Qalyar Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/3/2022 at 7:57 AM, APDallas said: Lots of great suggestions! Here is a character I actually bought off the stands in the 1970's. I thought this character looked great and the Joe Kubert art was the main selling point for me. Didn't he actually appear in the Arrowverse? I like Ragman more than the series deserves, to be honest. The cover of #1 is fantastic. The character design was solid, and the overall background and theme were ahead of their time. But... it's pretty clear that DC wasn't quite ready to commit to such a morally complex story back in 1976. djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stronguy Posted June 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 8:26 PM, Pantodude said: Bob Burden was at the Dallas Fantasy Fair back in the late '80s. A friend of mine was getting a stack of FC books signed by him and Bob noticed that one issue was missing. My friend told him he was still looking for it but had not been able to find it. Bob told him to hang on and he started digging through a bag. Out comes the missing issue, Bob signs it and hands it over, "Oh this is the artist's proof so it's kind of marked up inside." Sure enough, there were several corrections and notes from Bob scrawled in red pen through the book. Very cool book and very cool of Bob. electricprune, ADAMANTIUM, Weird and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APDallas Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/7/2022 at 9:30 PM, Brian48 said: I always thought Thongor was an interesting character. If for anything, this was Stan Lee's choice over Conan according to Roy Thomas and only because Stan thought he had a cooler sounding name. what if it came out before Conan? Love the Steranko cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APDallas Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 12:19 AM, Qalyar said: I like Ragman more than the series deserves, to be honest. The cover of #1 is fantastic. The character design was solid, and the overall background and theme were ahead of their time. But... it's pretty clear that DC wasn't quite ready to commit to such a morally complex story back in 1976. could have been their Daredevil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APDallas Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) I remember being a kid and begging my mom to buy this comic for me. She looked at me with that glare that screamed "NO!" Sigh. Apparently it was created and written by Gary Friedrich who was also the creator and writer of GHOST RIDER fro Marvel. Could this be a proto-type? Edited June 8, 2022 by APDallas djzombi, Sauce Dog, Weird and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) On 6/8/2022 at 9:39 AM, APDallas said: I remember being a kid and begging my mom to buy this comic for me. She looked at me with that glare that screamed "NO!" Sigh. Apparently it was created and written by Gary Friedrich who was also the creator and writer of GHOST RIDER fro Marvel. Could this be a proto-type? Some nice Andru art, which was a little more dark and grim than his usual stuff. Oh, and good call by your Mom! Edited June 8, 2022 by Spider-Variant djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 7:19 AM, Spider-Variant said: Oh, and good call by your Mom! Spider-Variant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/4/2022 at 6:35 AM, jjonahjameson11 said: That’s Louise ‘Weezie’ Simonson. Pretty certain she’s appeared in comics after this cover was published She's also appeared a few times in my dreams after this cover was published . . . djzombi and Spider-Variant 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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APDallas Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 10:25 PM, Jayman said: I remember this. Didn't Wally Wood ink over Ditko on this? Readcomix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinthecity Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 8:02 AM, APDallas said: I remember this. Didn't Wally Wood ink over Ditko on this? From the HA site(and GCD): djzombi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 11:02 AM, APDallas said: I remember this. Didn't Wally Wood ink over Ditko on this? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APDallas Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 Charlton heroes are certainly under-rated! I discovered this obscure Steve Ditko creation that appeared way before the DC version. hchill25 and djzombi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sauce Dog Posted June 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2022 I'll add my favourite random character, ARSENAL! (My custom set for just him: https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/ComicCustomSetView.aspx?s=29180 ) Only appeared in three issues, but each one of them he appeared on the covers and spent a good deal of the interior pages beating up all of the biggest Avengers. I consider him the original Doomsday Warlord, MAR1979, ADAMANTIUM and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAR1979 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 6/16/2022 at 10:09 AM, Sauce Dog said: I'll add my favourite random character, ARSENAL! (My custom set for just him: https://comics.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/ComicCustomSetView.aspx?s=29180 ) Only appeared in three issues, but each one of them he appeared on the covers and spent a good deal of the interior pages beating up all of the biggest Avengers. I consider him the original Doomsday Annual 9 was a good read! Spider-Variant and Sauce Dog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Variant Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:09 PM, MAR1979 said: Annual 9 was a good read! He's got a Juggernaut vibe to him. I had the Iron Man issue, but don't remember anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze_rules Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Every time I see this obscure villain... I think of this movie... Edited June 22, 2022 by bronze_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APDallas Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/22/2022 at 3:15 PM, bronze_rules said: Every time I see this obscure villain... I think of this movie... Ah yes. A Kirby DC comic. Way before GIJOE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) Obscure or under-rated doesn't mean it has to be both! To be fair, parts of this 1970's take (I can't really say "adaptation") on Beowulf aren't bad. The first half of #1 is pretty good. Grendel's appearance, later on, is solid. On the other hand, the female barbarian that Beowulf rescues (and becomes his combat partner) is gratuitously based on the writer's girlfriend. And then there's the whole Satan thing. Satan, obviously, played no part in the original Beowulf poem. Here, it's Satan everything. As one reviewer wrote, "Eventually you hear his name pronounced as if by Dana Carvey as the Church Lady." By the later issues, Beowulf faces Dracula, who becomes a recurring major villain. He travels on a time-traveling spaceship that accidentally destroys Atlantis. He chats with Ulysses. He travels to Crete and fights the Cretan Minotaur. I don't know, man, I didn't write this . Edited June 23, 2022 by Qalyar steveinthecity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
