Crimebuster
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 10, 2018 22:16:51 GMT -5
In 2014, he said he was working on a giant size #15 that would tie up loose ends and relaunch the series. But I haven't read anything more about it recently.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2018 23:36:50 GMT -5
The Batman and Spiderman books there are real classics ... I remember reading them vaguely and they were gems - especially the Spiderman one ... Nowhere Man . That issue is a classic not only for the first appearance of Mysterio, but for the fact that Spider-Man went to see a psychiatrist. Hilarious. This story makes me wish that a Batman writer would have dealt with this so we wouldn't still be going through the tiresome "is Batman crazy" nonsense. No, he's not crazy. He's just really into symbolism, selfless and not a coward. Can we move on?! No problems ...
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 11, 2018 7:12:42 GMT -5
That issue is a classic not only for the first appearance of Mysterio, but for the fact that Spider-Man went to see a psychiatrist. Hilarious. This story makes me wish that a Batman writer would have dealt with this so we wouldn't still be going through the tiresome "is Batman crazy" nonsense. No, he's not crazy. He's just really into symbolism, selfless and not a coward. Can we move on?! No problems ... For the record, I wasn't having a mental breakdown here. I often fail at parodying over obsessive fans and I fear that people sometimes think I'm serious! I just find the crazy Batman debate amusing given how so many other characters are given a pass on similar behavior.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 11, 2018 7:18:26 GMT -5
I just read Xenozoic Tales issues 9 - 14. Well it was the Schultz Artist Edition containing those stories. I gotta say, not only are they some of the best drawn comics ever. And seeing them in the original art is spectacular. But it is a damn good story. It is really a shame he stopped at #14. I hope someday he goes back to continue this. I've been wanting to get into this series for awhile now. I vaguely remember it as "Cadillac's and Dinosaur's" back when Marvel was publishing it in the early 90's, but I never read it. I first encountered Shultz's art when he illustrated The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian in 2003. It took me awhile to warm up to his Conan, but I instantly loved how he drew everything else.
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Crimebuster
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Post by Crimebuster on Feb 11, 2018 10:32:01 GMT -5
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs from Marvel reprinted the first 6 issues of Xeonzoic Tales. There was also a later Cadillacs and Dinosaurs series from Topps, that was done by other creators after Shultz licensed it out, with the story taking place bewteen panels of the story in Xenozoic Tales #10. Just not the same without his art.
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Post by kirby101 on Feb 11, 2018 12:20:25 GMT -5
The journey from Wally Wood clone to his Williamson/Frazetta style is amazing. He talks about in this books intro. Here is an example of the difference between the printed comic and the original art in the Artist Edition Couldn't find the same page, but these are from the same issue (#9)
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 11, 2018 13:41:57 GMT -5
Just got htose in my very first visit to a comic shop since my "accident". I didn't know these editions existed, so i'm happy to get those at cheapo price.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 11, 2018 13:53:34 GMT -5
Just got htose in my very first visit to a comic shop since my "accident". I didn't know these editions existed, so i'm happy to get those at cheapo price. Welcome back AGS , where you been ?
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 11, 2018 14:02:10 GMT -5
Welcome back AGS , where you been ? Thank you dear Trombone I was quite sick, and a tad disheartened. But I was missing some of you , haha.
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Post by Icctrombone on Feb 11, 2018 14:04:17 GMT -5
I read your thread on what happened. What a freak thing. Maybe something to do with diabetes?
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Feb 11, 2018 14:39:49 GMT -5
I read your thread on what happened. What a freak thing. Maybe something to do with diabetes? As I have a cousin who has this, they checked, but apparently no. I'll follow up on that thread if I get better answers.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 14:50:15 GMT -5
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 11, 2018 23:17:59 GMT -5
Don't really read/follow Spidey, so I'm kind of surprised that Mysterio was introduced so early on in the title's lifespan and created by Ditko. Mysterio has always struck me as a very under utilized villain, much like the Riddler or Dr.Alchemy
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Post by Nowhere Man on Feb 12, 2018 10:09:29 GMT -5
Don't really read/follow Spidey, so I'm kind of surprised that Mysterio was introduced so early on in the title's lifespan and created by Ditko. Mysterio has always struck me as a very under utilized villain, much like the Riddler or Dr.Alchemy I think he's a brilliant concept. I mean, a special effects artists gone rogue?! A fishbowl helmet yet he doesn't come off as ridiculous?! Lee and Ditko were simply in the zone on this series.
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Post by Batflunkie on Feb 12, 2018 11:15:52 GMT -5
I think he's a brilliant concept. I mean, a special effects artists gone rogue?! A fishbowl helmet yet he doesn't come off as ridiculous?! Lee and Ditko were simply in the zone on this series. That's kind of the reason why I love DC's Blue Devil so much and wish they would use him more, even though he's more of a magic based character with a stunt man/special effects artist origin
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