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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 2:20:11 GMT -5
Finished Captain America Golden Age Masterworks Vol. 1, and am continuing through the Hero for Hire Essentials, and the Strange Adventures reprints in the Deadman Baxter series.
Right now my plan is to continue working through 1 Golden, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze age series/run/collection with various modern stuff mixed in (as well as prose and other non-comic material), to keep myself from getting too burnt out on any 1 thing or getting stuck in a rut. I'll likely run out of Golden Age material first (will probably move to Atomic Age/pre-Marvel U silver when I do), as I don't have a lot of it, but I am enjoying reading what I so have so far (supplemented by library material when I can). So far I have done the first 2 Batman Chronicles (Vol. 2 was form the library), some Raymond Flash Gordon stuff and the Cap material. Not sure what's next on tap for GA stuff, deciding among the Dr. Fate archives, the first GA Hawkman Archives, the first Subby masterwork volume or the next volume of Batman Chronicles I own (Vol. 5 I think).
-M
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 7:20:05 GMT -5
Lee's Silver Surfer can get bad any issue now so that I can save money on trying to track down all the MMWs.
*sigh*
But it just keeps getting better.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 28, 2015 7:26:53 GMT -5
I came in late in Davids Hulk run. I remember him having the best artists to work with but the writing was just okay. Byrnes FF was good, but anyone who says it was better than the Lee/Kirby run was probably too young to have read it first run. I feel the same way when people say that Simonsons run was better than the Lee/Kirby Thor. No it wasn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 7:33:44 GMT -5
I came in late in Davids Hulk run. I remember him having the best artists to work with but the writing was just okay. Byrnes FF was good, but anyone who says it was better than the Lee/Kirby run was probably too young to have read it first run. I feel the same way when people say that Simonsons run was better than the Lee/Kirby Thor. No it wasn't. The more I read Stan Lee, the more I realize how well he did with dramatic characters. So, I would imagine his Thor would be awesome.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 28, 2015 7:37:54 GMT -5
The magic of the Simonson and Byrne runs were that they followed lackluster periods for those books. I think they were considering canceling Thor at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 7:43:10 GMT -5
The only Lee Thor that I have read was when Silver Surfer battled him. It was great. But I think I could grow tired of the speech.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 28, 2015 7:51:18 GMT -5
The only Lee Thor that I have read was when Silver Surfer battled him. It was great. But I think I could grow tired of the speech. I was a sucker for the Shakesperian speech.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 8:13:22 GMT -5
The only Lee Thor that I have read was when Silver Surfer battled him. It was great. But I think I could grow tired of the speech. I was a sucker for the Shakesperian speech. I think it would start to irritate me after a bit. But I'm truly sure on that.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jan 28, 2015 11:46:21 GMT -5
The only Lee Thor that I have read was when Silver Surfer battled him. It was great. But I think I could grow tired of the speech. Thou shouldst not sayeth such things, lest thy ramblings perchance causeth Thor to weep.
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Post by paulie on Jan 28, 2015 12:14:08 GMT -5
I read the Mighty Marvel Western #8 last night. Fun stories but the real treat was the reprint of Two-Gun Kid #81 from May 1966. It featured a beautiful inking job by Bill Everett (as Bill Roman). Everett really adds some elegance to Dick Ayers layouts. Really superb stuff. I believe this was the only time Ayers and Everett were paired together as well. Too bad.
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 28, 2015 13:08:29 GMT -5
Read Fury of Firestorm #7, my first reading of this character as I picked up the issue today at a local shop. I enjoyed the art, the story for me was kind of corny and I am not too sure I love Firestorm. Is the original 4 or 5 issue series better? Does this saga get better? I find his persona, what with having two people merging into one similar to Captain Marvel/Rick Jones (which I love) and I just feel this isn't as well executed as a concept Honestly, I always thought Firestorm was kinda hoaky until John Ostrander became the writer. Then it became really good, but a lot of it is steeped in Cold War paranoia, so it may read a bit dated. Pre-Ostrander, I'd say the only stuff that's really worth reading is the issues illustrated by Rafael Kayanan, and that's only because I love his art.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jan 28, 2015 23:06:38 GMT -5
Lee's Silver Surfer can get bad any issue now so that I can save money on trying to track down all the MMWs. *sigh* But it just keeps getting better. Oh don't worry. It's gonna get worse. Promise.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2015 0:03:05 GMT -5
I got that new Star Wars omnibus for my birthday and read the first two issues tonight. I've still not seen the movies, so I'm not sure how faithful it is, but other than the art in that first issue I'm absolutely loving it. I do find it odd that despite re-coloring they kept Luke's saber pink. Although when Obi pulls his it's also pink, so maybe they're all pink in the comics?
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Post by fanboystranger on Jan 29, 2015 0:23:53 GMT -5
I came in late in Davids Hulk run. I remember him having the best artists to work with but the writing was just okay. Byrnes FF was good, but anyone who says it was better than the Lee/Kirby run was probably too young to have read it first run. I feel the same way when people say that Simonsons run was better than the Lee/Kirby Thor. No it wasn't. You're right as far as Byrne on FF. You're wrong as far as Simonson's Thor. I love the Kirby Thor-- such unrestrained imagination-- but Walt was the first creator to truly incorporate the Marvel Thor with the mythic Thor. Kirby's Thor was great comics, but Simonson's Thor was new Eddas. Thor was just an everyday comic character until Walt got ahold of him, waking the Mangog notwithstanding.
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Post by coke & comics on Jan 29, 2015 0:55:12 GMT -5
I was a sucker for the Shakesperian speech. 8-) I think it would start to irritate me after a bit. But I'm truly sure on that. Aye. The speech doth make weary, fair lady. But mayhap some mead will cure thy ails!
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