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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 5, 2021 0:26:42 GMT -5
Ah, I should have guessed. I do know that song, but I don't think I ever saw a video. I remember the other two. I had those two albums on cassette as a kid. I've listened to them recently via streaming, and there are still a few songs I like (including "Holding Out for a Hero." Russell Mulcahy did some great videos -- most well known for Duran Duran. Also did some of Culture Club. Mulcahey was one of THE music video directors of the early 80s, which is why Highlander was like one big music video and why the video for Queen's "Princes of the Universe" was so cool, as he directed the film and the video, mixing the footage and then Christophe Lambert steps out of the film, onto the video stage and squares off against Freddy. If the video had shattering glass and blowing curtains, it was a safe bet it was directed by Mulcahey.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Nov 5, 2021 11:25:05 GMT -5
We are reminded that Starhawk is a composite being, made up of Stakar and Aleta, lovers who were combined by the Hawkgod, on Arcturus. Starhawk is usually presented in the Stakar masculine form, but would occasionally transform into the female Aleta. At rare occurrences, they could manifest separately and had children together, who were slain during the battle with the Reavers, led by Aleta's father. This element was introduced by Steve Gerber, in his Guardians of the Galaxy run, in Defenders & Marvel Presents. It was a later writer than Gerber who postulated that the pair had somehow manifested together in some sort of alien dimension in order to breed. I thought it better left unstated. I had always assumed Aleta had used the alien equivalent of a turkey baster.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 9, 2021 17:39:30 GMT -5
Marvel Team-Up #63Spidey & Iron Fist I'm not sure being able to press trousers with your fist counts as a superpower. I would think the Iron Palm technique would get better creases. Creative Team: Chris Claremont-writer, John Byrne-pencils, Dave Hunt-inks & colors, John Costanza-letters, Archie Goodwin-editor Synopsis: Chris Claremont tries to hypnotize me into believing I am Iron Fist.... Well, I couldn't do worse than Finn Jones. Chris & John demonstrate that they don't know the difference between katas and sparring, as Iron Fist tries to practices attacks against an unseen opponent. We are also told we have had to have read Iron Fist 14 and 15 to know what is going on, because reading the last issue of this title is no help. I do my own katas back at them, involving thrusting the palm of one hand into the crook of the elbow and executing an upward punch with the other hand. Or, you can use the British Agincourt Technique (that's an unfounded legend, but we'll go with it). Anyway, Danny Rand has been ambushed by someone familiar and he's a bit rattled. Meanwhile, Peter Parker turns up at his house, to do a photo shoot of the place, for the Bugle. There is a parchment stuck in the door, a challenge from someone called the Steel Serpent. Rand begs off the shoot and leaves and Petey dons his Spidey duds and follows. Meanwhile, a bunch of people are taking a launch out to the yacht of one Bushmaster, a crime lord, who is throwing a party. I predict that the launch will require a lot of cleaning, in the morning. trust me, I speak from experience. Bushmaster is getting reports about his contract on Iron Fist and is pleased. A woman named Maya overhears, though she looks a lot like Misty Knight (and Pam Grier). Bushmaster brags to Maya and she knocks him across the room and then holds him up with her bionic arm. It's Misty. She fights her way out to warn Iron Fist. Back on land, Spidey hops a ride on a cab and follows Iron Fist to a park, where he (Iron Fist) is ambushed by Steel Serpent. Who is the son of Thunderer. Who trained Danny Rand. Who was swiped from peter Cannon. Who was swiped from Amazing Man. They bow and take their stances, then IF walks right into a kick, like a clueless jobber in a pro wrestling squash match. Johnny Lawrence showed more caution when he walked into the Crane Kick!. The fight progresses like modern indie wrestling, where one guy does his moves, then the opponent does his, with neither having any real logic to them or consequences. It goes on for a bit until Spidey blunders into things and gets swung into a tree. Danny tries to make the Superman comeback, but Steel Serpent tries a full nelson, from the wrong side.... IF forgets that his arms are completely free and doesn't slap SS' ears and lets him do a bear-hug/energy drain on him. SS leaves him laying nd is about to administer a killing blow, when Misty Knight turns up to save the Y chromosomes from their own stupidity and drives off Steel Serpent. Misty cradles the apparently dying Iron Fist, while Spidey tries to figure out where he knows Misty from (Coffee, Foxy Brown, The Big Doll House?). Thoughts: Okay, let me reiterate, for the record, that I hate that stupid second person narrative that Marvel writers would use on Iron Fist, which just doesn't work. Second, I shouldn't have to do background research to read a team-up story to understand the plot. Oh, sure, the basic plot is someone challenges Iron Fist and then whoops his hinder like a character in an after-school special. Meanwhile, Spidey is useless. Thank heavens for Misty Knight, who is the only character in this issue who is remotely competent, reinforcing the idea that Claremont is better at writing strong female characters and his guys are all train wrecks (except Wolverine, who is a walking catch-phrase). Now, don't get me wrong; I like Iron Fist, up to a point; but, Matt Fraction handled him much better than Chris Claremont, in my opinion and had seen more kung fu films. Claremont does a better job with Misty Knight, who was always way more interesting than Power Man or Iron Fist. Misty should have been starring in her own book, if you ask me. Here's the thing; I have read some of IF's adventures (not all); so, I am familiar with his origin and Thunderer. I know who Misty Knight is. However, I have no idea of what occurred in IF #14 and 15. If I was a new reader coming into this, I would be completely clueless, other than Iron Fist is a martial artist who runs around in capri pants and ballet slippers. From a commercial standpoint, a team-up title is a vehicle for giving greater exposure to a character, by teaming them up with a far more popular character. So, an Iron Fist appearance should serve to raise his profile. However, if I have no clue about the character and you don't really give me a good encapsulation of who he is, why would I pick up his own title? As it is, he doesn't seem to be much of a martial artist, as he gets his butt kicked, without landing any good shots of his own, or taking down some henchmen easily to show his skills. That was the whole point of squash matches in old school pro wrestling tv shows. You show what the top guys can do, so people want to see them battle other top guys, while establishing a reason for the top guys to face each other (the angles). This gives me a reason (the challenge in the parchment) and alludes to backstory; but, never illustrates that Iron Fist is a badass and has a chance of winning the fight. Misty Knight ends up being the one who gets to show off who she is. Claremont has done this before, with Ms Marvel in the previous 2 issues, where we have to reference stories from other books. These are short-term stories, 1 or 2 issues; they shouldn't require research. Establish the character, establish conflict, bring the co-stars together and have them handle the conflict and resolve it. If I was a regular Iron Fist reader, then this issue would mean more to me, since it ties into his own title. But, If I just read Spider-Man or just MTU, this didn't give me much of an impression of Iron Fist. Now, as for the art, Bryne is in his element, as it's a fairly dynamic plot and he gets to do a lot of action. It is clear from the staging that Byrne has never studied martial arts in any significant way, nor does he appear to be a fight fan. However, he has at least seen a kung fu movie or two or picked up Inside Kung Fu or Black Belt to do some research on forms. He actually draws palm strikes and spinning back kicks and flying kicks with some accuracy. The only problem is his fight choreography, as he doesn't really present any consequences to attacks or counters. He's not alone in that; and, it is somewhat understandable. Comics work by giving you key visual moments and then lets your brain fill in the in-between. However, there needs to be a logic to the flow of the panels to get your brain to do that. Good fight choreography will elevate the drama of the fight, as can be seen in Paul Gulacy's work in Master of Kung Fu, and Mike Zeck and Gene day, to a lesser extent. They had a logical sequence of combat, with spectacular moves; but, usually, a definite idea of getting from point A to point B. Byrne has Iron Fist and Steel Serpent trading blows, but without ever setting up a follow up, or countering and then switching to attack. That is the essence of a fight. That is where the drama comes in. Even the Rocky films, which tend to have Rocky absorb enormous punishment, until he starts firing back, with little effect from the previous absorption of blows, has more thought to the choreography. It's an area where many comic artists fall down, apart from those who have been in real fights or have studied martial arts. Jack Kirby grew up a street fighter and fought in combat, in WW2 and knew how to stage a fight, even one involving super characters. He was also a pro wrestling fan and knew how to stage the ebb and flow of a fight, with a pre-determined outcome. Paul Gulacy was good at it, Neal Adams did a pretty good job. George Perez handled it well, Jim Starlin. Matt Wagner had a great sequence in Grendel: devil By the Deed, during the climactic roof battle between Grendel and Argent. You see strikes and counters, in a strip, framing the center image of the two in an emotional face-off. Steve Rude handled it well in Nexus and Mike Baron knew how to write combat, as seen in both Nexus and Badger. Next issue focuses on the Daughters of the Dragon, which is fine by me, as that means we get more Misty Knight kicking but, though it also means we get Colleen Wing in a bad Dorothy Hammill hairdo (or possibly Purdy, from the New Avengers).
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 9, 2021 18:43:49 GMT -5
Marvel Two-in-One #63Ben & Warlock? Is this gonna be some kind of Weekend at Bernie's kind of thing? Creative Team: Mark Gruenwald-writer, Jerry Bingham-pencils, Gene Day-inks, Joe Rosen-letters, Roger Slifer-colors, Jim Salicrup-editor Synopsis: High Evolutionary is POed, because someone kidnapped his planet. We get a view of the planet-nappers, on a monitor... Aleta spontaneously transitions to Stakar, who explains that they don't change form, but exchange control of their composite form. Oooookay. Starhawk has figured out that the ship positioned at the North Pole is the command ship, so it should be their target. Starhawk recommends that HE remain in reserve while they venture out, including Alicia. Ben isn't having that. He is protecting Alicia and sends out the three know-it-alls to deal with things. ben plats Transporter Chief and sends them on their way and they reform in the middle of the ship and run into some of Starlin's aliens. They don't wait for the bell and push their advantage. One of the grunts reports to his CO, who has a rather colloquial way of expressing himself. He is up to something. The cosmic trio continue to kick asteroid and take names (in Latin); but, soon, Ben, Alicia and HE are teleported off the moon and materialize in front of the CO. he introduces himself as Sphinxor, from the Warlock series. HE grows to Sphinxor's size to talk with him. Sphinxor explains he learned English from sit-coms. HE stops the fight and Sphinxor explains they were contracted by the Beyonders to bring the world to them. Sphinxor handles the background of Warlock and Counter-Earth. Ben wants to leave and HE wants to meet the Beyonders and we get a lot of exposition... HE says Sphinxor can fulfill his contract, unopposed, as long as he can meet the Beyonders and the others allowed down to the surface of Counter-Earth, to find Warlock's grave. Sphinxor says he can't do it and Ben loses his cool and decks Sphinxor. Sphinxor decides that a little compromise beats an ass-whoopin and agrees to let the others go down to the planet. They find the grave and Her raises Him from the dead, but HE is brainless and is little more than a golem. So, SHE (HER, not Ayesha) puts him back in his grave and bawls like a baby and flies off into the stars, despite Ben trying to tell her there are other fish in the cosmic sea. Ben asks if they can go home now. We don't get to meet the Beyonders, which is fine, because they are a bunch of annoying bozos, with bad dress sense. Thoughts: Well, it's a bit of an anti-climactic.....um...climax; but, it is a logical conclusion. HER was seeking HIM, aka Adam Warlock; but, he's dead, Jim! So, in the grand tradition of The Monkey's Paw and The Twilight Zone, bringing him back from the dead doesn't mean you get the person they were, instead of an animated corpse. That's what HER got and that's why HER gets all watery-eyed and tears off into the heavens. You could kind of spot this ending, from the start; but, with Warlock and all, you never know. As it was, Warlock was revived again, as was Thanos and Drax. Only Captain Mar-Vell has stayed dead. Even Marvel knows if you bring him back, you can't really reprint The Death of Captain Marvel and entice people to buy it. So, instead, we get a parade of wannabes to keep the trademark from falling into DC's hands, where it belongs (well, it belongs with the real Captain Marvel and not necessarily DC, who were responsible for creating this situation, in the first place). The whole Sphinxor and the Beyonders thing just kind of gets forgotten, for a while, until Shooter's hijacking of a toy tie-in (according to some sources). Quite frankly, I'd rather have let Gruenwald deal with them, as at least he has a sense of humor and a more positive connection to the opposite sex, in his work. Gruenwald gets to return to the cosmic realm with Quasar, down the road and HER will become Kismet, until someone reads H Rider Haggard and Her becomes SHE (Ayesha), but without the talents of an Alan Moore. Nah, scratch that; they probably just caught the Ursula Andress movie on late night tv. The whole planet-napping thing seems out of left field, in all of this and doesn't really do much to advance the plot. I get the feeling Gruenwald wasn't content or confident enough to just pursue the plot of Her trying to find Him, so they could become They and have a bunch of Those. Bingham and Day made a great team through all of this, keeping it suitably cosmic and Starlin-esque, with hints of Perez. Funny that, as Bingham always struck me as more of the Neal Adams stripe; I suspect Day's inks have much to do with the transformation. So, now we move on to the Serpent Crown and I get to make a bunch of Gerry Anderson jokes; so, you have been warned!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 9, 2021 19:06:39 GMT -5
Synopsis: Chris Claremont tries to hypnotize me into believing I am Iron Fist.... Well, I couldn't do worse than Finn Jones. My mind is blown... So Finn Jones was NOT a casting error??? One I particularly like is Denys Cowan. I believe he was a black belt, so this explains that.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 9, 2021 21:29:51 GMT -5
Synopsis: Chris Claremont tries to hypnotize me into believing I am Iron Fist.... Well, I couldn't do worse than Finn Jones. My mind is blown... So Finn Jones was NOT a casting error??? One I particularly like is Denys Cowan. I believe he was a black belt, so this explains that. Yeah, Cowan had some good fight scenes in The Question. Almost made me forgive the mullet.
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Post by berkley on Nov 10, 2021 0:19:17 GMT -5
Byrne's artwork on iron Fist is some of my favourite by him, though Hunt's inks perhaps weren't quite up there with Austin's on X--Men. I like his clean style, but from memory, I preferred both Dan Adkins and Frank Chiaramonte as inkers during Byrne's IF run.
I dislike everything I've seen of Mark Gruenwald's writing and this "Her" story is a good example of why: the plodding, by-the-numbers thinking behind the whole idea of "Her", the dumbing-down of Moondragon, the misogyny - not at all too strong a word for it - behind the way that chracter was written in this story even apart from the ridiculous spanking scene, ... forget it. I forget the chronology now, but this may have been the story that first made her into a stupidly arrogant caricature, in contrast to the more nuanced character written by Englehart in the Avengers. Nice art by Bingham and Day, though, I agree.
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Post by mikelmidnight on Nov 10, 2021 12:45:33 GMT -5
I dislike everything I've seen of Mark Gruenwald's writing and this "Her" story is a good example of why: the plodding, by-the-numbers thinking behind the whole idea of "Her", the dumbing-down of Moondragon, the misogyny - not at all too strong a word for it - behind the way that chracter was written in this story even apart from the ridiculous spanking scene, ... forget it.
I share Cody's affection for the previous MTiO arc by Gruenwald, but that's the only thing by him I've ever enjoyed (and I hated Quasar with a passion). I've always wondered what would have happened if he'd wound up at DC Comics … his multiversal obsessions would fit right in there.
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Post by bashbash99 on Nov 17, 2021 7:48:22 GMT -5
Having re-read some issues of both series recently, i think Two-in-One is the better series. The storytelling is more serial in MTIO and i think Ben just lends himself better to team-ups, not only by dint of his personality but also plotwise it just seems easier to come up with team-up stories for him as A) Ben is a world-famous figure with no secret identity B) a lot of people including other heroes are gonna go to or call the Baxter Building for help C) they can always use the excuse that Reed detected unusual something-or-other to send Ben off to some other locale that is another hero's home turf. The rationale for Spidey's team-ups generally felt much more contrived and the book felt less series, which meant the plot was pretty rushed so as to wrap up the team-up in one issue.
Of course both series had some great issues with respect to either story, artwork, or both.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 19, 2021 22:49:15 GMT -5
marvel Team-Up #64Steel Serpent using the Hunan Stinky Foot Attack! Creative Team: Chris Claremont-writer, John Byrne-pencils, Dave Hunt-inks & colors, Bruce Patterson-letters, Archie Goodwin-editor Synopsis: Spidey and Misty Knight have brought Iron Fist to Colleen Wing's apartment, where a doctor is treating everyone, including herself, for bad 70s hair..... Okay, I have seen drag queens with more restrained hairdos than the doc and what the hell happened to Colleen Wing? She lose a bet? The doc says he isn't in that bad of shape, except for his "scarf head;" but Colleen is worried about his spiritual injuries. The doc just say, "Uh...yeah," and leaves. Spidey questions Colleen's decision not to take him to a hospital and she tells him to go spin a web. Misty mopes over Danny, so Claremont can write some bad dramatic dialogue and Danny wakes up and hears Misty say she loves him. He says he loves her and my stomach churns with nausea. Spidey and Colleen spar some more, after she tells him to keep his boots of her tatami mats. He instead yucks up her ceiling and then we get a page of recap, until Misty puts an end to it, tooling up to shoot some ferrous serpent and Colleen grabs a whetstone and sharpens her blade. They want to reverse the transference of the Iron Fist energy. Spidey thinks they are nuts. We cut to Steel Serpent running across roofs and more background from Iron Fist, where Steel Serpent and Wendell Rand fought to challenge for the Iron Fist and Serpent lost. He snuck out to try to steal the power and failed and was kicked out. He then shouts empty challenges to rooftops and Spidey answers by F-ing with him... Spidey gets tossed off a building, but bounces to safety and SS tries the Iron Fist, but his arm is grabbed by Misty's bionic arm and he is slammed into a wall, so Colleen can bash his gut with her scabbard... Spidey intervenes and SS gets away and Spidey chases him into the park. They face off on a baseball diamond, but Danny Rand turns up to finish the fight. They start chopping and socking and Spidey suggests Misty shoot Steel serpent and Colleen prevents it.... Danny wins, kisses Misty and they walk away. There is an epilogue at K'un-Lun and I still prefer to read Master of Kung Fu, because the writing is better. Thoughts: This might as well have been an Iron Fist issue, as Spidey mostly gets in the way. Nothing wrong with it, per se; but, it presupposes you have read his series and, judging by sales, that was a baseless supposition. Iron Fist always came across as the weak sister to MOKF, for me, with Misty Knight (and then Luke Cage) being the most interesting part of the series. Danny Rand was fine, but, I never cared much for IF, until Matt Fraction did his stuff, mixing pulp fiction, Amazing Man, and wuxia films and making it a heck of a lot more interesting. Claremont knows F-all about martial arts and Byrne is about as educated, which always killed IF, for me. Considering they are supposed to be the guest stars, Misty and Colleen don't get to do much by mope and gripe and then one badass scene, that Spidey interrupts because he has a Y chromosome. Anyhoo, next time has a certain hero from across the pond; so, we have that to look forward to.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 20, 2021 0:00:14 GMT -5
Stand by for criticism..... Marvel Two-in-One #64Ben and Stingray! Creative Team: Mark Gruenwald & Ralph Macchio-writers, George Perez-pencils (yay!), Gene Day-inks (Double yay!), John Costanza-letters, Carl Gafford & Ben Sean-colors, Jim Salicrup-editor. Synopsis: Ben is worried about Alicia being in danger, after recent events, and, like an idiot, breaks it off with Alicia.... Big doodie-head! Ben goes off to sulk and starts to ask Reed for advice, when they are interrupted by Dr Walter Newell & Dr Henry Croft, of the Pacifica Oceanographic institute, as see in Sub_mariner, where Dr Craft was turned into an amphibian. He was hijacked and transformed by Dr Hydro, taken to Hydrobase and Subby fought and whooped him. Dr Newell is actually Stingray STINGRAAAAAY......STINGRAY..........................STINGRAAAAAY.....STINGRAY and he and Subby looked into Croft's condition and think Triton holds the key to switching him back and need Reed's help to contact the Inhumans. Meanwhile, Thundra goes down to Kowalski's Gym and smashes up the place, but runs into Herkimer J Oglethorpe, who is glad to see her, and Hyperion, who seems to look down on "rasslin." Didn't know that Hyperion was secretly Vince McMahon! Elsewhere, Jesus.....Aquarian, saves a deer from being hit by a car.... Ben is working out his frustrations in the gym, when Reed calls him. he has a call through to the Great Refuge, but they scoff at the idea of outsiders using the Terrigen Mists. He asks Ben to fly Newell & Croft to California, to meet up with Triton, to take Croft on to the Great Refuge. Ben fires up the Pogo Plane and bounces into the air. They make for San Francisco and when they hit the coast, Dr Newell asks Ben to check out an oil platform below, where there shouldn't be oil deposits. Just then, SPECTRE opens fire on them and the realize they went to the wrong oil platform... They try another, but Tony Perkins has hijacked it and Roger Moore is dealing with that one... They land in the water and Ben surfs on Stingray... STINGRAAAAAY.........STINGRAY..........................STINGRAAAAAY.....STINGRAY and they hail the workers on the Roxxon oil rig. Uh, oh! They are denied permission to come aboard and then a big explosion or earthquake or fracking accident occurs and the platform loses a support column. Ben takes its place while Stingray... STINGRAAAAAY......STINGRAY............STINGRAAAAAY...STINGRAY surveys the damage. Ben gets no help, so he jerry-rigs a fix and then gets attacked by the Roxxon workers. Then, SPECTRE attacks from below.... Stingray.... STINGRAAAAAY......STINGRAY........STINGRAAAAAY.....STINGRAY deals with them, while Ben clobbers the workers. then, when everything calms down, the Serpent Squad turns up.... THERE ARE MOTHER-FLUBBIN' SNAKES ON THIS MOTHER-FLUBBIN PLATFORM!!!! Thoughts: Strap in for another extended story, as Mark & Ralph start the Serpent Crown Affair. I covered some of this in my Squadron Supreme thread. Hyperion will be involved and Roxxon will be after the Crown. Did I mention I hate snakes? So, this one is going to raise my sarcasm levels. For the most part, I enjoyed this and Stingray... ...ST.... I'll stop ...has a pretty cool costume, but has never been used much, which is a shame, if you ask me. Gru and Macc are mining old stories again and they give us a new Serpent Squad, without Viper. They even give us handy captions to identify them. The break up with Alicia is yet another pointless piece of soap opera which just cements comics as a boys club for arrested adolescents. I hate when they do this, as Alicia and Ben are a terrific couple and they just won't let it be. Grow up, guys! Anyway, Triton is along for the fun next time and will Hyperion and Thundra team up to take on Superstar Billy Graham and the Fabulous Moolah? ps The Vince McMahon comment. McMahon has always been embarrassed about being in the wrestling business, because his other attempts at promotion have all failed (rock concerts, Evel Knievel Snake river Canyon Jump, XFL, World Bodybuilding Federation, No Holds Barred, etc) and wrestling is the only thing that makes him money. He does not allow it to be called wrestling, even though it is in the corporate name. It's "sports entertainment." Anything that does not meet his vision of pro wrestling is belittled as "rasslin'". In his mind, he produces tv shows, movies, and live events, like the Ice Capades. It's wrestling, Vince; deal with it! Why isn't the company called World Sports Entertainment, Vince? Anyway, this was back when his father ran things and the WWF was part of the National Wrestling Alliance and Vince Jr was just a mediocre announcer. Gru and Macchio indulge in some more wrestling talk, as witnessed by the Haystacks Calhoun wannabee, in the background, plus further references in the next issue.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Nov 20, 2021 5:45:00 GMT -5
Danny wins, kisses Misty and they walk away. What did you think of the revelation that Spidey and Misty had previously met in MTU #1?
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 20, 2021 12:55:45 GMT -5
Danny wins, kisses Misty and they walk away. What did you think of the revelation that Spidey and Misty had previously met in MTU #1? I think Gruenwald (sounds more him than Macchio) is reaching, because Misty Knight doesn't need help from some fool in his pajamas to take care of a couple of muggers, you dig? Now, if it were her cousin, Foggy Knight, I might buy it. I more interested in why Colleen Wing looks like she was mugged by the Dorothy Hamill Fan Club!
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Post by chaykinstevens on Nov 20, 2021 16:24:05 GMT -5
What did you think of the revelation that Spidey and Misty had previously met in MTU #1? I think Gruenwald (sounds more him than Macchio) is reaching, because Misty Knight doesn't need help from some fool in his pajamas to take care of a couple of muggers, you dig? Now, if it were her cousin, Foggy Knight, I might buy it. I more interested in why Colleen Wing looks like she was mugged by the Dorothy Hamill Fan Club! Sorry, the Misty retcon was in MTU #64 not MTIO #64. It was probably Chris Claremont's idea, as I think John Byrne said he had no plotting input into that run.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 20, 2021 17:37:53 GMT -5
I think Gruenwald (sounds more him than Macchio) is reaching, because Misty Knight doesn't need help from some fool in his pajamas to take care of a couple of muggers, you dig? Now, if it were her cousin, Foggy Knight, I might buy it. I more interested in why Colleen Wing looks like she was mugged by the Dorothy Hamill Fan Club! Sorry, the Misty retcon was in MTU #64 not MTIO #64. It was probably Chris Claremont's idea, as I think John Byrne said he had no plotting input into that run. Yeah, I was all mixed up as to which book we were talking about (problem of reviewing two series at the same time). Same response, different writer. Not everyone has to be linked and you don't retcon your Pam Grier character into being Denise Nicholas (fine actress, but not a butt-kicker). If it were about 5 years later, Claremont would have had the muggers be impregnated with Alien parasites and Misty would be Ripley, in fetish gear.
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