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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 9, 2024 16:10:53 GMT -5
Another I considered, but didn't have any genuine love for, was THE PHANTOM BLOT. I just love the very idea that a Mickey Mouse villain got his own title. I read a few issues, and they weren't bad, if you like Mickey adventures. I guess Western realized that the Phantom Blot was a favorite, so why not give the kiddies nothing but PB vs. Mickey stories for a while? I half considered The Phantom Blot, Super Goof and the Beagle Boys. But it's been over 45 years since I've read any of those stories. And you couldn’t leave off the Superman spin off, Ambush bug.  |
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Post by berkley on Jan 12, 2024 16:56:02 GMT -5
(...) I only thought of BLACK GOLIATH just now, and I might have considered slotting him in. His wasn't a great series, so it probably wouldn't have made my cut, but I've got a lot of fondness for anything Hank Pym-adjacent. Black Goliath was one I thought of almost immediately and just as quickly discarded, because - as much as I like Bill Foster and the fact that he was given his own series - it really wasn't all that great, as you noted. I would have considered Black Goliath too, had I realised it was a spin-off series. I can't recall what I liked about it now but I remember enjoying it back in the 1970s and read the whole series. I'm not sure I ever understood it was a spin-off or that BG had appeared somewhere before his solo series, or maybe I've just forgtten it after all these years.. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 12, 2024 19:10:16 GMT -5
Black Goliath was one I thought of almost immediately and just as quickly discarded, because - as much as I like Bill Foster and the fact that he was given his own series - it really wasn't all that great, as you noted. I would have considered Black Goliath too, had I realised it was a spin-off series. I can't recall what I liked about it now but I remember enjoying it back in the 1970s and read the whole series. I'm not sure I ever understood it was a spin-off or that BG had appeared somewhere before his solo series, or maybe I've just forgtten it after all these years.. Bill Foster had been around for years, beginning with Avengers #32, while his Goliath identity debuted in Power Man #24-25.
Cei-U! I summon the backstory!
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