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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2018 14:30:46 GMT -5
Those classic Thor stories are a lot of fun!
Funnily enough, as a kid, I was bored with all the Asgardian stuff. I was sitting there, saying things like, "Come on, when's he gonna return to Earth and take a beating from Gray Gargoyle!" The Earth-based stuff was more to my liking.
Yet as an adult, I prefer the Asgardian stories, whether contemporary or historical. Nowadays, if Thor makes his/her way back to Earth, I am more likely to say, "Come on, get yourself back to Asgard, that's where the action is!"
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Post by Hoosier X on Nov 29, 2018 14:42:35 GMT -5
I read Thor #298 this morning and Thor and Company gave successfully defeated Mangog. But at what cost! Noble Odin is dead! And then he poofs out of existence. Well! That looked pretty definitive! We won't be seeing him again! Yeah, that's it for Mangog. Villains never make comebacks. I guess you mean #198. I had some Keith Pollard Thors around the 280s-90s but just have #300 now. Then I got into Simonson's return with #337 like a lot of people, somewhere before he turned into a frog I must've dropped it again as someone later traded the two frog issues to me. I may've traded the Hulk with Rocket Raccoon for them though, oops. Yes. #198. I changed that. I remember the Mighty Thor-Frog issues! Those are great! I stuck around for a while after that. I quit buying Thor not because I didn't like it but because I was getting less interested in comics and dropping a lot of them.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 2, 2018 16:08:56 GMT -5
I made a virtual jigsaw of the covers of some of the '70s Thor comics I have here... www.jigsawplanet.com/beccabear67/Comics-PuzzlesThis is a very basic website without ads that I can see, should be playable by anyone as I remember usuing it well over a dozen years ago and a much more basic computer. You can also choose fewer pieces at the top under 'Play As'. Hope you like it, should be a lot of fun to do! I'll probably try making some others in the future, maybe with a non-white or plain background.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 2, 2018 18:45:18 GMT -5
Okay, did one with various '70s Marvels too, that might be more fun, more variety. Just finishing up All Star Comics #71-74... thanks to DC wikia.com I found what became of the story mentioned at the end of All Star Comics #74 for the next issue (which was never published) where a major character was going to die. So I guess I'll be adding Adventure Comics #461 & 462 to the want list with Batman #300 (and Showcase #97-99).
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Post by rberman on Dec 2, 2018 22:25:00 GMT -5
Okay, did one with various '70s Marvels too, that might be more fun, more variety. 48 minutes! Much slower than your 16 minute time. I figured out late in the game that if I highlighted all the stray pieces, it was easier to find the edge pieces.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 2, 2018 23:39:17 GMT -5
48 minutes! Much slower than your 16 minute time. I figured out late in the game that if I highlighted all the stray pieces, it was easier to find the edge pieces. The way I did it was to just match up all the logos/Marvel banners first and work outward from there. I didn't worry about edges. Then again I might have a slight advantage being familiar with the issues of the comics used. Probably screen size makes a big difference as well; you can super-size the playing area with the button at the lower right corner. Oh, I think I'm addicted to the little clicking noise each time you match pieces. Probably start hearing it in my sleep!
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2018 11:26:18 GMT -5
Okay, did one with various '70s Marvels too, that might be more fun, more variety. Just finishing up All Star Comics #71-74... thanks to DC wikia.com I found what became of the story mentioned at the end of All Star Comics #74 for the next issue (which was never published) where a major character was going to die. So I guess I'll be adding Adventure Comics #461 & 462 to the want list with Batman #300 (and Showcase #97-99). I love that 1970s revival of All-Star Comics. I got those Dollar Comics issues of Adventure in the mid-1980s -#461 to #466 - for 50 cents each. I like the JSA stories a lot. I used to take them out and read them every so often. The last time I took them out - two or three years ago - I read the other stories in Adventure as well. None of them looked familiar. I don't think I had ever read anything except the JSA stories. It's very rare for me to do that. I almost always read the whole comic as soon as I get it before I file it away. There's a story with Wonder Woman fighting Queen Bee that I especially like. It doesn't make any sense - but that's Zazzalla! She's as mad as a badger's hat.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 4, 2018 13:37:05 GMT -5
I love that 1970s revival of All-Star Comics. I got those Dollar Comics issues of Adventure in the mid-1980s -#461 to #466 - for 50 cents each. I like the JSA stories a lot. I used to take them out and read them every so often. The last time I took them out - two or three years ago - I read the other stories in Adventure as well. None of them looked familiar. I don't think I had ever read anything except the JSA stories. It's very rare for me to do that. I almost always read the whole comic as soon as I get it before I file it away. There's a story with Wonder Woman fighting Queen Bee that I especially like. It doesn't make any sense - but that's Zazzalla! She's as mad as a badger's hat. I think Doctor Fate is an interesting character, and the golden age Flash is cool even if his wife isn't super and holds him back a lot (unlike Hawkgirl/woman who could actually do things). The Huntress was a great new addition too being more a character in her own right without Bat in he name, which I guess is what Power Girl was also doing not having a stylized anyplace (but they kind of over-wrote her as too angry early on). I was wondering if this features the Earth 2 Wonder Woman? I never read (or even watched) much WW so there's a lot I don't know about the continuity... looks like a good single issue to have though.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2018 13:42:04 GMT -5
I'm moving right along in 1960s Thor. I'm up to #129. In past issues of this classic Marvel Age storyline, Hercules has come to Earth, and of course, he runs into Jane Foster and is immediately smitten. (This kind of thing makes more sense since the Thor movies came out because now I think of jane Foster as looking like Natalie Portman.) Jane is in a bit of a snit with Thor because he has just revealed he is also Don Blake and she's upset because he disappears all the time and leaves her wondering what happening to him or if he'll ever return. So she spurns Thor for Hercules! (For two or three panels.) Do Thor and Hercules fight! They fight and fight for a while issue! Here's the cover: But Odin is watching! And he's mad at Thor for something (he left Asgard to go see Jane Foster in defiance of Odin), so he's in an Odinsnit! and he decides to cut Thor's power in half as punishment. During the battle with Hercules! He can't bring himself to do the deed himself, so he passes on the Odin-Snit power to his advisor Seidring, who uses it on Thor, who is quickly defeated by Hercules. Jane rushes forward to check on Thor and apologizes for acting like she did. But Thor is too busy feeling sorry for himself because all he has now is the strength of ten Ben Grimm's instead of twenty. But Odin, starting to feel bad for being such an ass, forgets to take the Odin power away from Seidring. It's a bit much for Seidring, who decides to use the Odin power to whup Odin's butt and take over Asgard for himself! And Hercules, triumphant over Thor, walks away as the people of New York fawn on him. Then he gets an offer to go to Hollywood and make movies, unaware that the producer is Pluto, the lord of Hades himself! Let's see, what next. Jane gets a roommate named Tana Nile who is awesome. Even Thor bows down to her the first time he meets her. Thor goes to Asgard and helps defeat Seidring and is rewarded by getting his powers back. Seidring is punished by being sent to be the king of the loathsome rock trolls and he's only wearing a diaper. Hercules goes to make his movie, little realizing that the actress playing Hippolyta is really Hippolyta. (I guess he hasn't seen her since she moved to DC and dyed her hair black?) He also doesn't recognize Pluto because he's wearing sunglasses and Pluto tricks him into signing a contract that makes Hercules trade places with Pluto to become the ruler of the Underworld! Zeus declares the contract to be valid so Hercules must become the king of the Underworld. Unless … he can find someone to fight the hordes of Hades and rescue him from his folly. And guess who shows up at the end of #129 to help dummy Hercules in his hour of greatest need? The next issue is probably my favorite issue of Thor ever! Except for maybe where he fights Ego the Living Planet.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2018 14:16:15 GMT -5
I love that 1970s revival of All-Star Comics. I got those Dollar Comics issues of Adventure in the mid-1980s -#461 to #466 - for 50 cents each. I like the JSA stories a lot. I used to take them out and read them every so often. The last time I took them out - two or three years ago - I read the other stories in Adventure as well. None of them looked familiar. I don't think I had ever read anything except the JSA stories. It's very rare for me to do that. I almost always read the whole comic as soon as I get it before I file it away. There's a story with Wonder Woman fighting Queen Bee that I especially like. It doesn't make any sense - but that's Zazzalla! She's as mad as a badger's hat. I think Doctor Fate is an interesting character, and the golden age Flash is cool even if his wife isn't super and holds him back a lot (unlike Hawkgirl/woman who could actually do things). The Huntress was a great new addition too being more a character in her own right without Bat in he name, which I guess is what Power Girl was also doing not having a stylized anyplace (but they kind of over-wrote her as too angry early on). I was wondering if this features the Earth 2 Wonder Woman? I never read (or even watched) much WW so there's a lot I don't know about the continuity... looks like a good single issue to have though. I love that Wonder Woman Special! It's been a while since I read it so I don't remember if it's Earth-1 or Earth-2 WW. It must be Earth-2 because it's World War II. Several artists worked on it, including Russ Heath and Steve Ditko and Jose Delbo! The Huntress is great! And I love stereotypical humorless radfem Power Girl! She's hilarious! (Although I'm glad they realized how dumb it was and toned it down.) I would love to see a team-up with Power Girl and Thundra set in the 1970s.
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Post by beccabear67 on Dec 4, 2018 14:38:57 GMT -5
I'm moving right along in 1960s Thor. I'm up to #129. I never had a lot of '60s Thor, one very hammered regular 'Journey Into' with the Absorbing Man I barely remember, Annuals #1 & 2, and Thor #127 and 133. I think Annual #1 (also with Herc) and 127 and 133 were the most memorable, even out of context. I have an e-edition of the early Magneto cross-over, should see about getting the Herc and Ego storylines which they sort of revist in the issues I was most recently reading in the 220-230s. It's amazing how well they worked together, Thor and Hercules, they just came from different towns is all.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2018 15:21:12 GMT -5
Journey Into Mystery #125 and Thor #126 to #130 are reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition #3. I had quite a few of the Marvel Treasury Editions when I was a kid, but somehow I missed this one and didn't get a copy until the 1990s. I hadn't read much 1960s Thor from the period after the epic storylines started and it was quite a revelation to see an entire epic between two covers in a format as big as a table cloth!
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Post by comicsandwho2 on Dec 4, 2018 16:14:48 GMT -5
I think Doctor Fate is an interesting character, and the golden age Flash is cool even if his wife isn't super and holds him back a lot (unlike Hawkgirl/woman who could actually do things). The Huntress was a great new addition too being more a character in her own right without Bat in he name, which I guess is what Power Girl was also doing not having a stylized anyplace (but they kind of over-wrote her as too angry early on). I was wondering if this features the Earth 2 Wonder Woman? I never read (or even watched) much WW so there's a lot I don't know about the continuity... looks like a good single issue to have though. I love that Wonder Woman Special! It's been a while since I read it so I don't remember if it's Earth-1 or Earth-2 WW. It must be Earth-2 because it's World War II. Several artists worked on it, including Russ Heath and Steve Ditko and Jose Delbo! The Huntress is great! And I love stereotypical humorless radfem Power Girl! She's hilarious! (Although I'm glad they realized how dumb it was and toned it down.) I would love to see a team-up with Power Girl and Thundra set in the 1970s. Yeah, this is the Earth-2 Wonder Woman (in this era, anything involving DC superheroes active in WWII is a 'Golden Age'/Earth-2 setting...except for Gerry Conway's STEEL series). The Earth-2 version took over the regular monthly comic for a bit, in 1977-78, to match the initial setting of the TV show in the '40s. Shortly thereafter, the TV show switched networks(ABC to CBS), and changed formats, with a contemporary setting(no 'alternate earths' involved, they established that Amazons barely aged...and had Lyle Waggoner's 'Steve Trevor Jr.' look exactly like his father(though we never learned who Steve married). For a time, the only place the Earth-1 version of Wonder Woman appeared was in JUSTICE LEAGUE, and she only rejoined that team in 1976, after several years of being powerless, followed by a very lengthy 'Trials of Hercules'-inspired saga, in order to 'regain' her membership. It took a while for DC to re-adjust the comic to Earth-1, but they did so in the spring of 1978, with a story showing the first-ever meeting of the Earth-1 version and the '40s-era Earth 2 version...and at the end of the issue, the focus shifted to the Earth-1 version returning home. The Earth-2 Wonder Woman also appeared in the first year or so of the giant-size Dollar Comic format of World's Finest, also in '77-78, including a story in which she ends up on Earth-1 in the '40s...along with the time-traveling Superman, Batman, Green Arrow and Black Canary, in one of those 'time gone crazy' stories. One other noteworthy moment in the WFC series was a team-up of WW and Sergeant Rock(first reference to his Earth-2 self, who subsequently teamed up with Batman in the Brave and the Bold).
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2018 17:30:19 GMT -5
I just finished Thor #130 a short time ago. I've had Marvel Treasury Edition #3 for a long time. I got it in the 1990s, so I've had it for 20 years or more. And I've read it a few times. But I didn't get it when I was a kid! Some of my favorites from when I was a kid - like the Marvel Special Edition that reprinted Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, or the issue of Super-Team Family that reprinted All-Star Comics #3 - I read those over and over again for months when I first got them. Every panel is so familiar! But the story of Thor's descent into Hades to save dummy Hercules - it isn't quite like that. I've probably read it four or five times over the years. I read it as recently as two maybe three years ago when I got this Marvel Masterworks volume. And I had forgotten that the end - SPOILER ALERT for Thor fans who want to enjoy this on their own some day! - it's a bit of an anticlimax! Thor goes down to Hades and tears the place up for 14 or 15 pages. He's just getting started. There are seemingly MILLIONS more of the minions of Pluto to fight him. And then Pluto says "Stop!" He's spent all these centuries getting it just the way he likes it and he can't stand seeing it destroyed. And he admits that he probably wouldn't have known what to do with himself running around footloose and fancy-free in man's world. So he lets Hercules go! I still love it! I think I love it even more! Also Tana Nile blows her cover with some indiscreet "You foolish humans!" dialogue that makes Jane kind of curious. So Tana Nile hypnotizes Jane and makes her go far away and join up with the Dr. Moreau homage of the High Evolutionary and his Knights of Wundagore. But … that's not for a few issues.
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 5, 2018 0:09:31 GMT -5
I love that 1970s revival of All-Star Comics. I got those Dollar Comics issues of Adventure in the mid-1980s -#461 to #466 - for 50 cents each. I like the JSA stories a lot. I used to take them out and read them every so often. The last time I took them out - two or three years ago - I read the other stories in Adventure as well. None of them looked familiar. I don't think I had ever read anything except the JSA stories. It's very rare for me to do that. I almost always read the whole comic as soon as I get it before I file it away. There's a story with Wonder Woman fighting Queen Bee that I especially like. It doesn't make any sense - but that's Zazzalla! She's as mad as a badger's hat. I think Doctor Fate is an interesting character, and the golden age Flash is cool even if his wife isn't super and holds him back a lot (unlike Hawkgirl/woman who could actually do things). The Huntress was a great new addition too being more a character in her own right without Bat in he name, which I guess is what Power Girl was also doing not having a stylized anyplace (but they kind of over-wrote her as too angry early on). I was wondering if this features the Earth 2 Wonder Woman? I never read (or even watched) much WW so there's a lot I don't know about the continuity... looks like a good single issue to have though. You can find in-depth coverage of the 1970s All-Star/Adventure JSA run, the Earth-2 Wonder Woman stories (including this one), and lots more in this thread.
Cei-U! I summon the project that launched my new career!
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