Ken Aldred

If his breath was powerful enough to have such a widespread influence on the star, the compression effect might crunch atoms together enough to facilitate core fusion and increase the star’s energy output instead.

Signs of fatigue were showing even a year ago, and so I feel that this article is a little belated, and poorly timed after the Joker movie. As a victim of abuse, many times over, I found the film deeply affecting and the most powerful comics-related film that I've ever seen. Nothing particularly vacuous about including examples of abuse and social neglect, and how one individual responds to that; the possible choices of how to confront the brutal reality, or of withdrawal into episodes of delusion or psychosis. A much easier target could've been picked, sooner. Also, I found his writing style and vocabulary to be quite elitist and condescending.

Yup. That’s right. I thought it was useful to illustrate the similarities with a direct comparison between scenes in the comics and their homages in film.

The opening scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark is very similar to scenes taken from two Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge comics. This article shows the comparison brilliantly... http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/429/

Green Lantern Hal Jordan was modelled on actor Paul Newman Captain Marvel (Fawcett / DC) on Fred MacMurray

Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, is the son of brilliant EC artist Jack Kamen, who also created the patent drawings for the device.

Currently likely many who lurk around the forum for speculation reference and information, or, join, post one question about an ‘investment’ they are interested in, exploit the high level of knowledge here and then vanish, contributing nothing.

The Newsstand is quite fascinating. One interesting fact it reinforces is that there was a lot of dross produced in every Age of comics, and the good stuff is a small fraction of the overall output. Modern comics receive far too much specific targeted criticism for being much, much worse in this respect. As a Bronze Age kid, it's nice nostalgia to revisit what was on the racks each month during the mainly 70s period, but also sad to see all the piles of drek which I'd forgotten about.

I concur. An all-time favourite of mine.

Leave it there though. Don't take the next obvious step and post five Liefeld covers.

Yup. Not much better than Rogofsky’s ‘ Do not ask for or expect a mint copy’. Even by 1980, grading was getting a bit more stringent than a VG to NM crapshoot.

Back in 2008, it was DiceX who provided a warm welcome for overeager newbs. I was one of them. Like an Inquisitor, quite an unexpected post from him, one which evoked fear, surprise and was inflicted with ruthless efficiency. I just ignored it and continued on being myself. Then followed a period of being considered by some established boardies as possibly suffering from insanity induced by extreme exposure to bat droppings. Eventually, though, despite this, I was accepted.

And many of them were printed on very cheap paper. Very brown / OW is common page quality, even now.

Not the first topic on this subject. Back in 2008 it was much worse than when you joined. New boardies were hunted down relentlessly: it was a blood sport.

Boxing fan or grill cook?

Horrible. Quite horrible. The thought of a pack of them together is nightmare fuel. Pure scum.

I actually really like them. I always thought it made more sense, seemed right, to have American comics with American prices on them, and I eventually moved completely in that direction. Although, of course, I have very fond childhood memories of Marvel All-Colour Comics and TaP-stamped DCs, and they also deserve respect. Apparently, though, voles have a deep hatred of cent copies, which amplified our mutual animosity, and developed and led to what now can only be described as a perpetual state of unresolvable, inter-species war.

They’d still debate the merits of Egyptian art vs Liefeld’s. He doesn’t like drawing feet, their figure work was repetitively drawn in profile.

I was trying to avoid thinking about that possibility.

Yup. Covers that illustrate something about the social nature of our time period. Good point. You could go through and pick out covers with images of drug abuse, racism, homelessness, pollution, etc. It'd be interesting to find some relatively obscure covers from cheaper, non-key comics which fit this profile, ones that could be just as intriguing to them as more obvious key relevance choices such as Green Lantern 85.

There's also so much brilliant newspaper strip material that they will remain oblivious to, simply for lack of covers, despite being some of the best and most significant works ever produced in the medium; Caniff, Foster, Eisner, Herriman, etc.

I read that if our brains were to get bigger and pathways more complex, the number of extra neuronal interconnections might start to slow impulse transmission down, so the brain then starts to become more inefficient. A theory as to why we still have brains the same size as our Cro-Magnon ancestors. Also associated childbirth complications. Of course, they'll have foetal incubator tanks by then.

What an excellent selection of books. Very nice.

A very nicely-presenting book for the grade. Great eye appeal, again.