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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 29, 2019 14:37:19 GMT -5
I just finished Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241-244 - Earthwar! One of the best Legion stories of all-time, IMHO.
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Post by urrutiap on Apr 29, 2019 14:44:24 GMT -5
Im reading some old school Swamp Thing later tonight starting with his first appearance debut in House of Secrets
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 29, 2019 16:56:16 GMT -5
About halfway through 100 Bullets.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 29, 2019 18:49:36 GMT -5
About halfway through 100 Bullets. So about 50 bullets left to go, huh?
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Post by hondobrode on Apr 29, 2019 19:49:40 GMT -5
Give or take a few shells
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Post by brutalis on Apr 30, 2019 8:54:07 GMT -5
Read DC comics Silverblade by Cary Bates, Gene Colan and Steve Mitchell. 12 issue maxi-series about an old movie star called "the Lord of Hollywood" or otherwise Jonathon Lord who made swashbucklers, horror and science fiction, mysteries and romances. Lord is a combination Flynn/Power/Lugosi/Karloff/Chaney Sr all rolled into one who is granted through mystical means via a speaking falcon the ability to assume the form of any character/creature/hero he has played in his movies. With renewed youth and vigor Lord takes on the the mantle of the Silverblade and assumes the identity of his fictional son Lord Jr.
While wandering the wilds of Hollywood picking up his old lifestyle of fun and frolic the falcon tells Lord that he is granted these powers as a malevolent spirit is preparing to wage war. Supernatural heroics and adventure ensue as we learn that the "good" falcon spirit and the "evil" executioner spirit are actually 2 halves of one spirit in an eternal struggle. Duality is a big part of this series: Lord as old and young, the world of Hollywood in the 30/40/50's and the present and so forth. The grand struggle and the nature of reality versus fiction and movie fantasy versus true life/living being a story focus.
Lots of metaphysical thoughts and old movie delights all designed with highlighting the strength and glory of Gene Colan's pencilling skills. Klaus Janson inks the 1st issue with Steve Mitchell doing the remainder of the series and meshing quite well with Colan. This is a very non traditional comic book which will appeal to those of us in the elder generation but uncertain as to how it presents for younger readers. If you have a taste for the golden years of Hollywood movies and interestingly charismatic characters who are more than the usual fight/punch shenanigans and you love Gene Colan's style then this is recommended reading!
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 30, 2019 16:12:04 GMT -5
I just finished Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241-244 - Earthwar! One of the best Legion stories of all-time, IMHO. I'm a big LSH fan but I still have never read this. I'll get to it. It's partly because I'm just not much of a Mordru fan.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 30, 2019 17:50:11 GMT -5
I just finished Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241-244 - Earthwar! One of the best Legion stories of all-time, IMHO. I'm a big LSH fan but I still have never read this. I'll get to it. It's partly because I'm just not much of a Mordru fan. Well, Mordru pretty much only appears in the final issue - well, OK, the final two issues but mostly just the last one. So, if you don't like Mordru, there's still plenty of action without him in this story. Plus, I like the way the Legionnaires (mostly Saturn Girl, Element Lad, and Braniac 5) combined to defeat him.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 30, 2019 17:51:36 GMT -5
I read Godzilla #15. It was a so-so story where some fool ranchers try to take on Godzilla rather than calling the authorities, though there's a side plot with some unscrupulous ranchers, as this story is to be continued.
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Post by antoine on May 1, 2019 14:50:44 GMT -5
I just finished up my second lifetime read-thru of Watchmen, and I started on my second read-thru of V for Vendetta. After that, I'll start From Hell for the first time, as I just picked it up from Half-Price Books yesterday. So the trick to reading From Hell is to ignore the footnotes in the back and just read the story. First time I I kept trying to flip back and forth, it took me forever to read, and after a hundred or pages I just gave up. I'm two chapters in From hell and I must admit that so far I'm VERY confused but it. I'm not sure I understand everything that is happening. I DID read the foot note after every chapter though, so I might stop doing the and visit them when I'm done. Also, I'm pretty good at English but it is not my first language, so maybe that has something to do with my comprehension of it
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 1, 2019 16:52:07 GMT -5
So the trick to reading From Hell is to ignore the footnotes in the back and just read the story. First time I I kept trying to flip back and forth, it took me forever to read, and after a hundred or pages I just gave up. I'm two chapters in From hell and I must admit that so far I'm VERY confused but it. I'm not sure I understand everything that is happening. I DID read the foot note after every chapter though, so I might stop doing the and visit them when I'm done. Also, I'm pretty good at English but it is not my first language, so maybe that has something to do with my comprehension of it Yeah, same thing happened to me and English is my first language. Ignoring the footnotes made it way easier to get into... but it still took me a while to really get into the story. In the end I really, really liked From Hell and when I was done thought it was an easier read, overall, than Watchmen - except for the 1700 page autopsy sequence. And the footnotes don't compliment the narrative at all, or at least the important part is three words "This is fiction." The footnotes are 100% a separate story, a history of how perspectives on Jack the Ripper changed over time and a summation of all the research that Moore did. They are interesting reading separately, but actively detracted from the story being told when I tried to process both of them. Edit: But don't feel bad. It took me 3-4 tries to get through the $%^&ing thing, the only time that has ever happened with a comic book. Totally worth it, though!
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Post by Cei-U! on May 1, 2019 20:52:33 GMT -5
I read Godzilla #15. It was a so-so story where some fool ranchers try to take on Godzilla rather than calling the authorities, though there's a side plot with some unscrupulous ranchers, as this story is to be continued. Ome of the things I liked about this issue was Moench's naming the ranchers after movie directors John Ford, Howard Hawks, Raoul Walsh, and William Wellman, who all helmed classic westerns.
Cei-U! I summon the six-gun-and-Stetson salute!
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Post by dbutler69 on May 2, 2019 8:23:27 GMT -5
When in doubt, always blame Vinnie "Saving Time By Erasing Detail" Colletta.
Cei-U! I summon the words to live by!
You can likely blame Grell as well since by this point he was no longer the regular artist for LOSH, he was on Green Lantern/Green Arrow and Warlord and covers. He was probably roped in for this special and he either couldn't say no or wasn't allowed to say no. At his fastest Grell is only a one issue a month type of penciller and both GL/Warlord were bimonthly filling his monthly capability along with LOSH covers added into the mix, and his own admitted desire to getting further ahead on the Warlord schedule so he could fully pencil/ink Warlord in order to get Colletta off the inking duties there. Actually, this issue seems rushed in other ways as well. There are several coloring errors - Mon-el colored with Superboy's color scheme in two or three places, and Projectra (or her head and collar, anyway) miscolored as Light Lass in one panel; a word balloon error (word balloon going to wrong person); a missing asterisk on an editor's note which presumably should have appeared in a word balloon. Also, as much as I love this issue and it brings back wonderful memories for me, I have to say that the coloring of Oseldan Khan and his Lunites (descendants of Chinese) is pretty racist: straight-up yellow.
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Post by MDG on May 2, 2019 11:38:10 GMT -5
About halfway through 100 Bullets. I recently read the first two arcs--well done as far as that went, but the usual frustration of "how much do i have to read before the real story is revealed?". Wasn't interested enough to find out.
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Post by hondobrode on May 2, 2019 12:01:21 GMT -5
I understand what you're saying.
It's still unfolding as to Graves, Shepherd, and their alliances and agents and the power struggle between The Trust families and the Minutemen.
I'm a little over halfway through; still a solid read, though not as strong as say, Preacher or Scalped.
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