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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 25, 2018 8:47:57 GMT -5
I see many of the Silver/Bronze Age Superman stories as mysteries that he has to solve. It showed a clever way of writing that doesn't exist today. To be fair though, I thought that was in response to how powerful he had become by that point. That to maintain interest, they had to switch to his outwitting foes more because he could out-punch anything. It was also that his opponents had ways to nullify his powers. Power and invulnerability is relative, he also met people that were as strong as him.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 26, 2018 1:09:14 GMT -5
After finding and immediately purchasing a Marvel Legends Moon Knight figure at my local Walgreens, I decided to try and reinvest some time into the character.
Read Marvel Spotlight #28 and #29, overall thoughts were positive, though it was a little rough around the edges. Liked how almost nobody takes the Conquer Lord seriously, with even Crawley remarking that he seems like something lept out of the funny pages.
Was kind of curious about Marc getting slight lycanthropic powers from his brawl with Jack Russel. Was that later retconned into him becoming an avatar of Khonshu or does he still have them?
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Feb 26, 2018 3:12:28 GMT -5
I read Superman from the 30s to the 70s as a kid, and the early stories from Action in the 30s and 40s were more interesting to me than the 50 and 60s stuff. I liked syndicated reruns of the George Reeves Adventures of Superman where he was addressing more mundane stuff much more than Superfriends where he was punching planets. So while I wasn't there when they were coming out, I was exposed ot both types of stories a sa kid and liked the earlier stuff better. When I purged comics last year, I kept the Superman Chronicles editions I had reprinting the ealry stories and gave away all the late Silver and Bronze Superman stuff I had (most of it went to you if I recall) -M I see many of the Silver/Bronze Age Superman stories as mysteries that he has to solve. It showed a clever way of writing that doesn't exist today. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can see Weissinger (and later Julie Schwartz) love of mysteries and hard sci-fi. I also like how so many of Superman's problems were emotional as opposed to physical. This wasn't because Supes was so powerful, but comics code friendly DC was wary of showing too much violence.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 26, 2018 9:12:38 GMT -5
After finding and immediately purchasing a Marvel Legends Moon Knight figure at my local Walgreens, I decided to try and reinvest some time into the character. Read Marvel Spotlight #28 and #29, overall thoughts were positive, though it was a little rough around the edges. Liked how almost nobody takes the Conquer Lord seriously, with even Crawley remarking that he seems like something lept out of the funny pages. Was kind of curious about Marc getting slight lycanthropic powers from his brawl with Jack Russel. Was that later retconned into him becoming an avatar of Khonshu or does he still have them? The werewolf taint/powers eventually faded away. It was all gone by #6 of the first Moon Knight solo book. Cei-U! I summon the flea collar!
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 26, 2018 10:51:54 GMT -5
The werewolf taint/powers eventually faded away. It was all gone by #6 of the first Moon Knight solo book. The reason I ask is because according to the Resurrection War mini, he still has them and talks about the phases of the moon limiting his powers. Unless that's Khonshu
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 27, 2018 7:29:39 GMT -5
Stan (I assume Stan came up with this plot) seemed to love the idea of heroes being tricked by villains into staring in Hollywood films. Fantastic Four #9 featured a somewhat similar plot with the Sub-Mariner as the culprit. Since Stan moved to Hollywood in the early 70's to get the Tinsel Town ball rolling for Marvel, was this meta commentary to any producers that may have been paying attention or simply a sign that he had bigger aspirations than writing comic books? Regardless, this was a fun and funny issue with a random, but entertaining, appearance by my beloved Incredible Hulk. It's interesting, at least to me, that such a dark character as the Green Goblin debuted in one of Spidey's silliest early Marvel Age adventures.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 27, 2018 13:45:22 GMT -5
Spider-Man #14 is awesome. One of the things I love about it is how they didn't forget second-tier villains like the Enforcers. Fancy Dan, Montana and the Ox could have easily been done after #10, but they appeared here and then in #19, and then the Ox got spun off into his own weird character arc with three widely-spaced stories in Daredevil.
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Post by urrutiap on Feb 27, 2018 22:53:36 GMT -5
Power Pack issues 6-11 I read recently.
Now I'm reading Essential X Men Volume 5. I also need to read Power Pack # 12 before reading Uncanny X Men 195
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 28, 2018 2:00:16 GMT -5
I'm up to Tomb of Dracula #17. Dracula vs. Rachel van Helsing and Frank Drake on the Transylvania Express! Next issue: Werewolf by Night!
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 5, 2018 9:47:05 GMT -5
I read Thor #134-135. Thor heads back from the Black Galaxy, a hero to the Rigellians, who have banned Tara Nile from "ruling" earth due to Thor's defeat of Ego. Back on earth, Tara Nile is taken off to marry her love (some Rigellian big shot, I forget who) but before going, she gives Thor some gizmo which will allow him to track Jane Foster. Handy device, ah the wonders of Rigellian science! anyway, he find Jane in the European mountain citadel known as Wundagore. She's in the employ of a mysterious stranger, tutoring animal-men in the ways of the world. Her mystery employer is, of course, the High Evolutionary, in his first ever appearance. Thor interrupts the High Evolutionary as he's in the process of evolving a wolf (which he describes as perhaps the most savage creature on earth - nonsense!) and this causes the wolf to get evolved much further than the High Evolutionary had intended. This creature is now known as the Man-Beast, and frankly, his powers don't seem to make a lot of sense to me, as he's just supposed to be an over-evolved wolf-man. Oh well, let's just roll with it. Man-Beast is able to deflect Thor's hammer with his mental powers. He then runs off into the High Evolutionary's lab to create and army of beast-men to follow him. Once accomplished, a battle breaks out between the Man-Beast's ani-men and the High Evolutionary's Knights of Wundagore. Thor defeats the Man-Beast, finally, and the Knights also win, and the High Evolutionary ships the losers off to another galaxy where they can begin life anew, which was actually pretty nice of him. A couple of asides. In #134, Galactus make an appearance and announces his intention to devour everything in the black Galaxy, which would include Ego - I can't wait to see huw that turns out! Also, in #135, Odin send Balder to go get Thor as he senses danger, probably setting something up for the next issue.
I also read Tales to Astonish #91. Hulk: On the splash page, Hulk lies unconscious, having been defeated by the Abomination, who at this point is stronger than the Hulk! The Abomination has taken off with Betty Ross, and General Ross grudgingly decides to help revive the Hulk so that he can go rescue Betty. Rick Jones shows up and tells Ross they need to use to gamma gizmo on the Hulk to save him. They do so, and it not only revives him, but makes him stronger (how they know this by just looking at him, I don't know). However, the Hulk is less than trusting of his ol' buddy General Ross, and he refuses to hear out the General and busts out of the building. Rick Jones follows him, pleading with him to help the General in order to prove he's not a menace. Hulk changes back into Banner (why, I don't know, but he does) and Banner tells General Ross he can help. So, he makes a device which attracts the Abomination to the base, still carrying Betty. However, Banner's plan goes awry and he changes into the Hulk. This time, the Hulk has the upped hand in the fight, as their strength is equal, but the Hulk is more savage. At least that's what the Stranger says as he observes from afar. He then transports Abomination away in order to use him, and he decides to leave the Hulk alone. After the battle everyone wonders what to do with the Hulk, however, the Hulk has other ideas: He wants to be left alone, and so he leaves.
Sub-Mariner: Namor has been defeated by Byrrah (previous issue, presumably) he knows Byrrah cheated but doesn't know how and can't prove it. Some palace guard arrive to tell Namor he's under arrest. Apparently the people of Atlantis have ditched him in favor of Byrrah after his defeat. Namor tries to escape but is captured by a force field. Byrrah is in league with Krang and Attuma, two of Atlantis's enemies, and he shoots Namor in a capsule off to sime island that is supposed to mean death for anyone who goes there. As he is being shot off, namor is very bitter over how the Atlanteans have abandoned him. Once on the island, Namor has to fight a giant lava creature, which he defeats, natch. Meanwhile, Lady Dorma and Vashti as still loyal to Namor, and they try to search for a way to help him. Lady Dorma discovers that Byrrah has used a hypno-ray to turn all of Atlantis against Namor, so she reverses the ray and everybody realizes she's been duped. Krang and Attuma leave Byrrah in disgust at his failure, but decide to destroy Atlantis on their way out. So, they aim a ray-beam at Atlantis, and it starts to shake Atlantis apart. Namor arrives in time to destroy the machine and save Atlantis, even though he's still bitter about the Atlanteans deserting him, since he's still unaware of the hypno-ray. I thought the ending a bit rushed and things got wrapped up too neatly and a bit cliched.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 5, 2018 11:33:30 GMT -5
I read Thor #134-135. Thor heads back from the Black Galaxy, a hero to the Rigellians, who have banned Tara Nile from "ruling" earth due to Thor's defeat of Ego. Back on earth, Tara Nile is taken off to marry her love (some Rigellian big shot, I forget who) but before going, she gives Thor some gizmo which will allow him to track Jane Foster. Handy device, ah the wonders of Rigellian science! anyway, he find Jane in the European mountain citadel known as Wundagore. She's in the employ of a mysterious stranger, tutoring animal-men in the ways of the world. Her mystery employer is, of course, the High Evolutionary, in his first ever appearance. Thor interrupts the High Evolutionary as he's in the process of evolving a wolf (which he describes as perhaps the most savage creature on earth - nonsense!) and this causes the wolf to get evolved much further than the High Evolutionary had intended. This creature is now known as the Man-Beast, and frankly, his powers don't seem to make a lot of sense to me, as he's just supposed to be an over-evolved wolf-man. Oh well, let's just roll with it. Man-Beast is able to deflect Thor's hammer with his mental powers. He then runs off into the High Evolutionary's lab to create and army of beast-men to follow him. Once accomplished, a battle breaks out between the Man-Beast's ani-men and the High Evolutionary's Knights of Wundagore. Thor defeats the Man-Beast, finally, and the Knights also win, and the High Evolutionary ships the losers off to another galaxy where they can begin life anew, which was actually pretty nice of him. A couple of asides. In #134, Galactus make an appearance and announces his intention to devour everything in the black Galaxy, which would include Ego - I can't wait to see huw that turns out! Also, in #135, Odin send Balder to go get Thor as he senses danger, probably setting something up for the next issue. I also read Tales to Astonish #91. Hulk: On the splash page, Hulk lies unconscious, having been defeated by the Abomination, who at this point is stronger than the Hulk! The Abomination has taken off with Betty Ross, and General Ross grudgingly decides to help revive the Hulk so that he can go rescue Betty. Rick Jones shows up and tells Ross they need to use to gamma gizmo on the Hulk to save him. They do so, and it not only revives him, but makes him stronger (how they know this by just looking at him, I don't know). However, the Hulk is less than trusting of his ol' buddy General Ross, and he refuses to hear out the General and busts out of the building. Rick Jones follows him, pleading with him to help the General in order to prove he's not a menace. Hulk changes back into Banner (why, I don't know, but he does) and Banner tells General Ross he can help. So, he makes a device which attracts the Abomination to the base, still carrying Betty. However, Banner's plan goes awry and he changes into the Hulk. This time, the Hulk has the upped hand in the fight, as their strength is equal, but the Hulk is more savage. At least that's what the Stranger says as he observes from afar. He then transports Abomination away in order to use him, and he decides to leave the Hulk alone. After the battle everyone wonders what to do with the Hulk, however, the Hulk has other ideas: He wants to be left alone, and so he leaves. Sub-Mariner: Namor has been defeated by Byrrah (previous issue, presumably) he knows Byrrah cheated but doesn't know how and can't prove it. Some palace guard arrive to tell Namor he's under arrest. Apparently the people of Atlantis have ditched him in favor of Byrrah after his defeat. Namor tries to escape but is captured by a force field. Byrrah is in league with Krang and Attuma, two of Atlantis's enemies, and he shoots Namor in a capsule off to sime island that is supposed to mean death for anyone who goes there. As he is being shot off, namor is very bitter over how the Atlanteans have abandoned him. Once on the island, Namor has to fight a giant lava creature, which he defeats, natch. Meanwhile, Lady Dorma and Vashti as still loyal to Namor, and they try to search for a way to help him. Lady Dorma discovers that Byrrah has used a hypno-ray to turn all of Atlantis against Namor, so she reverses the ray and everybody realizes she's been duped. Krang and Attuma leave Byrrah in disgust at his failure, but decide to destroy Atlantis on their way out. So, they aim a ray-beam at Atlantis, and it starts to shake Atlantis apart. Namor arrives in time to destroy the machine and save Atlantis, even though he's still bitter about the Atlanteans deserting him, since he's still unaware of the hypno-ray. I thought the ending a bit rushed and things got wrapped up too neatly and a bit cliched. I love that crazy half-page panel where Jane Foster is tutoring the New Men, various humanoid pigs, wolves and a big Lizard Man. And Tales to Astonish #90 and #91 is one of my favorites from Hulk's TTA days.
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Post by dbutler69 on Mar 5, 2018 12:58:01 GMT -5
I read Thor #134-135. Thor heads back from the Black Galaxy, a hero to the Rigellians, who have banned Tara Nile from "ruling" earth due to Thor's defeat of Ego. Back on earth, Tara Nile is taken off to marry her love (some Rigellian big shot, I forget who) but before going, she gives Thor some gizmo which will allow him to track Jane Foster. Handy device, ah the wonders of Rigellian science! anyway, he find Jane in the European mountain citadel known as Wundagore. She's in the employ of a mysterious stranger, tutoring animal-men in the ways of the world. Her mystery employer is, of course, the High Evolutionary, in his first ever appearance. Thor interrupts the High Evolutionary as he's in the process of evolving a wolf (which he describes as perhaps the most savage creature on earth - nonsense!) and this causes the wolf to get evolved much further than the High Evolutionary had intended. This creature is now known as the Man-Beast, and frankly, his powers don't seem to make a lot of sense to me, as he's just supposed to be an over-evolved wolf-man. Oh well, let's just roll with it. Man-Beast is able to deflect Thor's hammer with his mental powers. He then runs off into the High Evolutionary's lab to create and army of beast-men to follow him. Once accomplished, a battle breaks out between the Man-Beast's ani-men and the High Evolutionary's Knights of Wundagore. Thor defeats the Man-Beast, finally, and the Knights also win, and the High Evolutionary ships the losers off to another galaxy where they can begin life anew, which was actually pretty nice of him. A couple of asides. In #134, Galactus make an appearance and announces his intention to devour everything in the black Galaxy, which would include Ego - I can't wait to see huw that turns out! Also, in #135, Odin send Balder to go get Thor as he senses danger, probably setting something up for the next issue. I also read Tales to Astonish #91. Hulk: On the splash page, Hulk lies unconscious, having been defeated by the Abomination, who at this point is stronger than the Hulk! The Abomination has taken off with Betty Ross, and General Ross grudgingly decides to help revive the Hulk so that he can go rescue Betty. Rick Jones shows up and tells Ross they need to use to gamma gizmo on the Hulk to save him. They do so, and it not only revives him, but makes him stronger (how they know this by just looking at him, I don't know). However, the Hulk is less than trusting of his ol' buddy General Ross, and he refuses to hear out the General and busts out of the building. Rick Jones follows him, pleading with him to help the General in order to prove he's not a menace. Hulk changes back into Banner (why, I don't know, but he does) and Banner tells General Ross he can help. So, he makes a device which attracts the Abomination to the base, still carrying Betty. However, Banner's plan goes awry and he changes into the Hulk. This time, the Hulk has the upped hand in the fight, as their strength is equal, but the Hulk is more savage. At least that's what the Stranger says as he observes from afar. He then transports Abomination away in order to use him, and he decides to leave the Hulk alone. After the battle everyone wonders what to do with the Hulk, however, the Hulk has other ideas: He wants to be left alone, and so he leaves. Sub-Mariner: Namor has been defeated by Byrrah (previous issue, presumably) he knows Byrrah cheated but doesn't know how and can't prove it. Some palace guard arrive to tell Namor he's under arrest. Apparently the people of Atlantis have ditched him in favor of Byrrah after his defeat. Namor tries to escape but is captured by a force field. Byrrah is in league with Krang and Attuma, two of Atlantis's enemies, and he shoots Namor in a capsule off to sime island that is supposed to mean death for anyone who goes there. As he is being shot off, namor is very bitter over how the Atlanteans have abandoned him. Once on the island, Namor has to fight a giant lava creature, which he defeats, natch. Meanwhile, Lady Dorma and Vashti as still loyal to Namor, and they try to search for a way to help him. Lady Dorma discovers that Byrrah has used a hypno-ray to turn all of Atlantis against Namor, so she reverses the ray and everybody realizes she's been duped. Krang and Attuma leave Byrrah in disgust at his failure, but decide to destroy Atlantis on their way out. So, they aim a ray-beam at Atlantis, and it starts to shake Atlantis apart. Namor arrives in time to destroy the machine and save Atlantis, even though he's still bitter about the Atlanteans deserting him, since he's still unaware of the hypno-ray. I thought the ending a bit rushed and things got wrapped up too neatly and a bit cliched. I love that crazy half-page panel where Jane Foster is tutoring the New Men, various humanoid pigs, wolves and a big Lizard Man. And Tales to Astonish #90 and #91 is one of my favorites from Hulk's TTA days. Yeah, it's as if it's no big deal to be teaching half man-half beast creatures. Like it's done every day!
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Post by Crimebuster on Mar 5, 2018 16:01:52 GMT -5
The next issue of Thor is an all time classic.
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Post by The Captain on Mar 6, 2018 13:35:10 GMT -5
The werewolf taint/powers eventually faded away. It was all gone by #6 of the first Moon Knight solo book. The reason I ask is because according to the Resurrection War mini, he still has them and talks about the phases of the moon limiting his powers. Unless that's Khonshu That's Khonshu. They used the phases of the moon as a way to ramp up or down MK's powers.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 6, 2018 18:40:45 GMT -5
I'm up to Tomb of Dracula #21, the conclusion of Dracula's first showdown with Dr. Sun. I need to focus and work on some other little projects, so I decided to finish up some of the shorter runs I'm working on (Sgt. Fury Annuals and Captain Savage) and find a good place to stop in Tomb of Dracula, and not be reading so many comics. (I'll still be reading Doom Patrol and Detective Comics, but probably not as quickly.) I was going to stop a few issues ago when Tomb of Dracula was pretty good, with Dracula in Transylvania and fighting Werewolf by Night and getting stuck in a blizzard with Rachel van Helsing. But the Dr. Sun storyline had started as a subplot and I knew I was coming up on the Dr. Sun issues and I think Dr. Sun is pretty bad, especially as a foe for Dracula. So I decided to push on through to #21 so that later when I have more time, I won't be dreading jumping into a Dr. Sun storyline. (Unfortunately Dr. Sun appears to be in a lot of issues of Tomb of Dracula. Ugh!) Dr. Sun is a brain in an aquarium who floats in transparent gelatin. He has mind powers. I think the Chinese Communists did it to him. He lives on blood, so he is trying to create some tame vampires to get blood for him. Which is sort of why he has come into conflict with Dracula. I've mentioned before that before I started this little Tomb of Dracula project, I had read very few issues of Tomb of Dracula before #40. One of the beat-up issues I have is #21. I don't like it. And I vaguely remember Dr. Sun from the Nova series in the 1970s. I don't like those either. The other early issues of Tomb of Dracula I have (or used to have) are #13, #22, #31 and #39, and they are all so great! Especially #13! I was just looking at index information for Dr. Sun. He is in a lot of issues of Tomb of Dracula. Maybe he'll grow on me.
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