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Post by tingramretro on Jul 9, 2017 7:02:19 GMT -5
I recently discovered that the Jaspers Warp story by Moore and Davis (which I've never read) was reprinted back in the mid 90s as part of an X-Men Archives mini-series. So I'm currently tracking down that run at the moment. While perusing over other material related to Capt. Britain, I came across mention of the Knights of Pendragon spin-off title. Have you read any of that or what are your general thoughts about it if any? The original 18 issue Knights of Pendragon series (which wasn't strictly speaking a Captain Britain spin-off, although he appeared semi-regularly throughout the run and one of the other leads was Dai Thomas) was great. It was by Dan Abnett, and was a very atypical superhero story about the inheritors of the mantles of the Knights of Camelot battling an evil corporation out to destroy the ecology of the planet for the benefit of some extradimensional demons. It's well worth a look. Oh, and it also features Union Jack, Black Panther and Iron Man. The second series, Pendragon II, was fairly awful and is best ignored in my opinion. It goes in a completely different directon to the first series and most of the characters (which no longer includes Dai or the Captain) are virtually unrecognizable. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 8, 2017 8:18:48 GMT -5
Best for me would be Terror in a Tiny Town, no question. But the wors? Tricky. There have been some truly awful Doom stories over the years...
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 4, 2017 3:09:38 GMT -5
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 4, 2017 0:38:24 GMT -5
And yep, every cover is gone. No more can be shown without paying extortionate rates to Photobucket. So that's this thread done. Cheers, Photo****it. Oh no, what a shame. Was it just front covers that you uploaded to this thread on each review? Because you could always upload them again somewhere else and edit each post to insert the new url. Time consuming, I know, but I'd be happy to help out with that, rather than have the thread abandoned. It was mostly covers, a couple of other images early on, though. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 4, 2017 0:36:53 GMT -5
I believe Delgado passed away from a car crash before Ainley ever took on the role. Since Roger Delgado was killed in a car crash in 1973 and Ainley died in 2004, I think this was never really a likely scenario. I hadn't realized he passed away so early tragic. Delgado died when the hired car he was in went off a cliff on the way to a film shoot in Turkey in 1973 (he wasn't driving). He had already decided to leave Doctor Who as his semi-regular status meant he wasn't really earning enough from it but wasn't being offered work elsewhere, and there were plans for a final story in which the Master would be killed off, but he died before it could be made. Delgado's death began the breakup of the "UNIT family" and was a contributory factor in Jon Pertee's decision to leave the following year (they'd been close friends). |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 9:52:51 GMT -5
And yep, every cover is gone. No more can be shown without paying extortionate rates to Photobucket. So that's this thread done. Cheers, Photo****it.
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 7:30:23 GMT -5
Yeah, it's not a surprise, really. Sales were falling even before Panini took over, and they haven't recovered. Thing is, DWA was aimed at very young kids, and while there were a lot of those in the audience back in 2006, these days te TV show is geared towards an older audience. It's picked up a sizeable international following and become more popular with actual SF fans, but it's lost the under 13 audience, so while DWM and the Titan line are doing fine, DWA was basically obsolete. That's kind of a shame about the under 13s audience. I mean, it's a shame because being scared by Dr Who as a little kid and hiding behind the sofa is a traditionally British experience that every child should go through. Any theories as to why the show has lost that audience? And what are your own feelings about that? Crazes come and go. Twelve years ago, the return of Doctor Who was a big thing, it sparked a craze. It lasted a surprisingly long time, peaking in 2008 and then winding down by about 2011. Kids like to be in on what's "in". Then, that was Doctor Who. Now, it'll be something else. The show still has a healthy following, I'm not anxious about it, but it would be unrealistic, I think, to expect the same level of interest to last this long. And of course, different production teams have different ideas as to their target market-I think Steven Moffat was going for a slightly older and more Sci-Fi literate, less mainstream audience, which is what he got. But those people don't buy publications like DWA. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 7:16:02 GMT -5
OK. I have absolutely no idea what any of that meant because I'm not really great with technology. I have no idea how to do what you just said and no inclination to stress myself learning anything new, so basically, I think that's me out of the contest and probably also the end of my Captain Britain review thread. I almost always scanned covers from my own collection and uploaded them to Photobucket. Now, I have no idea how to do anything and am frankly too disillusioned to care. It suks, to be sure. On this forum, I'm pretty big on posting covers and scans so I took a big hit when Fbucket pull this scam. But I encourage you to seek out another hosting site , it's not that difficult. I don't think I'll bother. I only had Photobucket because someone set it up for me. Never even touched a computer until I was almost forty, and I've never really embraced all that stuff. Besides, every image I ever posted, here or on a dozen other sites including my own British comics forum (which that same someone also created for me) is now gone, so I'm really not inclined to start all over again. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 1:01:50 GMT -5
Apparently the UK's Doctor Who Adventures comic/magazine is ceasing publication, effective immediately. The word from publishers Panini is that it's possibly only on hiatus and may return next year. Full story hereDid you know about this, tingramretro ? Yeah, it's not a surprise, really. Sales were falling even before Panini took over, and they haven't recovered. Thing is, DWA was aimed at very young kids, and while there were a lot of those in the audience back in 2006, these days te TV show is geared towards an older audience. It's picked up a sizeable international following and become more popular with actual SF fans, but it's lost the under 13 audience, so while DWM and the Titan line are doing fine, DWA was basically obsolete. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 0:55:57 GMT -5
It makes such much sense considering the show's long history and I have to wonder why did it take them soooo long to show this? It may be as simple as Roger Delgado not wanting to come back to the show which is unfortunate given he was the best Master. Ideally I would have liked to see him return to unite with the Anthony Ainley version of the character. Since Roger Delgado was killed in a car crash in 1973 and Ainley died in 2004, I think this was never really a likely scenario. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jul 3, 2017 0:47:21 GMT -5
Really great covers, everyone; some tried-and-true classics, plus some covers that are new to me. Beautiful all around. tingramretro , Photobucket images don't show up here anymore, since now Photobucket basic accounts no longer include third party posting (see Shax's recent thread about this, here's the link classiccomics.org/thread/4635/got-kidding-me-photobucket?page=1). You'll have to repost your cover selection and use something other than photobucket. I usually go to coverbrowser or comicbbook database and then upload the image to, and get links from, imgur.com. OK. I have absolutely no idea what any of that meant because I'm not really great with technology. I have no idea how to do what you just said and no inclination to stress myself learning anything new, so basically, I think that's me out of the contest and probably also the end of my Captain Britain review thread. I almost always scanned covers from my own collection and uploaded them to Photobucket. Now, I have no idea how to do anything and am frankly too disillusioned to care. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 30, 2017 8:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 27, 2017 3:02:35 GMT -5
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 23, 2017 13:35:58 GMT -5
^I have never read that issue but is that the Mirage? As in the lame villain Spidey once fought and I thought to myself "oh man this character must have come from the bottom of the pile". Yup. Killed off along with a dozen other lame supervillains in the Scourge of the Underworld storyline in Captain America. And more recently resurrected, along with a number of the others, by the Hood as part of his underworld army. |
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Post by tingramretro on Jun 23, 2017 0:55:51 GMT -5
I didn't read any of the New 52 titles beyond the first two issues. These were not "my" DC characters. Didn't return until Rebirth.
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