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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2017 12:26:32 GMT -5
I was re-reading Metal Men Archives #2 that contains the following stories ... Metal Men #6–20 and when I log off in a few minutes ... I will start with Metal Men #8. I have Volume One and a few scattered issues. Metal Men is one of my favorite comics.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 15:15:40 GMT -5
I was re-reading Metal Men Archives #2 that contains the following stories ... Metal Men #6–20 and when I log off in a few minutes ... I will start with Metal Men #8. I have Volume One and a few scattered issues. Metal Men is one of my favorite comics. I've just finished reading #6 to #12 ... and do #13 to #16 tomorrow and the rest on Monday. It's one of my fondest books and I like how this group uses Metals to their advantages that's totally unique.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2017 15:52:47 GMT -5
I have Volume One and a few scattered issues. Metal Men is one of my favorite comics. I've just finished reading #6 to #12 ... and do #13 to #16 tomorrow and the rest on Monday. It's one of my fondest books and I like how this group uses Metals to their advantages that's totally unique. My favorite thing about The Metal Men is the dynamic between Tina and Doc Magnus. Get a room, you two!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 16:22:00 GMT -5
I've just finished reading #6 to #12 ... and do #13 to #16 tomorrow and the rest on Monday. It's one of my fondest books and I like how this group uses Metals to their advantages that's totally unique. My favorite thing about The Metal Men is the dynamic between Tina and Doc Magnus. Get a room, you two! My two favorite Metal Men are Lead and Mercury ... Lead can block radiation and quite useful in adventures and Mercury can go almost everywhere passing thru small spaces and probably more useful than Elongated Man, Plastic Man, and Mr. Fantastic. That's my own judgment call here; Lead is totally cool and he can make himself block form to shield the group away from harmful radiation. I also like to see both Gold and Mercury working together that can give you endless possibilities of storytelling. Iron is probably the least favorite of all Metal Men - but you need him because he's super strong and durable. That's probably most unappreciated Metal Men of them all in the way I see it. That's my own opinion of him and listening to other readers that enjoy this team. Doc Magnus is cool and resourceful and I like Tina too. I really enjoy the animated cartoon too and here's a cool clip of it.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 28, 2017 19:24:42 GMT -5
By coincidence, I read two "death" issues back-to-back as I was going through some of the series I've been reading issue-by-issue. The death of Capt. Leonard Mackenzie (Namor's father) in The Sub-Mariner #46 and the death of Medic Una (Mar-Vell's Kree girlfriend) in Captain Marvel #11. The fate (and eventual reunion with Namor) of McKenzie has been a very interesting subplot in the most recent issues that I've read. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was feeling a little bogged down by the Namor series, but it got a lot better almost immediately with Diane Arliss, the Human Torch, Stingray, Tiger Shark and Llyra all appearing and mixing it up pretty good. (So, no, I didn't have to wait for Bill Everett to return before liking Namor again.) MacKenzie was a bit of a vegetable (because of old age) most of the time, but he regains his senses with just enough time to say "Hi, son!" before he is killed in the battle between Namor and Tiger Shark. To me, it seems like a shame to waste the potential of the possible stories coming out of Namor's relationship with a living father, even if it had only been for a few issues. But that kind of thing happened so much in comics when the writer wants to move on to other stories ... and kills off a character with interesting possibilities for dramatic effect rather than leave him or her alive for a future writer. But it's a pretty good yarn despite that, with cool art by Gene Colan and it sets up Namor's revenge on his father's killers in some future issue. And then this issue - Captain Marvel #11 - very quickly waves "Goodbye!" to the set-up of the previous issues and puts a totally new status quo in place. Mar-Vell is about to be executed by the Kree but they are attacked by the Aakon, and Mar-Vell manages to free himself. Medic Una has gone down to see if she can help Mar-Vell in his hour of need but because she's just about the most pathetic comic-book girlfriend who ever existed, she is quickly caught in the crossfire and killed. Mar-Vell takes her body, steals an Earth rocket from Cape Canaveral, buries Medic Una on the moon and then he gets sent spinning into space by a magic ray from Yon-Rogg, who has caught up with him. You know, the usual. Several months later, with his supplies running low, he lands on a weird hallucinogen planet where he meets the cosmic entity known as Zo, who leaves him in his old outfit, grants him amazing powers and makes Mar-Vell into his instrument of VENGEANCE as Zo seems to be some kind of omnipotent being in charge of galactic justice. He sends Mar-Vell out into the cosmos ater the first target deserving to take the full brunt of these powers because of his awful misdeeds - Yon-Rogg! Mar-Vell is all like "Yeah, man, I can do that for you." I love this crazy comic! Right down to the Ayers/Colletta art! I want my own copy of this one! It's the Marvel equivalent of JLA #60 or The Brave and the Bold #78!
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Post by masterofquackfu on Oct 28, 2017 20:42:04 GMT -5
I read Uncanny X-Men #202. It tied into Secret Wars 2, so the Beyonder was in it. The Sentinels were there as well, so it made the book more interesting. I really, really don't like Romita Jr's art...it is very abrasive and way too angular. I doubt that I would read this one again, so it went into my stack of comics that I'll be selling in the future.
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Post by urrutiap on Oct 28, 2017 20:56:29 GMT -5
Ive been always curious about the old Secret Wars stuff since the action figures were a big deal back then when I was a little kid.
What were the original Secret Wars and original Secret Wars II about anyway?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 28, 2017 21:36:55 GMT -5
Ive been always curious about the old Secret Wars stuff since the action figures were a big deal back then when I was a little kid. What were the original Secret Wars and original Secret Wars II about anyway? Secret Wars was about selling toys. Secret Wars II was about feeding Jim Shooter's ego.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 22:20:10 GMT -5
Finally read Superman vs Muhammad Ali. I had never read it....
It was a little silly but I enjoyed it. Beautiful Neal Adams art. Epic space battles. Contrived fight.
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Post by Mormel on Oct 29, 2017 6:59:39 GMT -5
I just read Watchmen for the first time. Wow! That was beautiful! Should have picked this up a long time ago.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 29, 2017 7:31:20 GMT -5
I should've known it wouldn't last. Between the departure of Luke McDonnell as penciler and the waylaying of its plotline by Invasion crossovers, Suicide Squad takes a major downward turn in its third year. It's reminding me all over again why I stopped reading comics for eight years. So disappointing.
Cei-U! I summon the big letdown!
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Post by The Cheat on Oct 29, 2017 14:43:41 GMT -5
Just finished catching up on the Robin & Nightwing trades that DC have been releasing, collecting the 90s series. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed Chuck Dixon's writing from that period. Nothing groundbreaking, just good consistently solid comics.
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 30, 2017 8:04:30 GMT -5
Mar-Vell is about to be executed by the Kree but they are attacked by the Aakon, and Mar-Vell manages to free himself. Medic Una has gone down to see if she can help Mar-Vell in his hour of need but because she's just about the most pathetic comic-book girlfriend who ever existed, she is quickly caught in the crossfire and killed. Mar-Vell takes her body, steals an Earth rocket from Cape Canaveral, buries Medic Una on the moon and then he gets sent spinning into space by a magic ray from Yon-Rogg, who has caught up with him. Wow, that is really saying something! There are a lot of pathetic comic book girlfriends out there.
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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 30, 2017 8:06:23 GMT -5
Getting ready for Halloween, I wanted to read some of the Tom Fagan/Rutland VT comics out there. So far I've read Batman #237 and Avengers #83. Batman #237 was a good Halloween issue but Avengers #83 really had nothing to do with Halloween, though it was a decent issue. Avengers #119 is up next.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 30, 2017 8:09:19 GMT -5
What a fun thing to do. I don't have the Batman book but I might try the others.
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