|
|
Post by legios on Nov 22, 2011 21:10:51 GMT
Finished the last two parts of X-Men/Micronauts. A little dissapointing in some regards. Too many Claremontian tics and not enough Mantlotainment to it. It isn't terrible, it just seems to get bogged down in the usual "our heroes have been mentally dominated by the villian" nonsense. Could have done with either more emphasis on the "Micro" or on the swashbuckling space opera that is the other half of the Micronauts mix.
Karl
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 25, 2011 13:04:37 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Nov 25, 2011 22:48:51 GMT
Bollocks! Where is Mrs Modok???
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 26, 2011 8:04:13 GMT
I know. One of the greatest comics ever written.
Still there's some fab stuff in there. I'd forgotton he wrote Vision & Scarlet Witch: I read #4 nearly 30 years ago when it was reprinted in Mighty World of Marvel 4. Shocking Ending!
I aslo note our old friend Hulk 258: The Soviet Super Soldiers is in there.
The Man brought us so much joy.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Nov 26, 2011 9:21:25 GMT
And the issue of The Champions that introduces Swarm should be there!
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2011 18:46:40 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 1, 2012 11:49:39 GMT
This needs stating here: Mantlo's Hulk is being collected! Volume 1: Pardoned (collecting issues 269-285) Volume 2: Regression (collecting issues 286-300 & Annual 12) Note the issue numbers in the second volume: Not 286-295, 297-300. They think issue 296 in here. 296 features ROM the Spaceknight and is essential to the story. I await developments with interest.... Amazon.com also draws my attention to Hulk: Pardoned . How did this one get under our radar? |
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jan 2, 2012 16:33:16 GMT
About bloody time Mantlo's Hulk was traded.
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by legios on Jan 4, 2012 20:23:41 GMT
Good to see the Mantlo stuff getting put out there at last. It is well deserved.
Karl
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 5, 2012 23:14:29 GMT
I trust everyone will be buying.....
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 6, 2012 0:42:37 GMT
Of course.
Andy
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2012 15:12:52 GMT
www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-comics-july-2012-solicitations.htmlINCREDIBLE HULK: REGRESSION TPB
Written by BILL MANTLO
Penciled by SAL BUSCEMA & HERB TRIMPE Cover by AL MILGROM
Bruce Banner still controls the mind and body of his green-skinned alter ego, but for how long? Banner, estranged from Betty Ross, settles in at his new Northwind laboratory as Kate Waynesboro enters his life as his research assistant — and soon becomes his new love interest. But what ulterior motive is she hiding? Then, when the Hulk returns from Battleworld after the Beyonder’s Secret Wars, Banner’s all-too precarious hold on his savage half begins slipping — threatening to destroy the happiness he’s finally attained! It all comes to a head in a no-holds-barred battle against the entire Marvel Universe — and the ending will shock you! Collecting INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #286-295 & #297-300 and ANNUAL #12.
384 PGS./Rated T ...$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6259-9 Looks like 296 has bought it :-(
|
|
|
|
Post by blueshift on Apr 17, 2012 15:13:35 GMT
Why, what was 296?
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 17, 2012 15:19:58 GMT
296 is the crucial issue to the entire storyline where the Hulk regresses from having Banner's personality to the Hulk's.
It features TMUK Forum fave and rights minefield Rom The Spaceknight. The Amazon description had 296 listed :-(
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2012 18:51:48 GMT
It pains me in this case to say I told you so.
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2012 19:36:39 GMT
I suspected it was too good to be true but live in hope.
The problem is the issue is crucial to the story!
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2012 19:43:21 GMT
Never believe Amazon early listings: they bear only a casual relation to reality. Always wait for the publisher solicits. Except in the case of IDW, where the best way is to wait until the physical book exists then check it to see what is inside!
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on May 8, 2012 11:13:01 GMT
It exists! I have in my hands the first Mantlo Hulk trade!
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 18, 2012 18:42:40 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2012 19:44:02 GMT
It's a bit "My mate who knows someone who knows" someone. Typical internet reporting. I'll believe it his brother says something. It would be good if Marvel give Mantlo a big slice of cash though.
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by legios on Sept 18, 2012 19:58:31 GMT
Indeed. The idea is a nice one, whether or not the report is actually credible.
Karl
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 21, 2012 16:07:52 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 3, 2013 12:14:37 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 6, 2013 22:01:50 GMT
It's a cracking wee Limited Series.
Andy
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2013 23:10:53 GMT
Never read looking forward to the trade
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2013 20:33:40 GMT
PHIL!!!! It was printed in Transformers!!!
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2013 20:36:42 GMT
I know but not at a point I was reading regularly
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2013 20:42:16 GMT
What?!
-Ralph
|
|
|
|
Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2013 21:14:14 GMT
I only had issues occasionally prior to Target2006. Used to read in shops.
Read T2006 through to just after it was went 3 strips.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2013 21:18:18 GMT
But Phil your school got the dummy #1! You should have neen reading always!
Andu and I must devise a suitable punishsment for you.
-Ralph
|
|
