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Post by Icctrombone on May 4, 2016 17:49:44 GMT -5
I'm reading up on some of Mark Gruenwald's work in the Captain America in the 1980's. I liked this storyline that spanned for the better part of two years. Plus some slam bang action against the Serpent Society which was okay. The best part I liked was the Steve Rogers interaction with Diamondback. I liked her as a girlfriend to Cap back in the days. This was a great storyline. I re-read it every year or so.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 4, 2016 18:00:49 GMT -5
Hoosier.. IIRC, alot of what you don't like is explained (including a reference to Superman 301!) when Starman goes on his Space trip around the mid point of the series. the 70s Starman (and the 80s one, in fact) are both pretty important there.
That's a good one. The later one where they play fantastic Voyage with Batman as a guest star is pretty weird... I hesitate to say bad.. but, yeah.. maybe bad.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 4, 2016 19:20:50 GMT -5
Another annoying writer's tic of Robinson's is that everybody is a classic film buff.
I will give him credit for never writing a scene where Solomon Grundy starts going on about how Garbo's silent films were much better than her sound films.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 4, 2016 19:26:15 GMT -5
I think in Starman in particular it works (even if I had to look up the references).. Opal City is the kinda backdrop where everoyne SHOULD be a classic movie buff, and then of course Jack's store certainly lends itself to that sorta thing easily.
When he does it elsewhere, yeah, it's pretty annoying.
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Post by Hoosier X on May 4, 2016 19:27:56 GMT -5
I finished "The End of the Justice League" from JLA #258 to #261 last night. It's actually very interesting, and I liked it a lot better than I did the first time I read it. Perhaps I'll find time to elaborate in the next day or two. One of the letter columns had some comments from somebody recommending new members for when the new JLA comic started. And one of the recommendations was Debby Domaine as the new, reformed Cheetah! That's adorable! I would totally be onboard with that! Her high heels crack me up!
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 6, 2016 13:41:41 GMT -5
Getting ready for Civil War (the Movie that is) with some Cap.... Good story for sure.. makes me pine for a more in sync Marvel Universe... I don't remember Falcon being quite so useless as he was here, though. I don't blame him for his inferiority complex, because man, he's almost as bad as a 'lady-in-distress' in some points. They lay on the 'street speak' a little thick at times, too. I love the secret Empire as bad guys. That ending, though? Are we supposed to assuming 'number 1' is Nixon? If so, why was he happy and surprised about Watergate? Or maybe it's supposed to be LBJ? Or Hoover? Kinda hurt my brain a bit. Anyone know? I know Englehart does alot of interviews and such... it must be out there somewhere. The ad exec as big bad guy.. brilliant.
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Post by hondobrode on May 6, 2016 14:36:31 GMT -5
You were right the first time.
Without saying it out right, it was Nixon.
I'm sure I've read that in a past interview before.
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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2016 15:53:20 GMT -5
I'm reading up on some of Mark Gruenwald's work in the Captain America in the 1980's. I liked this storyline that spanned for the better part of two years. Plus some slam bang action against the Serpent Society which was okay. The best part I liked was the Steve Rogers interaction with Diamondback. I liked her as a girlfriend to Cap back in the days. This was a great storyline. I re-read it every year or so. I definitely agree with you on that one. I like to re-read this storyline and the "Under Siege" storyline. That was a great one that needs to be read perhaps every year.
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Post by sabongero on May 6, 2016 15:58:08 GMT -5
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Post by Hoosier X on May 6, 2016 16:30:57 GMT -5
Under Siege makes me kind of sad because of how BAD The Avengers got so quickly after it was over. I read it for a while because the art was GREAT! But I re-read those stories and cringe at how bad it was by #300 or so.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 6, 2016 17:37:00 GMT -5
Getting ready for Civil War (the Movie that is) with some Cap.... Good story for sure.. makes me pine for a more in sync Marvel Universe... I don't remember Falcon being quite so useless as he was here, though. I don't blame him for his inferiority complex, because man, he's almost as bad as a 'lady-in-distress' in some points. They lay on the 'street speak' a little thick at times, too. I love the secret Empire as bad guys. That ending, though? Are we supposed to assuming 'number 1' is Nixon? If so, why was he happy and surprised about Watergate? Or maybe it's supposed to be LBJ? Or Hoover? Kinda hurt my brain a bit. Anyone know? I know Englehart does alot of interviews and such... it must be out there somewhere. The ad exec as big bad guy.. brilliant. I finally read the Secret Empire story. Didn't see what was so special about it.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 6, 2016 17:46:25 GMT -5
Under Siege makes me kind of sad because of how BAD The Avengers got so quickly after it was over. I read it for a while because the art was GREAT! But I re-read those stories and cringe at how bad it was by #300 or so. I have the entire run from Volume 1 of the Avengers ( minus #1 and #4) and I feel like there's nothing to add after issue # 300.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on May 7, 2016 6:44:03 GMT -5
Read the Star Wars Epic for the Dark Horse Rogue Squadron series... definitely made me nostalgic for the old Star Wars continuity. Nothing totally exceptional, but some fun stories that definitely have the proper 'Star Wars' feel. What are some of the better Star Wars comics Dark Horse did? I have access to a bunch, but a lot are...dire. Kind of enjoying Legacy(?) the Ostrander/Durseema stuff, though the coloring in those is heavy handed, and want to read more but have no idea which are good or not.
I quite like the Jabba series by Jim Woodring. The art isn't great, but the story is pretty fun and shows a very cold Jabba.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 7, 2016 12:17:39 GMT -5
I have a couple of those.. there were what a 3 issue mini and a couple one shots? I don't remember too much about them other than enjoying them. I'm sad there seems to be no plans for an Epic Collection of the 2nd half of the Rogue Squadron series, especially since Dark Horse did it in 3 volumes instead of 2 (thus it doesn't match up well).
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 14:23:53 GMT -5
Read the Star Wars Epic for the Dark Horse Rogue Squadron series... definitely made me nostalgic for the old Star Wars continuity. Nothing totally exceptional, but some fun stories that definitely have the proper 'Star Wars' feel. What are some of the better Star Wars comics Dark Horse did? I have access to a bunch, but a lot are...dire. Kind of enjoying Legacy(?) the Ostrander/Durseema stuff, though the coloring in those is heavy handed, and want to read more but have no idea which are good or not.
Anything Star Wars by Ostrander is a must read. I also really liked John Jackson Miller's Knights of the Old Republic. Over the course of 50 issues, the characters really grew on me to the point where I was incredibly sad to see the series end.
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