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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 17, 2017 14:57:30 GMT -5
I hate falling asleep while trying to binge read a great run. * * happens all the time  |
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Post by chazro on Sept 17, 2017 17:01:04 GMT -5
The heralds of Galactus. There's the Surfer...and than there's the rest. Firelord (?) Looked like a character from the legion of substitutes. The other guy was a generic Kirby-look cosmic hulk guy. The Surfer was so unique and what followed him really wasn't!
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Post by kirby101 on Sept 17, 2017 17:51:01 GMT -5
The heralds of Galactus. There's the Surfer...and than there's the rest. Firelord (?) Looked like a character from the legion of substitutes. The other guy was a generic Kirby-look cosmic hulk guy. The Surfer was so unique and what followed him really wasn't! What about Gabriel  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 17, 2017 19:28:48 GMT -5
I liked Nova as a herald. She was really into her job, and her relationship with Galactus opened a small window into what makes him tick.
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Post by Icctrombone on Sept 18, 2017 8:09:37 GMT -5
HA. Nova was an immoral creep who didn't care about other life forms. She didn't become his herald to save the earth but to help him kill other creatures.
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Post by badwolf on Sept 19, 2017 12:15:35 GMT -5
HA. Nova was an immoral creep who didn't care about other life forms. She didn't become his herald to save the earth but to help him kill other creatures. I think it was more a fascination and desire to see the universe. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 19, 2017 12:45:45 GMT -5
HA. Nova was an immoral creep who didn't care about other life forms. Exactly. I'd argue that she did it to experience the thrill of traveling through space, but I agree: she didn't become Galactus' herald to save the Earth. She was being totally selfish. Not saying that I condone her actions or admire her motivations... Just that as a herald, she was a much more interesting character than all the others barring Norrin Radd. Her motivations were more complex than those of a saint like the Surfer or a brute like Terrax: she genuinely cared about serving Galactus to the best of her ability, but was not totally subsumed by his presence the way Stardust would eventually be. She had room to grow as a herald beyond the traditional "I will betray my master" role or the "I am but a reflection of my master" one. |
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Post by masterofquackfu on Sept 23, 2017 1:51:08 GMT -5
Found another one...Gladiator. I do not like this character at all. I don't find the chest emblem particularly cool at all.
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Post by berkley on Sept 23, 2017 4:09:57 GMT -5
Found another one...Gladiator. I do not like this character at all. I don't find the chest emblem particularly cool at all. I dislike pretty much all of Marvel's Superman analogues - Gladiator, Nefaria, Sentry, Hyperion, even steve Gerber's Wundarr never appealed to me - but this is in large part down to my dislike of the character they're all based on and paying tribute to. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 23, 2017 9:05:28 GMT -5
Found another one...Gladiator. I do not like this character at all. I don't find the chest emblem particularly cool at all. Like berkley, I don't care for those recurring characters who are but imitations. It's funny to have Gladiator appear in one story as a Superboy analogue/homage. Turning him into a regular character, however, is this close to outright plagiarism. (His real name is Kallark, for crying out loud. Let me guess... his parents are Mart'Ha and JonThann, right?) |
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Post by Outrajs on Sept 27, 2017 10:55:30 GMT -5
My "I Hate" is more of a scenario than a character...although there are a few that I would like to slam their heads with a car door. My "I absolutely hate" is when a character does something so incredibly stupid that you pound your forehead flat thinking about it, but then two frames later, nothing happens from it. It's like..."Let's blow up this building for no reason other than it will look cool, but it doesn't need to advance the plot in anyway and the character will suffer no repercussions from it."
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 28, 2017 3:20:56 GMT -5
Found another one...Gladiator. I do not like this character at all. I don't find the chest emblem particularly cool at all. Gladiator is the only direct Superman clone that I find interesting and actually like. I think a lot of this has to do with that awesome FF two-parter that John Byrne did in FF #249 and 250. The fact that he's really more Mon-El than Superman helps. I also love the fact that he looks a bit like OMAC. That said, I've never really cared for Hyperion. I always thought he had a lame design. To me, he looks like Ron Howard on steroids. The less said about Sentry (ugh) the better... |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 28, 2017 3:23:06 GMT -5
The heralds of Galactus. There's the Surfer...and than there's the rest. Firelord (?) Looked like a character from the legion of substitutes. The other guy was a generic Kirby-look cosmic hulk guy. The Surfer was so unique and what followed him really wasn't! Couldn't disagree more about Terrax. Love the character, the design and the power set. Firelord is a good character, I do like him, but there are just too many damned fire-based characters in comics (Human Torch I/II, Firestorm, Nova, Toro, etc, etc.). I do agree that the heralds jumped the shark when Morg debuted in the early 90's. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 28, 2017 8:18:34 GMT -5
I hate sudden and unexplained changes in the way established characters think and act, changes that are imposed just to serve a plot.
During the unfortunate AvX event, a few years back, the story naturally demanded that some reason be found for the X-Men and the Avengers come in conflict. Captain America, the paragon of fair-minded, freedom-loving and virtuous heroes, was on the occasion turned into a pig-headed fascist whose credo seemed to include rules like "Security trumps individual freedom", "innocent people can be pre-emptively detained", "might makes right" and "do what I say or else". He was really the bizarro Cap.
I'm all for characters changing over time, in an organic and logical fashion. But simply ignoring who a character is just so they can serve a specific story? Blech!!!
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Post by shawnhopkins on Sept 28, 2017 8:29:12 GMT -5
I hate sudden and unexplained changes in the way established characters think and act, changes that are imposed just to serve a plot. During the unfortunate AvX event, a few years back, the story naturally demanded that some reason be found for the X-Men and the Avengers come in conflict. Captain America, the paragon of fair-minded, freedom-loving and virtuous heroes, was on the occasion turned into a pig-headed fascist whose credo seemed to include rules like "Security trumps individual freedom", "innocent people can be pre-emptively detained", "might makes right" and "do what I say or else". He was really the bizarro Cap. I'm all for characters changing over time, in an organic and logical fashion. But simply ignoring who a character is just so they can serve a specific story? Blech!!! There was a big one for me when a writer, seemingly at random, decided Luke Cage should be a pro-registration, pro-government voice for Wolverine to lecture about bigotry and racism in a Civil War crossover issue. Look into the character a little bit, at least, and maybe collaborate with all the other writers who are going to have him decidedly anti. Also maybe look into normal human neck sizes, but that's on the artist.  |
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