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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 14:38:01 GMT -5
Never read them, but odd to wonder what Silver's adventures would have been like, minus the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 25, 2019 14:44:45 GMT -5
Having just read a short glimpse into early '90s Superman, they had a different title each week (Action, Adventures Of, Superman, and Man Of Steel) and the stories were loosely enough connected that you could follow and enjoy a single issue (still there were footnotes to see this or that other concurrent title 'for more information'). The three Spider books (Amazing, Spectacular and Team-Up) that I ever had, if they did connect to another title, were about equally stand-alone, but I did later on see how these crossover stories could be done so you got maybe a fraction of a story and couldn't really follow it without other titles you might not have ever wanted to buy but felt you now had to. They overdid that which is one of the reasons I was burned out circa 1986-87 from all Marvel and DC comics. "Oh, I don't have to buy X-Factor #__, or Captain America #__, or all twelve Secret Wars II, but I can't really follow this other comic if I don't? Answer: I won't buy any of them! Problem solved."  |
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Post by badwolf on Oct 25, 2019 14:51:54 GMT -5
I only bought the Byrne Superman titles. I didn't bother with Adventures. I guess I missed out on some parts of stories, but that was fine.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 25, 2019 17:08:17 GMT -5
Never read them, but odd to wonder what Silver's adventures would have been like, minus the Lone Ranger and Tonto. The series was set prior to Silver's first encounter with the Ranger, when he led a herd of wild horses. A lot of the stories evolved around his ongoing war of wills with a Native American warrior (whose name and tribe elude me at the moment) determined to capture and tame the big white stallion. The book doesn't do much for me. I think I'd like it better if it had better art (the covers, though, are beautiful). A lot of these horse titles were aimed at prepubescent girls, among whom equinophilia (did I just coin a word?) runs rampant (or so it seemed back in the day).
Cei-U! I summon the saddle sores!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 25, 2019 17:30:09 GMT -5
Never read them, but odd to wonder what Silver's adventures would have been like, minus the Lone Ranger and Tonto. The series was set prior to Silver's first encounter with the Ranger, when he led a herd of wild horses. A lot of the stories evolved around his ongoing war of wills with a Native American warrior (whose name and tribe elude me at the moment) determined to capture and tame the big white stallion. The book doesn't do much for me. I think I'd like it better if it had better art (the covers, though, are beautiful). A lot of these horse titles were aimed at prepubescent girls, among whom equinophilia (did I just coin a word?) runs rampant (or so it seemed back in the day).
Cei-U! I summon the saddle sores!
It's still a thing. At least it is in rural areas hereabouts. And it extends well past prepubescence. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 17:51:08 GMT -5
I have realised I have never read a Lone Ranger comic. Seen the cartoon, watched some episodes of the live-action show, but never a comic. One was published a few years ago. Might be interesting to check out. (Didn't see the movie either).
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Post by Duragizer on Oct 25, 2019 18:40:11 GMT -5
Having just read a short glimpse into early '90s Superman, they had a different title each week (Action, Adventures Of, Superman, and Man Of Steel) and the stories were loosely enough connected that you could follow and enjoy a single issue (still there were footnotes to see this or that other concurrent title 'for more information'). The three Spider books (Amazing, Spectacular and Team-Up) that I ever had, if they did connect to another title, were about equally stand-alone, but I did later on see how these crossover stories could be done so you got maybe a fraction of a story and couldn't really follow it without other titles you might not have ever wanted to buy but felt you now had to. They overdid that which is one of the reasons I was burned out circa 1986-87 from all Marvel and DC comics. "Oh, I don't have to buy X-Factor #__, or Captain America #__, or all twelve Secret Wars II, but I can't really follow this other comic if I don't? Answer: I won't buy any of them! Problem solved." As a '90s kid, this was/is a pet peeve of mine of comics at the time. I would've loved to have bought & read every single Spider-Man/Batman/Superman comic on sale, but my parents didn't have a disposable income, so I always missed issues here and there, which was always frustrating and disheartening. I envy the '60s/'70s/'80s kids who didn't have to put up with that crap. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2019 19:40:58 GMT -5
Having just read a short glimpse into early '90s Superman, they had a different title each week (Action, Adventures Of, Superman, and Man Of Steel) and the stories were loosely enough connected that you could follow and enjoy a single issue (still there were footnotes to see this or that other concurrent title 'for more information'). The three Spider books (Amazing, Spectacular and Team-Up) that I ever had, if they did connect to another title, were about equally stand-alone, but I did later on see how these crossover stories could be done so you got maybe a fraction of a story and couldn't really follow it without other titles you might not have ever wanted to buy but felt you now had to. They overdid that which is one of the reasons I was burned out circa 1986-87 from all Marvel and DC comics. "Oh, I don't have to buy X-Factor #__, or Captain America #__, or all twelve Secret Wars II, but I can't really follow this other comic if I don't? Answer: I won't buy any of them! Problem solved." As a '90s kid, this was/is a pet peeve of mine of comics at the time. I would've loved to have bought & read every single Spider-Man/Batman/Superman comic on sale, but my parents didn't have a disposable income, so I always missed issues here and there, which was always frustrating and disheartening. I envy the '60s/'70s/'80s kids who didn't have to put up with that crap. As a 60s and 70s child I agree! Even though there were multiple titles of Batman and Richie Rich, etc you did not have to buy all of them. |
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Post by The Cheat on Oct 26, 2019 15:05:27 GMT -5
Although the UK comic industry is different, there has never really been overlap here. Judge Dredd appears in 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, but they are their own entities. I know of someone who never buys the Megazine, he just sticks to 2000 AD. I would buy the Megazine if they cut the price and stopped packing it with reprints of stuff I already have. Until then I'll just stick with the weekly prog. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 16:31:46 GMT -5
Never read them, but odd to wonder what Silver's adventures would have been like, minus the Lone Ranger and Tonto. The series was set prior to Silver's first encounter with the Ranger, when he led a herd of wild horses. A lot of the stories evolved around his ongoing war of wills with a Native American warrior (whose name and tribe elude me at the moment) determined to capture and tame the big white stallion. The book doesn't do much for me. I think I'd like it better if it had better art (the covers, though, are beautiful). A lot of these horse titles were aimed at prepubescent girls, among whom equinophilia (did I just coin a word?) runs rampant (or so it seemed back in the day).
Cei-U! I summon the saddle sores!
Did Silver have thought balloons? Or was it more "realistic"? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 16:54:50 GMT -5
I have realised I have never read a Lone Ranger comic. Seen the cartoon, watched some episodes of the live-action show, but never a comic. One was published a few years ago. Might be interesting to check out. (Didn't see the movie either).   These two are my favorites. I read about 30 or so books (both of them) during 1990's. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2019 17:10:41 GMT -5
Although the UK comic industry is different, there has never really been overlap here. Judge Dredd appears in 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, but they are their own entities. I know of someone who never buys the Megazine, he just sticks to 2000 AD. I would buy the Megazine if they cut the price and stopped packing it with reprints of stuff I already have. Until then I'll just stick with the weekly prog. Same here. Surrounded by plastic and reprints. I'd rather see pure, unadulterated Dredd in each of the strips (I like the Special Judicial Squad; for anyone reading, they are the "Internal Affairs" of Dredd's world). |
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Post by profh0011 on Oct 26, 2019 22:18:09 GMT -5
I have realised I have never read a Lone Ranger comic. Seen the cartoon, watched some episodes of the live-action show, but never a comic. One was published a few years ago. Might be interesting to check out. (Didn't see the movie either). Truthfully, the only live-action version I could reccomend would be the TV series with Clayton Moore & Jay Silverheels. Absolutely classic on every level.
On the other hand... THE LONE RANGER-- like THE GREEN HORNET (same creator) began life as a RADIO show!!!
The Comic Book Plus site's "Old Time Radio" section has a whopping 1,660 episodes to listen to for free. WHOA!!!
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 27, 2019 9:38:17 GMT -5
The series was set prior to Silver's first encounter with the Ranger, when he led a herd of wild horses. A lot of the stories evolved around his ongoing war of wills with a Native American warrior (whose name and tribe elude me at the moment) determined to capture and tame the big white stallion. The book doesn't do much for me. I think I'd like it better if it had better art (the covers, though, are beautiful). A lot of these horse titles were aimed at prepubescent girls, among whom equinophilia (did I just coin a word?) runs rampant (or so it seemed back in the day).
Cei-U! I summon the saddle sores!
Did Silver have thought balloons? Or was it more "realistic"? Other than the human characters' dialogue, it was all told through captions.
Cei-U! I summon the omniscient third-person narrator!
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 27, 2019 11:47:39 GMT -5
I've known some horse crazy girls, one even had shelves of horses figures, talk about a collecting subculture! Then there's the My Little Pony machine that keeps cranking those out. I don't get it but if Raven of the Teen Titans wants to watch Pretty Pegasus and make the toys talk I'm not going to interrupt her!   |
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