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Post by Doctor Bong on Mar 27, 2007 13:19:21 GMT -5
He'd be a natural for the Great Lake Avengers....
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Post by Doctor Bong on Mar 27, 2007 13:21:48 GMT -5
Hey, speaking of them, does anyone knows if they're gonna be part of the Initiative...?
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Post by Doctor Doom on Mar 27, 2007 16:07:33 GMT -5
Yup, Fabian and Dan Slott are co-writing a one-shot called "Great Lakes Initiative"
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Post by Nutcase65 on Mar 27, 2007 19:57:44 GMT -5
The Cakalaki Kid -- "I'm gonna serve you up some taters, Thanos -- and yer gonna like it!" I just used my exalt elsewherre, but I will be back to exalt. That's good stuff.
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Post by Van Plexico on Mar 28, 2007 20:39:01 GMT -5
I'm really surprised by how many folks mentioned something from AVENGERS/JLA. I think of that as such a "recent" book... it has never exactly registered on my "nostalgic memories" meter, I guess.
Those of you who include it: Are you mostly younger fans, who weren't around for the stuff back before that? Or are you older fans, and simply thought it was that great of a story?
(Part of the reason I don't rank it as highly as I could is having heard from Kurt and from Tom Brevoort about how much they had to change the ending...)
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Post by Doctor Bong on Mar 28, 2007 23:52:48 GMT -5
Well, I'm 41 & started reading comic books around '73 and I still consider it a definite high moment... I guess this was THE dream project that I awaited for many, many years & when it finally came to be it didn't disappointed me at all... Probably mainly because of the Dynamic Duo of Busiek & Perez, whom I enjoyed together so much in Avengers & whom I consider 2 of the best at what they do, with apologies to Wolverine...
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Post by dlw66 on Mar 29, 2007 8:51:30 GMT -5
I'm kind of with you, Van -- to be honest, I can't exactly remember the scenes people have referenced. Maybe I'm having a "senior moment", but that book doesn't stand out. It was cool while I was reading it, but it's not committed to long-term memory like the Silver and Bronze Age stuff.
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Post by Nutcase65 on Mar 29, 2007 11:21:22 GMT -5
I'm 37 and it made instant history for me. It was all about what it was to be a hero. If you don't feel it made an impact on you, go back and re-read it. If not the whole run re-read 3 and 4. It might make more of an impression.
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Post by dlw66 on Mar 29, 2007 11:42:04 GMT -5
Don't get me wrong -- I don't dislike the story at all, and yes, I also waited 20 years for it to see the light of day. What stands out to me are the conflicts between the two universes and each team's perception of the others' world. For the little bits of dialogue cited -- I'd really have to look it up. Just me...
However, if you want to discuss Dark Knight and the scene where Batman has attacked the hoods in the tenement and he thinks about the various ways to "hurt" a man from the position he's in... -- that is vivid in my mind and has been since 1985.
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Post by Doctor Doom on Mar 29, 2007 11:44:11 GMT -5
See, JLA/Avengers is to me one of those comics where a very memorable moment comes along every few pages It's VERY formulaic, which is it's greatest downside, but honestly with PĂ©rez art handling so many characters, this could be written by a chipmunk and still get 3/5 from me
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Post by Shiryu on Mar 31, 2007 12:32:58 GMT -5
I suppose I'm a young fan who has read a lot of old books, but I still thing Avengers/JLA is one of the greatest ever, in terms of heroic moments (Part of the reason I don't rank it as highly as I could is having heard from Kurt and from Tom Brevoort about how much they had to change the ending...) How much did they have to change it ? was it supposed to end differently ?
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