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Post by paulie on Jun 12, 2014 11:09:17 GMT -5
Not yet, but I'm looking forward to it. My last issue was #112, his first team-up with Mister Miracle. My favorite so far is his team-up with Sgt. Rock where Batman apparently had access to the infinity formula. Gotta love that Bob Haney. So next is #113--that's a special one in my life, announcing my first stab at organizing Aparo fandom (see the letters page if you're reading the originals)! The Fan Club wouldn't really take off until letterhack Chris Khalaf wrote a response to me 20 years after the letter was published! For whatever reason I can read the Haney/Aparo B&Bs over and over. And the more outlandish the better!
The Sgt. Rock and Metal Men team ups were always a little special for whatever reason. Maybe Aparo just liked drawing those characters.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2014 11:17:02 GMT -5
Just finished the 1965 issues of Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and JLA. 35 years down, 5 to go! Cei-U! I summon the multi-decade marathon! Is it tedious to read all those Silver Age DCs right in a row?
I've come to appreciate the charms of Silver Age DC in my advanced age  but that is a lot of Silver Age DC to tackle all at once.
I can't imagine it's not tedious. At least for Kurt it's a job. I tried reading a bunch of Showcase Presents volumes back-to-back and wanted to put a gun in my mouth. I can't take Silver Age DC in much quantity without huge breaks. |
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Post by paulie on Jun 12, 2014 11:29:07 GMT -5
Is it tedious to read all those Silver Age DCs right in a row?
I've come to appreciate the charms of Silver Age DC in my advanced age but that is a lot of Silver Age DC to tackle all at once.
I can't imagine it's not tedious. At least for Kurt it's a job. I tried reading a bunch of Showcase Presents volumes back-to-back and wanted to put a gun in my mouth. I can't take Silver Age DC in much quantity without huge breaks. Yeah, I can certainly understand the appeal: whimsical stories told in one issue.
Exactly the opposite of Silver Age Marvel: All melodrama and relying on heavy continuity.
I know Stan filled the books with purple prose but I can read a dozen Silver Age Marvels in an afternoon without too much mental energy.
But I don't see myself ever reading four issues of Silver Age Flash in a row without being held at gunpoint.
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 12, 2014 12:01:30 GMT -5
Is it tedious to read all those Silver Age DCs right in a row?
Oh, hell, yes! The John Broome stuff not so much but anything by Gardner Fox is going to be a slog as like as not. I promise you, once the article is done I'll be staying clear of Schwartz-style super-heroics for a long, long time. Cei-U! Can't hardly wait! |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:08:14 GMT -5
Cei-U, are you saying that you've read 35 years of DC comics, in a row, in chronological order?
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:15:43 GMT -5
So next is #113--that's a special one in my life, announcing my first stab at organizing Aparo fandom (see the letters page if you're reading the originals)! The Fan Club wouldn't really take off until letterhack Chris Khalaf wrote a response to me 20 years after the letter was published! For whatever reason I can read the Haney/Aparo B&Bs over and over. And the more outlandish the better!
The Sgt. Rock and Metal Men team ups were always a little special for whatever reason. Maybe Aparo just liked drawing those characters.
Haney was a fun writer...he was just painful to read when he was trying to write teens or be topical. It's interesting to me that it was around #113 that Aparo started changing and improving how he drew Batman's cowl, so it's now getting closer to the iconic look I grew up with. For the record, I have all of Aparo's B&B run and the two new Legend's of the Dark Knight volumes. Currently I'm reading the collected editions, which are pretty good reproductions as far as I've noticed so far. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 12, 2014 12:32:40 GMT -5
Cei-U, are you saying that you've read 35 years of DC comics, in a row, in chronological order? You are correct, sir, taking extensive notes as I go. Cei-U! Why, yes, I am crazy! |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:40:51 GMT -5
Wow, so how long has it taken you? Did you start before Action Comics #1? (You said 35 years down and you were at 1965. I thought More Fun Comics in 1935 was the first series?)
I'm wanting to do a Golden Age reading (1938-1949) of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, All-Star Comics and Captain Marvel THEN do a DC/Marvel Silver Age reading focusing only on the superhero stuff. I'll of course be using DC Archives and Marvel Masterworks, so I won't be reading everything, but I do want to read it in chronological order.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 12, 2014 12:45:12 GMT -5
Wow, so how long has it taken you? Did you start before Action Comics #1? (You said 35 years down and you were at 1965. I thought More Fun Comics in 1935 was the first series?) I'm wanting to do a Golden Age reading (1938-1949) of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, All-Star Comics and Captain Marvel THEN do a DC/Marvel Silver Age reading focusing only on the superhero stuff. I'll of course be using DC Archives and Marvel Masterworks, so I won't be reading everything, but I do want to read it in chronological order. You can join me in my voyage through the Marvel Universe. classiccomics.boards.net/thread/21/slam-bradley-reads-marvel-universe |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 12, 2014 12:49:33 GMT -5
Wow, so how long has it taken you? Did you start before Action Comics #1? (You said 35 years down and you were at 1965. I thought More Fun Comics in 1935 was the first series?) I'm wanting to do a Golden Age reading (1938-1949) of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, All-Star Comics and Captain Marvel THEN do a DC/Marvel Silver Age reading focusing only on the superhero stuff. I'll of course be using DC Archives and Marvel Masterworks, so I won't be reading everything, but I do want to read it in chronological order. You can join me in my voyage through the Marvel Universe. classiccomics.boards.net/thread/21/slam-bradley-reads-marvel-universeI plan on joining in when I get my ass in gear. I'll be using Mikes Amazing World of Comics to do this chronologically. Since I'll be reading DC's Silver Age, it'll take me awhile to catch up to 1961. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 12, 2014 12:54:45 GMT -5
I'm not reading all DC books, "just" those featuring the Golden and Silver Age Flashes, Green Lanterns or Hawkmen, beginning with Flash Comics #1 (January 1940) and concluding with John Broome's last Flash and GL issues in 1970. This is for the April 2015 issue of Alter Ego, a special issue celebrating the 75th anniversary of that mighty trio (septet, really). I got the assignment in January with a December deadline. I pace myself, averaging three Golden Age or six Silver Age comics a day, rotating through six months of Flash, then GL, then Hawkman. I only skim the All-Star and Justice League books, looking for relevant stuff about my guys. I also read a lot of non-fiction away from the computer. Right now it's Dinosaurs Without Bones about trace fossils. So it really isn't as insane as it sounds. Except for Martin Naydel's Flash art. That had me ready to run screaming into traffic.
Cei-U!
I summon
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 12, 2014 14:29:33 GMT -5
Just finished the 1965 issues of Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and JLA. 35 years down, 5 to go! Cei-U! I summon the multi-decade marathon! What about The Atom? |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 12, 2014 14:33:18 GMT -5
Just finished the 1965 issues of Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and JLA. 35 years down, 5 to go! Cei-U! I summon the multi-decade marathon! Is it tedious to read all those Silver Age DCs right in a row?
I've come to appreciate the charms of Silver Age DC in my advanced age but that is a lot of Silver Age DC to tackle all at once.
I've never had trouble reading a lot of Silver Age DC at once. On the other hand, I don't think I ever made it through an issue of my brother's Claremont written X-Men issues. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 12, 2014 14:44:17 GMT -5
Just finished the 1965 issues of Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman and JLA. 35 years down, 5 to go! Cei-U! I summon the multi-decade marathon! What about The Atom? Not part of the assignment, thank Horus. The Golden Age stuff is just dire. Cei-U! Don't give Roy any ideas!  |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Jun 12, 2014 17:13:17 GMT -5
Is it tedious to read all those Silver Age DCs right in a row?
Oh, hell, yes! The John Broome stuff not so much but anything by Gardner Fox is going to be a slog as like as not. I promise you, once the article is done I'll be staying clear of Schwartz-style super-heroics for a long, long time. Cei-U! Can't hardly wait! Huh. I've always preferred Fox to Broome - at least superhero-wise - He always stikes me as a little more thoughtful and science-fiction-y. |
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but that is a lot of Silver Age DC to tackle all at once. 
