Crimebuster
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 19, 2023 0:57:45 GMT -5
7. Hawkeye1st appearance: Tales of Suspense #57 Choice run: Hawkeye #1-8 (2003) Hawkeye is one of my favorite superheroes, and he's had a couple good solo runs. The Fabian Nicieza run was really underrated, so I thought I'd give it some love -- the idea is that Clint is sort of wandering the Earth like Kane from Kung Fu, helping people in need as he wanders from town to town, still trying to come to grips with the loss of his wife Bobbi in Avengers West Coast #100. Good stuff that didn't last as long as it should have. 
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Post by berkley on Dec 19, 2023 1:39:21 GMT -5
7. The Black Panther
Various series, but especially the 70s Kirby, the McGregor/Graham Issues ive read, and the in between ones drawn by Bingham, Pollard. Bucklet, and others
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Post by foxley on Dec 19, 2023 3:29:35 GMT -5
Vigilante #1-50 (1983-1988}
Spinning out of The New Teen Titans, I can best describe this series as 'the thinking person's Punisher'. The book made an interesting study of the mindset required to start inflicting lethal street justice on malefactors, and the mental toll that would take on a vigilante, particularly one who wanted to believe he was still a just and moral man. Things explored including Adrian having to rethink his methods after he nearly murders an innocent man because of faulty intel. More than once he attempted to abandon his costumed identity, only to have it adopted by others whose brutal methods forced him to return because he felt guilty for inspiring them and so had to stop them. In the end, the conflict between law and justice proved too much for Adrian Chase and he killed himself. Pretty deep stuff for a funny book. |
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Post by MDG on Dec 19, 2023 9:48:48 GMT -5
Day Six (#7)
Tomahawk’s Rangers (Solo and Origin Stories)  "Dan Hunter"?!? What kind of stupid name is that!? |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 19, 2023 10:30:59 GMT -5
Day Six (#7)
Tomahawk’s Rangers (Solo and Origin Stories) "Dan Hunter"?!? What kind of stupid name is that!? Should be hyphenated. He hunts guys named Dan. Aside: How many DC characters were named Hunter? Rip; Dan; Ben (leader of the Hellcats); Nick and Phil, Ben's sons in Vietnam;Tim the magic kid; and of course their alien cousins, the Faceless Hunters...  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 19, 2023 15:56:21 GMT -5
And since I have some spare time I'll do two of these today. So yay me. And...I'm sorry.
Lotta re-runs. It's like a summer in the 1970s.
Kitty Pryde and Wolverine - I got nothin'. I haven't read anything X-related since the Paul Smith era. I feel I likely haven't missed much. But that's just me.
GCPD - I bought this. I remember liking it. That said, I haven't read it since it was new, so who knows. Aparo and Sienkeiwicz is such an odd combo.
Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder - I think I've read one of these. I always feel like I should read more Hellboy related stuff. Then I end up not doing it. I hope he finds a nice witch though. Love will find a way.
HATE! - Once upon a time I bought a lot of super cheap trades on Ebay. Like less than $5 including shipping (this was a long time ago). I bought a trade of one of these things. Hate was a fairly appropriate descriptor. I read about ten pages and threw it on a shelf in a cupboard. It's probably still there.
Black Panther - We've seen BP before (no...not British Petroleum). But not this one. I've not read it. So...yeah.
Batgirl: Year One - I don't think I've read this either. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about the Year One phenomenon. If I ever figure it out, I'll let you know.
Wolverine - Have we seen him? I'm pretty sure we have. I'm still pretty indifferent to him in almost every incarnation.
Tomahawk’s Rangers - Prince Hal, as is his want, delves in to the Silver Age (sigh...there's a can of worms) to pull some back-ups that are almost surely terrible. And we wouldn't have him any other way. I'm kind of concerned about Suicidey.
Force Works - Mama always says, if you can't say somehin' nice... Really, I got nothin'. I've never lain eyes on this book. Feels like it might be awful though (Yes...I'm judging a book by its cover).
Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD - I find it shocking that this is the first time we're seeing this. I gave it reasonable consideration. So there's that.
Hawkeye - I'm completely unqualified to speak about almost any Marvel book from 2003. Not that that would usually stop me. But it did this time.
Vigilante #1-50 - This was a direct only book at a time when I had ZERO access to direct only books. That is until the last half of the run. At which time I was unlikely to jump into the middle. So...I got nothin'. Except that, I know Greg Saunders. I'm a fan of Greg Saunders. This guy is no Greg Saunders.
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 19, 2023 15:59:32 GMT -5
Tomahawk’s Rangers - Prince Hal, as is his want, delves in to the Silver Age (sigh...there's a can of worms) to pull some back-ups that are almost surely terrible. And we wouldn't have him any other way. I'm kind of concerned about Suicidey. Well, it's both my wont and my want, to be exact. My next therapist appointment isn't until January. Jeez, I hope I can make it. Oops...medication time. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 19, 2023 16:07:13 GMT -5
Tomahawk’s Rangers - Prince Hal, as is his want, delves in to the Silver Age (sigh...there's a can of worms) to pull some back-ups that are almost surely terrible. And we wouldn't have him any other way. I'm kind of concerned about Suicidey. Well, it's both me wont and my want, to be exact. My next therapist appointment isn't until January. Jeez, I hope I can make it. Oops...medication time. I won't accept that. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Dec 19, 2023 16:10:05 GMT -5
I can accept that.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 19, 2023 17:48:47 GMT -5
#7 – Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder ( In the Service of Angels: 2009) + ( Lost and Gone Forever: 2011) . Ed Gray just missed my list, (but another couple Hellboy spin offs did make it!) so I'm glad he saw some love. I really loved his occult adventures, they played out like fantastic Sherlock Holmes stories only instead of dealing in the mundane these gave us the supernatural. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 19, 2023 18:07:58 GMT -5
Playing catch up again due to losing power...On Day Six I present... #7: Dass Jennir Das Jennir was everything I always felt the Star Wars expanded universe should be but seldom actually was. Sure, he was a Jedi but he wasn't some big action hero saving the universe...he was just a guy trying to get by the best way he could. His everyman status was cemented right in the dialog in one the funnest quotes I've ever read in Star Wars, "It's not that he lacks in concentration, Master Yoda. His connection to the Force is simply not very strong. He will never be a great Jedi." It was such a fresh air to just see a regular guy as a Jedi that it actually felt more like wish fulfillment for me than Luke Skywalker ever did which was why I was so thrilled with his appearance in Star Wars Republic #79 back in 2011. At the time he was just a one off meant to show how the fall of the Jedi Order affected those people on the fringes and he didn't go on to appear in the final storyline of Republic which went on from #81-83. And even when he was brought back in the first storyline of Star Wars: Dark Times which spun out of the events of "Into the Unknown" from Republic it was only going to be another one off but fan response was so strong Jennir quickly became the leading man and the book really took a turn for the better delving into the genres and stories that originally inspired George Lucas to create Star Wars in the place. In effect, Das Jennir was the Mandalorian long before the show was ever dreamed of. |
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Post by Jeddak on Dec 20, 2023 21:30:31 GMT -5
Day 6 - The Black PantherFirst Appearance - Fantastic Four #52 Series I'm talking about - Jungle Action #5-24  Enough others have included this series that I don't have much original to say. Yes, it was wordy. Yes, the Panther was put through almost too much in the course of Panther's Rage. Maybe it felt like more of an illustrated novel than your average comic. But it was a rich, solid story, well worth the comparative effort. And it's always nice to find a comic that takes more than 5 minutes of your time, eh?
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Post by Farrar on Dec 21, 2023 18:12:48 GMT -5
Day 6/Selection #7: WendyFirst appearance: Wendy first appeared in Casper the Friendly Ghost #20 (1954), in the Casper story "The Poor Little Witch Girl." Spin-Off Series: Her own feature and comic: Wendy the Good Little Witch (1960). I read her stories as reprints in Wendy Witch World (Harvey Giant series, 1961) Nostalgia alert! A real favorite of mine back when I was a child. We didn't have a car, and on the rare occasions when my family and I would go somewhere downtown, say to the circus or the zoo or somewhere similar, we'd have to take the subway. In our local subway station there was a newsstand that carried comics and when we'd take the subway to return back home, my parents would let us tired and cranky kids buy a comic or something else from that newsstand. At first I usually bought any random Walt Disney-character or funny animal comic. Then one day I chose a Giant-sized Wendy comic ( Wendy Witch World) and I was hooked. For some reason I was fascinated by all those different character images on the left side of the Harvey giants; I guess I loved the idea of a large cast of interconnecting characters (and I made my younger siblings buy the C asper and S pooky comics). I don't think I ever bought any single, regular-sized Wendy issues, but according to Mike's Amazing site Wendy Witch World came out 4-5 times a year--and it sure seemed like every time we took the subway I got a new issue! Soon the main attraction for me on these family excursions became the buying a new Wendy comic! I don't remember any specific Wendy stories, but to this day when I think of the circus I also think (fondly) of those giant Wendy comics. Anyway, Wendy Witch World is my earliest instance of following or collecting a specific title, so that's why it's earned a place on my list. I found this online in the WorthPoint site: the first Wendy appearance, in Casper #20  A Wendy Witch World comic 
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 21, 2023 20:37:57 GMT -5
7. Uncle Scrooge  To be honest I hadnt even thought of Scrooge before everyone started to post(or yesterdays Jughead). However seeing those posts reminded me how special those characters are. I had read plenty of Disney books as a kid, they seemed to be as readily available here in NZ in the 70's as the British weeklies like COR!!!, and Whizzer and Chips etc etc The Scrooge books always stood out as far superior than the rest, I had no idea of creators, but loved the setting, Donald, nephews, Scrooge, and Beagle Boys in tow. Adventuring, exploring, losing, and winning, always with Beagles being mocked and coins being dived into. Sounds like the perfect comicbook to me. |
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Post by Pól Rua on Dec 25, 2023 23:37:40 GMT -5
#7: B.P.R.D.Having recently fallen in love with Hellboy and the gorgeous art of Guy Davis (thanks to his work on 'Sandman Mystery Theatre' and 'The Marquis'), this was just a delicious tasty treat for me. To be honest, I probably dig 'Lobster Johnson' more than 'BPRD', but BPRD is where the world-building really began. Most of the Hellboy stories up until now had been beautifully illustrated but somewhat formulaic - "Hellboy goes to (Country), encounters (Local Folkloric Monster), Big Red Fist, Laconic Quip". BPRD is where Mignola really started pushing the world-building and creating the rich, genre-mashing mythology which would branch out into titles like Witchfinder, Abe Sapien, Sledgehammer 44 and, of course, Lobster Johnson. Plus, I mean, seriously. I cannot say enough about how magnificent that Guy Davis art is! 
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