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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 20, 2016 8:25:05 GMT -5
Bat Lash
Firehair
Jonah Hex
Tomahawk!! From Frazetta art to dinosaurs, giant apes and Thunder Man, super-villain of the Revolution.
Marvel Westerns were super-heroish, but still enjoyable. Rawhide Kid, especially, had the anti-hero, Spider-Man, existential, why-don't-they-understand-me vibe.
The DC Westerns of the 50s: mystery and detective stories set in the 1870s, for the most part, but fun. Also, Gil Kane, Alex Toth and other hidden gems.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 20, 2016 8:30:13 GMT -5
What did you people think of Caleb Hammer, a Marvel character pretty much in the tradition of Jonah Hex? Not exactly overexposed, but his Marvel Premiere issue showed great promise. I liked the reference to early workers' unions. This is one i had bought off the rack and read and read until now it is in poor condition. Dezuniga's art gave it the Hex and Italian western sensation. Too bad that it never caught on as it would have been nice to see a Marvel comic updated take on the west with a character who preferred to bring villains to justice without killing them. Caleb did show up again i believe in the Blaze of Glory 4 issue mini-series (which is awesome) placing him alongside the classic Marvel western heroes. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 8:37:52 GMT -5
I've never really been a reader of Western comics, though I've recently begun watching old Gene Autry movies, so the comics is probably the next step for me. Autry threw a mean punch, as did Rogers: two of the better actors in the fisticuffs category. I like Autry's persona better. He always seems humble. Roy has an ego that surfaces at weird times. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 20, 2016 8:42:39 GMT -5
Autry threw a mean punch, as did Rogers: two of the better actors in the fisticuffs category. I like Autry's persona better. He always seems humble. Roy has an ego that surfaces at weird times. I know what you mean. I think that's what makes me give Rogers the edge, though. Gene's jsut a little too nice for me. Roy always looks like he's a bit on edge and working to contain his anger. It's those tight lips, maybe. Not quite "Dark Roy," but...  Among the "B" Western stars, I really like Tim Holt, too. Another guy who could dish it out in a saloon brawl. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 9:06:30 GMT -5
I like Autry's persona better. He always seems humble. Roy has an ego that surfaces at weird times. I know what you mean. I think that's what makes me give Rogers the edge, though. Gene's jsut a little too nice for me. Roy always looks like he's a bit on edge and working to contain his anger. It's those tight lips, maybe. Not quite "Dark Roy," but... Heheheh. That's the interesting thing about approaching Westerns in hindsight instead of being there at the time. I'm looking for the safety and comfort of the good ol' days that Gene represents, whereas you were looking for something harsher and a little more cutting edge in Roy. I have to admit that Roy does make a better bacon cheeseburger. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 20, 2016 9:13:50 GMT -5
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 9:28:10 GMT -5
Sheesh. Am I going to have to be the one to post this here? I was sure someone would beat me to it...  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 20, 2016 9:29:09 GMT -5
I just recalled another strip that I enjoyed as a kid : Dell's Rintintin & Rusty, which was translated in the back pages of a French-language Tarzan comic. Those were nice, clean and fun adventure stories!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 20, 2016 9:32:11 GMT -5
Sheesh. Am I going to have to be the one to post this here? I was sure someone would beat me to it... To the producers of Toy Story : THAT'S a proper Woody. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 20, 2016 9:48:35 GMT -5
Sheesh. Am I going to have to be the one to post this here? I was sure someone would beat me to it... To the producers of Toy Story : THAT'S a proper Woody. I still want to know about his mysterious bag. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 20, 2016 10:24:30 GMT -5
I know what you mean. I think that's what makes me give Rogers the edge, though. Gene's jsut a little too nice for me. Roy always looks like he's a bit on edge and working to contain his anger. It's those tight lips, maybe. Not quite "Dark Roy," but... Heheheh. That's the interesting thing about approaching Westerns in hindsight instead of being there at the time. I'm looking for the safety and comfort of the good ol' days that Gene represents, whereas you were looking for something harsher and a little more cutting edge in Roy. I have to admit that Roy does make a better bacon cheeseburger. Well, I think this is what I see now. When I was a kid, Roy was a beacon of sunshine and rough justice. It's why I carried this to school every day until the vinyl peeled away from the cardboard:  |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 20, 2016 10:25:21 GMT -5
Sheesh. Am I going to have to be the one to post this here? I was sure someone would beat me to it... Shouldn't there be some corollary of Godwin's Law that covers this? |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 20, 2016 10:28:31 GMT -5
The days of youth. Rerun's of many old western television shows was the fix after school and Saturdays. Rifleman, Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will travel, Bonanza, High Chaparral, Fury and others. A gateway into a not so distant past that was a very American cut of life that if lucky was still being lived. I grew up learning horses with a church deacon who raised horses for rodeo events. So every Saturday and Sunday afternoon when i was a teen i would help walk, groom, feed, train his horses with him and learned so much. Every once in awhile i would go to rodeo's with him where he had his horses in barrel racing and calf roping contests and since we lived near a long dried out river bottom we could ride through it from the rodeo grounds back to his house.
it was these early television shows and training/working along him that drew my interests into western anything at the time. Comics being easily had and the bags of old western novels i would devour with my grandfather. Now i will go out of my way to attend any new western movie that comes along to support the continued making of western movies and wishing there were more western comic books to be found. Still read and grab certain western authors as i can find them at Wal-Mart or the bookstores. Looking forward to see what the new Magnificent Seven will be like this fall.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 20, 2016 15:49:20 GMT -5
What did you people think of Caleb Hammer, a Marvel character pretty much in the tradition of Jonah Hex? Not exactly overexposed, but his Marvel Premiere issue showed great promise. I liked the reference to early workers' unions. I haven't read it in eons. I remember it being decent. Marvel finally trying to do a western ala Jonah Hex. That does, however, lead me to Blaze of Glory and its sequel Apache Skies by John Ostrander and Leonardo Manco, which were absolutely outstanding westerns. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 20, 2016 18:12:30 GMT -5
Who can remind me about that very strange and surreal european western strip that ran in the early years of Heavy Metal for many issues? The art was beautiful and the story was...snakey if I recall
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