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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2023 9:44:27 GMT -5
Day 7 Emma Frost the White Queen
First appearance: Uncanny X-Men 129
Spinoff: Emma Frost 1-18 (2003)
She's not just the girl on your mind...she is your mind.
Emma is one of the most powerful psionic Mutants on the planet, with powers sometimes compared to those of Professor X himself. This makes her a truly formidable opponent. She first appeared as the villainous White Queen of the Hellfire Club (Uncanny X-Men 129). She later turns 'X-Man' and uses her extraordinary psychic powers and skills-at-manipulation to protect others, especially her fellow mutants.
Her abilities make her powerful and in control. She won't be intimidated; She doesn't back down; She will give you an attitude and knows it because she can basically make you her b*tch. A bad girl trying to be a good girl, and often walking the thin line between both.
My girl also cares about fashion and aesthetics, unlike her brethren, and while she does dress provocatively it's very clear this is her choice.
The spinoff is an origin/coming out story about a teen girl who grew up in a wealthy, albeit abusive household and is forced to make it on her own while discovering her mutant powers. How she evolves into a villain isn't fully explored, but you might not notice that having been distracted by the risque poses on most of the covers.
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Post by MRPs_Missives on Dec 19, 2023 10:42:18 GMT -5
The Seventh Day of Christmas: Wakanda ForeverOriginally appearing in the pages of Fantastic Four, King T’Challha, the Black Panther has had several solo features over the years, my favorite of these was the Marvel Knights series by Christopher Priest and company, featuring a savvy, sophisticated and strong portrayal of T’Challa and introducing a lot of elements to the mythos that have become taken for granted in Panther stories. '   -M
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Post by shaxper on Dec 19, 2023 11:01:07 GMT -5
I just wanna point out that it was John Ostrander and Kim Yale who turned Barbara Gordon into Oracle in the pages of Suicide Squad, and Denny O'Neal who kept the idea alive in Sword of Azrael. The same month that the first Birds of Prey one shot came out in '96, Ostrander and Kim Yale did an Oracle origin story in Batman Chronicles #5 (Oracle: Year One.) I didn’t know that. Well done. More on that here  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 19, 2023 11:26:29 GMT -5
I have the entire suicide squad first run. I don’t remember it.
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Post by shaxper on Dec 19, 2023 11:28:11 GMT -5
I have the entire suicide squad first run. I don’t remember it. Not even #48-49? |
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Post by Icctrombone on Dec 19, 2023 12:23:46 GMT -5
I have them but haven’t read them in about 20 years.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 19, 2023 14:50:20 GMT -5
On the Seventh Day of Christmas Bongo gave to me, a man with radioactivity.  Radioactive Man. Okay...let me make my case. Yes, Radioactive Man comes from The Simpsons TV show. But in the funnybooks he first appeared within a Bartman story as a comic book character in Simpsons Comics and Stories #1. He later got his own funnybook...which is what we are talking about today. And I got the okay from Kurt. So there. All the Radioactive Man comics are just ridiculously fun. Each issue satirizes some time period in superhero funnybooks. Whether it's the earnestness and jingoism of the Atom Age, the Go-Go Checked era, the Relevancy era, 80-page giants, movie adaptations, anniversary issues, you name it...they're likely to have taken a poke at it. By far the most fun I've had since prime era Mad and Ambush Bug.  |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Dec 19, 2023 15:04:10 GMT -5
This one crossed my mind, but I ended up not going with it because a) I wasn't sure if it even qualified given the way the rules shook out this time around (I didn't even bother asking Kurt about it) and, more importantly, b) I only just started reading the hardcover I have collecting a bunch of these just before this year's 12 days theme was announced, which I then put it aside as I started re-reading a bunch of the entries I did end up choosing - that process is still ongoing. But yeah, I agree, based on what I've read so far, they're really funny and cleverly conceived comics about comics.
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Post by DubipR on Dec 19, 2023 15:05:30 GMT -5
On the Seventh Day of Christmas Bongo gave to me, a man with radioactivity. Radioactive Man. Both mini-series are good but the second one written by Batton Lash is nothing short of fantastic. Great pick. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 19, 2023 18:26:01 GMT -5
On the Seventh Day of Classic Comics Christmas I give thee... #6: Lobster Johnson I mentioned earlier in Confessor 's post about Edward Gray that he would not be the only Hellboy spin off in this year's festivities and here is the second: Lobster Johnson. First appearing as a back up in Hellboy: Box full of Evil #1 in 1999 as a supposed comic that Hellboy read as a kid he latter went on to appear for "real" as a ghost that helped Hellboy thwart a Nazi threat in Hellboy: Conqueror Worm. After that he'd go on to cameo in several other stories until finally getting his own book in 2007's Lobster Johnson: Iron Prometheus. For me what really makes the Lobster special, other than his awesome name, is that( like Edward Gray) the Lobster's stories truly feel like stories from the period he's supposedly from. This isn't just a superhero from the 30's, his book honestly feels like a book written in the 30's. It nails that pulpy, noir feel of the Spider or the Shadow with just a little self aware humor in that although he's played as a real person in Hellboy's universe, he's also the subject of pulp stories and comics and even a movie based on those "real" adventures and so you're never sure if you're getting the "real" Lobster or an in universe presentation of the comics that Hellboy read which is a lot of fun. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 19, 2023 20:55:23 GMT -5
6. Doctor Doom in Astonishing Tales
Very specifically this story with art by Wally Wood, which left a deep impression with me as a kid
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Post by wildfire2099 on Dec 19, 2023 21:37:32 GMT -5
6. Wolverine I was considering leaving him off, just because it's a bit cliche, but I did really enjoy the 'Patch' era. Since he's on most lists I don't think there needs to be too much more to say. 
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 20, 2023 14:02:52 GMT -5
In which I look at Day Sevens shenanigans.
Birds of Prey - I haven't ever read any of the Birds of Prey books. They just came out after I was pretty well done with mainstream superhero funnybooks. But good for them. Isn't Greg Land that guy who traced everything?
X-Factor - Hey look...it's that book that made me stop reading Marvel for over a decade. Yeah...I'll pass.
Batwoman - I got nothin'. How many Bat characters do we really need though?
THE HEAP - Muck-monsters are just a heap of fun.
FF Vol. 2 - I like Allred's art. So in theory I should probably give this a try. In reality, that seems unlikely.
Measles - This is what happens when you cater to anti-vaxxers.
Tales of Asgard - The Tales of Asgard back-up was head and shoulders better than the main Thor feature. Like...so much better. I've pretty much only ever liked mythological Thor. As a regular superhero he's just Superman who talks funny.
Thunderbolts - I remember when this book first came out and was a thing. I still didn't read it.
Cloak & Dagger - I actually re-read that first mini-series in the last two or three years. It was bad. Like really really bad.
Emma Frost - I got nuthin'. I only vaguely remember her from the era of X-men before it became a huge thing as opposed to a moderate thing. But I suspect I'd hate it.
Lobster Johnson - I didn't even know that lobsters had johnsons. I do keep meaning to read this. Seems like the kind of thing that is up my alley. And yet...it remains unread.
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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 21, 2023 17:23:56 GMT -5
6. The Squadron Supreme
1st Appearance: Avengers #85
Choice run: Squadron Supreme #1-12 (1985)
A lot has already been said about this, I'll just add that this was one of the first superhero comics I bought, so I think I read this before I read the Justice League, and had no idea of the origins other than having seen some episodes of Superfriends on TV. Not sure I made the connection as a kid.
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Post by Paste Pot Paul on Dec 21, 2023 20:48:42 GMT -5
6. The Thing-Marvel Two In One
 ![]() So in the early 40's like maybe issue 42 theres a scene where Ben is sitting around, playing poker with a buncha saps, and eating this pizza which is all dripping and sh.. um stuff. THAT is the moment I fell in love with the book. I dont think we even had pizza here then, Id certainly never seen one, let alone eaten. Then there is the simple fact that Ben Grimm is the best Marvel character of all(and I love me some Captain America) so getting him away from that Richards loser is always a positive. Plus he got to go around with Thundra ...and Deathlok and it had that big Thanos story in it.
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