harvey@decvax.UUCP (Miriam Harvey) (11/17/83)
While Marvel has been slipping lately in taste and quality, I think it has come out with some interesting things of late. I feel the Cloak and Dagger mini-series was an execellent piece of work. The artwork was beautiful. The storyline was not exceptionally strong, but it did serve its intent - ie flush out the background of Cloak and Dagger. I'm curious to what others thought. The biggest change in directions has been Thor. It went from a book that was going nowhere with noone caring to a book that has taken off. Its the only time I've ever seen a comic book store put a limit on the number of copies of a single issue that one could buy. Million Year Picnic in Cambridge, Mass had a limit of 5. The removeable of Dr. Blake was a pleasant change. This secret id of Thor's could be most fun. I particular enjoyed the little scene where "Jarlson" and "Kent" bump into one another. It's amazing what a pair of glasses can do. Not all has been interesting from Marvel. The Magick (what had to Illyana from age 7 to 13 in limbo) was disappointing. Chris Claremont stated in an interview that it was a story that he felt should be told. I disagree. It was a dull story. I think it would have been better off as something dark and mysterious to be filled in by the readers' imagination or slowly filled in by the X-Men series.