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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 17:15:09 GMT -5
I'm trying not to buy so much stuff these days but this caught my eye and had to get it It caught your eye and it almost poked my eye out. . Nice book .
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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 16:48:16 GMT -5
You like to break the law.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 4:15:46 GMT -5
Well, this time around, I'm gonna be Captain Obvious, and pick a long-time favorite of many, Justice League of America #200... As I've many times before, there's just so much awesome between that amazing wraparound cover by Perez. Conway's story is just perfect (action-packed, with serious stakes, but still unceasingly fun) and the art, by not only Perez in the bridging sequences, but also individual chapters by Brett Breeding, Pat Broderick, Terry Austin, Jim Aparo, Dick Giordano, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Frank Giacoia, Brian Bolland and Joe Kubert, is spectacular. I have this book and bought it from a comics store when it came out. While I appreciate the jam method of the artwork, I felt the story was a bit subpar. I still like opening it up , though. That Boland page was beautiful. I wish he had done more interior work back then.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 11, 2024 4:08:06 GMT -5
I'm feeling melancholy tonight, so please bear with me... We don't die as long as people remember us, I heard. If that's the case, I'd like to reiterate my affection for Dr. Yvonne Dold-Samplonius and Dr. Albrecht Dold, the lovely couple who welcomed my wife and I (when we were WAY younger than today!) as tenants in their lovely house in the early 90s. They were mathematicians who warrant their own their Wikipedia page, and a lovelier pair you will never meet. Albrecht was soft-spoken, frail-looking and insanely kind and intelligent. Yvonne was equally smart, but seemingly made of iron; just picture Judy Dench as M. Although Germans (well, Yvonne was Dutch) tend to be more Vulcan than Tamaranean when it comes to interpersonal relationships, we always knew that they cared for us. At one point they invited us two dumb Canuck kids to see Der Fliegende Holländer at the Mannheim opera (and thank God for my father initiating me to Wagner's works), where we told them my wife was expecting our first child. They were thrilled, in their reserved way, and we felt as proud as can be. Years later, we were deeply chagrined when we learned that Albrecht had suffered from Alzheimer's disease before passing away, and that Yvonne had followed him soon after. I expected her to bury old Father Time, honestly; her passong was pretty hard to accept. My elder son, when backpacking across Europe, went to look at the house and met a neighbour. She didn't know who he was talking about. But my wife and I remember, Yvonne and Albrecht, and your memory is a blessing. You still live in our hearts, and you are still loved. So sorry. I understand. Yesterday , I was also not feeling 100% emotionally and thought about my pop a few times. I am more stoic about things like death and the passing of loved ones, but it sneaks in every so often. You and your wife were blessed to have them in your life, try to think on that.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2024 13:00:32 GMT -5
This weeks entry is Superman #227.
It's a bit personal with this one for me. My father used to play baseball on Sundays in the Spanish leagues in New York. He used to practice in Red hook Brooklyn during the week. This was the time before he learned to drive or had a car. We took the train from Manhattan to Brooklyn every week and the stop was Smith and 9th in Brooklyn an elevated train. I remember going down long stairs or escalators to get to the street. Well, at the street level there was candy/Diner/newstand that sold comics.My pop bought me this book too keep me occupied while he practiced. In 1970 I was 9 , so this has to be one of the earliest comics bought for me. In 2020, my pop passed away( not from covid) and I immediately went online to pick this book up. Previous weeks entries
Avengers #4 Flash ( 1987) 1 Thor #126 Kamandi #10 What if? v1 #3 JLA v1 # 91 Marvels Greatest comics # 31 Master of Kung Fu ( Special Marvel edition) 16 Iron Man # 150 Alpha Flight #12
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2024 7:43:49 GMT -5
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2024 6:24:25 GMT -5
I nominate Hoosier X. He has some fun quips whenever he posts , and sharing a review thread with him is always filled with laughs.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 10, 2024 4:48:16 GMT -5
That first panel of The Destroyer is just incredible. Unfortunately, as with a lot of his designs, Kirby promptly stripped away most of the details so he could draw faster. (That's not a criticism, mind you. I totally empathize with Jack's need for speed.) It took Walt Simonson to restore Destroyer to all his intricate glory. And didn't it look bad-ass in the first Thor movie? Cei-U! I summon the awesome automaton! I especially like how the Destroyer in that panel looks like he's already squaring off at an opponent.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 10:42:59 GMT -5
You never run out.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 9:31:29 GMT -5
Ok, you guys are just making up words now. Though I have to concede, Shropshire is a perfect cromulent word. They’re all made up.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 8:04:42 GMT -5
Am I the Lee or Kirby in the thread ?
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 7:04:47 GMT -5
I nominate "Ask a question here and let the CCF help you". It's, in essence, one half of the reasons a community like ours exists: curiosity, helpfulness and a chance to display our nerdiness for all to see! I second this. The geekier the question the better.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 7:03:50 GMT -5
I nominate the Top shelf Friday thread started by Mrp. It’s a weekly showcase of comics that you actually own , highlighted by a picture of he actual comic. That’s such a nice touch. It’s a natural extension of the “ what comic did you purchase “ thread but it is a showcase for our members collections. I look forward to it every Friday.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 8, 2024 4:03:28 GMT -5
An earlier record, The Amazing Spider-Man: From Beyond the Grave – A Rockomic, had a gatefold cover by John Romita. This is the one I had. I still have the some of the tunes in my head. Does anyone know if this is on YouTube ?
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Post by Icctrombone on May 7, 2024 15:55:51 GMT -5
I had the other one.
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