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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2023 6:49:01 GMT -5
I like The Untold Legend of the Batman I read it every few years. We’ve commented on it many times here, so I’m not going to go down that same, old road. Instead, I’m going to do a poll.
I’m going to be entirely self-indulgent and offer ONLY six poll options, featuring my favourite DC heroes. Now, imagine that DC editorial, in 1980, decided to do an “Untold Legend” mini-series for another DC hero. Of my poll options, which one would you have chosen? And why?
I will post this: hypothetical scenarios are fun, but I realise the reality is different. Batman getting an “Untold Legend” mini-series probably made sense, given the mystique and history behind the character, but perhaps an “Untold Legend” mini-series wasn’t quite necessary or desirable for other heroes, who a) didn’t quite have the same mystique, and b) didn’t have a lot of history to articulate. That said, I’d still like to do the poll.
From the perspective of today, I guess it’d have been Superman for me. Might have been fun, especially given some of the incongruities in the character’s history at that point.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jun 16, 2023 9:02:32 GMT -5
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 16, 2023 11:44:16 GMT -5
Superman #300 looks very interesting. But WF #271 looks MUST-HAVE!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 16, 2023 12:54:50 GMT -5
I went ahead and ordered Worlds Finest #271. And to make it worthwhile for the postage, I added TBATB #146 (with Batman and the Unknown Soldier) and Shade the Changing Man #3.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jun 16, 2023 18:23:15 GMT -5
I consider it a standout issue for a series which, oddly enough considering its stars, didn't seem to have too many of those. A lot of continuity, but its not laboriously presented or a chore to get through - instead, I suspect you'll want to keep turning the page to find out the details of Superman's and Batman's next "first" meeting. I don't know if the story is enhanced or lessened by knowing the stories Thomas is referring back to or not, but I think this might be that rare occasion when Rich Buckler's swiping like he's never swiped before actually earns you his respect.
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Post by chadwilliam on Jun 16, 2023 18:30:51 GMT -5
From the perspective of today, I guess it’d have been Superman for me. Might have been fun, especially given some of the incongruities in the character’s history at that point. For the most part, Untold Legend treated Batman's history as a consistent whole (they did opt to go with Alfred's Silver Age origin rather than Golden Age for some strange reason and never acknowledged Batman's Old Look unfortunately) but I don't see how they could have done the same with a character who we were retroactively told had had every major event in his life happen before he left Smallvile. From Luthor to Mxyzptlk to Lois Lane to Perry White to Green Arrow to Robin he had met all of these characters as Superboy suggesting to me that once you actually got to the Superman portion of his story, most of his untold story would already have been told.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 16, 2023 18:47:18 GMT -5
From the perspective of today, I guess it’d have been Superman for me. Might have been fun, especially given some of the incongruities in the character’s history at that point. For the most part, Untold Legend treated Batman's history as a consistent whole (they did opt to go with Alfred's Silver Age origin rather than Golden Age for some strange reason and never acknowledged Batman's Old Look unfortunately) but I don't see how they could have done the same with a character who we were retroactively told had had every major event in his life happen before he left Smallvile. From Luthor to Mxyzptlk to Lois Lane to Perry White to Green Arrow to Robin he had met all of these characters as Superboy suggesting to me that once you actually got to the Superman portion of his story, most of his untold story would already have been told. Well, they could have treated them like two separate characters and published The Untold Legend of Superboy as well as the Untold Legend of Superman.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 16, 2023 20:16:02 GMT -5
I went with Wonder Woman, just because. Flash #300 (as badly printed as it was, in my copy) covered that kind of thing, from an interesting standpoint. Wonder Woman could be quite an interesting trip, depending on what they decided to include, though it would have to include Diana Prince, Wonder Woman. Really, though, for my money, the best two eras of pre-Crisis WW were the Golden Age weirdness (weird, but really engaging stories) and DP, Wonder Woman (at least, at the start). Most of the rest of her time just seems rather generic, apart from Artemis' brief takeover, in the late 70s.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 16, 2023 21:09:06 GMT -5
Although I voted for Wonder Woman, why limit it to super-heroes?
With covers like these, I'm pretty sure there's an "Untold Legend" of Fritzi Ritz just waiting to be told... Too bad Richard Corben is no longer around. He'd be the perfect artist. Whatcha think, MDG ?
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Post by Chris on Jun 16, 2023 23:45:33 GMT -5
I think this might be that rare occasion when Rich Buckler's swiping like he's never swiped before actually earns you his respect. I... cannot argue with this. Totally agree.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 16, 2023 23:48:15 GMT -5
I think this might be that rare occasion when Rich Buckler's swiping like he's never swiped before actually earns you his respect. I... cannot argue with this. Totally agree. OK. Now I can’t wait for this to pop up in the mailbox.
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Post by Duragizer on Jun 17, 2023 0:22:08 GMT -5
Snapper Carr isn't an option? For shame.
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Post by MDG on Jun 17, 2023 10:43:00 GMT -5
Although I voted for Wonder Woman, why limit it to super-heroes?
With covers like these, I'm pretty sure there's an "Untold Legend" of Fritzi Ritz just waiting to be told... Too bad Richard Corben is no longer around. He'd be the perfect artist. Whatcha think, MDG I'm sure she's got stories to tell that so far have only appeared in Tijuana bibles. more seriously, I don't think Aquaman's life has been full documented yet.
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Post by zaku on Jun 17, 2023 10:46:52 GMT -5
Although I voted for Wonder Woman, why limit it to super-heroes?
With covers like these, I'm pretty sure there's an "Untold Legend" of Fritzi Ritz just waiting to be told... Too bad Richard Corben is no longer around. He'd be the perfect artist. Whatcha think, MDG I'm sure she's got stories to tell that so far have only appeared in Tijuana bibles. more seriously, I don't think Aquaman's life has been full documented yet. If you mean the Earth-1 version, you are absolutely right. Between his origin and his adult adventures, he barely made an appearance in Superboy.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2023 11:27:03 GMT -5
I went Hawkman purely on emotional attachment.
I had the mass market paperback version of the Batman story and reread it quite a bit. Would have loved to have the same experience with my (probably) second favorite character.
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