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Post by dbutler69 on May 29, 2019 7:51:31 GMT -5
I read Legion of Super-Heroes #266-267. It's a two-parter with the return of Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel, as they accidentally free an evil genie. It's a decent story, with the art being somewhat better than it's been lately. I also read the Ms. Marvel stories in Marvel Super-Heroes #10-11. They were originally intended to be in Ms. Marvel #24-25, but of course it got cancelled, and they didn't see the light of day until 1992. A real shame.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 29, 2019 11:44:38 GMT -5
OK, now I've just read Godzilla #20-23. One more issue to go!
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Post by beccabear67 on May 29, 2019 18:14:39 GMT -5
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Post by Cei-U! on May 29, 2019 20:03:55 GMT -5
The post-cancellation stories are also included in the Essential Ms. Marvel collection.
Cei-U! My copy's signed by Claremont and Conway!
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Post by dbutler69 on May 30, 2019 7:50:04 GMT -5
I read the Ms. Marvel stories in Marvel Super-Heroes (the 1990 series) #10 & 11. #10 contains Ms Marvel #24, cover and all. #11 is presumably what #25 would have been, but I don't think that one ever got completed, and it looks like they added some stuff at the end to tie it into modern ("modern" being 1992) Marvel continuity. It contains the scene where Rogue takes Carol's powers.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 30, 2019 7:56:41 GMT -5
I read Godzilla #24. It's the last issue in the series, yet I didn't notice a mention of it anywhere, including the letters page. Odd. Anyway, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and SHIELD all take on Godzilla, serving mostly just to anger him. The Empire State Building takes some bruises along the way. Godzilla if finally "subdued" by the boy Rob, who convinces him to go away. I also read Freedom Fighters #7 & 8. #7 is pretty weak, as an evil elf is trying to change the rotational axis of the earth so that the USA becomes the North Pole. On top of that, the Freedom Fighters are picking up totally random new superpowers, probably in an attempt to make them more interesting. #8 is better, as they battle a group of "comic book" heroes called the Crusaders at Niagara Falls. This business of the Freedom Fighters being fugitives is wearing thin for me. I hope it ends soon.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 30, 2019 8:40:16 GMT -5
No such luck, d. The Freedom Fighters are still on the run when the series gets axed following #15.
As for Godzilla, I suspect it didn't sell enough to justify renewing the license for another two years. The decision to drop it was likely made after #24 went to press, hence no announcement of the cancellation.
Cei-U! I summon the one-lizard urban renewal project!
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Post by brutalis on May 30, 2019 8:41:43 GMT -5
Crazy/Busy last 2 days at work (nothing like a holiday to squeeze 5 days into 4 days) so needed some nice relaxful "ME" time last night. Read some DC war comics I have had for awhile but not gotten around to. A mix of 2 classic and 2 "modern" age issues.
War Story: Archangel: Garth Ennis/Gary Erskine
War Story: D Day Dodgers: Garth Ennis/John Higgins
The Losers Special: Losers Die Twice (Crisis crossover with death of the Losers)
Showcase Presents #104: OSS: Spies at War
Ennis war stories are always a delight as he provides insights to more than just the "regular" aspects of a war story. He finds the quirky and personal insights of the war conflicts and lets us learn from such history and not just show the action. REALLY liked Archangel and the battle scenes of fighter planes by Erskine is truly memorable. D Day Dodgers is very deep and quite sorrowful and touches the heart in ways you don't expect a comic book to do. The Higgins art is very clear and emotive for the characters.
The Loser's Special gives an "ending/closure" for the heroes of the Loser's and yet it just didn't quite feel "right" to me. Perhaps it being that the DC war characters fought on so diligently against the Nazi regime that it felt WRONG for killing these characters off. While it may be more "real" in the overall sense it just bothered me that the "outcast's" of the war who valiantly stood against Germany ended up losing in the end. Sometimes we want our hard luck heroes to overcome the odds!
OSS: Spies at war was a nice change of pace providing more personal stories with a focus upon varying characters in each done in one story (3 in the comic) in an attempt to set up a new series. Meant to be a kind of "mission impossible" with outrageous concepts/stories with a focus on different characters which are assembled to handle any special mission that arises, it was entertaining.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 30, 2019 9:40:27 GMT -5
No such luck, d. The Freedom Fighters are still on the run when the series gets axed following #15. As for Godzilla, I suspect it didn't sell enough to justify renewing the license for another two years. The decision to drop it was likely made after #24 went to press, hence no announcement of the cancellation. Cei-U! I summon the one-lizard urban renewal project! All the interviews I've read indicate that the cost of the license was not justified by the sales of the book and thus the precise two year run.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 12:28:23 GMT -5
I read Godzilla #24. It's the last issue in the series, yet I didn't notice a mention of it anywhere, including the letters page. Odd. Anyway, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and SHIELD all take on Godzilla, serving mostly just to anger him. The Empire State Building takes some bruises along the way. Godzilla if finally "subdued" by the boy Rob, who convinces him to go away. I was kind of sad when this series stopped and I was enjoying it very much and one of my rare series that I read that a Marvel Superhero did not starred in. It was a fun series and somewhat creative ... figure of speech here and I just wished it had more issues to follow. I don't have all 24 issues and gave them away to a friend of mine that had a cousin that wanted a copy of it. He gave me 35 bucks for all 24 issues long time ago.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 30, 2019 13:06:23 GMT -5
I read Godzilla #24. It's the last issue in the series, yet I didn't notice a mention of it anywhere, including the letters page. Odd. Anyway, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and SHIELD all take on Godzilla, serving mostly just to anger him. The Empire State Building takes some bruises along the way. Godzilla if finally "subdued" by the boy Rob, who convinces him to go away. I was kind of sad when this series stopped and I was enjoying it very much and one of my rare series that I read that a Marvel Superhero did not starred in. It was a fun series and somewhat creative ... figure of speech here and I just wished it had more issues to follow. I don't have all 24 issues and gave them away to a friend of mine that had a cousin that wanted a copy of it. He gave me 35 bucks for all 24 issues long time ago. Yes, it was a fun series.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 30, 2019 13:07:23 GMT -5
No such luck, d. The Freedom Fighters are still on the run when the series gets axed following #15. As for Godzilla, I suspect it didn't sell enough to justify renewing the license for another two years. The decision to drop it was likely made after #24 went to press, hence no announcement of the cancellation. Cei-U! I summon the one-lizard urban renewal project! Aw man! That's bad news about the Freedom Fighters. Well, I'll stick it out till the end, but I wish they'd gone in a different direction.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 31, 2019 14:02:54 GMT -5
I read The Legion of Super-Heroes #268. Check out the cover by George Perez and Terry Austin. Now that is an all-star cover art team!! Too bad that the heads on the left shrink the cover art. Unfortunately, the interior art if by Steve Ditko, and I am not a fan of his work, especially his post 60's work. This is a trippy little story by JM DeMatties that I kinda like.
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Post by beccabear67 on May 31, 2019 17:57:10 GMT -5
I remember they had Perez do a lot of covers when he was new at DC... Legion, Green Lantern, Flash (well, he did Firestorm in the back of that for awhile). I kind of like those covers where they have the characters heads on one side... Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 and Avengers #186 did that. It could be on the first splash page but I think it might be helpful to new readers if nothing else.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 1, 2019 5:37:37 GMT -5
I read The Legion of Super-Heroes #268. Check out the cover by George Perez and Terry Austin. Now that is an all-star cover art team!! Too bad that the heads on the left shrink the cover art. Unfortunately, the interior art if by Steve Ditko, and I am not a fan of his work, especially his post 60's work. This is a trippy little story by JM DeMatties that I kinda like. Yeah, I remember that period on LoSH as epitomizing bait & switch comics: gorgeous covers by Perez and then that uninspired art by Ditko inside. Mind you, I'm a pretty big fan of Ditko's work in general, but my view is that there's certain titles/characters for which he is a poor fit, and the Legion is definitely one of them. Also, I get the impression that he was doing that work just for a paycheck and didn't really put in his best effort. I recall liking his art at around the same time in the Starman feature in Adventure, and his work on several features for Pacific Comics not long afterward was quite good.
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