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Personally, I thought the last Batman was a snoozefest. But, I respect the others whom disagree, and made it a fairly successful profit. I don't really agree with the assertion that 1Billion was a given for CM. Justice league had a huge villain comparable to Thanos (Darksied though not very visible). If they reached out to Green Lantern for help at the end, and the result was anything like Ryan Reynolds version, I highly doubt it would have reached a billion. That's just my personal opininon.

Kind of looks like Howard the Duck under his hand...

First thought is it looks like an American Horror Story episode. And I don't necessarily mean that in a good way -- not what I expected, but hoping for the best.

https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Book-Inking-Horse-Comics/dp/1569712581/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2X7PTTEY4CP6V&keywords=inking+comics&qid=1661839819&sprefix=inking+comic%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-2 https://www.amazon.com/Comic-Inking-Third-Disney-Princess/dp/150671191X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2X7PTTEY4CP6V&keywords=inking+comics&qid=1661839873&sprefix=inking+comic%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-3 Gary Martin has entire book dedicated to inking, with numerous comparisons of same inked OA by different artists.

With the exception of his teeth, I loved his figures and anatomy in Iron Man.

I missed out on the prior Miller DD mmw . I felt like I read the stories so many times, I didn't really need it. Sure and sure enough it disappears. I think this one will go fairly fast for the same reason.

Not all. Look up Tales of the Watcher (backups in SS and Tales of Suspense). https://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/tales-of-the-watcher This was one of my favorite stories when I was a kid, I think it was in the back of Fireside Son of Origins of Marvel book. These arrogant soldiers go to try to take down the Watcher and steal all of his tech, he simply mentally speeds up the time on the space they are in and they crumble to dust.

If I recall correctly, the Watcher did have a short backup series in Tales to Astonish. Some great stories about challenges to the Watcher on the moon, and his origins. I really think if demand was there, they would continue short series like that and Galactus.

Nice Haul! I really need to get that Marvel Classics Comics sometime. Lots of Gil Kane and memories there!

Another useful reason for the classification. Many comic dealers will have the midgrade and lower in boxes out on the floor at 50% off, being that the demand is fairly low. Then they'll have the secret stash of high grade (hence high cost) books behind the desk in mylars or in another room by invite only. Though there will also be low grades in the high grade stash if price warrents (e.g. Avengers 1 wouldn't be in any low grade box regardless of the grade... that being said, I remember years ago seeing a low grade DD1 in the floor boxes, wish I grabbed it).

He also has several covers in the Marvel Cover Artist's Edition (One of my favorite AEs).

Cruise could get squirrel boy in the can at this point, if he wanted. World is pretty much his oyster right now.

I guess there's suspension of disbelief, and I could get that there is a warrior class, but I wonder if there are any civilized species that work on the advanced technologies; I mean they do have to maintain the tech I think. Hard to accept these purely brutal savages with such advanced technologies.

Entertaining. Wouldn't put it above P1,2, or predators... but it was entertaining. Anyone else catch the huge nod to P2?

Very nice collection. One thing I'm surprised you don't have is the BOOM Planet of the Apes archives. I remember the day they were supposed to come out they were already sold out! After that they were expensive as heck. The good news is I noticed POTA is getting a marvel omnibus soon!

Out today on Netflix. Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Pretty good. Reminded me of Bourne Identity and James Bond.

I think you are over trivializing Stan's contribution. Here's a copy of a two-page ----script (before penciling in the margins, or anything is nailed down) written by Stan all the way back to FF1. It is a lot more than Stan saying let's just have four guys become heroes, and Jack creates the whole rest from there. In this case, it's clearly a synergistic combination, with Stan (at the very least) putting together a full structure of the story on paper. And in defense of Stan, he argues that he had to edit/write numerous scripts and didn't have time to contribute to all of them individually, therefore, it was easier to leave it to the artists. However, he was also editing, revising and shaping the final stories. Kirby himself often complained of the story changing so much, and having to re-work it. That's Stan's footprint. Not just to Kirby, but the entire staff and the entire Marvel universe. Can't say the same for Kirby. Again, Stan tended to hoard full credit early on, no argument there. That's just how leaders and self promotionalists usually are. Ever see Steve Jobs rave about his Engineers? I haven't. At least Stan, spoke very highly of Jack, every time he was asked, even though Jack insulted him with parodies like Funky Flash, etc.. Below. From Kirby Collector 33.

There's a lot of examples of penciled OA with early dialogue in the margins. I think by the time they got to the finished product (inked, lettered, etc), those notes were probably not copied over. There were a few small notes on AF 15, but the version in LOC is also more of a finished version to me.

No, just irks me that the villains, like Lex in that show are so arrogant, when they could be wiped out in a millisecond. I would think you'd have to be one seriously confident and capable villain to pull that off (Gene didn't do it for me). Homelander's just a more realistic example of what Superman could do if he chose to. He (superman) truly was like a Jesus archetype.

All good points. I'd have to go back and research some of this, as I'm just speaking off the cuff. But even if he handed over the writing to them, I do think he had an editorial hand in shaping the outcomes. He was passionate about syncing all the stories, characters, and universe together, and making them exciting, much like modern Marvel films. Remember how staff would regale the stories of Stan jumping on the table and acting out the scenes? I tend to believe that, and that alone makes him more of a creative artist than a just a greedy leader to me. And I'd read his writing in bullpens, that had the same feel of excitement to me as the comics themselves. I saw him as someone who truly cared about the Marvel method. Like any leader though, I'd agree that he hoarded a lot of the credit and rewards, but I don't see him as many other leaders that get credit and literally do nothing but push their workers like slaves. I read interviews like Busema (both) and see them as just looking at it as a job. They were happy to have the job, and didn't complain much about the rewards. I also understand and relate to the feeling of artists who see their work making huge rewards for others, while they get a pittance-- it's the same in most creative fields. I think that comic artists are lucky to own a lot of their work (IP) nowadays. It sure isn't the case in other high-tech fields. I'm not that into golden age stuff, but I have to say I recently read the old Black Knight series in Masterworks (and those were fantastic and well written stories, much like movie dramas, IMO). Now I don't know enough about Black Knight before that, but if Stan wrote those, that was some pretty good character and drama storytelling to me. I did also notice gcd had a lot of empty names under --------script writer. Maybe someone else wrote the bulk of them.

I don't really have a bone to pick here, but I do wonder if all the writing was Kirby's, how come none of his later DC work had the same quality? It could be because he was older, or maybe it was missing Stan. I tend to think of Stan's genius as turning comics into long continuous soap operas with cliffhanger endings. Whereas non marvel stuff was mostly one or two shot issues, without much character arcs or buildups. Kirby was an innovative creative genius - no doubt, and that does clearly show in his later DC work, but I think he doesn't shine as much in the long character driven soap opera elements like Stan did.

Both were very different, but each was great. I figure the serial killer made sense, they recruited near psychopathic predators for challenge and sport. I do think he should have died much faster, and he was extremely annoying, though. He wouldn't last a second without the crew for sure.

This generation tends to enjoy more than just comics. Like seeing comic movie stars, artists, old actor photos/signatures, comic related merchandise (clothes, posters, toys, nostalgia), people. It's like a huge bazaar or cornucopia of comics related pop culture (anime, cosplay too). However, the downside is it's expensive as heck and if you don't like to wade through tons of people or wait hours to hear a panel, it might not be your thing. It's pretty overwhelming, IMO. Every person should visit SDCC at least once, if just for the experience. If you're younger, it's like having the thrill of going to big amusement parks (something not so fun when you get older). My nephew got interviewed for some saturday morning tv show while walking on the floor. Fun experience for him. It's just an overwhelming pop cultural experience. If your goal is to buy comics at a good price, and you don't care about things that are not comics. I'd go to a smaller local show. Way less entry cost and hassle (like finding a place to stay, parking, or procuring tickets etc). And more about comics. But a very different experience.

Back when superhero films had characters you cared about. They took the strongest super-hero to date and made him truly seem vulnerable on so many levels. The only thing that irks me is seeing Lex Luthor's smarmy confidence and attitude. Superman could just vaporize him like homelander would do. On top of that, he could do it in ways no one would ever know.

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