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Post by The Cheat on Apr 25, 2017 15:07:54 GMT -5
And this nine-foot-tall bearded dude called the Champion offers him a million dollars to teach him archery. And the Champion, after he becomes a great archer, makes himself a dumb suit and tries to implement a plan to set off the San Andreas fault to cover up a nerve-gas theft. I can see why everybody - especially writer Steve Englehart - likes to act like this issue never happened. Kurt Busiek did a follow up to this early in his Avengers run, so I guess at least one person liked it
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 25, 2017 18:57:53 GMT -5
Months ago, I pulled out Bloodstone #1 to #4 and I read #1 and meant to read the rest of the series, but I never got around to it. I finally read Bloodstone #2 before going to bed. I'll take "Comics I'd be embarrassed to read in public" for $200.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 26, 2017 11:03:44 GMT -5
This came in the mail yesterday: it's a little beat up. It's all there. Cover and centerfold are attached. No coupons missing. Corners bent. A little water damage on the bottom left corner. I looked at other copies for sale on eBay and the $37 I paid for it doesn't seem to be too much. But also not much of a bargain. And it's the last one I need to have every issues from #390 to the present! (Although you would think that for $37 (plus postage and handling), they could include a comic book bag and board.) They story was a bit underwhelming. Nice Neal Adams cover. Lovely interior art by Bob Brown and Frank Giacoia. Whacky Bronze Age Batgirl written by Frank Robbins with art by Gil Kane and Giacoia. And a 1950s reprint from Gangbusters, also with Bob Brown art!
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 26, 2017 11:15:01 GMT -5
I had to wait around for the plumber yesterday. And he was three hours late! So I read online comics and then I read some more online comics because I was expecting him any minute. And I also read a few comics before going to bed. So I read a lot of comics yesterday. Tales to Astonish #1 The Avengers #110 Bloodstone #3 Sgt. Fury #18 - With the death of Pamela Hawley. I've never read this before. It's actually very powerful. I'll have to make a separate post when I have time. And Detective #405, of course. This morning I read this little gem: I didn't realize it was a continued story. I wonder who Miss Terious and Sir Prize are?
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 26, 2017 12:46:01 GMT -5
This came in the mail yesterday: it's a little beat up. It's all there. Cover and centerfold are attached. No coupons missing. Corners bent. A little water damage on the bottom left corner. I looked at other copies for sale on eBay and the $37 I paid for it doesn't seem to be too much. But also not much of a bargain. And it's the last one I need to have every issues from #390 to the present! (Although you would think that for $37 (plus postage and handling), they could include a comic book bag and board.) They story was a bit underwhelming. Nice Neal Adams cover. Lovely interior art by Bob Brown and Frank Giacoia. Whacky Bronze Age Batgirl written by Frank Robbins with art by Gil Kane and Giacoia. And a 1950s reprint from Gangbusters, also with Bob Brown art! I got my copy of this out of somebody's quarter box at a convention circa 1978. Cei-U! I summon the good old days!
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Post by urrutiap on Apr 26, 2017 14:06:40 GMT -5
I read original Avengers # 4 earlier today. Decent old issue to read involving Captain America and Namor but jeez the comic was a bit wordy. Dialogue was long and tiresome. Namor the stupid fool, dunno who was worse back in the day Namor or Magneto
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Post by MDG on Apr 26, 2017 14:54:55 GMT -5
I read original Avengers # 4 earlier today. Decent old issue to read involving Captain America and Namor but jeez the comic was a bit wordy. Dialogue was long and tiresome. Namor the stupid fool, dunno who was worse back in the day Namor or Magneto The answer is: Stan
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Post by String on Apr 26, 2017 15:10:41 GMT -5
This came in the mail yesterday: it's a little beat up. It's all there. Cover and centerfold are attached. No coupons missing. Corners bent. A little water damage on the bottom left corner. I looked at other copies for sale on eBay and the $37 I paid for it doesn't seem to be too much. But also not much of a bargain. And it's the last one I need to have every issues from #390 to the present! (Although you would think that for $37 (plus postage and handling), they could include a comic book bag and board.) They story was a bit underwhelming. Nice Neal Adams cover. Lovely interior art by Bob Brown and Frank Giacoia. Whacky Bronze Age Batgirl written by Frank Robbins with art by Gil Kane and Giacoia. And a 1950s reprint from Gangbusters, also with Bob Brown art! First, congrats on finishing that part of your collection! Second, no bag nor board? That's really odd. Most sellers/dealers/stores I've dealt with on eBay have always included at least a bag for the comic if nothing else.
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Post by String on Apr 26, 2017 15:39:14 GMT -5
Marvel just recently released a new trade collection of the Celestial Madonna saga so I just started reading it for the first time. And like the slogan says, once you pop, you just can't stop. Since the collection only focuses on the issues relevant to the Saga, so far I've read Avengers #123-125, 129 and Giant-Sized Avengers #2. This is just straight up Bronze Age fun right here. The action, the drama, all of it. Mantis' fervent denials of Libra's claims of being her father, the building up of romantic tension between four different characters (and how that comes out in the midst of battle, what??) The revelations of Mantis' origin are interesting but Swordsman is a bit of a wild card here. You have Peter Parker the loveable loser but Swordsman just seems to be a loser in general. He tries and tries yet never really succeeds. And yes, he can come off being whiny and mopes about losing Mantis' love. But rather than be annoyed by his behaviour, I find it rather sad instead. #125 has to be one of the best classic issues that I've read in quite some time. Buscema and Cockrum are on fire here with the art and scope of action. The team takes off to repel an invasion fleet from Thanos. What more do you want? The two-part Kang story which really kicks off this saga was equally impressive. Swordsman's desperation and despair are hard felt to see mature, from being dismissed by Kang to having Mantis spurn him in favor of Vision. To see that depth of madness (and love?) drive him to his final fate, wow. Very very well done. While Sal Buscema and Staton handled the art well in #129, Cockrum really shines in the second part. Smooth action and strong emotions make for a darn good comic epic.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 26, 2017 18:11:53 GMT -5
Been reading Valentino's Guardians Of The Galaxy, makes my recent purchase of Marvel Legends Vance Astro seem all the more worthwhile (ontop of the fact that the guy at the register told me a bunch of people were coming in, buying various Legends figures, and probably scalping them online)
But getting back to the comic itself, really like how the gang going back to the past is drastically effecting the future with races like the Stark and Vance's psychokinetic powers
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Post by Confessor on Apr 26, 2017 18:58:05 GMT -5
This came in the mail yesterday: it's a little beat up. It's all there. Cover and centerfold are attached. No coupons missing. Corners bent. A little water damage on the bottom left corner. I looked at other copies for sale on eBay and the $37 I paid for it doesn't seem to be too much. But also not much of a bargain. And it's the last one I need to have every issues from #390 to the present! (Although you would think that for $37 (plus postage and handling), they could include a comic book bag and board.) They story was a bit underwhelming. Nice Neal Adams cover. Lovely interior art by Bob Brown and Frank Giacoia. Whacky Bronze Age Batgirl written by Frank Robbins with art by Gil Kane and Giacoia. And a 1950s reprint from Gangbusters, also with Bob Brown art! One of my favourite Batman covers ever!
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Post by chadwilliam on Apr 26, 2017 21:49:11 GMT -5
Yeah, Aquaman always talked to the fishies. No big deal Hawkman talked to birds Swamp Thing talks to trees Ant-Man talks to ants Dr. Doolittle talks to the animals Mr. Ed talks back Deal with it
All of which gives me an opportunity to post...
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 27, 2017 0:02:34 GMT -5
All of which gives me an opportunity to post...
FROM THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK EVER!
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 27, 2017 9:26:17 GMT -5
As much as I like to give Bendis and Slott crap for not being a great a duo of writers as they should be, Superior's little spider drones were a really genius idea that hasn't really ever been touched on. So, more spider related things for the spider-man please~
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 29, 2017 13:39:22 GMT -5
So I'm up to Avengers #112 as I read #98 to #120. It's pretty good! After fighting X-Men villains and weird one-shot villains and the terrifying team of the Space Phantom and the Grim Reaper, #112 features an African lion god that has a bit of a grudge against T'Challa's panther cult deity. It's pretty good! With a very interesting discussion (with Thor taking part) about what a "god" is. And also, a strange three-panel interlude setting up future stories. There's a young woman dressed in green and yellow talking to a mysterious figure in the shadows. Now is the time to ... go and join the Avengers! Some very nice work from Don Heck. It's the first appearance of Mantis! I had no idea she was introduced in #112. What a pleasant surprise. P.S. I'm getting closer and closer to the Avengers/Defenders War. I read a few of these issues in the late 1970s. I'm really looking forward to reading the whole thing!
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