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Post by The Doctor on Apr 6, 2019 20:22:23 GMT
VERILY!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 6, 2019 20:35:15 GMT
So vol 3, this is still sixties stuff?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 6, 2019 21:46:11 GMT
Yup.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 7, 2019 5:45:54 GMT
That is a lot of adventures, but the question is, are they any good? And the answer, mortal, is yea, forsooth! Update: Sif and Balder have just escaped the clutches of the evil Enchanters, wearers of the living Talismen! I had not realised that in the comics Sif is Heimdall's sister and has the ability to transport herself and others between Asgard and Earth. That does not appear to be the case in the MCU. Martin |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 7, 2019 9:10:19 GMT
60's Thor has a shaky start.
From my memories it's about two thirds into the first of the old Essential volumes that it finds it's feet and then ramps up the scale from there.
Andy
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Post by Jim on Apr 7, 2019 10:47:31 GMT
Yes, I've always heard that so started with Epic vol 4 which is really good. Must check out 3.
Silver Age Cap is an underrated comic that does the opposite - it starts brilliantly, with mostly WW2 flashback stories (as his present day action is well covered in Avengers) and you can tell Lee and Kirby love having him lay into the Nazis, then it goes through an amazingly creative period covered in the second Epic*, and then it's kind of spent out until Englehart comes onboard.
* and I'm not just talking Steranko, which in context doesn't look as special as people take it to be; the issues around it are a who's-who of the 60s Bullpen with everyone firing on all cylinders
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 7, 2019 11:56:01 GMT
Thor Epic Vol. 3 is great. When I'm done with it I'll have a look at Vol. 2, and may dip into or skim Vol. 1.
While I love the Cap movies (more than I do the Thors), I've been totally put off the Cap comics by the two mini books that were released ('Blood on the Moors' and 'The Coming of the Falcon'), which were boring, in contrast to the two Thors ('In the Shadow of Mangog' and 'When Gods Go Mad'), which were ace.
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 7, 2019 12:13:28 GMT
I recommend some more modern Cap. The excellent Operation Rebirth and Man Without A Country by Mark Waid and Ron Garney are well worth your time. It was those two books that finally made me like Cap in comics. Up until then I wasn't much of a fan outside of the 60's cartoon and the 1990 Motion Picture classic.
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Post by Jim on Apr 7, 2019 13:03:58 GMT
Thor Epic Vol. 3 is great. When I'm done with it I'll have a look at Vol. 2, and may dip into or skim Vol. 1. While I love the Cap movies (more than I do the Thors), I've been totally put off the Cap comics by the two mini books that were released ('Blood on the Moors' and 'The Coming of the Falcon'), which were boring, in contrast to the two Thors ('In the Shadow of Mangog' and 'When Gods Go Mad'), which were ace. I don't remember Blood on the Moors - is it Stern and Byrne? I mostly liked their run, though it's neither's best work. The Coming of the Falcon is what happens just after the second Epic I think, and it's a bit of a plod, Lee and Colan phoning it in. Before that you have Lee / Kirby / Buscema / Romita / Steranko firing on full Silver Age silliness cylinders, then afterwards it picks up again with the sadly undercollected Englehart run and then some 70s-era Kirby madness. Other than that personally I'd skip on to the Waid / Garney / Kubert era. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 7, 2019 13:25:57 GMT
I don't remember Blood on the Moors - is it Stern and Byrne? Yep. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2019 14:09:57 GMT
I recommend some more modern Cap. The excellent Operation Rebirth and Man Without A Country by Mark Waid and Ron Garney are well worth your time. It was those two books that finally made me like Cap in comics. Up until then I wasn't much of a fan outside of the 60's cartoon and the 1990 Motion Picture classic. Winter Soldier is fab. Top Cap, does what until then had been the unthinkable and does it really well. DeMattis Cap up till 300 is great too. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 7, 2019 14:11:30 GMT
So's the film, Phil, as I hope you'll one day discover... Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 7, 2019 15:47:00 GMT
When Kirby comes back to Cap in the 70's the strip enters a fabulous realm of bonkers madness.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 7, 2019 19:58:06 GMT
The book has taken a... peculiar turn.
Odin has stripped Thor of all his powers except his strength, so naturally Thor goes and joins the circus as a strong man. And it just happens to be the CIRCUS OF CRIME.
Hmmm.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2019 20:16:30 GMT
But the Circus of Crime are FAB!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 9, 2019 17:30:17 GMT
They are entertaining, but they most certainly are not FAB.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2019 7:15:25 GMT
I have always hated the circus of crime.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 11, 2019 22:30:22 GMT
Shakes head.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2019 18:15:47 GMT
Finished Epic Thor 3 today. Rather satisfactorily, it ends on the issue that begins the hardback partwork volume 'Ragnarok' which I picked up earlier this year.
Now to work backwards into Volume 2.
Or... maybe I'll read all the 'Tales of Asgard' backup strips in Vol. 1 and 2 straight through.
Yea, verily. 'Tis a fitting plan. So shall it be!
Edit: The Circus of Crime were rubbish.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 13, 2019 19:20:15 GMT
Probably anger some with this comment, but Balder's a joyless bore. Don't blame them for leaving him out of the films.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2019 14:41:32 GMT
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2019 18:12:50 GMT
In the Stan and Jack era it's a fair comment.
He is much better in the Simonson and DeFalco eras.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 1, 2019 19:24:25 GMT
After a diversion into DC Masters of the Universe I have now returned to the Tales of Asgard...
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 13, 2019 11:40:09 GMT
FOUND! It had been filed in the To Go pile with the also AWOL Avengers 145 & 146 |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 22, 2019 6:18:57 GMT
How you doing with your Thor, Martin? Thank you Phil for three Stan Lee Thor Epic Collections and something called 'Captain Marvel: Secret Invasion'. Martin Martin is due to visit a week Saturday. There's two more Thor volumes waiting for him..... |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 22, 2019 6:35:40 GMT
Must try to remember what I've read and what I haven't. I've got #153-159 in a partwork volume and #179-198 in pocket books.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 31, 2019 19:54:05 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2019 20:29:06 GMT
I will inspect the shelves...personally!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 31, 2019 20:30:26 GMT
Oh no!
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 31, 2019 20:31:39 GMT
In other news, I have finished reading the early Thor vs Hercules stories, just in time for the Returning of the Books.
Martin
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