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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 10, 2018 18:36:35 GMT -5
I was surprised to find Mike Mignolia did one of the back ups in Thor in 1989.... it was really weird, as the Rock Trolls that were the bad guy looked very much like they belonged in Hellboy, but then Thor was there. It was pretty good, but just kinda odd.
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Post by hasan459 on Aug 12, 2018 9:40:44 GMT -5
I have read lately "wonder women"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2018 11:51:41 GMT -5
DC Archives - Legion of Superheroes
Archives 3 today ...
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 14, 2018 7:49:24 GMT -5
I read Howard the Duck #19, as Howard tries to cope with being human, in NYC. By the end of the issue, he's turned back to a duck (result of an adrenaline rush from a...certain activity with a you woman!)and Dr. Bong shows up, vowing to destroy Howard once and for all. Dr. Bong is actually quite powerful. Not bad for an unscrupulous journalist.
I also read DC Comics Presents #22, with Supes teaming up with Captain Comet. Really, my only experience with Captain Comet comes from the Secret Society of Super-Villains series, so it was nice to see him in something else.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 14, 2018 12:44:24 GMT -5
I was flipping through the Wonder Woman box at the comic-book shop in Pomona and I came across #323. I was all like "Dang! Here's a Debbie Domaine Cheetah appearance I don't have! Well worth the $4 price tag!" It's pretty crazy! In addition to all the characters on the cover - Cheetah, Angle Man, Dr. Psycho, the Silver Swan, and also Etta Candy filling in for Wonder Woman somehow - it's also a Crisis cross-over, so we get the Monitor and Lyla! Bronze Age Bonkers! It's a bit of a mess, really, but oh what a glorious mess.
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Post by Duragizer on Aug 16, 2018 16:00:39 GMT -5
This is quite possibly the best Batman storyline I've ever read.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 16, 2018 17:01:43 GMT -5
Hard to argue with that. And that tpb is a nice package.
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Post by Cheswick on Aug 16, 2018 20:14:41 GMT -5
It's amazing to me that DC has let that trade remain out of print for so long. It seems to me it should be one of their evergreen books. It's definitely worthy of a Deluxe Edition.
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 16, 2018 22:06:17 GMT -5
Read (Uncanny) X-Men #105, 107 & 108. Firelord, Mr. & Mrs. Grey, Misty Knight, that Greenwich village apartment, Washington Square, Lilandra, a cosmic stargate, Imperial Guard (LSH clones), The Starjammers, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum (both literally in the comic), Bob Layton, Dan Green, John Byrne (with a nervous letter column intro), Terry Austin. Universe in peril, universe saved... with team work! Yay Wonder Pets! Oh, and Phoenix being so full of her song of power inside, overcame death, yatta yatta. Great comics... so where did it all go off the rails? Not for quite a few years but off the rails it went.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 20, 2018 5:33:50 GMT -5
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 "We are Gathered Here Today" Story: Marv Wolfman and George Perez Penciler: George Perez Inkers: Mike DeCarlo and Dick Giordano
Colors: Adrienne Roy Letterer: John Costanza Editor: Marv Wolfman and George Pérez I started going back to the Marv Wolfman/George Perez Teen Titans run a few issues before this one, after having stopped reading for about a year maybe. So I had forgotten a lot of what had happened before. I still remember the Judas contract in the annuals from this time period, but that is in part due to having heard about how great of a story it was over the years in addition to it being continuously brought up today. So after getting back into the gist of things, I've arrived at the 50th issue, which is the basically the wedding between Donna Troy and Terry Long. As I'm sure a lot of people already know, this is has been a subplot that has been around for about half the series up to this point. Maybe more so. What I didn't know about the Terry Long character is how controversial he was, even during this time I think, and would continue to be after this. He isn't fondly remembered either from what I researched. I could see why to a certain extent on the surface level. He's a middle aged teacher at Donna Troy's college, and they start dating. Donna Troy I think is 18 or 19. Terry from what I gathered is in his late 30's or early 40's. He also already divorced with a child. He knows about Donna's occupation is a superhero with a bunch of other teenagers, and no one really finds it odd that he's kind of just hanging around. Also, I don't think he really adds anything to the ongoing story. Nothing interesting anyway. Apparently, Perez based his look off of Wolfman himself, which is not good endorsement for Wolfman the writer of this story. All of that being said, I don't feel as creeped out reading that some people were about his character. I get all of the surface level stuff, but I don't think he was some wolf in sheep's clothing in the narrative. I just saw him as some guy that is dating a 19 year, and while that is odd...I don't think that necessarily makes him a perverted goon. Even some comments made in his dialogue that people have pointed out to, I'm not seeing it. Anyways... This is a bigger issue than usual, and is all about Donna's wedding. There really isn't any action for a superhero comic here, but I think it still works to a decent degree. Usually you have a wedding issue or story in the context of superheroes crashed by some threat or whatever. None of that stuff here, which felt like a break from the predictable. The cameos from people around the DC universe that have been involved with the Titans directly or indirectly at one point or another were nice. There are a couple of conversations, that I thought were interesting even if they were short. Like the one between Bruce Wayne, and Dick Grayson. The one strange one that sticks out was Duela Dent, and Dick Grayson. It seemed like a setup for something down the line that never really got resolved. The downside, is that is all you're going to get here. Lots of talking, mostly revolving around a storyline that really wasn't that interesting or impactful. There are other short aspects like Raven brooding in her pocket dimension, Cyborg afraid of going to the wedding due to his appearance, and Changeling running around trying to get everything perfect for the party. Mildly entertaining. George Perez really seems like he's on his A game here. Not a shock, since I think this was probably the apex of his career as an artist. He went on to due the Wonder Woman solo book not too long after this. Seems like he's gotten better since issue one of Teen Titans a few years prior. I thought his linework here was complemented nicely by DeCarlo and Giordano's inks, although I'm not that knowledgeable about how good inks should look like. Seems ok to me though. If it weren't so long of an issue, I might read it again, since I heard there were a couple of cameos like Michael Jackson that Perez drew. I didn't catch those. Also, I do like the effort that was put into the wedding attire. Perez's wife came up with the designs, and for the time they look nice. Seems like a lot of work went into there. One knock for Perez I did hear though was that he can't really draw people dancing, and I have to agree here. Everyone did look pretty stiff in the panels I saw. At first I was thinking maybe that's how people danced in the 80's, but then I thought it's probably just something Perez isn't as good at. All in all, a "meh" issue. I honestly thought it was going to be super boring, but I made it out okay. From what I further looked into, it seems like the series really started to go downhill from this point. Perez left soon, and Wolfman was just running out of steam. Terry Long stuck around longer than he should have, until his character was axed out of the narrative entirely along with his family via a car crash. I'm still going to keep going forward with I guess the two concurrent titles Tales of the Teen Titans, and The New Titans. At least until I really feel the drop off.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2018 11:04:02 GMT -5
DC Archives - Legion of Superheroes
Archives 4 and 5 yesterday ... and took home Number 6 and 7 and will read them later ...
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 20, 2018 11:22:25 GMT -5
I have a Justice Society TPB which collects the All-Star Squadron revival starting in 1976. So, I read All-Star Comics #58-59 over the weekend. I remember enjoying these years ago when I read them, and I'm still enjoying them upon re-reading them.
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 20, 2018 11:28:09 GMT -5
Tales of the Teen Titans #50 "We are Gathered Here Today" Story: Marv Wolfman and George Perez Penciler: George Perez Inkers: Mike DeCarlo and Dick Giordano
Colors: Adrienne Roy Letterer: John Costanza Editor: Marv Wolfman and George Pérez I started going back to the Marv Wolfman/George Perez Teen Titans run a few issues before this one, after having stopped reading for about a year maybe. So I had forgotten a lot of what had happened before. I still remember the Judas contract in the annuals from this time period, but that is in part due to having heard about how great of a story it was over the years in addition to it being continuously brought up today. So after getting back into the gist of things, I've arrived at the 50th issue, which is the basically the wedding between Donna Troy and Terry Long. As I'm sure a lot of people already know, this is has been a subplot that has been around for about half the series up to this point. Maybe more so. What I didn't know about the Terry Long character is how controversial he was, even during this time I think, and would continue to be after this. He isn't fondly remembered either from what I researched. I could see why to a certain extent on the surface level. He's a middle aged teacher at Donna Troy's college, and they start dating. Donna Troy I think is 18 or 19. Terry from what I gathered is in his late 30's or early 40's. He also already divorced with a child. He knows about Donna's occupation is a superhero with a bunch of other teenagers, and no one really finds it odd that he's kind of just hanging around. Also, I don't think he really adds anything to the ongoing story. Nothing interesting anyway. Apparently, Perez based his look off of Wolfman himself, which is not good endorsement for Wolfman the writer of this story. All of that being said, I don't feel as creeped out reading that some people were about his character. I get all of the surface level stuff, but I don't think he was some wolf in sheep's clothing in the narrative. I just saw him as some guy that is dating a 19 year, and while that is odd...I don't think that necessarily makes him a perverted goon. Even some comments made in his dialogue that people have pointed out to, I'm not seeing it. Anyways... This is a bigger issue than usual, and is all about Donna's wedding. There really isn't any action for a superhero comic here, but I think it still works to a decent degree. Usually you have a wedding issue or story in the context of superheroes crashed by some threat or whatever. None of that stuff here, which felt like a break from the predictable. The cameos from people around the DC universe that have been involved with the Titans directly or indirectly at one point or another were nice. There are a couple of conversations, that I thought were interesting even if they were short. Like the one between Bruce Wayne, and Dick Grayson. The one strange one that sticks out was Duela Dent, and Dick Grayson. It seemed like a setup for something down the line that never really got resolved. The downside, is that is all you're going to get here. Lots of talking, mostly revolving around a storyline that really wasn't that interesting or impactful. There are other short aspects like Raven brooding in her pocket dimension, Cyborg afraid of going to the wedding due to his appearance, and Changeling running around trying to get everything perfect for the party. Mildly entertaining. George Perez really seems like he's on his A game here. Not a shock, since I think this was probably the apex of his career as an artist. He went on to due the Wonder Woman solo book not too long after this. Seems like he's gotten better since issue one of Teen Titans a few years prior. I thought his linework here was complemented nicely by DeCarlo and Giordano's inks, although I'm not that knowledgeable about how good inks should look like. Seems ok to me though. If it weren't so long of an issue, I might read it again, since I heard there were a couple of cameos like Michael Jackson that Perez drew. I didn't catch those. Also, I do like the effort that was put into the wedding attire. Perez's wife came up with the designs, and for the time they look nice. Seems like a lot of work went into there. One knock for Perez I did hear though was that he can't really draw people dancing, and I have to agree here. Everyone did look pretty stiff in the panels I saw. At first I was thinking maybe that's how people danced in the 80's, but then I thought it's probably just something Perez isn't as good at. All in all, a "meh" issue. I honestly thought it was going to be super boring, but I made it out okay. From what I further looked into, it seems like the series really started to go downhill from this point. Perez left soon, and Wolfman was just running out of steam. Terry Long stuck around longer than he should have, until his character was axed out of the narrative entirely along with his family via a car crash. I'm still going to keep going forward with I guess the two concurrent titles Tales of the Teen Titans, and The New Titans. At least until I really feel the drop off. I guess I'm with you in that I don't have a big problem with Terry. I was never particularly creeped out by his relationship with Donna, though maybe I perceived their age difference less than most other people. Also, I really enjoyed this issue. I loved seeing all of the cameos, and I also enjoyed the dialogue between the various characters, such as the bit between Dick and Bruce that you mention. I like character bits, even more so than action perhaps, so I gave this issue a very high mark.
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 20, 2018 11:29:28 GMT -5
Read (Uncanny) X-Men #105, 107 & 108. Firelord, Mr. & Mrs. Grey, Misty Knight, that Greenwich village apartment, Washington Square, Lilandra, a cosmic stargate, Imperial Guard (LSH clones), The Starjammers, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum (both literally in the comic), Bob Layton, Dan Green, John Byrne (with a nervous letter column intro), Terry Austin. Universe in peril, universe saved... with team work! Yay Wonder Pets! Oh, and Phoenix being so full of her song of power inside, overcame death, yatta yatta. Great comics... so where did it all go off the rails? Not for quite a few years but off the rails it went. Somewhere around 1984 it went off the rails, though perhaps there were some warning signs even before then.
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Post by Duragizer on Aug 20, 2018 15:28:27 GMT -5
Read (Uncanny) X-Men #105, 107 & 108. Firelord, Mr. & Mrs. Grey, Misty Knight, that Greenwich village apartment, Washington Square, Lilandra, a cosmic stargate, Imperial Guard (LSH clones), The Starjammers, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum (both literally in the comic), Bob Layton, Dan Green, John Byrne (with a nervous letter column intro), Terry Austin. Universe in peril, universe saved... with team work! Yay Wonder Pets! Oh, and Phoenix being so full of her song of power inside, overcame death, yatta yatta. Great comics... so where did it all go off the rails? Not for quite a few years but off the rails it went. Somewhere around 1984 it went off the rails, though perhaps there were some warning signs even before then. Storm going all "angsty punk" was the point where the stories & characterization stopped being enjoyable for me.
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