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Post by foxley on Dec 14, 2018 19:51:47 GMT -5
11. Serenity #1 - 3 (Dark Horse, 2005) After yesterday's steam of consciousness entry, today's will be more succinct. I was a big fan of Firefly, and was disappointed when it was cancelled for reasons I cannot begin to fathom. But maybe it was a niche thing that appealed to me and almost no one else. So I was surprised and intrigued when this miniseries popped up on the shelves of my local comic shop. And it was written by Joss Whedon, the series creator, so it had promise. And I wasn't disappointed. This has the same spirit I expected from the original. I considered putting the second miniseries Better Days on my list (this mini was just called Serenity, but was later subtitled Those Left Behind to distinguish from the later minis), as I consider its story to be marginally better. But Better Days came out in 2008 and so only just qualified under the rules. And it was the original that gave me hope that Firefly could have some kind of future in another medium, and so it did, with it continuing in comics to this day, with Boom! just having launched a Firefly ongoing series. Not bad for a sci-fi show no one wanted.
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Post by foxley on Dec 14, 2018 19:53:43 GMT -5
When it comes to pulp heroes, I was always more of a Doc Savage guy than a Shadow guy. Maybe because the paperbacks were more readily available and were shelved with the SF books...and the Shadow books were not. But when it comes to comics The Shadow has always blown Doc away! I have my own observations to make on this tomorrow.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 14, 2018 20:09:53 GMT -5
12. Avengers # 239 Publisher - Marvel Year - 1984 Writer- Roger Stern Artists- Al Milgrom/Joe Sinnott One of the top talk show hosts of the 80’s was featured in Marvel’s Assistant Editor month event in which they had unusual stories in the entire line for the month of January. It’s an offbeat book that has the assemblers as guests on the David Letterman show as a favor to struggling actor Simon Williams ( Wonderman) and of course they face an attack from their old nemesis Fabian Stankowicz. The Avengers recruited by the Vision are reserve members which include the Black Panther , The Beast and the Black Widow. It’s mostly a tongue in cheek issue featuring Letterman as the person who puts the finishing touch to the villian with a giant prop doorknob. Goofy, but kind of fun. I add the first page because it features the Black Widow and her wig . Wig ? The second page has them all assembled. 
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Post by DubipR on Dec 14, 2018 20:29:06 GMT -5
12. Avengers # 239Publisher - Marvel Year - 1984 Writer- Roger Stern Artists- Al Milgrom/Joe Sinnott One of the top talk show hosts of the 80’s was featured in Marvel’s Assistant Editor month event in which they had unusual stories in the entire line for the month of January. It’s an offbeat book that has the assemblers as guests on the David Letterman show as a favor to struggling actor Simon Williams ( Wonderman) and of course they face an attack from their old nemesis Fabian Stankowicz. The Avengers recruited by the Vision are reserve members which include the Black Panther , The Beast and the Black Widow. It’s mostly a tongue in cheek issue featuring Letterman as the person who puts the finishing touch to the villian with a giant prop doorknob. Goofy, but kind of fun. I add the first page because it features the Black Widow and her wig . Wig ? The second page has them all assembled. Sadly, Beast wasn't part of the Stupid Pet Tricks segment |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 14, 2018 21:04:34 GMT -5
The Phantom DC Comics 1989/90 The Phantom has always been a huge deal down under and like most kids my age I read him religiously in the Frew editions. However as those are direct collections of the daily and /or Sunday strips I don't believe they count. This run by DC though is well worth the time with the vastly undervalued Luke McDonnell giving us a great version of the Ghost Who Walks.  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 14, 2018 22:59:58 GMT -5
My number 11 (or two, depending on which way we are travelling) is Jim Steranko's adaptation of the movie Outland, for Heavy Metal.  That one fell victim to my final cull, so many thanks for making sure it’s still featured!!! Amazing work by Steranko. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 15, 2018 0:41:04 GMT -5
The Phantom DC Comics 1989/90 The Phantom has always been a huge deal down under and like most kids my age I read him religiously in the Frew editions. However as those are direct collections of the daily and /or Sunday strips I don't believe they count. This run by DC though is well worth the time with the vastly undervalued Luke McDonnell giving us a great version of the Ghost Who Walks.
I know very little about the Phantom and have also read just a little, but DC super-impressed me with this series.
Glad to see it here.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 7:05:56 GMT -5
My 2nd Day Report -- Continues as Noted
Cei-U! -- “Andy Panda,” The Funnies #61-New Funnies #78, I love Andy Panda and Kurt's just nailed it ... on the spot!
M. W. Gallaher -- 2001: A Space Odyssey #1-10, I had a hard time enjoying the movie back and honestly -- I had a friend that encouraged me to read this and did not enjoy Kirby's work. This is a hard selection to enjoy and M.W. did a great job sharing it.
Confessor -- Muppet Show Annual No.3 -- Loved the Muppets Show! ... Nice Pick by this member of the CCF Mod Squad
Phil Maurice -- Meet Corliss Archer, I really do not know a thing about it and this pick is intriguing and I want to know more about it.
Roquefort Raider -- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol. II, From America's Best Comics ... Excellent!
Prince Hal -- The MAD magazine TV and movie parodies, Loving it ... another winner!
taxidriver1980 -- WCW Comic, Nice Selection and this had an impact on me and I was a huge fan of this comic!
Crimebuster -- The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones ... See Prince Hal.
Slam_Bradley -- The Shadow Strikes 1-15 ... Another Gem and I love this Comic and the Movie too ...
DubipR -- Jonny Quest #1, Great Pick and I did not expect this selection to come up that day ...
mrp -- The Hobbit #1-3 adapted by Chuck Dixon with art by Dave Wenzel; published by Eclipse, I did not read this and I know what he is thinking and I had a hard time enjoying the movies, other books, and all that because I got lost in this. Sory mrp and this book and all the others wasn't my cup of tea. I liked his post and he put into effort behind it.
shaxper -- Ring of the Nibelung, I don't know a thing about it and I just can't grasp it. Sorry Folks.
hondobrode -- Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel 1974 - 1995) -- Nice Selection Here and I'm sold.
codystarbuck -- My number 11 (or two, depending on which way we are travelling) is Jim Steranko's adaptation of the movie Outland, for Heavy Metal. Great Pick and Rightly So.
Reptisaurus! -- Casey at the Bat from Mad Magazine, 1953 -- Solid Pick!
Farrar -- Conan the Barbarian Marvel, 1970 Series -- Another Conan and a fantastic pick here!
EdoBosnar -- Walt Disney's Donald Duck & the Golden Helmet -- Nice Pick and rightly so and nice job writing it up!
foxley -- Serenity #1 - 3 (Dark Horse, 2005) -- I don't know a thing about it and I did watch the movie and did not understand it.
Icctrombone -- Avengers # 239, I did not read this comic book and I did not know that they did this ... intriguing pick here.
Paste Pot Paul -- The Phantom
DC Comics 1989/90, one of my favorite books and nice pick here and it's shows.
2nd Day, is done and enjoy it very much!
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 15, 2018 7:08:31 GMT -5
My number 11 (or two, depending on which way we are travelling) is Jim Steranko's adaptation of the movie Outland, for Heavy Metal. I remember seeing the movie that starred Sean Connery with my first wife and reading some chapters in HM. Nice pick ! |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 15, 2018 7:59:34 GMT -5
Ring of the Nibelungby P Craig Russell (Dark Horse, 2002) I picked this up thanks to it getting mentioned in the forum here, and I wasn't disappointed. I'll be honest, my previous opera experiences all involved Bugs Bunny, so it was interesting to me to see how epic one could be... I was really buying it for the art, but I really enjoy the German interpretation of some other the mythological figures one sees all over the place. Incidently, this isn't my only P Craig Russell entry either  
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 15, 2018 8:05:23 GMT -5
Ring of the Nibelungby P Craig Russell (Dark Horse, 2002) I picked this up thanks to it getting mentioned in the forum here, and I wasn't disappointed. I'll be honest, my previous opera experiences all involved Bugs Bunny, so it was interesting to me to see how epic one could be... I was really buying it for the art, but I really enjoy the German interpretation of some other the mythological figures one sees all over the place. Incidently, this isn't my only P Craig Russell entry either Best line of the day. |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 15, 2018 9:24:09 GMT -5
but I really enjoy the German interpretation of some other the mythological figures one sees all over the place. Have you ever watched Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen? It's possibly my favorite fantasy film of all time. Fair warning, it's extremely old, extremely black and white, extremely silent, and extremely long. I believe the full version runs about 5 hours, but it's worth it with part two being far stronger than part one. I used to show it to my high school Mythology class and, at first they would endure it because it was a movie during the school day, but eventually nearly all of them adored it. A 5 hour silent film. They adored it. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 15, 2018 9:32:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure I have the patience for that... but I'll see what I can do |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2018 10:00:18 GMT -5
Because of the complexity of this 12 days event -- I decided to stop my reports because it's difficult for me to make sure that all of you are treated with respect. I did not think clearly and I'm apologize for that. So, I'm not doing a third day for that alone. It is not my place to do so. Please humbly accept this ...
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Post by coke & comics on Dec 15, 2018 10:04:45 GMT -5
Already running behind... 11. Star Trek: Star Fleet Academy
by Chris Cooper, Chris Renaud, Andy Lanning, and friends Marvel, 1996-98 Marvel had started doing Star Trek adaptations and I had been unimpressed. I think it was just too weird for me to see artists' takes on characters I knew so well. They just all felt off. I decided pretty young, and still tend to believe that if I'm going to be interested in Star Wars or Star Trek comics, it's expanding the universe that interests me. Introducing new characters and concepts that grow the universe. Rather than giving me more adventures of my favorite characters. Comics like this, or the companion comic Early Voyages. Like this. There were some familiarish faces. Nog. The son of Admiral Decker. But generally a chance to meet some new characters and explore more of one of my favorite fictional universes. And a family friendly comic I could read with my mom and younger brother. I haven't peeked back at it in over 20 years, so am not sure what I would think of it now. But this is the earliest non-toy adaption in comics I recall fondly.  |
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