tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post4240215824195134734..comments2024-03-29T14:41:32.694+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Forty years ago today - December 1976.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-53184163282804236392016-12-14T17:37:46.172+00:002016-12-14T17:37:46.172+00:00Thanks for the elf link, Ant Master. It turns out ...Thanks for the elf link, Ant Master. It turns out I'd read the sad demise of the elf but had totally forgotten that he met his fate in such a manner.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-42670852771795380142016-12-14T13:13:32.815+00:002016-12-14T13:13:32.815+00:00Reread Defenders 15 last night, Defenders for me w...Reread Defenders 15 last night, Defenders for me were perfect depictions of the Hulk, but when Professor X recruits their help a foot note states that the XMen are otherwise occupied in Marvel Team Up. Proof positive that marvel did know what it was doing.Ant Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500211640652651861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75372603968372106442016-12-13T16:05:55.641+00:002016-12-13T16:05:55.641+00:00I bought Spectacular Spider-Man off the spinner ra...I bought Spectacular Spider-Man off the spinner rack back in the day. It was immediately apparent that the thing was a tacky cash-grab. Blah story by the previously reliable Conway, hack artwork by Buscema and Esposito, second-tier villain etc. I think my personal "Golden Age" might very well have ended with this comic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-57168246503101216472016-12-13T13:17:17.369+00:002016-12-13T13:17:17.369+00:00Loved those Defenders issues, but now really confu...Loved those Defenders issues, but now really confused as I thought Avengers 154 started my first real run of american all color comics. However I was already picking up the X Men from issue 99 so I am wrong, damned memory,<br /><br />Anyway more on the elf can be found here:-<br /><br />http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-elf-with-gun.htmlAnt Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500211640652651861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-88896682327617956122016-12-13T02:01:26.085+00:002016-12-13T02:01:26.085+00:00What do elves do when they are ill ? Use the Natio...What do elves do when they are ill ? Use the National Elf Service. Why did the elf move house ? Because there wasn't mush room in the old one. Who is an elf's favourite singer ? Elves Presley.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-64664033026666735012016-12-12T21:28:58.386+00:002016-12-12T21:28:58.386+00:00Thanks for the elf info, M.P.Thanks for the elf info, M.P.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-11296070850817498832016-12-12T20:23:38.440+00:002016-12-12T20:23:38.440+00:00Steve, that homicidal, gun-toting elf was run over...Steve, that homicidal, gun-toting elf was run over by a moving van, but was later revealed to be one of two or more elves who were working for a mysterious council of aliens who had some connection to the Defenders. Their motives remain shrouded in mystery.<br />These elves are not to be confused with leprechauns, despite the pointy hat and shoes, as leprechauns are shorter and rarely carry firearms.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-14240709825209545382016-12-12T20:04:36.584+00:002016-12-12T20:04:36.584+00:00Joe, thanks for the Thor info.
Sean, having had t...Joe, thanks for the Thor info.<br /><br />Sean, having had to endure Marvel's bizarre portrayal of England, I share your pain.<br /><br />Dangermash, I must confess that I actually preferred Kirby's early/mid-1970s artwork to his 1960s work but his cover work for Marvel in the 1970s never grabbed me. I do feel that, by that point, his work was increasingly unsuited to drawing super-heroes and better suited to more idiosyncratic fare.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-83964369159713533762016-12-12T19:59:31.693+00:002016-12-12T19:59:31.693+00:00Did we ever find out who the elf was in The Defend...Did we ever find out who the elf was in <i>The Defenders</i>?Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-67588842502460210032016-12-12T17:51:49.602+00:002016-12-12T17:51:49.602+00:00I think that was an elf, actually.
M.P.I think that was an elf, actually.<br /> M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-85069559007817511812016-12-12T13:45:32.972+00:002016-12-12T13:45:32.972+00:00Remember that leprechaun in The Defenders who kept...Remember that leprechaun in The Defenders who kept turning up and shooting people for no apparent reason ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73022338791221751042016-12-12T12:43:38.033+00:002016-12-12T12:43:38.033+00:00I,m looking at the covers of Avengers, Cap, FF. K...I,m looking at the covers of Avengers, Cap, FF. Kirby's style definitely changed while he was away from Marvel. More stilted and with the sort of inking of faces that would have been saved for metallic skinned characters in the past. Not necessarily better or worse but definitely jarring when comparing the before and after without being able to see the gradual change.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23797392851945719962016-12-12T12:31:01.243+00:002016-12-12T12:31:01.243+00:00That Thor issue is actually a reprint of I think i...That Thor issue is actually a reprint of I think issue 159, in which it's revealed that Don Blake was always Thor, sent down to earth by Odin to learn humility.Joe S. Walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-84820497684094034722016-12-12T10:44:48.617+00:002016-12-12T10:44:48.617+00:00Oh yes, Spectacular Spider-Man was the beginning o...Oh yes, Spectacular Spider-Man was the beginning of the end. Up to this point, Amazing Spider-Man has told a long story of the evolution of Peter and of his supporting cast. Introducing a second comic book moves us towards standalone tales with no long term character development.<br /><br />And, yes, Marvel TeamUp does feel non canon. Every time Spider-Man sits back and wastes a month thinking about his life he thinks of Uncle Ben, Captain Stacy. Gwen, maybe the black suit. Never any mention of all the time travelling, visits to the moon, etc in MTU.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62558833402391059652016-12-12T02:23:57.269+00:002016-12-12T02:23:57.269+00:00Banshee was irritating enough on his own, but beja...Banshee was irritating enough on his own, but bejazus that issue of X-Men was annoying. <br />Someone should have taken that fecker Claremont to one side and explained that the Oirish don't live in keeps (what?), any more than Russians aren't always pining for the steppe, by Lenin's ghost. <br />And don't get me started on the little people, MP...<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-14362320962421479112016-12-12T00:28:08.591+00:002016-12-12T00:28:08.591+00:00Here in the United States, we are aware of the lep...Here in the United States, we are aware of the leprechaun problem in Ireland, and have been warned by our State Dept. on the dangers of travelling there.<br />It didn't have to be this way. But ever since St. Patrick drove out the snakes, which are the only known natural predator of leprechauns, their numbers have proliferated.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com