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Post by superecwfan1 on May 2, 2014 21:57:52 GMT -5
You said the right words....not kid safe....lol . I will check it out later.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 22:05:42 GMT -5
I despise Superman after the early Golden Age. Silver and Bronze Age Superman are among my least favorite comics. Not even Alan Moore could make him interesting. Sic 'em Krypto, sic 'em  |
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Post by thebeastofyuccaflats on May 3, 2014 13:24:00 GMT -5
I'm currently reading Superman Chronicles, Volume 2, and yeah, I can see why this was such a sensation in 1938 and 1939. These stories are actually very compelling and fun and out-of-control. I love Shuster's art, and Siegel just seemed to write from a "Who am I mad at today? - Gamblers!" mind-set. (And the villain (when it's not a drunken driver) is always Ultra. (I think I'm almost up to the story where Ultra transfers his mind into the body of a Hollywood actress.)) It's too bad that Grant Morrison didn't really go back to basics when he was allegedly going back to basics in his Action Comics run. I would much rather read the Siegel/Shuster Superman than the Morrison Superman, where he's merely pretending to write the Siegel/Shuster Superman. (I liked Morrison's Action run. It was OK. But it wasn't anywhere near as good as the real thing.) Yeah, I'd have to agree a bit there (though the Multiversity sorta backdoor-pilot in #9 was pretty sweet). It wasn't a poor run by any stretch, but it ultimately became something we'd sorta seen before. |
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Post by ironchimp on May 3, 2014 13:39:19 GMT -5
 the most blaise right hand gesture possible. he looks like the fonz's older more world weary brother who wouldn't be seen dead talking to the cunninghams let alone living in their annex. yeah he's had a lot of girls, maybe that fire at the repair shop was his fault, there might be some unpaid gambling debts too... wanna fight about it |
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Post by Pharozonk on May 3, 2014 15:21:16 GMT -5
I despise Superman after the early Golden Age. Silver and Bronze Age Superman are among my least favorite comics. Not even Alan Moore could make him interesting. I'm the complete opposite. I love the Silver and Bronze Age Superman for the wacky concepts and fun villains. |
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Post by Hoosier X on May 3, 2014 15:45:18 GMT -5
I despise Superman after the early Golden Age. Silver and Bronze Age Superman are among my least favorite comics. Not even Alan Moore could make him interesting. I'm the complete opposite. I love the Silver and Bronze Age Superman for the wacky concepts and fun villains. I'm not so keen on Bronze Age Superman, but I don't think he was ever better than he was during the Silver Age.
Check out "The Son of Bizarro" for one of the best stories of the era.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on May 3, 2014 17:22:26 GMT -5
The Silver Age Superman was the best. The Golden age version didn't have any personality. Not true. Just because his personality was the model for most of the Golden Age heroes doesn't mean he didn't have a personality. He was basically a slightly hareder-edged Spider-man. I like both the SA and Bronze Age Supes fine in small doses. But it will always feel like a watered-down version of the "real" GA Supes to me. |
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Post by MDG on May 4, 2014 9:39:23 GMT -5
The difficulty withSuperman is that he was, basically, the "baseline" superhero, at least through the early Bronze Age. Also, once DC realized what a cash cow he was becoming, they weren't going to do anything that could remotely piss off parents.
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