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Post by DubipR on Aug 11, 2024 18:41:24 GMT -5
Gravity
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Post by DubipR on Aug 11, 2024 18:40:35 GMT -5
DC Direct Currents #77 (September cover date, 1994)Zero Hour is finally here. I bought it off the newsstands, but I barely remember anything that happened in it. It gets a three page preview in this issue, so DC clearly viewed it as a big deal. The only offer comic they preview is a weird little tie-in to some science fiction TV show called Viper. That's a nice Spectre cover even if I really hated the way Mandrake drew Superman, though everybody was drawing a bad looking Superman at this point. It reminds me of that joke in Hitman about a petition for Superman to get a decent haircut again. On the flipside we have the Invisibles. This was the first Vertigo title where I got in on the ground floor. I collected every issue from the beginning to the end. I viewed it as one of the seminal series of the 90s, at least while I was collecting it, but strangely I don't think it's viewed that way in comic circles. I'm not sure if that's because it's too weird or because it was up and down in terms of quality, or simply because other projects by Morrison have eclipsed it. There are a few titles from my comic book collecting days that don't have the reputation they had when I was collecting them (Cerebus springs to mind), but I was a big fan of the Invisibles. Vertigo also begun reprinting Moonshadow from this month, which is how I came to read it. I'm not sure how they were ale to reprint a comic that had been published by Marvel, but I'm sure someone knows. The impetus for reprinting the book was that J.M. DeMatteis and Jon Muth had both done recent work for Vertigo. Berger had actually swung a deal for DC to publish Moonshadow before Shooter agreed to publish both Moonshadow and Greenberg the Vampire. Shade, the Changing Man offers a great entry point for new readers as Bachalo is off to do mutants at Marvel. I always thought that was a bold and interesting transition from Bachalo from Vertigo guy to X-books guy. Sean Phillips takes over as Shade's artist. 1. I happened to like Zero Hour. A good Crisis cleansing. A lot of the monthly tie-ins and Zero issues made for good books. Also gave us Robinson's Starman. 2. That Spectre cover by Alex Ross, the final cover of the "Spear of Destiny" arc. Its one of my favorites too. 3. The Invisibles is still my favorite Grant Morrison original owned property. I was at the right age to start reading this title. I was into conspiracy theories, Crowley and all the dark things he was putting into this book.
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Post by DubipR on Aug 11, 2024 14:56:57 GMT -5
Prism
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Post by DubipR on Aug 11, 2024 14:56:02 GMT -5
As the days of summer roll on and the heat wave continues, a much needed refreshment is needed. HEY! KOOL-AID! Yeah, I'm showcasing the Adventures of Kood-Aid Man. Not as a joke but I geniuely like this series! I like these weird all-ages kooky books Marvel and DC in the 80s. Jim Salicrup and Mike Pellowski took the commerical and made it like a comic you'd get at Bob's Big Boy. Kool-Aid Man helps the kids to quence their thurst and beat the Thursties! Games and puzzles and great Dan DeCarlo interiors. And to get a Romita cover for the first of the series. C'mon! That's winner winner right there!
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Post by DubipR on Aug 9, 2024 12:57:07 GMT -5
RIP to a couple, from the world of sports and pop culture. First, wrestler Kevin Sullivan, who set the Florida territory on fire, as a Satanic cult leader, battling Dusty Rhodes, in the mid-80s, then as a heel fixture and booker for WCW, after Ted Turner bought the company. Sullivan was from Boston and had worked for the WWWF, in Memphis, Knoxville, Florida, Pensacola-Alabama, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, Singapore, Japan and wherever WCW went. The second, and better known nationally, is Les Nessman's favorite golfer, Chi Chi Rodriguez.... Punk icon Chi Chi Rodriguez. For Spudboys and Spudgirls, Chi Chi will forever be enshrined. And golf fans, he was always fun to watch.
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Post by DubipR on Aug 9, 2024 11:26:22 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Aug 9, 2024 7:31:24 GMT -5
Willingham
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Post by DubipR on Aug 9, 2024 7:27:26 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Aug 8, 2024 11:05:01 GMT -5
Brutus
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Post by DubipR on Aug 8, 2024 10:05:27 GMT -5
When's the next one?
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Post by DubipR on Aug 8, 2024 10:03:00 GMT -5
Christopher
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Post by DubipR on Aug 8, 2024 9:57:16 GMT -5
Love a good Maguire cover
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Post by DubipR on Aug 8, 2024 7:40:58 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Aug 7, 2024 14:33:52 GMT -5
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Post by DubipR on Aug 7, 2024 14:32:15 GMT -5
Highway
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