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Post by hondobrode on Dec 15, 2014 22:56:11 GMT -5
I thought thwhtguardian was saying that he hadn't heard of the Archie Goodwin/Al Williamson Blade Runner adaptation at all. Rather than hadn't heard of that specific reprint. It was an American Marvel adaptation and first appeared in mid-1982 in Marvel Super Special #22. The magazine sized hardcover annual that I've picked for my list is just the original British reprint of Marvel Super Special #22. Incidentally, the cover of Marvel Super Special #22 has a great Jim Steranko painted cover that is about a hundred times better than the photo cover on the UK annual. You were correct, I had never heard of this adaptation before but now that I do its at the top of my list. Blade Runner is definitely in my top twenty favorite films and I have a great affinity for adaptations; for instance Goodwin's Alien very nearly made my list this year. Oh, I'm sorry I misunderstood. Yes, Marvel's movie adaptations were pretty good with the likes of Williamson, Garzon, Steranko, Janson, Simonson, Larkin, etc on art. |
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Post by cattysquaw on Dec 16, 2014 0:08:23 GMT -5
Archie at Riverdale High #96
This one is special because it dealt with a topic that was not spoken about too much, dyslexia. When this issue came out it made the news, more importantly it explained the dumb jock image of Moose. I have always thought Moose was an under rated character. Like my day one comic this one is also gone. I remember reading it many times. I need to find the Riverdale High series, they were great stories. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 1:44:35 GMT -5
I read this a few years ago in it's entirety and I was completely confused. I'll have to try again. The weakness of this universe altering event ,is that you had to have been following the DC universe and all it's multiple earths in order to understand how major a change to the status quo it was. They essentially folded all the earths and heroes into one world. It was a fancy way of resetting the DC universe to zero. I love it because Wally becomes the Flash at the end. Yes it certainly was confusing. That became part of the fun of it for me, as the search for making some sense of it required a fun trip though the DC universe backlog. |
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Post by paulie on Dec 16, 2014 10:55:30 GMT -5
Still catching up... today's pick is the first Marvel comic that I remember owning... man... this one I read until it absolutely fell apart: Avengers 191, January 1980I still own it actually as required by this year's CCC though in an upgraded NM version I purchased a couple of years back. The issue marks the end of John Byrne's brief run on Avengers and the fact is not lost on me that based almost exclusively on the merits of this issue I remained a Marvel zombie for the first 6 or 7 years of my comics reading. For those who don't remember you had a fun dust-up with the Grey Gargoyle, the continuing annoyance of Henry Gyrich, most of the Bronze Age lineup of the Avengers (Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hank McCoy), a miss it if you blink Daredevil cameo, and a solid George Perez cover. Loved it then... loved it now. This issue is arguably the largest window into Paulie's comics loving soul. Attachments:
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 16, 2014 11:34:03 GMT -5
I read this a few years ago in it's entirety and I was completely confused. I'll have to try again. The weakness of this universe altering event ,is that you had to have been following the DC universe and all it's multiple earths in order to understand how major a change to the status quo it was. They essentially folded all the earths and heroes into one world. It was a fancy way of resetting the DC universe to zero. I love it because Wally becomes the Flash at the end. Eh, I don't think you had to have much back ground information to understand how big it was. I first read it when I was seven and I was able to get a pretty good handle on it; I didn't know who all the groups of heroes were but that really wasn't that important as there existence was enough to suggest that there existed many alternate realities and that they were all being destroyed. I suppose the fact that I was an avid fan of Star Trek, the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits slightly counts against me in terms of knowing about alternate realities though. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 16, 2014 11:47:08 GMT -5
I still own it actually as required by this year's CCC though in an upgraded NM version I purchased a couple of years back. The Advance Warning states explicitly that you don't have to have ever owned copies of your picks. Cei-U! I summon the fine print! |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 16, 2014 12:09:22 GMT -5
Marvel's Greatest Comics #63
Why this one? Because it was the comic I wasn't allowed to have. When I was seven, my neighbors across the street, whose kids were a little bit older than my sister and I, decided to have a little "carnival" for the kids in the neighborhood. They set up some games, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and invited all of the families to hang out for the day. As a prize for winning one of the games, I received this comic book, which remained in my possession for the length of time it took me to carry it back to my house. My parents looked at it and felt it was too "mature" for me, so they took it away and hid it. It always struck me as odd that I could own Star Wars, Godzilla, Micronauts, and other books like that, but not a FF, which may have been more family-friendly than any of those books, but they had their reasons. I searched and searched the house for it, but never could find it until I was a teenager, when I accidentally came across it in the back of the cabinet in our laundry room. It was in rough shape, with detergent stains on the cover and blunted, torn corners. Even though it was in crap condition, I remembered where it came from and how I was not allowed to read it, so I immediately sat down on the cold tile floor and read it cover to cover. I put the book back into the cabinet (even though I was regularly collecting Amazing Spider-Man and other superhero titles by that point, I didn't want them to think I was snooping). When I went back a few years later, it was gone, thrown out when my mother eventually cleaned out the cabinet. This was my original "holy grail" book, the one that I wasn't allowed to read even though it was in my house all along.
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Post by paulie on Dec 16, 2014 13:24:43 GMT -5
Marvel's Greatest Comics #63
Why this one? Because it was the comic I wasn't allowed to have. When I was seven, my neighbors across the street, whose kids were a little bit older than my sister and I, decided to have a little "carnival" for the kids in the neighborhood. They set up some games, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and invited all of the families to hang out for the day. As a prize for winning one of the games, I received this comic book, which remained in my possession for the length of time it took me to carry it back to my house. My parents looked at it and felt it was too "mature" for me, so they took it away and hid it. It always struck me as odd that I could own Star Wars, Godzilla, Micronauts, and other books like that, but not a FF, which may have been more family-friendly than any of those books, but they had their reasons. I searched and searched the house for it, but never could find it until I was a teenager, when I accidentally came across it in the back of the cabinet in our laundry room. It was in rough shape, with detergent stains on the cover and blunted, torn corners. Even though it was in crap condition, I remembered where it came from and how I was not allowed to read it, so I immediately sat down on the cold tile floor and read it cover to cover. I put the book back into the cabinet (even though I was regularly collecting Amazing Spider-Man and other superhero titles by that point, I didn't want them to think I was snooping). When I went back a few years later, it was gone, thrown out when my mother eventually cleaned out the cabinet. This was my original "holy grail" book, the one that I wasn't allowed to read even though it was in my house all along. Ha! I just got a nice looking copy out of the fifty cent bin a few weeks back. Really rushed... essentially introducing Crystal to the FF... but a fun Lee-Kirby issue regardless. |
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Post by paulie on Dec 16, 2014 13:25:55 GMT -5
I still own it actually as required by this year's CCC though in an upgraded NM version I purchased a couple of years back. The Advance Warning states explicitly that you don't have to have ever owned copies of your picks. Cei-U! I summon the fine print! Well it's too late for me to stop now! So no Avengers 4 or Strange Tales 180 on my list. Oh well... I'm going to go with it. It will be enlightening as always. |
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Post by berkley on Dec 16, 2014 18:37:11 GMT -5
Marvel's Greatest Comics #63
Why this one? Because it was the comic I wasn't allowed to have. When I was seven, my neighbors across the street, whose kids were a little bit older than my sister and I, decided to have a little "carnival" for the kids in the neighborhood. They set up some games, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and invited all of the families to hang out for the day. As a prize for winning one of the games, I received this comic book, which remained in my possession for the length of time it took me to carry it back to my house. My parents looked at it and felt it was too "mature" for me, so they took it away and hid it. It always struck me as odd that I could own Star Wars, Godzilla, Micronauts, and other books like that, but not a FF, which may have been more family-friendly than any of those books, but they had their reasons. I searched and searched the house for it, but never could find it until I was a teenager, when I accidentally came across it in the back of the cabinet in our laundry room. It was in rough shape, with detergent stains on the cover and blunted, torn corners. Even though it was in crap condition, I remembered where it came from and how I was not allowed to read it, so I immediately sat down on the cold tile floor and read it cover to cover. I put the book back into the cabinet (even though I was regularly collecting Amazing Spider-Man and other superhero titles by that point, I didn't want them to think I was snooping). When I went back a few years later, it was gone, thrown out when my mother eventually cleaned out the cabinet. This was my original "holy grail" book, the one that I wasn't allowed to read even though it was in my house all along. The original of this reprint, Fantastic Four 81, was one of the first FF comics I remember reading and is a contender for my own list, once I get around to putting it together. I wonder what it was specifically that made your parents think it was in a different category from Micronauts, etc. Did you ever ask them in later years? |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 16, 2014 18:53:55 GMT -5
Marvel's Greatest Comics #63
Why this one? Because it was the comic I wasn't allowed to have. When I was seven, my neighbors across the street, whose kids were a little bit older than my sister and I, decided to have a little "carnival" for the kids in the neighborhood. They set up some games, grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, and invited all of the families to hang out for the day. As a prize for winning one of the games, I received this comic book, which remained in my possession for the length of time it took me to carry it back to my house. My parents looked at it and felt it was too "mature" for me, so they took it away and hid it. It always struck me as odd that I could own Star Wars, Godzilla, Micronauts, and other books like that, but not a FF, which may have been more family-friendly than any of those books, but they had their reasons. I searched and searched the house for it, but never could find it until I was a teenager, when I accidentally came across it in the back of the cabinet in our laundry room. It was in rough shape, with detergent stains on the cover and blunted, torn corners. Even though it was in crap condition, I remembered where it came from and how I was not allowed to read it, so I immediately sat down on the cold tile floor and read it cover to cover. I put the book back into the cabinet (even though I was regularly collecting Amazing Spider-Man and other superhero titles by that point, I didn't want them to think I was snooping). When I went back a few years later, it was gone, thrown out when my mother eventually cleaned out the cabinet. This was my original "holy grail" book, the one that I wasn't allowed to read even though it was in my house all along. The original of this reprint, Fantastic Four 81, was one of the first FF comics I remember reading and is a contender for my own list, once I get around to putting it together. I wonder what it was specifically that made your parents think it was in a different category from Micronauts, etc. Did you ever ask them in later years? I did ask them, and they didn't remember the incident ever happening, much like my near-complete run of Star Wars disappearing while I was away at college. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 16, 2014 21:08:52 GMT -5
Funny how that happens with parents sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 21:13:41 GMT -5
#11 Superman 252 100 pg Spectacular
Thought this was the mother of all Superman comics in the 70s because it had a whopping 100 pages and was the first 100 pager I came across. Also gave me some insight into some old classic DCs that I'd probably never come across in their original published form. Not to mention a wraparound cover by Neal Adams.
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Post by Cei-U! on Dec 16, 2014 21:53:28 GMT -5
#11 Superman 252 100 pg Spectacular My #1!!! Cei-U! Great minds...! |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 16, 2014 22:30:01 GMT -5
#11 Superman 252 100 pg Spectacular
Thought this was the mother of all Superman comics in the 70s because it had a whopping 100 pages and was the first 100 pager I came across. Also gave me some insight into some old classic DCs that I'd probably never come across in their original published form. Not to mention a wraparound cover by Neal Adams. Great pick. I'd love to have that issue ! |
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