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Post by berkley on Oct 23, 2021 23:51:31 GMT -5
Moench for me was one of the most dependable writers around - maybe THE most in the sense that he seemed to be able to take on any sort of assignment and do a better than average job with it.
Moench's early eighties run on Batman is still my favourite ever era of the Dark Knight. I've only read the various Batman miniseries he did with Gulacy, but those are all really good - probably my favourite Batman comics, along with a few more of the usual suspects - Adams, Miller, Englehart/Rogers (from the little I've seen).
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Post by badwolf on Oct 26, 2021 12:53:56 GMT -5
I re-read Final Crisis in the Absolute volume (which only includes Grant Morrison's parts) and was disappointed. This might be one of the rare modern series that actually reads better spread out over monthly issues than in collected form, because it's so scattered and jumpy that it's really noticeable in the book. I still really like parts of it, but it does not feel like a complete story, at all.
I also re-read Final Crisis: Revelations. What a mess of nonsense. I had no idea what was going on after the first couple issues. Somehow this also seemed better when it first came out.
I still think Rogues' Revenge and Legion of Three Worlds are both good.
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Post by tonebone on Oct 26, 2021 14:36:05 GMT -5
I re-read Final Crisis in the Absolute volume (which only includes Grant Morrison's parts) and was disappointed. This might be one of the rare modern series that actually reads better spread out over monthly issues than in collected form, because it's so scattered and jumpy that it's really noticeable in the book. I still really like parts of it, but it does not feel like a complete story, at all. I also re-read Final Crisis: Revelations. What a mess of nonsense. I had no idea what was going on after the first couple issues. Somehow this also seemed better when it first came out. I still think Rogues' Revenge and Legion of Three Worlds are both good. I loved Legion of Three Worlds. It didn't do what it set out to do, which is sort out the three-booted Legion continuity, but it was a great story, with great art. I especially liked some of the classic Legion callbacks in the story.
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Post by tonebone on Oct 26, 2021 14:44:04 GMT -5
Me, too. I went to church as a kid with a jameson family who pronounced it "Jay-mi-son," plus it's how they said it on the '60s Spider-Man cartoon. I've never watched any of the later cartoons... but in the 52 episodes done between 1967-1970, both the Grantray-Lawrence and Krantz Films episodes, nobody EVER pronounced it "Ja-mi-son". And I've watched these cartoons probably a hundred times apiece.
2:47 in...
I pronounce it the way Stan Lee pronounced it. "Ja-mi-son". He named him, after all. EDIT: After watching this again, he says Jay-mi-son early in the video, and James-son later.... so there goes my theory.
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Post by badwolf on Oct 26, 2021 16:01:03 GMT -5
I re-read Final Crisis in the Absolute volume (which only includes Grant Morrison's parts) and was disappointed. This might be one of the rare modern series that actually reads better spread out over monthly issues than in collected form, because it's so scattered and jumpy that it's really noticeable in the book. I still really like parts of it, but it does not feel like a complete story, at all. I also re-read Final Crisis: Revelations. What a mess of nonsense. I had no idea what was going on after the first couple issues. Somehow this also seemed better when it first came out. I still think Rogues' Revenge and Legion of Three Worlds are both good. I loved Legion of Three Worlds. It didn't do what it set out to do, which is sort out the three-booted Legion continuity, but it was a great story, with great art. I especially liked some of the classic Legion callbacks in the story. It's been a while since I read it but I probably didn't get a lot of those. Apart from a few randoms, the only Legion I really read was Abnett & Lanning's (so I was happy to see Shikari again!) I really wish they'd do an omnibus of it.
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 30, 2021 15:19:00 GMT -5
I read Sensation She-Hulk (1991) #1-3 by John Byrne. So far, I'm loving it! Don't get your hopes too high, those are the best ones, worth having on paper support.
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 30, 2021 16:09:51 GMT -5
I read Sensation She-Hulk (1991) #1-3 by John Byrne. So far, I'm loving it! Don't get your hopes too high, those are the best ones, worth having on paper support. I'm up to #12. The first 9 issues, the John Byrne ones, are great. Then Steve Gerber takes over for the next two issues, and I was not impressed. Then Peter David writes the next issue, and that was in improvement on the Gerber issues, but definitely not as good as the Byrne issues. I looked ahead and I see the Louise Simonson takes over for an extended run, then Byrne comes back at #31. I have half a mind to just skip ahead to #31.
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Post by MWGallaher on Oct 30, 2021 17:12:43 GMT -5
I've always been curious about it, so I finally got around to reading U.S. 1 last week. I can appreciate the novelty of a series about a trucking hero with a CB-radio-head. The humor didn't work for me, but over all, it's on par with the standard fare of the era at Marvel.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 30, 2021 21:00:55 GMT -5
I've always been curious about it, so I finally got around to reading U.S. 1 last week. I can appreciate the novelty of a series about a trucking hero with a CB-radio-head. The humor didn't work for me, but over all, it's on par with the standard fare of the era at Marvel. 😮
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 31, 2021 1:41:58 GMT -5
Don't get your hopes too high, those are the best ones, worth having on paper support. I'm up to #12. The first 9 issues, the John Byrne ones, are great. Then Steve Gerber takes over for the next two issues, and I was not impressed. Then Peter David writes the next issue, and that was in improvement on the Gerber issues, but definitely not as good as the Byrne issues. I looked ahead and I see the Louise Simonson takes over for an extended run, then Byrne comes back at #31. I have half a mind to just skip ahead to #31. Do that, you'll boost Byrne's ego! (Just check the cover for #31).
I haven't read them in quite some time, and remember all of the Byrne era fondly, although I still favor the earlier issues. The rest of the series is a fog, not sure I even read most of them. I recall Alan Davis and little more.
PS: don't forget to check the prelude to the series, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #18.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Oct 31, 2021 7:57:17 GMT -5
I'm up to #12. The first 9 issues, the John Byrne ones, are great. Then Steve Gerber takes over for the next two issues, and I was not impressed. Then Peter David writes the next issue, and that was in improvement on the Gerber issues, but definitely not as good as the Byrne issues. I looked ahead and I see the Louise Simonson takes over for an extended run, then Byrne comes back at #31. I have half a mind to just skip ahead to #31. Byrne only did the first eight issues, and I think Louise Simonson only wrote two issues.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Oct 31, 2021 8:06:17 GMT -5
I haven't read them in quite some time, and remember all of the Byrne era fondly, although I still favor the earlier issues. The rest of the series is a fog, not sure I even read most of them. I recall Alan Davis and little more. The only Alan Davis She-Hulk art I can recall was on a backup in Solo Avengers, but Bryan Hitch, who pencilled more than half of the issues between Byrne's stints, was like a Davis tribute act in those days.
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Post by Ozymandias on Oct 31, 2021 8:16:19 GMT -5
I haven't read them in quite some time, and remember all of the Byrne era fondly, although I still favor the earlier issues. The rest of the series is a fog, not sure I even read most of them. I recall Alan Davis and little more. The only Alan Davis She-Hulk art I can recall was on a backup in Solo Avengers, but Bryan Hitch, who pencilled more than half of the issues between Byrne's stints, was like a Davis tribute act in those days. Yes, that's probably it. I quite liked his Davis impersonation, not that his style ever deviated a lot, just enough to be considered his own.
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 31, 2021 10:22:09 GMT -5
I'm up to #12. The first 9 issues, the John Byrne ones, are great. Then Steve Gerber takes over for the next two issues, and I was not impressed. Then Peter David writes the next issue, and that was in improvement on the Gerber issues, but definitely not as good as the Byrne issues. I looked ahead and I see the Louise Simonson takes over for an extended run, then Byrne comes back at #31. I have half a mind to just skip ahead to #31. Do that, you'll boost Byrne's ego! (Just check the cover for #31).
I haven't read them in quite some time, and remember all of the Byrne era fondly, although I still favor the earlier issues. The rest of the series is a fog, not sure I even read most of them. I recall Alan Davis and little more.
PS: don't forget to check the prelude to the series, Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #18.
Thanks. I'll definitely have to check out Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #18 now.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 31, 2021 18:27:35 GMT -5
I read part one of the 2003 JLA : Scary Monsters 6 part mini. It was by Claremont/Josh Hood with a cover by Art Adams. The story is a set up that starts in 1877 introducing a mystic force of creatures that are supposed to be barred from earth by a family of Indians who are massacred , thus eliminating them as gate keepers. Well , they come back to take over the planet and the JLa have to stop them. It was an okay story and I was surprised that I didn't hate the Claremont dialogue.
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