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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2022 16:22:39 GMT -5
I waited too long to get Night Nurse....good to see one here!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 2, 2022 16:50:31 GMT -5
Got a couple recently released Epics... Wolverine vol. 2 (I enjoyed # quite a bit) and Hulk vol 7 (from LEn Wein's run.. which happens to have the WOlverine story in it)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 0:00:36 GMT -5
This era of Superman is not my fave but this 1961 copy of Action Comics 292 had several things going for it....61 years old, nice shape and - the big surprise - under $10. Listed on Mile High for over a thousand in FINE....lol....
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Post by berkley on Nov 4, 2022 4:04:46 GMT -5
I found a couple of Spirou albums, 291 & 292: they're more recent (2006) than I would usually have been on the look-out for but at $5 apiece I couldn't resist - and I must say, leafing through them they look like they've kept to the spirit of the few 1960s ones I've managed to pick up.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 15:56:52 GMT -5
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 4, 2022 16:40:40 GMT -5
That cover on the right, something seems... out of place. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 4, 2022 17:58:18 GMT -5
That cover on the right, something seems... out of place. Joe Staton's E-Man is a great, offbeat book. The earlier Charlton run was fun as well, but I love the First Comics run. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 4, 2022 18:23:53 GMT -5
That cover on the right, something seems... out of place. What do you see that's out of place? |
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 4, 2022 22:29:54 GMT -5
Haven't posted here in a while. Here are some recent pickups from various sources-- local shops, ebay, etc. Of course, it's my usual eclectic mix of weirdness.
Notice the EC "Vault Keeper" swipe on the cover of Strange Suspense Stories #71-- courtesy of Dick Giordano
The Spider-Man issue is a fairly hard-to-find giveaway issue, which was a premium from ALL brand laundry detergent... go figure.
Also picked up another issue of Unexpected... now needing 9 issues to complete the run.
And last, a really nice copy of DC Super Giant #21, that I got for a song, as well as an extra copy of Jonah Hex #1 (already have one copy) that I just couldn't pass up for $5.00
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Post by Ozymandias on Nov 5, 2022 1:26:16 GMT -5
What do you see that's out of place? Dark Phoenix wannabee? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2022 1:37:15 GMT -5
What do you see that's out of place? Dark Phoenix wannabee? E-man sometimes parodied other things in comics and iirc that issue had a send up of the Dark Phoenix story, so it wasn't a wannabe so much as a lampoon of the character, but others more familiar with the issue can correct me if I am wrong. It was in the vein of stories that yielded titles such as Elf-Thing and Doom Force, poking fun at the tropes and trends of comics at the time. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2022 3:19:21 GMT -5
E-man sometimes parodied other things in comics and iirc that issue had a send up of the Dark Phoenix story, so it wasn't a wannabe so much as a lampoon of the character, but others more familiar with the issue can correct me if I am wrong. It was in the vein of stories that yielded titles such as Elf-Thing and Doom Force, poking fun at the tropes and trends of comics at the time. -M Yep, it's totally a parody. I actually thought he was referring to it being the lone non-DC comic in the group, I was going to joke I thought E-Man was the Elongated Man and I bought it by mistake. While I love my straight-forward superhero material, I love all the irreverent parody stuff too. Like E-Man in this case, Moon Roach in Cerebus, Ambush Bug, etc. Anybody remember this take on the FF from Megaton Man? "See-Thru Girl" in particular is hilarious!  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 5, 2022 4:23:19 GMT -5
Joe Staton's E-Man is a great, offbeat book. The earlier Charlton run was fun as well, but I love the First Comics run. For me, the Charlton run of E-man is the gold standard. The follow-up series and one-shots are fine, but nothing beats those original ten issues. Also, I find the satire in the initial issues in the First series, scripted by Pasko, a little too heavy-handed sometimes. He lacked Cuti's light touch. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 5, 2022 7:49:02 GMT -5
Joe Staton's E-Man is a great, offbeat book. The earlier Charlton run was fun as well, but I love the First Comics run. For me, the Charlton run of E-man is the gold standard. The follow-up series and one-shots are fine, but nothing beats those original ten issues. Also, I find the satire in the initial issues in the First series, scripted by Pasko, a little too heavy-handed sometimes. He lacked Cuti's light touch. I have the entire First 25 issue run and I really liked it. Nic Cuti even came on at the end to write it. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2022 8:51:39 GMT -5
Been reading a collection of the James Bond newspaper strips, including stories like “Moonraker” and “Live and Let Die”.
Solid and enjoyable, I would say. I do have one observation: M uses the word “fired” in one panel. And in the movie version of The Living Daylights, Bond refers to the possibility of being “fired”.
I am a Brit and we tend to use the word “sacked” here. I can’t honestly say I’ve ever heard a Brit say “fired” and I know many who have been sacked (hell, I got sacked from a job when I was 22). “Fired” is a word I have only heard in American shows/movies.
It’s no big deal, but I wonder what made the writers of those strips use that word, plus the writers for The Living Daylights. Did Fleming use that word in any of the novels? (I’ve only read about 3 Bond novels)
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