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Post by bdk91939 on Jun 24, 2018 20:32:09 GMT -5
Is the tone of the limited series like Wolverine and Kitty Pryde limited series of the 80's? I would say so, it's definitely not a "sunshine and rainbows" story line. Very similar theme between the two series. With KP & W, he's helping Kitty learn to overcome the effects of Ogun, and to be her own person again. In W&J, Wolverine is helping Jubilee to subdue her newly vampiric nature, and her need for human blood. How long was Jubillee a vampire? I must've missed tht storyline. Did she recover from her vampiric nature?
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 24, 2018 20:36:13 GMT -5
She's still a vampire, but they've downplayed it. She also has an adopted son. She was pretty prominent in the all-women Brian Wood X-Men series a couple years back.
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Post by Cheswick on Jun 24, 2018 22:59:49 GMT -5
She's still a vampire, but they've downplayed it. She also has an adopted son. She was pretty prominent in the all-women Brian Wood X-Men series a couple years back. As of about six months ago, she is no longer a vampire and has her powers back.
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Post by cellardweller on Jun 25, 2018 20:54:48 GMT -5
I would say so, it's definitely not a "sunshine and rainbows" story line. Very similar theme between the two series. With KP & W, he's helping Kitty learn to overcome the effects of Ogun, and to be her own person again. In W&J, Wolverine is helping Jubilee to subdue her newly vampiric nature, and her need for human blood. How long was Jubillee a vampire? I must've missed tht storyline. Did she recover from her vampiric nature? Jubilee lost her mutant powers during M-Day, and then became "Wondra" and worked with the New Warriors. During "Curse of The Mutants" Cyclops sends Pixie to check on Jubilee, and while the girls are chatting, Jubilee is one of many individuals to be mass-infected with a bio-engineered virus by a vampire suicide bomber. Jubilee is taken to the X-Men's headquarters, where they run tests on her, confirming that the virus is slowly but surely transforming her into a vampire, making her less and less able to handle sunlight. Meanwhile, others infected by the virus quickly turn into full vampires and begin enacting the plans of the mysterious "Lord of Vampires". Later, while talking to Doctor Nemesis (James Bradley), Jubilee reveals that something is calling for her, to which Doctor Nemesis tells her to fight it back. Jubilee eventually tells him that she does not want to fight. Much later, while the X-Men gather to discuss the death of Dracula and learn who the new Lord of Vampires is, Dr. Kavita Rao is seen checking on her, only to be attacked. Wolverine then feeds her some of his blood, since his healing factor keeps her from becoming savage. It is also revealed that Rockslide has a crush on Jubilee and follows her and Wolverine to Siberia to save her from a vampire cult. Jubilee leaves Utopia to go see Xarus, who bites her. It is also revealed that Xarus only wants Jubilee so the X-Men can come to rescue her and fall into a trap, especially Wolverine. Jubilee is successfully transformed into a vampire and temporarily does the same to Wolverine after he comes to rescue her. She remains a vampire and is detained in a holding cell beneath Utopia for observation, with Cyclops and Wolverine both rejecting Blade's suggestion that killing her is the only solution. Jubilee is given a necklace that allows her to be outside during daylight hours, and she finds herself back in Generation X, acting as a guidance counselor. While at the school, Monet falls under the influence of her brother, Emplate, and attacked the school, she fights Jubilee and takes away the medallion she uses as protection from sunlight. Monet then threw her out of the school and as the sunlight began burning Jubilee, Quentin Quire sacrifices the shard of the Phoenix Force he carried within him to save her from certain death, curing Jubilee of her vampirism and restoring her mutant powers in the process.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jun 25, 2018 22:36:13 GMT -5
Ahhh, I missed that last part. kinda crazy, considering how much they have invested in Quentin as the new Phoenix guy.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 2, 2018 3:33:27 GMT -5
I pulled out Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man issues #9 and #10 the other night... This is a great two-part adventure from 1977, featuring the return of the Hispanic superhero, the White Tiger, who, according to the editors notes, last appeared in various issues of Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu magazine. The story centers around the proposed closing of a night school at Empire State University, which will have dire consequences for the poor, disadvantaged black and Hispanic kids who attend the night classes. Controversy ensues when it is revealed that the University has in its possession a copy of Dr. Abraham Erskine's notes (he of Super-Soldier Serum fame in Captain America). The notes are of considerable scientific and academic worth and their sale could fund the night school for years. This story was written by the vastly underrated Bill Mantlo and, with it's campus protests and none-too-subtle commentary on how the educational deck is stacked against those from poorer backgrounds, has the feel of a late '60s Spider-Man comic. The artwork by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito is pretty nice, although it sometimes looks a little rushed. All in all though, these are a couple of highly enjoyable issues of PP:SSM.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 2, 2018 9:02:58 GMT -5
I pulled out Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man issues #9 and #10 the other night... This is a great two-part adventure from 1977, featuring the return of the Hispanic superhero, the White Tiger, who, according to the editors notes, last appeared in various issues of Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu magazine. The story centers around the proposed closing of a night school at Empire State University, which will have dire consequences for the poor, disadvantaged black and Hispanic kids who attend the night classes. Controversy ensues when it is revealed that the University has in its possession a copy of Dr. Abraham Erskine's notes (he of Super-Soldier Serum fame in Captain America). The notes are of considerable scientific and academic worth and their sale could fund the night school for years. This story was written by the vastly underrated Bill Mantlo and, with it's campus protests and none-too-subtle commentary on how the educational deck is stacked against those from poorer backgrounds, has the feel of a late '60s Spider-Man comic. The artwork by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito is pretty nice, although it sometimes looks a little rushed. All in all though, these are a couple of highly enjoyable issues of PP:SSM. The small number of Mantlo Spectacular Spider-Man comics I've read have been quite good.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jul 2, 2018 11:22:32 GMT -5
The second part of the White Tiger story was my first issue of PPSSM; the cover grabbed me right away, and I had to know who that guy in a bleached Spidey suit (kicking Spidey's butt no less) was. Yes, a great story, and I became a fan of White Tiger after that as well. And yes, Mantlo's work is often underrated. His entire run on PPSSM is really quite enjoyable.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 2, 2018 21:03:54 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 20:38:34 GMT -5
Batflunkie -- I love Dexter and the Justice Friends and that's one of my favorites ... Thanks for sharing them!
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 3, 2018 20:59:22 GMT -5
Batflunkie -- I love Dexter and the Justice Friends and that's one of my favorites ... Thanks for sharing them! Really wish them and Dial M For Monkey had gotten their own spin-offs like so many other Cartoon Network shows did, but maybe that was the point? I think Action Hank was my favorite Dexter's Lab side-character
And whoa-momma, Agent Honeydew~ What-A-Cartoon probably would have also lent itself well to a comic book adaptation, though I do think it was a part of the later Cartoon Network Presents and Cartoon Cartoon line
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 22:50:23 GMT -5
Batflunkie -- I love Dexter and the Justice Friends and that's one of my favorites ... Thanks for sharing them! Really wish them and Dial M For Monkey had gotten their own spin-offs like so many other Cartoon Network shows did, but maybe that was the point? I think Action Hank was my favorite Dexter's Lab side-character
And whoa-momma, Agent Honeydew~ What-A-Cartoon probably would have also lent itself well to a comic book adaptation, though I do think it was a part of the later Cartoon Network Presents and Cartoon Cartoon line I was watching some of these clips earlier today and I've not seen the beard to be feared one yet and thanks for posting them -- I have seen the other two and subscribed to a channel that featured Dexter. Those cartoons are just great and thanks for posting them.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 9, 2018 13:50:13 GMT -5
I've been reading SO MUCH BATMAN! (But then, I'm always reading so much Batman.) I read most of the tie-ins to the wedding of Batman and Catwoman. And I got Detective Comic #297 in the mail. (I was pleasantly surprised that it's one of the more fun stories of the "random aliens/weird monsters/strange transformations" era of Batman.) And of course, I'm still reading Detective Comics from #390 to the present. (I'm up to #619.) I took a little break from Batman and dug out Action Comics #360. This 80-Page Giant reprints the multi-part Supergirl EPIC where Linda is finally adopted, loses her powers, becomes the pawn of the Kandor scientist Lesla-Lar (who looks just like Supergirl!), becomes reacquainted with Dick Malverne (now Dick Wilson) her friend from the orphanage, gets her powers back via Mr. Mxyzptlk and eventually her patience through all her trials and tribulations pays off as Superman finally concedes she is ready to be revealed to the world and not just be Superman's secret back-up weapon! This amazing storyline ran through Action Comics #278 to #285, but as that's a lot of comics for an 80-Page Giant, it's edited down a bit in Action Comics #360. Fortunately, I also have the first Showcase volume for Supergirl, which reprints the complete stories (in black and white) up to #282. So between the two of them, I can pretty much figure out what happened, I guess. My favorite element is Lesla-Lar! I love the way she looks like Supergirl, except for her eyebrows! She has these really dark eyebrows that show she's furrowing her brow a lot, so you know she's evil! (And I love the way nobody notices! There should be at least a thought balloon or two where Mr. and Mrs. Danvers (Linda's new parents) are wondering what their little girl is up to when they see those eyebrows! Maybe she's staying up past her bedtime to watch The Twilight Zone or The Outer Limits! Maybe she's saving her lunch money to but romance comics! Maybe she's sneaking off at night and mingling with BEATNIKS!) Lesla-Lar is a piece of work! Dressed as Supergirl, she burrows into Luthor's prison cell and helps him commit crimes, but she returns him to the cell every morning so he can't be blamed. And the way she so coldly and callouses muses to herself about disposing of him when he's served his purpose! She's pretty awesome! I can't believe she isn't brought back every time there's a DC Universe reboot! She is Supergirl's Joker or Red Skull or Sinestro. A year or so after she was finally arrested by the Kandor police in this storyline, she returned to Action Comics, where she decided to use the OTHER Supergirl look-a-like Lena Thorul (Lex's sister) as a pawn in her latest plot. (I find it very amusing that everybody thinks Lesla-Lar is Supergirl or that everybody notices that Lena looks just like Supergirl, but nobody ever notices that Linda Danvers looks just like Supergirl … because she IS Supergirl.) Lesla-Lar was disintegrated in this story, but that didn't stop her from coming back in the Supergirl back-up stories in The Superman Family in the 1970s! With her body destroyed, Lesla-Lar's consciousness was floating around, and she tried to take over Linda's body! All the story descriptions after Action Comics #285, I got from the Internet. I've never read the actual comics. I would LOVE to read some of those later Lesla-Lar stories! I had never heard of her before last year, but now she's one of my favorite villains!
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 9, 2018 19:11:18 GMT -5
I had a lot of '60s Actions, including some great Supergirl 80pg. Giant issues before she moved to Adventure. It was a very sporadic run I managed to put together though, missing about two thirds of the issues, so I never found out how Superman recovered from Kryptonian Leprosy as I only had part one for that. The oldest Action I ever had featured a "battle of the super-pets" on the cover between Krypto and Streaky. The second oldest would've been #285. Lesla Lar is an LL I seem to have forgotten if I ever knew her. I do remember Black Flame as a villainess though. JFK made a cameo appearance in Action #309, February 1964. I figured it must've been close to being on the stands when he was killed.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jul 9, 2018 19:18:25 GMT -5
I was watching some of these clips earlier today and I've not seen the beard to be feared one yet and thanks for posting them -- I have seen the other two and subscribed to a channel that featured Dexter. Those cartoons are just great and thanks for posting them. I really kind of wish they'd bring back What-A-Cartoon, at least as some kind of webshow teaser for Cartoon Network and or Boomerang because that show made my childhood. There's also so many great, lengthy collections of old Cartoon Network promos that I would literally just spend days on end watching them all. Not to seem like an old coot, but you just can't get that warm, fuzzy nostalgia feeling in the pit of your soul anymore :/
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