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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 9:42:10 GMT -5
Zoom was a new character. He was not Professor Zoom. Thanks, didn't know that. there are apparently 3 versions of the character running around in DC these days: Professor Zoom Reverse-Flash Zoom
I thought the 1st 2 were the same person, but apparently not!
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Post by badwolf on Jul 28, 2020 10:14:31 GMT -5
Thanks, didn't know that. there are apparently 3 versions of the character running around in DC these days: Professor Zoom Reverse-Flash Zoom
I thought the 1st 2 were the same person, but apparently not!
They certainly used to be, but who knows now. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 28, 2020 13:22:52 GMT -5
DC Comics Presents seems affordable except for #26 which has the 16 pg preview of New Teen Titans. #47 is also a killer but that's due to it being first comic appearance of He-Man and Masters of the Universe. add in #27 to that list of expensive issues for the first appearance of Mongul. It's now a $40+ book in high grade and even mid-grade can run you $20-$30. -M Why is Mongul popular ? |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 28, 2020 13:34:53 GMT -5
add in #27 to that list of expensive issues for the first appearance of Mongul. It's now a $40+ book in high grade and even mid-grade can run you $20-$30. -M Why is Mongul popular ? It's Starlin baby! And he is a big physical opponent that can stand up to trading blows with Superman. Not too many of those in Supe's villain gallery. Also a cool design visually. A total kick butt creation of a Kirby super villain archetype from Starlin and a Polar Opposite of Darkseid who is visually scary as all get out but in a more cerebral way. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 13:45:06 GMT -5
add in #27 to that list of expensive issues for the first appearance of Mongul. It's now a $40+ book in high grade and even mid-grade can run you $20-$30. -M Why is Mongul popular ? The episode of Justice League animated that adapted the Alan Moore story featuring Mongul (For the Man Who has Everything from one of the Superman Annual #11, which in itself is a $50+ book in high grade) is one of the most popular episodes of the series and raised Mongul's popularity and status in fandom to the point where in 2013 they released a trade collection of Superman vs. Mongul    so it is not just the first appearance that gets premium prices. -M |
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 28, 2020 13:55:17 GMT -5
I guess I’m out of touch.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jul 28, 2020 13:55:51 GMT -5
Mongul was a Thanos clone.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 13:59:25 GMT -5
Mongul was a Thanos clone. To paraphrase an editor's comments about another character... Mongul is Thanos done right!  -M |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2020 14:22:53 GMT -5
Mongul was a Thanos clone. and there are more than a fair number of people who dismiss Thanos as nothing by a Darkseid clone too... -M |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 28, 2020 15:17:46 GMT -5
I saw the Justice League cartoon and it was good.  Used to have the DC Comic Presents with him in but not all that memorable I didn't think. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 28, 2020 16:32:04 GMT -5
Mongul was a Thanos clone. and there are more than a fair number of people who dismiss Thanos as nothing by a Darkseid clone too... -M And I tend to agree with that. Not much difference in being obsessed with "death" 💀 and being obsessed with "anti-life". ☠
And the physical resemblance is more than coincidental.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jul 28, 2020 16:56:47 GMT -5
Except Darkseid doesn't need a glove.... or a big fancy collar... |
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Post by berkley on Jul 28, 2020 17:09:11 GMT -5
Mongul was a Thanos clone. and there are more than a fair number of people who dismiss Thanos as nothing by a Darkseid clone too... -M
And to come full circle, all too many writers tend to write Darkseid as a Thanos clone.
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Post by String on Jul 28, 2020 17:32:42 GMT -5
Sure, I have plenty of runs of good titles with absolutely no run killers-- most of them are independent books though. Eclipse Comics' DNAgents series, That first DNAgents run now has a run killer in it as #24 can go for a couple hundred in high grade if it's graded (CGC etc.) or anywhere form $60-$100 in high grade raw because of the Dave Stevens cover. Ihaven't seen a sniff of a copy in the wild in over 4 years of searching, and online prices are wild on it. -M has a great Dave Stevens cover too. Slabbed hi-grade copies on eBay start off at $50. Loose, depending on the subjective grading, you looking at anywhere from $8 to around $20. |
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Post by String on Jul 28, 2020 17:44:49 GMT -5
there are apparently 3 versions of the character running around in DC these days: Professor Zoom Reverse-Flash Zoom
I thought the 1st 2 were the same person, but apparently not!
They certainly used to be, but who knows now. Eobard Thawne, the first Reverse-Flash, was called by that name but also used the alias Professor Zoom. Hunter Zolomon, the second Reverse-Flash, usually went by the alias of Zoom only. |
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