whetteon Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 is Darkhawk still in the current Marvel Universe? Yes. Read the series "War of Kings" or the "Thanos Imperative". Darkhawk has become an awesome cosmic character much like Nova. But there are haters on these boards and elsewhere who want to keep him down. Why? Because they don't own the comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarcadet Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 is Darkhawk still in the current Marvel Universe? Yes. Read the series "War of Kings" or the "Thanos Imperative". Darkhawk has become an awesome cosmic character much like Nova. But there are haters on these boards and elsewhere who want to keep him down. Why? Because they don't own the comic. i will look it up. I have the whole series havent read it since it originally came out. I enjoyed this 4th tier characters along with Ragman too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I’d be curious to know why Boboset is so affectioned to it but yet says it was so-so and a "timecapsule" of the early 1990s. What do you mean by that? Vaillant, here's why. It's a terrible book. The book has very little depth and clearly pumped out to get a bazillion copies out (Look, another #1!) I dug out my raw Darkhawk #1 (found it next to the sealed NM+ copies of Nth Man, Barbie Fashion and Barbie #1 ) and re-read it. Terrible origin. Here's a summary: "Mum's a hot babe assistant DA working real hard to stop the mob. Dad's a beat cop with a mustache. I have two annoying kid brothers. Oh, look, my dad is taking mob money. Oh no, the mob is after my brothers. I have to save my family! Run!! Oh look, I found a stone that gives me powers and wraps me in superhero costume. I'll take care of the bad guys. Ouch, I got a cut but the bad guys are dead. I'm now a bad- superhero! Oh look, the cut has mysteriously disappeared" Thanks for the explanation, but I guess it can’t be worse than Sleepwalker or the New Warriors. BTW, about Barbie: when Lisa Trusiani (who wrote Barbie) started to write Morbius, I quite appreciated her work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodey Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I’d be curious to know why Boboset is so affectioned to it but yet says it was so-so and a "timecapsule" of the early 1990s. What do you mean by that? Vaillant, here's why. It's a terrible book. The book has very little depth and clearly pumped out to get a bazillion copies out (Look, another #1!) I dug out my raw Darkhawk #1 (found it next to the sealed NM+ copies of Nth Man, Barbie Fashion and Barbie #1 ) and re-read it. Terrible origin. Here's a summary: "Mum's a hot babe assistant DA working real hard to stop the mob. Dad's a beat cop with a mustache. I have two annoying kid brothers. Oh, look, my dad is taking mob money. Oh no, the mob is after my brothers. I have to save my family! Run!! Oh look, I found a stone that gives me powers and wraps me in superhero costume. I'll take care of the bad guys. Ouch, I got a cut but the bad guys are dead. I'm now a bad- superhero! Oh look, the cut has mysteriously disappeared" Thanks for the explanation, but I guess it can’t be worse than Sleepwalker or the New Warriors. BTW, about Barbie: when Lisa Trusiani (who wrote Barbie) started to write Morbius, I quite appreciated her work. HOW DARE YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I dare, simply because Nicieza never understood anything about Nova, Marvel Boy and Namorita – especially Nova. Not to mention how he seconded Bob Harras in trashing the New Mutants by "writing" the delightful late issues… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodey Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I'm just messing with you. When I read the stories as a kid, I didn' t know much about Nova and the others. It was only later in life when I realized how their backgrounds were kinda messed up under Nicieza. There's a New Warriors website that deals with their continuity. I still love that comic though (as others will tell you around here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) . Still better than anything Valiant put out after unity. Edited July 10, 2014 by whetteon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 If I have to be entirely honest, I gave room to improve to Nicieza, and kept buying it, but when he started with the Sphinx… that was pretty presumptuous as he clearly did not have the background to undergo the task to build up on such a "classic" storyline. Take into account I have read the original Nova as a kid, and then the conclusion on the FF as a teenager. Nicieza really did not get what Nova was about. At some point, although I quite liked the art of Mark Bagley and some ideas were good, it was the overall quality of the series that severely lacked… I never liked Valiant so much, also because I had not much knowledge of the historical characters they revived, like Solar and Magnus. I quite loved Defiant instead, especially Dark Dominion, at least until Shooter managed to mess everything up as he did with Unity for Valiant… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1dingo Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I finally dug out the short boxes so I could share the rest of my collection with my fellow Darkhawk enthusiasts. The raw #1 money shot! wow What's the story on the big stacks, are they also multiples like your #1's? Love those second print #5's you got, took me a while to even find one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I finally dug out the short boxes so I could share the rest of my collection with my fellow Darkhawk enthusiasts. wow What's the story on the big stacks, are they also multiples like your #1's? Love those second print #5's you got, took me a while to even find one. You can tell they are because of the position of the colors on each of the books below that you can see. Of course I should let Boboset answer for himself. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 What's the difference between Darkhawk #5 1st print and Darkhawk #5 2nd print? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 What's the difference between Darkhawk #5 1st print and Darkhawk #5 2nd print? 1st Print UPC box 2nd Print UPC box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transplant Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I love looking for something else and finding things forgotten in boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 What's the difference between Darkhawk #5 1st print and Darkhawk #5 2nd print? 1st Print UPC box 2nd Print UPC box The links are not working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Metarog Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 (edited) What's the difference between Darkhawk #5 1st print and Darkhawk #5 2nd print? 1st Print UPC box 2nd Print UPC box Right, it is part of the 1992 Marvel Vintage Pack- http://stlcomics.com/gallery/jcpenney_stridex/ This was one of only two or three titles that I bought at my LCS during the 90's and I have the complete set plus all crossovers up until 2000 or so. Great fun at the time. Edited July 14, 2014 by metarog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Oh sweet. Now I need to find me a spidey UPC. Thanks for the visual information. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just a heads up to all those participating in the thread. 10 or more copies of Darkhawk #1 or Marvel Age #97 in NM (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikingreed Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Boboset! Wow, dude! Just... Wow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicalgems Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 boboset that sir is an impressive DH collection. One day maybe I'll snap some pics of mine if I don't spread them out to the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
