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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 18:24:27 GMT -5
Oh, Hoosier. You are going to be my go-to person for comics.  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 12, 2015 18:45:10 GMT -5
Oh, Hoosier. You are going to be my go-to person for comics. OMG! What a nice thing to say!
At present I'm reading Kamandi, getting a few mid- to low-grade copies here and there when I have a few bucks. I have about 6 or 7 of the first twenty issues and I have maybe 80% of the issues from #21 to #59. I'm starting to think it may be a candidate for the best comic book series ever! I even like the crazy crazy crazy post-Kirby issues, which I always heard weren't very good.
But this is a Silver Age DC thread. So ... I recommend The Metal Men! It is non-stop NUTS!
I also approve of your appreciation of The Teen Titans. It's not a series I've read a lot, just a few issues here and there, but I always enjoy it. It's Bob Haney. He was great at writing insane but fun stories.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 18:51:51 GMT -5
Oh, Hoosier. You are going to be my go-to person for comics. OMG! What a nice thing to say!
At present I'm reading Kamandi, getting a few mid- to low-grade copies here and there when I have a few bucks. I have about 6 or 7 of the first twenty issues and I have maybe 80% of the issues from #21 to #59. I'm starting to think it may be a candidate for the best comic book series ever! I even like the crazy crazy crazy post-Kirby issues, which I always heard weren't very good.
But this is a Silver Age DC thread. So ... I recommend The Metal Men! It is non-stop NUTS!
I also approve of your appreciation of The Teen Titans. It's not a series I've read a lot, just a few issues here and there, but I always enjoy it. It's Bob Haney. He was great at writing insane but fun stories.
I am serious, too! You made me appreciate Stan Lee. I'm not sure I could jump right into every single thing he has ever written being 100% for sure I'd love it right away, but I went back and read some FF because you spoke so highly of it. You show me a different perspective on certain comics that I would not have considered before. And you REALLY make me want to read Spider-Man (which it should be a crime that I haven't read any of yet being he is the one single character who really got me into reading comics to begin with because a friend used to read me Spider-Man comics when I was younger). Okay, look, I'm done or this is going to get crazy sappy and weird. hahahaha.  |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 12, 2015 19:04:11 GMT -5
I am serious, too! You made me appreciate Stan Lee. I'm not sure I could jump right into every single thing he has ever written being 100% for sure I'd love it right away, but I went back and read some FF because you spoke so highly of it. You show me a different perspective on certain comics that I would not have considered before. And you REALLY make me want to read Spider-Man (which it should be a crime that I haven't read any of yet being he is the one single character who really got me into reading comics to begin with because a friend used to read me Spider-Man comics when I was younger). Okay, look, I'm done or this is going to get crazy sappy and weird. hahahaha. For me, there is nothing better in comics than the first 40 issues of Spider-Man. (And the first two annuals. Especially the first one. Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 is my favorite comic ever. EVER!) Especially when you read them in order from start to finish. The character development, the story arc of the Green Goblin, the many developing storylines in all aspects of Peter Parker's life (the staff of the Bugle, Midtown High, home with Aunt May in Forest Hills, super-hero hijinks), the rivalry with the Human Torch, the growing bitterness of Doctor Octopus as he is repeatedly whupped by Spider-Man. Even the minor villains like the Molten Man and the Scorpion are fun characters. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 19:16:23 GMT -5
*sigh*
See?
Now I'm going to order the omnibus. Well, not right this second, but yeah, soon.
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Post by shaxper on Jan 12, 2015 19:16:28 GMT -5
I think we may be in need of a "Hoosier X Recommends..." thread! But we should probably also give Wildfire his thread back  |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 12, 2015 19:18:06 GMT -5
Oh, Hoosier. You are going to be my go-to person for comics. OMG! What a nice thing to say!
At present I'm reading Kamandi, getting a few mid- to low-grade copies here and there when I have a few bucks. I have about 6 or 7 of the first twenty issues and I have maybe 80% of the issues from #21 to #59. I'm starting to think it may be a candidate for the best comic book series ever! I even like the crazy crazy crazy post-Kirby issues, which I always heard weren't very good.
But this is a Silver Age DC thread. So ... I recommend The Metal Men! It is non-stop NUTS!
I also approve of your appreciation of The Teen Titans. It's not a series I've read a lot, just a few issues here and there, but I always enjoy it. It's Bob Haney. He was great at writing insane but fun stories.
I definitely need to read the old school Metal Men at some point... they're high on the list of the next set of Showcases I get, if I ever finish these ones. I may re-read the Titans stuff for this thread at some point (I read those before I started the thread), but probably not for a while. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 19:18:31 GMT -5
I think we may be in need of a "Hoosier X Recommends..." thread! But we should probably also give Wildfire his thread back Oopsie! Sorry, Wildfire! I am really sorry, and didn't mean to, derail your thread. I promise. <3 |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 12, 2015 19:21:22 GMT -5
*sigh* See? Now I'm going to order the omnibus. Well, not right this second, but yeah, soon. If you're looking to get them a little cheaper, you might go with the Epics.. for $34.99 ($25ish on Amazon) you get up to ASM #17 (500 pages). So far they're a great improvement on the Essentials, since you get color for not that much more money  and no worries about derailing... I've derailed a thread or two in my day... just means I have to do a review to get it back on track |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 20:54:41 GMT -5
*sigh* See? Now I'm going to order the omnibus. Well, not right this second, but yeah, soon. If you're looking to get them a little cheaper, you might go with the Epics.. for $34.99 ($25ish on Amazon) you get up to ASM #17 (500 pages). So far they're a great improvement on the Essentials, since you get color for not that much more money and no worries about derailing... I've derailed a thread or two in my day... just means I have to do a review to get it back on track Thank you! I may still hold out for the omnibus, though. I'm not sure. It's not like I don't have anything else to read in the meantime. Also! To keep your thread kind of on topic (though not completely since it's not you reviewing silver age DC), I read Brave and the Bold Teen Titans issue tonight with Separated Man. Crazy, fun, and kind of gross. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 13, 2015 10:25:05 GMT -5
Yeah, that was a freaky one. The really early Titans had some really bizarre plots... the premise that 'teens everywhere' were writing to them to ask for help lead to some weird stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2015 10:29:23 GMT -5
Yeah, that was a freaky one. The really early Titans had some really bizarre plots... the premise that 'teens everywhere' were writing to them to ask for help lead to some weird stuff. Yes, but it's very light-hearted and fun. And, right now, it's what I need. My real life is so serious at this moment, so my "time off" needs goofiness. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 13, 2015 13:50:16 GMT -5
 Justice League of America #4 'Doom of the Star Diamond' Plot: An alien despot is mad that the hero of his people won't disintegrate, so he's not sure what to do with him. He comes up with a plan worthy of silver age supervillains everywhere... he sends the hero to Earth as a 'prison', along with 3 giant yellow cubes, which will blind the hero if he leaves. If he shuts the machines off, they'll destroy the Earth, so the hero can't do that. As he's travelling, he learns about the Justice League (I guess there's an Absorbacon on the ship), and decides that they'll sure save whatever doom the machine will cause, so he shuts them off and pretends to be a villain. Meanwhile, the League decides to induct a new member, but their discussion (they mention Hawkman, Adam Strange, and Green Arrow) is interrupted, aparrently the 'evil' alien has kidnapped Green Arrow, and the JLA has to turn off the machines to save him. The do the team up thing, and each has a different trial to overcome. They do so, while Superman and Batman get captured by the alien (who, naturally has a supply of Kryptonite Gas). The heroes rush to his base, fail, Green Arrow saves them, and all is well. Huzzah to the new member! Story: B+ Significance: A (1st Green Arrow in the JLA) This one was definitely in the 'so ridiculuous it's awesome' category... art was much better than last issue.. perhaps 3 was a rush job? It was cool to see Wonder Woman in charge.. very progressive. Apparently, they have a rotating chairman... I'm glad Wonder Woman counts, because they had her act like a secretary a couple times. I'm not so sure about the rule they mention that they can only add one new person at a time, though...seems like that's one that's sure to be broken. It was also nice that Snapper was pretty much irrelevant this issue (though still there, sadly). |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 17, 2015 8:07:26 GMT -5
 Plot: A man watches another drop a seed in a planter, and have that seed grow instantly into a giant, acid spitting terror. The plant opens a bank vault, and dryads still the money, then the plant shrivels back up into the seed. Not surprisingly the cops don't believe it, and arrest the passer by. But don't worry, Jean Loring is on on the case, and, of course the Atom follows her to keep her out of trouble. Turns out the bad guy is actually an evil Dryad from the plant dimension,who was banished to Earth, but someone kept his powers of plants. Atom saves the Queen of the Dryads (who seems to have no purpose other than to make eyes at the Atom and make Jean a bit jealous), then saves the day without too much fuss... the plants never really seem that scary, IMO. Story: C Significance: B (1st Atom solo, first Plant Master/Floronic Man) Analysis: reading this, it's kinda surprising Dr. Woodrue became an ongoing character... he defintely feels like one of the many one offs that appeared around this time that try to take over the world then are never seen again... it feels like someone at DC was watching a WWII documentary and said 'D-Day? VE-Day? How about P-Day!' and thus the story was born. I think it would have worked alot better without the dryad nonsense, which seemed solely there to have a reason to have an Atom-size girl on screen. Jean Loring channels Mavis a bit when he sees the Atom rescuing the Dryad Queen which seems bad either for Ray's future prospects, or his secret identity, one or the other. Even though this was a new #1, not much backstory is given... just a 1/2 page orign recap, like one might find in any given Silver Age comic. How times change. It also cracks me up everything time when Jean says she can't marry Ray because she wants to be a famous lawyer before she becomes a housewife... as if the two are completely mutually exclusive. It does seem like Ray is defeating himself there, though, as Jean can't make a name for herself in court if he keeps solving all her client's cases! |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 17, 2015 20:48:17 GMT -5
I apologize for not finding it in color, but my Google-fu wasn't up to the task. This panel had me laughing for like 2 minutes. No wonder the dryad Queen spent the rest of the episode flirting with Ray.  |
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