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Post by badwolf on Jan 14, 2015 11:28:50 GMT -5
I've read that Mephisto issue so many times as part of Bring on the Bad Guys!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 14, 2015 23:17:17 GMT -5
REad a couple 70s Shazam issues... they were super fun...one is pretty much an extended history lesson(Dr. Silvana clones a bunch of 18th century villains, and Kid Eternity comes to help and conquers their heroic counterparts), and the other one has Tawky Tawny and Captain Marvel playing on the Detroit Tigers against a team of aliens. The art isn't the greatest (several panels have no backgrounds at all.. I think it's meant to be simplistic to follow the style of the cartoon, but it takes that a bit too far), but very enjoyable.. this would have easily been my favorite comic as an 8 year old if I had ever been exposed to it!
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 14, 2015 23:22:45 GMT -5
John Buscema's artwork in that run is some of his best. The art is quite amazing. The pages are beautiful. I noticed this a lot with the Mephisto issue, mainly where he put Silver Surfer into his own head, but started out by shrinking him, and then he realized that SS was just too pure to keep in his mind (this actually made me laugh a little). I love Buscema's SS. Giving him the space to really blow up his panels was a brilliant idea.
However, if you ever feel the need to be disappointed by Buscema's Mephisto, check out the Mephisto vs... limited series from the '80s. Just don't pay more than a quarter for those issues.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2015 7:26:38 GMT -5
The art is quite amazing. The pages are beautiful. I noticed this a lot with the Mephisto issue, mainly where he put Silver Surfer into his own head, but started out by shrinking him, and then he realized that SS was just too pure to keep in his mind (this actually made me laugh a little). I love Buscema's SS. Giving him the space to really blow up his panels was a brilliant idea.
However, if you ever feel the need to be disappointed by Buscema's Mephisto, check out the Mephisto vs... limited series from the '80s. Just don't pay more than a quarter for those issues.
Yeah, I may just give that series a skip, so thank you for the heads up!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 15, 2015 10:12:09 GMT -5
I don't remember when it happened (probably FF, but maybe Iron Man) but the issues where Doom takes on Mephisto for the soul of his mother are pretty awesome. Then, of course, there is the awesomeness (though not everyone things so) of the last PAD arc in X-Factor where all the different underworld types in the MU all fight for control of Hell. Not Mephisto's best moment there, but I LOVE the ending
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 15, 2015 10:24:21 GMT -5
Yesterday I read Marvel Comics Super Special #4 a.k.a. The Beatles Story. It was a surprisingly accurate and detailed account of the band's history from the first encounter of Lennon and McCartney in 1956 to their breakup in '70. Scripter (and sometime rock journalist) David Anthony Kraft doesn't gloss over the dark side of the Mop Tops nor does he linger over them, he gets a helluva lot of detail into 36 pages without it bogging down, and his dialogue manages to sound authentic even at it most expositive. The artwork by George Perez and Klaus Janson is detailed and energetic. Not only do they provide a variety of recognizable portraits of the band at the various stages of their collective career but they get most of the peripheral characters (Brian Epstein, George Martin, the Maharishi, Yoko, and even such minor figures as "Sgt. Pepper" cover designer Gene Mahon) right as well. I kind of glided past the three prose articles in the magazine so I can't comment on them but I will admit to being unhappy that the discography covered only the American versions of the Beatles catalog. If you're a fan of the Beatles, you should check it out (although I suspect dealers ask a fortune for it).
Cei-U! I summon the "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 15, 2015 11:18:27 GMT -5
I don't remember when it happened (probably FF, but maybe Iron Man) but the issues where Doom takes on Mephisto for the soul of his mother are pretty awesome. Yeah, that's a great issue. Perhaps the only good issue in Steve Englehart's run. It's FF Annual 20.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 15, 2015 11:39:46 GMT -5
I don't remember when it happened (probably FF, but maybe Iron Man) but the issues where Doom takes on Mephisto for the soul of his mother are pretty awesome. Yeah, that's a great issue. Perhaps the only good issue in Steve Englehart's run. It's FF Annual 20.
I didn't think Englehart's run was that bad, except for the "John Harkness" issues. Those were truly awful. I think Moench is my least favorite FF writer.
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Post by paulie on Jan 15, 2015 11:43:26 GMT -5
I don't remember when it happened (probably FF, but maybe Iron Man) but the issues where Doom takes on Mephisto for the soul of his mother are pretty awesome. Yeah, that's a great issue. Perhaps the only good issue in Steve Englehart's run. It's FF Annual 20.
I didn't think Englehart's run was too bad. There was a lot of editorial interference at the end I know that. FF annual #20 is a pretty good one in a series that is know for some pretty great annuals (1, 3, 6, 11)
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Post by Confessor on Jan 15, 2015 13:42:15 GMT -5
Yesterday I read Marvel Comics Super Special #4 a.k.a. The Beatles Story. It was a surprisingly accurate and detailed account of the band's history from the first encounter of Lennon and McCartney in 1956 to their breakup in '70. Scripter (and sometime rock journalist) David Anthony Kraft doesn't gloss over the dark side of the Mop Tops nor does he linger over them, he gets a helluva lot of detail into 36 pages without it bogging down, and his dialogue manages to sound authentic even at it most expositive. The artwork by George Perez and Klaus Janson is detailed and energetic. Not only do they provide a variety of recognizable portraits of the band at the various stages of their collective career but they get most of the peripheral characters (Brian Epstein, George Martin, the Maharishi, Yoko, and even such minor figures as "Sgt. Pepper" cover designer Gene Mahon) right as well. I kind of glided past the three prose articles in the magazine so I can't comment on them but I will admit to being unhappy that the discography covered only the American versions of the Beatles catalog. If you're a fan of the Beatles, you should check it out (although I suspect dealers ask a fortune for it). Cei-U! I summon the "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" This has been on my wants list for a while now.
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Post by MDG on Jan 15, 2015 14:08:36 GMT -5
Been working through this:
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Post by mrc1214 on Jan 15, 2015 14:14:52 GMT -5
I've read Sandman Mystery Theatre 1-16 over the last couple of days. It's as good as everyone says it is. Wonderful artwork on the book.
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Post by antoine on Jan 16, 2015 19:20:38 GMT -5
I've just read The Dark knight Returns for the first time. While I liked it, The art didn't impress me that much, and I got a little confused at the end. Not sure I understood everything that happened...
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Post by dbutler69 on Jan 17, 2015 10:15:08 GMT -5
I've just read The Dark knight Returns for the first time. While I liked it, The art didn't impress me that much, and I got a little confused at the end. Not sure I understood everything that happened... I hate the art, actually. I like Miller's writing, but I've never liked his art, and I'm not a big Klaus Jansen fan, either.
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Post by antoine on Jan 17, 2015 10:31:03 GMT -5
I've just read The Dark knight Returns for the first time. While I liked it, The art didn't impress me that much, and I got a little confused at the end. Not sure I understood everything that happened... I hate the art, actually. I like Miller's writing, but I've never liked his art, and I'm not a big Klaus Jansen fan, either. Some of the panel were nice (the bigger ones) but the smaller ones looked like they were drawn on the corner of a table 5 minutes before deadline
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