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Post by Duragizer on Apr 7, 2020 23:02:30 GMT -5
From The Amazing Spider-Man #400:    |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 9, 2020 6:05:14 GMT -5
Amazing Spider-man # 8 It took a total of 9 Spider-man appearances before he decided to put a stop to Flash Thompsons bullying. This is my favorite Ditko Spidey comic for this reason.  It was oh so sweet to see Flash get clocked.   |
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 12, 2020 19:03:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2020 1:05:41 GMT -5
When you find out someone else bonked your girl and it's fit for Jerry Springer....
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Post by brutalis on Apr 13, 2020 8:40:45 GMT -5
Got one for you Icctrombone, as I read Jonny Quest issue #2 about the death of Jonny's mother this weekend. In the story Dr. Quest enters into her hospital room while she is asleep stating that he just needs to be with her in order to work out a problem to save millions of lives that he has been unable to solve. Since Dr. Quest explained earlier in the story to Jonny that while his wife could be a "distraction" at times, it was being with her that he found that he did all of his best work. This struck a strong personal note with me as I spent many a night in the hospital with my girlfriend during the months before she passed away simply because she needed me there and it was time we could share together. It gave a very personal touch in making a cold scientific type distant father stereotype into a caring, sensitive and hurting husband and father who was emotionally lost and unable to do anything to saving his wife and family. |
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Post by rberman on May 8, 2020 22:42:35 GMT -5
In JLA: Liberty and Justice (2003, by Paul Dini and Alex Ross), a new virus arises, both unusually contagious and dangerous. Half of the Justice League race to analyze it, cure its victims, and eliminate it. The other half of the Justice League are dispatched around the world to compel irate citizens to stay home until the viral hazard can be managed. This inflames the citizenry against the JLA. Who are they to decide we have to stay home? After the threat has passed, the JLA appear at the United Nations to insist they're not really power hungry despots taking advantage of a global crisis to assume control.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 17, 2020 13:07:32 GMT -5
West Coast avengers # 23Mockingbird, who was married to Hawkeye, is kidnapped and brainwashed by the Nightrider and essentially made to be his lover in the past. This happens when the WC Avengers are traveling through History. She gains her senses and after a battle with her abductor, lets him fall to his death. Sorry, there's no way she would have a code against killing under those circumstances.  
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Post by rberman on May 17, 2020 13:43:05 GMT -5
Huh, that one doesn't get discussed nearly as much as Avengers #200. Maybe because the heroes weren't shown to be OK with it. JLA flirted with this scenario when a bad guy took Hawkgirl for himself.   |
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Post by MDG on May 17, 2020 19:04:03 GMT -5
^^^^^ Is that Dillin/McLaughlin? Nicely done.
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Post by chadwilliam on May 17, 2020 19:24:26 GMT -5
Alan Moore was once asked why Rorschach takes off his mask before hollering at Dr Manhattan to kill him at the end of Watchmen. Moore answered that he didn't know, only that "that's what Rorschach chose to do so that's how I wrote it" (or words to that effect). Sometimes it's hard to explain why something feels "right" and this moment from the first appearance of The Sandman (and never repeated again until Matt Wagner incorporated it into his Sandman: Mystery Theatre run) is a moment that rings true though I can't exactly put into words why. It's the bit with the doll.  Something about the ritual of putting one identity to sleep before you take on another just feels like an appropriate quirk for a superhero. There's a psychological complexity at play here - perhaps this is The Sandman's way of absolving Wesley Dodds of the things he's about to do; maybe he feels a need to do something quirky so that he doesn't take his crime fighting too seriously - but it's very real. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 25, 2020 6:13:56 GMT -5
This is what made the Hawkeye character come alive for me in the beginning.  He admits , albeit to himself while alone, that he should have been paying attention instead of being an ass towards Cap. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 25, 2020 12:10:46 GMT -5
In Secret Wars II #2, Luke Cage jumps out a window to try and catch someone who has just gone through it.  Note how he expects to fall faster than the guy he's trying to save, on account of his being heavier. But as anyone who paid attention in science class knows, that's not how gravity works, something that Luke himself notices immediately. I always loved that scene, because it shows that Luke probably wasn't a great student in High School. The scene helps define him as a character. Much to my chagrin, a reader sent a letter (to Marvel Age, I think) asking for a no-prize because what Luke says is wrong... and the person answering the mail, rather than saying "yes, that's the whole point" apologized for the mistake! |
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