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Post by badwolf on Nov 29, 2021 18:08:30 GMT -5
I had that Buck Rogers book too as a kid! Sadly I sold it off years ago, thought I wasn't into it any more but now wish I could look at it again. One of the local libraries had a copy last time I was there, but I'd like to have my own copy. It wasn't super expensive when I last checked.
I remember much preferring the later strips in a more modern style. The one storyline I remember involved a beauty pageant of women from each planet in the solar system. One of them, the Earth one I guess, turned out to be Ardala. Kane was defeated when he tried to fire an ancient pistol at Buck and it backfired.
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Post by tonebone on Dec 3, 2021 17:17:54 GMT -5
IDW tried to create combined Hasbro Universe so for awhile Transformers, GI Joe. ROM, Micronauts and M.A.S.K were all folded into 1 ongoing series. It didn't do well enough to continue so they did a big mini-series finale to end it all in a happily ever after fashion. I enjoyed the ongoing but as a whole it wasted concepts & characters. I think the shared universe concept was thrust upon IDW, and in order to publish GI Joe and Transformers, they had to also take ROM and Micronauts, and interweave the concepts together. I know that IDW had wanted to do ROM for a while, but I was disappointed in how that and Micronauts turned out.
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Post by tonebone on Dec 3, 2021 17:23:10 GMT -5
I absolutely love Archie. I don't know what it is about it, but I suspect it's the incredible character and tone consistency across 80 years of stories. I can pick up any Archie story, and it's always like going home. Ironically, I own very few Archies, today, but I HAVE owned hundreds over the years. Of course, my kids loved it too, especially my daughter. I love the fact that the stories she was reading in the 2000's were so similar to the ones I was reading 40 years earlier.
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Post by brutalis on Dec 3, 2021 17:51:39 GMT -5
I absolutely love Archie. I don't know what it is about it, but I suspect it's the incredible character and tone consistency across 80 years of stories. I can pick up any Archie story, and it's always like going home. Ironically, I own very few Archies, today, but I HAVE owned hundreds over the years. Of course, my kids loved it too, especially my daughter. I love the fact that the stories she was reading in the 2000's were so similar to the ones I was reading 40 years earlier. Part of what makes Archie great is the characters (with minor tweaks) essentially remain the same over decades. It doesn't matter what year a story comes from as they ALL remain true to the heart and core of the teen spirit. You or anyone can pick up an issue to instantly connect or understand . Archie and the gang consistently promote the better aspects of life in promoting understanding, compassion and caring. Too many heroes have become voices of the writers opinions and thoughts where Archie comics tries to maintain the characters voices. Archie comics has lasted 80 years, incorporating each decades evolution with keeping up with the times, but not at the cost of losing the core of each character. I grew up perusing my cousin's Archie comics while never buying any as a youth. As an adult I now proudly own and buy more from Archie. They really are that good and with how the real world is, escaping to fun, frolic, jokes and pranks in Riverdale is a better feeling than reality.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Dec 3, 2021 18:16:37 GMT -5
I absolutely love the house style of the Harvey Comics I read as a little kid in the early Seventies (Casper and his friends and the "Harvey Girls"). Beautifully clean design work.
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Post by james on Dec 3, 2021 18:42:03 GMT -5
Rereading my “comfort” issues Avengers 164-166 Spectacular Spider-Man 25-31 X-men 100-143 Iron Man 121-133 Alpha Flight 1-12
And even at 53 getting just as much satisfaction and pleasure out of each as I did when I first bought them off the spinner rack
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 4, 2021 5:11:24 GMT -5
Rereading my “comfort” issues Avengers 164-166 Spectacular Spider-Man 25-31 X-men 100-143 Iron Man 121-133 Alpha Flight 1-12 And even at 53 getting just as much satisfaction and pleasure out of each as I did when I first bought them off the spinner rack We definitely have some overlapping sweet spots, i.e. Spectacular SM (loved the Carrion story arc), X-men and Iron Man. While I love Shooter's first run on Avengers, my personal absolute sweet spot for that series is #s 181-202 (last time I re-read it was a few years ago, and it still held up for me, too).
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Post by MDG on Dec 4, 2021 11:18:37 GMT -5
I absolutely love Archie. I don't know what it is about it, but I suspect it's the incredible character and tone consistency across 80 years of stories. I can pick up any Archie story, and it's always like going home. Ironically, I own very few Archies, today, but I HAVE owned hundreds over the years. Of course, my kids loved it too, especially my daughter. I love the fact that the stories she was reading in the 2000's were so similar to the ones I was reading 40 years earlier. Part of what makes Archie great is the characters (with minor tweaks) essentially remain the same over decades. It doesn't matter what year a story comes from as they ALL remain true to the heart and core of the teen spirit. You or anyone can pick up an issue to instantly connect or understand . I was thinking this week--don't remember why-- that it would probably be in the interest of Marvel and DC to each month have at least one book on the stands featuring flagship characters--Spidey, Hulk, Supes, Bats, WW--that anyone can pick up and read a story that conforms with the popular image of the character.
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Post by brutalis on Dec 4, 2021 11:46:29 GMT -5
Too true MDG. These days classic reprints are limited to one-shot's or TPB's. In the 70's Marvel had the reprints in Tales, Triple Action, Super Action and the like. DC had the 80 and 100 page Giants keeping classic stories alive right alongside the current. I think part of the problem these days is the lack of interest and attention span of new readers who won't look backwards. They see older comic books as corny or cartoonish while embracing the modern conceit of flashy and newer
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Post by james on Dec 4, 2021 11:55:11 GMT -5
Rereading my “comfort” issues Avengers 164-166 Spectacular Spider-Man 25-31 X-men 100-143 Iron Man 121-133 Alpha Flight 1-12 And even at 53 getting just as much satisfaction and pleasure out of each as I did when I first bought them off the spinner rack We definitely have some overlapping sweet spots, i.e. Spectacular SM (loved the Carrion story arc), X-men and Iron Man. While I love Shooter's first run on Avengers, my personal absolute sweet spot for that series is #s 181-202 (last time I re-read it was a few years ago, and it still held up for me, too). Yes 180–202 is another favorite of mine. But really all Byrne Marvel of that time was a comfort
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 13:08:28 GMT -5
I absolutely love Archie. I don't know what it is about it, but I suspect it's the incredible character and tone consistency across 80 years of stories. I can pick up any Archie story, and it's always like going home. Ironically, I own very few Archies, today, but I HAVE owned hundreds over the years. Of course, my kids loved it too, especially my daughter. I love the fact that the stories she was reading in the 2000's were so similar to the ones I was reading 40 years earlier.
Love Archie too...especially the first 40 years.....I'm a bit mixed on books over the last decade or so....
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Post by MDG on Dec 4, 2021 15:36:03 GMT -5
Too true MDG . These days classic reprints are limited to one-shot's or TPB's. In the 70's Marvel had the reprints in Tales, Triple Action, Super Action and the like. DC had the 80 and 100 page Giants keeping classic stories alive right alongside the current. I think part of the problem these days is the lack of interest and attention span of new readers who won't look backwards. They see older comic books as corny or cartoonish while embracing the modern conceit of flashy and newer I'm not saying they have to be reprints of old stories; they should just match what the vast majority of people think of when they see the character.
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Post by brutalis on Dec 4, 2021 15:51:48 GMT -5
Too true MDG . These days classic reprints are limited to one-shot's or TPB's. In the 70's Marvel had the reprints in Tales, Triple Action, Super Action and the like. DC had the 80 and 100 page Giants keeping classic stories alive right alongside the current. I think part of the problem these days is the lack of interest and attention span of new readers who won't look backwards. They see older comic books as corny or cartoonish while embracing the modern conceit of flashy and newer I'm not saying they have to be reprints of old stories; they should just match what the vast majority of people think of when they see the character. Closest Marvel did this was with Marvel Adventure runs resembling the MCU movies. DC closest was their animated Superman and Batman comic series. Nowadays I don't think the companies care. Bottom line is dollars off a property and not maintaining or crafting characters properly. Easier to drop new characters into the union suits today.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2021 15:52:31 GMT -5
Too true MDG . These days classic reprints are limited to one-shot's or TPB's. In the 70's Marvel had the reprints in Tales, Triple Action, Super Action and the like. DC had the 80 and 100 page Giants keeping classic stories alive right alongside the current. I think part of the problem these days is the lack of interest and attention span of new readers who won't look backwards. They see older comic books as corny or cartoonish while embracing the modern conceit of flashy and newer I'm not saying they have to be reprints of old stories; they should just match what the vast majority of people think of when they see the character. I think DC has done a decent job with that, with things like Batman Black and White, Superman, Red and Blue, Wonder Woman Black and Gold, the various Anniversary issues, Batman '89, Superman '78, Wonder Woman '77 and things of that ilk being regularly published. Most are anthologies that show different aspects of the characters, but all draw form the core of the character that is absolutely recognizable to a mass audience. It's not perfect by any means, and the anthologies are hit and miss sometimes, but they are out there. There are also things like The Batman and Scooby Doo Mysteries that hits on the well-known Batman trope known from several cartoons. Again not perfect, and there's a lot of room for improvement, but it's miles ahead of anything Marvel is doing of that nature. -M
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Post by majestic on Dec 4, 2021 22:50:17 GMT -5
If I could live in any fictional universe it would Riverdale from Archie Comics
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