The Superhero Thread

[Man with the Golden Arm]

You make me feel so old!!!

My pre teenage years were in the late ' 40s. My childhood hero was Tarzan. Anyone remember him?

I only bought Tarzan and Torak:Son Of Stone. And I'm not that old.

Gold Key comics were .12 CENTS! I bought a couple of Looney Tunes comic books for my daughters for Valentine's Day and they were $2.95!!!

But at least the French have Mic Delinx and his Joe le Tigre!!!

[Bright Moments]

[Man with the Golden Arm]

phewww ... thought fer certain I'd killed off the thread!

[Bright Moments]

naw - u know vint you cant kill a superhero!!

[couw]

some true masterpieces in that series.

[Man with the Golden Arm]

a one time idol of mine. here's another Wrightson masterpiece!

just how the heck he did all that labware is beyond me.

Edited June 14, 2006 by Man with the Golden Arm

[RDK]

Wrightson was a genius when it came to that horror-themed stuff. The late 60's-early 70's was the begining of (imo) the post-Kirby revolution with Neal Adams, Wrightson, Jeff Jones, Barry Smith, etc. Adams is my favorite comic artist of them all. I have an original Green Lantern page by him, bought years ago when even his work was fairly cheap.

I've actually started buying some (reasonably inexpensive) original art lately. Just got this "birthday present" the other day - The Hulk by Tim Sale...

[Man with the Golden Arm]

The late 60's-early 70's was the begining of (imo) the post-Kirby revolution with Neal Adams, Wrightson, Jeff Jones, Barry Smith, etc.

nice Hulk.

hard to look at Frazettas after the freshness of Jeffrey Jones. another monster talent that started his mark in the old National Lampoons.

since it's a superhero thread...

[Michael Weiss]

The executive editor of Marvel is moving into my building this month.

[jazzbo]

I must have been getting some of those mental messages. . . . Maybe I got one meant for Dick Cheny or something. . . . I had a dream about Dormammu a few nights ago. It was creepy.

[RDK]

Here's one for you, Lon...

http://www.howardhallis.com/drstrange/

[rostasi]

[slide_advantage_redoux]

I remember "Dial H for Hero" where whoever happened to use the mystery dial phone could become a different superhero.

[jazzbo]

Here's one for you, Lon...

http://www.howardhallis.com/drstrange/

Thanks Ray!

[RDK]

I remember "Dial H for Hero" where whoever happened to use the mystery dial phone could become a different superhero.

One of my favorite comic geek sites...

http://www.dialbforblog.com/

[BruceH]

I still have a lot of affection for the Alan Moore-era Swamp Thing.

[Dave James]

Put me in the Justice League of America category. I was only ever a DC Comics guy. No one has mentioned J'onn J'onzz, The Martian Manhunter. He was green. I liked him.

Didn't they do a movie of "Swamp Thing" with the lovely and possibly even talented but who cares Adrienne Barbeau?

Up over and out.

Edited June 17, 2006 by Dave James

[jazzbo]

I watched a weird "B" movie on a really cheap dvd (two moves on one dvd for ONE dollar!) and at the end the credits said one of the actresses was Adrianne Barbeau. . . must have been one of her first movies.

Total "guy" stupid entertainment movie with camp-ometer on 11. Oddly enough it had a pretty cool soundtrack in parts reminiscent of fifties Sun Ra.

[RDK]

So Lon, now that you've seen it, just what is the "code of the jungle?"

[jazzbo]

The code of the jungle seems to be "we want the good looking ones and we're going to take them!"

Weird plot where mother nature had a laugh by putting all the good looking women in one village with rather ordinary looking men, and all the good looking men in another village at the other end of the land with rather ordinary looking women.

Once the grass on the other side of the fence is spotted, all's fair in war!