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Post by Jaymz on Apr 10, 2008 22:08:26 GMT
66. It's got the Hulk in it.
So if Essential Classic X-Men vol 2 reprinted up to 54, vol 3 won't just be 55-66. Here's hoping it has some of the guest appearances the X-Men made in various other titles before Giant Size #1 came out, and not Hidden Years, as that was rubbish.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 11, 2008 6:02:54 GMT
The complete run of Beast stories would be good
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2008 10:05:26 GMT
The blurb on amazon would imply the Beast stories are included.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 13, 2008 7:26:36 GMT
Nearing the end of E ASM 2. My goodness Dikto could draw. His Spiderman illustrations are great, wouldn't look out of place today. One that lept out at me is a splash page of Spidey holding something up while water comes down him - looked fabulous.
Got some money Friday.
11/04 9:15 am Order E ASM 6 and E FF 4 5 & 6
11/04 7:30 pm Order dispatched by Amazon
12/04 8:30 am Order shows up at Phil's DFiS
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 15, 2008 21:28:29 GMT
Andy - did you ever get those Thunderbolts or Iron Fist trades ?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 16, 2008 9:32:27 GMT
Not yet as I have had to pay for flights and hotels or a stag do in august. So had to postpone acquiring them until payday.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 19, 2008 21:03:41 GMT
Oooh the Romita ASM is good. Nice honest storytelling from Stan - simple stuff but it works. The art is brilliant - again quite simple but as soon as Spiderman puts his costume on it comes alive.
Brilliant stuff. If I'd have read this a few months back it would have got a favorite run nomination.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2008 22:47:18 GMT
I do have an affection for Stan/Romita Spidey. Been ages since I read any Stan/Ditko Spidey: I recall being blown away by the craftmanship of the linework. Really must pick up some essential spidey at some point.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Apr 19, 2008 22:52:30 GMT
Just started working my way through "Essential Fantasti Four" vol 1 courtesy of Nick. Has an awful lot of charm to it, and has aged much better than the contemperanous DC stuff.
I also have discovered from this that the first Fantastic Four story I read (in a B&W Marvel UK Reprint called "Marvel Superheroes" along with a half-issue of George Perez Avengers and a half-issue of Godzilla) was in fact two-thirds of the very first appearance of Doctor Doom...... With material like that being pumped into my young brain it is no wonder I developed an affection for superheroes.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 20, 2008 9:37:03 GMT
ASM volumes 1 and 2 are top notch stuff (now if only I could find mine). Steve Ditko truly made the character his own in his run. It's interesting to see JRSR match him a little in style early on but as the issues go on establish his own style.
JRSR's work on Spidey being much better than the work he did on the early issues of Daredevil he worked on. It just didn't gel for me.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 20, 2008 11:51:03 GMT
The first FF I read was in a uk FF weekly (may even be an issue of the same title as Karl mentions). There's at least 2 stories in it. One is about some bikers and the aftermath of a battle with Dragon Man (FF 13something 136, i've found it in EFF6). The other is part of the first appearance of the Skrulls. May even have been a Defenders strip in there too.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2008 17:12:38 GMT
The Stan and Jack FF run is required reading for all who love comics, for the sheer density of ideas per issue and sense of fun wafting off each page. I would argue it's best read in black-and-white: the art pops off the page more. Only some dated sexism lets the side down.
In other news, to celebrate finishing an essay I picked up Iron Man: Doomquest. Also, the Doctor Who Storybook 2008 for 99p. Woo.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 22, 2008 18:57:20 GMT
New Mutants Classic 3 and Fallen Son: death of Captain America dropped onto the mat today.
NMC3 starts collecting the Bill Sienkiewicz issues. Comprises his first 2 storylines + NM Annual 1. If you're any sort of X-fan you'll get this.
I bought FS in floppies and then sold it for far more than the trade cost. I remember it being so so, but the issue in the middle with Hawkeye, Patriot and Hakeye II drawn by JR jr is fantastic,
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 25, 2008 19:23:49 GMT
Essential ASM continued....
The Romita stuff was great. Loved it. Currently in the very late 90s
Some of the recent eBay winnings have been spent getting some more Essentials: ASM 7 & 8, Team Up 1 & 2 and Two In One 1
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 28, 2008 12:04:48 GMT
A pair of Peter Parker Spectacular Spiderman essentials yesterday off ebay for 4.66
Big box o them from Amazon today - ASM 7&8, MTU 1&2, MTIO 1
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 28, 2008 16:23:45 GMT
You are going to be found buried under a pile of Essentials at this rate!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 28, 2008 19:38:20 GMT
Yes, quite possibly. But at least I'll have some decent reading material for a while.
I spotted a familiar name on the MTU 2 volume: Bill Mantlo. Oh yeah.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 28, 2008 19:39:58 GMT
Mantlotainment - the mark of excellence!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 28, 2008 19:48:43 GMT
There is some fine Mantlotainment in MTU 2. Oh yes.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2008 8:19:16 GMT
Am looking forward to it. Got to the end of ASM5 so I'm roughly in the place where MTU starts !
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 29, 2008 17:13:21 GMT
MTU = Marvel Team Up and MTIO = Marvel Two In One?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2008 17:56:29 GMT
Yup. There's also a volume of SVTU which is well worth having !
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 29, 2008 18:35:59 GMT
Read the first three issues in Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle last night. Hmmm. It's not very good, is it?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2008 19:13:18 GMT
Never read it !
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 29, 2008 21:04:46 GMT
Hopefully it picks up, but thus far it lacks the fun cheese of 60's Iron Man or the polish of later issue of the Micheline/Layton/Romita Jr run.
In other news, I see the Kree/Skrull War trade has had another reprint, though I do recommend Essential Avengers vol 4 over that, which has the same story in glorious black and white, is about 400 pages longer and about a fiver cheaper. I do love that period of The Avengers.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 29, 2008 21:15:01 GMT
The first issue of the Kree Skrull war with Ant Man crawling around inside the Vision looks glorious.
I've got the 2 part 80s reprint in colour somewhere
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 1, 2008 11:28:16 GMT
In E ASM V6. We had a sudden outbreak of Stan Lee "Female" a few issues back. Whoever used the word like that? Woman I could understand. To be fair on Stan his writing of women in ASM is much better than in FF !
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 1, 2008 11:34:33 GMT
You can't mean to say you think that quite a lot of the FF was blatantly, how shall we say it? Sexist?
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 1, 2008 15:25:05 GMT
More How than Who. But yes.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 1, 2008 15:46:31 GMT
Damn you typos!
Andy
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