Ken Aldred

There have always been stylistic similarities. The same critique could be applied to Bill Sienkiewicz, Rich Buckler, Mike Nasser, Tom Grindberg, Alan Davis, and their similarity to Neal Adams.

As a fan of Milton Caniff, I have to agree that Robbins’ newspaper strips were quite nice, though I’d still rate Caniff much higher. Dark chiaroscuro art suits characters such as Batman and The Shadow, but Robbins shouldn’t have been let loose on brighter, more colourful characters such as Captain America and The Invaders, nor allowed to change from a realistic Caniff style to failed attempts at Kirby-like forced perspective, with comparatively little practice for the transition and clearly well outside his familiar comfort zone, with derisive consequences for him.

T’Challa did cover for Daredevil for a short time, after the Shadowlands storyline.

I’m certain that Frank Robbins at his worst would never have drawn a bathroom installation quite that bad, though. That said, there are some good modern comic artists. I’m maybe a rarity amongst the board’s senior citizens.

Christian Wildgoose is quite a cool name, but to the British, not as cool as Theophilus P Wildebeeste.

It’s worse than that. I noticed that DC has also started adding similar effects to remasters of Silver Age comics.

I give up. I no longer consider myself one of the board’s science nerds.

My meagre typing skills can't compete.

I prefer Tim Boo Ba Cola.

Just like Orion of the New Gods. Which actually happened in the comic book. Red-haired, so on Earth it was assumed the name was O’Ryan.

Grading and sniffing some premium vintage newsprint as well. Nice. I’m just a bit concerned that inhaling too much could be irritant and make him sneeze over this classic pamphlet.

It's tempting.

The overlooked and greatly-underpriced Ambush Bug 1, featuring the first appearance of one of the Copper Age's most important characters...

The first few issues are average, unexceptional, but improves greatly once Wolfman takes over writing, and then becomes one of the most consistent, high-quality comics of the Bronze Age.

I couldn't load the article. Doom 3 was an attempt at atmospheric survival horror rather than the classic Ultimate Doom slugfest, which the latest game thankfully reverted to. Nonetheless, a very good game, and even the original X-Box version looked amazing for the time. Basically Dead Space's evolution in reverse, which was a classic survival horror experience to begin with, changing to more third-person shooter action in the last game in the series.

You're being ripped off. Next time I'd get another opinion. For American comics, Marvel Chipping tends to make the key less desirable and cheaper than ones without it, and I believe it's the same for the Japanese market with a Manga key such as Honda's.

I believe it's an obligation to share with the less-knowledgable recent influx the best parts of, in my case, 45 years' worth of good-and-bad experiences, of caring very deeply about comic books, their creators and their stories, so that more financially-orientated individuals can go away and profit from my expertise with no effort on their part, and then, once bled dry, never, ever hear from them again. To refuse to comply with this would just be selfish, heartless and hypocritical.

I find corvids much more interesting, but there's no grading scale named after them.

That owl's making me feel queasy.

Ultra-Humanite. (Always been a JSA fan.)

My biggest disappointment was with Giant-Size Man-Thing 5. A mention of Hellcow in Agents of Shield, teasing a possible TV or film appearance, and then nothing. An appalling oversight, not to use one of the Bronze Age's greatest characters.

I quite like 48's cover. Not disclosing the threat straight away, tension and uncertainty in the figures amplifying that fear. Well executed, good detail from Kirby. A nice, atypical contrast to the next issue's.