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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 1, 2020 19:20:32 GMT -5
I've always liked the idea of Ghost Rider @mrp , but I've always found the execution lacking. Also Marvel's take on the supernatural and occult was never my particular cup of tea
Did like the spotlight issues, but I found the book to be a little directionless afterwards
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2020 3:55:30 GMT -5
Finished up reading Tekno Comix's Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe #1-7. I liked the story but the art didn't quite match what I would have wanted. Will be starting the second volume soon.
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 3, 2020 20:31:32 GMT -5
Was digging through my plastic tub of comics when I stumbled across some miscellaneous Eagle comics titles, namely Nemesis #1 It's one of those titles that I've tried in the past to get into, but there's just something about it that doesn't speak to me. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun premise and concept though
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Post by berkley on Nov 3, 2020 21:42:55 GMT -5
Was digging through my plastic tub of comics when I stumbled across some miscellaneous Eagle comics titles, namely Nemesis #1 It's one of those titles that I've tried in the past to get into, but there's just something about it that doesn't speak to me. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun premise and concept though I've been reading Nemesis and a few other 2000AD series the last couple years or so having missed them back in the 1980s. For me Nemesis really comes into its own when Bryan Talbot takes over as artist. And then, when Kevin O'Neill returns for a story later on I think his artwork is much, much better than his earlier work for the series.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 3, 2020 21:56:10 GMT -5
Was digging through my plastic tub of comics when I stumbled across some miscellaneous Eagle comics titles, namely Nemesis #1 It's one of those titles that I've tried in the past to get into, but there's just something about it that doesn't speak to me. Don't get me wrong, it's a fun premise and concept though I was reading 2000ad regularly when Nemesis the Warlock debuted and I never much liked it either. My best friend at the time, who was also an avid 2000ad reader, loved it though. So it was always one of those strips that we used to bicker over, when it came to its merits. Alan Moore's The Ballad of Halo Jones was another one we disagreed on, with him being a fan and me feeling it was unbearably dull (although as an adult reader I've revised that opinion and now really like Halo Jones).
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Post by berkley on Nov 4, 2020 1:54:12 GMT -5
I just finished Halo Jones a month or two ago. I don't know how I would have felt about it had I read it back in the 80s but I was blown away reading it now for the first time, in spite of not really loving the artwork. I thnk it ranks up there with the best of Moore in some ways, though perhaps hampered just a bit by the short instalments of the 2000AD format. I'm glad I didn't know much about it going in, everything was a surprise to me. It's a shame Moore lost the rights to it and wasn't able to carry on with the character as he reportedly had intended.
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 4, 2020 9:59:25 GMT -5
I was reading 2000ad regularly when Nemesis the Warlock debuted and I never much liked it either. My best friend at the time, who was also an avid 2000ad reader, loved it though. So it was always one of those strips that we used to bicker over, when it came to its merits. Alan Moore's The Ballad of Halo Jones was another one we disagreed on, with him being a fan and me feeling it was unbearably dull (although as an adult reader I've revised that opinion and now really like Halo Jones). Pat, when his heart's in it, can write some truly amazing stuff. Third World War, Slaine The Horned God, ABC Warriors: The Black Hole, Marshall Law, Accident Man, Requiem Vampire Knight, and whatever the name of that 90's revamp of Flesh was
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 4, 2020 14:02:21 GMT -5
I read Captain Marvel #27, 28, & 29. The beginnings of the Thanos War. Some really innovative layouts by Jim Starlin. I love the art. The dialogue also gets trippy (in a good way) when Starling takes over the dialogue.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 4, 2020 14:26:43 GMT -5
I red Captain Marvel #27, 28, & 29. The beginnings of the Thanos War. Some really innovative layouts by Jim Starlin. I love the art. The dialogue also gets trippy (in a good way) when Starling takes over the dialogue. Your images don't show up for me. PS these are some of my favorite comics of that era.
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 4, 2020 15:21:55 GMT -5
I red Captain Marvel #27, 28, & 29. The beginnings of the Thanos War. Some really innovative layouts by Jim Starlin. I love the art. The dialogue also gets trippy (in a good way) when Starling takes over the dialogue. Your images don't show up for me. PS these are some of my favorite comics of that era. Weird, since I got the image from marvel.fandom.com, which is where I usually get them without any problems. Anyway, I replaced them with images from coics.org, so now it's all good.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 4, 2020 15:54:55 GMT -5
Yes, now they show up. I remember really looking forward to each new issue of this story.
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Post by berkley on Nov 4, 2020 17:41:07 GMT -5
Yes, now they show up. I remember really looking forward to each new issue of this story. This is one of several series from this early-70s era that I wish I had had that experience of reading them as they came out instead of after the fact. I gave up comics at one of the worst possible times!
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 4, 2020 18:01:23 GMT -5
Yes, now they show up. I remember really looking forward to each new issue of this story. This is one of several series from this early-70s era that I wish I had had that experience of reading them as they came out instead of after the fact. I gave up comics at one of the worst possible times! I know the feeling! I was out of comics from mid-1969 to mid-1971, so I missed the beginning of Conan and the Fourth World.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 9, 2020 9:27:43 GMT -5
I re-read Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Daredevil: Yellow last week... I really like all of these colour-themed mini-series and I'm re-reading them again as a build up to reading Captain America: White for the first time. Narratively, Daredevil: Yellow takes the form of a letter written by Matt Murdock to the recently deceased Karen Page (she had died only a year or two before this mini was first published). In these letters, Matt reminisces about their first meeting and his early exploits as Daredevil. So, visually, we see Daredevil in his earliest yellow and red costume in this story. Like all of these Loeb and Sale colour-themed stories, the colour in the title has a double meaning; in this case it refers to the yellow in Daredevil's costume, but also the undercurrent of cowardice that the "Man Without Fear" has wrestled with since childhood. And also, like the other stories in the series, it's much more of an emotional read than an action-packed one. That said, it is a bright and colourful superhero book, but there is definitely more than a faint whiff of the heart-tugging loss coming down the pike pervading the story. Sale's artwork is really, really nice throughout. It's bold and dynamic when it needs to be, but also handles the more charmingly romantic scenes equally well. I've seen plenty of Sale's work over the years, but I really appreciated it much more than usual on this read through, with its sumptuous washes and lush inks. Ultimately, Daredevil: Yellow is a eulogy for the comic book stories of the Silver Age, back when storylines were simpler and we knew who the good guys and the bad guys were. It reads like a love letter not only to old Marvel comics, but also to the characters of Daredevil and Karen Page, and I'm perfectly OK with that.
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Post by dbutler69 on Nov 9, 2020 9:47:37 GMT -5
I read Marvel Two-in-One #92 & 93. It's a two part story with Machine Man and Jocasta, and featuring the return of Ultron! He'd been encased in adamantium in an Avengers issue, but of course gets free here. I've always loved Machine Man as a character (in spite of the lousy name), and I also always thought that Jocasta got a raw deal from the Avengers, not that treating members and allies badly is anything new to the Avengers (just ask Ms. Marvel, for one).
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