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Post by josephwyatt88 on Jul 30, 2016 23:35:12 GMT -5
Loud and clear, boss. Thanks muchly. One thing you'll learn about me quickly: I blush, cry, stomp my feet, and go hide in a corner whenever anyone refers to me as "boss". "Head reviewer" is a title I hope to earn one day, but I've never been comfortable being anyone's boss Note to self: Say "Sir, yes sir!" or "Aye-aye, capn'!" next time.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 30, 2016 23:38:36 GMT -5
One thing you'll learn about me quickly: I blush, cry, stomp my feet, and go hide in a corner whenever anyone refers to me as "boss". "Head reviewer" is a title I hope to earn one day, but I've never been comfortable being anyone's boss Note to self: Say "Sir, yes sir!" or "Aye-aye, capn'!" next time. "Hey jerk" works just as well, really.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 23:50:28 GMT -5
Loud and clear, boss. Thanks muchly. One thing you'll learn about me quickly: I blush, cry, stomp my feet, and go hide in a corner whenever anyone refers to me as "boss". " Head reviewer" is a title I hope to earn one day, but I've never been comfortable being anyone's boss You're going to review Head...? good luck with that! -M (hey Pod Stallions just did a Monkees episode, so got reminded of this...um film?)
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Post by shaxper on Jul 30, 2016 23:59:06 GMT -5
One thing you'll learn about me quickly: I blush, cry, stomp my feet, and go hide in a corner whenever anyone refers to me as "boss". " Head reviewer" is a title I hope to earn one day, but I've never been comfortable being anyone's boss Your going to review Head... 1. Resisting the urge to make a sexual joke. Family and workplace safe...family and workplace safe...2. Porpoise Song rocks:
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Post by sitcomics on Jul 31, 2016 0:43:23 GMT -5
Had a very enjoyable time reading Tales To Astonish 27 to my kids (7 & 10) and their 8 year old cousin. Four story anthology including the first appearance of Ant-man. Here's the instant poll.
Favorite story
Man in the Ant Hill (all 3 kids) Mirror, Mirror (me)
Least favorite
Dead Planet (7 & 8) Mirror Mirror (10) The Talking Horse (me)
Skipped the text story but I'll try it tomorrow.
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Post by earl on Jul 31, 2016 8:06:04 GMT -5
As to recent posts, I just did my own Pat Mills re-read just finishing Slaine: The Horned God last night. That is a pretty amazing comic. Haven't read the whole series, but Slaine has is a good read and usually has pretty amazing artwork.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 31, 2016 13:23:34 GMT -5
Your going to review Head... 1. Resisting the urge to make a sexual joke. Family and workplace safe...family and workplace safe...2. Porpoise Song rocks: Amazing song! Another Goffin-King masterpiece, I believe.
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Post by nlwid on Aug 2, 2016 8:03:33 GMT -5
Hi guys, I have been trying to remember the title of an extremely old comic which I read back when I was a child. Hope you all can pitch in and help The main characters of the story are a girl, a boy and their pet chimpanzee/monkey. The story was about this prototype red plane and how they flew it to save it from the hands of some bad guys (if memory serves me right). Somehow they ended up flying to a land covered in ice. The locals there were planning to make them stay with them permanently but fortunately, they managed to get the plane refuelled and then flew back home. That was all I could recall. Hope someone can help me in identifying this comic so I can read it again
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 2, 2016 9:08:00 GMT -5
I'm about halfway through "The Flash: A Celebration of 75 Years" on loan from the library. It's a very nice collection of Flash stories from Jay Garrick all the way up to the modern age. I almost want to buy it for my own.
I've also been reading my 4 year old (soon to turn 5) son some random Silver Age and Bronze Age Superman stories.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2016 9:41:02 GMT -5
I've also been reading my 4 year old (soon to turn 5) son some random Silver Age and Bronze Age Superman stories. That's great dbutler69, and I'm happy that you are doing this and that's one good way to get your son in a reading mode and give him a sense of adventure too.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 4, 2016 16:18:26 GMT -5
Hi guys, I have been trying to remember the title of an extremely old comic which I read back when I was a child. Hope you all can pitch in and help The main characters of the story are a girl, a boy and their pet chimpanzee/monkey. The story was about this prototype red plane and how they flew it to save it from the hands of some bad guys (if memory serves me right). Somehow they ended up flying to a land covered in ice. The locals there were planning to make them stay with them permanently but fortunately, they managed to get the plane refuelled and then flew back home. That was all I could recall. Hope someone can help me in identifying this comic so I can read it again Doesn't ring a bell yet, but here are some questions that should help us narrow it down: When, approximately, did you read it? Was it new at the time? What country and/or language was it in? You mentioned that the plane was red, so we can assume that the comic was in color - right? What do you recall about the image on the cover?
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Post by sitcomics on Aug 5, 2016 0:24:00 GMT -5
Earlier this evening, I read comics to my kids and their cousins (ages 7, 8, 9 & 10) and I decided to do an unscientific focus group experiment to read one comic from 1970 and another comic from 2016.
The Avengers #78 by Thomas and S. Buscema versus Extraordinary X-Men #12 by Lemire and Ramos. After finishing each book, I had the kids give a score from 1-10 with 10 being the best. Here's the results: Ten year old X - 5 A - 8
Nine year old X - 5 A - 6.5
Eight year old X - 3.5 A - 9.5
Seven year old X - 4 A - 9.5
It wasn't really close. X-men was said to have confusing art and unclear, undefined characters. Avengers was understood by all and they enjoyed the characters' interactions with each other. The Avengers issue ended with a cliffhanger and they wanted to see the next issue. X-men ended with a cliffhanger and the reaction was "huh? That's it?"
Favorite character in X-men was Magik and the favorite in Avengers was Black Panther. As you can see the 9 year old was less impressed with The Avengers but still preferred it to X-men.
I'm guessing most of you aren't surprised by these results. I certainly wasn't. I'll certainly be reading more books to the kids so if you want me to share their reactions again, let me know.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 5, 2016 1:02:04 GMT -5
Earlier this evening, I read comics to my kids and their cousins (ages 7, 8, 9 & 10) and I decided to do an unscientific focus group experiment to read one comic from 1970 and another comic from 2016. The Avengers #78 by Thomas and S. Buscema versus Extraordinary X-Men #12 by Lemire and Ramos. After finishing each book, I had the kids give a score from 1-10 with 10 being the best. Here's the results: Ten year old X - 5 A - 8 Nine year old X - 5 A - 6.5 Eight year old X - 3.5 A - 9.5 Seven year old X - 4 A - 9.5 It wasn't really close. X-men was said to have confusing art and unclear, undefined characters. Avengers was understood by all and they enjoyed the characters' interactions with each other. The Avengers issue ended with a cliffhanger and they wanted to see the next issue. X-men ended with a cliffhanger and the reaction was "huh? That's it?" Favorite character in X-men was Magik and the favorite in Avengers was Black Panther. As you can see the 9 year old was less impressed with The Avengers but still preferred it to X-men. I'm guessing most of you aren't surprised by these results. I certainly wasn't. I'll certainly be reading more books to the kids so if you want me to share their reactions again, let me know. Intriguing idea! Yes, I'd love to see more of this.
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 5, 2016 8:54:25 GMT -5
Just read Steel the Indestructible Man #5, the only issue I never got back in 1978, after finding it on ebay. It reminded me why I liked that book so much when I was a kid...and I was intrigued to note that the next issue box promised "the origin of Baron Blitzkreig". As it turned out, there was no next issue, but the aftermath of Steel's never published clash with the Baron would be revealed in All-Star Squadron some years later.
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Post by nlwid on Aug 7, 2016 2:42:14 GMT -5
Hi guys, I have been trying to remember the title of an extremely old comic which I read back when I was a child. Hope you all can pitch in and help The main characters of the story are a girl, a boy and their pet chimpanzee/monkey. The story was about this prototype red plane and how they flew it to save it from the hands of some bad guys (if memory serves me right). Somehow they ended up flying to a land covered in ice. The locals there were planning to make them stay with them permanently but fortunately, they managed to get the plane refuelled and then flew back home. That was all I could recall. Hope someone can help me in identifying this comic so I can read it again Doesn't ring a bell yet, but here are some questions that should help us narrow it down: When, approximately, did you read it? Was it new at the time? What country and/or language was it in? You mentioned that the plane was red, so we can assume that the comic was in color - right? What do you recall about the image on the cover? Thanks for the reply! - I think I read it way back in 2000 though the original release date of the comic could be way older - It was published in English but it could also be in other languages - Yes, the comic was in colour I also remembered reading Bob and Bobette (also known as Spike and Suzy) during that period of time. Not sure whether this helps Edit: I finally found an image of the book cover Thanks for the hint on which country it could be from. I was guessing it could be Belgian as the artwork is pretty similar to Tintin and what do you know, it is actually also drawn by Hergé
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