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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 7, 2016 12:16:32 GMT -5
While DC was spoofing Marvel Comics in their Inferior 5 magazine during the 60s, Marvel was slinging it back in Not Brand Echh. To wit:Stupor-Man  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 7, 2016 12:51:26 GMT -5
Quick: is this the LSH or the Imperial Guard?  Less a jab than an in-joke. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 7, 2016 13:57:45 GMT -5
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 7, 2016 18:39:44 GMT -5
The gran' daddy!  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Apr 7, 2016 19:11:31 GMT -5
Might as well make it The World's Finest Jab ![]()  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 8, 2016 5:28:28 GMT -5
Thor 341  |
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 8, 2016 12:48:05 GMT -5
When I first saw the title of this thread it made me think of editorial jabs, usually in the letters pages. Marvel may have started it on the Bullpen Bulletins page by referring to DC as their Distinguished Competitor. But I know I've seen DC editors make snide comments on their letters pages in the 60s.
But I can recall any specific examples.
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 8, 2016 13:04:10 GMT -5
When I first saw the title of this thread it made me think of editorial jabs, usually in the letters pages. Marvel may have started it on the Bullpen Bulletins page by referring to DC as their Distinguished Competitor. But I know I've seen DC editors make snide comments on their letters pages in the 60s. But I can recall any specific examples. Didn't Weisinger refer to them as "Brand I" for a while? |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 9, 2016 11:45:39 GMT -5
In a classic Quasar issue all the Speedsters of the MU raced( I don't remember the stakes) and the winner was a recently deceased runner from another universe.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 11, 2016 7:46:39 GMT -5
Looks like a spinach eating sailor in the left hand side in a What If ? issue.  |
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 11, 2016 8:06:32 GMT -5
Jabs don't get much jabbier than this, from 2000AD  Revenge of the thrill suckers is about aliens in search of excitement. They pause at the offices of Marvel Comics (at the time Marvel UK was based at Jadwin House), find zero thrills there, so head south to find 2000 AD. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 11, 2016 8:48:12 GMT -5
Funky Flashman and House-Roy, courtesy the King...  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Apr 11, 2016 8:57:59 GMT -5
What did Thomas ever do to Kirby? I get the jabs at Stan, but the jabs at Roy seem unnecessarily nasty.
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Post by tolworthy on Apr 11, 2016 9:25:38 GMT -5
What did Thomas ever do to Kirby? I get the jabs at Stan, but the jabs at Roy seem unnecessarily nasty. He saw Thomas as an enabler? Thomas began as a schoolteacher, and was capable; not an idiot. He should have known better? One could argue that he owed his position to being a fan of Stan Lee. He grew up loving Lee's work, the first of the fans-turned-pro, and Lee moulded him in his own image. It would be very hard for young Thomas to ever say no to his idol. It seems to me that Kirby is arguing that Lee's faults are transparent to any outsider, and Thomas should have acted as counsellor, not sycophant. Didn't Kirby's story also have a jab at removable backbones? |
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Post by Red Oak Kid on Apr 11, 2016 12:30:31 GMT -5
We may be forgetting that Stan was Roy's boss. Roy probably had to carry out orders from Stan that he didn't agree with. Marvel art director John Romita took a lot of flack from fans for redrawing faces on other artist's work, especially on covers. Romita said in an interview that he was carrying out orders from Stan and that he probably wouldn't have done it if the decision had been left to him. Jack probably viewed Roy as a sycophant but the reality was that Roy worked for Stan. Also, Jack was riding high at DC during this period and was getting a lot of demons out of his system. After all, he certainly would never be working for Marvel again.  |
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