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Post by brutalis on May 24, 2017 13:14:38 GMT -5
This time around it's newly-inducted Robin wearing a really dumb costume Seriously who at DC thought this hideous costume was a good look for Robin? They took the easiest route to show it is Robin and his connection as Batman's sidekick. The entire suit is just a Batman suit with a yellow instead of blue cape and replacing the chest bat insignia with Robin's R with batwings and no full mask so you know it is not Batman but Robin. Very simplistic visualization without much thought given executive thought patterns of the time that this was for kids and try to keep things simple so the kids would "recognize" the adult Robin.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 25, 2017 7:32:11 GMT -5
I have a few minutes before leaving for errands so I'm diving into the wonderful world of JLA/JSA team-ups I haven't read. I decided to read the oldest one that I've not read, and that's the one that begins in JLA #55. I only read the first few pages. Mysterious black spheres are attacking regular people and turning them into malevolent super-people! One of them looks like Genghis Khan, there's an evil mod girl, also a British banker who turns into a ... whatever he is, and a former baseball player who is destroying sports stadiums. So ... the JSA to the rescue! I always wonder what it was like to pick which JSA members to use every time they started working on the next team-up. This time around it's newly-inducted Robin wearing a really dumb costume; Golden Age Hawkman; Hourman; Mr. Terrific (I find him incredibly charming because he's so lame. I love any story with good ol' Terry Sloane); and several of my favorites, Golden Age Wonder Woman, Johnny Thunder and Wildcat! There's a scene where they have split into separate teams and are flying away ... and Hawkman is carrying Mr. Terrific on his shoulders. It's adorable! What, you don't like "Fair Play" on Mr. Terrific's chest? You modern kids... And yeah, that's not a great Robin costume, though Brutalis' explanation makes sense. I really dig the costume that the Earth-2 Robin would get later on. One of my all-time favorite superhero costumes, actually, and an improvement on the Earth-1 Robin's costume, IMHO.
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Post by chadwilliam on May 26, 2017 21:25:57 GMT -5
Written by Michael Fleischer so you know it's worth a look. The Spectre's been toned down for this appearance compared with how Fleischer utilized him during his time on Adventure Comics and I'm not sure how much of this was due to the supposedly controversial nature of that earlier work and how much would have been a result of the fact that Brave and the Bold was meant to be a friendlier title. Probably the latter since I recall an earlier B & B Spectre team-up from a Spectre who didn't turn people into things he could set alight or cut up or chop down or whatever.
What really stands out in this 19 page tale is Batman's dialogue:
Page Three (arriving upon a murder in progress): Good Grief! What kind of madness is this!?!
Page Six (summarizing the events for a museum curator): Those would-be thieves obviously murdered your security guard after he -- Good Gravy! Wait a minute!
Page Nine (showing up as The Spectre does battle with an otherworldly being): Good Grief! Spectre! Are you all right?
Page Ten (while conferring with The Spectre afterwards): Good Grief, Spectre! I didn't tell you that! How on Earth did--
Page Nineteen (end of tale, The Spectre has transported Batman back to Gotham): Good gravy! All of a sudden we're back in Gotham City!
Considering the fact that Batman appears only on 10 pages in this story, that's a lot of "Good gravy! I can't stop saying 'Good Grief!'"'s
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Post by Spike-X on May 26, 2017 21:54:16 GMT -5
Great Caesar's Ghost!
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Post by Spike-X on May 27, 2017 5:15:01 GMT -5
I've been seeing a lot of talk lately about Cosmic Odyssey, the Jim Starlin/Mike Mignola prestige format miniseries from the 80s. I had a look on Comixology, and they had it for $1.99 an issue, so I figured why not?
I had a vague memory of having bought at least the first issue when it came out, but apparently not, because after having read it yesterday and today I don't remember having read so much as a single panel before!
The first issue is basically all setup, so we'll see where it goes from here.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 6:52:14 GMT -5
What really stands out in this 19 page tale is Batman's dialogue:
Page Three (arriving upon a murder in progress): Good Grief! What kind of madness is this!?!
Page Six (summarizing the events for a museum curator): Those would-be thieves obviously murdered your security guard after he -- Good Gravy! Wait a minute!
Page Nine (showing up as The Spectre does battle with an otherworldly being): Good Grief! Spectre! Are you all right?
Page Ten (while conferring with The Spectre afterwards): Good Grief, Spectre! I didn't tell you that! How on Earth did--
Page Nineteen (end of tale, The Spectre has transported Batman back to Gotham): Good gravy! All of a sudden we're back in Gotham City!
Considering the fact that Batman appears only on 10 pages in this story, that's a lot of "Good gravy! I can't stop saying 'Good Grief!'"'s I think this is awesome! Good Gravy! should be the official greeting of ALL CCF members.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 27, 2017 11:53:39 GMT -5
I've been seeing a lot of talk lately about Cosmic Odyssey, the Jim Starlin/Mike Mignola prestige format miniseries from the 80s. I had a look on Comixology, and they had it for $1.99 an issue, so I figured why not? I had a vague memory of having bought at least the first issue when it came out, but apparently not, because after having read it yesterday and today I don't remember having read so much as a single panel before! The first issue is basically all setup, so we'll see where it goes from here. I'm a huge Starlin fan but maybe you can't remember because it was unmemorable. I had or have it and it was poor.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 16:35:58 GMT -5
Batman #608 to 619.
Has it really been 15 years since Hush came out? It's not my favourite Batman story, but man is it pretty to look at.
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Post by Snikts and Stones on May 27, 2017 18:24:06 GMT -5
I recently picked up Sub-Mariner #5, Tiger Shark's debut. It's my oldest comic to date, and I loved just holding it. John Buscema drew a fantastic Prince Namor didn't he?
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Post by Spike-X on May 27, 2017 19:15:09 GMT -5
I've been seeing a lot of talk lately about Cosmic Odyssey, the Jim Starlin/Mike Mignola prestige format miniseries from the 80s. I had a look on Comixology, and they had it for $1.99 an issue, so I figured why not? I had a vague memory of having bought at least the first issue when it came out, but apparently not, because after having read it yesterday and today I don't remember having read so much as a single panel before! The first issue is basically all setup, so we'll see where it goes from here. I'm a huge Starlin fan but maybe you can't remember because it was unmemorable. I had or have it and it was poor. I'm two issues in and I have to say, it's not the greatest thing I've ever read. The art's nifty, though!
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 28, 2017 15:03:22 GMT -5
I recently picked up Sub-Mariner #5, Tiger Shark's debut. It's my oldest comic to date, and I loved just holding it. John Buscema drew a fantastic Prince Namor didn't he? Agree! I do not own a single Sub-Mariner issue from that series ( I don't think anyways...wait...maybe one of the issues where Spidey makes an appearance) but have always loved that cover. If I were to grab one, #5 would be the one, followed by its sequel
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Post by Spike-X on May 28, 2017 21:39:14 GMT -5
This is my first time reading those early Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stories, and I'm really enjoying them. The Ditko Doctor Strange stories are pretty cool too.
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Post by Confessor on May 28, 2017 22:49:48 GMT -5
This is my first time reading those early Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stories, and I'm really enjoying them. The Ditko Doctor Strange stories are pretty cool too. Outside of ASM and FF, I think the two strips in Strange Tales might well be the best stuff Marvel was putting out in the early-to-mid '60s.
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Post by Spike-X on May 29, 2017 2:41:59 GMT -5
This is my first time reading those early Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. stories, and I'm really enjoying them. The Ditko Doctor Strange stories are pretty cool too. Outside of ASM and FF, I think the two strips in Strange Tales might well be the best stuff Marvel was putting out in the early-to-mid '60s. You'll get no argument from me.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 29, 2017 7:02:57 GMT -5
Written by Michael Fleischer so you know it's worth a look. The Spectre's been toned down for this appearance compared with how Fleischer utilized him during his time on Adventure Comics and I'm not sure how much of this was due to the supposedly controversial nature of that earlier work and how much would have been a result of the fact that Brave and the Bold was meant to be a friendlier title. Probably the latter since I recall an earlier B & B Spectre team-up from a Spectre who didn't turn people into things he could set alight or cut up or chop down or whatever.
What really stands out in this 19 page tale is Batman's dialogue:
Page Three (arriving upon a murder in progress): Good Grief! What kind of madness is this!?!
Page Six (summarizing the events for a museum curator): Those would-be thieves obviously murdered your security guard after he -- Good Gravy! Wait a minute!
Page Nine (showing up as The Spectre does battle with an otherworldly being): Good Grief! Spectre! Are you all right?
Page Ten (while conferring with The Spectre afterwards): Good Grief, Spectre! I didn't tell you that! How on Earth did--
Page Nineteen (end of tale, The Spectre has transported Batman back to Gotham): Good gravy! All of a sudden we're back in Gotham City!
Considering the fact that Batman appears only on 10 pages in this story, that's a lot of "Good gravy! I can't stop saying 'Good Grief!'"'s Maybe he was watching " A Charlie Brown Christmas" while he was writing it...
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