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Post by shaxper on Dec 24, 2022 23:03:46 GMT -5
I just want to say thank you, Cei-U!. This is a highlight of my holiday season every single year, as well as a highlight of belonging to The CCF. Thank you so very much for keeping the tradition alive! |
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Post by shaxper on Dec 24, 2022 23:07:02 GMT -5
I had The Four on my short list. Me too! |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 25, 2022 4:17:52 GMT -5
I just want to say thank you, Cei-U! . This is a highlight of my holiday season every single year, as well as a highlight of belonging to The CCF. Thank you so very much for keeping the tradition alive! QFT |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 25, 2022 4:51:53 GMT -5
1. The Four (Planetary) The worlds of the MU or DCU should not look like our world. They can't. So why do they? You make me want to rip up all my comics... But I won't.  |
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Post by DubipR on Dec 25, 2022 12:15:05 GMT -5
Thank you Cei-U! as always for the best time of Classic Comics Message Boards. I always look forward to this and everything you do here. Thank you to all the mods who keep this board fun and joyful. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Dec 25, 2022 12:28:19 GMT -5
I summon the whole-hearted agreement! Thank you, Cei-U!! |
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 25, 2022 14:20:04 GMT -5
A day late, but here they are: 1. The Brotherhood of Evil MutantsBecause they're EEEEEEvil. Well, only 3/5ths of them were. X-Men #4 was my sixth comic book and my second Marvel. Every panel is imprinted in my memory, including these two very different dinners:   |
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 26, 2022 0:11:06 GMT -5
1. The Triumvirate of Terror1. The Serpent SocietyIt's a bit weird that, while Avengers is my favorite superhero comic, I have more teams from Captain America's solo book than from Avengers. I think it's because, as a solo title, there's more space to develop the characters. The Serpent Society were also introduced right when I began reading comics - my first issue of Captain America was #308, just before they debuted. So I just really dug all the characters, and the exploration of the mechanisms of being a supervillain. The structure and bureaucracy of it all, the in-fighting with co-workers, all of it. It was just cool! I was really disappointed when the "Captain America and the Serpent Society" movie that Marvel teased turned out to be a fake-out. I still want to see it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 2:43:55 GMT -5
Late chiming in with the sentiment, but I agree a big and hearty thank you to Cei-U! for once again organizing this and spreading some Christmas joy though the season and continuing my favorite tradition these forums have given us. HUZZAH! And a hearty thank you for all who participated for sharing the things in comics that bring them joy as well. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 6:47:18 GMT -5
A thank you from me, too. I discovered some teams I didn’t know existed, and now I have some stories to track down. Also, I really want to read some Disney trades now, for the Beagle Boys.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 26, 2022 8:52:55 GMT -5
And my number one pick... The Legion of Doom  Justice #1-12 2005, DC For the life of me I don't understand why this name wasn't officially adopted sooner, as I think 2005 was the first time it was used in a big featured book by DC. Sure, there were similar line ups before under names like Anti-Justice League, Injustice Gang and Injustice League...but the Legion of Doom just sounds so much cooler than those. And the Darth Vader inspired headquarters that Toth came up with? Why run away from that? It can submerge underwater and fly in space, what's cooler than that?
So, all the best villains + best evil lair = best super villain team ever.
The math is simple and indisputable people!
Plus it gave us this:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2022 9:20:27 GMT -5
I like that this team name no doubt inspired the wrestling stable/tag team. In the DVD Road Warriors: The Life and Death of the Most Dominant Tag-Team in Wrestling History, the late Animal acknowledged that the name “Legion of Doom” was taken from the Super Friends cartoon. I love it!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 27, 2022 15:08:38 GMT -5
This is the ending. The ending of my thing. The ending. The ending. The ending.
Legion of Doom - Not being a big Alex Ross fan, I've not read Justice. And I'd pretty much stopped watching Saturday morning cartoons by the time the Legion of Doom appeared. So to me this is just kind of the Injustice League in different trade dress.
Justin hammer, Stiletto, Discus, Whiplash, Blizzard, The Melter, the beetle, Leap frog, Man killer, The Porcupine - I'm just going to say that any team with The Porcupine and Leap Frog needs to reassess its recruiting standards.
Hellfire Club - I'm a little shocked we are just now seeing these folks. Maybe it's a sign of how far Claremont's X-men has diminished in stature. Or maybe not.
God Hand - Odd's Bodkins. Zounds. Gadzooks. And other parts of God.
Milk & Cheese - I've never read Milk & Cheese. Seems like the kind of thing I might like though.
The Spirit's Rogues and the Batman's Rogues - I need to re-read this. Maybe soon.
The Monk's Escondita Gang - Corto Maltese feels like the kind of thing I'd like. But I've still never made that plunge.
The Pirates from Astérix! - I think I've only read the first Asterix book. Maybe the second. There were no pirates. I demand an explanation.
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Post by Farrar on Dec 28, 2022 14:52:06 GMT -5
1.Fatal Five (Adventure 352-353)
.... A (rare for its time at DC) two-part saga, the team-up made in hell is a near perfect all-time favorite of mine, from the ominous mention of a doomed Legionnaire on the cover of Adventure 353 to the eerie, unhuman Validus, Mano and Tharok, the sociopathic Persuader (name could have been better), the magisterial Emerald Empress, and the utter desperation of the Legion as they are forced to trust these evildoers as allies. The Fatal Five just missed making my list, so I'm very glad that so many CCFers included them  Re the DC continued (i.e., stories told over two issues) stories: I always liked that Weisinger frequently used continued stories for the Adventure Legion, both before and after #352-3 (up until the Legion's ill-fated move to Action Comics  ). In fact #352-3 was bookended by two sets of continued stories: #350-1 (Sir Prize/Miss Terious) and #354-5 (Adult Legion). IMO the use of two-issue stories (such as Starfinger, Computo, Super Stalag of Space) gave the Legion an epic feel, and set it apart from other DCs at the time--plus it was a good way to manage a large cast. The other DC comic I read on a regular basis during that time, Lois Lane (another Weisinger series), also had a number of continued stories during that era, but not nearly as many as the Legion. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 28, 2022 16:01:11 GMT -5
1.Fatal Five (Adventure 352-353)
.... A (rare for its time at DC) two-part saga, the team-up made in hell is a near perfect all-time favorite of mine, from the ominous mention of a doomed Legionnaire on the cover of Adventure 353 to the eerie, unhuman Validus, Mano and Tharok, the sociopathic Persuader (name could have been better), the magisterial Emerald Empress, and the utter desperation of the Legion as they are forced to trust these evildoers as allies. The Fatal Five just missed making my list, so I'm very glad that so many CCFers included them Re the DC continued (i.e., stories told over two issues) stories: I always liked that Weisinger frequently used continued stories for the Adventure Legion, both before and after #352-3 (up until the Legion's ill-fated move to Action Comics ). In fact #352-3 was bookended by two sets of continued stories: #350-1 (Sir Prize/Miss Terious) and #354-5 (Adult Legion). IMO the use of two-issue stories (such as Starfinger, Computo, Super Stalag of Space) gave the Legion an epic feel, and set it apart from other DCs at the time--plus it was a good way to manage a large cast. The other DC comic I read on a regular basis during that time, Lois Lane (another Weisinger series), also had a number of continued stories during that era, but not nearly as many as the Legion. So true, and so fitting for the Legion's stories. Earlier on, Adventure still ran a back-up Superboy story, so stories like the Starfinger, Computo and Super-Stalag two-parters were abbreviated. I remember really being annoyed how short they seemed, given the "world-threatening" threats at the heart of the stories. Later on, though, those continued stories grew to become full-length sagas, like the Fatal Five and Mordru stories. IIRC, that happened with the arrival of Shooter and all his new Legionnaires. Those longer stories made a huge difference in the sweep and excitement of the Legion's adventures. Weisinger did run a few continued stories and even a couple of several-issue "serials" in Action (thinking of Virus-X, for example), but they lost some of their effect b/c the chapters were so short. |
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). In fact #352-3 was bookended by two sets of continued stories: #350-1 (Sir Prize/Miss Terious) and #354-5 (Adult Legion). 