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Post by beccabear67 on Sept 21, 2020 20:20:55 GMT -5
They used to do that in the '40s/early '50s... take three or four comics minus their covers and put a new cover on them at a 25 cents price. Here's a very famous St. John with a Matt baker cover that put four romance comics together... "Hello there big boy, got a quarter?"
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 22, 2020 5:11:11 GMT -5
I read the Jonni Thunder miniseries from 1985 by Roy & Dann Thomas with Dick Giordano art. I really liked it! Jonni is your typical hard boiled detective in the Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler style, except for being a woman, and there's plenty of humor in her dialogue and narration.
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Post by tartanphantom on Sept 22, 2020 9:15:32 GMT -5
They used to do that in the '40s/early '50s... take three or four comics minus their covers and put a new cover on them at a 25 cents price. Here's a very famous St. John with a Matt baker cover that put four romance comics together... "Hello there big boy, got a quarter?"Dang... Baker knew his stuff. I bet this one isn't cheap!
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Post by Duragizer on Sept 23, 2020 16:00:17 GMT -5
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 23, 2020 20:24:20 GMT -5
I read the Jonni Thunder miniseries from 1985 by Roy & Dann Thomas with Dick Giordano art. I really liked it! Jonni is your typical hard boiled detective in the Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler style, except for being a woman, and there's plenty of humor in her dialogue and narration. I remember seeing the ads for this and thinking it looked interesting but I never did get around to finding it and reading it. I’ll have to look around and see if it’s available on eBay.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 23, 2020 21:00:16 GMT -5
I read the Jonni Thunder miniseries from 1985 by Roy & Dann Thomas with Dick Giordano art. I really liked it! Jonni is your typical hard boiled detective in the Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler style, except for being a woman, and there's plenty of humor in her dialogue and narration. I remember seeing the ads for this and thinking it looked interesting but I never did get around to finding it and reading it. I’ll have to look around and see if it’s available on eBay. I wasn’t planning on buying the series, just looking at the price. I found all four issues as a lot for $4. $3.80 p&h. So it says here I’ll have it by Oct. 5.
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Post by earl on Sept 24, 2020 4:03:10 GMT -5
I'm reading through The Flash (1987) and JLA (1997). I'm at the Messner-Loebs run in Flash and the Waid run in JLA, and both are really good! I'd put the "Tower of Babel" in the greatest hits list for Ra's Al Ghul stories.
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 25, 2020 12:01:24 GMT -5
I'm reading through The Flash (1987) and JLA (1997). I'm at the Messner-Loebs run in Flash and the Waid run in JLA, and both are really good! I'd put the "Tower of Babel" in the greatest hits list for Ra's Al Ghul stories.
Yeah, I really sympathized with Ra's in that one!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2020 14:13:05 GMT -5
GI Combat #68 and Our Army at War #81-90 (in Sgt Rock Archives #1) - It's mainly Kubert and Kanigher, and it's been great so far. Prince Hal said in another thread "If you like this sort of thing, you'll like this. I like this sort of thing". It was in reference to a different book, but it applies here. Really solid stuff. I've never been one for war stories in other mediums, but it works wonderfully for me in comics. Side note: It is shocking to me we've not gotten a nice oversized hardcover collection of Sgt Rock (or Enemy Ace).I know war comics can be niche, but the book ran for decades and Kubert is pretty big name.
Power of Shazam GN and Power of Shazam #1-5 (in Power of Shazam Book One: In the Beginning) - My first real exposure to the character outside of Johns' JSA and the recent movie (big fan of both), and so far so good. Ordway's art in the GN is outstanding. I love the pulp-y feel. The art in the ongoing (which so far is Krause pencils and Manley inks) is fine but a letdown after Ordway's gorgeous art. And Mary Marvel's face is really off-putting throughout. The writing is good, but it starts four years into Billy's time as Captain Marvel and Ordway seems to assume the reader is already familiar with the characters. It doesn't really hinder my enjoyment, but at times I feel I came in in the middle of the story.
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Post by earl on Sept 25, 2020 23:45:14 GMT -5
Being the boss has it's benefits, but Dick Giordano kept pretty busy on the side doing artwork. Have not read it in a while, but I remember liking that Gordon of Gotham series he did with Denny O'Neil and Klaus Janson. Hard telling how many comics those three made across their career, probably a few long boxes.
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Post by beccabear67 on Sept 26, 2020 14:38:55 GMT -5
Waiting on more MC-2 comics to arrive to keep reading them in some kind of order I switched back to Superboy & the Legion, #230-233. Some good full-lengthers written by Conway and Levitz. Love all the disco '70s type designs and hair I guess. The letters page was pretty active at this time, reactions to Dawnstar joining and Chemical King dying. There is even some stuff about the printing process switching to plastic instead of metal plates and it causing problems with the coloring. James Sherman was a bit wasted when inked by Abel, but Ric Estrada and Abel seemed a good pairing.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 26, 2020 19:50:48 GMT -5
I finally got back to the Thor Epic Collection titled The Wrath of Odin a few days ago, and I’ve read Thor #145 to #149. Thor, Balder, Sif and Odin polish off the Enchanters. ( I forget their names, but they all sound like exotic forms of pasta.) Odin takes away Thor’s godly powers (which doesn’t include his strength) again, so Thor decides to join the circus and ends up with the Circus of Crime. The Ringmaster hypnotizes Thor into helping in the theft of a five-ton golden bull. The plan doesn’t go too well, ultimately. Loki defies Odin and goes to Earth to mess with under-powered Thor, and then Balder and Sif also defy Odin and go to Thor's aid, prompting Odin to take everybody’s power away! And then ... the Wrecker’s first story arc as he fights underpowered Thor! (I was in the middle of that one! I’m pretty sure Thor survives.)
These are some great Thor comics! The next issue (#150) is Hela’s first appearance.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 26, 2020 20:13:40 GMT -5
I really love Thor from about JIM #98 to Thor # ... I don’t know. I’m almost up to the Mangog arc and I think it’s pretty great for a year after that. There’s some one-shot stories that are pretty lame despite the Kirby art. I’m not sure where I’d place the end of this great run. There’s a bunch of them I’ve only read once.
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Post by berkley on Sept 26, 2020 20:23:22 GMT -5
I really love Thor from about JIM #98 to Thor # ... I don’t know. I’m almost up to the Mangog arc and I think it’s pretty great for a year after that. There’s some one-shot stories that are pretty lame despite the Kirby art. I’m not sure where I’d place the end of this great run. There’s a bunch much of them I’ve only read once. I'm not as keen on the first 20 issues or so of that run but somewhere around #115-#120 it finds itself and becomes more or less the classic Kirby/Lee Marvel Thor.
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 26, 2020 20:33:20 GMT -5
I really love Thor from about JIM #98 to Thor # ... I don’t know. I’m almost up to the Mangog arc and I think it’s pretty great for a year after that. There’s some one-shot stories that are pretty lame despite the Kirby art. I’m not sure where I’d place the end of this great run. There’s a bunch much of them I’ve only read once. I'm not as keen on the first 20 issues or so of that run but somewhere around #115-#120 it finds itself and becomes more or less the classic Kirby/Lee Marvel Thor. Agreed. I'm kicking myself for not picking up all those Epic Collections of the entirety of Kirby's Thor run now. It's really a brilliant series that somehow combines the pageantry of shakespeare with the mirth and majesty of marvel
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