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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 8, 2008 8:07:43 GMT
Quite a while in fact ..... (170- to 210) Then she gets her TIO appearances, and then it's MM2020. There's also an Avengers annual appearance where she gets rebuilt and blown to bits.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 8, 2008 8:31:35 GMT
Her first appearance is Avengers 162. She basically stays with the team from then till 210. Her history after what I discribed is basically rebuilt/destroyed repeat ad nauseum. See WikpediaOn the one hand she basically a Vision clone: Bride/son of Ultron programmed with The Wasp/Wonder Man's personality. On the other she's really got a lot of potential as she's basically a blank slate that you could do something with. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 8, 2008 9:08:40 GMT
Got Thing 28 and 29 this morning off a Canadian seller. He wanted $10 postage .... but seeing as these were 25p each and there were 2 more ROM issues on the list from the same person....
So my wants list reads
Thing 33 34
Marvel Team Up 128 (Captain America)
Power Man & Iron Fist 89 90 91
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 31, 2008 7:58:00 GMT
Did I mention I got the Jack of Hearts LS and Avengers Annuals 10-13 for less than a tenner inc postage ?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 31, 2008 9:07:06 GMT
You have now.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 1, 2008 20:40:20 GMT
Finally finished my Thing run. 1-10 are the best of it to be honest, and the last couple of parts of Ben Grimm Space Ranger are very good,. The rest of it - especially after he returns to earth - not so good.
The Avengers Annuals were a mixed bag. 10s good, nice art, decent story, important overall. 11's just a knockabout with the Defenders, 12 looks good but didn't do it for me. Enjoyed 13 - Dikto/Byrne art and a Stern story concerning all the stuff the Banner Hulk's left behind.
Jack Of Hearts is waiting .....
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2008 20:44:55 GMT
Yeah, my memories of the Thing title is that the issues on Battleworld are tops but once he's back on Earth it was bobbins.
-Ralph
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 1, 2008 22:29:52 GMT
While flicking through Jocasta's extensive Wikipedia entry, I came across this superb spot of badassery from everybody's fourth-favourite Nextwaver, Machine Man:
"Ultron nevertheless survived until Machine Man reached down his throat to tear out vital circuitry."
Apparently Fin Fang Foom wasn't the first engine of destruction Machine Man has killed by leaping down its throat and tearing out its heart. Hardcore.
-Nick
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2008 14:48:02 GMT
I was summoned to the back issues today when I realised there's just a 10 issue gap between the Hulk Byrne Visionaries and the Peter David Visionaries. Just a few clicks later and they were winging their way from eBay to me.
Must go back and get some Mantlo issues !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 5, 2008 10:10:19 GMT
< SUCK >
That is the sound of Phil's wallet being taken by eBay. I realised I had some Mantlo backissues. I then decided it might be quite fun to connect them up to the Byrne run.
Far too many comics are on their way here.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 5, 2008 23:22:21 GMT
Dug out my existing Hulk backissues today.
290 is brilliant. You have to own it. I've got 289 too, but I'm told there's a run in to this issue starting c287. Looking forward to that !¬
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 10, 2008 21:01:28 GMT
And lo there ws a huge pile of Hulk waiting for me today !
The corner boxes on Issues 291 - 300 have a flick book thing going on ! How cool is that ?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2008 21:19:00 GMT
Hulk like flickbooks!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2008 21:01:48 GMT
So..... Mantlo's Hulk run. Liked the stuff around 290 - excelent run of issues. Dreaded the deterioration in the Hulks condition, but felt the exile to the crossroads was lacking something,.... very reminiscent of the Thing being marooned on Battleworld. Almost every issue presses the reset button at the end. 2/3 of the way through Bill channges the Hulk's companion - why ? I got the feeling he didn't know where it was going or how he was going to get the Hulk home again - fortunately the Beyonder shows up.
Buying backwards now, but if anyone's local back issue stock has 293, 284, 275 or 274 I need them !
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2008 16:03:29 GMT
Phil sent me a few doubler Mantlo Hulk issues. Mighty Mantlotainment. You can't go wrong with the Soviet Super Soldiers for maximum tat!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2008 21:51:00 GMT
I love the Super Soldiers ! Glad you liked the issues. If I get any more doubles I know where to send them.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 16, 2008 7:00:21 GMT
A pretty succesful run up in London the other day wiped over half of the remaining dozen Hulk issue I wanted off my list. Sadly only one came from Orbital.
DOUBLES:
1) I now have a 2nd spare set of both Soviet super soldiers issues. First person to message me gets them
2) Ralph: I have aquired a double of the greatest Hulk issue *EVER* that will shortly be winging it's way to you.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 16, 2008 8:35:49 GMT
BTW still looking for a Hulk 275 !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 16, 2008 8:37:19 GMT
DOUBLES: 1) I now have a 2nd spare set of both Soviet super soldiers issues. First person to message me gets them Claimed by Mr Thurgood ! |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2008 10:40:49 GMT
Ursa Major growls in triumph!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 16, 2008 16:30:50 GMT
And also in Russian of course...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2008 16:52:13 GMT
<yes, comrade>*
-Ralph
*translated from the Russan - editor Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2008 20:18:17 GMT
I read The Incredible Hulk #290 today.
Mantlo. Ms Modok. 'Snuff said.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2008 22:13:17 GMT
You enjoyed it then ?
IMO this is the best issue of the Hulk ever. Blinding. And I know I'm not alone in this as there's some pages in the Mantlo tribute thing devoted to it.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2008 10:34:37 GMT
The double page reveal of Ms Modok is one of the greatest moments in Mavel comics! It's just utterly mad. And yet, so right. The kind of thing that only works in comics.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 30, 2008 20:06:57 GMT
Jocasta, you say? So what does she actually do except lie in bits? That's the only state I've ever seen her in except for in Machine Man 2020 where she was an elderly Sunset Bain's butler or something.-Nick |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 24, 2009 21:31:39 GMT
A shed load of avengers back issues showed up. Some are to complement my MSH issues, others to plug the gaps in trades, but the majority is to push the end of my run forward.
The result is I only need issues 150, 151, 152 & 153 to complete a run of stories 1 - 300 !
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 27, 2009 21:51:13 GMT
My recent back issue aquisitions have given me the tail end of Roger Stern's Avengers run. It's distinctly off the boil from his earlier stuff, especially the magic run from c 250 - 277 (end of the Under Siege story) Having said that his stuff is distinctly better than the material that follows backing up Roger's decision to leave because he couldn't follow through on Mark G's plan for the title in the run up to 300. I'm not sure who came up with the idea of Reed & Sue Richards as Avengers but it just doesn't work, while Gilgamesh is almost a Thor/Hercules crossbreed here. Could have been so much better.
Having run out of cash I'm now turning to my own back issue box to fuel my old Marvel lust and have dug out some West Coast Avengers. This'll probably end with me having bought the 35 issues I'm missing ....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 3, 2009 13:33:18 GMT
A word for West Coast Avengers 17-24. A time travel epic taking in the Wild West and Ancient Egypt showing a grasp of Marvel history by showing previous trips to these eras and guest starring the Two Gun Kid, Rawhide Kid, Phatom Rider, Doctor Strange, the FF and Rama Tut. Wonderful mad splash pages showing the same number of time lines as the part of the story you've reached.
You want to read this, it's good stuff. One of Steve Englehart's best works
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2009 18:28:32 GMT
Not quite a back issue but I just acquired the two Titan trades of the The Batman Adventures, from the early 90's.
Dammit it's still some of the best Batman books we've had in a long time.
Andy
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