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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 16, 2020 8:33:25 GMT -5
That Smokey 16-pager reprints the first story from Dell's Four Color #932 (August 1958), which I cited a few Classic Christmases back as one of my Twelve Favorite Comic Books. The USFS giveaway came with my official Smokey Bear Fan Club membership package waaaaay back in 1964 or thereabouts. I finally picked up the original comic at a convention in the mid-'90s. . Cei-U! I summon the firehose! Just out of curiosity, do you have a link to your Twelve Favorite Comic Books?
Cei-U! We aims to please!
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 16, 2020 9:36:28 GMT -5
Just out of curiosity, do you have a link to your Twelve Favorite Comic Books?
Cei-U! We aims to please!
Thanks. I tend to miss threads like that, somehow.
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Post by beccabear67 on Apr 16, 2020 13:46:49 GMT -5
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Post by Cei-U! on Apr 16, 2020 17:17:29 GMT -5
Mine is missing his hat and badge, but that's my boy. He currently resides on my nightstand.
Cei-U! I summon my oldest friend!
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 17, 2020 12:48:24 GMT -5
Read me some Jonny Quest this weekend. Issues 1 through 5 with all capturing the essence of the cartoon. Slightly stronger in story and a bit less "adventure" as they are comic books and not animation driven. Still they manage to respect the cartoon characters and doesn't try to "change" for the times by making them different than they were/are. Issue 2 by William Messner-Loebs and Wendy Pini and Joe Staton on art delivers a real and authentic gut puncher, bring tears to your eyes with a story of Jonny's mother's death. I tell you my eyes did not stop watering for awhile after that one. I really felt Jonny and Benton's pain. Truly telling that a comic book based upon cartoon characters can touch the readers heart to such depths. THIS IS WHY I LOVE COMIC BOOKS I've just read the first two issues and yeah, #2 is a real tear jerker. Good stuff.
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Post by brianf on Apr 17, 2020 15:02:50 GMT -5
Found myself re-reading my Essential Man-Thing vol 1 the last few days. I do enjoy myself some Gerber. Gonna re-read my American Flaggs next. The next collection I'm looking forward to buying is the Morbius the Living Vampire Omnibus - I assume it will still be published in May? But yeah, got a soft spot in the old ticker for those 70's Marvel monster books
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Post by Icctrombone on Apr 18, 2020 6:45:01 GMT -5
I read Man thing in MU last year and I was surprised at how good it was. I always thought Gerber was overrated.
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 18, 2020 12:40:12 GMT -5
I read Man thing in MU last year and I was surprised at how good it was. I always thought Gerber was overrated. I love Gerber, but I'll readily admit that his writing isn't for everybody. I've never really been a huge fan of Man-Thing outside of Infernal, Gerber's posthumous final story from 2012
I liked Howard a lot during my teen years and still do now. There's just something about Gerber's interpretation of the absurdity of modern life in America that just speaks to my soul
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Post by spoon on Apr 18, 2020 20:37:30 GMT -5
I'm continuing my binge read of Spider-Girl. Since I last posted, I read Spider-Girl #69-88, then Last Hero Standing #1-5, then Spider-Girl #89-100, then Last Planet Standing #1-5, and finally Amazing Spider-Girl #1. Neither of those minis, which feature an ensemble of characters from the alternate timeline (branded MC2) where Spider-Girl is from adds much of anything to the Spider-Girl series. And they really don't add much to the other characters in the ensemble either. The other heroes probably have more development and character moments in an average guest appearance in Spider-Girl's own title than in the mini.
I think the ending of adjectiveless Spider-Girl is pretty satisfying. During this binge, I was reading a lot of the issues for the first time, but I bought The Amazing Spider-Girl series new off the shelf of my LCS, so this part of the binge will be re-reading. It's not until some of the later Spider-Girl appearances that I'll be back to stories I'm reading for the first time.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 20, 2020 22:28:41 GMT -5
I'm continuing my binge read of Spider-Girl. Since I last posted, I read Spider-Girl #69-88, then Last Hero Standing #1-5, then Spider-Girl #89-100, then Last Planet Standing #1-5, and finally Amazing Spider-Girl #1. Neither of those minis, which feature an ensemble of characters from the alternate timeline (branded MC2) where Spider-Girl is from adds much of anything to the Spider-Girl series. And they really don't add much to the other characters in the ensemble either. The other heroes probably have more development and character moments in an average guest appearance in Spider-Girl's own title than in the mini. I think the ending of adjectiveless Spider-Girl is pretty satisfying. During this binge, I was reading a lot of the issues for the first time, but I bought The Amazing Spider-Girl series new off the shelf of my LCS, so this part of the binge will be re-reading. It's not until some of the later Spider-Girl appearances that I'll be back to stories I'm reading for the first time. I don't know exactly how much of the run I have, but I like Mayday... I was quite sad to see her replaced with the 'renew your vows' Spider-Family. The comic defiitely had a Silver Age vibe, but still felt modern somehow.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 21, 2020 21:06:59 GMT -5
So I decided to skip doing the reviews (it was making me not read stuff)m, and read a whole bunch (the rest of the comic) of the Batgirl Showcase. I feel like it took a while for Robbins to get the character down (the first few stories were 100% formula, and all were about 'girl stuff'), but it really hit it's stride when they made Jason Bard a consistent side kick.
It seems like they really could have done something with a Superhero Congresswoman, but apparently that was just a way to cycle the character out for a few years.. though the Superman team ups at the end of the volume that took place in the time between the end of the Detective backups and the start of Batman Family are all quite fun.
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Post by spoon on Apr 21, 2020 21:44:57 GMT -5
I'm continuing my binge read of Spider-Girl. Since I last posted, I read Spider-Girl #69-88, then Last Hero Standing #1-5, then Spider-Girl #89-100, then Last Planet Standing #1-5, and finally Amazing Spider-Girl #1. Neither of those minis, which feature an ensemble of characters from the alternate timeline (branded MC2) where Spider-Girl is from adds much of anything to the Spider-Girl series. And they really don't add much to the other characters in the ensemble either. The other heroes probably have more development and character moments in an average guest appearance in Spider-Girl's own title than in the mini. I think the ending of adjectiveless Spider-Girl is pretty satisfying. During this binge, I was reading a lot of the issues for the first time, but I bought The Amazing Spider-Girl series new off the shelf of my LCS, so this part of the binge will be re-reading. It's not until some of the later Spider-Girl appearances that I'll be back to stories I'm reading for the first time. I don't know exactly how much of the run I have, but I like Mayday... I was quite sad to see her replaced with the 'renew your vows' Spider-Family. The comic defiitely had a Silver Age vibe, but still felt modern somehow. I'm not too familiar with mainstream Spider books from recent years. When you say Mayday was replaced, what do you mean? Like somehow her alternate reality was wiped out? Or there was another similar character who was promoted at the expense of reviving Spider-Girl?
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 22, 2020 10:38:24 GMT -5
So I decided to skip doing the reviews (it was making me not read stuff)m, and read a whole bunch (the rest of the comic) of the Batgirl Showcase. I feel like it took a while for Robbins to get the character down (the first few stories were 100% formula, and all were about 'girl stuff'), but it really hit it's stride when they made Jason Bard a consistent side kick. It seems like they really could have done something with a Superhero Congresswoman, but apparently that was just a way to cycle the character out for a few years.. though the Superman team ups at the end of the volume that took place in the time between the end of the Detective backups and the start of Batman Family are all quite fun. They so dropped the ball on Congresswoman Barbara “Boots” Gordon (or as I call her, Rep. Barbara Gordon (D-N.J.)). They did almost nothing with it, and it really had a lot of story potential. The District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and Maryland have a lot to offer in the way of history, geography, culture, etc. Not to mention all the government intrigue, Wonder Woman team-ups, and a possible hunky investigative reporter to make Jason Bard jealous.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 22, 2020 15:01:27 GMT -5
I don't know exactly how much of the run I have, but I like Mayday... I was quite sad to see her replaced with the 'renew your vows' Spider-Family. The comic defiitely had a Silver Age vibe, but still felt modern somehow. I'm not too familiar with mainstream Spider books from recent years. When you say Mayday was replaced, what do you mean? Like somehow her alternate reality was wiped out? Or there was another similar character who was promoted at the expense of reviving Spider-Girl? There's now a new future Spider-Girl (Annie) that was feature in 'Spider-man: Renew Your Vows'.. it came out of Secret Wars in a reality where the thing where Peter and MJ got un-married (Mephisto made them forget or something? I've never read it myself, just seen people complain about it) never happened. It's decent, but not as good as Mayday, IMO.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 22, 2020 15:04:42 GMT -5
So I decided to skip doing the reviews (it was making me not read stuff)m, and read a whole bunch (the rest of the comic) of the Batgirl Showcase. I feel like it took a while for Robbins to get the character down (the first few stories were 100% formula, and all were about 'girl stuff'), but it really hit it's stride when they made Jason Bard a consistent side kick. It seems like they really could have done something with a Superhero Congresswoman, but apparently that was just a way to cycle the character out for a few years.. though the Superman team ups at the end of the volume that took place in the time between the end of the Detective backups and the start of Batman Family are all quite fun. They so dropped the ball on Congresswoman Barbara “Boots” Gordon (or as I call her, Rep. Barbara Gordon (D-N.J.)). They did almost nothing with it, and it really had a lot of story potential. The District of Columbia, Northern Virginia and Maryland have a lot to offer in the way of history, geography, culture, etc. Not to mention all the government intrigue, Wonder Woman team-ups, and a possible hunky investigative reporter to make Jason Bard jealous. I totally agree! That seems like a great set up to have her out of Batman's shadow and one her own, while having a setting other heroes weren't in. Not to mention the uniqueness! I don't think there's ever been a superhero-politician that wasn't just taking over the world before.
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