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Post by dlw66 on May 25, 2006 21:48:05 GMT -5
Comics were 25 cents when I started buying them. Shortly thereafter, it seemed like it was about once a year that we saw the "Still only 25 cents", "Still only 30 cents", etc. warnings at the top corner of the books. When they went to 40 cents I thought I was flat-out being robbed. Of course, now I pay almost $3 for a gallon of gas...
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Post by bobc on May 25, 2006 23:45:59 GMT -5
We're starting to sound like old men, DL!!
By the way--I went to see an advance showing of X-Men 3 tonight, and it kicked AZZ!!!! Yeah it had some problems, and yeah it wasn't a slave to X history, and yeah Magneto's helmet looks dorkey as hell--but X3 still kicked ASS!!!!!!
Kitty Pryde was GREAT--showing surprising leadership skills, The Beast was really good, Angel looked great, and Phoenix was really, really scary.
I was scared that this movie was gonna be crap, but it was exciting and very cool. The audience loved it! Marvel has a hit on its hands! Again!!
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Post by dlw66 on May 26, 2006 7:34:05 GMT -5
I finally saw a clip on the news last night during Roger Ebert's review (he loves comics movies!!) that showed the "fastball special" -- not quite as cool as in the comics, but cool nonetheless. Can't wait!!
And I hope Superman is better than the speedo suit makes me think it's going to be...
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Post by Yellowjacket on May 26, 2006 8:46:55 GMT -5
Sounds good about X3, I´m going to see it tonight too. ;D
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Post by dlw66 on May 26, 2006 17:53:22 GMT -5
Speaking of X-Men, what was the first All-New, All-Different X-Men issue you had? I had #95. I had a buddy who had GS #1 and #94, so I had to borrow them so I knew what the heck was going on in 95. I still can't believe they killed off Thunderbird in his third issue!! This book was fresh, much like I'd imagine FF was back 15 years earlier --lots of bickering, good action, good art. No wonder I loved it for the next 35 issues (until I went to high school and thought comics weren't cool anymore... Missed that dang Dark Phoenix saga and didn't catch up with it until I was a sophomore in college!!!).
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Post by bobc on May 26, 2006 19:44:11 GMT -5
I had GS #1 from the get go. I remember walking to a store during a break between finals and finding it--I was like who are these people? I remember being very excited that there were all these new characters to find out about! Looking back on it, the New X-Men were the first superheroes I was in on from the beginning and that was exciting for a kiddo! Then when the Phoenix thing came along it was all over. I was hooked for life!!
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Post by dlw66 on May 30, 2006 8:11:02 GMT -5
It was cool in the 70's to get in on the ground floor of books. I remember getting #1's of The Champions and The Inhumans, and I was in pretty early with Marvel Two-In-One and The Invaders. It really gave the reader a sense of ownership, not like you were coming into someone else's conversation right in the middle.
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Post by steed on Jun 6, 2006 14:02:32 GMT -5
I clipped out every stamp I could find because I vaguely recall there was some "prise" if you collected all the stamps. I thought I was a sure winner because I read everything Marvel printed at the time.
Or at least I thought I did. I remember they printed #100 in some obscure book that I didn't buy. That bummed me out.
As far as cutting things out of books, it didn't matter to most of the people I knew as long as it didn't interfere with the story. I mean, we would buy books with half the cover torn off for a nickle. ( I found out later why people did that and stopped buying them.) I even knew people who punched holes in their books to put them in three ring binders or even taped ripped covers back on their books.
It just didn't matter. We read the books until the pages fell out of them and then Mom would throw them away. That's why the old books that are in good condition are so valuable.
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Post by bobc on Jun 6, 2006 17:24:26 GMT -5
I forgot about the Champions! I kind of liked them, although looking back on it it was an odd choice of characters
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Post by The Night Phantom on Jun 6, 2006 18:03:01 GMT -5
It was cool in the 70's to get in on the ground floor of books. I remember getting #1's of The Champions and The Inhumans, and I was in pretty early with Marvel Two-In-One and The Invaders. It really gave the reader a sense of ownership, not like you were coming into someone else's conversation right in the middle. I didn’t start reading Marvel superheroes until the ’80s, and so I envy you those experiences. Indeed, although I have since acquired a lot of ’70s comics, my personal library remains weak vis-à-vis the titles you mentioned. But on the other hand, there are new series coming out all the time. I’m gratified to have been on the ground floor for such recent novelties as Runaways, Young Avengers, Hard Time, The Walking Dead, Rocketo, and many more.
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 7, 2006 9:56:52 GMT -5
I bought the Marvel 70's Handbook (no that is not the official name, but I don't have it in front of me at the moment) last week, and I'm glad I did. A little heavy on Marvel's horror books, but then that was a huge amount of their production in that decade. It was great to see decade-capsules of the Avengers and the FF, and there is an entry on the Liberty Legion, even though they were a retcon to the 40's. Great stuff -- actually, the stuff of childhood memories!!
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Post by bobc on Jun 7, 2006 13:43:00 GMT -5
I saw that at the comic store and almost bought it!
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Post by The Night Phantom on Jun 7, 2006 20:57:11 GMT -5
I bought the Marvel 70's Handbook (no that is not the official name, but I don't have it in front of me at the moment) last week, and I'm glad I did. A little heavy on Marvel's horror books, but then that was a huge amount of their production in that decade. It was great to see decade-capsules of the Avengers and the FF, and there is an entry on the Liberty Legion, even though they were a retcon to the 40's. Great stuff -- actually, the stuff of childhood memories!! For even more ’70s horror, check out The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Horror 2005, which came out last October. Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, Werewolf by Night, the Living Mummy, Daimon Hellstrom, Brother Voodoo, the Zombie, Shuma-Gorath—all of these and more are covered in that issue. (But for a few of Marvel’s key ’70s horror characters—Man-Thing, Ghost Rider, Blade, Doctor Strange—you would have to turn to OHOTMU: Marvel Knights 2005.) One of the most ’70s-riffic features of Marvel Legacy: The 1970s Handbook (I do have it in front of me!) is that its interiors sport not one, but two awesome pics of Luke Cage in all his yellow-shirted, chain-cinched, fist-wielding Power Man glory! (Once at the “Power Man” entry, once in the FF #168 cover repro at the FF’s own entry.) It’s also cool to see that characters like Bessie the Hellcow, Korrek the Barbarian, and the Manphibian have not been forgotten. I saw that at the comic store and almost bought it! I almost congratulate you!
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 8, 2006 8:43:55 GMT -5
As an avid Marvel Legends collector, I am FIRED UP that Marvel chose to depict Mr. Cage in his 70's duds -- check out the photo on this link: www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0602/16/lukecage.htmSweet Christmas!! Too bad the chain belt apparently wasn't workable...
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 16, 2006 22:38:40 GMT -5
After having the Marvel Legacy '70's Handbook in the... ahem, "reading room" for the past week or two, I would highly recommend it (and not just for those seeking a diversion while "meditating"...). It really is a fun book if you grew up with Marvel in that period.
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Post by The Night Phantom on Jun 17, 2006 7:14:16 GMT -5
After having the Marvel Legacy '70's Handbook in the... ahem, "reading room" for the past week or two, I would highly recommend it (and not just for those seeking a diversion while "meditating"...). It really is a fun book if you grew up with Marvel in that period. I was not a reader of Marvel Universe comics until the mid-’80s, but I have since discovered the joys of Marvel in the ’70s through the wonderful world of back issues. Even for us Johnnies-come-lately, the handbook is a blast.
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Post by Van Plexico on Jun 17, 2006 8:33:00 GMT -5
Discovering Marvel Comics in 1977, I caught sort of the tail-end of that era. But there were only two kinds of back issues then-- stuff from earlier in the Seventies, which I grabbed up when I could, and stuff from the Sixties, which I didn't much care for. It made back issue buying much simpler! My favorites from the Seventies: Avengers (Shooter/Michelinie/Perez/Byrne) Iron Man (Mantlo, Michelinie/Layton/JRJR) Captain Marvel (Moench/Broderick) Micronauts (Mantlo/Golden) Shogun Warriors (Moench/Trimpe) Nova (Wolfman/Infantino) Super-Villain Team-Up (various) Also I pretty regularly read: Fantastic Four, Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Two-in-One, Uncanny X-Men, Ghost Rider, Human Fly, Daredevil, Conan, Power Man & Iron Fist, and of course Ms. Marvel (loved the character, but the comic never really found its niche). Hey, they were "Still only 35 Cents!" ;D
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 17, 2006 14:34:01 GMT -5
I liked Nova a lot, UNTIL Carmine took over the art. It was much better (IMO) when the Buscemas were doing it.
I liked SVTU; I don't think I ever bought an issue of Capt. Marvel, although I did read Ms. Marvel pretty much during the whole run (liked the issue with the Vision (#5?)). Champions and Inhumans were also on my list, as well as all things Legion!!
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Post by Alaric on Jun 19, 2006 8:20:54 GMT -5
I liked Nova a lot, UNTIL Carmine took over the art. It was much better (IMO) when the Buscemas were doing it. I agree completely. It also seemed to me that the writing quality went down around the same time, even though it was still Marv Wolfman (as far as I can remember). I remember absolutlely hating that issue where Nova fought the LMD heroes- I literally thought it was the worst comic I had ever read, and before that NOVA had been my favorite series. While the rest of the series wasn't as bad, it never regained its earlier quality, as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 19, 2006 10:00:05 GMT -5
The early issues with the Sphinx and Diamondhead (please forgive me, but I can't think of the name of the character I really want to talk about -- young guy, purple costume, very strong -- unwilling partner of Diamondhead...) had good characterization, and the art was solid. It was basically a revisit to the early Peter Parker motif, but was nice anyway. Typical teen angst in Marvel superhero books...
By the way, the Champions tpb ships this week (6/21/06)!!
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Post by dlw66 on Jun 28, 2006 15:32:40 GMT -5
While looking for the Champions tpb (which now doesn't ship until July 5), I came across a solicitation from DC for a Justice Society tpb series that will reprint the All-Star Squadron stories from the 70's!! Anyone else buy those way back when and love 'em like I did? That was really my introduction to DC's Golden Age heroes, and I thought the whole Earth-1, Earth-2 concept was pretty cool...
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Post by dlw66 on Aug 7, 2006 15:02:56 GMT -5
I noticed this while browsing the FF DVD-ROM I bought yesterday at the Chicago comicon:
From September 1972-January 1973 (#'s 126-130), above the masthead on the FF covers was the phrase "The World's Greatest Comix Magazine".
I know those were the days of R. Crumb, etc. and Mr. Natural, smiley faces, et al. Can all of you who have these issues (I have them downstairs and will check, too) see if your copies are the same as the ones scanned for the DVD-ROM? I can honestly say I never noticed this before!!
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Post by von Bek on Aug 8, 2006 8:56:35 GMT -5
I noticed this while browsing the FF DVD-ROM I bought yesterday at the Chicago comicon: From September 1972-January 1973 (#'s 126-130), above the masthead on the FF covers was the phrase "The World's Greatest Comix Magazine". I know those were the days of R. Crumb, etc. and Mr. Natural, smiley faces, et al. Can all of you who have these issues (I have them downstairs and will check, too) see if your copies are the same as the ones scanned for the DVD-ROM? I can honestly say I never noticed this before!! Well, a Thing/Freak Brothers crossover or Fritz the cat hitting on Sue would have been pretty interesting! ;D
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Aug 8, 2006 12:29:16 GMT -5
Freak Brothers in the Negative Zone:
Fat Freddy says: "Hey man, I think I've been here before! It was at a Dead Show in '71."
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Post by dlw66 on Aug 8, 2006 18:51:38 GMT -5
Keep on Truckin', like cool!
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Post by The Night Phantom on Aug 14, 2006 19:24:41 GMT -5
From September 1972-January 1973 (#'s 126-130), above the masthead on the FF covers was the phrase "The World's Greatest Comix Magazine". I know those were the days of R. Crumb, etc. and Mr. Natural, smiley faces, et al. Can all of you who have these issues (I have them downstairs and will check, too) see if your copies are the same as the ones scanned for the DVD-ROM? I can confirm my copies of #126–130 bear that same phrase. Certainly puts an interesting perspective on the chain-wearing Thundra.
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 14, 2006 7:43:20 GMT -5
How many of you watched the Shazam/Isis hour on Saturday mornings? Check out this girl, arriving soon from DC Direct!
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Sept 14, 2006 10:12:15 GMT -5
All I remember about the Isis show was the echo effect in the opening sequence where she goes "ISIS ... ISIs ... ISis ... Isis ... isis ..." Actually, I like this character design enough that I think Wonder Woman's in trouble.
Well, not that kind of "in trouble."
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Post by dlw66 on Sept 16, 2006 23:28:50 GMT -5
Here's a piece of 70's history: In FF #128 (1972), there is a glossy 4-page color insert with John Buscema/Joe Sinnott art -- FF Friends and Foes. On the letters page of the same issue, there is an announcement at the top of the page that goes into an apology for Marvel's recent price increase (to 20 cents!!!!!) and explains that when President Nixon announced his attack on inflation and subsequent price freezes, Marvel had already gone to press with the increased prices. Hence, the glossy insert was their way of "giving back" to the fans a little something special for having to shell out the extra nickel!
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Post by Shiryu on Sept 19, 2006 16:34:53 GMT -5
Wow... you are right, that issue contains a bit of American history. And I actually always find it amazing to think that Marvel Comics were already there when guys I read about in the history books (like Nixon) were around...
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