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Post by Mormel on Jan 3, 2023 14:18:11 GMT -5
I definitely think New Mutants was meant to be character driven, not really action driven... I've always thought the powers were chosen to facilitate that... they all warrant themselves to improvement really well without turning into a new power, as sometimes happens. I'm reading the 2nd half of the original Spider-Woman run (via the Essential trade).. I got it for the Claremont bit (I read the Patch era of Wolverine recently and wanted to see how it all connected), but so far I've just finished up the previous run by Michael Fleisher... not bad stuff.. feels like a white suburban version of Luke Cage to me, which is fine. One thing I thought was interesting... Scotty is very Oracle-like... I wonder if there's any connection there.. like, did someone at DC read this and go, hey, great idea, I know just the character for that... I read that series via the Essential reprints once as well, years ago. Thought it was plenty entertaining, though admittedly up-and-down quality-wise. It's one of those books that tries to find its footing and goes through several different status quos throughout its run. My favourite part was probably the latter string of issues, in which Jessica encounters a different West-Coast-based super every issue, like Daddy Long Legs or Gypsy Moth, culminating in the finale. And definitely got Oracle vibes off Scotty.. though I thought it was a shame their partnership soured so badly (in my memory of years ago). |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 3, 2023 20:14:27 GMT -5
I'm reading the 2nd half of the original Spider-Woman run (via the Essential trade).. I got it for the Claremont bit (I read the Patch era of Wolverine recently and wanted to see how it all connected), but so far I've just finished up the previous run by Michael Fleisher... not bad stuff.. feels like a white suburban version of Luke Cage to me, which is fine. I really don't care much for Claremont's prose and have brought up before Byrne's quote of "if Chris could write a whole book about people standing around doing nothing but talking, he would". Though I do enjoy Excalibur quite a bit |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2023 5:27:24 GMT -5
I read The Amazing Spider-Man #6 last night, which we all know featured the debut of The Lizard. I love him! I’d love to see a Hulk/Lizard battle. Come on, Marvel, forget doing another multi-part “Secret War of the X-Realms” and give us a Hulk/Lizard battle. Oh, I hope Spidey eventually paid for the newspaper he appeared to steal:  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 4, 2023 5:33:26 GMT -5
(...) Oh, I hope Spidey eventually paid for the newspaper he appeared to steal: Look more closely at the penultimate panel: he lowered a coin down (oddly colored purple here for some reason) with one web while lifting the newspaper with another. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2023 5:43:44 GMT -5
Oh, I see. Must have missed it due to the purple. Thank God he didn’t steal it.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 4, 2023 10:07:20 GMT -5
Oh, I see. Must have missed it due to the purple. Thank God he didn’t steal it. The modern coloring does it no favors. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 6, 2023 18:50:36 GMT -5
I read Usagi Yojimbo Book 9: Daisho and I swear this series just keeps getting better and better as it goes along. "The Music Of Heaven" has always been a personal favorite. Loved the prologue of "Daisho" with the sword maker and "Runaways" was very bitter-sweet. It always seems like the idea of "love" and "settling down" eludes Usagi
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 6, 2023 19:04:15 GMT -5
Oh, I see. Must have missed it due to the purple. Thank God he didn’t steal it. I think the statute of limitations are exhausted on that crime. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 6, 2023 19:16:43 GMT -5
I’ve got everything I need for a little reading project.
I’ve got Avengers #1 to #79 in some form or other. And I was going to just read those straight through.
But I’ve read the first four issues of the Avengers over and over again. And I just couldn’t get started. Especially on that first issue. I love it, but I’ve been reading it over and over since I got Son of Origins in 1976. I feel like I’ve worn it out.
So while I was waiting to be in the mood to get started, I looked at what the library has available for Masterworks and Epic Collections. And I ended up with Hulk Masterworks, Volume Two (reprinting Tales to Astonish #80 to #101 and Hulk #102), and The Epic Collection with all the Steve Ditko Doctor Strange.
So I decided read all these in the order they were published, to see what was going on in each of these three series at the same time.
Which means reading the first two Dr Strange stories, then reading Avengers #1.
Then I’ll be switching back and forth between Avengers and Dr Strange for a while. It’s Avengers #1 to #30 and Strange Tales #114 to #146.
Towards the end of Ditko’s Dr Strange run, I’ll be shuffling Tales to Astonish into the schedule. TTA #80 came out about the same time as Strange Tales #145.
Then I’ll be alternating Avengers and TTA for a while. Incredible Hulk #102 came out about the same time as Avengers #51.
And then, it will be Avengers only to #79.
I used to read the Ditko Doctor Strange stories pretty regularly. But it’s been a while. I’m actually kind of excited to get started.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 7, 2023 12:15:53 GMT -5
Oh, I see. Must have missed it due to the purple. Thank God he didn’t steal it. I think the statute of limitations are exhausted on that crime. Oh, come on. You know Petey, he would be agonizing over that stolen newspaper until the day he died. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 7, 2023 12:42:42 GMT -5
I read the first two Doctor Strange stories last night. It is amazing what Ditko could do in just five pages.
They have such a Golden Age feel to them, like they could easily have been produced twenty or even thirty years earlier.
Also, it surprises me that Baron Mordo appeared before the Avengers.
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Post by berkley on Jan 7, 2023 12:56:51 GMT -5
Just finished Dan Dare: The Man from Nowhere[/b], which was great fun, like all the Dan Dares I've read so far, but I didn't realise it was just the first part of a story that continues in Rogue Planet. So I had to order Rogue Planet and since the Titan volume was a little more expensive than I'd hoped, I ordered an older edition. This happened once before and it worked out fine - the older edition was of as good quality as the Titan - but you never know until you actually see it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 7, 2023 15:08:44 GMT -5
Some facts about Avengers #1 that I find interesting ...
Jack Kirby had not yet returned to being the regular penciller on Thor. He had drawn the first few issues and had returned for Journey into Mystery #93. Avengers #1 came out about the same time as JIM #97, which features Kirby art on the main story and on the new Tales of Asgard backup as well. He would pencil Tales of Asgard in JIM #98 to #100 while Don Heck was the artist on the main Thor feature in those issues. Kirby wouldn’t return as the regular penciller on the main Thor feature until JIM #101.
The Avengers #1 is the first appearance of the Hulk since the final issue of his own series earlier in the year. As a matter of fact, six months previously. So it almost looks like Marvel was just going to ignore the Hulk as a failed character until the idea for the Avengers popped up and he was included just to bulk up the ranks a bit.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 7, 2023 15:16:49 GMT -5
There are so many things I love about Avengers #1. But right now, I’m especially laughing out loud at the Wasp’s dialogue!
“Oh! Thor is so handsome! How will I get him to notice me when I’m only an inch high?”
When it’s really cringey, that’s when you KNOW Stan wrote the dialogue.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 7, 2023 15:21:14 GMT -5
OMG! The circus!
“Weren’t we lucky to find that robot that looks just like the Hulk?”
“Yeah! We were so lucky! It looks just like the Hulk and it can juggle a horse, an elephant and a seal ... somehow!”
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