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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 23, 2019 17:33:07 GMT -5
It's kind of sleazy to release a new comic and say that it has a variant cover by John Buscema who's been dead for over ten years. There I said it. I prefer the original, from 1974's Marvel Treasury Edition #3. There, I said it. (I'm not fan of glossy.) What we'll see for Thor #1 in January, as a wraparound cover. Today’s new word, boys and girls, is “enantiomer”.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 23, 2019 19:23:44 GMT -5
Oh man, you’re gonna make me look it up ...
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Post by EdoBosnar on Nov 24, 2019 5:11:32 GMT -5
I prefer the original, from 1974's Marvel Treasury Edition #3. There, I said it. (I'm not fan of glossy.) What we'll see for Thor #1 in January, as a wraparound cover. Today’s new word, boys and girls, is “enantiomer”. Oh, the chirality, the chirality of it all...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 9:09:42 GMT -5
I'm going to put my pedantic head on. I'm reading the first Showcase volume of "Legion of Super-Heroes". Look at the bottom panel: Now, redundant terms such as 'completely surrounded' and 'ATM machine' make me smile. But look at the name-plate under Invisible Kid. Super-Invisibility is listed as his power. Super-invisibility? As opposed to 'regular invisibility', I guess? Reminds me of a quote in A Few Good Men where Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson) mentions that he was concerned about a Marine being in danger. Lt. Kaffee (Tom Cruise) says, "Grave danger?" Jessup replies, "Is there another kind?" Anyway, all said in jest. The war on redundant phrases must continue, though. I mean, what does 'absolutely essential' mean? I suppose that's different from 'slightly essential', is it? Ignore me.
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Post by rberman on Nov 24, 2019 9:32:23 GMT -5
But look at the name-plate under Invisible Kid. Super-Invisibility is listed as his power. Super-invisibility? As opposed to 'regular invisibility', I guess? Can't ever explain too much for those 60s grade schoolers! If the story is too confusing, they won't buy it, and then who will see the ads for GRIT and novelty joy buzzers?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 9:44:04 GMT -5
I thought super invisibility meant that he was totally undetectable. Not even Superboy's senses could find him.
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Post by rberman on Nov 24, 2019 9:44:51 GMT -5
I thought super invisibility meant that he was totally undetectable. Not even Superboy's senses could find him. Invisible, inaudible, inosmiable...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 10:10:58 GMT -5
@taxidriver1980 ... I didn't catch that when I read that book a couple months ago.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 24, 2019 11:25:47 GMT -5
I see that the word " super" had to be attached to every power.
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Post by tartanphantom on Nov 24, 2019 12:42:18 GMT -5
I see that the word " super" had to be attached to every power.
Yup... "Captain Obvious" must have been the lead editor at DC around this time.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 24, 2019 13:32:00 GMT -5
I see that the word " super" had to be attached to every power. A bit like how it's attached to every adjective today, seemingly... "I was super-excited about it", "it's super-awesome that we won the competition", "we were super-aware of looking foolish", "I'm super-stoked for the new Star Wars film", "we got super-drenched in the rain" etc, etc. [/grumpy old fart]
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Post by beccabear67 on Nov 24, 2019 13:58:08 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, a time when heroes was a major part of Super heroes, before the superheroines were raped by superheroes in literature for adults to be studied in universities, before the product of the rape also became a tm-ed and copyrighted superheroine, before bat tanks ran over crowds predicting Tienanmen Square (which will now make CCF off limits to the lifetime and then some property of red China)... when Captain America made speeches that did make you think, or maybe even feel positive and hopeful, but most would've been embarrassed to say so as it wasn't in a serious and expensive 'graphic novel' then... before real life issues were 'dealt' with including costumes and magic powers thrown in, well, really because the company owned those and needed them there for the purpose of putting their money in to get more money out. If you noticed stuff like that in 1961 as a twelve year old it might be time either to stumble upon The Fantastic Four for something a little more with it, or just go straight to The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction and, Galaxy and Analog Science Fiction magazines. If as an adult almost sixty years later you can't laugh about it in a good-natured way (which I think we are) you've become irredeemably pretentious and far too serious for humble comic books and super powered characters with codenames. Can I interest you in reading or re-reading Moby Dick, Great Expectations and Go Set A Watchman? This post actually serves as my "there, I said it" on Comic books.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 24, 2019 15:30:53 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, a time when heroes was a major part of Super heroes, before the superheroines were raped by superheroes in literature for adults to be studied in universities, before the product of the rape also became a tm-ed and copyrighted superheroine, before bat tanks ran over crowds predicting Tienanmen Square (which will now make CCF off limits to the lifetime and then some property of red China)... when Captain America made speeches that did make you think, or maybe even feel positive and hopeful, but most would've been embarrassed to say so as it wasn't in a serious and expensive 'graphic novel' then... before real life issues were 'dealt' with including costumes and magic powers thrown in, well, really because the company owned those and needed them there for the purpose of putting their money in to get more money out. If you noticed stuff like that in 1961 as a twelve year old it might be time either to stumble upon The Fantastic Four for something a little more with it, or just go straight to The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction and, Galaxy and Analog Science Fiction magazines. If as an adult almost sixty years later you can't laugh about it in a good-natured way (which I think we are) you've become irredeemably pretentious and far too serious for humble comic books and super powered characters with codenames. Can I interest you in reading or re-reading Moby Dick, Great Expectations and Go Set A Watchman? This post actually serves as my "there, I said it" on Comic books. Yikes, did you just have lunch with Alan Moore?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 15:36:31 GMT -5
It was a simpler time, a time when heroes was a major part of Super heroes, before the superheroines were raped by superheroes in literature for adults to be studied in universities, before the product of the rape also became a tm-ed and copyrighted superheroine, before bat tanks ran over crowds predicting Tienanmen Square (which will now make CCF off limits to the lifetime and then some property of red China)... when Captain America made speeches that did make you think, or maybe even feel positive and hopeful, but most would've been embarrassed to say so as it wasn't in a serious and expensive 'graphic novel' then... before real life issues were 'dealt' with including costumes and magic powers thrown in, well, really because the company owned those and needed them there for the purpose of putting their money in to get more money out. If you noticed stuff like that in 1961 as a twelve year old it might be time either to stumble upon The Fantastic Four for something a little more with it, or just go straight to The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction and, Galaxy and Analog Science Fiction magazines. If as an adult almost sixty years later you can't laugh about it in a good-natured way (which I think we are) you've become irredeemably pretentious and far too serious for humble comic books and super powered characters with codenames. Can I interest you in reading or re-reading Moby Dick, Great Expectations and Go Set A Watchman? This post actually serves as my "there, I said it" on Comic books. Yes, it is nice that we can laugh about it in a good-natured way. All part of the fun! I like covers where the word balloons feature so much text, that there is no way a character could be saying it in the time it takes to escape certain death (or something similar). I mean, think about how much Luthor is saying here and the time he would have to fit that all in: Just how long did it take Lois Lane to open that door?
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 24, 2019 16:03:07 GMT -5
I always thought that , the cover saying it was an imaginary tale, detracted from the drama.
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