shaxper
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Post by shaxper on Aug 25, 2014 19:56:52 GMT -5
Ooooh, Kamandi and the Fourth World titles. But especially Kamandi. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 25, 2014 20:42:45 GMT -5
I'm not sure it fits in the bronze age but I enjoyed the John Byrne Hulk run from #314-319. Too bad Bryne did his act and quit as usual.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 25, 2014 23:18:19 GMT -5
Ooooh, Kamandi and the Fourth World titles. But especially Kamandi. Kamandi = AWESOME!
Also, The Secret Society of Super-Villains! Buy it or they'll kill you!
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Post by berkley on Aug 26, 2014 0:03:58 GMT -5
I think there were probably more outstanding short than long runs for the simple reason that the most innovative work tended to get cancelled early due to a failure on the part of readers or editors to appreciate it. All the Kirby solo stuff, much of the best work of writers like Gerber, Englehart, Don MacGregor, etc, etc. The really creative series that lasted a relatively long time - MoKF, the Wolfman/Colan ToD - were the exceptions.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 26, 2014 4:47:06 GMT -5
How did I overlook this one?  |
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Post by DubipR on Aug 26, 2014 9:34:15 GMT -5
How did I overlook this one? Shax, I'm with you on this one. A lot of the Marvel/Curtiss magazine runs would be my choices (Tales of the Vampire, Dracula Lives!, Doc Savage, etc).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 10:27:25 GMT -5
Quite a few of mine would've shown up on my 12 Days of Christmas list a year or two back, when IIRC we chose series that lasted no more than a dozen (or was it 10?) issues -- Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, Shade, etc.
Otherwise, one that springs immediately to mind is the 7 post-Kirby issues of Mister Miracle, the first four of which were scripted by Steve Englehart (though #22 was under a pseudonym, so he must not've been happy with some editorial dictate or other) & pencilled by Marshall Rogers, with the final three teaming Steve Gerber & Michael Golden (with Russ Heath inking #s 24 & 25).
Ditto for the 4 Jungle Action issues pencilled by Billy Graham & inked by Bob McLeod. And the 8 Wally Wood issues of All-Star Comics. And the dozen or so Defenders ishes that Keith Giffen drew in full-on Kirby mode. And the Ploog issues of Man-Thing, Monster of Frankenstein & Werewolf by Night. And David Anthony Kraft's Man-Wolf strip the final few issues of Creatures on the Loose, especially as drawn by tyro George Perez. The Englehart/Brunner issues of Marvel Premiere & Dr. Strange.
Lots of good/great stuff back then. That's just off the top of my head.
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Post by paulie on Aug 26, 2014 10:38:59 GMT -5
Quite a few of mine would've shown up on my 12 Days of Christmas list a year or two back, when IIRC we chose series that lasted no more than a dozen (or was it 10?) issues -- Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction, Shade, etc. Otherwise, one that springs immediately to mind is the 7 post-Kirby issues of Mister Miracle, the first four of which were scripted by Steve Englehart (though #22 was under a pseudonym, so he must not've been happy with some editorial dictate or other) & pencilled by Marshall Rogers, with the final three teaming Steve Gerber & Michael Golden (with Russ Heath inking #s 24 & 25). Ditto for the 4 Jungle Action issues pencilled by Billy Graham & inked by Bob McLeod. And the 8 Wally Wood issues of All-Star Comics. And the handful of Defenders that Keith Giffen drew in full-on Kirby mode. Yup.
The two issues of MM that Heath did are gorgeous. If I could go back a Klassic Komics Kristmas or three I'd probably put the Golden-Heath team on my favorite pencillers and inkers list.
As far as Giffen... you bring to mind Defenders 52 which kind of gets forgotten about because it comes after the Who Remembers Scorpio storyline. In 52 you get a Subby-Hulk fight and Chic Stone inking. If that doesn't conjure up the spirit of 1964 I don't know what does!
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 26, 2014 10:57:56 GMT -5
I'd suggest Marvel's War Is Hell #s 9-15, the saga of John Kowalski: offbeat, but realistic. Think the Spectre in a war comic, and you have a little bit of an idea.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2014 11:11:04 GMT -5
Other than #13, those War is Hells steadfastly refuse to turn up cheaply enough for my tightwad tastes.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Aug 26, 2014 11:51:13 GMT -5
I'd definitely have to put in a vote for the Stern/Byrne Cap.. that was great. I don't think I'd consider Michelinie/Layton on Iron Man, short, but if it is, it gets a vote.
Claremont/Sienkiewicz New Mutants would be up there, too.
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Post by Prince Hal on Aug 26, 2014 12:11:25 GMT -5
Other than #13, those War is Hells steadfastly refuse to turn up cheaply enough for my tightwad tastes. And here I thought I was the only one who even knew about them, Brother Power #3, and DC's Sherlock Holmes #2, the finale of a crossover that began in Laurel and Hardy #2. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 26, 2014 14:55:40 GMT -5
Omega the Unknown
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Post by paulie on Aug 26, 2014 15:12:53 GMT -5
A great one. Even better when one skips Defenders 76-77. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Aug 26, 2014 15:19:27 GMT -5
A great one. Even better when one skips Defenders 76-77. Agreed. It's much better considered unfinished, than to tag that mess onto the end of it. |
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