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Post by Spike-X on Aug 20, 2017 23:45:55 GMT -5
I started reading Cerebus and am through the first 6 issues. I'm digging it so far. Only 294 to go. Let us know how far you get through the last third before you die of boredom.
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 21, 2017 7:22:59 GMT -5
The Invaders #15written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Frank Robbins Pretty standard super team battle. A newly formed British superhero team, The Crusaders, are tricked into fighting The Invaders by a Nazi agent who plans to assassinate King George VI. I didn't care for some of the artwork but the story was entertaining enough. I enjoyed this series, but did not care for the Frank Robbins art.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 21, 2017 7:40:05 GMT -5
The Invaders #15written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Frank Robbins Pretty standard super team battle. A newly formed British superhero team, The Crusaders, are tricked into fighting The Invaders by a Nazi agent who plans to assassinate King George VI. I didn't care for some of the artwork but the story was entertaining enough. I enjoyed this series, but did not care for the Frank Robbins art. Agree with you on this. The stories were usually at least decent, but the Robbins' art was not up to par.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 21, 2017 7:42:19 GMT -5
I started reading Cerebus and am through the first 6 issues. I'm digging it so far. Only 294 to go. I enjoyed he first TPB very much, but afterwards it became talking heads to the degree that even Bendis said, "Wow , there's too much talking going on".
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Post by kirby101 on Aug 21, 2017 8:13:28 GMT -5
Fantastic Four #33 and #45 But in this format!
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 21, 2017 10:41:17 GMT -5
I'm getting close to the end of the Namor series in Tales to Astonish! I read #100 yesterday. It's a full-length story featuring both Namor and the Hulk. Namor decides to seek out the Hulk to form an alliance against the surface-dwelling humans. (He's in one of his moods again.) Meanwhile, the Puppet-Master has taken a break from plotting revenge against the Fantastic Four in order to plot revenge against the Sub-Mariner. So he fashions a radio-active puppet of the Hulk and uses his mind control powers to send the Hulk after Namor! And its page after page of these two Marvel powerhouses hitting each other with Miami as a backdrop. I love the Marie Severin art so much! (The inking by Dan Adkins is really nice!) I got the chance to talk to Marie Severin at the San Diego Comic-Con (about 1997) and we got to talking about the Hulk and she was very enthusiastic about ol' Jade-Jaws. She said something like: "I just drew what they assigned to me, but I fell in love with the Hulk right off! Everybody was always going after him, you had to root for him! And it was so much fun just drawing him lashing out with all his power when he got mad! It was wonderful!" I've always had a great fondness for Marie Severin's Hulk, partly because it's pretty awesome but also because she was the first artist I saw on the Hulk. My first Hulk comic was Marvel Super-Heroes #54, which reprinted Tales to Astonish #99. I've really been enjoying the Namor stories in Tales to Astonish #70 to #101. Though I've read all the Hulk stories from this period before, I hadn't read all the Namor stories and even the stories I had read before were not well-etched in my memory. I had scattered issues of Marvel Super-Heroes and Tales to Astonish (they were so cheap as back issues in the 1970s) and I read them, but I usually didn't remember very much about the Namor storylines as I was reading them all over the last few months. I would remember the nice art though! I remembered specific panels by guys like Gene Colan and Bill Everett! And I remembered that Krang was in a million issues in a row. And that Namor always thought Dorma had betrayed him (though there's one storyline with the Plunderer where Dorma thinks Namor has betrayed Atlantis!). I'll be taking a short break from Namor after Tales to Astonish #101, but I'm really looking forward to continuing the Namor series in his own comic! I've read so few of the early issues. I used to have #3 and #4 and I had a reprint of #8 in a Marvel Treasury Edition. But I don't think I've read any other issues out of the first 20. So it's mostly all new to me. I'm really wanting to read #5! I've always liked Tiger Shark and I've never read his first appearance!
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 21, 2017 11:13:31 GMT -5
I just finished reading this TPB. What a fun series it was.
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Post by Spike-X on Aug 22, 2017 6:55:16 GMT -5
I remember some of those Super Sons stories from when I was a kid. I had no idea what was going on; it would still be quite some time before I learned of Bob Haney's 'continuity optional' approach to storytelling.
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Post by String on Aug 22, 2017 17:19:20 GMT -5
Currently re-reading through the Captain Britain TPB which collects the stories by Jamie Delano and Alan Davis. This book was among some of the first trades that I ever bought, having bought it many moons ago after the debut of Excalibur (It was first released back in 1988). Being a fan of Davis' art, I was intrigued by Capt Britain. I remember reading it but initially thinking it was okay. Since these stories occur after Moore's celebrated run, mention was made often of the Jaspers' Warp and it's fallout. I had yet to read that story so my initial enjoyment of this run was limited as such. A few years later, I ended up selling the trade on eBay. Now though, after finally reading Moore's stories, I decided to re-acquire the trade to read again. I must say, I have a finer appreciation for it this go-around. Brian and Betsy trying to restore some semblance of a normal life (while Brian learning to accept his limitations and responsibilities), Meggan's full introduction, the introduction of Gatecrasher and her Technet, Roma's ascendance into her father Merlin's role, and the wide fallout of the chaos of the Jaspers Warp. Great sense of continuity throughout with some wonderful (and disturbing) characterization by Delano, all wrapped up in gorgeous art by Davis. But I've never seen a comic set out such absolute concrete dates about their characters before now. For example, The storyline is clearly dated to early spring-summer of 1984. Brian Braddock and his twin sister Betsy are born on April 23rd, 1956. Their elder brother Jamie was born in or around 1948. In 1976, Brian graduates from Thames University and works for the summer at Darkmoor nuclear energy research facility. It's a blatant disregard to the usual sliding timescale of comics but in a way, it's cool to see for a change.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 22, 2017 21:39:05 GMT -5
I'm reading Thor #141 to #153 right now, and I'm up to #148, the first appearance of The Wrecker! I've never read this one before! It's kind of cool how the Wrecker gets his powers. Odin has taken away the godly powers of Thor, Balder, Sif and Loki. You know, because ODIN! Loki calls upon the Norn Queen to use her magic to restore his powers and, while Loki is casting the spell, the notorious criminal known as the Wrecker breaks into his little hotel room, knocks Loki down and, for laughs, puts on Loki's kooky hat. The Norn Queen appears and, in the darkness, thinks the Wrecker is Loki and casts her spell and gives Asgardian powers to the Wrecker! Bananashenanigans ensue! I'm reading this run to fill in the gap in my Silver Age Thor reading. I've read up to #140 in various Marvel Masterworks, and the library has the Thor Epic Collection which features Thor #153 to about #176 (or so). Leading up to #140, we had those epic issues with Loki and the Absorbing Man, Thor's journey to Hades to fight the entire underworld to rescue stupid (but lovable) Hercules, crazy Tana Nile and the Colonizers, the Black Galaxy, Ego the Living Planet, the Knights of Wundagore and the High Evolutionary. So far, #141 to #153 has been a little more low-key. Thor fights a generic robot named Replicus, then the Super Skrull, the Enchanters (so weird!) and then Odin takes his powers away, so Thor joins the circus. And when somebody in a Marvel comic joins the circus, its almost always the Circus of Crime, unless you're wandering around in the desert in Avengers #1 and you come across that one really weird circus that doesn't know the difference between the Hulk and a weird green robot that dresses as a clown and juggles a horse, and elephant and a seal. Its a nice change of pace to see a depowered Thor hanging out with other depowered deities and getting his butt kicked by the Wrecker.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2017 9:04:17 GMT -5
The Wrecker is one of my favorite Marvel Villain for Thor and this issue brought back memories of one of most underrated villain for the Mighty Thor ... Hoosier X. Great Cover Here!
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Post by brutalis on Aug 23, 2017 10:05:08 GMT -5
I always enjoyed the Wrecker and the Crew whenever they would go up against Thor. Somewhat ironic that one of the most everyday human working jobs there is: the construction worker gains powers and goes villainous against the mythological "god" Thor who is so devoted to Earthlings.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 23, 2017 11:35:16 GMT -5
I always enjoyed the Wrecker and the Crew whenever they would go up against Thor. Somewhat ironic that one of the most everyday human working jobs there is: the construction worker gains powers and goes villainous against the mythological "god" Thor who is so devoted to Earthlings. What's kind of funny is that he's called the Wrecker and wears that outfit and carries that crowbar before he gets his powers. It just now hit me that he's a lot like Crusher Creel with about 50 more IQ points.
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Post by sabongero on Aug 23, 2017 17:22:37 GMT -5
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Post by Spike-X on Aug 24, 2017 6:57:58 GMT -5
Avengers #33 - the conclusion of the first Serpent Society storyline.
These nasty customers stir up bigotry and hatred in society in order to gain power for themselves. Boy, I sure am glad society has progressed and we don't have to worry about people doing that any more!
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