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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2020 13:16:03 GMT -5
I think the only way to get Alan Moore's Captain Britain in HC is the omnibus...about 200 pages or so of his work is included. It's a real price-gouger though....
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Post by The Cheat on Apr 10, 2020 13:39:01 GMT -5
I think the only way to get Alan Moore's Captain Britain in HC is the omnibus...about 200 pages or so of his work is included. It's a real price-gouger though.... They were reprinted recently as a nice little HC as part of Hachette's Marvel Graphic Novel Collection in the UK. Picked it up for £5 recently so can be obtained cheaply (in the UK anyway).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2020 13:41:58 GMT -5
I think the only way to get Alan Moore's Captain Britain in HC is the omnibus...about 200 pages or so of his work is included. It's a real price-gouger though.... They were reprinted recently as a nice little HC as part of Hachette's Marvel Graphic Novel Collection in the UK. Picked it up for £5 recently so can be obtained cheaply (in the UK anyway).
Good to know, thanks
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Post by Confessor on Apr 10, 2020 15:13:15 GMT -5
I think the only way to get Alan Moore's Captain Britain in HC is the omnibus...about 200 pages or so of his work is included. It's a real price-gouger though.... They were reprinted recently as a nice little HC as part of Hachette's Marvel Graphic Novel Collection in the UK. Picked it up for £5 recently so can be obtained cheaply (in the UK anyway). Yep, that's the version I have. Picked it up for £10.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2020 19:57:43 GMT -5
Plastic Man #1 (2004) Was great to come back to this series, Remember picking up the first TPB of this from the library when I was in my early teens and loving it. The artwork by Kyle Baker is just wild, reminds me of John Kricfalusi's (Ren & Stimpy) stuff, but more exaggerated (kind of how his style is now, ironically). It really makes it stand out
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 11, 2020 20:36:10 GMT -5
I'm still working on Ditko Spider-Man! I used to read Spider-Man #1 to #40 (and also Amazing Fantasy #15 and the first two annuals, of course) pretty regularly, starting back in the 1990s when I got all the relevant Marvel Masterworks volumes. I bet it was once or twice a year for close to ten years. But I came close to wearing them out, and for a while I was working a lot, and they were in storage for a while, so for numerous reasons, it's been ten or fifteen years since I read all the Ditko issues in a row. (Which doesn't mean I haven't read any of these issues in that time! I have a beat-up copy of Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 that I read from time to time. I have a few issues of Marvel Tales that reprint #13, #15 and #18. I got the Marvel Masterworks volume that reprints #21 to #30 a few years ago, and I reviewed them on this thread, I think! And so on.) My Marvel Masterworks volumes are now retrieved from storage and, a few months ago, I started with Amazing Fantasy #15 and then read the next two issues over the next week or so. And then I bogged down because I didn't really feel like reading the third issue. Which is kind of strange because I love the third issue! But I have the Marvel Milestones edition, so it's one I read a lot. Another reason I wasn't all that gung-ho for the third issue is that the REAL Spider-Man series doesn't start until #4! Because that's when Liz Allan and Betty Brant are introduced! And also because that's when all the aspects of Peter Parker's life are written into Spider-Man's adventures! I love Spider-Man #4! I even wrote an article about that particular issue for a Sunday entertainment supplement for a newspaper! Aunt May is sick so Peter goes to Jameson for an advance. During the initial fight with the Sandman, Spidey's mask is ripped and he runs away because he's afraid the Sandman will see him and find out who he is! Later, the Sandman invades Midtown High and Peter must fight him in the midst of his classmates! I've read this one over and over! So it hasn't been that long since I got back into the groove and finally started reading Ditko Spider-Man again. I got past #3 (which wasn't a problem once I got started because it's such a great story! I especially like the very economical Doctor Octopus origin story and the guest appearance by the Human Torch, who doesn't do much more than recover from fatigue and give an inspiring speech.) And then I read #4, which I've had (as a reprint) since 1976 or so when I bought a copy of Marvel Collector Item Classics #3. I've read it a bunch of times! Spidey #4 is one I NEVER get sick of, no matter how many times I read it. I love #5, with all the off-model drawings of Doom and the FF. (The Thing looks like a melted bath toy.) And especially the part where Doom abducts Flash because he thinks he's Spider-Man! #6 is another one I had a reprint very early on because it was in Marvel Special Edition #1. Love it! I've read it a bunch of times also. I sort of forced myself to start reading it because there was a period when I felt I was wearing it out, but once I started, I was into it! I especially like Spidey rescuing Liz from generic museum thugs, after which Liz is starstruck! ("He called me Blue Eyes! Sigh.") And Jameson wanting to go to Florida to keep an eye on Parker. And then Peter securing May's permission by saying "That nice Mr. Jameson is going! So he'll keep me safe!" And May is like "Oh! Well, that's fine then!" Then there's "The Return of the Vulture" in #7 (probably my favorite Vulture appearance) and that great "Living Brain" story in #8. I forced myself to read that Spidey vs. Torch story in the back of #8. I have never liked it much, so I knew if I dawdled, I might take weeks or months to get to it and I'd bee bogged down again. I guess it's not that bad. It's not one I've read over and over again. #9 is the first Electro, and it's great, despite how lame Electro is. And then #10 is another favorite of mine! I especially love the Enforcers! Fancy Dan with his pencil-thin moustache and his fedora and his judo. Montana with his lasso. And then the Ox! I love that scene where the Ox is beating up all those generic thugs while he's walking calmly along and eating an apple. So that's where I am now! I'm going to read #11 tonight. I'm past the first year (which has a few rough spots) but it's ALL GOLD for a while! I should be able to read an issue pretty much every night, unless I get busy with other things. At least until I hit the last few Ditko issues. I think they're great until about #36, which has the Looter (yuk!) but it also has Ditko Gwen Stacy with her Oxfords, and her vests, and those weird beans in her hair, and her ATTITUDE! So maybe they won't be a problem and I'll be dome with the next 30 issues in a month!
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Post by berkley on Apr 11, 2020 20:53:13 GMT -5
I'm equally perplexed by the statement as early Marvel's "science fiction" largely consisted of radiation, transistors and magnetism are magic. If anything DC was a bit too slavishly tied to the Golden Age SF that those luminaries you cited cut their teeth on in the pulps. As the likes of Bradbury and Heinlein transitioned to the slicks and Philip Jose Farmer published his seminal novella The Lovers in the early 50s the transition started from pulp and hard SF to what would become The New Wave. Yes, I'm aware of how broad and how inane that statement was and I already regret it >_>; I agree, though - at least in terms of the SF elemnts in DC's superhero comics. For one thing, they didn't have an artist like Kirby to make interesting looking machines and so on. But also the DC superhero stories in general just weren't interesting to me, including the SF aspect along with everything else.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2020 20:56:13 GMT -5
Yes, I'm aware of how broad and how inane that statement was and I already regret it >_>; I agree, though - at least in terms of the SF elemnts in DC's superhero comics. For one thing, they didn't have an artist like Kirby to make interesting looking machines and so on. But also the DC superhero stories in general just weren't interesting to me, including the SF aspect along with everything else. The only two titles that stand out to me from the Silver Age are Metal Men and Flash. Haven't read a lot of Green Lantern from that era unfortunately except for dollar reprints and Silver Age Showcase, it's okay I guess. Kind of feels like they just didn't know what to do with the character in the beginning
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 12, 2020 9:51:52 GMT -5
I've read All-Star Comics (1940) #4-6, and Green Lantern's powers are described as being immune to all metals (so bullets can't hurt him), flight, and being able to walk through walls. That's it. No green energy projections. I wondered why he resorted to fisticuffs so often in those Golden Age adventures, and I guess that's why. I wonder when his powers were expanded?
Also, it appears that Johnny Thunder doesn't actually know what the magic word that causes his thunderbolt to do his biding for one hour ("say you") is, and just lucks into it. I wonder when that dumbkopf figured it out?
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 12, 2020 9:56:06 GMT -5
I also read Thor #242-245. It's Len Wein's introduction into this title as Thor and the Warriors 3 and Jane/Sif go forward in time to help old foe Zarrko (whom I'd never heard of before) save the earth against the nefarious Time-Twisters. It's a pretty good arc, though I'd have preferred the ending be a little different.
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 12, 2020 11:24:20 GMT -5
I just finished reading Sabre 1-14. In summary, it's a post apocalyptic series where he's the wanderer looking to get home to his pregnant wife. It's the complete series and was shocked to see that it ended on a cliffhanger due to being canceled. It was never revived as far as I know. The series was interesting if not wordy. The first 2 issues was a reprint of the GN from Don Mcgegor and Paul Gulacy and Billy Graham drew it from 3-9. Joe Ortiz drew the final 5 issues. I was surprised to read that Graham was replaced because of the complaints of readers to the quality of the artwork. It was a bit raw. Ortiz did a very nice job. I have to see if he has done any other work, because he should have been more in demand due to his talent. some scans-
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 12, 2020 16:10:11 GMT -5
I read Star Trek #1 from Gold Key. The 1967 series. This was an odd comic. It seemed as if the creators had never seen Star Trek before. The terminology was all wrong. Some of the characters at least looked like the actors, but Captain Kirk did not look much like William Shatner. Also, the plot was a bit odd, dealing with some man eating plant creatures.
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 12, 2020 16:17:45 GMT -5
I also read The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #1-2. It was great! I've read several random issues of this series before, so I know it doesn't maintain this standard, as creative teams change often,but at least the series got off to a great start. Largely due to John Byrne.
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Post by Confessor on Apr 12, 2020 17:49:05 GMT -5
I also read The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #1-2. It was great! I've read several random issues of this series before, so I know it doesn't maintain this standard, as creative teams change often,but at least the series got off to a great start. Largely due to John Byrne. Personally, I think the Further Adventures Of Indian Jones series is pretty consistent. I have a full run and, although the quality varies a bit, by and large it's pretty good.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 18:11:34 GMT -5
I read Star Trek #1 from Gold Key. The 1967 series. This was an odd comic. It seemed as if the creators had never seen Star Trek before. The terminology was all wrong. Some of the characters at least looked like the actors, but Captain Kirk did not look much like William Shatner. Also, the plot was a bit odd, dealing with some man eating plant creatures.
With all the hiccups about it, I am at a loss to understand why it sells for so much.
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