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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 27, 2024 21:02:25 GMT -5
The 1970s DC comic books I ordered are trickling in. One dealer included a free Jimmy Olsen #89 and a note! I’ve only read a couple of stories in Superman Family #166, including the one where Superbaby captures the Pumpkin Gang! It is hilarious!
I bought five new comics today, and I’ve already read Harley Quinn #37, Jay Garrick: The Flash #5 and The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1.
So here are the comics I haven’t read yet …
To Wake the Mangog
Jimmy Olsen #89
Superman Family #164
Superman Family #166
Superman Family #169
Detective Comics #1082
Power Girl #6
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Post by berkley on Feb 27, 2024 21:49:03 GMT -5
The 1970s DC comic books I ordered are trickling in. One dealer included a free Jimmy Olsen #89 and a note! I’ve only read a couple of stories in Superman Family #166, including the one where Superbaby captures the Pumpkin Gang! It is hilarious! I bought five new comics today, and I’ve already read Harley Quinn #37, Jay Garrick: The Flash #5 and The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1. So here are the comics I haven’t read yet … To Wake the Mangog Jimmy Olsen #89 Superman Family #164 Superman Family #166 Superman Family #169 Detective Comics #1082 Power Girl #6
I love the Mangog epic, one of my all-time favourite comics stories. The last issue of the 4 issues was one of my earliest issues of Thor - I think about a year after my very first. It wasn't until the oversized Treasury Edition reprint came out in the mid-70s that I was able to read the entire thing. Thanks to whoever it was at Marvel who made the decision to choose it for a Treasury Edition!
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 27, 2024 21:55:06 GMT -5
The 1970s DC comic books I ordered are trickling in. One dealer included a free Jimmy Olsen #89 and a note! I’ve only read a couple of stories in Superman Family #166, including the one where Superbaby captures the Pumpkin Gang! It is hilarious! I bought five new comics today, and I’ve already read Harley Quinn #37, Jay Garrick: The Flash #5 and The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1. So here are the comics I haven’t read yet … To Wake the Mangog Jimmy Olsen #89 Superman Family #164 Superman Family #166 Superman Family #169 Detective Comics #1082 Power Girl #6
I love the Mangog epic, one of my all-time favourite comics stories. The last issue of the 4 issues was one of my earliest issues of Thor - I think about a year after my very first. It wasn't until the oversized Treasury Edition reprint came out in the mid-70s that I was able to read the entire thing. Thanks to whoever it was at Marvel who made the decision to choose it for a Treasury Edition!
I bought that Mangog Marvel Treasury Edition brand new back in the late 70s. Yes. It was so awesome. It was my earliest exposure to an entire 1960s Thor storyline, as opposed to these single chapters I was seeing in re-prints or the Thor #146 I had for a long time. The version of To Wake the Mangog that I am referencing here is the Thor Epic Collection version, which reprints Thor from about #154 to #174. I own it digitally from Comixology. And I have started the volume, reading up to Thor #159 before taking a break.
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Post by spoon on Feb 27, 2024 23:19:37 GMT -5
I read Incredible Hulk Annual #7 and Uncanny X-Men #111-116. I've read all these stories before and own Classic X-Men reprints of these Uncanny stories, but in a bit of indulgence I bought the X-Men: Proteus Epic Collection. Part of the reason is convenience. Part of it is reading the stories without the new pages/panels that were inserted in the Classic reprints to pad out the 17 pages stories. Boy are these brisk reads with just 17 pages.
The inclusion of the Hulk Annual is an interesting editorial choice. It has a lot of action, beautiful Byrne, Master Mold, Angel, and Iceman. But Warren and Bobby aren't X-Men at this time; their coming of the cancellation of the Champions. In contrast, a guest appearance by Nightcrawler in Amazing Spider-Man was skipped by the prior Epic Collection. My guess is that the editors couldn't pass up an X-Men adjacent story by Byrne in a TPB covering this era, and Master Mold's claim that he gained the mind of a dying Steven Langa after the events of X-Men #100 (a claim denied by Angel, who says Lang is in a vegetative state) is enough to tie it to a plot line from X-Men.
These issues of Uncanny cover the Mesmero story, the Magneto/Antarctica story, and the Savage Land/Garokk story. Although the Beast's discovery of the X-Men mesmerized in a circus run by Mesmero in #111 seems like it begins in medias res, it's the continuation of a subtle cliffhanger from the previous Epic Collection. In an issue of Marvel Team-Up, the Beast visited Xavier's mansion at the behest of Polaris and found it vacant. That's what led him to track them down. Although any Claremont/Byrne issue of X-Men has great stuff, I find aspects of the Mesmero issue underwhelming. There are few pages where the Byrne/Austin art team is uncharacteristically shaky. In addition, the story reveals that the X-Men have been under the sway of Mesmero for weeks. It makes the X-Men seem very weak. The story does provide an explanation for how Jean could be taken by surprise by Mesmero, and that brief explanation later got expanded into a Classic X-Men back-up story. It seems bizarre that Phoenix could be overcome by a lesser mentat. I wonder for those of you who were reading this issues as they were published was as jarring as it seems in retrospect. I realize that some of Phoenix's great displays of power were yet to come . . . but she rose from the ashes of the extreme heat and radiation of atmospheric and saved the whole universe from the threat of the M'Kraan Crystal. Comics creators sometimes try out ideas before going all in, and the Mesmero story feels like a dry run of the Jean/Phoenix mind-controlled by some perv story that Mastermind would later pick up. Jean has a "date" planned with the boss (Mesmero).
Although the start of the Magneto story in #112 is a classic and having heroes fail is necessary for suspense, the way it plays out is a tad irksome for similar reasons as the prior issue. The X-Men come across as too weak. The original team used to fight Magneto plus a whole Brotherhood. This team is squashed by Mags alone. Also, I keep thinking "what does this have to do with magnetism?" when Magneto does all sorts of crazy stuff in the fight with the X-Men. It's like Calvin Ball or an Atomic Age/Silver Age DC story. There are no rules. On the other hand, the fight in #113 when the X-Men win a pyrrhic victory over Magneto, is a much better fight. The fight choreography is a amazing. I love seeing the tactics, both as a result of Cyclops's planning and by some members disobeying the plan. The leadership/team dynamic is something I have my eye on in this re-reading. Speaking of which, when magma starts to collapse Magneto's underground base, Banshee has a question to Cyclops about what to do that leaves him speechless. To me, it reflects much worse on Banshee. The X-Men have recovered from a nearly unescapable cliffhanger. If Cyclops is the manager, Banshee as the wily veteran should be like the bench coach. He should have some ideas of his own, yet he comes across as trolling in a high pressure situation.
This is what leaves us with Phoenix and the Beast being rescued in the snows of Antarctica with the rest of the team in the Savage Land, each group thinking the other one is dead. The desperate images of Hank and Jean out in the snow remind me of the cover Byrne would draw years later for Power Man & Iron Fist #116 of a similar situation. Byrne gets to practice drawing shredded costumes, both with Jean out in the snow and various members of the team in the Savage Land.
In the Savage Land, Byrne really gets to show off his artistic skills. There are great splash pages, like the Beast holding Jean, the X-Men discovering stepping out in the Savage Land, and Sauron standing over a prostrate Storm in #114. Then, there's the two-page spread of Wolverine lashing out at Sauron in #115 and another two-pager of Garokk's city in #116. I also love the chase scene of Cyclops following Garokk in #116. We get more of the leadership/team dynamics with Cyclops come up with an idea to stop Sauron and then a bit of quick work after Nightcrawler rescues him from Garokk. We also get plenty of Cyclops and Wolverine butting heads.
In my reading of the prior Epic Collection late last year, Wolverine's development as a character was one theme I was following. While Wolverine had a tough time in the Cockrum era - exercising poor judgment, getting beat up, acting stalkerish toward Jean, etc. - in just a small period under Byrne, he's gotten a lot more positive portrayal. I'm a Cyclops fan, but Wolvie's side of the disputes gets more an airing than previously. He gets to show more skill and wisdom, like when he can communicate with Zabu. I think #116 might be the first time his healing factor is explicitly mentioned, although I might be forgetting something.
I've heard that Nightcrawler was Byrne least favorite member of this team, but he sure does a great job of drawing him. His renditions of all these classic looks for the charcters are great. I know Byrne has detractors, but there's so much he does well here. His storytelling is very clear. He conveys emotions well. I mentioned the fight choreography. My research tells me that both Garokk and Zaladane have appearances in Ka-Zar stories before this and this Savage Land story makes me want to seek those out.
ETA: One interesting bit of trivia is that the colorist of X-Men #115 is Francoise Mouly.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 28, 2024 7:17:32 GMT -5
I read Incredible Hulk Annual #7 One of my favourite stand-alone comics! It's plain fun, and the Byrne art still says "I am a fan turned pro and I'm having the time of my life". No idea if that was the case, but that's what it felt like. I didn't mind at the time. Jean was still human, and although she could call upon incredible powers to re-energize universe-saving crystals or transform molecular structures at will, she was still susceptible to things like hypnotism or illusion (which is why another B-lister, Mastermind, could take control of her in later issues). Still, aware that Jean's power levels seemed to go up and down willy-nilly, Chris Claremont later explained that she was subconsciously putting psychic breakers on her own abilities. (I summon the internal no-prize!) The Mesmero storyline didn't do much for me either, but it's mostly because I usually hate stories set in a circus. The final reveal of Magneto was worth it, though! Darn right. When he's a villain, Magneto can control people's minds and body by acting on the iron in their blood; he can cause strokes, he can fly, he can absorb lightning, he can shoot power beams, he can send a submarine flying, he can resist most telepaths... but when he's a good guy, I don't think he could handle a fridge magnet. Not only is his power the equivalent of magic, magnetism be damned, but it's wildly inconsistent from one story to the next! That city looks absolutely awesome! True; under Cockrum, Nightcrawler was the star... but Byrne preferred Wolverine. The X-Men Companion has an interview in which Byrne and Claremont joke about how they each wanted to pull the mag this way or that when it came to the main character! I think you're right, but at the time it was still a case of "I heal fast". The first time I saw Wolvie actually get shot and simply brush it off was in Daredevil 196. I was shocked, back then... it was all right for Logan to heal quickly from wounds, allowing him to endure a lot of punishment (like the beating he got from Shingen in his first mini-series) but quite another for him to be downright unkillable.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 28, 2024 7:59:23 GMT -5
I agree the circus story was odd.. and I had totally forgotten about the set up.. thanks for that! (I had been waiting a while for the 2nd edition of Proteus to come out). I thought the same thing... seemed odd they would be trapped for weeks. But, OTOH, the X-Men lose ALOT, so it shouldn't be too surprising.
I agree on both counts that the Hulk Annual was an odd inclusion, but also really fun!
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Post by spoon on Feb 28, 2024 9:15:53 GMT -5
I agree the circus story was odd.. and I had totally forgotten about the set up.. thanks for that! (I had been waiting a while for the 2nd edition of Proteus to come out). I thought the same thing... seemed odd they would be trapped for weeks. But, OTOH, the X-Men lose ALOT, so it shouldn't be too surprising. I agree on both counts that the Hulk Annual was an odd inclusion, but also really fun! This Epic Collection had its new printing in September. The three Epics covering Cockrum's first run and Byrne's run had new printings in 2023.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 28, 2024 9:49:01 GMT -5
Continuing my re-read of Bendis's All-New X-Men, I went through issues 25-30 yesterday (collected as the small HC "One Down").
Just a quick not about those reprints: I love omnibuses, but these smaller books are nice. Sturdy cover, good paper, they are going to endure many re-readings. That's very unlike recent TPBs I bought (two Conan books from Marvel and one from Titan) which are extremely flimsy and look like they're going to fall apart at a moment's notice. Cutting costs isn't always worth it, I think.
Back to our subject : the art on All-New X-Men continues to shine, this time with Sara Pichelli joining Stuart Immonen for one issue. Sara is brilliant with facial expressions, and when she draws a 15 year old girl, she looks like a 15 year old girl. Many artists would just draw a softer-faced adult or a less realistic "could be anything" human shape; Sara's control of anatomy gives her art an extra touch of realism.
(Issue 25 is some kind of anniversary with lots of guest artists, but despite the presence of Bruce Timm and Art Adams I could have done without it. It felt more like a fill-in than an anniversary).
The script is once more all over the place. Sometimes it's among the best I've seen in an X-Men comic, and sometimes it's dreck. The high point of this volume, an awkward discussion between adult Scott and teenage Jean Grey is truly moving, and it manages to evoke memories of what it was like to fall in love for the first time. Another good scene is one in which Jean and Emma Frost finalky bond, to the shock and horror of everyone. I wish we had had more of that. But along these moments of brilliance we also get a plot convoluted to the point of nonsense, accompanied by cringe-inducing dialogue, and continuity lapses (as when the Stepford Cuckoos suddenly have telekinetic abilities).
Very often, as a reader, I would ask myself why Bendis was spending so much time on unnecessary stuff (characters saying "what does this meeeean?" or "time-travel gives me a headache") and so little on important issues. (There are lots of plot elements that are hinted at and may be charitably described as "not being given pre-chewed to the readers", but considering nothing ever comes out of them we wonder if they were there at all to begin with).
Now on to the plot! A few story arcs ago, in the crossover event Battle of the Atom, a Jean Grey from the future came back to the present with a team of future X-Men (the grandson of Charles Xavier, a son of Mystique and Wolverine named Raze, an ice Hulk, Deadpool, a future Beast with a sheep's horn on one side of his head and an adult Molly Hayes) to convince the teenage X-Men to go back to the '60s or whenever they're from. As the future Jean can attest, the teenage X-men remaining in the present would eventually have dire consequences. However, it turns out that these "future X-Men" are heels, and actually a future Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Baby Xavier is a power-abusing jerk, Raze is worse, and future Jean is a bitter version of the teenage one now stuck in our present; she's ready to do anything to prevent her life from going the way it did after she got stranded in our present.
When the true future X-Men also show-up, mutants come to blows. Future Jean dies, future Deadpool dies, future Baby Xavier is crippled, and the Brotherhood is defeated. Battle of the Atom was a good story, even if the villains' motivation (wanting to send the teenage X-Men back home) didn't seem enough to justify their killing anybody.
Today we have a sequel that nobody needed. In the future, we get to see Xavier's grandson (who is now retconned into being Xavier's son) meet Raze for the first time. Baby Xavier is apparently the abandoned child of Charles and Mystique, who gave birth in the form of Moira McTaggert (who I believe had been dead for quite some time at this point), while Raze is the child Mystique would have one year later with Wolverine. Why our heroes are so profligate with their gametes and how they could ever end up with Mystique is unexplained.
Baby Xavier is angry at the X-Men for letting his father die (a father he never knew, but still), and so he decides to become a super-villain and destroy them. Taking psychic control of Molly Hayes, Deadpool, Hank McCoy and an ice avatar created by a future Bobby Drake, Xavier leads a long and unfruitful campaign against his nemeses until Raze suggests that they travel back in time to defeat the X-Men before they grow too powerful. This has to be done after both Baby Xavier and Raze are conceived, of course, otherwise they might both cease to exist! Even better: if the plan doesn't work, they could send a message to themselves from the past explaining what went wrong, in order to try again with a better one! On that cue, they receive a message from the past, explaining that they did indeed give the plan a try and got defeated. We readers assume that the message describes the events from Battle of the Atom.
Raze's plan sounds reasonable at first, but changing the past can mean either of three things: (1) time is immutable, and whatever action you plan has already happened and will lead to exactly the universe that we observe, as when the FF, Dr. Strange and the West Coast Avengers all ended up in Rama-Tut's time; (2) the future can indeed be changed, in which case both Raze and Xavier would cease to exist anyway as the individual they currently are, to be replaced by their version from the new timeline; (3) a change in the past leads to the creation of a parallel timeline, which would leave Raze and Xavier in exactly the place they were to begin with, but with the knowledge that there is now a new reality, somewhere, where things are different. None of these outcomes strikes me as particularly satisfying unless the present is so bad that any other reality would be better, as when the X-Men changed the "Days of Future Past" timeline.
Be that as it may... the plan goes forward, and time travel becomes an excuse to cover plot holes. Baby Xavier is in a wheelchair, having been paralyzed during Battle of the Atom. How can that be??? This new time travel episode is supposed to take place before Battle of the Atom, from his point of view! Deadpool remembers that he was killed, which didn't happen yet. And future Jean Grey doesn't even exist, this time being a mentally-animated puppet. Furthermore, the agenda of the Brotherhood seems to have changed: they no longer want to send the teenage X-Men back to the past, but only want to kill everybody.
Are we to assume that this is a different team of future villains, who just happen to consist of the exact same people? Why include a fake Jean? And why go back to the past after their initial fight with "our" X-Men? It would make more sense to do so before, so that their opponents wouldn't suspect anything. Plus, why such a melodramatic and needlessly violent plan? If Baby Xavier is upset by the X-Men's betrayal of a father he never knew, why not go back in time to save his dad ? No need to fight the X-Men (or to fight anyone at all).
"Oh, it's just that time travel is complicated". No, not at all. It's that here time travel sounds like it's used as a "Escape Plot Hole Free" card, which is a pity. The recurrent time travel bit can be used effectively (there is a short SF story by I don't remember whom in which the same character keeps popping up from the future repeatedly, each time trying to stop himself from doing something, and it was both logically consistent and hilarious. Not so here).
Final marks: A+ for the art, A+ for the Scott-Jean discussion, and you be the judge for the rest.
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Post by Confessor on Feb 28, 2024 13:11:28 GMT -5
Yet more re-reading of J. Michael Straczynski's run on Amazing Spider-Man, with issues #529–538… This bunch of comics takes Spider-Man through the events of Marvel's 2006-07 Civil War event. Peter starts off on the pro-superhero registration side, as Tony Stark's right-hand man, and even reveals his secret identity to the world, at Tony's urging, as a gesture of support for the registration initiative. Soon, however, he is disturbed to discover that the heroes who have been captured for opposing registration are being held in a Negative Zone prison of Mr. Fantastic's designing without due process. This causes Peter to break from Stark and join with Captain America's anti-registration forces, essentially making him a criminal. He, Aunt May and Mary Jane are therefore forced to flee Stark Tower and go on the run, hiding out in a cheap motel. Meanwhile, the Kingpin, having found out about Spider-Man's secret identity (like the rest of the world), puts out a hit on Peter from his prison cell. The assassin who is given this task is instructed that, if he cannot kill Peter for whatever reason, then MJ and Aunt May are to be regarded as legitimate secondary targets. Shortly after, the superhero Civil War comes to an end with Captain America's arrest and Peter returns to the motel where he, MJ and Aunt May are hiding, watched by the Kingpin's assassin. Amazing Spider-Man #538 ends with the assassin's bullet missing Peter and MJ, but critically wounding May. Let me just say up front that I really liked the whole Civil War event. Outside of the main 7-issue mini-series, these issues of ASM are arguably the most important piece of the whole thing, due to Peter's close allegiance to Stark and subsequent switching over to Cap's side. Overall, Peter comes across as quite naïve and idealistic in the early part of this arc, and I guess that does sort of fit in with his character to a degree, though it also smacks of Straczynski being forced to write Peter like that due to the demands of the plot of Civil War. Nevertheless, it's fascinating to see Peter's dawning realisation that he is fighting on the wrong side of the war. This transition is handled very naturally and organically by Straczynski. As for Stark, he really does come across as an arch manipulator here, though it's obvious that he believes that what he's doing is for the good of everybody – public and superheroes alike. One of the most interesting elements of Peter's close friendship with Stark is the so-called "Iron-Spider" suit that the millionaire designs for him. This is basically a red and gold spider-suit with lots of Iron Man-esque gadgets and tech built into it. It certainly looks cool and I guess it's a nice change of pace to see Spidey using so much advanced technology. But I'm equally glad that, once he breaks away from Tony, Peter returns to wearing his familiar red and blue outfit. Straczynski, abetted by Ron Garney on art duties, does a pretty good job of illustrating the fight for the very soul of Spider-Man and highlighting both sides of the moral and political arguments associated with superhero registration. I dunno if it's just me though, but I always thought that the anti-registration side were in the right; the dangers of registration were just too big and too counter to all the good that superheroes clearly do in the Marvel Universe. As for Peter revealing his secret identity to the world, now as then I think it was a colossally naïve error of judgement, but it sure was exciting back in 2006. However, even back then, I couldn't believe that it would last, and so it turned out. I had no idea how Marvel were gonna put that genie back in the bottle, but I had no doubt that they would somehow. Still, it made for maybe just less than a year's worth of very interesting stories in the ancillary titles like Sensational Spider-Man and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, as Peter's friends and foes alike reacted to the revelation. Overall, these issues of Amazing Spider-Man are pretty good and an excellent supplement to what I consider to be one of the best story lines in semi-recent Marvel history.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Feb 28, 2024 23:36:18 GMT -5
Finished X-Men epic vol. 7... I've read the Dark Phoenix saga a few times, but one thing I never really thought about before... Kitty was very much a replacement for Jean in alot of ways...very interesting. This is probably my last X-Men epic... I have enough of the single issues after this I just need to fill them in (one of these days).
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 29, 2024 1:53:45 GMT -5
I’m still reading Superman Family #166. The Supergirl story is a Lena Thorul story.
It starts with Lex secretly adjusting the prison TV set, creating a secret channel that shows him what Lena is doing every second of the day.
Oh, Lex …
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Post by Confessor on Mar 1, 2024 10:23:54 GMT -5
More re-reading of Straczynski's run on Amazing Spider-Man, with issues #539–543… These comics make up the "Back in Black" story arc, in which Aunt May has been critically wounded by a hitman who was hired by the Kingpin, due to Peter Parker having revealed his identity as Spider-Man to the whole world during the Civil War event. Peter rushes May to hospital, where medics endeavour to save her life, but she lapses into a coma from which she is not expected to wake. As a result, Peter dons his black costume again – the fabric version, not the symbiote (Venom) – to reflect his darker mood or something?? He goes after the hitman, working his way up the organized crime food chain until he comes to the Kingpin. Spidey confronts the gangster in prison and beats him to a pulp, vowing to kill him if Aunt May dies. With Money dwindling and the police sniffing around, Peter breaks the law a total of nine times in order to move his elderly aunt from one hospital to another to buy time and evade the authorities. May's health continues to deteriorate and Peter ruminates on how he has been forced to become a criminal in order to try and save her life, thus betraying everything that Spider-Man stood for. Wow! This is a pretty bleak story arc. On the one hand, having Aunt May's health hanging in the balance is just like old times in Amazing Spider-Man, but this time it's not due to some illness or a heart attack: this time it is a direct result of Peter's actions, and he knows it! Straczynski really milks the drama and every moment of Peter's inner struggle in these issues, while giving us a gritty, brooding, violent, Batman-esque take on Spider-Man, with the hero spending a lot of his time posturing moodily in the shadows and threatening criminals. I don't mind this slightly darker take on Spider-Man and the circumstances certainly seem to justify it. Plus, it's not the first time we've seen Peter with the gloves off like this. Putting him back in the black costume to reflect his darker mood though seems...contrived or just a bit silly. I dunno, it just comes across as a bit naff to me. One thing I will say is that, in hindsight, knowing that the God-awful "One More Day"/"Brand New Day" reboot is right around the corner and knowing what was going on behind the scenes between Straczynski and Marvel editorial at this point, it's obvious that the author is being forced to paint Peter into a corner. Peter is unmasked and his secret identity is known by the whole world; he and MJ are homeless and out of money; his beloved Aunt May's life is hanging by a thread; and he is forced to break the law to keep himself and his loved ones out harm's way, thus betraying what Spider-Man stands for. It's a testament to Straczynski's writing skills that he was able to give us such enjoyable comics, while his hand was being forced like this. But these events are clearly designed to make sure that only a complete reboot/reset will save Peter and get him out of his predicament. And that's exactly what happened, of course. But more of that car crash later.
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Post by spoon on Mar 1, 2024 11:06:50 GMT -5
Finished X-Men epic vol. 7... I've read the Dark Phoenix saga a few times, but one thing I never really thought about before... Kitty was very much a replacement for Jean in alot of ways...very interesting. This is probably my last X-Men epic... I have enough of the single issues after this I just need to fill them in (one of these days). What single issues do you still need? I bought X-Men Epic vol. 5-7 in spite of having most of the material in them in other formats for the convenience and to have it in better condition/quality. I also like the extras and needed some of the more obscure content. I didn't have one of the Marvel Treasury Edition stories that were reprinted in vol. 7.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Mar 1, 2024 12:39:06 GMT -5
I'm still working my way through Hellboy (and associated titles) in publication order. I'm up to Hellboy: Weird Tales and the B.P.R.D. one-shots that were done at the same time.
I've tried doing this a number of times, but always got side-tracked. But this time the books are really working for me. Hellboy: The Third Wish was bloody brilliant.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Mar 1, 2024 21:17:58 GMT -5
Finished X-Men epic vol. 7... I've read the Dark Phoenix saga a few times, but one thing I never really thought about before... Kitty was very much a replacement for Jean in alot of ways...very interesting. This is probably my last X-Men epic... I have enough of the single issues after this I just need to fill them in (one of these days). What single issues do you still need? I bought X-Men Epic vol. 5-7 in spite of having most of the material in them in other formats for the convenience and to have it in better condition/quality. I also like the extras and needed some of the more obscure content. I didn't have one of the Marvel Treasury Edition stories that were reprinted in vol. 7. I need most of the Brood Saga (I just have a couple scattered ones) then a couple in the 170s. My LCS had a few of the era for a good deal (2-3 dollars) so I have most of them after the that to 200. I haven't checked prices much, so if they are more than I want them to be a couple still get Epic Vol 8 instead.. you're not wrong that the extra stuff is nice.
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