HighVoltage Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Steranko is affable. He is a master at his craft. He does like himself some him. I've met him several times over the years at shows, but I've never brought up Gulacy & therefore haven't had that experience. There are some artists that do not like other artists they consider 'knock offs.' Neal Adams comes to mind, as I've heard him disparage Mike Grell more than once, and he wasn't a fan of Seinkiewicz's early career stuff. But I digress..: I have always loved Gulacy's stuff. And I have heard other artists praise him as well, unprompted. I also agree that MOKF would probably be a little more sought out by collectors if Gulacy had done more covers. The few he did are awesome. I really like the work that Zeck put in on the run. You can see him getting better as he goes. I think he had some great covers in the run as well (#s 71, 83, 86, 89, 92, 97,101). namisgr, lou_fine and SuperBird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jcjames Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 This is my single favorite comicbook of my childhood, absolutely loved Shang Chi and this was the first issue I ever saw the character in, and I must have read it a hundred times... comic_memories, HighVoltage, SuperBird and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jcjames Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 I was so happy when I came across this at my LCS several years ago, well before the movie rumors, and he gave me a smoking deal on it, practically gave it to me... namisgr, wormboy, Frederic9494 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Great thread ! Shang Chi is the greatest ! wormboy, namisgr and HighVoltage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 6 hours ago, jcjames said: I was so happy when I came across this at my LCS several years ago, well before the movie rumors, and he gave me a smoking deal on it, practically gave it to me... That, sir, is one sharp copy. jcjames 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post namisgr Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) I was able to buy the uninterrupted run from #66-125 from the Western Pennsylvania pedigree from a couple of Heritage auctions many years ago. They were nice: Edited December 18, 2020 by namisgr Frederic9494, wormboy, lou_fine and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Under appreciated series , I only owned an read a few issues be they were always good is there an omnibus of this series? 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted December 19, 2020 Author Share Posted December 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, FoggyNelson said: Under appreciated series , I only owned an read a few issues be they were always good is there an omnibus of this series? There are both giant HC omnibuses and smaller TPB collections. I went for the trades, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/17/2020 at 10:04 PM, HighVoltage said: I also agree that MOKF would probably be a little more sought out by collectors if Gulacy had done more covers. The few he did are awesome. Although he did only a few of the MOKF covers after his run was over, you really have to absolutely love some of his interior layouts, as they were indeed very Sterankoesque like: wormboy, SuperBird and HighVoltage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lou_fine Posted December 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2020 Also hard to beat some of his gorgeous splash pages, especially when it features the stunning Leiko Wu: wormboy, batmiesta, Judge Holden and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Must have been love at first sight for Shang Chi and his first encounter with Leiko Wu: namisgr, HighVoltage and SuperBird 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighVoltage Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 hours ago, lou_fine said: Must have been love at first sight for Shang Chi and his first encounter with Leiko Wu: This is a great example of what I hope the movie can duplicate... some of that James Bond vibe. MOKF had so much spy stuff in it. It just seems like the movie could connect on a number of things: thriller, spy/intrigue, martial arts There's a good cast of villains with some cool visual looks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 You can clearly see that Gulacy was in fine form by MOKF 38 and doing what some would say was a poor man's version of Steranko's layout and artistic style by that time, as that splash page certainly brought back the darkened alleyway splash by Steranko in one of the Captain America issues: namisgr, wormboy and ganni 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 35 minutes ago, lou_fine said: You can clearly see that Gulacy was in fine form by MOKF 38 and doing what some would say was a poor man's version of Steranko's layout and artistic style by that time, as that splash page certainly brought back the darkened alleyway splash by Steranko in one of the Captain America issues: Nice panels. The advantage of mylar and raw comics SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 27 minutes ago, ganni said: Nice panels. The advantage of mylar and raw comics Definitely no mylar here as that's way too expensive to store raw comics for me, except for my GA books which have higher dollar value. This thread made me go look for my MOKF books (sadly the Gulacy issues only ) and I found them buried deep down at the bottom of a big apple box, all stored away brick style with 5 books per those original old poly bags from some 45 years ago. HighVoltage and ganni 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganni Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 14 hours ago, lou_fine said: This thread made me go look for my MOKF books (sadly the Gulacy issues only ) and I found them buried deep down at the bottom of a big apple box, all stored away brick style with 5 books per those original old poly bags from some 45 years ago. Polybags are good after 45 years. Pages look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SuperBird Posted January 22, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2021 How dare this thread drop off the first page. Time to rectify the situation: HighVoltage, musicmeta, wormboy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ADAMANTIUM Posted January 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 Here is a double cover of mine OtherEric, WeR138, wormboy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBird Posted February 12, 2021 Author Share Posted February 12, 2021 wormboy, ADAMANTIUM, batmiesta and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I am going to confess, I do not believe I have ever read one of these. But i decided to set up a short box to put them in as I organized my collection, figuring they should be handy if demand for filler issues picks up (I only have one copy of #15 left, a few of 16, etc). Apparently, every time I bought bronze age books I seem to have bought a few of these. The short box is now stuffed. I keep on finding a few of these in every "unsorted" box I come across. I may need a magazine box. So I have a magazine box full of a title I have never read. This is mental illness. SuperBird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
