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Post by brutalis on Oct 24, 2016 8:27:40 GMT -5
Oddly enough i wasn't recognizing any of the comic book stories as being "important" in the sense for them being relative to or inspired by or inspiring something more than them simply being a comic book. I would be 14 and just coming into being able to afford and find and recognize the differing comic books that were around. The importance to me was that i finally began collecting and actively searching for specific series or author's or artists. Trading with cousin's and other neighborhood kid. Talking about what i liked and what other's liked and re-enacting/playing superhero. This is when the addiction began and i was totally immersed in the fun and excitement of the comic book world...
Looking backwards i can see and note a lot of what everybody is talking about but there was and is so much greatness i cannot just choose a single story. Even today that time in my life with comic books is a fond remembrance of the very beginning of my year's of collecting.
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Post by shaxper on Oct 24, 2016 9:44:50 GMT -5
I'm going to answer this subjectively -- which 1974 comic was most important to me:  This was the issue that made POTA one of my favorite runs in all of comicdom, as well as made Doug Moench my favorite comic writer. Whereas the series had been quality prior to this point, this was the moment where we saw the series take a wild departure from the film premise and wander into fantastic new territory. Wildly creative stuff full of vibrant characters and brilliant new worlds and concepts. Did it do much to change comicdom in general? Probably not. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 24, 2016 10:15:14 GMT -5
I'm going to answer this subjectively -- which 1974 comic was most important to me: This was the issue that made POTA one of my favorite runs in all of comicdom, as well as made Doug Moench my favorite comic writer. Whereas the series had been quality prior to this point, this was the moment where we saw the series take a wild departure from the film premise and wander into fantastic new territory. Wildly creative stuff full of vibrant characters and brilliant new worlds and concepts. Did it do much to change comicdom in general? Probably not. I've seen them in Native American dress, spacesuits and Carnaby Street togs, but gorillas in coonskin caps and buckskins? Maybe the first time Marvel ever scooped DC where primates were concerned.  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 24, 2016 12:48:34 GMT -5
I'm going to answer this subjectively -- which 1974 comic was most important to me: This was the issue that made POTA one of my favorite runs in all of comicdom, as well as made Doug Moench my favorite comic writer. Whereas the series had been quality prior to this point, this was the moment where we saw the series take a wild departure from the film premise and wander into fantastic new territory. Wildly creative stuff full of vibrant characters and brilliant new worlds and concepts. Did it do much to change comicdom in general? Probably not. I've seen them in Native American dress, spacesuits and Carnaby Street togs, but gorillas in coonskin caps and buckskins? Maybe the first time Marvel ever scooped DC where primates were concerned. There had to be a DC Tomahawk gorilla cover that fit the bill |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 24, 2016 17:40:12 GMT -5
Too many great books that year to choose.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 24, 2016 22:37:43 GMT -5
I've seen them in Native American dress, spacesuits and Carnaby Street togs, but gorillas in coonskin caps and buckskins? Maybe the first time Marvel ever scooped DC where primates were concerned. There had to be a DC Tomahawk gorilla cover that fit the bill Close, but no cee-gar. Two beefcake shots and a headdress.    |
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Post by WestPhillyPunisher on Jan 3, 2017 4:54:19 GMT -5
I'm surprised no one mentioned this 1974 story, the debut of The Punisher in Amazing Spider-Man #129:  The arrival of Marvel's skull suited vigilante waging his one man war on crime resonated with me because years later after I enlisted in the Navy, I started reading the paperback adventures of Mack Bolan, a.k.a. The Executioner whom Frank Castle was said to have been patterned after:  |
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