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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 3, 2022 18:26:48 GMT -5
www.mikesamazingworld.com/mikes/features/newsstand.php?publisher=all&type=calendar&month=8&year=1982&sort=alphaThis was a really special month for me as a kid, even though I only bought 2 comic books. One of them launched a life-long fascination with Silver Age comics, and cemented the Legion of Super-Heroes jumping to the top of my list (well, shared with Spidey anyways) as my favorite feature:  I knew of the Legion from reading some Superboy and the Legion issues in the late 70's (my first exposure was right at the end of Earthwar), but this introduced a whole new Legion to me and I loved it. It was also my introduction to the Challengers of the Unknown (which quickly became another favorite), not to mention I enjoyed the mix of all the other stories with Captain Marvel, Zatanna, Supergirl, and the Spectre. I was only sporadically picking up comics the prior couple of years, and this one caught my eye in the magazine section of a CVS drug store. This issue hooked me, and I begged my parents every month to ensure we made it to the CVS in time for me to get the next issue (I was not aware of comic book shops at this point, and only this particular store seemed to carry this title where I lived). While I had read a fair number of comics when I was really little in the late 70's, I had kind of drifted more towards baseball cards in the early 80's. This digest changed everything, and really was my true launching off point with getting much more serious as a regular comic book reader. The other selection I made that month was ASM Annual #16. Loved Monica instantly, super cool character and quickly became one of my favorite Avengers. I got my Legion start during Earthwar also! I too loved these cute little digest sized Adventure comics with the Silver Age Legion, and I too became a fan of the Challengers of the Unknown from reading these. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Sept 1, 2022 14:14:24 GMT -5
After a high-volume summer, when I was snagging close to 20 titles every month, I definitely slowed down, as I can only see about 10 or so books at Mike's Newsstand that I recall having. Besides the titles I was following regularly, i.e., X-men, Legion, Fantastic Four, New Teen Titans and Ka-zar, a few others I recall as highlights are:  What If? #36 Just loved this little story about a depowered FF and would have loved a mini-series featuring them (provided that Byrne also did the writing and art).  Hercules #4 *heavy sigh* All good things come to an end. I really enjoyed this one and was sad that it was already over - in fact, I recall going back and rereading the three preceding issues before reading this one.  Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants Although FF, LoSH and New Teen Titans had nudged X-men from my top spot as favorite ongoing monthly series, I was still very much an X-fan, and was really excited about the spin off. This 'graphic novel' did not disappoint at the time.  Justice Machine #4 I had just discovered that another comic book shop had opened in Salem, OR, and recall buying this (and the New Mutants book above) there. I also bought the preceding issue of Justice Machine, which was the only other one they had in stock. I thought this was soooooo cool. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 1, 2022 14:44:20 GMT -5
Bought in September 1982. Back then I had started using a subscription service (from Heroes' World) that allowed me to get American comics without relying on our decidedly unreliable local newsstands. The price of shipping also wasn't insane like it is today, so in the end there wasn't much of a price difference. Those were good days, although I had to go to the post office each month to get a money order in US dollars (no credit card yet). It was such a thrill to receive all of one month's comic in one package!!! Arak #16, with our American Native hero visiting Constantino-er... Byzantium. If Roy Thomas couldn't write Conan, this title was a perfect replacement! I loved the historical setting. Avengers #226. Adventures in a mythical realm facing the Fomor! It was nice to see the Black Knight again, I guess, although I preferred his old wingless helmet. Conan the barbarian #141. Kingdom of the spiders, Hyborian age-style. Actually not a bad generic S&S story, with an always-welcome all-Buscema cover. Daredevil #190 and the double-sized cumlmination of the "real" Elektra saga. All later appearances of the character are, to me, apocryphal. Really nice art by Klaus Janson too. Fantastic Four #249. This one has Gladiator (of X-Men fame) play the role of Superman, on whom he was originally based. (Well, it was Super boy, but you know). Believe it or not, the Superman homage had eluded me the first time around; I just wasn't enough of a DC reader. I just thought it strange that Gladiator was so powerful all of a sudden! We're also teased about John Byrne drawing the X-Men again, even if just as guest-stars, though it's pretty clear that they're Skrulls in disguise. It is noteworthy that several of the ideas used here for Gladiator will be carried over when Byrne takes over Superman; things like his mentally preventing buildings from just collapsing into a pile of bricks when he lifts them. Ka-Zar the savage #22, with " Shanna the savage" on the cover (because we're pretending that Ka-Zar is dead). Unlike the transparent "oh noes, our hero is dead and it's for real this time swear to god" kind of deaths we sometimes have to deal with, we knew that this one wasn't permanent; it was just fun to pretend for a while. That was back when Ron Frenz still drew like Ron Frenz; a bit later, when he moved to Spider-Man, he would do a kind of Ditko impersonation; when he later moved to Thor, he'd channel Jack Kirby. That was kind of fun, but I really did like his own style; Frenz demonstrated great visual humour. King Conan #14. A good stand alone story. The title would not have a comntinuing stotyline for a few more months yet. Kull the conqueror #1. What a strange and welcome surprise. After Marvel lost Roy Thomas, I would have thought that Kull and other REH creations would simply be forgotten; the bullpen seemed to care only about the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. I was wrong! Under a lovely wraparound John Bolton cover, we get a double-sized adventure of the Valusian king, written by the ever-welcome Alan Zelenetz ( he knew of the Howard characters and their world) and drawn by John Buscema and Danny Bulanadi. And would you know it? THIS is a pairing in which I can appreciate Bulanadi's inking! Legion of super-heroes #294. I didn't know who Darkseid and the New Gods were exactly, but the conclusion to the Great Darkness saga was just EPIC!!! Really made me want to know more! Marvel graphic novel #4 : The New Mutants. I wasn't much of a fan of Bob Mcleod's full art (it looked good, but felt a little tame) or of these new characters with sort of *meh* powers and personalities, but I was a big Claremont groupie at the time. I also grew to like the New Mutants. Certainly not as replacement to the far more flamboiyant X-Men, but as their own thing; they never came across as imitators anyway. Marvel two-in-one #95, co-starring The Living Mummy. I know I bought that comic, but it must have been at a newsstand; I wouldn't have ordered it from Heroes' World. Can't remember anythin about it either! New Teen Titans #26, in which I discovered the existence of runaways as a social reality. That led to interesting conversations with my dad, who was a social worker. Rom #37. I kept buying Rom, I don't know why... It wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly good either. It was competent. Swamp Thing #8. Heading toward the apocalypse! (The real one, with the seven-headed beast and the number 666 and all that.) Warlord #64. That's the storyline with a magic mirror... I don't know if it was in this specific issue, but there was a line I had particularly liked about the mirror : responding to of her dad, who wonders how the thing can show what they want in another time period, Jennifer Morgan says "people looking into a mirror usually see what they want." Smooooth... Each issue of Warlord back then had at least one good line like that. (I believe that they weren't all written by Grell, but also by his wife Daina Graziunas Sharon Wright. (Thanks to chaykinstevens for the correction). What if..? #36, in which John Byrne writes the Fantastic Four as if they were their likely inspiration, Kirby's Challengers of the Unknown. It's a retelling of FF#1 without super-powers, and could be an alternate version of the story our friend tolworthy presented in his scholarly work on that particular comic. X-Men #164. It's good to see Carol Danvers get superpowers again, as the brand-new heroine Binary! (She's back to being Ms. Marvel Captain Marvel nowadays. I wonder when she switched power sets). |
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Post by dbutler69 on Sept 1, 2022 16:08:14 GMT -5
All-Star Squadron #16
Adventure Comics #494 (loved those digest sized comics!)
Camelot 3000 #1
Justice League of America #209 (awesome JLA/JSA team-up!)
Legion of Super-Heroes #294 (Great Darkness Saga!)
New Teen Titans #26
Avengers #226
Fantastic Four #249 (some more Byrne goodness)
Hercules #4 (love this miniseries)
Incredible Hulk #278
Marvel Graphic Novel Vol. 4:The New Mutants (pretty exciting for this then X-zombie)
Marvel Team-Up #124 (had to pick it up because it had an ex-x-Man
Rom #37
Uncanny X-Men #164
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2
Warlock #1
What If #36
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 1, 2022 20:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Sept 1, 2022 23:46:03 GMT -5
September 1982:
Captain Victory #7
II enjoyed all of Kirby's Pacific Comics series. None of them were quite at the level of his 70s work for DC and Marvel, but they were all fun and entertaining, if a little lightweght in comparison to his best stuff.
Legion of Super-Heroes #294
the Great Darkness was a very solid multi-issue superhero story with excellent artwork by Giffen. It also set the template for Darkseid as the number one villain of the DCU, ultimately a very limiting role for the character but Levitz and Giffen did it better than anyone else who came after, as far as I've seen. Too bad they couldn't see a way to include Orion, Barda, Mister Miracle as something more than shadows of their former selves, but that too was symbolic of how superhero fans and creators see the New Gods concept in general.
Master of Kung Fu #119
This was the only Marvel series I was still reading regularly, the last of the classic 70s Marvel series that had made me such a fan during that decade.
Night Force #5
I thought this was by far the best thing either Wolfman or Colan did after leaving Marvel for DC. Well, except for the Nathaniel Dusk miniseries Colan did with Don McGregor. Too bad Night Force didn't last long, it was an interesting concept that had a lot of potential, I thought. And credit to DC for finding an inker, Bob Smith, who worked well with Colan's unique style, something that was often a problem for editors or whoever made these assignments.
Saga of Swamp Thing #8
I thoroughly enjoyed this Pasko/Yeates Swamp Thing run at the time, haven't re-read it since, though. Nothing really new or ground-breaking, as far as I recall, but it consistently held my interest. I look forward tore visiting it one of these days.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 2, 2022 16:01:12 GMT -5
Each issue of Warlord back then had at least one good line like that. (I believe that they weren't all written by Grell, but also by his wife Daina Graziunas). Sharon Wright was Grell's wife. I think Daina Graziunas was married to Jim Starlin. |
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Post by chaykinstevens on Sept 2, 2022 16:10:17 GMT -5
All-Star Squadron #16
Arak #16
Arion #2
Avengers #226
Batman #354
Camelot 3000 #1
Daredevil #190
Fury of Firestorm #7
Night Force #5
Peter Parker #73
Rom #37
Saga of Swamp Thing #8
Uncanny X-Men #164
Vision and the Scarlet Witch #2
Warlord #64
What If #36
Wonder Woman #298
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 2, 2022 16:53:14 GMT -5
Each issue of Warlord back then had at least one good line like that. (I believe that they weren't all written by Grell, but also by his wife Daina Graziunas). Sharon Wright was Grell's wife. I think Daina Graziunas was married to Jim Starlin. You're right! Thanks! |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 1, 2022 4:58:59 GMT -5
Only about a dozen titles again this month; indeed, I had just started high school in the autumn of 1982, so my mind was preoccupied with other matters. However, I also recall that comics continued to be a refuge for me in my early teens. And there were a few entries from this month that really stick in my mind as memorable after all these years, to wit... Daredevil 191  Another era came to a close as Frank Miller departed from the series after this issue. I remember being disappointed - maybe not as utterly devastated as I was when Byrne/Austin left X-men, but still pretty bummed. And the story was pretty sombre and dark (it's the one in which Daredevil plays Russian roulette with Bullseye, who's laying in a hospital bed all busted up). And speaking of everyone's favorite angsty mutants: X-men 165  After meandering for a time, the series started to get interesting again as the Brood saga finally started to pick up steam about an issue or two before, and when Paul Smith came on as penciler I was elated - back then I was not a fan of Cockrum's second run on the title. I recall thinking, "Oh, yeah, X-men are *good* again..." Fantastic Four 250  ...not as good as FF, though. Byrne was still firing on all cylinders as far as I was concerned, and this double-sized issue did not disappoint. It was also nice to see him drawing the X-men again, even though - *spoiler alert* - it wasn't really them. And speaking of Byrne: Indiana Jones #1  "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was, for a time, my favorite movie, and when I saw an Indiana Jones comic book on the spinner rack, published by Marvel no less with Byrne doing the art, all I could say was, "Oh, hell yeah!" I was not disappointed, either, and I still think the story in the first two issues of this series is better than any of the movie sequels. Amazing Spider-man #236  This one is memorable because of the pretty brutal fate of Tarantula - some of those panels still stick in my head... Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1  I was so down for this encyclopedic treatment of the MU and read every single word of every single entry. On the DC side, the most notable entry for me is New Teen Titans #27:  The conclusion, of a sort, to the 2-part runaways story. Sure, it was preachy, but it certainly made an impression on me back in the day. And finally, this little gem: Groo #1  I was a big fan of Conan back then, and sword & sorcery in general, and I absolutely loved this satirical take on the genre. And over the years, I have never, ever been disappointed by a Groo story. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 1, 2022 18:00:27 GMT -5
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 4, 2022 8:42:55 GMT -5
October 1982
One thing that always surprises/annoys my wife is that I tend to recall events based on what I was reading at the time (like our honeymoon. Remember that? Sure, I was reading The Bourne Supremacy during the first week). So what was happening in October 1982? I had started college (which, in our system, are two years stuck between High School and University). I had loved High School, but after a short period of adaptation loved college even more. I had a job as a judo instructor, was having fun with the first pages of the second book of The Orion Arm, could get comics through a subscription service aaaaaaaaand still didn't have a girlfriend, as the girl of my dreams (at the time) had fallen for one of my best friends. Still, 3 out of 4 ain't bad.
Plus, those comics... I was addicted!!!
Arak #17. Truth to tell, I wasn't a big fan of Byzantium (or Constantinople, as it should have been called in this story) as a young kid learning history; I never appreciated the importance of the place, and rather than the actual and legitimate continuation of the Roman Empire, I saw it as some sort of junior state that somehow managed to survive for a few centuries. Oh, what fools these cheeses be. Luckily, things like this comic got me to reconsider my benighted opinion.
Avengers #227. I loved Monica Rambeau as Captain Marvel; she was a lovely person before other writers decided to mess with her. I thought her costume looked cool too, except for the rather floppy aspect of the wing-like membranes under her arms... Why weren't they somewhat tighter, like Black Bolt's? Anyhoo.
Conan the barbarian #142. Another beautiful cover by John Buscema (pencils and inks) and another generic story.
Daredevil #191, with beautful art by Frank Miller and Terry Austin. I prefer the Miller/Janson team, but Miller/Austin sure knocked it out of the ballpark too. In this story, an apparently DERANGED Daredevil plays a fake game of Russian roulette with a paralyzed Bullseye. In the days that followed Elektra's death, Matt Murdock acted more and more like a psychopath; that plot line was never truly explored, as a few issues down the line new writer Denny O'Neil would just have Matt become sane again, realize he had misnehaved, and move on. Return to the status quo. Easier to write, no doubt, but so much less interesting that I dropped the book.
Dreadstar #1: well, well, well, what have we here? Jim Starlin turns his series of OGNs into a continuing series! Good news, of course, although I would miss the painted art. I'm not certain, but thinking back on those early issues, it seems to me that Starlin was drawing on larger original pages that he would later on; the lines seem finer and pages are more detailed. But that might just be an impression. Anyway, a good start.
Fantastic Four #250, a proper anniversary issue co-starring Skrulls disguised as X-Men. I was just glad to see John Byrne drawing the X-Men again, even as fakes!
Furher Adventures of Indiana Jones #1. Oh, my, now THAT's how you exploit a franchise! Take a huge cinematic success, couple it with a top-rated writer-penciller (John Byrne), a top-rated inker (Terry Austin) and let the tape roll!!! (I'm trying hard to suppress the fact that within a few issues both men would be gone and Danny Bulanadi would handle the inks. Better than than on The Micronauts, I guess).
Ka-Zar #23, in which, as I recall (might be the following issue), Ka-Zar gets raped. On page. I mean, what else do you call it when a villain who controls your body thanks to a microchip in your brain forces you to have sex with her? No Comics Code Approval Seal on those straight-to-market comics, but I was still pretty surprised this got the O.K.
Marvel No-Prize book #1. This was, according to Jim Shooter, a simple cash grab. But as a customer, I was utterly delighted. "Only one of us is getting out of this room on his own two feet... and it won't be me!"... Captain Barracuda looking through his periscope using the eye covered by an eyepatch... Mr. Fantastic having a third hand at the end of his extended leg... Plus a gorgeous Michael Golden cover! Marvel heaven, if you ask me.
Master of Kung Fu #120. Doug Moench and Gene Day, before the untimely passing of the latter, produced some of the very best issues of this series. This is one of them.
Micronauts #49. HOLY FRIJOLES!!! He's BACK!!! This is the issue that marks the series' long-awaited return to the "must-read" list! It wouldn't rise to the level of the first 12 issues, of course, due to the "been there done that" effect... but it would be a very worthy attempt! The Micronauts are back in business, folks!
New Teen Titans #27. Still not much of a DC reader, I was turning into a big Teen Titans fan. Marv and George were producing good, clean superhero fun, here with an added social message! Five stars!
Marvel Universe Handbook #1. Yeah, another cash grab I fell for. I enjoyed the series nevertheless, especially when certain characters were drawn by artists they had famously been associated with (Daredevil by Miller, Shang-Chi by the long-missing Paul Gulacy) or when people rarely (if ever) seen at Marvel contributed something (like Mike Grell drawing the Scarlet Scarab). What I did NOT like was when the Handbook, which was supposed to be a work of reference akin to an encyclopedia, would sacrifice general relevance for the sake of promotion. Like when the entry for Iron Man makes it all about James Rhodes (who had just, and temporarily, replaced Tony Stark in the armor) and almost dismissed Stark as a side note. Ditto for the silly attempts at making comic-book science more believable by changing things in a way that was even LESS scientific. Did you know that instead of absorbing energy from the sun and releasing it as an eye beam, as we had been told for many years, Cyclops actually opened a doorway to another dimension whose energy poured out of his eyes? No? Neither did I.
Red Sonja #1. Now what was that comic's origin? It's scripted by Roy Thomas, so I would assume it was an inventory story left over in his files when he left Marvel for DC. This issue and the next would form an impromptu limited series, although it is not advertised as such; I seem to remember that it had been meant as a Red Sonja color special that never saw print. The art in issue #1 is by Ernie Colón and Tony DeZuniga (meaning we have the same creative team as on the first issues of Arak!) and it features a new look for Sonja: after ditching her iron bikini following the events of Marvel Super Special #9, she now wears a more epiderm-friendly blue leotard (ah, the '80s) and a sash. These two issues would apparently settle things once and for all when it comes to her origin (which, we can all agree, was extremely shitty). Too bad later writers decided to ignore it.
Rom #38. As I said last month, I kept buying Rom and I don't know why... except for this one, because it had Shang-Chi in it.
Swamp Thing #9 : the apocalypse is near, but we can delay the climax for a little while longer!
Savage Sword of Conan #83. Here we have the conclusion of last issue's tale, and a reprint of Red Sonja's first solo story (with art by Esteban Maroto, Neal Adams and Ernie Chan). We also have the start of a Solomon Kane story that would never be concluded, but alluded to his traveling to Japan!
X-Men #165. Paul Smith wasn't drawing like John Byrne or Dave Cockrum... but gosh darn, I was really starting to love his work!!! Continuing the original Brood saga (the only one that should have been written, as far as I'm concerned... Especially since their planet blows up at then end of the arc). Here Storm starts her transformation into a Brood drone... and decides to commit suicide, despite misgivings about killing another life form! (Those superheroes can push the virtue button a little too far, if you ask me).
Warlord #65. A quick read, but pleasant enough. Hey, comics were inexpensive back then! Buy all you can!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 1, 2022 11:48:59 GMT -5
Bought brand new in November 1982 (mostly through Heroes World's subscription service, or directly from Marvel. Some newsstand issues too, although they were rare over here).
Arak #18. I never really liked this new Haakon character, except at the very end of the series when he stopped dressing like a Conan clone. Still, it was good for Arak to have an opponent who was equally good at the barbaric warrior game.
Avengers #228. Sue me, I *liked* the Hank Pym trial storyline. I just wish that it hadn't stigmatized the character for ever and ever. I mean, who denigrates Peter Parker for punching his pregnant wife? Wolverine for stabbing a teammate through the heart due to a philosophical disagreement? Tony Stark and Reed Richards for creating a Frankenstein Thor who murdered Bill Foster? Nobody. But Hank PYm remains "the crazy wife-beater" to this day.
Conan the barbarian #143. Cimmeria is nothing like that. Nice Buscema cover, though.
Daredevil #192. If one can't have Frank Miller on this title, I'd happily have settled for this Alan Brennert fellow! Excellent story!
Fantastic Four #251. I still wasn't too keen on John Byrne drawing Kirby tech instead of the very linear designs he had developed in the X-Men, but I got to admit... he sure created engaging superhero adventure stories! Without a doubt my second favourite run on this long-lived title.
The further adventures of Indiana Jones #2. Still running on all cylinders, with a stellar creative team! Up to this issue, this is a franchise well developed.
The further adventures of Indiana Jones #3. Gene Day would have been a great new artist, as shown in the first few pages of this issue. Alas, fate robbed us of his talent way too soon. Alas again, Dany Bulanadi inked it.
Ka-Zar #24. Bruce Jones was one of my least favourite writers on Conan... but on Ka-Zar, he positively shone!!!
King Conan #15. A competent tale by Doug Moench. The true golden age for this title would arrive just a few months in its future.
Legion of Super-Heroes #296. Keith Giffen original designs made the XXXth century so intriguing! The issues following the Great Darkness Saga showed that the success of this book wasn't just a flash in the pan.
Marvel Graphic Novel #5: God Loves, Man Kills. Excellent story by Chris Claremont, very good art by Brent Anderson; my only problem with this graphic novel is that there is no way to fit it into the X-Men's regular book's continuity. That's the problem with special stories meant to be set in a future status quo: said status quo might never be reached!
Master of Kung Fu #121. A fill-in issue in which David Mazzichelli's art (which might have looked quite good) is marred by an inker whose style doesn't mesh AT ALL with David's.
Micronauts #50: A case of "This issue, everybody dies" done extremely well. Baron Karzan, the Microverse's Darth Vader, returns from the dead; clearly, attempts to replace him with other bad guys had failed and the mag desperately needed someone in the role of credible villain. I usually hate stories in which we kill off a bunch of characters to establish a villain's credentials, especially when it's a Johnny-come-lately. But here, we're talking about the Original Big Bad; furthermore, the characters he kills are ones whom the plot had essentially painted into several corners. Their dying didn't cheat us readers of anything, and really served a dramatic point. (Also, nobody died that *needed* to be brought back later so we believed that these deaths would stick. And they did!)
Micronauts #51. Jackson Guice is really making this book his, and we go back to the themes that made the first 12 issues of the series so engaging.
Moon Knight #29. Oh my God!!! I had no idea that Bill Sienkiewicz had become so good!!! I mean, he was already great in earlier comics of his that I had seen (except when inked by certain inkers), but this was a whole different level of excellence!
New Mutants #1. Can't say that Bob McLeod is an exciting artist, but he's certainly competent and makes things look authentic. The same thing could be said of our new heroes: none were particularly intriguing, but they all sounded like real people. So... I'd buy the next issue! (Aw, who am I kidding... I'd have bought anything related to the X-Men back then).
New Teen Titans #28. Terra was a nice new character. It clear that she'd soon join the team. But I never, ever expected the plot twist from The Judas Contract!
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #2. Any Marvel zombie had to get these.
Swamp Thing #10. Martin Pasko's finest comic-book run, if you ask me.
Savage Sword of Conan #84. I had enjoyed Val Mayerik's art on Thongor and on Monster of Frankenstein; his work on Conan was a little less appealing to me, but it was still a welcome change from the Buscema-Cham and the all-Alclala issues that were the mag's usual fare. Variety is the spice of life! It's too bad that Mayerik's later political cartoons make me take a dimmer view on his earlier work. I try to separate the two, but it's hard.
Savage Sword of Conan #85. Oh, my... When Gil Kane pencils a Conan story, I should be pleased. But Dany Bulanadi's inks don't serve the pencils well, and the story by Michael Fleisher is a disaster. It also introduces continuity errors. This one is among the worst SSoC issues, and it's a two-parter to boot! (Next issue would be even worse, with the added sin of outright plagiarism).
Uncanny X-Men #166. How to conclude an excellent space adventure! I was now a Paul Smith fan!
Warlord #66. I enjoyed the title but it was a real quick read.
What if... #37. Anthology issue, with tales featuring the Beast and the Thing, both mutated in other and terrible ways. Plus the Silver Surfer, but I forgot all about his appearance here!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 1, 2022 15:03:20 GMT -5
I had about 15 books this month. Roquefort Raider above touched on many of the same ones that stick in my brain as memorable, so I'll riff off of some of his comments: Personally, I didn't like the 'downfall of Hank' arc in general, but I did like this way it was concluded by Roger Stern. And yeah, not a fan of the Hank is now wife-beater forever & ever trope.  I've mentioned this here somewhere before, but this story - one of the very few Brennert wrote for Marvel - almost outclassed everyone who came before. Yes, an extended, or even brief, Brennert run on DD probably would have been amazing.  I, on the other hand, pretty much loved everything about Byrne's storytelling and art here. And this Negative Zone storyline was, well, fantastic. Still my favorite run of FF.  For me this story came close to the Dark Phoenix saga in terms of the emotional punch it packed. But yeah, it never really fit in with the continuity of the monthly title - it seemed to take place in a separate universe. Yeah, me too. However, I'll just add that I thought McLeod's art was pretty solid here and both he and, later, Sal Buscema actually succeeded in drawing the New Mutants so they looked like teens of varying ages, unlike certain more highly lauded artists who came on later... We're pretty much on the same wavelength about Indiana Jones #2, Ka-zar #24, LoSH #296, New Teen Titans #28 and X-men #166 (absolutely glorious, IMO). A few more of this month's highlights for me:  Amazing Spider-man #238More goodness from Roger Stern, introducing a mystery-man successor to the Green Goblin.  Best of DC (digest) #33 Possibly my favorite digest with Legion stories, because it reprinted several stories from the 1970s, with art by Mike Grell and James Sherman.  Silver Star #1Kirby's second series for Pacific - at this point, I had begun to lose interest in Capt. Victory after the first story arc concluded, but I picked up the first three or so issues of this one. Honestly, despite some good ideas (as usual for Kirby), the execution was lacking and it was pretty forgettable. I recall the back-up stories more clearly (notably one by Ditko in the second issue). |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 1, 2022 22:35:42 GMT -5
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