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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 15, 2014 15:16:26 GMT -5
That Sheena cover looks JUST like Lorna from the Atlas days!
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Post by Confessor on Dec 15, 2014 15:28:58 GMT -5
Wow...how have I never heard of this??? I need this in my life. Yes. Yes, you do. The adaptation was also published as two, regular sized Marvel comics and they can be found on eBay very cheaply. |
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Post by badwolf on Dec 15, 2014 17:17:05 GMT -5
World's Finest Comics #258  From the "dollar comic" anthology era--great for long car rides! The Superman/Batman story involves a Kryptonian form of lycanthropy which turns its host into a were-creature depending on what they identify with or have an affinity for. So you can guess what happens when Batman is infected (if the cover wasn't a giveaway.)  But the most exciting thing for me as a nine year-old boy was probably the topless were-unicorn that figures prominently throughout...  If that appeared in an all-ages comic today parents would be having fits. We also get a tragic tale of Black Lightning, a sad urban story featuring Green Arrow, a rather melancholy space adventure starring the Hawks, and to lighten things up at the end, a humorous vignette spotlighting Captain Marvel Jr. Except for the last segment it's a pretty thoughtful and introspective batch of stories, which apparently appealed to me even at that age. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 15, 2014 17:37:42 GMT -5
Wow...how have I never heard of this??? I need this in my life. Yes. Yes, you do. The adaptation was also published as two, regular sized Marvel comics and they can be found on eBay very cheaply. Consider those added to my "to buy" pile! I love reading about other people's experiences with comics, but I think this is my favorite part of this event; what unheard of comics do I need to buy. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 15, 2014 18:48:45 GMT -5
#11. Blade Runner Annual (late 1982)  I absolutely love Al Wiliamson's artwork, let me just say that first off. So, I knew that I had to have something drawn by Williamson on my list for this year's Classic Comics Xmas. The excellent comic adaptation that he and Archie Goodwin did of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner first appeared in the U.S. in Marvel Super Special #22, but here in the UK, it was first published in late 1982 as a hardcover, magazine-sized Annual. I've picked this comic adaptation for Williamson artwork, obviously, but also because it was my very first encounter with the entire world of Blade Runner. Of course, I had heard of the film when it came out and I really wanted to see it. A new science fiction film starring Harrison "Han Solo" Ford? You bet I wanted to see it! However, I was only 9-years-old when it was released and here in the UK it had a 15 certificate rating (or AA as it was back in then) and as a result, there was no way I could get into a cinema to see it. At the time, the annual pictured above passed me by completely, but in late 1983, the adaptation was serialised in Marvel UK's Return of the Jedi Weekly comic, as a backup strip. It was printed in a particularly horrible, red and black, duo-tone colour scheme, but that didn't matter a jot to me. I absolutely loved it anyway. It wasn't until the early 1990s that I finally picked up this hardcover Blade Runner Annual, which reprints the adaptation in its entirety in full colour (rather than in the horrible red and black colour scheme that appeared in ROTJ Weekly). For me, Rick Deckard, Replicants, the "Voight-Kampff" test, the Tyrell Corporation, Roy Batty's moving "tears in the rain" speech and the big questions about mortality and the very nature of what it is to be human that Blade Runner asks, were all first encountered via this comic. Is the comic as powerful and as moving as the film itself, no, of course not...not by a long chalk. But since it wasn't until 1987 or thereabouts that I actually managed to see the film itself, this comic adaptation was the film for me, at least between the ages of 11 and 15. Today, it is one of the most re-read comics that I own. Wow...how have I never heard of this??? I need this in my life. It was British is why. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 15, 2014 19:13:02 GMT -5
I thought thwhtguardian was saying that he hadn't heard of the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson Blade Runner adaptation at all. Rather than hadn't heard of that specific reprint. It was an American Marvel adaptation and first appeared in mid-1982 in Marvel Super Special #22. The magazine sized hardcover annual that I've picked for my list is just the original British reprint of Marvel Super Special #22. Incidentally, the cover of Marvel Super Special #22 has a great Jim Steranko painted cover that is about a hundred times better than the photo cover on the UK annual. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 15, 2014 19:24:13 GMT -5
I thought thwhtguardian was saying that he hadn't heard of the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson Blade Runner adaptation at all. Rather than hadn't heard of that specific reprint. It was an American Marvel adaptation and first appeared in mid-1982 in Marvel Super Special #22. The magazine sized hardcover annual that I've picked for my list is just the original British reprint of Marvel Super Special #22. Incidentally, the cover of Marvel Super Special #22 has a great Jim Steranko painted cover that is about a hundred times better than the photo cover on the UK annual. You were correct, I had never heard of this adaptation before but now that I do its at the top of my list. Blade Runner is definitely in my top twenty favorite films and I have a great affinity for adaptations; for instance Goodwin's Alien very nearly made my list this year. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 15, 2014 19:35:16 GMT -5
It was also released as a two-part regular format mini series.  |
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 15, 2014 20:49:12 GMT -5
On the second day of Classic Comics Chistmas I gave unto thee...
 Written by Dan Barry and apparently Kurt Busiek!? Pencils by Dan Barry Inked by Frank Springer Colored by Gregory Wright Dark Horse Comics 1992 I mentioned in yesterday's entry that the Ninja Turtles were a huge part of my childhood, but if you were to ask anyone what was my biggest influence as a child and they would say Indiana Jones. In my young mind there wasn't anyone cooler than Indie, not even my dad and I idolized him. It was a part of my life every day, unavoidably every stray piece of rope, twine, string or even an errant piece of vine or long weed that came into my little hands would become a bullwhip and my little brother will forever be Shortround(even if he is taller than me now).
It was a perfect storm of awesomeness for me then as not only did I have all three Indie movies on VHS to watch when ever I wanted but there was an Indiana Jones TV show to watch too! And better than that, just like in my favorite part of the Last Crusade Indie, was my age! To see my hero as a kid just like me made my own "adventures" feel all the more like Indie's own which was a blast. And on top of that a comic came out adapting the best bits of the show too so it was a regular Indie over load. I loved all the issues, but I picked this one because it was the first comic I bought with my own money. Okay, so I got said money for Christmas so it wasn't really any different than when my father would buy comics for me but it felt special as I chose to use that money on this book and I never regretted it as it adapted my favorite episode so I could essentially "watch" that episode when ever I wanted just by picking up this book. That is one beautifully drawn Egyptian headdress on that cover. Very nice, but not surprising seeing it's by Dan Barry. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 15, 2014 20:53:44 GMT -5
On the second day of Classic Comics Chistmas I gave unto thee...
Written by Dan Barry and apparently Kurt Busiek!? Pencils by Dan Barry Inked by Frank Springer Colored by Gregory Wright Dark Horse Comics 1992 I mentioned in yesterday's entry that the Ninja Turtles were a huge part of my childhood, but if you were to ask anyone what was my biggest influence as a child and they would say Indiana Jones. In my young mind there wasn't anyone cooler than Indie, not even my dad and I idolized him. It was a part of my life every day, unavoidably every stray piece of rope, twine, string or even an errant piece of vine or long weed that came into my little hands would become a bullwhip and my little brother will forever be Shortround(even if he is taller than me now).
It was a perfect storm of awesomeness for me then as not only did I have all three Indie movies on VHS to watch when ever I wanted but there was an Indiana Jones TV show to watch too! And better than that, just like in my favorite part of the Last Crusade Indie, was my age! To see my hero as a kid just like me made my own "adventures" feel all the more like Indie's own which was a blast. And on top of that a comic came out adapting the best bits of the show too so it was a regular Indie over load. I loved all the issues, but I picked this one because it was the first comic I bought with my own money. Okay, so I got said money for Christmas so it wasn't really any different than when my father would buy comics for me but it felt special as I chose to use that money on this book and I never regretted it as it adapted my favorite episode so I could essentially "watch" that episode when ever I wanted just by picking up this book. That is one beautifully drawn Egyptian headdress on that cover. Very nice, but not surprising seeing it's by Dan Barry. It was fantastically done, not only did he nail the look of the actors but unlike in some adaptations the art didn't come off as wooden in its attempt to capture reality, Dan managed to give the characters life with out having to revert a more stylized look. |
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 15, 2014 20:57:27 GMT -5
Incidentally, the cover of Marvel Super Special #22 has a great Jim Steranko painted cover that is about a hundred times better than the photo cover on the UK annual. Yes, movie photo covers should be banned. Who wants to pick up a copy of Kerouac's "On The Road" to read, and be confronted with a picture of Kristen Stewart. I agree though Confessor that Wiliiamson did a bang-up job on that Blade Runner adaptation. |
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Post by Confessor on Dec 15, 2014 21:38:22 GMT -5
Yes, movie photo covers should be banned. Who wants to pick up a copy of Kerouac's "On The Road" to read, and be confronted with a picture of Kristen Stewart. The very fact that such a thing almost certainly exists makes me quite grumpy. Are you a Kerouac fan, benday? I am, but I've not seen the On the Road movie yet. I'm dubious because it's not as if On the Road is actually that good a story or anything; it's the language and the rhythm in which it's written that makes it so breathtakingly good. I'm not sure how you could possibly translate that onto the movie screen. I agree though Confessor that Wiliiamson did a bang-up job on that Blade Runner adaptation. Quite so. Williamson can do little wrong in my eyes when he's on pencils. |
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Post by benday-dot on Dec 15, 2014 21:46:42 GMT -5
Yes, movie photo covers should be banned. Who wants to pick up a copy of Kerouac's "On The Road" to read, and be confronted with a picture of Kristen Stewart. The very fact that such a thing almost certainly exists makes me quite grumpy. Are you a Kerouac fan, benday? I am, but I've not seen the On the Road movie yet. I'm dubious because it's not as if On the Road is actually that good a story or anything; it's the language and the rhythm in which it's written that makes it so breathtakingly good. I'm not sure how you could possibly translate that onto the movie screen. Alas, such a thing does it exist. I happened to see it it the bookstore just the other day, much to my dismay. I guess publishers think the image some contemporary celebrity is necessary to sell a book like On the Road, because you know it's not like Kerouac can write or anything. Likewise, I haven't seen the movie either. My assumption was/is that it would suck and be so far removed from the brilliance of the language you rightly remark upon that there would be little point.[/quote] |
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Dec 15, 2014 22:07:01 GMT -5
#11: Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (DC, 1986)  Confession: I wasn't much into DC Comics as a kid. Very rarely I would pick up a Superman or Batman comic, but everything else was strictly Marvel. When I was around 10, a new kid moved into the neighborhood. I don't remember his name, so let's call him DC Kid. DC Kid's enthusiasm for DC superheroes was infectious. We became friends around the time that DC's big Crisis on Infinite Earths event hit the shelves. This Crisis thing rocked DC Kid's world. He would not shut up about this event. Eventually I gave in and read the first couple of issues he had bought. And I was wowed. That George Perez art. A plethora of classic DC heroes, combined with some new characters which I found interesting. DC Kid was right, this was pretty good. Issue #12 is my favorite of the series. At that point in the Crisis, it felt like there was no hope for mankind. The heroes had failed. To see the Psycho-Pirate insanely pulling on Barry's uniform through the rock, witnessed by a horrified Kid Flash. To see the heroes have to resort to asking Darkseid for help. Then to see Earth-2 Superman punching the Anti-Monitor fireball into obliteration. It was all mindblowing. A few years ago, well before CBR decided to reboot itself, I remember bringing up Crisis on Infinite Earths in our old Classics Forum. The majority of the responses showed a general disdain for the event at the time. Now, I do understand that this event forever changed DC Comics, and many fans that had grown up with certain books could no longer enjoy them the same way. But for me, THIS was the event that got me to care about DC. It got me to dive into that giant DC Comics backlog, and dip into the Hall of Justice fountain of JLA history. I read this a few years ago in it's entirety and I was completely confused. I'll have to try again. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 15, 2014 22:46:55 GMT -5
#11: Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (DC, 1986) Confession: I wasn't much into DC Comics as a kid. Very rarely I would pick up a Superman or Batman comic, but everything else was strictly Marvel. When I was around 10, a new kid moved into the neighborhood. I don't remember his name, so let's call him DC Kid. DC Kid's enthusiasm for DC superheroes was infectious. We became friends around the time that DC's big Crisis on Infinite Earths event hit the shelves. This Crisis thing rocked DC Kid's world. He would not shut up about this event. Eventually I gave in and read the first couple of issues he had bought. And I was wowed. That George Perez art. A plethora of classic DC heroes, combined with some new characters which I found interesting. DC Kid was right, this was pretty good. Issue #12 is my favorite of the series. At that point in the Crisis, it felt like there was no hope for mankind. The heroes had failed. To see the Psycho-Pirate insanely pulling on Barry's uniform through the rock, witnessed by a horrified Kid Flash. To see the heroes have to resort to asking Darkseid for help. Then to see Earth-2 Superman punching the Anti-Monitor fireball into obliteration. It was all mindblowing. A few years ago, well before CBR decided to reboot itself, I remember bringing up Crisis on Infinite Earths in our old Classics Forum. The majority of the responses showed a general disdain for the event at the time. Now, I do understand that this event forever changed DC Comics, and many fans that had grown up with certain books could no longer enjoy them the same way. But for me, THIS was the event that got me to care about DC. It got me to dive into that giant DC Comics backlog, and dip into the Hall of Justice fountain of JLA history. I read this a few years ago in it's entirety and I was completely confused. I'll have to try again. The weakness of this universe altering event ,is that you had to have been following the DC universe and all it's multiple earths in order to understand how major a change to the status quo it was. They essentially folded all the earths and heroes into one world. It was a fancy way of resetting the DC universe to zero. I love it because Wally becomes the Flash at the end. |
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