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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 16, 2017 17:17:48 GMT -5
The Trapster never should have changed his name from Paste Pot Pete.
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Post by Spike-X on Sept 16, 2017 18:23:37 GMT -5
The Trapster never should have changed his name from Paste Pot Pete. "Now they'll have to take me seriously!" Yeah, nah.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 17, 2017 19:31:22 GMT -5
I'm up to Captain America #110. I never read this one before. IT'S A WOW !!!!! It really lives up to its reputation. (Not just the Hulk. Also the first Madame Hydra.)
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Post by Spike-X on Sept 18, 2017 23:07:48 GMT -5
Curt Connors becomes the Lizard once more after helping Spider-Man do science to defeat The Rhino in the previous issue, because apparently Mister Genius Genetic Biologist thinks the basic rules of lab safety don't apply to him: So Spidey has to try and catch the Lizard because with great power comes great responsibility and can't a guy even catch an hour to paint his motorcycle in peace, but in so doing he sprains his arm and has to be in a sling, which means Peter Parker can't show his face around town for a few days because if people see him in a sling they'll obviously work out that he's Spider-Man and then The Bad Guys will come and get poor, sweet old Aunt May and like Peter doesn't have enough to feel guilty about already.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Sept 19, 2017 2:02:05 GMT -5
The Trapster never should have changed his name from Paste Pot Pete. One may have to agree with that...
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Post by MDG on Sept 19, 2017 11:40:06 GMT -5
Stopped at the library Saturday to see if they had the Avengers Essentials V1 so I could read relevant parts before the next podcast episode, but it was out. Instead, I picked up Showcase Presents Flash V3 to read.
I'll tell you, I think I've reached saturation point with Schwartz silver age stories (which I never thought I'd say), but I just glaze over at the plots. Too samey, with nothing interesting, especially on a second or third read. Basically coming up with a "gimmick" antagonist or situation that pays lip service to "science," and The Flash trying to puzzle it out using more "science."
On the other hand, Infantino in the mid-60s, so beautifully designed and drawn pages.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 19, 2017 14:39:46 GMT -5
Stopped at the library Saturday to see if they had the Avengers Essentials V1 so I could read relevant parts before the next podcast episode, but it was out. Instead, I picked up Showcase Presents Flash V3 to read. I'll tell you, I think I've reached saturation point with Schwartz silver age stories (which I never thought I'd say), but I just glaze over at the plots. Too samey, with nothing interesting, especially on a second or third read. Basically coming up with a "gimmick" antagonist or situation that pays lip service to "science," and The Flash trying to puzzle it out using more "science." On the other hand, Infantino in the mid-60s, so beautifully designed and drawn pages. I know what you mean about some of those DC Silver Age comics! I love 'em ... in small doses. But there's still bunches and bunches I haven't read. But every once in a while, I'll read one. I saw the ad for Flash #175 in a Mlle. Marie issue of G.I. Combat and I realized that I've never read ANY of the Flash/Superman race issues of the Silver and Bronze Ages. So I found it online and it's so weird and wonderful ... but it doesn't make me want to read any more Silver Age Flash for a while. Nice art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Sept 19, 2017 16:09:20 GMT -5
I find that more than about one Silver-Age DC comic a week is too many. And bingeing on a single title is painful.
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Post by brutalis on Sept 19, 2017 16:17:51 GMT -5
Silver age is best read during the hot afternoons and sweltering evenings of summer. Enjoy some nice light easy reading with some scrumptious artistry taking you mentally away from the physical torture. Caution is advised for only indulging in 1-2 stories or issues in a day since it has been noted the idea of the silver age binge reading takes a toll and can cause the onset of early mental disorders!
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 19, 2017 16:22:27 GMT -5
I find that more than about one Silver-Age DC comic a week is too many. And bingeing on a single title is painful. But sometimes, you come across a really good one! I have my own copy of this. When I first got it, I was reading it about once a month for a while. This one is almost as good:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2017 18:29:24 GMT -5
I find that more than about one Silver-Age DC comic a week is too many. And bingeing on a single title is painful.
I have my own copy of this. When I first got it, I was reading it about once a month for a while. This one is almost as good: The Queen Bee or Zazzala here is one of my favorites as a kid and still is. FYI.
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 20, 2017 8:09:44 GMT -5
I read Journey into Mystery #111 last night. It was a bit disappointing. Why would Odin sent Loki, of all people, on such an important errand? Luckily Balder at least had some sense and took over the errand. That Thor can all of a sudden re-wire Hyde's ray gun to be able to send an electrical surge through the house causing the Cobra to be shocked out of the vents, just because he hang out with Iron Man and has somehow picked up IM's technical expertise, is a bit of a stretch. Balder's victory over the Phantom of Asgard didn't make a whole lot of sense to me, either. Balder's quest also seemed a bit rushed. The Tales of Asgard was also nothing special. Loki tricks Thor into fighting a battle that he thinks he cannot win. I think Thor is one of the better Silver Age titles out there, but this particular issue was not exactly one of the better examples of that.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 20, 2017 11:37:31 GMT -5
After reading The Brave and the Bold #52, I decided to start reading a few more of the pre-Batman team-ups in that series. From time to time. I'll just take a break from the regular series I'm reading through and check out something from The Brave and the Bold that looks interesting. (Batman became a permanent fixture as of #74, so the pre-Batman team-up issues would be #50 to #73 (with a digression back to the showcase format for a few Metamorpho issues). It's amazing how many pre-Batman issues have Batman in them. That just shows how awesome Batman is.) So I read this last night: Writer Bob Haney scripts the dynamic between Doc Magnus and Tina so well that I thought it was written by Kanigher until I checked the Comic Book Database. The art is by Ramona Fradon and Charles Paris and looks very nice. The story is just like a Metal Men story with the Atom thrown in for a few pages. So it's wonderful! I mean, of course, wonderful in that dumb-as-hell Silver Age way that makes the Metal Men such a delight. So this story is for people who don't mind stories that are dumb-as-hell as long as they are also wonderful and magical.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 12:57:01 GMT -5
Hoosier XGladiator this version ... I've never, ever seen it before. Cool Cover and I got to get a copy of Iron Man #7. I'm more familiar with this version below.
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Post by Jesse on Sept 20, 2017 13:03:21 GMT -5
The first time I saw the Melvin Potter version of Gladiator was in an issue of Marvel Comics Presents. I was instantly sold on the design of the character. His brutal buzzsaw blade gauntlets and the helmet just look really menacing.
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