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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 5:18:48 GMT -5
Magma, I got nothing. I want to say she died, but I don't recall when. Nope, she's still alive, too. Last seen in Fearless Defenders, I think. Generally speaking, with Marvel these days, it's best to just assume that if you're unsure of a character's status, they're probably alive, unless they're Uncle Ben. There is more or less no character that has not been resurrected, except for a few minor villains like the Melter or the Orb who don't really matter because there's now somone else using their name and costume anyway. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 5:11:42 GMT -5
I don't think Warlock's been around since the Phalanx Covenant. I didn't know he ever came back. I thought he was supposed to have somehow become X-Factor's "Ship" and Cable's "Professor" via time-travel or some such junk. Warlock is very much still around. He featured prominently in All-New X-Factor, and has since cropped up intemittently, usually with Cypher in tow. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 5:01:53 GMT -5
My favourite Spidey villain basically just wears wrist bands...  |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 4:29:40 GMT -5
I am one of a group of artists and writers who produce art fan fiction comic called AVENGERS UK. We produce ALL our own comics and share them on our Facebook page as folders. All our comics are FREE. This is all done for love not money. Last October we produced a special issue :"Captain Britain 40th Anniversary Special" feel free to share.... From "Avengers UK Presents: Captain Britain 40th Anniversary Special" for the whole FREE issue see: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.845417588928919.1073741881.180164942120857&type=1&l=f3ca91eec2I'm well aware of Avengers UK, you guys have been doing some amazing work. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 3:57:57 GMT -5
mrp
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 3:55:53 GMT -5
They're beautiful, tingramretro . And yes, I see them in that issue's lettercol--that's so cool. And even cooler that you stepped in to give Molly a loving home. She's a beautiful creature. She was seriously stressed when we first got her, and would periodiccally have small fits, which were quite scary. Then she ran away and we thought we'd seen the last of her. She eventually turnd up back at her old home, which had since been sold, and the new people called me to come and collect her. She seemed more than happy to see me, and hasn't left our house in the five years since; she won't even go into the garden, but she seems totally relaxed and stress free, and loves attention. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 28, 2017 3:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 27, 2017 15:57:12 GMT -5
Could it have been Mystic's sister title, Spellbound? Published by Miller & Son at the same as Mystic?
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 27, 2017 14:31:45 GMT -5
My three's photos actually made it into the letter column of Hellcat #11. And they didn't even have to write the damn letter!
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 27, 2017 6:43:34 GMT -5
There's a new image out there which includes the slogan "Justice Society of America: Rebirth". Using the original logo, too!
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 27, 2017 6:22:36 GMT -5
This is Treacle Tart. She has a fetish for plastic bags.  This is her adopted son, Custard.  And this is Molly, who we found living in an empty house after her owners moved away without her.  |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 26, 2017 17:13:21 GMT -5
I don't have a problem with the way grading companies like CGC state the appearance. As PM stated, they note it as a first appearance and that it is a cameo. Wolverine comes in at the very end and has nothing to do with that plot line other than to set up the next story (yes, they mention sending him in earlier in the story but I still don't think that plays a major factor in the battle happening between Wendigo and Hulk). #181 is his first full appearance and I can see why it gets the love. You have him on the cover, fighting Hulk with Wendigo in the background. It is just a beautiful, action packed cover. So should that affect the value? I think so. Let's say you are talking about some famous painter. Now maybe their first painting fetches a pretty piece of coin or the first time they use a certain technique in their art. But a painting that people generally like more always fetches more. Something classic, timeless and identifiable. This is why people put all the value on Hulk #181. And yes, you may have some people call it a first appearance (which it is) but I think simply correcting them that it is his first full appearance is all that needs to be said. As for changing the value or demand for #181...it won't happen. And I don't think it should. Superior cover, superior story (even if it is not accurate to the Wolverine we know today...I mean, which first appearance really still holds up to the original portrayal) and its a full issue. Now why is this not the case for FF #48? Well, his name is on the cover so you know he is coming. Also a number of elements in the story are central to setting up his arrival. While it is just a one page appearance at the end, I feel that story does more and is more of a first true appearance. Do people seek Hulk #181 without giving #180 a look? I don't think so but I think they lean towards #181 more so because of that cover and (assuming they know comics) knowing that he just pops up at the end of the previous story. All that just sounds totally arbitrary to me. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 26, 2017 17:09:53 GMT -5
Just to muddy the waters a little, in my indexing work I use "cameo" to mean an appearance of that character not otherwise part of the narrative, as in a photograph or painting, in flashback to a previous story, or in the minds' eye of another character. It's a narrower use of the term than, say, the Overstreet Guide prefers but I find its precision useful in discussions like this. By that standard, Wolverine's appearance in Hulk #180 is not a cameo, nor are Superman and Batman's in All-Star #7, nor the one-panel appearances of Dracula, Man-Thing, and Adam Warlock in Avengers #118. Cei-U! You're welcome!  See!!? What he said!!! |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 26, 2017 14:27:19 GMT -5
The character appears in a full length shot in #180, in which he speaks and is named. He also speaks off-panel on the previous page. How can that not be his first "full" appearance? What you have described is a "cameo," in the published, widely-accepted definition of the term. It's not necessarily a perfect definition or the final word on the subject, but it is what we have. "Cameo" is a thing, a descriptive term, nothing more. I think you may be assigning a pejorative or diminishing quality to the word that it is not intended to possess. I'm not saying it's perjorative, just that it doesn't make sense. To me, a cameo is an insignificant, probably non speaking one panel appearance; in #180, Wolverine speaks in two panels, and gets the final splash page. To me, that is a full appearance, not a cameo. |
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Post by tingramretro on Feb 26, 2017 14:24:35 GMT -5
Why is it? I'm sorry, but I just don't see that. What's so important about covers? Namor first appeared in Marvel Comics #1, but did not appear on a cover until #4. Judge Dredd first appeared in 2000 AD #2, in 1977. His first appearance on a cover was in #5. In neither case would the first cover appearance be considered more significant. shaxper pretty much covered it. I don't think in general that a cover appearance is more important. But, and again this is in the context of collecting (as opposed to buying to read), it seems like most collectors are also displayers. In that situation, to borrow your example, I think Marvel Comics #4 and 2000 AD #5 are more desirable. For me, I love Kitty Pryde. But I don't have any desire to own UXM #129, rather #139 was the "key issue" for me. I don't personally know any collectors who are displayers. I've never met one who put their comics on display. I certainly wouldn't, as prolonged exposure to light damages them. Every collector I actually know personally keeps them bagged and boxed. |
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