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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 22, 2015 13:27:38 GMT -5
Is this the one that reprints Catwoman's glorious Silver Age return after being sidelined for 12 years? I'm talking about the two-parter in Lois Lane. 1967, I think?
Yeah. It's totally NUTS! Even for a Lois Lane comic, it stands out in its nuttiness. And that wonderful wonderful Shaffenberger art!
I've never actually read the book, so I couldn't tell you. All I remember is that it had a Bolland cover.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 24, 2015 15:50:32 GMT -5
Side comment: I just realized, available on the shelf and through Amazon are a Batman v. Two-Face volume; a 75 Years of the Joker volume; and a Batman: Arkham: Riddler volume. Why in the world is there no Batman: Catwoman volume featuring her best stories from the last 75 years, especially the ones with Batman in them, too? How did that omission ever happen, especially with the last movie actually featuring Catwoman??? There was one around the movie called Catwoman: Nine Lives of a Feline Fatale. I only remember it because it has a Bolland cover.
smile.amazon.com/Catwoman-Nine-Lives-Feline-Fatale/dp/1401202136/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429718904&sr=1-10&keywords=catwoman
I had no idea this existed. $22.39 + s/h for a mere 200 pages? Ouch! Too rich for my blood... Maybe I can find a copy for less money elsewhere... Thanks for alerting me to it, FS!
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 24, 2015 16:35:35 GMT -5
I had no idea this existed. $22.39 + s/h for a mere 200 pages? Ouch! Too rich for my blood... Maybe I can find a copy for less money elsewhere... Thanks for alerting me to it, FS! I checked it out of the library last year. Although I was very glad to see the 1960s Lois Lane story (which I've been wanting to read for decades), a lot of this volume is comics published since the 1980s that I've either already read or that I'm not really interested in.
So it was definitely not a book that's cost-effective for me.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 26, 2015 10:33:44 GMT -5
Iron Man #120-128, the infamous Demon In A Bottle. I think a fair look at alcoholism for a fictional story. Not too preachy not too nonchalant. I think the cues in the story of it building on him, with other people noticing before he does, as happens with many alcoholics. We play ignorant and/or justify our need. I thought they did well with Beth being a friend and not a nagger. I think the rock bottom he hit and the consequences of his interactions with Jarvis were a good illustration of rick bottom not equaling to destitute and living on the streets as is the stereotype. I also thought the writing was a superb inner monologue as Tony fights himself for that last drink. It really stuck with me.
WE3 ... What an excellent story and a great look at the lengths humans go to to kill one another. I can't say too much for those that haven't read it, but wow. It's right up there with Coyote Gospel as some of the best written things in comics. And I'm no Quiently fan, but damn this was perfect! It's like he was made to illustrate Morrison's words. This is something I'll buy to own since I just got it from the library.
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 27, 2015 4:43:38 GMT -5
Quitely and Morrison go together like chocolate and peanut butter.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 27, 2015 8:50:45 GMT -5
The first thing I read of them together was their stint on X-Men. And may well be the first of Quitely's art I had seen. I didn't care for the whole of Morrison's X-Men, but it had it moments. But I seriously was put off by the art back then. But either the story of WE3 or something different about what Quitely did made it more enjoyable.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 27, 2015 14:24:41 GMT -5
I'm still reading The Age of Apocalypse: The Complete Epic, Volume Three. It's OK at times. I find Generation Next to be by far the best series. There was one chapter (not Generation Next) that had two of the worst "accent" characters talking with each other and I just about skipped those pages.
I'm also reading Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman, Volume Three, and I'm loving the Andru/Esposito art. And the Mouse Man appearances. I wish there were more of those! What I'm not loving are the "Wonder Family" Impossible Tales. There are too many of these.
The big question I'm dealing with now is: Who do I hate more? Gambit or Wonder Tot?
I'm going with Gambit. One of the worst characters ever.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 27, 2015 16:49:53 GMT -5
I'm still reading The Age of Apocalypse: The Complete Epic, Volume Three. It's OK at times. I find Generation Next to be by far the best series. There was one chapter (not Generation Next) that had two of the worst "accent" characters talking with each other and I just about skipped those pages. I'm also reading Showcase Presents: Wonder Woman, Volume Three, and I'm loving the Andru/Esposito art. And the Mouse Man appearances. I wish there were more of those! What I'm not loving are the "Wonder Family" Impossible Tales. There are too many of these. The big question I'm dealing with now is: Who do I hate more? Gambit or Wonder Tot? I'm going with Gambit. One of the worst characters ever. Could have been either Weapon X for having the Human High Council in it. Or X-Universe which was two issues that told the story of the surviving Marvel heroes, that aren't mutants, of which have different nationalities. But I can't think who might it be specifically, except maybe Moria Trask (MacTaggert) who I thought they over did the Scottish accent on. But what I've read of her in 616 Marvel, I'd say that it's not much different. However Chamber by far is the worse done by Scott Lobdell. Though I agree Generation Next is great, Astonishing X-Men, if more so for the characters on the team then the writing per say, is my favorite. Sabertooth/Wildchild for the win! :thumb:
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 28, 2015 11:30:53 GMT -5
I read Amazing Spider-Man #200, and a couple of Dynabrite (Whitman) Carl Barks reprint issues - Walt Disney's Daisy and Donald 7 from Daisy's Diary and Walt Disney's Donald Duck and the Golden Helmet. Great Carl Barks stuff!
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 28, 2015 19:52:55 GMT -5
Hoosier X, thanks for the heads-up on the Catwoman book being mostly 1980s stuff instead of more vintage material. I'll try to see if I can find a table of contents online somewhere. They really should've done a 75 Years... book of her. (What, Lois Lane merits one, but Catwoman, who's held down her own title since about 1989, doesn't?)
Suicide Squad 2-8. Good, but still not amazing. I'm hoping it improves.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 28, 2015 22:47:11 GMT -5
Polar Bear, I got "Nine Lives of the Catwoman" from the library and it was very nice to read the two-part story from the 1960s Lois Lane series. That story has never been reprinted anywhere else.
It also has the first appearance from Batman #1 and a 1950s appearance from Detective, both of which have been reprinted a bunch of times.
Then it has a couple of later 1960s Catwoman appearances, and these are kind of cool, but are available in Batman Showcase volumes.
Then they jump to the mid-1980s and later for the last half of the book. Booooooo!
There are a bunch of 1940s Catwoman stories that have never been reprinted.
And the worst thing about "Nine Lives of the Catwoman" is that it doesn't have "The Secret Life of the Catwoman," her 1951 origin story from Batman #62.
Ridiculous.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 30, 2015 6:38:34 GMT -5
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge The Golden Fleecing (a Whitman reprint of some Carl Barks classics) - great stuff!
World's Finest # 257 - a Dollar Comic with the usual Superman/Batman story, plus Black Lightning, Green Arrow, Hawkman/Hawkgirl, and Captain Marvel, uh, Shazam. Great art in all of the stories, OK writing.
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Post by MDG on Apr 30, 2015 12:38:43 GMT -5
World's Finest # 257 - a Dollar Comic with the usual Superman/Batman story, plus Black Lightning, Green Arrow, Hawkman/Hawkgirl, and Captain Marvel, uh, Shazam. Great art in all of the stories, OK writing. The Newton/Shaffenberger art in the Shazam stories in WF is beautiful, in service to som fun stories by ENB. But O'Neil was turning out some horrid stuff on the lead feature.
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 30, 2015 16:31:53 GMT -5
I wonder if any of that ENB/Newton stuff will be in the 75 Years of Shazam! hardcover... Probably not. It would be nice to see it all collected in a nice package, given that it was concluded in miniature size (DC digests). I read #9-12 of Suicide Squad. Whaddya know? It got good. Ostrander got comfortable with the Wall's voice in #10, and soon after that, Father arrived. All's well.
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Post by dbutler69 on May 1, 2015 15:23:00 GMT -5
World's Finest # 257 - a Dollar Comic with the usual Superman/Batman story, plus Black Lightning, Green Arrow, Hawkman/Hawkgirl, and Captain Marvel, uh, Shazam. Great art in all of the stories, OK writing. The Newton/Shaffenberger art in the Shazam stories in WF is beautiful, in service to som fun stories by ENB. But O'Neil was turning out some horrid stuff on the lead feature. Yeah, the O'Neil story in this one was just weird.
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