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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2023 21:46:13 GMT -5
I forgot that Doctor Octopus was even in this series. And I, that Kang was there! Hardly an unforgettable series, looks like! That series was actually my introduction to Kang, and while he was taken out of the action way too early in that particular series IMO, it started my whole fascination with my favorite villain of all time (getting his figure from that toyline fed into that as well). |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2023 15:19:30 GMT -5
Kang may well be my favourite Marvel villain of all time, @jaska. Not sure they’ve even begun to reach his true potential.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 26, 2023 15:38:05 GMT -5
Kang may well be my favourite Marvel villain of all time, @jaska . Not sure they’ve even begun to reach his true potential. Kang would be my least favorite Marvel villain of all time if not for stinky ol' Thanos.
Cei-U! I summon the different strokes!
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 26, 2023 20:20:11 GMT -5
Kang may well be my favourite Marvel villain of all time, @jaska . Not sure they’ve even begun to reach his true potential. Kang would be my least favorite Marvel villain of all time if not for stinky ol' Thanos.
Cei-U! I summon the different strokes!
Wh--aat?? According to some MCU fans, the entire Thanos arc was the greatest, most "aaawweeesssommme" thing ever committed to screen! How can he not be your favorite?
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Post by berkley on Feb 26, 2023 21:47:36 GMT -5
I still think Thanos was a good character in those early Starlin epics in Captain Marvel and Warlock. Pretty much everything afterwards, or what I've seen of it, I don't like at all. And I didn't mind him in the movies - perhaps because I see them as so separate from the comics that my negative feelings didn't carry over.
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 27, 2023 4:16:18 GMT -5
Kang would be my least favorite Marvel villain of all time if not for stinky ol' Thanos.
Cei-U! I summon the different strokes!
Wh--aat?? According to some MCU fans, the entire Thanos arc was the greatest, most "aaawweeesssommme" thing ever committed to screen! How can he not be your favorite?
I actually like the MCU Thanos. It's the comic book version I despise.
Cei-U! Vive le diference!
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 27, 2023 15:04:47 GMT -5
Wh--aat?? According to some MCU fans, the entire Thanos arc was the greatest, most "aaawweeesssommme" thing ever committed to screen! How can he not be your favorite?
I actually like the MCU Thanos. It's the comic book version I despise.
Cei-U! Vive le diference!
Interesting.
I thought Thanos was not "mad", but thick-skulled, as there was not an ounce of logic to his beliefs / plan.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Feb 27, 2023 15:29:45 GMT -5
I still think Thanos was a good character in those early Starlin epics in Captain Marvel and Warlock. Pretty much everything afterwards, or what I've seen of it, I don't like at all. And I didn't mind him in the movies - perhaps because I see them as so separate from the comics that my negative feelings didn't carry over. Agreed! In the comics, Thanos was a brilliant character up to and including The Death of Captain Marvel. That would have been his final appearance, if I had my druthers. |
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Post by tonebone on Feb 27, 2023 18:16:26 GMT -5
Between the two series, I was all-in for Secret Wars, and put off by Kirby's art on Super Powers I also don't care too much for Kirby's art on this series and imagine I would have felt the same then, though if the story attracted me enough I'd probably overlook it. Kirby only drew the covers and the final issue of the series. The other four were drawn by Adrian Gonzalez with inks by Pablo Marcos, Alan Kupperberg, and Gonzales himself. So if you didn't like the art on most of the series, that's fine, but it mostly wasn't Kirby. Kirby did draw one of the sequels, but driver1980 specifically referred to the 1984 series. And the last series was drawn by Carmine Infantino, so again, not Kirby. All of the in-house ads were Kirby art, and I made my judgements based on that. And the covers. Never made it to the interiors. |
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Post by berkley on Feb 27, 2023 19:37:34 GMT -5
I still think Thanos was a good character in those early Starlin epics in Captain Marvel and Warlock. Pretty much everything afterwards, or what I've seen of it, I don't like at all. And I didn't mind him in the movies - perhaps because I see them as so separate from the comics that my negative feelings didn't carry over. Agreed! In the comics, Thanos was a brilliant character up to and including The Death of Captain Marvel. That would have been his final appearance, if I had my druthers.
I think it probably had something to do with Thanos becoming a sort of pet character not only of Starlin but of others as well, so the later comics were told increasingly from that POV. Kind of the opposite problem to Darkseid, who became every Superman/JLA writer's favourite punching bag for their lead character.
Which answers the fan-question of who would win in a Thanos vs Darkseid story:
If it happens at Marvel, Thanos wins.
If it happens at DC, Superman wins.
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Post by Chris on Feb 27, 2023 19:47:48 GMT -5
All of the in-house ads were Kirby art, and I made my judgements based on that. And the covers. Never made it to the interiors. Fair enough. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2023 9:25:39 GMT -5
Wh--aat?? According to some MCU fans, the entire Thanos arc was the greatest, most "aaawweeesssommme" thing ever committed to screen! How can he not be your favorite?
I actually like the MCU Thanos. It's the comic book version I despise.
Cei-U! Vive le diference!
As you despise him, just for you, if I was a Marvel editor, I’d do a story where Thanos ends up in Dormammu’s Dark Dimension - and is completely overwhelmed by magic. Has Thanos ever encountered Dormammu? He might find himself trembling in terror within the Dark Dimension. |
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Post by tarkintino on Feb 28, 2023 11:07:38 GMT -5
I actually like the MCU Thanos. It's the comic book version I despise.
Cei-U! Vive le diference!
As you despise him, just for you, if I was a Marvel editor, I’d do a story where Thanos ends up in Dormammu’s Dark Dimension - and is completely overwhelmed by magic. Has Thanos ever encountered Dormammu? He might find himself trembling in terror within the Dark Dimension. Would Marvel's Dracula pose a danger (vampirism, death, mibd control, etc.) to Thanos? |
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Post by berkley on Feb 28, 2023 12:12:02 GMT -5
Did Thanos or any other dead-at-the-time characters like Warlock or Captain Marvel appear in Secret Wars, BTW?
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Post by Cei-U! on Feb 28, 2023 12:35:48 GMT -5
Did Thanos or any other dead-at-the-time characters like Warlock or Captain Marvel appear in Secret Wars, BTW? Nope, not in the original and not in SW II.
Cei-U! I summon my handy-dandy Marvel Silver/Bronze Age Character Index!
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