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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 13:23:25 GMT -5
Some of my favorite DC books were written by Bob Haney. I know his dialog was over-the-top & he totally ignored continuity. So I understand why some fans can't stand his writing.
For me I have fond memories of his Brave & Bold & World's Finest stories. I think my guilty pleasure may be his Super-Sons from WFC. My all time favorite Haney story was Batman/Sgt Rock in B&B # 124 which also had Haney & Aparo in the actual story.
Of course the Aparo art in B&B & Dick Dillin in WFC was a big draw (pun intended!). |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 25, 2014 13:32:45 GMT -5
Yay!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 13:37:09 GMT -5
Any favorites? Or are you being sarcastic? |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 25, 2014 13:41:45 GMT -5
Any favorites? Or are you being sarcastic? Not sarcastic at all. I love his Brave & Bold. Especially the team-ups that shouldn't have happened. Wildcat, Spectre, etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 13:47:08 GMT -5
Cool. I know there is someone on here that strongly dislikes Haney's writing & I can't remember who it is....and that's OK. There are creators that everyone else raves about that I don't enjoy.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 25, 2014 14:14:47 GMT -5
Yay indeed!
No barrier too tall, no boundary too dangerous, no convention too hallowed for the architect of the Haneyverse!
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 25, 2014 15:26:09 GMT -5
Definitely a YAY! for Bob Haney!
My favorite Haney story is "In the Coils of Copperhead!" from The Brave and the Bold #78. (He also wrote "The Revolt of the Super-Chicks" in #63, another unquestionable classic!)
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 25, 2014 15:26:27 GMT -5
A little bit of both for me. I don't mind the disregard for continuity so much, but some of his stuff, particularly in the Super-Sons, was cringe-worthy. In addition, his Lost Teen Titans Annual was just amazingly off the rails. So much so it inspired me to use the term "Haney" as a description of something that is just completely WTF. By those standards, that "Lost Annual" was the Haneyest.
On the other hand, I enjoyed a lot of his B&B stories and Teen Titans, despite the attempts at "groovy" slang.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 15:44:10 GMT -5
You've mentioned your loathing for the Lost TT Annual before, but I don't recall finding anything untoward about it. It must contain a drawing of a banana.
I'll have to dig it out & reread it.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 25, 2014 16:10:10 GMT -5
You've mentioned your loathing for the Lost TT Annual before, but I don't recall finding anything untoward about it. It must contain a drawing of a banana. I'll have to dig it out & reread it. No bananas, that I recall. Just: [Crap. Spoil didn't work. What's the code again?] So, other than that, it's fine. |
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Post by paulie on Aug 25, 2014 16:16:47 GMT -5
Yay! Nothing liking reading an Aparo-Haney Brave and the Bold. And continuity be damned!
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Post by foxley on Aug 25, 2014 16:41:30 GMT -5
I like Haney in small doses. He becomes a surfeit very quickly. My favourite story is probably B&B #124, which is completely fourth wall shattering.
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Post by paulie on Aug 25, 2014 16:50:13 GMT -5
I like that I can pick up a Bob Haney B&B on a Saturday and read it, enjoy it, and not have to fret about where it 'fits' in the mythos. I can accept that they are merely Bob Haney's mythos.
Now could I read 4 or 5 issues of B&B at once? I don't think so. But I do like reading a Haney B&B almost every Saturday.
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Post by hondobrode on Aug 25, 2014 17:07:08 GMT -5
Haney's cool. Love those old B&B's and the Super Sons and Aparo and Dillin works fine too.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 25, 2014 17:23:14 GMT -5
Yep...love me some Super Sons. Soooo cool they're square. Like ice cubes, Man.
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