tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post3023210051238583862..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Random comics I have owned. Part One.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-52879907770575394722014-07-16T01:10:25.685+01:002014-07-16T01:10:25.685+01:002001 by Jack Kirby only seems odd if you think an ...2001 by Jack Kirby only seems odd if you think an adaptation has to stick as closely to the film as possible. Personally, I've got a lot more time for Kirby than I have for Clarke or Kubrick, and reckon that the comic version benefitted from his more dynamic storytelling, with his pulp approach to sf nicely offsetting the more pretentious aspects of the source material.<br /><br />While the 2001 series was a bit patchy - Kirby's interests in alien visitation and evolution were better served by The Eternals - I recall the Harvey Norton storyline that ran in issues 5 to 7 fondly. Of course, whether you'd think it was any good or not depends on your opinion of the work Kirby did on his return to Marvel in the 70s.<br /><br />I actually think Kirby is underrated as a writer...I mean, when you think about it, his work was wilder than Steve Gerber's! Sure, his dialogue and captions were a bit...er...clunky, but so what? You could say the same thing about pretty much all the old Marvel writers - there are many pleasures to be found in 70s comics, but stylish prose isn't one of them.<br /><br />-sean <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78679309473382053102014-07-13T12:00:31.307+01:002014-07-13T12:00:31.307+01:00By far my favourite amongst those comics was "...By far my favourite amongst those comics was "Superboy and the LSH" that issue was part of a longish story arc called "Earthwars" with amazing art by James Sherman and not just on nipples but had to laugh at you saying that as I knew what you meant) - Basically it was a stellar war story with the Legion fighting aliens called the Khundians, but as it turned out there was a villainous group, the Dark Circle behind it all and when they were finally beaten it turned out the true villain was long time Legion baddie Mordru - well the story was better than that but you get the idea (I hope) it was better than that,<br /><br /><br />Secret Society Of Super Villains lasted for around 15 issues and some nice art by Rich Buckler in the later issues (not Pablo Marcos' best art in the early books) But to me it was just a daft comic. <br /><br />I really like Black Goliath ( always wondered why Marvel stared most of their African-American character names with the word "Black") nice George Tuska and Rich Buckler art thoughAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-39825792953927403992014-07-13T08:06:23.965+01:002014-07-13T08:06:23.965+01:00I remember that Black Goliath comic. I read Nova t...I remember that Black Goliath comic. I read Nova too but I think I missed that issue.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75680002014155729022014-07-13T01:47:19.876+01:002014-07-13T01:47:19.876+01:00I remember those triple packs too ! The first time...I remember those triple packs too ! The first time I saw any U.S. Marvel comics on sale was during a school day-trip but my local WH Smith's started selling the triple packs soon after - Dr. Strange is one I recall having. 2001: A Space Odyssey is indeed very slow to be adapted into a comic. I was watching it with my father on TV a couple of months before he died and he was so bored he declared he would NEVER watch it again - well, that was true. The comics version must have been really tedious I'd have thought but I've never read it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-58253623819468496322014-07-12T21:14:08.674+01:002014-07-12T21:14:08.674+01:00As I recall, Marvel often published comics with co...As I recall, Marvel often published comics with covers by Kirby, but interior art by other artists. DC sometimes did the same bait-and-switch with Neal Adams.<br /><br />I remember seeing Marvel triple packs with Star Wars or Hulk comics in the late 1970's, but not their other characters. Presumably, they were trying to market them to customers who were not into comics, but who knew certain characters from other media. (Star Wars, of course, was based on the movies, and the Hulk was familiar to the general public because of the TV series.) Sometime around 1966-67, when the Batman TV show was popular, DC marketed three-packs, each containing at least one issue of Batman, Detective, or World's Finest. <br /><br />Tomb of Darkness was entitled "Beware" for its first eight issues. As you correctly surmised, it reprinted old Atlas (1950's Marvel) horror comics, as did Where Monsters Dwell and Where Creatures Roam.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com