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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 1, 2020 9:54:38 GMT -5
In reading through my New Teen Titans issues, I’m up to my back issues for The Judas Contract. It was as good as I remembered. Only the first and last issues have a lot of action, but plenty of drama, we get to see Dick shine a bit in the first couple of issues, and we get Slade- Deathstroke – The Terminator’s origin. The art, especially for #42, actually seemed even better than the usual extremely high standards. I don’t know if it was the Giordano inks (though I think Tanghal is great) is just Perez somehow getting better, but anyway, plenty to like here. The only thing that fell flat a bit for me was that there was absolutely no motivation for Terra being so evil and psychotic. She was just born bad, apparently. I don’t know if I can buy that. Otherwise, though, obviously a great arc.
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Post by electricmastro on Jan 1, 2020 17:34:41 GMT -5
New Adventure Comics #13 (February 1937, DC Comics), the Foe of the Borgias story with Sven Elven’s art sticking out to me in particular.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 2, 2020 14:09:56 GMT -5
I read Fantastic Four #94. This was a fun Halloweeny type of issue, introducing Agatha Harkness, who will take care of Franklin. It seems weird to me that Sue & Reed would send their baby upstate to be cared for, but hey, who am I to judge. The Frightful Four try again to destroy the "other" FF, with familiar and predictable results, except that it's Agatha who saves the day. #95 wasn't quite as good, as the Monocle tries to assassinate some UN officials at a big peace conference. This is his first appearance, as well.
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 2, 2020 20:38:26 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 3, 2020 13:45:13 GMT -5
Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier is now a classic comic, who would have thunk? It was still a new thing in my mind.
But what it will not cease to be is a thing of beauty. It's the first time I read it, but it absolutely qualifies as the “love letter to the silver age” it’s no doubt been referred as.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 3, 2020 14:31:16 GMT -5
Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier is now a classic comic, who would have thunk? It was still a new thing in my mind. But what it will not cease to be is a thing of beauty. It's the first time I read it, but it absolutely qualifies as the “love letter to the silver age” it’s no doubt been referred as. I only read the New Frontier for the first time recently too...three months back on a long haul flight over the Atlantic. It's a really enjoyable book, although I found it to be a little disjointed at the start. I think what I liked best about it was how it examined the real world social ills and Cold War politics of the early 60s, while retaining the upbeat optimism of DC's comics in that era. In that way it really captures the zeitgiest of John F. Kennedy's "Camelot" era, without ever sinking into Baby Boomer nostalgia -- which is quite some feat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 16:25:36 GMT -5
Darwyn Cooke’s New Frontier is now a classic comic, who would have thunk? It was still a new thing in my mind. But what it will not cease to be is a thing of beauty. It's the first time I read it, but it absolutely qualifies as the “love letter to the silver age” it’s no doubt been referred as. I read it about 2-3 times a year just for the love of it and his art as well ...
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Post by Batflunkie on Jan 4, 2020 12:38:50 GMT -5
Shaman King Volume 2
After defeating Ren, Yoh is in the hospital recovering. His bride to be (arranged marriage because of how few Shamans there are out there) Anna shows up who is incredibly bossy to the point of violence. Yoh was incredibly lucky to beat Ren, but with the Shaman King tournament coming up, he can't win by pure luck alone. So he spends his entire summer training with Anna so that he and his spirit guardian, a samurai known as Amidamaru, can be at 100% integration. After receiving free tickets to a 20th anniversary showing of Lee Balong's last film, Fists Of Rage, they meet Ren's sister Jun who is a Daoshi, a priestest spellcaster, who controls Jiang-shi (corpse puppets) via Fulu Talismans (thin sheets of paper with incantations on them). Her Jiang-Shi just happens to be Lee Balong who was killed as a present for her some years ago. Balong puts up a really good fight, utterly devastating Yoh until Anna is able to summon Balong's old mentor to beat him Really, really love the look of Lee Balong in the Jiang-Shi garb with the huge ass Nunchakus Shaman King Volume 3Wooden Sword Ryu and his gang of misunderstood miscreants are looking for their "happy place" and after a forgotten bowling alley proves insufficient, Ryu becomes possessed by Tokageroh, a thievious scoundrel who has a vendetta against Amidamaru for killing him. Armed with Ryu's body, Yoh's school friend Manta, and Amidamaru's sword as collateral, Tokageroh believes himself to be utterly untouchable. But in the end, Yoh wins through sheer perseverance
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Post by wickedmountain on Jan 7, 2020 17:27:49 GMT -5
Laurel and Hardy #1 (1972)
Mundens Bar #1 (1988)
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 7, 2020 18:03:47 GMT -5
Marvel Team-Up #8-11 (late 1990s) Namor & Doctor Strange, Captain America, The Thing and Iron Man respectively. Subby has had his brain scrambled up and has flashbacks to earlier selves, including the time he couldn't breathe underwater, meanwhile all kinds of villainy is afoot and aswim. I think I enjoyed The Thing team-up the most, hard to not be entertained by Blue-eyed Benjamin Grimm, even if now we know when he mentions his Aunt Petunia she looked like this...
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 7, 2020 19:16:47 GMT -5
Laurel and Hardy #1 (1972) Mundens Bar #1 (1988) I read that Laurel and Hardy book yesterday, and I thought it was quite good!
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Post by MDG on Jan 8, 2020 10:22:09 GMT -5
I'll have to pull that one out again (think I only read it once). I remember liking it, but also, I think it's the first time I saw inks by the Hilary Barta, who always makes everything look better.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 11, 2020 16:25:19 GMT -5
A short read but surprisingly fun... the daughter of Wolverine and Elektra... oh no? Oh yes... Art is by Ron Frenz and Sal Buscema for that classic '70s Marvel effect, but it's set in 'a' future, and even if you aren't into buying into that or the regular series you can still enjoy this stand-alone #0 from Wizard. Doctor Strange is looking more like the Ancient One though... and the Hulk's grammar has improved. There's also a sketchbook section of Ron Lim developing the costume (he was artist for the regular series this was promoting). I doubt I will want to buy any of the regular 'Wild Thing' issues myself, nor of the title with the son of Juggernaut, 'J2'. As an addition to the other Wizard #0s etc. though this is great!
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 11, 2020 20:42:14 GMT -5
Marvel Team-Up #8-11 (late 1990s) Namor & Doctor Strange, Captain America, The Thing and Iron Man respectively. Subby has had his brain scrambled up and has flashbacks to earlier selves, including the time he couldn't breathe underwater, meanwhile all kinds of villainy is afoot and aswim. I think I enjoyed The Thing team-up the most, hard to not be entertained by Blue-eyed Benjamin Grimm, even if now we know when he mentions his Aunt Petunia she looked like this... I thought that Byrne dropped the ball by making Aunt Petunia a babe.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 12, 2020 11:29:06 GMT -5
Marvel Team-Up #8-11 (late 1990s) Namor & Doctor Strange, Captain America, The Thing and Iron Man respectively. Subby has had his brain scrambled up and has flashbacks to earlier selves, including the time he couldn't breathe underwater, meanwhile all kinds of villainy is afoot and aswim. I think I enjoyed The Thing team-up the most, hard to not be entertained by Blue-eyed Benjamin Grimm, even if now we know when he mentions his Aunt Petunia she looked like this... I thought that Byrne dropped the ball by making Aunt Petunia a babe. I didn't like that, either. Nor do I like Aunt May being a babe in the movies.
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