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Post by shaxper on Jun 28, 2019 23:13:57 GMT -5
Pssst...Make sure to check out the Advance Warning Thread before jumping in with your selection! Absolutely everyone is welcome to participate once you've read-up on the event.Here we go with our #1 choices... 1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. The Footby Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 (1989) I chose this year's assignment specifically because I seldom take note of action sequences in comic books and films and wanted to correct that oversight. I tend to see them as obligatory, semi-ridiculous, and delaying the progression of the story, and yet it took no scholarly consideration (layout, posing, shadows, progression) for this issue to take my breath away when I first read it at the age of ten. The battle takes up the entire issue and is just flawlessly executed, from beginning to end. Every moment raises the drama and pulls us further in, not a single panel wasted or utilized as filler. The location keeps changing, the battle growing more dire, and new players enter dramatically at key moments, always keeping it fresher and more intense than it was a page earlier. MAN, I love coming back to this one again and again! And it apparently left enough of an impression on the writers and director of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film that hit theaters less than a year later, the most memorable battle scene of which borrows almost shot-for-shot from this issue.   
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 23:31:30 GMT -5
Sgt. Gorilla vs. the Japanese army from "You Can't Pin a Medal on a Gorilla" Star Spangled War Stories #126; art by Joe Kubert; script by Robert Kanigher So what makes this my number one rumble? Kubert art? check! a gorilla? check! a gorilla with a machine gun? hell yeah sign me up!     -M |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 28, 2019 23:39:07 GMT -5
Suddenly, those Planet of the Apes crossovers don't seem like a bad idea anymore...  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2019 1:52:37 GMT -5
Spider-Man VS Firelord from The Amazing Spider-Man #270 (1985)  Okay, you have a friendly neighbourhood web-slinger and a former herald of Galactus. What's going to happen? A mismatch, surely? Yes. But Spidey never gave up. He hammered away at Firelord despite being way out of his league. And he hammered away and hammered away... What really made the fight work is Spidey's sense of responsibility. In the first part of the story, which began in The Amazing Spider-Man #269, Spidey takes a breather and says, "Let some other jerk risk his life against Firelord." But then he sees a picture of Uncle Ben in his wallet. This spurs him on. He realises Firelord could go nuts and hurt an innocent person. Realising his responsibility, and being fully away that this could be the fight of his life, Spidey never wavers. And he throws everything he can at Firelord while doing his utmost to protect civilians. That is why I've chosen it as my top choice.
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Post by hondobrode on Jun 29, 2019 2:26:46 GMT -5
# 1 - Invincible # 12 ( 2004 ) by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley For those of you that don't know, Invincible is a Superboy analog with a street-level Peter Parker-type personality; a relatable decent teenager. His dad, Omni-Man, is the Superman-analog, and is a successful writer, only Dad eventually is forced to confront son that it's all been a lie, and he's been a plant on Earth under cover of being their protector to prep them for assimilation into the dominant Viltrumite empire. We now join our father / son squabble :
As you can see, it can get pretty violent.
Rated 17+, but it's a dynamite read and wrapped up a few years ago at 145 issues.
Amazon is adapting it for Prime as 8 one hour episodes.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jun 29, 2019 6:13:55 GMT -5
1. Thor vs. Hercules
Thor # 126, JIM # 125
Lee/ Kirby
1966 This takes the top spot on my list of rumbles and no one draws a rumble better than the King. This fight over a woman starts at a malt shoppe and makes its way across the city and the path of destruction is spectacular. Thor has dared and risked all to be with Jane Foster as he’s just come back from fighting his way out of Asgard against Odin’s wishes only to see Hercules making time with his girl. Of course, Jane brushes him off to get even with him always leaving ( what a Bi##ch ) and an enraged Thor is met with a sucker punch by Herc. Aint love grand?  What starts at a malt shoppe goes to the streets, underground subway and an abandoned construction site where Odin strips him of half of his godly strength thus robbing him of his victory. Aside from the thunderous blows exchanged, Thor talks smack with the rest of them.  The fight ends when Thor , greatly weakened by Odin robbing him of half his strength , crumbles under the weight of a tractor that he was attempting to clobber Herc with. Man, sometimes the best fights end with an event that makes it tragic, as well as awesome. {Spoiler: Click to show}  There’s something beautiful about both Odin and Jane realizing they messed up and treated Thor badly. This is what made comics great, back in the day. {Spoiler: Click to show} 
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 29, 2019 6:53:52 GMT -5
Number 1: Orion vs Kalibak; New Gods #8 and 11The war with Apokolips becomes a true war, as the sons of Darkseid face off in combat. Issue #8 is round 1, as Kalibak comes to Earth and smashes building, calling out Orion. The police try to fight, led by Dan Turpin. He is nearly killed, before Orion and Lightray show up. Orion goes on the attack and it is savage...  Orion's true face is revealed in the bloody combat; but, the ending is inconclusive, as Kalibak essentially knocks himself out and is captured. Issue 11 brings Round 2. Kalibak escapes and the half brothers face off again. Lightray tries to engage first; but, is swatted aside. Orion leaps to the fray and havoc is unleashed..  Kalibak dumps a building on Orion and is close to killing him, before Darkseid finds Desaad, siphoning energy from orion and unleashes his Omega Beams. Orion is able to rejoin the fight on more equal terms and takes it to Kalibak, as the Black Racer comes to claim one, for the final end. Just sheer, raw brutality, in a scale unseen in comics. It is epic, mythological, as befits comics and Kirby. he had been leading up to this point his entire career. We were left to wonder what hell would be unleashed when Orion finally faced his father. Unfortunately, Carmine Infantino canceled the series before we could find out and Jack was no longer at his best by the time he got to revisit things. Still, he had Orion unleash some might on Apokolips, leading to Darkseid fleeing. It wasn't the ending we were expecting; but, it did let the master bring some conclusion to things. The New Gods and the 4th World were Kirby's magnum opus and he spent the remainder of his comics career in its shadow, either trying to continue the themes or just marking time, until his contract was up and he would head to animation, for better pay and treatment. Every comic artist has lived in Kirby's shadow, since the Golden Age and this is the standard by whic you judge "epic."
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jun 29, 2019 8:29:14 GMT -5
Hellboy Versus William The Werewolf of Griart by Mike Mignola Dark Horse Presents #88-91, 1994 This may seem like my obligatory Hellboy entry but don't be so quick to skip this one because it really is a doozy. You see, it starts like this; Father Mike goes to this sleepy little town to investigate an occult mystery...and well, he finds it. But like the fantastic, black and white monster movies of yore the ensuing carnage takes place in the shadows just off the screen leaving it to our imagination to fill in the gory blanks of the horrific attack.  The opening is just a brilliant choice by Mignola as it really heightens the danger of the conflict between the beast and Hellboy yet to come. We know who the monster is, we've pictured the savagery in our minds and now patiently wait like pavlov's dog for the other shoe to drop...and it does so like a ton of bricks starting with what is hands down the best visual werewolf transformation I've ever seen in any medium as he rips off his human flesh to reveal the gnawing wolf inside of him:  And leading into a smack down of WWF proportions as the hulking brute easily over powers Big Red:  Unill Hellboy gets a little divine intervention and levels the playing field with the use of a giant steel cross:
  And that last line? Perfect. The fight is top notch and the story itself is just as stunning making this the book I always suggest to anyone looking to get into Hellboy. |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 29, 2019 8:40:42 GMT -5
Another friendly request to please please please limit your posts to three images. Some of our members are on slower computers and/or internet connections, and excessive images can make scrolling through a thread like this one impossible for them.
Thanks, all.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 29, 2019 23:25:04 GMT -5
1. The Losers vs. the NazisOur Fighting Forces #152 I include this on pretty much every list it's eligible for, so it's probably no surprise to anyone at this point that this is my number one comic book rumble. This for me is peak Kirby, and is one of the most visceral sequences I have ever read in comics. It's just desperate, close quarters combat from start to finish, as the Losers pass through what is supposed to be an abandoned town only to find it's full of Nazis, and a desperate battle for survival ensues which lasts the entire issue.   The issue ends with a bit of a sudden twist. As the two sides battle, suddenly there's a massive artillery barrage that flattens the whole town. American and German alike are helpless in the face of the indiscriminate killing wave. Both sides abandon their struggle and pray as the town is flattened. When the dust clears, the Losers have survived. Their enemies haven't. Not because of skill, or justice, but just the random chance of war. A great, great comic by the King.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 30, 2019 0:31:57 GMT -5
1. THE HULK VS. THE THINGFantastic Four #25 and #26 - "The Hulk vs. the Thing" and "The Avengers take Over!"Written by Stan LeeArt by Jack Kirby and George RoussosThis is the big one! The Hulk, rejected by the Avengers and becoming increasingly erratic, has returned to New York City to get his former teammates! But the Avengers have gone to the Southwest to look for the Hulk, so protecting the city falls to the Fantastic Four! But Reed has succumbed to the effects of some viruses he was studying, the Torch finds his flame powers ineffectual against the Hulk and the Invisible Girl's force field powers are still new to her and she can't muster up anything powerful enough to cope with the Hulk! So that leaves Ben Grimm, the Thing, and he soldiers on for pages and pages in an exhausting running battle with the Hulk The Hulk leaves him in the dust at the end of #25, but the Thing pulls himself together and puts one foot in front of the other for round two … which will have to wait because that's the end of #25! That's the best part of the fight. Eventually the rest of the Fantastic Four recovers and the Avengers show up and they all get in each other's way. Fortunately Rick Jones saves the day with a pill that turns the Hulk into Bob Banner. It's technically a bit of an anti-climax after #25, but I am very forgiving because I find the battle with the Hulk at the construction site to be very amusing. Really, this one has it all! It's not just a highlight for the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the Avengers, it's a highlight of the Marvel Silver Age! George Roussos may not be the best inker Kirby ever hard, but I've always felt his rugged style makes the combatants look dirty, sweaty and even a bit smelly, and often provides the illusion of motion in the non-stop fight scenes.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 30, 2019 11:25:41 GMT -5
1. The Losers vs. the NazisOur Fighting Forces #152 I include this on pretty much every list it's eligible for, so it's probably no surprise to anyone at this point that this is my number one comic book rumble. This for me is peak Kirby, and is one of the most visceral sequences I have ever read in comics. It's just desperate, close quarters combat from start to finish, as the Losers pass through what is supposed to be an abandoned town only to find it's full of Nazis, and a desperate battle for survival ensues which lasts the entire issue. The issue ends with a bit of a sudden twist. As the two sides battle, suddenly there's a massive artillery barrage that flattens the whole town. American and German alike are helpless in the face of the indiscriminate killing wave. Both sides abandon their struggle and pray as the town is flattened. When the dust clears, the Losers have survived. Their enemies haven't. Not because of skill, or justice, but just the random chance of war. A great, great comic by the King. This sounds awesome! I've read a lot of Kirby and I've read a lot of war comics, but I've somehow never read The Losers. |
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Jul 1, 2019 4:37:22 GMT -5
Day Ten Legion of Super-Heroes 4 (nov '84)  The battle between Karate Kid and Nemesis Kid in which our young hero battles insurmountable odds, against an unbeatable opponent, knowing full well he will die, and keeps getting up to do the right thing.  Im not sure if Ive ever seen another comicbook fight this noble, loving(Val for Jeckie of course) and memorable. Heck its stuck with me for 30 plus years so I guess I got my bucks worth. |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 1, 2019 8:12:27 GMT -5
1. Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus
by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
Amazing Spider-Man #12 February 11, 1964
Poor Peter Parker has the 24 four-hour flu bug and must face Doctor Octopus for the 3rd time when he captures Betty Brant. Not allowing illness to stop him, Petey dons his Spidey suit and swings into action to save his friend. Battling the flu and the mechanical arms of Doctor Octopus proves too much for the Parker luck and of course, Ock handily (all 6) beats the snot out of our sick hero. Even going so far as to unmasking the brave Peter Parker in the end who is then believed to have been impersonating Spidey. I mean, c’mon, who would think that such an easily beaten Spidey is really a wimpy milk-sop Petey? He must a phony who is dumb enough in trying to save a friend while Spider-Man must be busy elsewhere.
Tired, defeated and humiliated Pete sleeps off his flu to awaken fresh and healthy and ready for round 2! Spidey fights his way through a horde of wild animals Ock has let loose and has a thrilling chase and fight across the rooftops of New York City. Eventually they tumble along in their struggle while falling into a sculptor’s loft (would have been wild if it was Alicia Masters place, a missed opportunity?) where they accidentally set off a fire. Ock is so consumed with defeating Spider-Man that he traps himself under a huge sculpt in the burning loft and nearly consumed by the fire itself. The fire forces Spidey to saving himself from the raging inferno as Ock is left behind to be rescued by firemen and captured by the police, all the while spouting that it was the fire and not Spidey which defeated him.
Now what makes this story so important is how it shows off the strength, determination, courage and responsibility Pete has. In knowing that he is ill, not at full strength and facing his most dangerous adversary, Parker CHOOSES to still go out and confront Ock to save Betty. This is sheer guts (bordering on stupidity, but still guts) and dedication and even while failing miserably, he never considers giving in and goes back after Octavius. While it is not a rock ‘em sock ‘em big battle issue, it is a personal struggle and win in the end for Pete showing off what makes him special as Spider-Man and such an “amazing” character that everyone still will follow his exploits and read after 50+ years!!!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2019 9:55:25 GMT -5
Sandman #4 Morpheus vs. Choronzon.  I am hope! |
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