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I do understand that. You're not wrong... I'm just saying, why are some unrealistic things acceptable but this one isn't? I believe it's all acceptable in terms of being far-fetched because it's fantasy. Of course I'm not suggesting everyone has to think like me, this is an observation and not a judgment.

I bought Speedball #1 in real time and loved it! I was ten, of course. Not every ten year old is gonna get into DKR and all that. You can't go wrong with Roger Stern and Steve Ditko.

I remember how entire toy lines would be developed and launched for kids and it doesn't happen much anymore. A guy I know who works for ReedPop once theorized that all toys and action figures evolved from being geared towards kids to now being geared towards grown men and serious collectors and I suspect there's some truth to that.

Also with respect, I'm pretty sure the stupidest thing I have ever read on these boards would be the amount of tangible annoyance that comic fans have for shows about comic book characters defying the law of science when it comes to one thing, which is throwing a shield made out of an imaginary metal.

yeah, because of the first Black Panther character who was white... oh wait

I anticipated that kind of response because I know people that do have kids find non-children having people to be very audacious in their predictions. However, I assure you that any child of mine is not going to have open access to video games and devices at a young age. I'm sorry that offends you; I didn't say it wouldn't take parental effort, but it is entirely possible. It's up to the adult to give a kid a device at the dinner table, not the kid. It's up to the adult to put video screens on the backs of their front seats to keep a child quiet and docile on a long drive; I am going to ignore both of these things and I work with young children every week and have helped to raise my cousins so I have confidence that I can at least attempt these things, thanks. My decisions with my offspring are no judgment about what other people do in raising their kids, which is the real thing that provokes this response from you.

That's different when you're dealing with perception and subjective things. Marvel proudly declaring the progress of a Black Captain America- which, we all know is temporary- that's what's insulting. Not to you perhaps, not to me. But the short-term, mainstream longing mindset of Marvel Editors was insulting to the kind of progressive overtures they claim to want to make. A cultural living death... wow. Well, it depends on which culture is experiencing that living death and what the side effects are from that. Which is another discussion.

With respect, I think people arguing about the physics of the shield are suffering from the same kind of logic as people who don't like Superman's trunks outside of his pants because it's "unrealistic". Look- NONE OF IT IS "REALISTIC". Once you pick at one thing, you open up the floodgates for us to go down the line of all the unrealistic elements. This is a fantasy escapist show and the source material is decades-old stuff designed to be digested by little kids, no matter how much rationalizing comic fans want to do about how older fans liked it, too. It's fantasy. None of it would work, you either enjoy it for what it is or be offended by how science isn't accurately represented in it. Don't choose the latter.

I think the show has it's good and bad moments. Anyone who read the original John Walker storyline in the Eighties likely could follow some of the stuff that happened; I was kind of surprised at the amount of people and reviewers I've seen who are like "John Walker is unstable! What's gonna happen NEXT?!" but I guess that's modern pop culture for ya. I thought Carl Lumbly was GREAT as Isaiah Bradley. I remember he played a super-hero in the 90s' when I was in middle school called M.A.N.T.I.S. I think the MCU really underestimates how government works in real life. Not trying to stoke people's opinions here, but the level of outrage and immediate reaction to Walker killing a Flag Smasher in broad daylight when he's an official representative and the Flag Smashers are considered terrorists... is laughable. And insensitive, in my opinion, when we have people killed or arrested unlawfully all the time and there seems to be no such outrage from the people at the top. This is not just native to the Falcon/Winter Soldier show but I never can stop noticing the very Hollywood decision to film certain dramatic scenes in rooms with NO LIGHTING. Like... John Walker is appearing before the Senate or something.. that courtroom couldn't turn on the LIGHTS? Why is it so dark? I wondered if we were also seeing the MCU introduction of classic Hulk sidekick Jim Wilson, who, in the comics, is the Falcon's nephew... but, unless Sam's sister kept her maiden name, I guess neither of those kids are! I think you guys arguing about Bradley's message here are maybe seeing it- no pun intended, I swear- as a little too black and white. Is it possible at all that this is meant to show an understandable generational difference? Or some kind of progress in outlook? Since, obviously, Sam doesn't AGREE with Isaiah, even if he respects and empathizes with what he went through. Sam knows it's all true- he just thinks things have changed, and need to continue to change, and so that's what leads him to devote himself to becoming Cap, and leading by example. Personally I think it's great for the MCU. I was against Sam becoming Cap in the comics for a simple reason- it's secondary, and not very progressive at ALL. Marvel did it too late and to get mainstream attention for how socially aware they are... but it's insulting, because besides being secondary, it's TEMPORARY.. Sam was just gonna stop being Cap as soon as the editors brought Steve Rogers back, right? So how is that ground-breaking? Hey, you can be the "second" Captain America. (Well, more like the 5th or 6th depending on continuity)... it's akin to calling a character 'Spider-Gwen' and thinking that's empowering. "Here, you're a derivative of an existing male hero. See how empowering we are?" But in the MCU, the actor playing Cap has moved on as has the character's arc. Sam Wilson being Captain America opens up new stories.

I don't have children yet but this is something I have consciously planned for. We have planned for our child to have limited access to phones and video games and will largely be home schooled, with reading not really an option, but something organic. What I'll do with my collection (which is completely Golden-Silver-Bronze back issues and always growing) will depend on: if any of my children are into comics, know about comic book history, or show any interest whatsoever in it. If they do... then, that makes leaving them your collection easier. If they aren't? Then you sell it eventually in your old age and the proceeds from that can go to leaving for your family or just your grandchildren or something. So, it really depends on the kid I'd wager. I mean, you could have a kid who totally shows no interest or a kid that is deeply passionate and gets into the history aspect of it, who knows? I've noticed there are some family run stores and vendors (Reese's Rare Comics comes to mind) where it's in a 2nd generation of ownership, passed on down from the parent(s) so kids following an interest in the medium isn't unheard of. But if any of my potential children just didn't care, I'd not push it on them.

I turned 42 last month. Was just getting comics (or asking for them) since I was four; my earliest memories of reading comics are of reading HULK in real-time when it was Mantlo and Sal Buscema- real trippy stuff when Nightmare was influencing the Hulk and he was losing his intelligence. I vividly remember 1986 (when I'd have been 6-7) and getting Al Milgrom's Hulk and reading it as the sun went down. Stepped away from comics in the 90s' because they became so utterly stupid, and then when my band was touring in my twenties, I discovered by chance a copy of one of the first Comic Book Artist magazines from TwoMorrows and fell back into it, often reading about comics history when darting between Netherlands-Belgium-Germany. You'll get a lot of reading done while travelling. Today I just collect Silver and Bronze but it's very enjoyable.

Those are fantastic Kav. My band is returning to doing some one-nighters in late summer maybe I could pay you to do a gig flyer for one of them

Another reason to hate Mike Love!

How is it that this doesn't get credit for social progress in comics but O'Neill and Adam's Green Lantern/Arrow run does?!! Comics snobbery against Charlton's groundbreaking stories yet again.

I can make any post in this forum disappear for five minutes or erase it and recreate it with an exact replica

too soon

Whaaaattt!?? That's fantastic. I love 60s-70s' Romance comics. Underrated stylistic art.

I mean, it wasn't a complaint! I need all the Kav threads, Saturday night is lively

Genuinely enjoyable stuff Kav- thanks for getting me hip to champion city comics. We should collaborate on a humor comic someday

All of these threads tonight are super enjoyable but really suggest to me that Kav can't sleep. No complaints though!

A few years ago some friends wanted to start a tumblr of re-dialogued Charltons so I actually did a few Submarine Attacks and it was a good exercise in just trying to make it seem like these weren't racist propaganda comics so I tried to establish a frustrated old-fashioned Captain dealing with his pop culture obsessed nephew and the submarine attacks are incidental and never explained. That tumblr never happened, luckily.

I still think the greatest Charlton title ever is "Submarine Attack". Kav I am on constant lookout for 4.0 copies of every issue ever

Give me these Charlton comics over all of these friggin' reboots from the Big 2.