Dumarest
Vaquero de Alta California
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Needs more pouches. An pecs.
Close but it could use a few more pouches..
At the time, this pissed me off as World's Finest was one of my favorite DC titles, plus it foreshadowed the revisionist nonsense where Batman and Superman were suddenly no longer best buddies and Batman's new personality was resentful, arrogant, mistrustful, and all-around unlikable. And Superman was suddenly a naive dupe. I don't blame Frank Miller as he was just telling a story in an alternate universe timeline. I blame the shortsighted editors and dopey comics readers who decided they needed to ape Frank Miller because that meant comics were "mature," "serious," and "gritty." I guess they forgot we're reading about a millionaire who dresses up like a bat and a space alien with x-ray eyes.
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By contrast, COIE was my gateway into the DC universe.Preach it. Crisis of the Infinite Earths was my gateway to... the Marvel Universe
They killed Earth 2. That was all my favorite stuff. I felt betrayed. (I was a teen too and took comics way too seriously) After that I started reading X-men and Spider-Man. My shelf is crowded with Marvel to this day.By contrast, COIE was my gateway into the DC universe.
I had read some DC as a pre-teen, but was more familiar with Marvel, which generally had the better stories at the time. But COIE sucked me in, and promised a fresh start for their characters. I really liked some of the revamped titles that came out after Crisis, some of which I think still hold up today, and it gave me a ready jump-in point for them.
(also, I was just hitting an age where I was starting to react defensively toward some of the goofier elements of the pre-Crisis stuff - these days I can appreciate it, but when you're in your early teens some of it doesn't work as well)
I can see that. All-Star Squadron, along with New Teen Titans and Legion of Super-Heroes, was one of the few DC books I read as a kid pre-Crisis.They killed Earth 2. That was all my favorite stuff. I felt betrayed.
I should probably go back and look at this because this issue is when the art just turned me off of Thor. Loved Beta Ray Bill and Scuttlebutt but I am not a Simonson fan.The beginning of the best run of Thor ever.
(Yes, I'm putting Simonson's stuff above the original Lee/Kirby issues... yeah, I went there)
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The beginning of the best run of Thor ever.
(Yes, I'm putting Simonson's stuff above the original Lee/Kirby issues... yeah, I went there)
Just saw this post today, made me read the last few issues. The final one where he writes a letter about war (#155) is quite touching as well.This was one of the most heartbreaking scenes in comic history for me as a kid, Snake Eyes' first words...
I think the latter part of the Lee/Kirby run is excellent, and I would put it neck-and-neck with Simonson's tenure on the book.I prefer Kirby to Simonson, no question. I know lots and lots of people who feel the opposite, though. It’s a pretty common stance.
Well, yeah no question. However, Simonson’s run has lifeless Sal Buscema art for its second half. I can’t get through it.I think the latter part of the Lee/Kirby run is excellent, and I would put it neck-and-neck with Simonson's tenure on the book.
It's the early part of their run, when Lee was plotting a half-dozen other titles, and before Kirby really went all-in on crazy space mythos, that their output was just kinda... there.
My money is on the Gorn.
Q: "Which one of these heroes will DIE?"
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I have this one framed in my office.