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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 18, 2023 6:29:22 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. I had the same experience. Reading reprints along with the current mag was great. This is why I won't hear anything negative about Don Heck. I never saw and still don't see , anything wrong with his art. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 18, 2023 6:59:36 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. I had the same experience. Reading reprints along with the current mag was great. This is why I won't hear anything negative about Don Heck. I never saw and still don't see , anything wrong with his art. Preach it, brother!
Cei-U! Heck, yeah!
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Post by commond on Jan 18, 2023 7:50:33 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. Is that because of the art or the content? |
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Post by MDG on Jan 18, 2023 10:47:14 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. I had the same experience. Reading reprints along with the current mag was great. This is why I won't hear anything negative about Don Heck. I never saw and still don't see , anything wrong with his art. I've come around on Heck and think most of his art is very good or better. There was time in the 80s, though, when DC used him as an inker, which was a mistake. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 18, 2023 10:52:51 GMT -5
I will sheepishly say that I didn’t enjoy his DC art. But no one stays young forever.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 18, 2023 11:21:04 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.
I wasn't sure how I felt about it until very far into the story. The payoff comes late, but it's unmistakable. |
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Post by MDG on Jan 18, 2023 12:14:01 GMT -5
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.
I wasn't sure how I felt about it until very far into the story. The payoff comes late, but it's unmistakable. I haven't read it since the initial collected edition came out. On my re-read list.
Burns had been playing around with the "teen plague" theme for a while in shorter stories, but like comparing the first 4-page MAUS story to the "real" story, it's at a whole 'nother level.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 18, 2023 12:17:18 GMT -5
I will sheepishly say that I didn’t enjoy his DC art. But no one stays young forever. I dunno. I thought his art on "Batgirl" in the very early '70s was okay.
Cei-U! I summon the small quibble!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jan 18, 2023 12:58:32 GMT -5
I will sheepishly say that I didn’t enjoy his DC art. But no one stays young forever. I dunno. I thought his art on "Batgirl" in the very early '70s was okay.
(...) Although he wasn't my favorite artist at the time, I didn't mind his DC art from the late '70s either (e.g., in Flash as well as occasional jobs in JLA, DC Comics Presents, etc.). |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 10:10:36 GMT -5
I’m up to Avengers #20.
Oh, that Wally Wood inking!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 12:30:37 GMT -5
I’m up to Strange Tales #135.
This is the period where Mordo and Dormammu are the villains for about a zillion consecutive issues.
I love it, but I bet it was excruciating for the fans that were reading it month by month in the 1960s.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 19, 2023 12:38:05 GMT -5
I’m reading Strange Tales #136, and Doctor Strange is searching everywhere for the secret of Eternity!
This scene with the Aged Genghis cracks me up a little.
The Aged Genghis should appear more often. He could be hanging out with Abe Simpson. Doctor Strange could come by and help them figure out how the VCR works so they can watch Seinfeld.
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Post by tonebone on Jan 19, 2023 16:41:59 GMT -5
Ominous page number on this thread.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 19, 2023 16:46:48 GMT -5
I’m reading Strange Tales #136, and Doctor Strange is searching everywhere for the secret of Eternity! This scene with the Aged Genghis cracks me up a little. The Aged Genghis should appear more often. He could be hanging out with Abe Simpson. Doctor Strange could come by and help them figure out how the VCR works so they can watch Seinfeld. The Aged Genghis does pop up again during the Englehart issues of the 1974 Doctor Strange series.
Cei-U! I summon the senile sorceror!
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Post by james on Jan 19, 2023 19:48:37 GMT -5
Just read Avengers 79 and on page 18 Vision switches places with Powerman. Has he ever done that before or since?
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