so jovial but I also liked the focus on Iron Man and his efforts to calm the brewing tension among the team members while presenting the image of a confident leader. Being published in 1979, the book does have it's dated references (who knew the Quinjet had an 8-track player?) but for me, that's just part of the charm, a neat fun piece of Marvel mania that does indeed showcase the strength of the mighty Avengers. I need to find a copy of this book ... thanks for sharing it.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 23, 2018 22:53:13 GMT -5
After watching Thor Ragnarok, I got rather interested in reading the comics, especially given my love for Sword & Sorcery books. Thor's early romps in Journey Into Mystery (83-90) feel like a group of scientists in the midst of creating a "winning forumla" but keep turning it into a "chaotic mess" more often than not. The stories reflect a lot of why I'm not too terribly partial to DC books from the same era; they're incredibly formulaic and a tough slog to get through, with things like Thor asking for Odin's guidance and Asgard in general being the only saving grace Early Thor was a mess. And it was easily the most DC-like of the early Marvel superhero books. Thor was pretty much a Superman ripoff until they started to explore Asgard. It was. But it became something awesome when it did explore Asgard, All our favorites have to start somewhere . I think the early Batman and Superman stories are awful.
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