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Post by berkley on May 24, 2024 23:22:22 GMT -5
One that's always stood out to me is Howard The Duck #1 with a guest spot with Spidey, which adds almost nothing to the book itself I'm assuming the back ups in Giant Sized Man-Thing did well enough for Howard to have his own book, so why would you wanna throw in some nothing appearance by Spider-Man? Just reminds me of that one episode of the Simpsons with all the spin-offs Yes, it bothered me a little even at the time, as Spider-Man's appearance, though thankfully brief, really detracted from the spirit of the story, which had a different kind of fantastical ambience to the more common superhero fantasy Marvel was and is known for. It might have made more sense to have Conan or Kull guest-star, though that would have been bad too for other reasons and of course wouldn't have served the purpose the way it was hoped Spider-Man would.
It just occurred to me that Spider-Man would have been less out of place in the following issue, which was more of a superhero story, or at least a parody of one, in part.
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Post by jason on May 25, 2024 20:19:46 GMT -5
And related to the Avengers on David Letterman issue:  (Murray looks so deadpan on this cover) |
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Post by k7p5v on May 26, 2024 4:44:20 GMT -5
Yes, it bothered me a little even at the time, as Spider-Man's appearance, though thankfully brief, really detracted from the spirit of the story, which had a different kind of fantastical ambience to the more common superhero fantasy Marvel was and is known for. It might have made more sense to have Conan or Kull guest-star, though that would have been bad too for other reasons and of course wouldn't have served the purpose the way it was hoped Spider-Man would.
It just occurred to me that Spider-Man would have been less out of place in the following issue, which was more of a superhero story, or at least a parody of one, in part.
Yeah, no argument there.   |
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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2024 7:41:30 GMT -5
Those two pages look so much like a Starlin layout. I know they were friends, maybe he pitched in.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 26, 2024 8:27:19 GMT -5
Those two pages look so much like a Starlin layout. I know they were friends, maybe he pitched in. He also helped with issue #3 too I think? Mostly just layouts from what I remember  |
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Post by chaykinstevens on May 26, 2024 8:51:47 GMT -5
The last page of Howard the Duck #2 said "Special thanks to Judo Jim Starlin for his assistance in laying out this most challenging script!" I don't think Starlin helped out John Buscema with HTD #3.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 26, 2024 8:59:21 GMT -5
The last page of Howard the Duck #2 said "Special thanks to Judo Jim Starlin for his assistance in laying out this most challenging script!" I don't think Starlin helped out John Buscema with HTD #3. Forgot that Buscema did 3 (which as much as I like Buscema, he wasn't my favorite to draw Howard) and yeah, the man does not need help with Layouts. Probably just misremembering |
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