tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75837363880893869242024-03-13T18:49:10.743+00:00The Visual ExegesisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-38763156296013895202013-08-23T01:34:00.002+01:002013-08-23T01:34:53.555+01:00Batman: The Death Of The Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Written by - Scott Snyder</div>
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Pencils - Greg Capullo</div>
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Inks - Jonathan Glapion</div>
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Colours - FCO Plascencia</div>
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Letters - Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt</div>
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Hello again! </div>
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The Exegesis has been away for a while, lot's of changes have happened over the last 18 months but now it's back, so let's get into it! </div>
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Okay, let me start by saying, I like David Finch because he's a great artist (he really is), but his writing is dreadful (really dreadful). So at the start of the DC New 52 relaunch I automatically picked up Detective Comics #1, as the previous run by Scott Snyder had been one of the best ever stories published by DC. Now Davd Finch was at the controls and I was instantly unimpressed by where he was taking things... A relaunch, a new beginning, a place to show new readers and old alike some new, original stories featuring new characters. And what do we get? The Joker. AGAIN. And this time he has gone and cut his face off. Who does David Finch think he is? Mark Millar? Give me a break...</div>
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But see, it was all a plan, it was a ruse! Scott Snyder had it planned all along from the start. Following that first issue of Detective Finch took things even further down hill, whereas Snyder was churning out his Court Of Owls run. Classic Batman. A story which reminded Bruce of how much his 'family' mean to him and why he needs them. The perfect setup for <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Death-Family-HC-New/dp/1401242340/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377205673&sr=1-1&keywords=death+of+the+family">'The Death Of The Family'</a>. </div>
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There have been stories over the years that have suggested reasons as to why the Joker and Batman are still alive, how one can't exist without the other, this story seeks to explain this idea from the perspective of The Joker. This incarnation of the Joker is much more creepy than those of recent times, Snyder explains in a recent interview, "That’s what I love about that take on him that Grant Morrison created, where he’s reborn all the time as a new self, that kind of hyper-self, hyper-sense of identity. For me, it’s a generous way of defining him, because it allows all of us to make up our own takes and have them all be “true.”" A great example of this particular Joker takes place in the Gotham Police Station, the Joker is in the building and in the dark begins to kill police officers whilst taunting Jim Gordon, left helpless and scared. Then the Joker starts to become super weird, he starts to tell of a secret that only Gordon knows about. Where he hides his cigarettes from his wife now that he's 'quit' smoking. They're kept under his bed, where the Joker claims he sometimes lyes at night... That really creeped me out.</div>
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Scott Snyder also recently explained why he wrote the story that he did "I can’t believe I get to go to work and write Bruce Wayne every day, so honestly, my big fear was that I won’t get a chance to do it again. I feel like you have to approach characters like the Joker, the Riddler or Batman like, if I only got one chance to write this character, this is the story I would do." Which I can understand, because when it became apparent that it was Snyder's idea to cut the Joker's face off way back in Detective #1, I knew from experience we were in safe hands.</div>
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As I've already mentioned, this story is a way to let the Joker express his true feelings about Batman and to let him know why he thinks they both exist. Only, as you would expect, his perspective is pretty twisted. As the story draws to it's conclusion it is revealed what the Joker has been upto over the last year or so. He has taken over Arkham Asylum and has turned it into a castle that he has built for the two of them, which lends a real "Frankenstein" feel to the story, Snyder says "the Joker really believes that Batman is the walking dead, that he lost his spark and his fire because he has this family that makes him an old, slow, weak man. He wants to shock him back to life." In this castle Batman discovers a tapestry that is made up of inmates from Arkham stitched together which is to remind Batman of the 'wonderful times they've spent together'. Although this is completely grotesque it never feels like it's gone too far. It's all about context, a context that has been setup from issue #1 of Detective Comics. This is the Joker confessing his love for the Batman, in his twisted toxin riddled mind he's come to the conclusion that Batman loves Joker, that's why he's never killed him. The Joker sees that Batman's family is holding him back like a weight around his neck, and that it's his job to free him so that they can be together in his 'castle'.</div>
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Not only does the Joker resemble 'Leatherface' from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the final showdown in Arkham Asylum also brings to mind the dining room scene; I'd love to know if this was a concious decision by Scott Snyder. Now, my initial reaction to what took place at the dinner table was as it should be, I was shocked like most people. "How could DC let Snyder do this? How can this possibly be resolved?", he played me like a fiddle and I absolutely love that. But then I felt conflicted and a little confused. Is this not the Joker? What the hell? Why would he NOT do it?! But then it occured to me, he's the joker, IT'S A PRACTICAL JOKE. Oh right, I get it, hang on, I thought he was for real though? I thought he wanted to rid Batman of his 'family', why would he spare them? And I'm still a little unclear on this, feel free to leave a comment and let me know.</div>
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Overall this is certainly on a par with Snyder's last Batman story 'The Black Mirror', although that story felt like it had a little more room to breath whereas this felt like it was very compressed. I read it with all the tie-in books which defintely felt quite bloated (with some exceptions such as Nightwing), so I would say none of the tie-in books are really neccesary they just fill in a couple of gaps. The collection of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Batman-Death-Family-HC-New/dp/1401242340/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1377205673&sr=1-1&keywords=death+of+the+family">Death Of The Family</a> issue13 - 17 is released in October and is something I'll definitely be adding to my collection.</div>
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Well there it is, the Exegesis is back and I've had a blast writing this one, but now I'm a bit drunk and it's time for bed, thanks for reading!</div>
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I'd like to start 2012 off with one of the strangest Batman comics I've ever read entitled 'The Bizarre Batman-Genie' from 1963. As well as this I've also been reading 'The Black Casebook' (2009) which contains reprints of 'classic' Batman stories that inspired Grant Morrison's 'Batman R.I.P.' and also features an introduction by the man himself. Here Morrison talks about how when he came to writing a new Batman story he found that many of the ideas he was coming up with had already been done at some point over the past 70 years of Batman's existence. So what Morrison decided to do was to treat this 70 years worth of publication as actual events that occurred to Bruce Wayne over a period of roughly 15 years and approach it from the angle of what kind of psychological effects this might have on a man. Morrison says that this approach, "required me to deal with and recuperate some of the more problematic areas of that long history, in particular the despised "sci-fi Batman" era of the 1950s when the Dark Knight Detective was thrust awkwardly into stories involving other dimensions, time machines, space travel and colourful alien worlds." 'The Bizarre Batman-Genie' isn't included in 'The Black Casebook', but for me is one of the strangest Batman stories I've ever seen.</div>
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The plot features a group of criminals who have stolen an ancient lamp and magic powder from somewhere in Europe and have taken it back to the US. There plan involves them throwing the powder over Batman which turns him in to a genie for one hour in which they use him to commit their devious crimes. It's certainly not one of my favourite stories but was worth a read for the novelty value. But it is only from reading Grant Morrison's thoughts on Bruce Wayne's life that give this story, along with many other ridiculous tales, the context in which to understand them. Morrison states that "Batman keeps a 'Black Casebook,' his own version of the X-Files, where all the bizarre, supernatural or logic-defying encounters of his career can be recorded." I like this idea a lot, this idea for me elevates potentially throw-away child's fantasy story ideas into something slightly more believable; something unexplainable and modern.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-46748540181849866722011-12-31T19:38:00.000+00:002011-12-31T19:38:39.101+00:00Top 10 Films of 2011<div style="text-align: center;">What a year for films it has been and 2012 looks to be as good if not better with the likes of The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, The Avengers, The Amazing Spiderman and The Hobbit to look forward to. There are some films that are missing from the following list because either; a). I didn't get to see them in time but I'm sure would have made it, b). They weren't good enough c). I forgot about them. (yes I know The Adjustment Bureau isn't there but if it was a top 20 it would have been no.11) But for now I'd like to share my top 10 films of the previous 12 months, let me know what you think!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>10.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k22zscMJBuY/Tv9iBoMxhUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dy95Fp4_E3Q/s1600/super-8-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k22zscMJBuY/Tv9iBoMxhUI/AAAAAAAAAVc/dy95Fp4_E3Q/s640/super-8-poster.jpg" width="432" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DDkq2I674dw/Tv9iVY2Uk5I/AAAAAAAAAVo/epKLxWH72Ug/s1600/SNOWTOWN_1Sheet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DDkq2I674dw/Tv9iVY2Uk5I/AAAAAAAAAVo/epKLxWH72Ug/s640/SNOWTOWN_1Sheet.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>8.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-632faZkGFYI/Tv9ic5RL9zI/AAAAAAAAAV0/pKYklYVMs3s/s1600/thor_ver5_xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-632faZkGFYI/Tv9ic5RL9zI/AAAAAAAAAV0/pKYklYVMs3s/s640/thor_ver5_xlg.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ott-ns5af8o/Tv9ijnYr9ZI/AAAAAAAAAWA/nKF1rl-DjzM/s1600/Neds-Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ott-ns5af8o/Tv9ijnYr9ZI/AAAAAAAAAWA/nKF1rl-DjzM/s640/Neds-Poster.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
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</b></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-23747723829561020252011-12-29T17:13:00.001+00:002011-12-29T23:59:00.869+00:00Top 10 Comic Covers Of 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDrwZj0sXCU/TvyPE6hKnZI/AAAAAAAAATY/S2ndbmzY1BA/s1600/Banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xDrwZj0sXCU/TvyPE6hKnZI/AAAAAAAAATY/S2ndbmzY1BA/s400/Banner.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once again it's that time of the year where I like to look back over the previous 12 months and compile lists of my favourite things. First up is my favourite comic book covers of 2011 (some of them have even entered into my favourite covers of all time).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>10.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8vudWI5qJt0/TvyS4LyiRYI/AAAAAAAAATk/OioRI3hOTZo/s1600/10+-+Action+Comics+%25231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8vudWI5qJt0/TvyS4LyiRYI/AAAAAAAAATk/OioRI3hOTZo/s640/10+-+Action+Comics+%25231.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Action Comics #1 - Rags Morales & Brad Anderson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>9.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RcjHG_62V0/TvyTwoxl37I/AAAAAAAAATw/ptksOCXcKr0/s1600/9+-+Severed+%25233.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1RcjHG_62V0/TvyTwoxl37I/AAAAAAAAATw/ptksOCXcKr0/s640/9+-+Severed+%25233.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Severed #3 - Attila Futaki</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>8.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--mchVybCzKQ/TvyUhkCCZwI/AAAAAAAAAT8/rmYM458QS9g/s1600/8+-+The+Shade+%25231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--mchVybCzKQ/TvyUhkCCZwI/AAAAAAAAAT8/rmYM458QS9g/s640/8+-+The+Shade+%25231.png" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Shade #1 - Tony Harris</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>7.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqXOq9ygFfs/TvyVQXB9mNI/AAAAAAAAAUI/6QDghHlDEfc/s1600/7+-+Swamp+Thing+%25231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EqXOq9ygFfs/TvyVQXB9mNI/AAAAAAAAAUI/6QDghHlDEfc/s640/7+-+Swamp+Thing+%25231.png" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Swamp Thing #1 - Yanick Paquette & Nathan Fairbairn</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>6.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xMrv409HCmU/TvyWQ9qIX9I/AAAAAAAAAUU/1z37mImV8r4/s1600/6+-+Animal+Man+%25231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xMrv409HCmU/TvyWQ9qIX9I/AAAAAAAAAUU/1z37mImV8r4/s640/6+-+Animal+Man+%25231.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Animal Man #1 - Travel Foreman</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>5.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FQ57sTrzcj4/TvyW85bkwyI/AAAAAAAAAUg/VA6JjIc59tU/s1600/5+-+Moon+Knight+%25235.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FQ57sTrzcj4/TvyW85bkwyI/AAAAAAAAAUg/VA6JjIc59tU/s640/5+-+Moon+Knight+%25235.png" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moon Knight #5 - Alex Maleev</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>4.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQNjmPbj6Is/TvyYoQpnBdI/AAAAAAAAAUs/hhRKRsGbQhU/s1600/4+-+Uncanny+X-Force+%25234.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQNjmPbj6Is/TvyYoQpnBdI/AAAAAAAAAUs/hhRKRsGbQhU/s640/4+-+Uncanny+X-Force+%25234.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Uncanny X-Force #19 - Rafael Grampa</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VJmnMsOPFgI/TvyZ6a4Ow1I/AAAAAAAAAU4/ViLQkQicZ78/s1600/3+-+Daredevil+%25231.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VJmnMsOPFgI/TvyZ6a4Ow1I/AAAAAAAAAU4/ViLQkQicZ78/s640/3+-+Daredevil+%25231.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daredevil #1 - Paolo Rivera</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BRpPE5wE-1A/Tvyci-tqewI/AAAAAAAAAVE/9J7AIkQhb0c/s1600/2+-+Batwoman+%25232.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BRpPE5wE-1A/Tvyci-tqewI/AAAAAAAAAVE/9J7AIkQhb0c/s640/2+-+Batwoman+%25232.png" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Batwoman #2 - J.H. Williams III</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EEf9CTwJMV4/Tvydghv5aGI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/3C9c1INqpCk/s1600/1+-+Detective+Comics+%2523880.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EEf9CTwJMV4/Tvydghv5aGI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/3C9c1INqpCk/s640/1+-+Detective+Comics+%2523880.png" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Detective Comics #880 - Jock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-10308393181989303492011-12-12T23:41:00.000+00:002011-12-12T23:41:38.813+00:00Action Comics, No. 434<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxmzEQF2Wi4kjWNrpm8bdzpVzbJnoYweWZHTyEYI_mU5frDVj0TUnfEQWUraLx1teghyphenhyphentMRDvhnb0rK272dKJ3p9XcyYcqd4DCWD9S9PM38tvRQ_0p8eQR8nAD6g9VWGBigylutHPczU/s1600/Action+Comics+434+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxmzEQF2Wi4kjWNrpm8bdzpVzbJnoYweWZHTyEYI_mU5frDVj0TUnfEQWUraLx1teghyphenhyphentMRDvhnb0rK272dKJ3p9XcyYcqd4DCWD9S9PM38tvRQ_0p8eQR8nAD6g9VWGBigylutHPczU/s640/Action+Comics+434+-+Cover.png" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Cary Bates</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils by - Curt Swan</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inks by - Vince Colletta</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover by - Nick Cardy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, it's been a while (almost 4 months) since my last blog entry, and what a busy 4 months it's been! It's nearly Christmas now and the bad weather is finally here to stay, so what better way to spend these dark cold nights than wrapped up in some classic comics! I absolutely love the image on the front cover of this issue which depicts Superman (not Clark) squirming in a dentists chair as the dentist tugs away at one of Superman's back teeth; my favourite part is the female nurse in the background close to feinting. Some of my all-time favourite covers are from DC's Action Comics. There seemed to be periods where there would be a good run of covers for a few issues and then some not so good; I guess it was all down to the particular team that was involved in the book at the time as the turn-over of talent was fairly quick it seems. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is issue 434 of Action Comics from 1974 and the title of the story is 'The Krypton Connection'. The premise of the story is Clark is tricked into eating chocolate that gives him super-toothache. Lois takes him to a new dentist that is handily working out of the building next-door to the office. Once in the chair he is sedated with gas to which he expects no effect but somehow he is knocked out. Lois then notices that the woman working in reception is the same woman who delivered the chocolates to Clark. When confronted, the woman blasts Lois with a 'Memory Extinguisher' and sends her on her way. Whilst sedated Clark hallucinates visions that explain who the dentist and his assistant are; they are Dr. Xadu and his wife, Emdine Ze-Da. They then proceed to brainwash Clark into wanting to destroy the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">One of the quirkier moments of the comic that I enjoyed was just before Clark ate the chocolate, he finds on his desk a machine gun. He picks up the gun and immediately it starts to glow, then a burst of different colours fill the panel to which Clark exclaims "Great scott!". Just then a guy called Steve Lombard (sports presenter) pops his head around the door and explains that it's a novelty item called a 'Razzle Dazzle Gun' that "shoots out psychedelic streams of light! All it takes to set it off is the body-heat of your hand!". Bizarre!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-79105510999270248092011-08-22T13:47:00.000+01:002011-08-22T13:47:21.307+01:00Green Lantern: Willworld<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf5R7kK_f6QZkAli6zSWeUu5ZObj6wgagvQSCUzzOjo1vzDWb17KiY9BcwAXdwqywu-7YykGc6hyPZ9Wz-TpDF0tYGmf70L0B2RniUhMYVS5VTjFbEsWaY4dVqztfKNZWhB3JssWXd8w/s1600/Green+Lanter-+Willworld+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzf5R7kK_f6QZkAli6zSWeUu5ZObj6wgagvQSCUzzOjo1vzDWb17KiY9BcwAXdwqywu-7YykGc6hyPZ9Wz-TpDF0tYGmf70L0B2RniUhMYVS5VTjFbEsWaY4dVqztfKNZWhB3JssWXd8w/s640/Green+Lanter-+Willworld+-+Cover.png" width="411" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(re-issue cover)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - J.M. DeMatteis</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by - Seth Fisher</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern: Willworld was originally published by DC Comics in 2001 and has just recently had a reprinting. Willworld is the story of how a young Hal Jordan came to master the use of his power ring, set in a world created entirely by the imaginations of other Green Lanterns.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The story was originally developed from artwork by Seth Fisher after he pitched ideas with some concept art to Joey Cavaleri; it was decided that the art style would be the starting point for a Hal Jordan story. Seth Fisher stated that, " I wanted a writer that would shrug off some of the spandex clichés that I was worried could limit my art, but still tackle the fantastic. I wanted it to be surreal and yet grounded at the same time.", he also went on to say, "We wanted a book where I could squeeze my imagination for everything it was worth and 'Green Lantern' just seemed to have the most potential that way."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">For me, Green Lantern: Willworld, is almost certainly all about the art; it is the driving force behind the story and the characterisation. That's not to say J.M. DeMatteis' writing isn't up to scratch; in fact the writing perfectly compliments the imagery and brings a subtle level of humour that is required to guide the reader along. The world that is created by Seth Fisher is Green Lantern crossed with Alice in Wonderland and Yellow Submarine viewed with a head full of mescaline; a surreal psychedelic playground combined with mind-boggling quantum physics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-37627649687292655852011-08-17T12:15:00.000+01:002011-08-17T12:15:30.431+01:00Eclipse Monthly, No.5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1GLvzUCEJPiHrp7gP6KTT3O8eVP-otQb0ph8wCoHmDMaJuLL-UVUyK4XKpqZfZ5QyZnCVwJS9_R_srl2h0WTWegXuw-Nhv32otsL2_s_WEBGVK4LMjZEMcxXtK4c349kBMy9zTZ-WtI/s1600/Eclipse+Monthly+5+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1GLvzUCEJPiHrp7gP6KTT3O8eVP-otQb0ph8wCoHmDMaJuLL-UVUyK4XKpqZfZ5QyZnCVwJS9_R_srl2h0WTWegXuw-Nhv32otsL2_s_WEBGVK4LMjZEMcxXtK4c349kBMy9zTZ-WtI/s640/Eclipse+Monthly+5+-+Cover.png" width="408" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Story, Art and Cover by Doug Wildey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eclipse Monthly is an anthology style comic printed in full colour by Eclipse Comics, Issue #5 was published in 1984 and features two stories; the first is 'The Masked Man' by Barney McAllister and the second (and the one I'm more interested in) is called 'Rio' by Doug Wildey.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Douglas S. Wildey was born in 1922 in New York. During World War 2 he was stationed in Hawaii, where he began his art career as a cartoonist for the base newspaper. Following the war he freelanced for the magazine and comic book company Street and Smith Publications. He then went on to draw mainly Western Stories including Buffalo Bill, Gunsmoke and Indian fighter; it seemed at this time, Wildey had produced work for almost every publisher except EC (the good one).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1952 Wildey and his family moved to Tucson, Arizona. In 1954 he began to produce work for Atlas Comics (a forerunner of Marvel Comics) which were mainly composed of Western stories. Around this time his work also began to appear in some Atlas horror-fantasy comics such as; Journey Into Unknown Worlds, Marvel Tales, Mystic, Uncanny Tales, Mystery Tales and Strange Tales.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1964 Doug Wildey became involved in the creation of the Hanna-Barbera animated series 'Jonny Quest' which ran for one series until 1965. Following this, Wildey returned to comics drawing mainly western stories for many more publishers, including the following story 'Rio' which is from 1984.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-82437800070717944872011-08-14T14:40:00.001+01:002011-08-14T14:41:09.416+01:00Astonishing Tales, No.2, Featuring Ka-Zar and Dr. Doom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq0hqijpTOa-Fv0-Asxb9_gFtXyxc4JUwrSvYrgyP9qY3HWNTDIIUyonlUYnOwOnZILHL-ceY0bYRNXHnSbCo26w2c8_-c4bEKxEsftW-j0osy-5Un3t8zfZUV1CDQObeKGBFdZ-O2fc/s1600/Astonishing+Tales+2+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJq0hqijpTOa-Fv0-Asxb9_gFtXyxc4JUwrSvYrgyP9qY3HWNTDIIUyonlUYnOwOnZILHL-ceY0bYRNXHnSbCo26w2c8_-c4bEKxEsftW-j0osy-5Un3t8zfZUV1CDQObeKGBFdZ-O2fc/s640/Astonishing+Tales+2+-+Cover.png" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Roy Thomas</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by - Wally Wood</div><div style="text-align: center;">Letters by - Jean Izzo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Editor - Stan Lee</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Published in October 1970 by Marvel Comics comes 'Astonishing Tales' which, initially, featured to stories per issue at 10 pages a story. Featured in Astonishing Tales #2 is 'Ka-Zar' the jungle lord, and 'Dr. Doom' the master of menace. The Ka-Zar story is written by Roy Thomas with art by legend Jack Kirby. However, it is the Dr. Doom story I am most interested in, which is again written by Roy Thomas but this time the art is supplied by Golden Age master Wally Wood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wallace Allan Wood started drawing comics from an early age and claimed that following a dream in which he found a pencil that could draw anything, he knew early on what his future held for him. Wally Wood is probably best known for his work during the 1950's that he did for EC comics, particularly his work on Weird Science and Weird Fantasy (science fiction comics that he himself convinced EC publisher William Gaines to produce). Between 1957 and 1967, Wood also created a host of cover images for great science-fiction writers such as; Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, Jack Finney and Philip K Dick.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Throughout the silver and bronze age, Wood created art for many different publishers including; Marvel, DC, Warren, Avon, Charlton, Fox, Gold Key, King and Atlas. It was during this period that Wally Wood pencilled and inked issues #5-8 and inked #9-11 of Marvel's 'Daredevil', which established Matt Murdoch's distinctive red costume.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Continuing from the previous issue, Prince Rudolfo (leader of Latervia) has escaped from his cell, Dr. Doom confronts him and reveals that he knows he's isn't the real Prince but a robot clone; a Doombot then destroys the robot. In a cave, the real Prince Rudolfo plots to overthrow Dr. Doom and take back his kingdom with the help of an alien creature known as the Faceless One...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-7694659860592866002011-08-12T18:15:00.000+01:002011-08-12T18:15:48.124+01:00Miracleman, No.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbuudpkVovZ-Nngd13n_3BmalO7Yem8rmT8yBhdaTcA05fhLDj628FZKnN9aKQCmPxxnZUOF7XFLDq0b60jtbzpnn6LHh72_tdUC5kRP-Rq10aHXEBNts2IkBvluu3DpwFS8hUpcIae4/s1600/Miracleman+1+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbuudpkVovZ-Nngd13n_3BmalO7Yem8rmT8yBhdaTcA05fhLDj628FZKnN9aKQCmPxxnZUOF7XFLDq0b60jtbzpnn6LHh72_tdUC5kRP-Rq10aHXEBNts2IkBvluu3DpwFS8hUpcIae4/s640/Miracleman+1+-+Cover.png" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Alan Moore</div><div style="text-align: center;">Art by - Gary Leach<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In 1939, writer Bill Parker and Artist C. C. Beck created the character Captain Marvel; he made his first appearance in Whiz Comics #2 (1940). Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a young radio news reporter who was chosen by the wizard 'Shazam' to be a champion of good. By speaking the wizard's name, Billy is instantly changed into Captain Marvel by a bolt of lightning which gives him the power of six legendary figures. In Grant Morrison's book 'Supergods', Morrison states that, "If Superman was science fiction, and Batman was crime, Captain Marvel planted his flag in the wider territory of pure fantasy." he continues, "His origin story detailed an out-and-out shamanic experience of a kind familiar to any witch doctor, ritual magician, anthropologist, or alien abductee." (p.31)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Based on sales figures, Captain Marvel was the biggest selling superhero comic of the 1940's, out selling the likes of Superman and Batman by quite a margin. It was only in 1953 that publication ceased due to a copyright infringement suit by DC comics that Captain Marvel was in fact an illegal infringement of Superman. It is from this point onwards that the history of the original Captain Marvel became embroiled in lawsuits and litigation. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Originally Len Miller & Son had been publishing reprints of the original Captain Marvel series in the UK. When the run came to an end following the first legal battle, they turned to Mick Anglo to continue the series in which he created the character Marvelman, which ran from 1954 until 1963.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next to step up to the plate was Alan Moore in March 1982 which was published in Warrior magazine; a collection of stories by various authors which also featured Moore's 'V For Vendetta'. Marvelman continued up until issue #21, August 1984. Eclipse Comics then picked up the title in August 1985, reprinting just the Marvelman stories over 6 issues. However, the 'Marvel' trademark was now owned by 'Marvel Comics' and so when it came to reprinting said issues, the name had to be changed once again to Miracleman; each story having all it's titles and references changed to read correctly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Following the reprints in issue #6, Moore wrote 10 further issues up to issue #16. Towards the end of the run the story heads into very dark territory, arguably some of Moore's darkest work. Following Alan Moore came Neil Gaiman's run which later fell into further legal disputes over ownership which went on for many years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the first issue of Alan Moore's Miracleman there are four stories entitled; </div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 1: 1956, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 2: 1982 Prologue - A Dream of Flying, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 3,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 4: When Johnny Comes Marching Home</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The first chapter is a retelling of an old story that features the Science Gestapo who travel back in time from the year 1981 to wreak havoc on the earth, and so Miracleman and Young Miracleman head into the future to the point just before the Science Gestapo travel back to stop them. The final page of this story features a quotation from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche which reads "Behold, I teach you the Superman: He is this lightning. He is this madness.", which is placed over an ominous zoom in to Miracleman's eye.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 2 starts in 1982 and Michael Moran no longer remembers who he once was but keeps having severe migraines and reoccurring dreams that frighten him but doesn't know what they mean. Whilst reporting on the opening of a new power-station in the Lake District, it is sabotaged by terrorists trying to steal plutonium. Michael's migraine worsens and is doubled-up on the floor; just then he sees the word atomic reflected in glass which reads 'cimota' (or kimota). It this word that brings it all back to him, he says it out loud and is instantly transformed into Miracleman.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 3 deals with Michael coming to terms with his forgotten history and trying to convince his girlfriend Liz that he's telling the truth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">In chapter 4, Michael realises that his old friend and sidekick Johnny Bates is still alive. They meet up and discuss the past, Michael finds it hard to believe how Johnny lost his powers and tests him which reveals Johnny was lying and he is still Kid Miracleman.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-4190323285851865552011-08-10T14:29:00.000+01:002011-08-10T14:29:02.373+01:00Marvel Premiere, No.61, Star-Lord<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Doug Moench</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils and Inks by - Tom Sutton</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours by - Glynis Wein</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover Art by - Tom Sutton</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today's offering features a little known character called Peter Quill (Starlord). The comic was published by Marvel comics in August 1981 and features under the Marvel Premiere banner; an anthology title that was used to showcase new characters that didn't have their own series.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the art in this book is by Tom Sutton (check out his Wikipedia page for more info: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sutton">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sutton</a>). The cover for this issue is particularly striking with a superb layout that guides the eye from the title of the book, down Peter Quill's ensnared body, to the life-sucking writhing mass of tentacles beneath him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Peter Quill is an explorer who travels across space looking for new worlds with the aid of his trusty 'Ship' (think Knight Rider's Kitt car crossed with a winged version of the ship from Flight of the Navigator). As you can imagine there is not a whole lot of dialogue in this book due to Peter only having a couple of AI's he can communicate with, so the majority of the story is told through his inner dialogue. It is clear that travelling through the depths of space alone for long periods of time are starting to take their toll on Peter's mind. After being nearly eaten whole by a giant Venus Flytrap, Peter muses to himself, "I actually found myself wondering if Venus had ever spawned a plant called an Earth flytrap..." to which he then states "Too much time in the void of space, I guess".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This particular issue finds Peter Quill on what he originally believes to be a young planet at the start of it's creation of life. Only after exploring a little deeper does he realise that isn't the case and something a little more sinister is at work. After fighting off several assaults from plants and what seems to be the planet itself, Peter is presented with a history of the planet where he witnesses a species evolve and head towards its own destruction. He learns that this planet that has spawned life also needs to feed on this life to survive. The extinction of this ancient race means that Peter is the first life-form to appear in some time and the planet needs to feed. But yet the planet is not aggressive in its manner and demonstrates that it needs Peter to want to be absorbed by the planet. Peter escapes back to 'Ship' where he debates whether he should put the planet out of its misery by destroying it or just leaving it be. He finally decides to leave it alone but feels that he may have made the wrong decision.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-73811491063567422462011-08-08T13:41:00.000+01:002011-08-08T13:41:30.103+01:00Invincible Iron Man, No. 80<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTfKICEfL_gQoOILuPK2XRAGYAAK4uQiwB-vr7iPteyXzhBFpYWfa35nJTMC2_6KGVHN84SgRZmMOa-T_YAHwtWMTUlzW9wLYMkdJ3r8tVlFFe0EgZjqJ3Opz8lZ5yeNFyWzv6sU1AOs/s1600/Iron+Man+80+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTfKICEfL_gQoOILuPK2XRAGYAAK4uQiwB-vr7iPteyXzhBFpYWfa35nJTMC2_6KGVHN84SgRZmMOa-T_YAHwtWMTUlzW9wLYMkdJ3r8tVlFFe0EgZjqJ3Opz8lZ5yeNFyWzv6sU1AOs/s640/Iron+Man+80+-+Cover.png" width="418" /></a></div><br />
Written by - Mike Friedrich</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils by - Chic Stone</div><div style="text-align: center;">Inks by - Vince Colletta</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours by - George Roussos<br />
Cover Art - Jack Kirby & Al Milgrom<br />
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It's been a while since my last blog entry but I'm back again to write about comics I've been reading; today's is 'The Invincible Iron Man' no. 80 from 1975. The beautiful cover art is by Jack Kirby in which he presents Iron Man filling the width of the cover elbow-to-elbow, giving Iron Man a sense of strength and weight; locked into the middle of the page almost having to carry the weight of his name upon his back.<br />
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The story is entitled 'Mission into Madness' and on the opening page at the top it states "The dreaded deadline doom has broken up our storyline far more than it should, but we're back on track now, and we're gonna see our story on to its smashing climax! Onward!" I couldn't find any extra information about this, but I guess it suggests that the book was late on its release due to missing tight deadlines for whatever reason.<br />
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The first few pages are a recap on previous issues in which it explains how Iron Man has done battle with foes such as the Yellow Claw (who was secretly an explosive automaton), the Death Squad and Modok. The start of this story finds Iron Man chasing Firebrand and the Black Lama through inter-dimensional space. They arrive in Black Lama's home dimension and are attacked by castle guards. I fight ensues and then Iron Man and Firebrand are taken to a secret hiding place by Princess Susan and her father King Jerald (the Black Lama) who goes on to explain how he isn't a bad guy but temporarily insane. Iron Man doesn't believe him and so Firebrand attacks and escapes. Iron Man defeats some Nulatron robots, catches up with the Black Lama and agrees to help him suppress the revolt, but the longer he has to stay in this dimension, the more insane he will become.<br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-43710369166632952152011-06-21T16:26:00.000+01:002011-06-21T16:26:24.946+01:00Weston Point - Part One<div style="text-align: center;">Here's the final film, hope you enjoy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-49366206362172424712011-06-03T20:02:00.002+01:002011-06-03T20:05:34.714+01:00Weston Point Trailer<div style="text-align: center;">Me and a few friends have been working on a short film that is the first part in a mini series called Weston Point. Check out this teaser!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-69521230143846168682011-06-01T08:58:00.000+01:002011-06-01T08:58:17.439+01:00The Invaders, No. 16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn6rr5wzP4MLEQBPzs7tovzba052WO6MqQJJd5l8ZJoul0Wddr3t1SWswOcQDp2pGS3V02X1FMKlv0K-WPYp8gdDDwvKZrtJ_kLpgaU2TkS_a4OHlhmLvwnaVE13K_kw7RQy_Z9MRjXw/s1600/Invaders+no16+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn6rr5wzP4MLEQBPzs7tovzba052WO6MqQJJd5l8ZJoul0Wddr3t1SWswOcQDp2pGS3V02X1FMKlv0K-WPYp8gdDDwvKZrtJ_kLpgaU2TkS_a4OHlhmLvwnaVE13K_kw7RQy_Z9MRjXw/s640/Invaders+no16+-+Cover.png" width="422" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Written by - Roy Thomas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pencils by - Jim Mooney</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inks by - Frank Springer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Colours by - Janice Cohen</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Letters by - John Costanza</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Great cover art here by Jack Kirby featured on The Invaders no. 16 from May 1977. After recently reading Marvels current 'Fear Itself' event I was (again) reminded of Nazis in comic books, to which. The Invaders came to mind; The Invaders generally features many Nazis and this one has the biggest one of all... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Captain America and Bucky are in London and fail to stop the abduction of American Private 'Biljo White' by a group of Nazis. Biljo White is the writer and artist of fictional comic book 'Major Victory'. Captain America purchases the latest issue as it features the origin of Major Victory which strangely mirrors the Cap's own origins. It is from this story that the Nazis believe its writer, Biljo White, knows the details of the 'Super Soldier Formula'. They travel to Berchtesgaden, Hitlers armoured fortress, in Namor's airship which is stormed by Master Man. Then Hitler arrives...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-88533866438065016462011-05-29T13:24:00.001+01:002011-06-01T07:37:29.000+01:00Vanguard Illustrated, No. 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKtUEFrzCjmdPQmfsvPXONsJLHtVX2gUL9BoZdfItTSzkrYjPob-eRnVcWddJLZBZ8_iUeHLhj8rcuTeXP0t_NR6ahZbjL-cxIIrEA7wdKgTsLm32ErWIGZ2owYY0pac9q7gvrXgsZEo/s1600/Vanguard+no3+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKtUEFrzCjmdPQmfsvPXONsJLHtVX2gUL9BoZdfItTSzkrYjPob-eRnVcWddJLZBZ8_iUeHLhj8rcuTeXP0t_NR6ahZbjL-cxIIrEA7wdKgTsLm32ErWIGZ2owYY0pac9q7gvrXgsZEo/s640/Vanguard+no3+-+Cover.png" width="416" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vanguard Illustrated no.3 is from 1983 and was published by Pacific Comics. Within, there are four stories;</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Freakwave (part 3)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Brendan McCarthy, Peter Milligan</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils, Ink, Colours and Letters by - Brendan McCarthy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Duel With Dorf Dishware [Encyclopaedia Part 3]</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - Mike Baron</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils & Inks - Steve Rude</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours - Phil Phillipson</div><div style="text-align: center;">Letters - Cody</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Killer In Orbit</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by, Pencils, Inks - Rex Lindsey</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours - Daryl Isaacs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Be It What It Will, I'll Go To It Laughing</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by - David Campiti</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils & Inks - Tom Yeates</div><div style="text-align: center;">Colours - Marcus David</div><div style="text-align: center;">Letters - Tim Harkins</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Again, as previously mentioned, the colour reproduction and printing quality is excellent, as are all PC comics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-11314252705663123292011-05-12T13:40:00.000+01:002011-05-13T21:36:27.454+01:00Ravens & Rainbows, No. 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1vwNVAjXz0-gkupkLA0iSrcu1uIRE3iZmiB2aXlsJ_sv7-IbMhjzJY9cuEITkMDKZHsynmemrjubCVJ_A9GV7dgGunkpYRgUx1jlBBGjK-WMMJpyLb-ywzKwClqpk9j463N-IL1J2wY/s1600/Ravens+%2526+Rainbows+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1vwNVAjXz0-gkupkLA0iSrcu1uIRE3iZmiB2aXlsJ_sv7-IbMhjzJY9cuEITkMDKZHsynmemrjubCVJ_A9GV7dgGunkpYRgUx1jlBBGjK-WMMJpyLb-ywzKwClqpk9j463N-IL1J2wY/s640/Ravens+%2526+Rainbows+-+Cover.png" width="420" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written, Pencilled, Inked and Cover Art by - Jeffrey Jones</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are all sorts of reasons I might pick up a comic and even more why I might actually decide to buy it. For this particular comic I was first attracted to it because it was published by Pacific Comics; I've previously mentioned that PC comics are always worth checking out due to the quality of the printing. Secondly, the art is stunning (although I'm not a huge fan of the cover), Jeffrey Jones (more recently Jeffrey 'Catherine' Jones) could probably be considered as the least commercially successful of her peers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Published in December 1983, Ravens & Rainbows is a collection of Jeff Jones' work, including a portfolio containing images that had never previously been published in colour. The actual stories in this comic are a little hit and miss, I prefer the one page strips over the longer stories; but for me this comic is <u>all</u> about the art.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Written by - Steve Englehart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Pencils by - Frank Brunner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Ink by - Dick Giordano</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Cover by - Frank Brunner</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ghost In The Shell is a story created by Japanese Manga artist Masamune Shirow (see <a href="http://thevisualexegesis.blogspot.com/2011/04/masamune-shirow.html">http://thevisualexegesis.blogspot.com/2011/04/masamune-shirow.html</a> for more info) first published in 1989 in 'Young Magazine', later reproduced in English by Black Horse Comics in 1995. The original Japanese title is <span class="tnihongokanji0"><span lang="JA">攻殻機動隊</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> '<i>Kōkaku Kidōtai',</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><span class="apple-style-span">which translates as 'Mobile Armoured Riot Police'.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span">The overarching storyline follows government division, Public Security Section 9 (</span><span class="tnihongokanji0"><span lang="JA">公安</span></span><span class="tnihongokanji0">9</span><span class="tnihongokanji0"><span lang="JA">課</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> <i>Kōan Kyūka), </i></span><span class="apple-style-span">a fictional intelligence agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Section 9 is an elite counter-terrorism unit that specializes in cyber-warfare with the majority of its members having military special ops backgrounds. The central protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi who is on the hunt for a cyber-criminal known as 'The Puppeteer'; whose real identity is unknown. The Puppeteer has committed a large number of crimes by what is known as Ghost Hacking (see below), the mystery is slowly unravelled and it is revealed that The Puppeteer is not actually a human but in fact a unique autonomous artificial intelligence project, known as Top Secret Project 2501. This project, we learn, was created by another government agency, like Section 9, called The Treaty Bureau Of The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs; also known as Section 6. The Puppeteer manages to escape from Section 6 and is looking to evolve by merging with Kusanagi's 'Cyber-Brain' (see below). The Major allows it and thus they become one; sharing consciousness.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Manga is set in the year 2029, many changes have taken place on Earth; two World Wars have brought in changes to national boundaries. Not only have Third World countries disintergrated and collapsed, even First World countries like the United States have split. Civil wars and non-state revolutionary movements are a regular occurrence and numbers of refugees are now a huge problem. The situation in Japan however seems relatively stable as it seems to be suffering less from the aftereffects of the wars and it is also still a productive nation with a high standard of living; I particularly like the lines uttered by the Major in chapter 10 where she says;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“We’re such a globally conscious nation aren’t we? If those peace activists would just deal with reality a little more effectively we wouldn’t be placed in these situations.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To which the major replies “They’re so hypocritical. Emphasising a lifestyle based on consumption is the ultimate violence against poor countries.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s hard not to be impressed by Masamune Shirow’s intricate and obsessive levels of detail that he puts into the design of the technology. One of the really nice touches are all the little notes written into the gutters between panels that make the storytelling all the more intimate; the English graphic novel also contains 10 pages of ‘Authors Notes’!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span">Cyberbrains (</span><span class="tnihongokanji0"><span lang="JA">電脳</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"> <i>dennō)</i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><span class="apple-style-span">are a physical casing that house the human brain and part of the spinal cord. Essentially this means that the human mind can be transported and placed into any specially made human body (chapter 5 shows how this is done). Cyberbrain implants in combination with 'Micromachines' allow the brain to connect to networks, data terminals and even other individuals that possess a Cyberbrain. The term 'Ghost' is used to represent what could be considered similar to the soul; the Major often senses 'whisper's' in her ghost, this could be compared to intuition or that of a 'gut feeling' I suppose.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span">The final important pieces of technology worth mentioning are the Fuchikoma (</span><span class="tnihongokanji"><span lang="JA">多脚戦車(たきゃくせんしゃ)</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-style-span"><i>Takyakusensha</i></span><span class="tnihongohelp"><sup>)</sup></span><span class="apple-style-span"> translated as ‘multi-legged tanks’; Masamune Shirow is know for his collection of exotic spiders and the look of the Fuchikoma suggest that maybe they were the inspiration for the design. They walk upon four legs and also have two ‘front-mounted manipulators’. The pilot sits in the rear segmented body but the tanks can also operate independently by way of their own AI. Each unit operates independently, but at the end of a day all of their collective experiences are synchronised. Only Batou has a preference for which Fuchikoma he uses.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Born Masanori Ota on November 23, 1961 the highly influential and world famous Manga artist later adopted the more familiar name, Masamune Shirow (named after Japan’s greatest ever swordsmith, Gor<i>ō </i></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">Nyūdō Masamune). Shirow was born in the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2098269141">Hy</a></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.hyogo-tourism.jp/english/">ōgo Prefecture</a> capital city of Kobe, here he studied oil painting at the Osaka University of Arts; it was whilst he studied here that he developed an interest in Manga. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;">His first exploits such as, Areopagus Arther, Yellow Hawk, Colosseum Pick and Persuit featured in fanzines such as ATLAS, Funya and Kintalion dating back to 1980 through to 1982.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Following on from these came Shirow’s first major work, Black Magic, which also appeared in the fanzine Atlas. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">His work managed to catch the eye of Seishinsha President, Harumichi Aoki, who offered to publish him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Following his graduation, Shirow went on to teach high school art and during this period he created Appleseed, which was first published in 1985 and a further three volumes were released over the coming years. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thought I'd sneak in a quick post before the month is out (just 10 mins to go looking at the time, I need to go to bed...) I think I'm going to have a little change of pace throughout April, still posting up old comics, but also some different stuff too, stay tuned! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This issue from June 1975 again features another great cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. Earlier in the month I posted up issue 189, but again for the same reasons, I want to share this issue mainly down to Frank Robbins' pencil work; I really do like his stuff! This issue also marks the end of writer, Steve Englehart's, significant run on this issue from number 153.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, the basic plot behind this issue sees The Red Skull reveal to Captain America that Sam Wilson (The Falcon) was once a criminal called 'Snap Wilson' who The Red Skull created by using the 'Cosmic Cube'. Therefore The Falcon is under The Red Skull's command and is made to fight The Cap' to the finish. The Cap' is left with the decision on whether he should decapitate his friend using his shield.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-15208783926747424222011-03-29T08:59:00.001+01:002011-08-08T10:50:56.540+01:00Iron Man & Captain America, No. 72<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi6aUgdEtVNS3BFyBuKcTygXL45TpGaorWBbKkN-DDeaQGi45oC9CwPhCIwVV9K3N_YaEdw6hWTyptvdzIJ-dbSlF18UDI_A8jlaeispSP39Xh63zQC-15ICuuafOIKPwwkTh79AWwVE/s1600/Iron+Man+and+Captain+America+72+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixi6aUgdEtVNS3BFyBuKcTygXL45TpGaorWBbKkN-DDeaQGi45oC9CwPhCIwVV9K3N_YaEdw6hWTyptvdzIJ-dbSlF18UDI_A8jlaeispSP39Xh63zQC-15ICuuafOIKPwwkTh79AWwVE/s640/Iron+Man+and+Captain+America+72+-+Cover.png" width="418" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tales of Suspense number 72 is from 1965 and contains two stories featuring Iron Man and Captain America respectively; the cover art is by legend Jack Kirby (Nazi robots, nice...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hoorah For The Conquering Hero!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first story in the comic and follows Iron Man as he returns to America from battle with Titanium Man. Tony Stark is kidnapped by the Awesome Android and taken to the Mad Thinker's lair who has in turn been hired by Countess Stephanie De La Spiroza as she seeks revenge for being spurned by Tony.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">The second story features Captain America and appearances by Avengers; Hawkeye (a personal favourite), Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Cap thinks back to the 2nd World War and remembers when the Red Skull, on his death bed, had told Cap that 20 years after the wars end, three Nazi sleeper agents would awaken and restart the Third Reich all over again. That date is now almost upon him...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-20877777517886523632011-03-26T21:08:00.000+00:002011-03-26T21:08:48.509+00:00Action Comics, No. 425<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fI8zeKzZUcEODc6XKXTKQ92n1o6cvgPgd8_nCuxjuBFS0ZSlMyoY-fWamfsKbi31rv-59pSVy0QlwcQQ2SpDkvSctyq1Rs2onBPSn-VefiSc-T3zZDcQyHbgoq4259uu36pIhpZ4UAA/s1600/Action+Comics+425+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fI8zeKzZUcEODc6XKXTKQ92n1o6cvgPgd8_nCuxjuBFS0ZSlMyoY-fWamfsKbi31rv-59pSVy0QlwcQQ2SpDkvSctyq1Rs2onBPSn-VefiSc-T3zZDcQyHbgoq4259uu36pIhpZ4UAA/s640/Action+Comics+425+-+Cover.png" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Action Comics, number 425, is from 1973 and contains three stories; the fantastic cover art was taken care of by Nick Cardy. All three stories in this issue are good but it is the last one I am more concerned with, so I shall start with that. Although the first one does feature Superman having a fight with an Ostrich...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>The Short-Walk-to-Disaster Contract!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reason my interest lies mainly with this story is because the art is by the legend that is 'Neal Adams'; famous for his many other contributions over the years to comics such as Batman, Superman, X-Men and Green Lantern. His layouts, use of perspective and the motion he is able to deliver on the page is astounding.<br />
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This isn't the first time Neal Adams' work has appeared within the Visual Exegesis, in fact it's the third; the first was for his cover on JLA no.79;<br />
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The second was for his cover on The Flash no.195;<br />
<a href="http://thevisualexegesis.blogspot.com/2011/03/flash-no-195.html">http://thevisualexegesis.blogspot.com/2011/03/flash-no-195.html</a><br />
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This story is a two-parter but the second part isn't by Neal Adams so I'm not going to bother with that. The basic premise for this story features the Human Target who is hired by his servant Luigi to pose as his cousin, Antonio. He is a circus artist and his act has been sabotaged several times...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As an added bonus, here is a video I stumbled across on Youtube which shows how Neal Adams draws Batman!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Last Moa on Earth!</b><br />
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Written by - Cary Bates<br />
Pencils by - Curt Swan<br />
Ink by - Frank Giacoia<br />
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This is the first story in the comic and features Superman being attacked by a giant bird called a Moa which is supposedly the last one of it's kind on the planet!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Written by - Elliot S Maggin<br />
Pencils by - Dick Dillin<br />
Ink by - Mike Esposito<br />
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The second story in the issue features The Atom who has to save Jean Loring from a ganglord who wants a man she is defending in court sent to prison for a crime the ganglord committed.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This Marvel Team-Up is from June 1977 and features a fantastic cover by Al Milgrom. In this issue Johnny Blaze (Ghost Rider) is currently filming a stunt for the Stuntmaster television series which also happens to be on the same street that Peter Parker lives. The villian in this issue is 'The Trapster' who interfere's in the stunt; Mary Jane is injured and Peter slips away to return as Spiderman and save Ghost Rider. Following this, The Trapster delivers the unsettling line "You ain't gonna think life's so funny pal... Once I've covered you in paste!" (hmm...) as he kidnaps Spider-Man. Ghost Rider follows in hot pursuit which leads to the inevitable final showdown.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06036843392289669334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7583736388089386924.post-20559633336000467922011-03-15T10:35:00.000+00:002011-03-15T10:35:57.880+00:00Manhunter 2070, No. 93<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4a987XLETTFuTI6Gtd_jOu3OVDuE9vX5egDtRjZA0kR73-qfTowttMKudDdIV1-MqMYJ7D1w8BSu0L7__2U2lL0iWFzbv9_u3fuUPkoptS6JjK3FnaDKAJRKRCxTseWFmQ67CFTwICVk/s1600/Manhunter+2070+93+-+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4a987XLETTFuTI6Gtd_jOu3OVDuE9vX5egDtRjZA0kR73-qfTowttMKudDdIV1-MqMYJ7D1w8BSu0L7__2U2lL0iWFzbv9_u3fuUPkoptS6JjK3FnaDKAJRKRCxTseWFmQ67CFTwICVk/s640/Manhunter+2070+93+-+Cover.png" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Written by: Mike Sekowsky</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pencils by: Mike Sekowsky</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ink by: Frank Giacoia</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover Art by: Dick Giordano & Mike Sekowsky</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">DC's Showcase series ran from March 1956 and finished in September 1970 with this issue, #93. The series was a way for DC to test out new characters to gauge reader interest before committing them to a bigger story. Manhunter 2070 was created by writer and artist Mike Sekowsky and first appeared in issues #91 - #93 of Showcase. It tells the story of Starker, who father in the year 2053 was murdered by space pirates and so the young Starker was taken as a galley slave. Starker took control of the pirate vessel and collected a bounty for the capture of the pirates. From this moment on he decided that he would become a bounty hunter, aided by a robot named Arky.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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