tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post144740713758524923..comments2024-03-29T13:59:18.269+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Giant-Size Invaders #1.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30884063101770959442013-10-17T23:57:11.425+01:002013-10-17T23:57:11.425+01:00Baab, Dougie - so this is where you are. Get over ...Baab, Dougie - so this is where you are. Get over to my blog this instant and leave a comment, you rascals.<br /><br />Steve, they haven't even had their tea yet. Sufferin' Shad!Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80088495840726635482013-10-17T12:46:11.231+01:002013-10-17T12:46:11.231+01:00I love the Invaders and especially Frank Robbins. ...I love the Invaders and especially Frank Robbins. My particular favourite storyline is the Union Jack/ Baron Blood/ Spitfire arc, closely followed by the Liberty Legion. I also like the fact the second UJ is a very understated gay character. I wish a third UJ had been launched instead of Captain Britain - that's how much I like him!<br />I do accept that the Nazi dialogue is desperately cliche and rather insulting.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30635828172146070872013-10-15T22:29:55.785+01:002013-10-15T22:29:55.785+01:00Frank Robbins Batman stuff is wonderful.
I hated i...Frank Robbins Batman stuff is wonderful.<br />I hated it when I was younger,He is a master.<br /><br />Much like don Heck,who could ruin my week if he was the featured artist in a favoured strip.<br /><br />But now,on occasion I can admire his style.baabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388667792167744260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-1694742515631769792013-10-15T22:18:49.056+01:002013-10-15T22:18:49.056+01:00The Invaders were a heartbreak for me. I should ha...The Invaders were a heartbreak for me. I should have loved that book. I loved Cap, I liked Roy Thomas, I was interested in World War 2 stories, but the series never delivered for me. Rather than a favorite sandwich, it seemed the worst of all worlds, and Frank Robbins' art didn't do the series any favors. I still have a dozen or so copies in my collection, but every time I gird myself up to read them, the reaction is the same -- blech.Longbox Graveyardhttp://www.longboxgraveyard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-70295228346161284802013-10-15T16:30:37.887+01:002013-10-15T16:30:37.887+01:00Re Sgt Fury, I've read that Steve Ditko asked ...Re Sgt Fury, I've read that Steve Ditko asked Stan why they were doing a war comic when any kind of superhero book would sell better, and Stan just said Goodman wanted it. Worth pointing out that if there hadn't been Sgt Fury there'd be no Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD.Joe S. Walkerhttp://www.joesimpsonwalker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59489537543820063792013-10-15T01:14:43.544+01:002013-10-15T01:14:43.544+01:00I was OK with Robbins on the Shadow and the Invade...I was OK with Robbins on the Shadow and the Invaders, since his style had a sort of Golden Age feel that was suited to series set in WWII or earlier. And I could tolerate it in some Batman issues (if the story was a 1930's-style murder mystery). I didn't care for it in comics that had a modern setting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80979097049711455762013-10-15T01:07:50.314+01:002013-10-15T01:07:50.314+01:00Supposedly, the Sgt. Fury comic started on a bet b...Supposedly, the Sgt. Fury comic started on a bet between Stan Lee and publisher Martin Goodman. Goodman said that any comic with costumed superheroes would sell, and Stan said that any comic, regardless of genre, would sell well if done in the Marvel style. To prove his point, Lee created "Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos." That's Stan's story, and he seems to have stuck to it. But, for it to be true, you have to accept that Goodman would publish a comic that he expected to fail. And in 1963, there was no reason to think that a war comic would fail. DC and Charlton were both publishing them, and all three companies continued to do so into the late 1970's (or even the early 1980's), when war comics died out and superheroes came to dominate the medium. I even wonder if Goodman asked Stan to create a Marvel counterpart to DC's Sgt. Rock, just as the Fantastic Four and Avengers began as Marvel's answer to the Justice League. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-27437407820857276822013-10-14T23:22:14.290+01:002013-10-14T23:22:14.290+01:00Have to also agree with the Sgt Fury strips ( unle...Have to also agree with the Sgt Fury strips ( unless John Severin drew or inked them)and never understood how "Fury" a comic that didn't last too long got so much of MWOM at the time, a real low point for that comic. Re Frank Robbins I too recall not liking his stuff at all (except for the DC Shadow work which was really good)he seemed to be everywhere at Marvel in all the books I liked Ghost Rider,and more especially Captain America and the Falcon , even a guest spot on Daredevil all some of my favourites, however it was around the time of his work on the Invaders that I kinda "got it" from then onwards Ive pretty much been a massive fan of his stuff even Human Fly some really fun stuff - I would encourage folk to look again at Franks work its really good and fun stuff (honest it is !) McScotty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-44326648546991853052013-10-14T22:50:18.573+01:002013-10-14T22:50:18.573+01:00Steve, totally agree about Sgt. Fury and Invaders ...Steve, totally agree about Sgt. Fury and Invaders in MWOM. Apparently Sgt. Fury was created by Jack Kirby after Stan Lee bet him that he couldn't create a war strip, or something like that. By the way, the Fury strip was replaced in MWOM by the Fantastic Four after The Complete FF was cancelled and merged back into MWOM which they'd left only 2 years earlier of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com