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Ken Aldred

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  1. Ken Aldred
    I’d say that binge reading 50 to 100 really bad, drek 90s Marvels in one go would be far worse. Many long, single title runs to choose from as torture.
  2. Ken Aldred
    The post I replied to was about its corporate usage as an ongoing, still-marketable shock tactic, not about anything to do with open-minded social inclusion.
  3. Ken Aldred
    Interesting to see how this is structured. From the above description, a Mass Effect clone might work. Play as Star-Lord instead of Commander Shepard, and choose two teammates to accompany you on missions.
  4. Ken Aldred
    By now, it shouldn’t be. Nor be promoted or exploited as such in comics.
  5. Ken Aldred
    Yup. It will take a lot to impress a True Believer like you. Using a phrase such as ‘lived to tell’ would be more credible with anecdotes about drek such as … ’I binged the first 50 issues of X-Force Volume 1 in a day. The art was passable, here and there, but the stories crushed me.’
  6. Ken Aldred
    By comic nerd standards, that’s really lightweight commitment.
  7. Ken Aldred
    I am being a bit flippant in my posts, but underpinning that are doubts about its feasibility.
  8. Ken Aldred
    Possibly. His boasting suggests that. I could imagine my EEG flatlining if I kept overdosing on substandard drek.
  9. Ken Aldred
    It’s impressive, as there’s a lot of rubbish to work through as well as the classics. He must have paced himself well with a sensible number to read in one sitting, as he survived the experience without going Flaming Carrot insane. That would require all 27,000 in six sittings, according to Bob Burden’s estimate.
  10. Ken Aldred
    Always does. It’s boring.
  11. Ken Aldred
    I’ll have to see if my bottle of Chanel Antaeus from the early 90s is still holding up or has deteriorated, and, if it’s still good, maybe slap some on before watching the film, just to get the maximum effect.
  12. Ken Aldred
    Yup. I had the Apollo rocket / Saturn 5, which I was obsessed with after the first moon landing, being a nerd from a very young age. I did lots of model kits, but I was rubbish at painting them up.
  13. Ken Aldred
    Ah, he forgot to charge up? Shrapnel be damned.
  14. Ken Aldred
    Who couldn’t fail to be impressed by the awesomeness of Stilt Man, the following issue? Decades later, my senses are still shattered.
  15. Ken Aldred
    Stan Lee’s mantra - not change, just the illusion of change. Cycle after cycle.
  16. Ken Aldred
    It seems like a mismatch, but there was another in an early issue of Tales of Suspense where Iron Man ‘fought’ The Angel. Feathers vs transistorised, armoured exoskeleton. And repulsors.
  17. Ken Aldred
    Some here have enjoyed reading The Clone Saga in omnibus format. I read it as it was originally published, issue by issue, and eventually found it meandering and tedious. As I said, a bit polarising.
  18. Ken Aldred
    DeMatteis was a very good Spider-Man writer. The Clone storyline polarises opinion, as does Ben Reilly as a character. Still, everything seems to be going through the roof these days. Something else out of reach soon.
  19. Ken Aldred
    A bit hyperbolic. Although, while building Trinity, the Project was concerned that the detonation might ignite the atmosphere. Still "pulse-pounding", "senses-shattering"; a bit too comic book. You'd expect Thunderbolt Ross to make an appearance.
  20. Ken Aldred
    I see what you did there.
  21. Ken Aldred
    Blue Beetle’s scarab. Originally a magical artifact, retconned in the later Jaime Reyes series as alien technology.
  22. Ken Aldred
    Doctor Occult’s talisman, The Mystic Symbol of the Seven.
  23. Ken Aldred
    Shi’ar / X-Men M’Kraan Crystal
  24. Ken Aldred
    Also the Lemarchand or Lament Configuration, the Hellraiser Puzzle Box.
  25. Ken Aldred
    Wonder Woman Bracelets of Submission Lasso of Truth