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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 16, 2019 17:01:25 GMT -5
Are the Marvel Conan comics and the Marvel Savage Sword of Conan magazines separate? Like do stories overlap at all or if I pick up a run of the magazines, will I have a complete story without having to rely on the comics so much. I prefer the magazine from the few I have read and you can’t beat the covers and black and white art. They do not overlap, although they are set in the same continuity when Roy Thomas is the writer (Conan the barbarian #1-115 & Conan the barbarian #241-275, Savage sword of Conan #1-60 & SSoC # 190-235). While storylines do not cross over one series to the other, they all pretend to relate the "real" life of Conan, and so can sometimes refer to the same events, but that's as far as it goes. For example, while the two books can be read independently without missing anything, it is clear that the events from Conan the barbarian #43 and 44 come immediately after the main story from Savage sword #1. (In fact, that story was actually scheduled for the color comic before being reassigned to SSoC). As for the other Conan the barbarian or Savage sword of Conan issues, they essentially ignore each other and do not even pretend to belong to the same continuity (nor to that which preceded them). They can all be read and enjoyed as their own thing, and apart from Jim Owsley's surprisingly good run in Conan the barbarian #171-210 (which is one long continuing storyline), they are practically all stand-alones or two-parters. The non-Thomas Savage sword of Conan are also all stand-alones, except for the few odd times when the artist couldn't deliver the story on time and the issue had to be split.
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 16, 2019 20:42:41 GMT -5
I knew that Jim Owsley aka Christopher Priest had written the color title towards the end, and he's a good writer, but am surprised to hear you say his run is "surprisingly good" because I probably would never have considered it.
Good to know.
Thanks RR
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Post by Confessor on Jan 22, 2019 0:31:25 GMT -5
Did anyone here ever buy the Comic Book Profiles magazine? I see there's an Archie Goodwin issue for cheap online and I'm wondering if it's worth getting. Also, if anyone actually has this issue in their collection, does it touch on his work on Marvel's Star Wars comic (the presence of commentary from Al Williamson, Louise Simonson, and Walt Simonson suggests that it might)?
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 22, 2019 12:57:05 GMT -5
Archie as Vampi is a little......disturbing.
I vaguely recall the magazine being out there; but, never had any issues. They weren't around too long, as they produced 8 issues and this tribute. Other issues focused on neal Adams, John Romita, John Byrne and Mike Kaluta (those are the ones pictured, at Mile High Comics).
As an indy publication, I'm betting there is discussion of Star Wars, especially as Archie was writing the comic and the newspaper strip.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jan 22, 2019 13:57:15 GMT -5
Well, how bad could it be? I had a couple of Al Delinges/Cartoonews specials on Toth and George Evans that I sometimes wish I had kept. They seemed disposable once over keeping some of the actual comics, but I've found I was hasty. Same with some Comics Journals and Con books I divested myself of.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 23, 2019 1:19:26 GMT -5
I kept one Comics Journal, for some years, after I got rid of most of my comic magazines. That was the issue with the Bill Watterson interview. It was especially rare, as Watterson did very few interviews and almost none of any great length and depth. However, after the 10th Anniversary book came out, with commentary from Watterson, that CJ had less of a hold on me.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 23, 2019 7:54:11 GMT -5
Only comic book "magazine's " that I have really held onto is a box full of Amazing Heroes and some of DAK's Comics Interview. During the 80's these were 2 of the best sources for interviews and information before the Internet. And both had gorgeous black and white art to savor and enjoy!
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Jan 26, 2019 15:35:55 GMT -5
Is Baker Street published by Caliber Comics any good? I googled the premise and it seems interesting. Found two sets of the mini series in a stack of comics from a storage locker and can’t decide whether to read or donate.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2019 23:11:21 GMT -5
Is Baker Street published by Caliber Comics any good? I googled the premise and it seems interesting. Found two sets of the mini series in a stack of comics from a storage locker and can’t decide whether to read or donate. I liked it very much, but consider also that I am a fan of Guy Davis' and really enjoyed his art style that he used in this mini.
(way before he started collaborating with Guillermo Del Toro)
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 26, 2019 23:34:30 GMT -5
Is Baker Street published by Caliber Comics any good? I googled the premise and it seems interesting. Found two sets of the mini series in a stack of comics from a storage locker and can’t decide whether to read or donate. Hell yes! Davis made his name there, which led to Sandman Mystery Theater. Good mystery and character-driven comics. Caliber had a pretty high hit-tomiss ration, despite never having the bucks to really make their books look good. They did know how to make black & white look it's best, though. If they had had the cash, I think they could have rivalled Dark Horse, in every category.
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Post by Confessor on Jan 28, 2019 0:04:10 GMT -5
Is there a particular issue of Batman or Detective Comics that is regarded as signifying the start of the grittier, early 70s, Neal Adams-esque Batman, as opposed to the more lightweight or camp 1960s issues? Just to be clear, I'm not asking when Adams' run begins; I'm asking about the point where the overall tenor of the Batman titles changed (though they may be the same).
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 28, 2019 4:34:54 GMT -5
Is there a particular issue of Batman or Detective Comics that is regarded as signifying the start of the grittier, early 70s, Neal Adams-esque Batman, as opposed to the more lightweight or camp 1960s issues? Just to be clear, I'm not asking when Adams' run begins; I'm asking about the point where the overall tenor of the Batman titles changed (though they may be the same). Great question that needs more time than I have right now to answer fully, but it begins in Brave and the Bold, really, first as covers by Adams, then in #79’s “Track of the Hook,” with Batman teaming up with Deadman. By late 1969, Batman and Detective’s stories were starting to match the moodiness of B and B in stories as well as covers. I shall be back, as neither MacArthur nor Arnold said.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jan 28, 2019 9:33:30 GMT -5
Is there a particular issue of Batman or Detective Comics that is regarded as signifying the start of the grittier, early 70s, Neal Adams-esque Batman, as opposed to the more lightweight or camp 1960s issues? Just to be clear, I'm not asking when Adams' run begins; I'm asking about the point where the overall tenor of the Batman titles changed (though they may be the same). Although there's no one issue you can point to and say "It starts here" (editor Julius Schwartz had been gradually shifting away from the camp era for some time), most folks consider the departure of Dick "Robin" Grayson for college in Batman #217 as the beginning of Bronze Age Batman, with Detective #394 following immediately after.
Cei-U! I summon the apt approximation!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 28, 2019 10:19:41 GMT -5
Is there a particular issue of Batman or Detective Comics that is regarded as signifying the start of the grittier, early 70s, Neal Adams-esque Batman, as opposed to the more lightweight or camp 1960s issues? Just to be clear, I'm not asking when Adams' run begins; I'm asking about the point where the overall tenor of the Batman titles changed (though they may be the same). Although there's no one issue you can point to and say "It starts here" (editor Julius Schwartz had been gradually shifting away from the camp era for some time), most folks consider the departure of Dick "Robin" Grayson for college in Batman #217 as the beginning of Bronze Age Batman, with Detective #394 following immediately after. Cei-U! I summon the apt approximation!
Had that been the first time that Robin left crime fighting with Batman for an extended period of time?
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Post by MDG on Jan 28, 2019 10:21:30 GMT -5
Is there a particular issue of Batman or Detective Comics that is regarded as signifying the start of the grittier, early 70s, Neal Adams-esque Batman, as opposed to the more lightweight or camp 1960s issues? Just to be clear, I'm not asking when Adams' run begins; I'm asking about the point where the overall tenor of the Batman titles changed (though they may be the same). Although there's no one issue you can point to and say "It starts here" (editor Julius Schwartz had been gradually shifting away from the camp era for some time), most folks consider the departure of Dick "Robin" Grayson for college in Batman #217 as the beginning of Bronze Age Batman, with Detective #394 following immediately after.
Cei-U! I summon the apt approximation!
I agree--and I'm not sure of the exact timeline of when things happened, but other changes were signaled by Robbins coming on as a writer and the end of using art by "Bob Kane."
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