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Post by The Captain on Oct 27, 2015 5:49:45 GMT -5
Batman '66 is a big squishy goober of fun. I read the first five issues last night and agree with this statement 100%.
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 27, 2015 10:55:01 GMT -5
Read the newly revamped Children's Crusade crossover today... I had missed it back in the day. I remember being confused about the Free Country stuff in Book of Magic as a newish reader. I was a little disappointed it was mostly about the Dead Boy Detectives, rather than being more crossover-y (or, just about Tim), and it was at an eariler point than I thought. The DBD's grew on me, though, I didn't like them that much in their previous appearance (though that was long ago that I read that). The new middle chapter really improves the story overall, but I still think they should have included Arcana 1, the first Tim Hunter annual (actually released before the ongoing Books of Magic launched). The rest of the annuals in the crossover actually have little to do with Children's Crusade besides a few pages in most. It's still not a great book, but it is a lot better than the original version. Things at least make sense now, especially anything involving the Black Tower.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 27, 2015 11:56:20 GMT -5
I was hoping for something a bit more about the two characters from free country that appear later, and I also wanted that annual, so yeah, that was kinda sad. The Black Tower was pretty interesting, though.
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 27, 2015 13:20:56 GMT -5
I was hoping for something a bit more about the two characters from free country that appear later, and I also wanted that annual, so yeah, that was kinda sad. The Black Tower was pretty interesting, though. The weird thing is that Arcana has been collected, but in the Books of Faerie tpb. It would make a lot more sense in The Children's Crusade. I don't know if you've read the original version of CC, but so many things didn't make any sense in that version. Believe it or not, this is a vast improvement.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 27, 2015 13:36:27 GMT -5
I didn't read the original.... that was back before online stuff like this forum, and my main industry news source of comic shop news.. so I totally missed it.. Books of Magic was the only Vertigo title I got at the time (I read Sandman much later). It was a decent story, I just was hoping for more Tim Hunter, he had a pretty minor role. I guess I'll have to grab the annual at some point
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2015 8:32:45 GMT -5
I read this last night: Medusa rejoins the Frightful Four after the Wizard says he's figured out how to cure Black Bolt. Shenanigans ensue. Part of the story takes place in Paris. Great art, Gene Colan pencils inked by Vince Colletta back in the days when Colletta was doing some great work.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 28, 2015 12:44:00 GMT -5
I'm re-reading the Starlin years on Captain Marvel, thanks to the Essential volume... and man, is Rick Jones' dialog painful. Were youngsters really speaking like that in the early '70s? (Considering Starlin himself was a young guy, I can't imagine he was pulling a Stan Lee on us, just making up weird dialog that "sounds" young).
The story itself has aged, mostly because it has been copied and re-copied and pilfered again and again over the years. But it's still clear that for the time, it must have been amazingly revolutionary.
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 28, 2015 13:43:05 GMT -5
I'm re-reading the Starlin years on Captain Marvel, thanks to the Essential volume... and man, is Rick Jones' dialog painful. Were youngsters really speaking like that in the early '70s? (Considering Starlin himself was a young guy, I can't imagine he was pulling a Stan Lee on us, just making up weird dialog that "sounds" young). I read the Starlin Captain Marvel stuff via Marvel Unlimited a couple of years ago. I don't mind the dated dialogue, but find Rick Jones to be a whiny punk.
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Post by Rob Allen on Oct 28, 2015 14:56:53 GMT -5
I'm re-reading the Starlin years on Captain Marvel,[...] The story itself has aged, mostly because it has been copied and re-copied and pilfered again and again over the years. But it's still clear that for the time, it must have been amazingly revolutionary. It was, it definitely was. I'm kinda glad that I haven't read all the copies; those issues still have a glow in my memory. They were some of the best comics being published at the time.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 28, 2015 15:04:03 GMT -5
I'm re-reading the Starlin years on Captain Marvel, thanks to the Essential volume... and man, is Rick Jones' dialog painful. Were youngsters really speaking like that in the early '70s? (Considering Starlin himself was a young guy, I can't imagine he was pulling a Stan Lee on us, just making up weird dialog that "sounds" young). The story itself has aged, mostly because it has been copied and re-copied and pilfered again and again over the years. But it's still clear that for the time, it must have been amazingly revolutionary. I read them too, myself, a few months back and the Jones dialogue is indeed a pock mark on the story. Not that I feel that about Rick Jones himself ... far less tolerable in this, then say Peter David's use of him in Incredible Hulk. As big of a fan of Starlin as I am, this really makes me appreciate the pre-Starlin Mar-vell issues. For me, this similar story in his revamp of Warlock, was my first read. I didn't read either at the time of publishing, cause well, I wasn't alive, lol, but I read Warlock first. But looking at all of the "cosmic world ending events" since, whether penned by Starlin or not, it does make it hard to see this in the light of it being unique the time it was written. I'm re-reading the Starlin years on Captain Marvel, thanks to the Essential volume... and man, is Rick Jones' dialog painful. Were youngsters really speaking like that in the early '70s? (Considering Starlin himself was a young guy, I can't imagine he was pulling a Stan Lee on us, just making up weird dialog that "sounds" young). I read the Starlin Captain Marvel stuff via Marvel Unlimited a couple of years ago. I don't mind the dated dialogue, but find Rick Jones to be a whiny punk. God he's to comics what Fran Drescher is to TV. Make it stop! Please make it stop!
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 28, 2015 18:12:05 GMT -5
Cmon, leave Rick Jones alone. He saved the universe , after all.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 6:38:02 GMT -5
I typically take the summer off of reading comics. So, around May or June, I stop reading, go outside and enjoy the nice weather, and then around October/November, when it starts getting colder and gross outside, I pick up reading comics again. This year, I've promised a friend I would read nothing but DC comics this fall/winter, so that I could familiarize myself with that universe. Right now, I am reading the two 90's JSA series, which I believe Cei-U! recommended to me. This one: And this one:
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 30, 2015 7:00:35 GMT -5
Wow, those look like fun, coldwater. You'll have to tell us how you liked them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2015 7:27:59 GMT -5
Wow, those look like fun, coldwater. You'll have to tell us how you liked them. So far, I LOVE them. I am actually almost done reading the second series. After this, I'm either going to go back to reading my GL/GA book or go back to Wally's Flash solo.
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Post by Confessor on Oct 30, 2015 8:05:14 GMT -5
So far, I LOVE them. I am actually almost done reading the second series. After this, I'm either going to go back to reading my GL/GA book or go back to Wally's Flash solo. I think I had some of that first Justice Society mini-series, coldwater, but I got rid of those issues a long while ago. I'm not much of a "DC guy" but I remember really quite enjoying the issues I had of that series.
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