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Post by masterofquackfu on Jun 24, 2016 9:33:04 GMT -5
I've read a few this week...
Master of Kung Fu #72: Always enjoy reading any issue of MOKF. I like this issue because he battles Shockwave again. It was a quick read, but enjoyable with the action and Zeck's art.
Tarzan Annual 2: I find myself getting more interested in the Tarzan character(as produced by Marvel). I bought a random issue or two of Tarzan in the late 70's, but have ignored the character ever since. Now, lo and behold, here in 2016, I find myself exploring this character. I've always been broad in scope with my comics, but it is nice to finally be able to appreciate Tarzan. It is one of the books that I will probably focus more on buying now. The annual was interesting and I like the fact that Tarzan hangs with that lion!
Omega #8: Omega is pretty much a character that is usually below everyone's radar..hence why he didn't last very long.. I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of him, but I do like to read an issue now or then. I liked this issue because it basically is just him and Nitro beating the hell out of each other.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2016 9:42:22 GMT -5
I've read a few this week... Master of Kung Fu #72: Always enjoy reading any issue of MOKF. I like this issue because he battles Shockwave again. It was a quick read, but enjoyable with the action and Zeck's art. I'm a fan of that book and Shockwave is one of my favorite and Zeck's art is a pleasure to see. Welcome to CCF too!
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Post by brutalis on Jun 24, 2016 16:10:44 GMT -5
MOKF on my to read list this weekend as i received the Omnibus in the mail on Tuesday afternoon. So much 70's goodness and Kung Foolery to enjoy. Had the entire series but sold for nice profit as complete set to finance car repair back in the days when comic book rich and cash poor. Shockwave should easily be built into a strong villain for any street level Marvel hero as he is an even more believable foe based on current technologies. Sadly too many writers want the "big name" villain for their stories where such minor characters can be more interesting. Soooo tired of seeing the same villain over used. Yes, i am looking at the Doom's, Luthor's, Darkseid's and Thanos's of the universe. We need some variety if only to help us appreciate the big big baddie's out there.
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 24, 2016 21:21:40 GMT -5
I haven't read Mr Majestic, although I really want to. I have no idea what it is, but to me, it seems like every other company besides DC makes a far more interesting and engaging batman and superman than DC itself. Hyperion and Moon Knight being the key examples Spoken like some one who's read the wrong Superman books...
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 25, 2016 14:51:24 GMT -5
Well, I've been reading Jack Katz' The First Kingdom. It's 24 issues and completely done by him.
That's good and not so good.
I greatly admire this ideas and enjoy his art, however, it's extremely dense and difficult to follow.
This may be blasphemy, but this would've been so much better with the guidance of a good editor to help with plotting, dialogue and pace.
Last night, after getting slightly past the half way point, I gave up.
I feel really guilty, because there are flashes of greatness, but, it's a struggle to read and I'm not enjoying it and have thousands of issues I haven't read yet.
Immediately I went to the next thing that I saw in my Comixology library being, Grant Morrison's The Filth, which I've had but never read, and though confusing, I mostly get it.
That's a statement when another guy's work is more difficult to digest than Morrison's.
Onward to other things.
Has anyone else read The First Kingdom ?
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 25, 2016 19:33:44 GMT -5
Has anyone else read The First Kingdom ? I bought the first issue when it came out and followed it from then on. At about the halfway point, I dropped out of comics almost entirely. In the next few years the only new comics I bought were The First Kingdom and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, and those were only when I happened across a new issue. A few years after The First Kingdom was complete, I ordered the issues I was missing from Bud Plant, and also the First Kingdom art portfolio. It's been years since I read it but I remember having the same frustrations you mention. It seemed like he got past issue #14 and realized that he'd only told a third of the story. Then he crammed the rest of it into the remaining 10 issues. The art is magnificent, but the story doesn't have the impact that it could have. From what I've read about the new sequel that Katz is doing now, I have no plans to buy it.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 26, 2016 0:34:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the commentary.
I really liked what he tried to pull off here, and respect it greatly, including the art, but an editorial hand could've made this a bigger thing than it is now, kind of an esoteric sort of greatness.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 26, 2016 19:59:13 GMT -5
Amazing Adventures #18, the first in Marvel's Post-Apocolyptic Barbarian take on War Of The Worlds. It's kind of interesting in that respect, certainly a far better read than I could have hoped for going in because it just feels like something that shouldn't work
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 26, 2016 23:05:16 GMT -5
That was an amazingly good series that holds up as a classic.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jun 27, 2016 1:00:18 GMT -5
It's kind of sad that much like a lot of other classic marvel titles based around incredibly old, yet timeless books, Killraven and his surroundings are forever doomed to a purgatory of hellish, copyright limbo
And lord knows Marvel already has absolutely no clue what to do with Machine Man and Shang-Chi. I mean it could be easily adjusted, but sometimes it just feels like they don't want to put in the effort
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2016 3:25:43 GMT -5
It's kind of sad that much like a lot of other classic marvel titles based around incredibly old, yet timeless books, Killraven and his surroundings are forever doomed to a purgatory of hellish, copyright limbo And lord knows Marvel already has absolutely no clue what to do with Machine Man and Shang-Chi. I mean it could be easily adjusted, but sometimes it just feels like they don't want to put in the effort Killraven did get an Essential volume collecting it. -M
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 27, 2016 7:12:22 GMT -5
It's kind of sad that much like a lot of other classic marvel titles based around incredibly old, yet timeless books, Killraven and his surroundings are forever doomed to a purgatory of hellish, copyright limbo Except it isn't. Wells' "War of the Worlds" was already public domain when the comic was launched. Cei-U! I summon the point of order!
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 27, 2016 8:54:48 GMT -5
I've read a few this week... Master of Kung Fu #72: Always enjoy reading any issue of MOKF. I like this issue because he battles Shockwave again. It was a quick read, but enjoyable with the action and Zeck's art. Tarzan Annual 2: I find myself getting more interested in the Tarzan character(as produced by Marvel). I bought a random issue or two of Tarzan in the late 70's, but have ignored the character ever since. Now, lo and behold, here in 2016, I find myself exploring this character. I've always been broad in scope with my comics, but it is nice to finally be able to appreciate Tarzan. It is one of the books that I will probably focus more on buying now. The annual was interesting and I like the fact that Tarzan hangs with that lion! Omega #8: Omega is pretty much a character that is usually below everyone's radar..hence why he didn't last very long.. I admit that I'm not the biggest fan of him, but I do like to read an issue now or then. I liked this issue because it basically is just him and Nitro beating the hell out of each other. MOKF - I love this title. It's as late discovery for me, as I never collected it in my youth, being almostr strictly into superhero comics, but I've been catching up on what I've missed recently. Tarzan - I've bough a few of these in the dollar bin recently, again, another title I never collected in my 70's-80's heyday, and I thought that they were pretty good. Tarzan was one of my favorite Saturday morning cartoons, so maybe I should have gotten more into the comics. Omega - I assume you mean Omega the Unknown. I enjoyed this series a lot. It was a bit out there, but that was half the fun. I really wish that it had lasted long enough for Gerber to resolve some of the plot points. It did get weird towards the end, and I don't know if that was part of the original plan, or if it's somehow related to the series' cancellation.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jun 27, 2016 8:56:56 GMT -5
I read New Gods (1971) #1. I'll be juggling that and Kamandi (I guess I'm on a Kirby kick) in the near future. Great story. Kirby reminds me a bit of Lucas and Roddenberry - great ideas, great vision, but could probably benefit from some help on the dialogue.
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Post by Confessor on Jun 27, 2016 18:47:04 GMT -5
I think I'm going to embark on a re-reading of the collected Charley's War this evening. I have the whole thing in ten hardcover volumes (not the one pictured below, BTW). I don't know how well known the series is outside of the UK, but I would urge all of my friends outside the UK to give it a try if you can because it's a stunning piece of work -- especially for an '80s kids comic -- and, in my humble opinion, the greatest war comic ever.
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