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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 1, 2010 11:18:34 GMT
You poor fool, it is utter horse-excrement!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2010 11:31:26 GMT
It was for charity!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 1, 2010 11:33:02 GMT
You could have just given them the money and recycled the comic.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2010 11:35:23 GMT
Well I probably will read it and recyle it if it's so bad, so same difference!
I left behind the issues of Dark Angel. I have some taste.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2010 19:15:18 GMT
Karl couldn't get past the cover. I made him look at panels of Iron Klaw until he screamed.
I will make Andu read this comic. Tonight.
In other news, MOTU UK #34 won from ebay for 56p.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 6, 2010 23:45:06 GMT
I've already read Dark Horse GI Joe so there is no horror there for me!
Andy
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Post by legios on Sept 7, 2010 6:38:41 GMT
Karl couldn't get past the cover. I made him look at panels of Iron Klaw until he screamed. -Ralph I was insufficiently prepared, as I knew little about Gi Joe:Extreme, of much beyond the original Marvel run. It was..... educational. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2010 10:56:12 GMT
You merely glanced at it! I will make you read every page...
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 7, 2010 22:34:32 GMT
Avoided picking up the Youngblood issue in Oxfam, much to Ralph's surprise. Picked up a couple of issues of Marvel's Strip and the Wildcats compendium - containing the first four issues by Jim Lee and a couple of The Tick. The one with the Barry and the Sidekick's lounge is still a winner.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2010 20:13:18 GMT
Now the run has been assembled and other stuff has been cleared from the reading pile, the time to properly read through Action Force Weekly has begun though there were shouts of rage when I found #5 had several pages ripped out! Bloomin' lying ebay seller!
Cheap* replacement found on the ebay. Hopefully mine in 9 days.
-Ralph
*Action Force Weekly issues are extremely cheap indeed so no sweat.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2010 17:51:46 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 13, 2010 7:27:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 10, 2011 15:20:11 GMT
The latest set of back issue wonders arrived yesterday from Graham's Crackers. Amongst it were the remaining 4 Power Man Iron Fist issues to complete my run. I can see why it got canned, Jim Owsley had no idea. Dumped almost all of PM/IF's large supporting cast and replaced them with others. I read the final issue again and could reognise very few of the supporting cast in that. The feel was just wrong. The only issues that work are the ones where he sticks Luke and Danny in the Artic ! On the other hand the Kurt Busiek (sp?) issues around 100 are just gold. 100 itself is blinding, get a copy if you get the oppotunity. I'm pretty sure Priest(Owsley) copped to the same thing in his blog. A talented writer who wasn't a good fit to the title at that point in his career. Andy I've just been pointed an article Priest wrote about his PMIF run: www.digital-priest.com/comics/powerfist.htm |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 11, 2011 0:26:38 GMT
He's a very refreshingly honest person and his insight into the Marvel days was quite enlightening.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 11, 2011 7:51:26 GMT
He did have the misfortune to be there when Shooter made his one big mistake....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 14, 2011 23:34:26 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 25, 2011 9:23:18 GMT
At last, patience has finally yielded a sanely priced 2nd Action Force special from the Ebay.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2011 11:51:06 GMT
? picture please
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 26, 2011 18:07:59 GMT
It's the Dreadnoks one.
Closing in on a Krull Movie Special. Let no swine outbid me in the next 2 hours.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jun 26, 2011 18:56:57 GMT
I've been reading my way through some of the Abnett/Lanning Legion of Superheroes relaunch from a few years back (the one that followed the Legion Lost and Legion Worlds mini-series). I'd heard good things about it and I am pleased to say that it lived up to the word-of-mouth. The series gets off to a cracking start as the Legion get back to their own galaxy after terrible trials and tribulations, only for someone to try to blow them all up. From there is seems a lot braver than most Legion relaunches, heading off into new directions rather than retreading bits of previous incarnations - having Ras Al Ghul as the villian for their first arc is a mainstream DC continuity tie-in that must have been quite unexpected at the time, teasing the possibility of a Darkseid appearance but using it as an authorial bluff rather than retreading the Great Darkness saga takes a certain amount of chutzpah as well.
Based on what I have read of the first year and a bit I think this is every bit as good as the storied Legion runs that fandom usually hold high.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 27, 2011 17:28:42 GMT
At last, patience has finally yielded a sanely priced 2nd Action Force special from the Ebay. -Ralph ****! The seller cancelled the auction after it ended. I am destined never to own this comic. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 27, 2011 18:52:29 GMT
Complain to ebay, seller probably had an offer after it ended
what does it reprint?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 28, 2011 13:41:14 GMT
Phil has started a brand new Back Issue project: acquire all the Panini UK Astonishing Spiderman issues reprinting Brand New Day.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 29, 2011 22:20:27 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 30, 2011 7:58:57 GMT
Champions is great. Early Byrne and Mantlotainment in one package.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 7, 2011 16:26:08 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 12, 2011 11:33:23 GMT
Phil has started a brand new Back Issue project: acquire all the Panini UK Astonishing Spiderman issues reprinting Brand New Day. Going well. 15 issues into a 40 issue project. Seeing as I've got more issues on the way I decided to actually read one of my previous back issue quests that I'd never got round to reading.... The DeMattis/Zeck Captain America. It's not bad, and Zeck is superb all the way through, but DeMattios doesn't really hit his stride till he's about 15 issues in and the issues I already owned, the run up to 300 are easily the best. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2011 7:37:35 GMT
A couple of good days on the Astonishing Spider-Man back issues - hauled everything up to issue 26 now. Needs list stands at 27, 29, 32 & 36-40
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2011 17:23:35 GMT
A couple of good days on the Astonishing X-Men back issues - hauled everything up to issue 26 now. Needs list stands at 27, 29, 32 & 36-40 Astonishing Spider-Man. Philip is an idiot. And wouldn't touch any further issues of Astonishing with a barge pole. These look a class production now I have them in my hand. 2/3 new issues and then archive back up material. And what archive material! So far I've found Spiderman vs Wolverine, ASM 289 - the revalation of the Hobgoblin's identity, McFarlane ASM and the ASM Wedding & Honeymoon issues. Class stuff. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 25, 2011 18:26:07 GMT
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