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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 18:37:47 GMT -5
I discovered Moon Knight quite by accident after thumbing through this...and enjoyed it far more than the Hulk story itself which I've long forgotten.  Moon Knight was violent...I loved it...and I searched long and hard for the other Hulk zines which would continue the storyline - without luck. Finally got it in this 3 issue Special series which I also found by chance....  So what gems have you found hidden in books as backup strips? |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2014 18:49:06 GMT -5
Going back to the beginning of the Marvel Age, when Thor debuted in Journey into Mystery #83 , the strip was pretty much a standard super-hero story. Asgard and the Norse myths were touched on lightly. Not until the 5 page backup Tales of Asgard begin in #97 did the unique flavor of Thor emerge. Not only was Asgards history told, but many of the supporting cast like the Warriors 3 were introduced in the backup. It took awhile for the grandeur of Tales Of Asgard get replicated in the main story
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 18:52:13 GMT -5
The 1981 Magnus Robot Fighter backup stories in Doctor Solar: Man of the Atom  I review them here, if anyone's interested. Also, the Watcher backups in Silver Surfer vol. 1 and "The Aliens" in Magnus Robot Fighter vol. 1. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2014 19:01:13 GMT -5
Can't forget those Manhunter backups in Detective Comics in the mid 70s by Walt Simonson
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 29, 2014 19:04:19 GMT -5
One of the best hidden solo Thanos story was in Logan's Run #6, a comic I would never have bought if not been told about it. There's no indication on the cover the comic contains any other story other than Logan's Run. But it's a good story featuring Drax trying to save a nameless planet from Thanos' hand, by Archie Goodwin and Mike Zeck.
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 29, 2014 19:05:39 GMT -5
In 1960s issues of Detective Comics, the Elongated Man backups were frequently better than the Batman stories. For one thing, you got to see Sue Dibny drawn by Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson and Neal Adams!
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 19:08:30 GMT -5
Oooh. I take mine back. The BEST backup series of all time was...  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 19:12:59 GMT -5
There's no indication on the cover the comic contains any other story other than Logan's Run. That's just it...no indication, it just appears, and seems to upstage the main content, at least from a reader perspective. After reading your basic Marvel and DC comic as a kid, seeing a nurse get axed in the back from a maniac was...well comics would never be the same again  |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 29, 2014 19:13:25 GMT -5
Where did Hunter Rose start? I only discovered him when he had mini series from DH.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 19:16:31 GMT -5
Where did Hunter Rose start? I only discovered him when he had mini series from DH. Hunter Rose had his own short lived Comico series in the very beginning. But Matt Wagner revived him as a backup in Mage, and that's when Grendel took off. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 19:17:20 GMT -5
There's no indication on the cover the comic contains any other story other than Logan's Run. That's just it...no indication, it just appears, and seems to upstage the main content, at least from a reader perspective. After reading your basic Marvel and DC comic as a kid, seeing a nurse get axed in the back from a maniac was...well comics would never be the same again I think I really need to read this |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Sept 29, 2014 19:21:08 GMT -5
Where did Hunter Rose start? I only discovered him when he had mini series from DH. Hunter Rose had his own short lived Comico series in the very beginning. But Matt Wagner revived him as a backup in Mage, and that's when Grendel took off. Was it Mage Defined or Discovred? I have both and haven't read them in a long time. Though one of those was a reprint ? I'll have to look when I get home. I also seem to remember having a random Comico Grendel book now that w you mention it. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 29, 2014 19:23:45 GMT -5
Hunter Rose had his own short lived Comico series in the very beginning. But Matt Wagner revived him as a backup in Mage, and that's when Grendel took off. Was it Mage Defined or Discovred? I have both and haven't read them in a long time. Though one of those was a reprint ? I'll have to look when I get home. I also seem to remember having a random Comico Grendel book now that w you mention it. I think it was just called "Mage," published from 1984-1986. There was a second and more well known Grendel volume put out by Comico in 1986. The original was black and white and is extremely rare. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Sept 29, 2014 19:25:36 GMT -5
Adam Strange had some decent backup stories in Green Lantern back in the 80's:  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2014 19:28:12 GMT -5
Adam Strange had some decent backup stories in Green Lantern back in the 80's: But it's mentioned on the cover...I'm referring to the backups which aren't mentioned, like no mention of Moon Knight anywhere on that Hulk cover.... |
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