boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (09/04/84)
Here are some comments on a couple of postings. I wish I could respond to more, but quite frankly, I don't have the time to discuss the power rankings of various superheroes, or who is nastier, the Brood or the Dire Wraiths, or stuff like that. Two quickie comments: Someone wondered where the Gardener came from. He first appeared in MARVEL TEAM-UP #55, in which he fought with Spider-Man and Warlock against the Stranger. This issue was reprinted in the Baxter reprint series of WARLOCK. He next appeared in an issue of THE INCREDIBLE HULK. He is supposed to be one of the Elders of the Universe, along with the Champion, the Gamesmaster, the Collector, et al. Someone else remarked that he though it was stretching believability for Galactus to be Eternity's son. Why do you think that Eternity was speaking literally? Galactus' origin has been explained: he is the only survivor of the Universe that existed prior to its collapse and the Big Bang rebirth. It seemed to me that Eternity called him "my son" in much the same way that priests use it with members of their congregations. Also, because Galactus is the oldest being in the Universe, he is probably the closest that anyone could come to actually being a "son" to Eternity. Now: > It seems like every review article on the net revolves around X-Men, New > Mutants, Teen Titans, and a few comics from other companies. Now, I like > Prof. X's merry mutants as much as anyone, but I wonder, are there a lot > of people out there who read Marvel's other titles? I know that some of > you do because you're familiar with the characters but I've yet to see > a Daredevil, Avengers, or Iron Man review. On the DC side, I'm surprised > that I haven't heard ANYTHING about Batman and the Outsiders, which I > think is a very good book, especially for DC. > > Scott Thompson ( ihnp4!hoqax!rst) Well, *I* certainly read other Marvels & DCs other than X-MEN, TITANS, etc., as well as most of the independents. My reviews contain some of everything. My cri- terion for reviewing a comic is whether I feel I have anything to say about it. In some cases, it's merely to point out something I liked in the issue, while with others, I give a general impression of why I like the title. In the cases of DAREDEVIL or IRON MAN (to use your examples), I have nothing particular to say about them. I haven't read BATMAN & THE OUTSIDERS since #6, not having liked any of those first six issues, so naturally I don't review that. To be fair, I should point out that I hardly ever review titles that are among my favorites, such as SWAMP THING, AMERICAN FLAGG, THOR, THE SPIRIT, etc., because I often can't think of anything to say about those titles except "WOW!". > Carl Barks was the artist who drew the Donald Duck comic books > in the 40s, 50s and part of the 60s. Now a company is releasing a > Carl Barks Library in 10 boxed sets. The plan is to release two a year > over 5 years. I just received my 2nd set, which inspired this item. > I don't believe I've ever seen anything in net.comics except stuff > about super-hero types (I've been on the net for a couple of months) so > perhaps I should say a few words about Barks' work. > > Carl Weidling Thanks for the brief about Barks. True, most of the discussion here is about superhero and related comics, but we occasionally drift into other subjects. Personally, I have no intention of getting the Barks sets. Quite frankly, I'm not that interested in the Disney stuff in general. I'd probably like the Barks material, but I just don't have the money (you should have mentioned that the sets are $90 each). I wish I could get the Manuscript press editions of the Hal Foster "Prince Valiant" or the Russ Cochran E.C. sets, but I have too much other stuff that I'm into. I collect paperbacks, sf & mystery magazines, pulps, and limited edition sf & fantasy books (overall, I have ~10,000 books/mags/comics in my collection). And then I have my videotape habit... But please continue talking about this material, if you wish. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (11/01/84)
> Mike Ciaraldi > Tales of The Teen Titans #50 > We get a lot of guest appearances (Marv Wolfman on p. 16, > panel 12, Adrienne Roy, the colorist, on p.30, ... Well, I'll tell ya, Mike, that *must* have been Adrienne Roy there, but I've met her a few times here and there, and it sure don't look like her! > Rocketeer Special #1: > We get to meet the mysterious inventor of the > rocket pack, although he is never named. Well, he IS, sort of, > but I doubt he really has plans for making wooden airplanes. Well, Peevy seems satisfied in his belief that the inventor was Howard Hughes, but *we* know better! Ah... you *do* know who it is, don't you, Mike? > And topped off by pinups by Gray Morrow, Doug Wildey, > Murphy Anderson, Bill Stout, Russ Heath, and Bruce Jones. > There's also one by Al Williamson (I think I'm reading his signature > right), and "GF" (George Freeman??). Worth the wait. That *definitely* is Al Williamson, and I'm pretty sure the other is George Freeman. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
ciaraldi@rochester.UUCP (Mike Ciaraldi) (11/02/84)
> Well, Peevy seems satisfied in his belief that the inventor was Howard Hughes, > but *we* know better! Ah... you *do* know who it is, don't you, Mike? That reminds me of an old pulp magazine ad that I saw reproduced once, from (I believe) 1934. It looked something like this: SUPERMAN Yes, Doc Savage is a superman! Read his exploits every month... Mike Ciaraldi ciaraldi@rochester seismo!rochester!ciaraldi