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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 13, 2017 9:31:47 GMT -5
I just read Amazing Spider-Man #41 for the first time. It was really good! I'm not really a Spider-Man regular reader, but I did enjoy this one. A lot of interesting stuff going on, plenty of good Stan Lee humor, plus the first appearance of the Rhino! I'll have to read #42 now.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 13, 2017 11:27:53 GMT -5
Marvel Mystery Comics #53"Flaming Hate" featuring Miss America by Otto Binder and Charles Nicholas I enjoyed this and find the character is interesting. She shares some similarities with Captain America and Wonder Woman. I think she had the abilities to fly and use x-ray vision before Superman. Plot (spoilers): A serial killer is murdering firemen at the scenes of burning buildings. During a fire Miss America rescues a fireman and discovers the murderer disguised as another fireman. She follows him to an asylum and learns that he went mad after his wife burned to death. He escapes again to burn down the hospital finishing off the fireman that was rescued earlier. Miss America helps the doctors and nurses evacuate the building while the killer falls through the burning floor to his death.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 13, 2017 11:36:54 GMT -5
All Winners Comics #2"Bombs of Doom" featuring The Destroyer by Stan Lee and Jack Binder Pretty basic war propaganda with some fun action scenes. The girlfriend of Keen Marlow is kidnapped by Nazis and her uncle is forced to create plague bombs for them. The Destroyer must rescue her from a concentration camp, save her uncle and stop a plane headed for London armed with a plague bomb. On top of all that he even punches Hitler in the face! "Plague of the Poisoned Jewelry" featuring The Whizzer by Stan Lee and Paul Reinman When a series of people are poisoned to death it's linked to a jewelry store where The Whizzer uncovers a Nazi plot. After being knocked unconscious he's taken aboard a ship where he fights a crew of swashbuckling pirates.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2017 12:25:28 GMT -5
I just read Amazing Spider-Man #41 for the first time. It was really good! I'm not really a Spider-Man regular reader, but I did enjoy this one. A lot of interesting stuff going on, plenty of good Stan Lee humor, plus the first appearance of the Rhino! I'll have to read #42 now. Keep going! Those are some great comics! Face it, Tiger! You've hit the jackpot!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2017 12:27:42 GMT -5
Finished Batman #316, 317 & 318. I've been slowly enjoying Len Wein's run on the series. I've not read any of these but they look great! I especially want to read that Riddler issue. I love Classic Riddler Stories, even when they're stupid.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2017 12:29:14 GMT -5
Marvel Mystery Comics #53"Flaming Hate" featuring Miss America by Otto Binder and Charles Nicholas I enjoyed this and find the character is interesting. She shares some similarities with Captain America and Wonder Woman. I think she had the abilities to fly and use x-ray vision before Superman. Plot (spoilers): A serial killer is murdering firemen at the scenes of burning buildings. During a fire Miss America rescues a fireman and discovers the murderer disguised as another fireman. She follows him to an asylum and learns that he went mad after his wife burned to death. He escapes again to burn down the hospital finishing off the fireman that was rescued earlier. Miss America helps the doctors and nurses evacuate the building while the killer falls through the burning floor to his death. Timely comics are AWESOME! I'm going to see if I can find this online RIGHT NOW!
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Post by urrutiap on Jul 13, 2017 13:04:18 GMT -5
I dunno if I would consider this comic book series that I am reading a "classic" but its the 2011 IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and I think its still ongoing these days.
I just started reading the first two issues earlier today and I really like it. Cant wait when I get up to issue 44.
by the way is Old Hob a brand new character or an older characater from a previous Ninja Turtles comic series? Just wondering.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 13, 2017 13:06:37 GMT -5
I will admit that I've never had a connection to Spider-man but I just read The first volume of the clone saga. It was 412 pages of meh.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2017 13:14:59 GMT -5
Marvel Mystery Comics #53"Flaming Hate" featuring Miss America by Otto Binder and Charles Nicholas That was so chaotic! I've only read a very few Miss America appearances. I've read both the All-Winners Squad appearances, and I've probably seen one or two reprints somewhere. I love the way she wears her glasses in her super-hero identity! Its one of those Golden Age things that makes me laugh. But she doesn't wear her specs as Miss America in "Flaming Hate"! Come on, Madeline! That's your trademark! I initially misread which issue number it was, so I was scrolling through Marvel Mystery #33 instead. Geez Louise! Some Crazy King Hell Capers and bewildering bananashenanigans going on in that comic! I'm going to have to go back to that and read the Namor story (Namor leads the Atlanteans and a fleet of tank-subs against a Nazi fleet), the Vision story (a bright orange octopus!) and the Angel story (ZOMBIES!) in the next few days. Quality Comics also had a Miss America character. The Statue of Liberty gave her the power to do pretty much anything she wants just by thinking about it! I've only read one of her Golden Age comics, the origin, and it is a trip and a half!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2017 13:17:29 GMT -5
I will admit that I've never had a connection to Spider-man but I just read The first volume of the clone saga. It was 412 pages of meh. I'm guessing "The Clone Saga" was named by the same people who think "Identity Crisis" is a love letter.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 13, 2017 13:31:08 GMT -5
I enjoyed this and find the character is interesting. She shares some similarities with Captain America and Wonder Woman. I think she had the abilities to fly and use x-ray vision before Superman. Nope, sorry. The Big Red S had demonstrated both powers before the Miss America character debuted in '43. Cei-U! I summon the late bloomer!
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 13, 2017 14:41:32 GMT -5
Hoossier X is right! After finishing ASM #41 (which I'd decided to read because it was the first appearance of the Rhino, who I'd just seen in an episode of that 1967 Spidey cartoon) I got hooked and read #42 and 43. While they were both very good, Spidey was incredibly stupid to not tell anyone that there was a bomb in that bag, making everyone think that he was a bank robber. That (plus a couple of other little illogical things) ruined that issue a bit for me, but there was so much other good stuff going on, with the continuing mystery of the Rhino, plus the stuff going on with Jameson's son and Mary Jane, that I still give this one a solid B, but #'s 41 and 43 get an A from me. Lots of interesting things going on in Peter Parker's life, plus some good Stan Lee humor.
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Post by The Cheat on Jul 13, 2017 14:48:17 GMT -5
I dunno if I would consider this comic book series that I am reading a "classic" but its the 2011 IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and I think its still ongoing these days. I just started reading the first two issues earlier today and I really like it. Cant wait when I get up to issue 44. by the way is Old Hob a brand new character or an older characater from a previous Ninja Turtles comic series? Just wondering. Keep reading, it's a great series. I just wish IDW were quicker about releasing the OHC collections.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 13, 2017 15:29:58 GMT -5
Nope, sorry. The Big Red S had demonstrated both powers before the Miss America character debuted in '43. Cei-U! I summon the late bloomer! How early were those powers introduced in the Superman comics? For some reason I thought he could only jump tall buildings until the radio show which I heard expanded on his powers.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jul 13, 2017 15:43:00 GMT -5
Nope, sorry. The Big Red S had demonstrated both powers before the Miss America character debuted in '43. Cei-U! I summon the late bloomer! How early were those powers introduced in the Superman comics? For some reason I thought he could only jump tall buildings until the radio show which I heard expanded on his powers. The radio show debuted in '40, the animated cartoons a year later, and Superman flew in both. Even in the comic books, he was often depicted hovering or changing direction in mid-air, both impossible feats if he was merely leaping around a la The Hulk. As for x-ray vision, I can't pin down a specific first use or first reference at the moment, as I would have to go through the series story by story to track it down. I do know that the term was used to describe what was later termed "heat vision" prior to '43. Cei-U! I summon half an answer!
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