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Post by Batflunkie on May 12, 2018 8:48:24 GMT -5
The Maxx #1-#2 and Darker Image #1
Really can't overstate my pure, undying love for this series. I remember my Dad had a VHS copy of the MTV show and I would just watch it constantly. The idea of Pangaea alone enraptured me like a trillion vines. I wanted that world. To live and breathe in harmony with nature, to be true to my primal instincts, to be wholly and unequivocally me
What I like about the series so much is that it starts out like a typical 90's Image comic then slowly unravels itself into be something more, almost like meeting a person for the first time and then slowly getting to know them. In the same way that Sandman was for a lot of Goths, Maxx was kind of my gateway drug to being an urban intellectual, almost boarding on being a flatout hippie.
It shaped a lot of who I am and continues to do so. It's simultaneously incredibly funny and sweetly melancholy/introspective
#4 & #5 are probably my personal favorites. I can relate a lot to Sarah as someone who lost their father who they never truly connected with and was raised by a mother who often bordered on the cusp of hysterics. #5 is just pure, beautiful, Suessian nonsense with the Crappon Inna Hat
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Post by cellardweller on May 18, 2018 22:22:46 GMT -5
I just recently finished the "Jubilee" six-issue miniseries. Although I don't believe this qualifies as "classic" I also just finished the "Wolverine & Jubilee" series.
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Post by Confessor on May 22, 2018 16:43:01 GMT -5
I read Jack Kirby's Forever People #1, guest starring Superman, yesterday. I have this in the "Best Superman Stories Ever Told" collection, but I'm pretty sure I've never read it before. Firstly, it's odd to see Kirby drawing the big "S", since Kirby is so closely associated in my kind with Marvel and the Fantastic Four. But actually, I quite liked the way he depicted Superman.
I thought it was quite an enjoyable issue, without being something that totally blew me away. Kirby's art is very dynamic and there's lots of imagination on display in the design and powers of the Forever People. It also wasn't too verbose, which is a complaint I've often seen levelled at Kirby's DC Fourth World books. All in all, it was enjoyable stuff.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 0:49:45 GMT -5
I read Jack Kirby's Forever People #1, guest starring Superman, yesterday. I have this in the "Best Superman Stories Ever Told" collection, but I'm pretty sure I've never read it before. Firstly, it's odd to see Kirby drawing the big "S", since Kirby is so closely associated in my kind with Marvel and the Fantastic Four. But actually, I quite liked the way he depicted Superman. I was too ... it's was excellent in more ways in one and I've find his rendering very bold and mighty.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2018 5:48:29 GMT -5
Not quite the definition of "classic" but I just finished reading Avengers (2010) 22-34. This was the final 13 issues of the Bendis Avengers run and very enjoyable despite have an AvX crossover thrown in the middle of it. The final 4 issues was an arc that brought back Jan into the series from her seeming death in the Secret Invasion mini. Bendis almost brought tears to my eyes by uniting the founding Assemblers ( minus the Hulk) to rescue her from a micro world she was trapped in. I enjoyed the Bendis Avengers run despite it turning into a Cast of thousands.
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Post by bdk91939 on May 26, 2018 9:35:53 GMT -5
I just recently finished the "Jubilee" six-issue miniseries. Although I don't believe this qualifies as "classic" I also just finished the "Wolverine & Jubilee" series. Is the tone of the limited series like Wolverine and Kitty Pryde limited series of the 80's?
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Post by cellardweller on May 26, 2018 14:11:04 GMT -5
I just recently finished the "Jubilee" six-issue miniseries. Although I don't believe this qualifies as "classic" I also just finished the "Wolverine & Jubilee" series. Is the tone of the limited series like Wolverine and Kitty Pryde limited series of the 80's? I would say so, it's definitely not a "sunshine and rainbows" story line. Very similar theme between the two series. With KP & W, he's helping Kitty learn to overcome the effects of Ogun, and to be her own person again. In W&J, Wolverine is helping Jubilee to subdue her newly vampiric nature, and her need for human blood.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 26, 2018 23:46:33 GMT -5
I just recently finished the "Jubilee" six-issue miniseries. Although I don't believe this qualifies as "classic" I also just finished the "Wolverine & Jubilee" series. Wolverine & Jubilee was the first thing I read when I got back into comics. To quote Rich Evans, it was "sporadically interesting". It's a real shame when a writer has literally no clue what to do with a character that they just go ahead and "flanderize" them in the worse possible way. Don't get me wrong, I did legitimately think Jubilee losing her mutant powers and gaining vampire based ones was interesting, especially considering how much of similar power set she has to Dazzler. They just did a half-assed job implementing it and then retconned it out of sheer embarrassment(?)
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Post by cellardweller on May 27, 2018 18:14:26 GMT -5
I just recently finished the "Jubilee" six-issue miniseries. Although I don't believe this qualifies as "classic" I also just finished the "Wolverine & Jubilee" series. Wolverine & Jubilee was the first thing I read when I got back into comics. To quote Rich Evans, it was "sporadically interesting". It's a real shame when a writer has literally no clue what to do with a character that they just go ahead and "flanderize" them in the worse possible way. Don't get me wrong, I did legitimately think Jubilee losing her mutant powers and gaining vampire based ones was interesting, especially considering how much of similar power set she has to Dazzler. They just did a half-assed job implementing it and then retconned it out of sheer embarrassment(?) Yes, Jubilee is close to Dazzler, but I always found her to be very similar to Boom Boom. Even Boom Boom thought so. LOL
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Post by Batflunkie on May 27, 2018 18:31:08 GMT -5
Wolverine & Jubilee was the first thing I read when I got back into comics. To quote Rich Evans, it was "sporadically interesting". It's a real shame when a writer has literally no clue what to do with a character that they just go ahead and "flanderize" them in the worse possible way. Don't get me wrong, I did legitimately think Jubilee losing her mutant powers and gaining vampire based ones was interesting, especially considering how much of similar power set she has to Dazzler. They just did a half-assed job implementing it and then retconned it out of sheer embarrassment(?) Yes, Jubilee is close to Dazzler, but I always found her to be very similar to Boom Boom. Even Boom Boom thought so. LOL I know that Dazzler's powers morseo have to do with the manipulation of soundwaves and I think Juiblee's are just more or less firework sparks that she can more or less control at well. Not a large difference, but a noticeable one
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on May 30, 2018 19:56:53 GMT -5
I just read this Picked it up on ebay...it was a very strange story. I was aware Juggernaut had fought with Dr. Strange (have not read this issued but it is on my want list for the cover alone) but the whole story with Beast here was very corny. There is some funny elements thrown in also, as the side characters appear to be the Marvel writers. They all wind up at a party and talk about upcoming issues of Night Nurse...definitely an early example of Marvel having some fun and breaking the fourth wall. Overall it was a strange tale with the Beast running away from Juggernaut only to be found and then suddenly defeating the villain. I bought it for the cover primarily, as I love any good battle cover. Also, I wonder if this cover disappointed people back in the day. It sure did me, as I assumed I would be seeing the Avengers and Spidey in the ish. Sadly, it appears the characters on the cover are meant to be people in the story at a Halloween party...although none of the costumes seen worn on the cover are seen in the issue except for a poorly drawn Spidey costume.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 30, 2018 22:02:19 GMT -5
I remember getting a hand-me-down copy of Beast's rebirth in Amazing Adventures #11 when I was around 8 or 9. That was one of my earliest exposures of Bronze Age Marvel and horror comics in general. Not much stands out to me about the issue except the always amazing "Black Dragon Fighting Society" ads
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Post by urrutiap on May 30, 2018 22:14:03 GMT -5
I read Uncanny X Men 207 and 208 Earlier today.
Not the best stuff story wise but decent I guess. Just not fond of Rachel Summers at all
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Post by BigPapaJoe on May 30, 2018 23:48:26 GMT -5
Fantastic Four volume one. Just reached the 60 issue mark. I've gotten used to Stan Lee's writing at this point. The way Doom lost Surfer's powers took me by surprise. I forgot about that little "out" that could be applied in stopping him.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on May 31, 2018 5:01:33 GMT -5
I read Uncanny X Men 207 and 208 Earlier today. Not the best stuff story wise but decent I guess. Just not fond of Rachel Summers at all Is that the one where Wolverine stabs her in the chest because he doesn’t like her intention of killing that mass murdering monster, Selene? Talk about cognitive dissonance!
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