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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 10:06:58 GMT -5
This was my favorite issue in this series. First of all I really like McLaughin's inks over Novick's pencils.
But Maggin was the star. From Lex not getting Joker's jokes at lunch (which was also funny). To Joker absurd green afro wig as a disguise. His portrayal of Lex's genius. And the scene where Joker fakes madness in front of his henchmen & it leaves him exhausted!
Also Lex enjoying being insane & the Joker hating being sane. Great concept. Great execution of that idea. Maggin really hit a home run with this story IMO.
5/5.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 10:09:31 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Sept 20, 2016 10:22:05 GMT -5
 Luthor You're Driving Me Sane by Elliot S! Maggin, Irv Novick & Frank McLaughlin. In a movie theater a documentary on the Joker & Luthor is shown. Both happen to be in the audience & meet outside. They go to a local burger place for lunch! The police arrive & they both escape. The Joker follows Luthor to his lab where Luthor is working on a way to steal Green Lantern's willpower. However the Joker messes up the procedure & Lex & him swap personalities! Luthor goes on a spree enjoying his madness. The Joker desperately tries to catch Lex to get his madness back! He succeeds but the result knocks them unconscious. A police officer captures both of them & in jail Lex laments the loss of his insanity because he briefly remembers that he had the explanation for the existence of the universe but that idea has faded with his return to sanity. Luthor looks like he's about 60 feet tall. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Sept 20, 2016 11:41:18 GMT -5
Luthor looks like he's about 60 feet tall. As many times as I've read this issue and looked at that cover, I've never noticed that! |
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Post by Confessor on Sept 20, 2016 19:03:06 GMT -5
This thread has cured me of wanting to own this series.  I don't mean that in a negative way though, md62. I just mean that, after reading your reviews, this series seems quite formulaic and a bit more tongue-in-cheek than I was expecting. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 19:28:57 GMT -5
This thread has cured me of wanting to own this series. I don't mean that in a negative way though, md62 . I just mean that, after reading your reviews, this series seems quite formulaic and a bit more tongue-in-cheek than I was expecting. I get that. I noticed a lot of comics published in the 60's & 70's are like that. They read better in small doses as single issues. I became aware of this when I started reading DC's Showcase Presents & Marvel Essentials. I am doing the review picturing reading them as I did back in 1975... an issue every other month.
Believe me when I did the Super-Sons review I knew I turned off almost everyone. I doubt anyone wanted to rush out & get the collection based on my reviews.
On the other hand I hoped people looked for the Englehart/Rogers Batman & Stern/Byrne Capt America based on my reviews.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 20, 2016 21:01:57 GMT -5
I think it sounds like a really fun series... I don't think I need to run out and buy it, but if I find it in the dollar bin some time I'll definitely scoop it up!
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 21, 2016 13:13:38 GMT -5
Clive Sigerson is rehearsing a scene for a theater production of Sherlock Holmes. This character's name contains a couple of allusions. His first name comes from Clive Reston, a supporting character in Marvel's Master of Kung Fu who was the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes and the son of James Bond. Marvel couldn't mention either of those relationships explicitly for copyright reasons but the dialogue made it clear enough. His last name comes from a then-contemporary movie, 1975's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. The title character, Sigerson Holmes, was portrayed by the late, great Gene Wilder. Sigerson was very envious of Sherlock's success - "My brother's name is sheer luck!". |
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Post by brutalis on Sept 21, 2016 13:22:39 GMT -5
I have bought most of these for 99 cents on my kindle. Good light entertainment i can carry around and read and read again when at doctor appointments or such. They really stand out in the coloring and look really good in the electronic formatting. And Joker is one of those villains whose style can carry truly differing stories and actions from issue to issue. The series itself is really a part of the time of its printing and carries me back to the good old days of my youth when you would find these as singles every so often and treasure the one or 2 you might find while hoping you could find more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2016 13:27:20 GMT -5
Clive Sigerson is rehearsing a scene for a theater production of Sherlock Holmes. This character's name contains a couple of allusions. His first name comes from Clive Reston, a supporting character in Marvel's Master of Kung Fu who was the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes and the son of James Bond. Marvel couldn't mention either of those relationships explicitly for copyright reasons but the dialogue made it clear enough. His last name comes from a then-contemporary movie, 1975's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. The title character, Sigerson Holmes, was portrayed by the late, great Gene Wilder. Sigerson was very envious of Sherlock's success - "My brother's name is sheer luck!". This is awesome. Thanks! |
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Post by brutalis on Sept 23, 2016 13:24:01 GMT -5
The Joker with a green afro: this is so 1970's insanely crazy enough to do a whole story on! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 14:53:30 GMT -5
 "The Scarecrow's Fearsome Face-Off!" Written by Elliot S! Maggin. Art by Irv Novick and Tex Blaisdell. The Joker steals fear gas disguised as the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow finds out about it & tries to find the Joker. This starts a back & forth fight between the two villains. However it ends with the Joker winning as he exposes Scarecrow to laughing gas. The Joker gets away but voluntarily returns to his cell in Arkham thru his hidden entrance. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2016 14:56:09 GMT -5
 After last issue this was a letdown. Fear vs humor = boring. |
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Post by foxley on Sept 23, 2016 19:09:07 GMT -5
This character's name contains a couple of allusions. His first name comes from Clive Reston, a supporting character in Marvel's Master of Kung Fu who was the grand-nephew of Sherlock Holmes and the son of James Bond. Marvel couldn't mention either of those relationships explicitly for copyright reasons but the dialogue made it clear enough. His last name comes from a then-contemporary movie, 1975's The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. The title character, Sigerson Holmes, was portrayed by the late, great Gene Wilder. Sigerson was very envious of Sherlock's success - "My brother's name is sheer luck!". This is awesome. Thanks! Actually, the name Sigerson originally comes from Conan Doyle. During the 'Great Hiatus' (the period when Holmes was faking his death following his final encounter with Moriarty), he explored Tibet posing as Norwegian explorer named Sigerson. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2016 20:33:57 GMT -5
 "The Cat and the Clown!" by Elliot Maggin,Irv Novick, & Tex Blaisdell. Actor Benny Springer & his cat Hiawatha leave the movie studio where both the Joker (in disguise as Springer) & Catwoman (in disguise as a script girl) cross paths. Catwoman knocks the Joker out & kidnaps the real Springer & his cat. The Joker is revived in his disguise as Springer. He then reveals himself as the Joker & escapes. Catwoman has both Springer & his cat & is holding them for ransom. She learns that the other Springer was the Joker in disguise & sets a trap for him to prevent Joker from messing up her plans. The Joker kills one of Catwoman's men to get the location of her hideout. Meanwhile Springer is able to escape & Batman shows up at Catwoman's hideout. But Batman is really the Joker in disguise. Then a second Joker shows up. This is Springer in disguise. The two Jokers fight. After a short fight Catwoman stops them & uses Springer's cat to ID Springer. She stuns the Joker that the cat ID's. However she is then caught in one of her own traps by Springer who has trained his cat to follow signals. He signaled the cat to go the real Joker. Back in Arkham the inmates are treated to Springer's new movie "The Cat & The Clown" but the Joker has already spliced in his own film. |
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