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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 16, 2023 20:58:52 GMT -5
Read a couple Challengers of the Unknown today from the Showcase volume.. fun 12 pages with some cool art. A bit basic storywise, but definitely worth reading. There was one where their memories get stolen and June has to tell them all what to do that's really fun, my fave of the bunch for sure.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 16, 2023 21:11:39 GMT -5
Read a couple Challengers of the Unknown today from the Showcase volume.. fun 12 pages with some cool art. A bit basic storywise, but definitely worth reading. There was one where their memories get stolen and June has to tell them all what to do that's really fun, my fave of the bunch for sure. That sounds great! |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 16, 2023 21:43:16 GMT -5
I just finished the Doctor Strange story in Strange Tales #133, so I’m into that lengthy serial where Strange was fighting Mordo and Dormammu for a million consecutive issues.
This is one of my top two or three runs ever.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 16, 2023 22:05:40 GMT -5
I’m so happy I’m past Avengers #14!
I just read #15. This is more like it!
The death of Zemo is so satisfying that you scarcely notice how dumb that last page is.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 17, 2023 0:25:07 GMT -5
Just read Black Hole, by Charles Burns.  Holy crud. I really need to sit back and process this. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jan 17, 2023 15:36:09 GMT -5
Milgrom is a competent storyteller, but I 'd never have bought a comic just because he had drawn it (everyone's a critic). He's my favorite inker ever. I can't recall a single artist he worked on, whose pencils didn't look as good as they would've with anyone else doing the inks. BUT, as a full artist... some covers were good, but that's it. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 17, 2023 18:38:43 GMT -5
Milgrom is a competent storyteller, but I 'd never have bought a comic just because he had drawn it (everyone's a critic). He's my favorite inker ever. I can't recall a single artist he worked on, whose pencils didn't look as good as they would've with anyone else doing the inks. BUT, as a full artist... some covers were good, but that's it. I really liked his inking on Michael Golden's pencils in Micronauts. |
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Post by commond on Jan 17, 2023 19:23:18 GMT -5
I finished Scalped yesterday. I wasn't as thrilled with the final arc as some people seem to be, but overall I thought it was one of the best series I've read from the modern era, which, for my purposes, encompasses 2000-2023. What I liked about it most was that it dealt with a subject matter that, to the best of my knowledge, hadn't been addressed before in comics, at least not in a full blown series. That's a goal I wish more creators who strive toward instead of giving us their latest take on fascist superheroes. It's a shame that the TV series wasn't picked up, as it probably would have made an even more powerful TV show than a comic, especially if led by a full indigenous cast.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 17, 2023 22:11:03 GMT -5
I am reading Avengers #16. I love this issue so much! I just came across one of my favorite scenes. It’s where Thor tries to send everybody into another dimension so that none of the New Yorkers get hurt in the coming battle. The Executioner and the Enchantress step out of the way and escape. Which leaves Thor, Iron Man, Giant-Man and the Wasp against ... the Melter and the Black Knight!
That’s not even fair! Come on, guys!
I always laugh.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 17, 2023 22:23:01 GMT -5
The whole segment with Hawkeye is hilarious too.
It’s two pages, and most any Avengers fan can go to town on how silly it is.
But two things struck me this time ... the Wasp doesn’t know the butler’s name! Oh Janet!
The other thing that gets me is how long they leave Jarvis on the floor tied up while Hawkeye gives his whole life story. Somebody should say, let’s get Jarvis untied and then you can tell us your story, Hawkeye.
And a third ... Giant-Man asks the Wasp what she thinks of Hawkeye’s membership and she says, “Va Va VOOM! ... Oh, he ought to do fine!”
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 17, 2023 23:34:46 GMT -5
Just one more comment about Avengers #16 ...
That panel with various Avengers villains commenting on the new membership ... the Enchantress, the Executioner, Kang, the Mole Man and Immortus ... it cracks me up! Mostly Immortus saying that he will not rest until the Avengers are defeated!
I mean, that’s a very ambitious statement for a guy who doesn’t show up again until ... #129? Can that be right? Well, I guess time moves differently for the ruler of Limbo. Or maybe he wasn’t really that eager for revenge considering that the Enchantress had cast a spell that erased all the events in Avengers #10!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 17, 2023 23:46:17 GMT -5
All kidding aside, this is the Avengers to me. #15 to ... I’m not sure. #50, maybe?
The podcast was specifically about Cap’s Kooky Quartet, so that’s #16 to #27, I think. I was reading Marvel Triple Action in the mid-1970s, so my Avengers were Goliath, Wasp, Hercules (as well as the Quartet) and they were fighting the Sons of the Serpent, the Living Laser, the Red Guardian and various other bananashenanigans.
Which is not to say that the Avengers wasn’t as good or better (it usually was!) in later years. It’s just that I love the mid-1960s Avengers more than anything.
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Post by berkley on Jan 18, 2023 1:09:59 GMT -5
Just read Black Hole, by Charles Burns. Holy crud. I really need to sit back and process this.
That reminds me, I should move this up in my to-read stack. I read a couple individual issues when it was coming out but didn't keep up with it. Then I bought the collection a few years ago but still haven't read it. I've always liked Burns's style.
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Post by berkley on Jan 18, 2023 1:20:30 GMT -5
I finished Scalped yesterday. I wasn't as thrilled with the final arc as some people seem to be, but overall I thought it was one of the best series I've read from the modern era, which, for my purposes, encompasses 2000-2023. What I liked about it most was that it dealt with a subject matter that, to the best of my knowledge, hadn't been addressed before in comics, at least not in a full blown series. That's a goal I wish more creators who strive toward instead of giving us their latest take on fascist superheroes. It's a shame that the TV series wasn't picked up, as it probably would have made an even more powerful TV show than a comic, especially if led by a full indigenous cast.
I'm very much in agreement with the feeling that more attention should be brought to the subject of aboriginal issues but for some reason Scalped itself as an individual piece of work has never attracted me. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Jan 18, 2023 2:15:14 GMT -5
He's my favorite inker ever. I can't recall a single artist he worked on, whose pencils didn't look as good as they would've with anyone else doing the inks. BUT, as a full artist... some covers were good, but that's it. I really liked his inking on Michael Golden's pencils in Micronauts. One of many to benefit from his work. From 1973 to 2011, from Starlin to Giffen, everyone did: |
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