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Post by driver1980 on Nov 4, 2023 14:17:38 GMT -5
Just remembered, they did the same thing to Solo Avengers, retitling it Avengers Spotlight. That’s as bad as the WWF becoming WWE. Solo Avengers sounds pretty self-evident, but Avengers Spotlight could mean anything. I might have presumed it was a title spotlighting an Avengers milestone, or showcasing the team in depth. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 4, 2023 15:27:29 GMT -5
Just remembered, they did the same thing to Solo Avengers, retitling it Avengers Spotlight. That’s as bad as the WWF becoming WWE. Solo Avengers sounds pretty self-evident, but Avengers Spotlight could mean anything. I might have presumed it was a title spotlighting an Avengers milestone, or showcasing the team in depth. Or a behind-the-scenes story of the guy who travels with them and literally shines the spotlight on them, in public. I picture a 3 person crew, with the spotlight guy, the sound man, and the electrician/carpenter, to create all of the staging for their numerous press conferences. I see stories about labor strife, with them picketing Avengers mansion, complaints to HR about sexual harassment, after Tigra keeps hitting on one or more (and/or She-Hulk), trying to get equipment working after the Vision has passed through it, and being dragooned into helping Jarvis serve a big banquet. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 4, 2023 19:26:08 GMT -5
From Back Issue #121, Page 5 - issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/backissue121preview:"Initially entitled King Conan, the [...] series was retitled Conan the King [...], presumably to have it listed on comic-shop order forms next to the regular Conan title." edit: I'm not sure if this refers to the forms used by subscribers to order comics from the shop, or the forms used by the shop to order comics from the distributor. This actually makes a lot more sense than any of the other explanations. You'd want the comics shops thinking about their Avengers sales numbers when they're ordering a related title, rather than postponing it until they've already chosen order numbers for a whole bunch of other comics. And it seems plausible that purchase numbers might be depressed if you're determining your West Coast Avengers purchases close to when you're projecting your X-Men purchases. |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 5, 2023 8:42:56 GMT -5
That’s as bad as the WWF becoming WWE. Solo Avengers sounds pretty self-evident, but Avengers Spotlight could mean anything. I might have presumed it was a title spotlighting an Avengers milestone, or showcasing the team in depth. Or a behind-the-scenes story of the guy who travels with them and literally shines the spotlight on them, in public. I picture a 3 person crew, with the spotlight guy, the sound man, and the electrician/carpenter, to create all of the staging for their numerous press conferences. I see stories about labor strife, with them picketing Avengers mansion, complaints to HR about sexual harassment, after Tigra keeps hitting on one or more (and/or She-Hulk), trying to get equipment working after the Vision has passed through it, and being dragooned into helping Jarvis serve a big banquet. I always appreciate your humour, but don’t be giving Marvel any ideas.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 5, 2023 9:17:35 GMT -5
Or a behind-the-scenes story of the guy who travels with them and literally shines the spotlight on them, in public. I picture a 3 person crew, with the spotlight guy, the sound man, and the electrician/carpenter, to create all of the staging for their numerous press conferences. I see stories about labor strife, with them picketing Avengers mansion, complaints to HR about sexual harassment, after Tigra keeps hitting on one or more (and/or She-Hulk), trying to get equipment working after the Vision has passed through it, and being dragooned into helping Jarvis serve a big banquet. I always appreciate your humour, but don’t be giving Marvel any ideas. That idea is better than what they are producing now. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 6, 2023 16:26:21 GMT -5
Just learned about this today and found it quite interesting. This cover to Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos #96...  ...which was penciled by Gil Kane and then inked by John Severin (and a pretty nice-looking cover indeed) is only the second version. The first was inked by Ralph Reese and it was then included as a black & white pin-up in the next issue:  It's pretty damn awesome. |
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2023 16:41:33 GMT -5
Just learned about this today and found it quite interesting. This cover to Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos #96... ...which was penciled by Gil Kane and then inked by John Severin (and a pretty nice-looking cover indeed) is only the second version. The first was inked by Ralph Reese and it was then included as a black & white pin-up in the next issue: It's pretty damn awesome. Very interesting--unless it was intended as a night scene, though, Reese's version certainly seems overinked. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Nov 6, 2023 21:25:14 GMT -5
On sale 25 years ago today:  I miss the Essential line. There's just something magical about getting a book the size of a telephone directory filled with nothing but B&W comics. I feel like the Epic Collections have done a nice job replacing them (despite numerous misgivings), but you can't beat the smell of aged paper |
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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 8, 2023 18:22:01 GMT -5
The second version of the Two-Gun Kid appeared, in TWO-GUN KID #60, November 1962, about a year and a half after the original incarnation had been cancelled, with TWO-GUN KID #59, April 1961. Unlike the Rawhide Kid, who also returned in a 1960's resurrection of a cancelled RAWHIDE KID comic that had previously starred an entirely different character by the same name, scripter Stan Lee had the new Two-Gun acknowledge--sort of--his predecessor:  Stan doesn't appear to have gotten his story straight before committing the script to ink: if that Two-Gun was "fictitious", why is Matt Hawk wondering "what ever happened to him"? And, while I'm criticizing, "It sure fits you, kid!"? Yep, two guns, you got 'em, it's like the name was meant for you. Absolutely perfect, kid. Wouldn't change a thing! |
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Post by rberman on Nov 9, 2023 23:25:11 GMT -5
In our "mod Wonder Woman" thread, we discussed how Mike Sekowsky put DC staff in his books. So I'm wondering who the distinctive folks in this scene ( Adventure Comics #421, page 3) are.  The bald guy could be Carmine Infantino. The hippie with the beard looks like Denny O'Neil, who was also the model for Cain in House of Mystery. Any guesses for the other three? |
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Post by foxley on Nov 10, 2023 2:39:42 GMT -5
In our "mod Wonder Woman" thread, we discussed how Mike Sekowsky put DC staff in his books. So I'm wondering who the distinctive folks in this scene ( Adventure Comics #421, page 3) are. The bald guy could be Carmine Infantino. The hippie with the beard looks like Denny O'Neil, who was also the model for Cain in House of Mystery. Any guesses for the other three? The fellow with the glasses and the comb over on the left is probably Julie Schwartz: |
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Post by MDG on Nov 10, 2023 9:42:39 GMT -5
In our "mod Wonder Woman" thread, we discussed how Mike Sekowsky put DC staff in his books. So I'm wondering who the distinctive folks in this scene ( Adventure Comics #421, page 3) are. The bald guy could be Carmine Infantino. The hippie with the beard looks like Denny O'Neil, who was also the model for Cain in House of Mystery. Any guesses for the other three? The fellow with the glasses and the comb over on the left is probably Julie Schwartz: I think the guy with the wild tie is Joe Orlando |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 10, 2023 22:41:24 GMT -5
I think the guy with the glasses and guitar is supposed to be either Marv Wolfman or Steve Skeates, the writers of the issue. I'm leaning toward Skeates, based on photos I saw. Denny O'Neil, in photos I find, is clean-shaven.
The woman puzzles me, but that image looks familiar, like a caricature of a DC staffer I saw in one of the editorial pages, in that era.
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Post by Prince Hal on Nov 11, 2023 22:28:46 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 11, 2023 23:53:36 GMT -5
Well, Steve Skeates & Marv Wolfman are the writers of the issue, with Sekowsky on pencils, Bob Oksner inking, Joe Orlando as editor, Ben Oda as letterer and no credit fo colorist. It would seem logical that the people involved were primarily from the production team, plus some other office types to fill out the scene. That is why I say the bearded dude in glasses is Skeates or Wolfman.
Carol Fein was who I was trying to think of, for the woman, though hair color and style don't seem to fit.
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