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Post by earl on Nov 25, 2014 11:36:24 GMT -5
I've got the Jack Kirby The Demon omnibus and an Ironwolf graphic novel from 1992 written by Howard Chaykin with Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell artwork on order. I actually just found out the Ironwolf GN existed, i'm looking forward to checking that one out being a fan of all those guys.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 25, 2014 11:36:30 GMT -5
Just started Volume 3 of the Alex Raymond Flash Gordon strips, and I must say I expected quite a different denouement for the hero's long-lasting feud against Ming the merciless!
Thanks to a daring commando operation, Flash and his allies manage to get into Ming's palace at night and inject the cruel emperor with a hypno-serum that forces him to do what they say. Under the spell of the drug, Ming abdicates and makes Flash Gordon commander of all his armies. Will planet Mongo go from a cruel dictatorship to a benevolent democracy, as Flash intends? Not so fast! Because Ming's powerful will manages to beat the drug, and with the help of the chief of his secret police, he forces a top-ranking general to issue a warrant for the arrest of Flash, threatening to destroy the fledgling republic! So far so good. It looks like we'll be treated to a big fight tothe finish, perhaps with a raging volcano as a backdrop while countless rocket ships shoot at each other!
However… the captured Flash and a gleeful Ming face each other, but the impromptu arrival of a decent officer thwarts Flash's execution. The ensuing fight between the two nemeses lasts...
one panel.
Flash knocks out the emperor whom we do not see again. That's it. Raymond was in a hurry to conclude the adventures on Mongo so he could send Flash back to earth to fight in WWII, and Ming was taken care of in a hurry.
I suppose later authors brought him back, but I'm sure his return was anticlimactic.
(Still a stupendous series, though; a true classic in all senses of the word. Very highly recommended).
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Post by The Cheat on Nov 25, 2014 18:06:19 GMT -5
I just started 100 Bullets. Holy moley. Damn its good. It doesn't maintain that quality. Whoa, way to rain on his parade
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 18:12:15 GMT -5
It doesn't maintain that quality. Whoa, way to rain on his parade A LOT of runs do not maintain their high quality. That's why most runs eventually end.
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Post by fanboystranger on Nov 25, 2014 19:20:39 GMT -5
I've got the Jack Kirby The Demon omnibus and an Ironwolf graphic novel from 1992 written by Howard Chaykin with Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell artwork on order. I actually just found out the Ironwolf GN existed, i'm looking forward to checking that one out being a fan of all those guys. That Ironwolf OGN is great. It's actually tied into Chaykin and Garcia-Lopez' Twilight mini, but you don't need to read that to understand it.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Nov 26, 2014 6:06:31 GMT -5
It doesn't maintain that quality. Whoa, way to rain on his parade I know, bubble well and truly popped here.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 17:07:49 GMT -5
And I've posted this in the wrong thread. That's what I get for having too many tabs open.
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Post by earl on Nov 26, 2014 20:29:40 GMT -5
Twilight looks cool. I bet Garcia-Lopez's art is really great.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2014 20:50:11 GMT -5
Awesome mail day was AWESOME today. Both early 90's JSA series arrived, my Alpha Flight #108, my Firestorm #7, and so did my Firestorm '78 series TPB.
I started the Firestorm TPB. I love the writing in this. I love this character, which is weird because he isn't typically a character I would like, but I think Gerry Conway just writes him so damn well.
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Post by fanboystranger on Nov 26, 2014 21:41:24 GMT -5
Twilight looks cool. I bet Garcia-Lopez's art is really great. I think it's the best work he's ever done, and I love JLGL's work, so that's saying something. It follows a very Chaykin-esque storytelling design, but it's still unequivacably Garcia-Lopez. The individual books are easy enough to find, but there's also a tpb coming out at the end of December. (I have a feeling that DC is trying to reprint a lot of JLGL's work like they did with Joe Kubert, as a type of "library" to thank them for their years of service. I mean, we've got a tpb of Cinder and Ashe a few months ago, something I never thought I'd see.)
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 30, 2014 18:26:37 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Avengers in the 140's. 141 is George Perez's first major work and boy is it terrible. I don't think Perez really got good until The New Teen Titans in 1980. He's hit or miss for me. I think his best work of all was the Avengers/JLA crossover.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 18:50:17 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Avengers in the 140's. 141 is George Perez's first major work and boy is it terrible. I don't think Perez really got good until The New Teen Titans in 1980. He's hit or miss for me. I think his best work of all was the Avengers/JLA crossover. I need that crossover. And I loved his Wonder Woman (not just the writing, but the art).
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 30, 2014 22:16:38 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Avengers in the 140's. 141 is George Perez's first major work and boy is it terrible. I don't think Perez really got good until The New Teen Titans in 1980. He's hit or miss for me. I think his best work of all was the Avengers/JLA crossover. I need that crossover. And I loved his Wonder Woman (not just the writing, but the art). I find it so interesting that you seem new to the game. You never heard of JLA/Avengers ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2014 23:05:49 GMT -5
I need that crossover. And I loved his Wonder Woman (not just the writing, but the art). I find it so interesting that you seem new to the game. You never heard of JLA/Avengers ? I have only been reading comics for not quite 3 years yet. Or maybe it's 4? I have heard of JLA/Avengers, I just do not own it yet. YET.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 30, 2014 23:19:50 GMT -5
I find it so interesting that you seem new to the game. You never heard of JLA/Avengers ? I have only been reading comics for not quite 3 years yet. Or maybe it's 4? I have heard of JLA/Avengers, I just do not own it yet. YET. Awesome. It's all new to you and you can pick up what you've missed inexpensively.
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