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Post by badwolf on Oct 25, 2019 17:37:20 GMT -5
I had a lot of random single issues as a kid because I wanted to try everything. There are cliffhangers I didn't see the end of till decades later. I read this one till the cover fell off. The whole thing was really ratty, so I tossed it and found a fresher back issue at a comic shop.
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Post by Graphic Autist on Oct 26, 2019 17:16:41 GMT -5
I remember my first comic book subscription through Marvel...I was 13 in 1985 and had enough lawn-mowing money saved up over summer to finally subscribe! Marvel had a good deal going on, so I subscribed to two titles, Thor and Conan the Barbarian.
I was really upset that the issues would show up at my house nearly three weeks after they showed up at comic shops, and to add insult to injury, the issues showed up folded in half. Such was life before shops had pull lists for you.
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Post by berkley on Oct 26, 2019 17:22:37 GMT -5
Do you have memories of single issues you read over and over until they were falling apart? I have bought 5 issues of this comic book from 1972 to Present and I have worn out 4 of them because it's contains the story the Last Angry God that dealt with a monstrous Korge seen here towering over Manhunter from Mars and others shown here. For a second there I thought he was saying "I am WORCE!" and wondered why none of the JLA-ers came back with the obvious, "Worse than what?"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 19:22:24 GMT -5
I have bought 5 issues of this comic book from 1972 to Present and I have worn out 4 of them because it's contains the story the Last Angry God that dealt with a monstrous Korge seen here towering over Manhunter from Mars and others shown here. For a second there I thought he was saying "I am WORCE!" and wondered why none of the JLA-ers came back with the obvious, "Worse than what?" I'm afraid that I can't answer your question correctly ... Worse than what ... doesn't make any sense to me. Sorry.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 26, 2019 22:08:31 GMT -5
For a second there I thought he was saying "I am WORCE!" and wondered why none of the JLA-ers came back with the obvious, "Worse than what?" I'm afraid that I can't answer your question correctly ... Worse than what ... doesn't make any sense to me. Sorry. Based on the lettering, it looked like he was saying his name was Worce; so when he says "My name is Worce!, the gag reply is "Worse than what?" Think of it as Airplane... "Surely you can't be serious..." "I am serious; and don't call me Shirley!"
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Post by Calidore on Oct 27, 2019 8:59:38 GMT -5
I had a lot of random single issues as a kid because I wanted to try everything. There are cliffhangers I didn't see the end of till decades later.
This was the worst thing about buying comics as a kid with minimal allowance money that also had to go for candy, etc.
In fact, my very first superhero comic (an issue of Action Comics my sister gave me as a birthday present that featured Superman battling a Wild West gunslinger type, circa mid-late '70s) had a cliffhanger that I didn't get resolved until I hunted down a scan on the internet decades later. Sadly, some stories work much better when you're a 10-or-so year old kid than a thirtysomething man.
Still waiting on another resolution, but I can't remember the particular comic series. This issue ended with Thor and Hulk out cold and shackled to a wall with water rising.
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 27, 2019 12:00:23 GMT -5
Still waiting on another resolution, but I can't remember the particular comic series. This issue ended with Thor and Hulk out cold and shackled to a wall with water rising.
Oh yeah, that two-part story where in the second one they both drown and are dead. Not. Some cliffhangers are not much of a cliffhanger even if you do make sure to tune in to the same bat channel at the same bat hour... like Batman and Robin are ever going to get sliced in two by the contraption Egghead has left them tied up on!
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Post by badwolf on Oct 27, 2019 17:20:51 GMT -5
One of my earliest comics was Captain America #228, at the end of which Cap and the Constrictor are trapped in a collapsing building. I only found a copy of #229 recently. As you might guess, Cap's shield (and his strength) protected them until he could dig his way out. But I still had to see it! Plus, there was a pretty good conspiracy storyline going on that was interesting.
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Post by Calidore on Oct 27, 2019 18:49:19 GMT -5
Still waiting on another resolution, but I can't remember the particular comic series. This issue ended with Thor and Hulk out cold and shackled to a wall with water rising.
Oh yeah, that two-part story where in the second one they both drown and are dead. Spoiler! Not. Oh. Some cliffhangers are not much of a cliffhanger even if you do make sure to tune in to the same bat channel at the same bat hour... like Batman and Robin are ever going to get sliced in two by the contraption Egghead has left them tied up on! True enough. It's not about the if, but the how. You just hope for a creative and entertaining resolution (which the Batman TV show often had in spades).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 18:53:48 GMT -5
Yes you know the ending to these stories... The enjoyment is the journey getting there...
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Post by Farrar on Oct 27, 2019 19:14:09 GMT -5
This was the worst thing about buying comics as a kid with minimal allowance money that also had to go for candy, etc. In fact, my very first superhero comic (an issue of Action Comics my sister gave me as a birthday present that featured Superman battling a Wild West gunslinger type, circa mid-late '70s) had a cliffhanger that I didn't get resolved until I hunted down a scan on the internet decades later. Sadly, some stories work much better when you're a 10-or-so year old kid than a thirtysomething man.
Still waiting on another resolution, but I can't remember the particular comic series. This issue ended with Thor and Hulk out cold and shackled to a wall with water rising.
Sounds intriguing! Fwiw there's a similar scenario at the end in 1978's Captain America #230, with water rising the Hulk and Cap unconscious, but no Thor (the Falcon instead). As shown in the CA #230 image below, this cliffhanger continues/crosses over into Hulk #232 (on sale the same time as the Cap issue). This was the worst thing about buying comics as a kid with minimal allowance money that also had to go for candy, etc. In fact, my very first superhero comic (an issue of Action Comics my sister gave me as a birthday present that featured Superman battling a Wild West gunslinger type, circa mid-late '70s) had a cliffhanger that I didn't get resolved until I hunted down a scan on the internet decades later. Sadly, some stories work much better when you're a 10-or-so year old kid than a thirtysomething man. I hear you! This was one of my earliest. most cherished DCs back in the day, but it was the first part of a continued story. I didn't get to read the concluding part until a few years ago when I got back into comics. Spoiler: in the concluding half of the story, Superman reverts to his usual appearance.
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Post by Calidore on Oct 27, 2019 23:17:11 GMT -5
Sounds intriguing! Fwiw there's a similar scenario at the end in 1978's Captain America #230, with water rising the Hulk and Cap unconscious, but no Thor (the Falcon instead). As shown in the CA #230 image below, this cliffhanger continues/crosses over into Hulk #232 (on sale the same time as the Cap issue). That's the one! Clearly the memory got distorted a bit between ages 12 and 53 (maybe conflated with something else--Hulk and Thor are a pretty common team). But now I know where to look. Thank you!
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Post by MDG on Oct 28, 2019 9:59:31 GMT -5
I had a lot of random single issues as a kid because I wanted to try everything. There are cliffhangers I didn't see the end of till decades later.
This was the worst thing about buying comics as a kid with minimal allowance money that also had to go for candy, etc.
For me it was deciding whether to get 3 comics or one issue of MAD or Creepy.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 28, 2019 12:11:19 GMT -5
This was the worst thing about buying comics as a kid with minimal allowance money that also had to go for candy, etc.
For me it was deciding whether to get 3 comics or one issue of MAD or Creepy. I bought so many issues of Mad at garage/yard sales that I never felt the need to actually buy any off the racks. I don't remember ever seeing an issue of Creepy or Eerie for sale. Now that may be because distribution was spotty in small-town Idaho or it may be because I've never been a big horror fan and was far less so when I was young.
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 28, 2019 12:34:32 GMT -5
Spoiler: in the concluding half of the story, Superman reverts to his usual appearance. Streaky would've gotten his fur up on end if he'd stayed that way!
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