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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2016 18:23:45 GMT -5
I'm going to move on to Number 43 and that's starts sometimes tomorrow ...
Number 43 is Next!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 11:35:29 GMT -5
Number 43 - The Red Skull - Marvel Comics Red Skull by Jack KirbyHe is one of my favorite artists that drew him.  The Red Skull is one of the most feared Marvel Comics Super Villain that locked in constant battle with his Arch Enemy Captain America for more than 70 years and appeared for the first time in Captain America #7 an issue that was printed in October 1941. Red Skull is evil personalized and one of the most feared Nazi in all of Germany and does everything in it's powers to rights for the Nazi Cause and defeat Captain America - the only Superhero can counter every single of his moves. Johann Schmidt is the Red Skull and I find him to be the most evilest of all Marvel Villains and I feel kind of sad that I had to rank him at #43. Why, he ranked this low? ... I did not read much of Captain America when I was young and by time I was a teenager - I finally got caught up with him reading his solo books, stories from the Avengers Fame, and various other titles that featured him too like Tales of Suspense of which I'm quite fond of. I'm going to take my time with this character and this is the opening salvo for the villainy of the Red Skull. 
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 16:17:33 GMT -5
Red Skull Origin - You Tube
Pretty darn good video ...
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Post by hondobrode on Jul 14, 2016 20:11:04 GMT -5
Loved reading the Skull's reprinted origin from those Tales of Suspense by Lee & Kirby back in junior high.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2016 21:26:57 GMT -5
IMO the Red Skull is one of the more twisted & evil villains ever created. Even more than the Joker. The Red Skull didn't have to "live" thru the goofy stories in the 50's. And since WWII Nazism will always be synonymous with evil.
In my favorite story of all time (Batman/Capt America by John Byrne) the Joker & the Red Skull faced off. And even the Joker thought the Skull was evil.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 14:17:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 14:25:38 GMT -5
Pictorial History of the RED SKULL
Part 2 of 2
My Thoughts ... This is a great cover and one of my favorites. Though rather than bringing him back as Maxon the aircraft manufacturer, they made him merely a decoy for the real Red Skull, Nazi, Johann Schmidt.    from Tales of Suspense #66, June 1965, the bottom picture is not part of the scans that I provided here .. Gill Kane brought his dynamic pencil to the Red Skull in Tales of Suspense #89, May 1967  From Me ... that's one of my favorite stories of the Red Skull ... more later on!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 11:07:00 GMT -5
Red Skull's Costume For a Super Villain as he is - I consider this costume with an exception of his red skull is not all that cracked up to be to be a major villain as he is. I find the green tunic, light olive green gloves, and the Nazi Arm Band is too generic as you can possibly be. Even, his boots looks like combat boots isn't stylish at all. The problem is that I never, ever understood the evilness that he brings on table and that's why I've more mixed feelings about his costume in the first place. Later On, I saw that same costume and this time the Nazi Swastika is in White and why they made it Black instead? ... It's baffled me ever since when I saw this costume below.  I don't consider it real bad and/or real good - but pretty pathetic one indeed and I really never, really cared for that Nazi Uniform in various movies and it's looks too bizarre in my taste and I have a hard time understanding why they made the Movie Costume as it is. I prefer more black than green - but where? I would had traded the light olive gloves and brown boots for black but that alone would killed the Red Skull's persona and many fans would get mad about it. Anyway, I just find this costume is not favorable and I wished that they did a better job with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 11:15:51 GMT -5
Best Fight Scene in Captain America: First Avenger
This is a classic scene and I was in awe of this ... truly epic.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jul 16, 2016 11:24:36 GMT -5
Pictorial History of the RED SKULL
Part 1 of 2Source of these imagesImage Source
I hope I'm not derailing things here but the last two panels in the scene above have never made sense to me. Just what does Captain America mean when he says "I'm not talking"? Is that his way of saying he wanted Maxon to die and simply chose not to save him? If so, it's an odd way of being coy and why be coy at all? Or does Captain America mean there's more to what's going on than we know? If so, how are we supposed to know?
I also have to say Mecha, you are not making it easy on yourself! So many great choices thus far and you haven't even cracked the top 40 yet. I'm really looking forward to the rest of your list!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2016 13:48:36 GMT -5
Thanks Chadwilliam!
I'm done with the Red Skull and I know there are two Red Skulls in Captain America Movies and that dreaded Made for TV Movie of which I'm not going there because I have very little memory of.
So, having said that I will move on to Number 42 ...
Number 42 is next!
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 17, 2016 12:48:17 GMT -5
Always loved the Red Skull. I'd be interested to learn more about why he was phased out to a certain extent during the late 70's and 80's. From his reintroduction in the Silver Age, till the mid-70's at least, he seemed to get a big push in terms of being used in in-house Marvel ads and in merchandise. Did his Nazi background make Marvel squeamish for a time? I might be off base on this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 22:21:11 GMT -5
#42 Batwoman - Kathy Kane - DC ComicsTo me she is the utter darling of DC Comics in the 50's and the early 60's and she has that Movie Star looks that kinda resemble Gene Tierney, Jane Russell, and other Hollywood Starlets that I liked so much.  Of all the females superheroes that I like - she would be right up there because of her glorious red, yellow, and black costume that's so striking that I literally fell in love with it. She's glamorous, sexy, determined, and one of the reason that I liked Batman Comic Books in the 50's so much. One thing that I liked about Batwoman is that her purse is like a handbag that contains all the stuff that she needs to fight crime while Batman uses a Utility Belt instead. Batwoman first appeared in Detective Comics #233  From Wikipedia"There's only one Batman! That's been said many times and has always been true, for no other man has ever rivaled Batman as a champion of the law, nor matched his superb acrobatic skill, his scientific keenness, his mastery of disguise and detective skill! But now, in one suspenseful surprise after another, Batman finds he has a great rival in the mysterious and glamorous girl... The Batwoman!" From Detective #233I will be sharing more and more about Kathy Kane in a few days ahead and she is a favorite of mine and I wished she had more a run in the 50's and early 60's and I felt that DC Comics did a poor job of handling her in terms of axing her because DC Comics has Batgirl through the disguise of Barbara Gordon. Kathy Kane is Number #42.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2016 22:23:27 GMT -5
Pretty Portrait of Batwoman  Lovely Picture of Batwoman!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 1:19:47 GMT -5
History of Batwoman - You Tube
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