Ken Aldred

Gil Kane was a master of Bronze Age cover design.

Should’ve checked GCD.

‘At times‘, of course, means it’s plot dependent. From my history lessons, I know that he was on a lot of excessive ‘prescribed medication’ during the war and ended up a wreck. Easy answer. Their uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss. Evil was never more sartorially elegant.

Really the last year before the speculator boom hit hard in the UK. I was still finding lots of cheap, high grade stuff in London at that point.

I’m stumped. Ghost Rider vs Hulk, Ploog art. Nothing else that I can find about it.

You're not alone.

Marvel Collector’s Item Classics 1 in 9.8

It’s an interesting question as most of them end up as cheap box filler material.

You don’t read manga. You’d need One-Punch Man to make sure, not Kal-El. “ a superhero who can defeat any opponent with a single punch but seeks to find a worthy foe after growing bored by a lack of challenge due to his overwhelming strength.“

The scale always was wrong. They were up against someone capable of annihilating many, many universes, not just one.

It hasn’t aged well. The writing always sounded a bit hyperbolic to me.

Certainly not with many of those characters. The Anti-Monitor did need to get softened up by an attack by Darkseid before they could really start getting anywhere at the end of Crisis.

Nice selection.

The ARM processors used in Apple iPads are very fast. The MacBooks are switching over to them as well.

He's having a crazed, Frank Robbins moment.

211 to 214 Wolverine mini-series 1 to 4, 1982 Despite being a huge Chris Claremont fan, this is one of my least favourite stories of his. I’ve tried reading it again, but it still just feels cold, plodding and boring to me. Frank Miller’s artwork is brilliant, of course, but I don’t like the inking style at all, and at times it really does soften his pencils far too much. Having seen some of the original pencil art, that's much more detailed, harder and grittier-looking, and would’ve been much better left alone. Despite its classic status, I've never managed to get into this one.

A long, consistently well-written and well-drawn run.

A mullet, IIRC.

Byrne did start to make her more independent throughout his run, especially after her miscarriage, she was recognised as being the most powerful member of the team, and renamed herself The Invisible Woman. Spoiled, of course, by his decision to write a mind-controlled dominatrix storyline, Malice, which was pushing his luck.

Sexist tool, that is.

It's an idea on par with Sea Monkeys and a cardboard Polaris submarine.

Could Byrne have been criticising the attitude of Lee and Kirby towards Sue Richards, and that it was outdated and time for a change? It’s basically describing their characterisation. Perhaps the early FF issues should’ve been read as well to get fairer context for that conversation?

Possibly regurgitating one of his miniaturised costumes.