tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post6226049486861628272..comments2024-03-28T22:45:25.693+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: October 27th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-12661046718986685262016-10-31T21:23:47.975+00:002016-10-31T21:23:47.975+00:00James, I must confess that I mostly get the cover ...James, I must confess that I mostly get the cover scans from The Grand Comics Database who I occasionally credit when I remember to. It's a very excellent site and can be found at this address: http://www.comics.org/Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7456315881037069972016-10-31T13:54:17.150+00:002016-10-31T13:54:17.150+00:00I'm confused. This reads like you're not s...I'm confused. This reads like you're not sure of the contents, and yet you've scanned the covers. Why not take a peek inside to satisfy your curiosity? Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-82064772251316561442016-10-28T00:41:59.336+01:002016-10-28T00:41:59.336+01:00It was remarkable how much Barry Smith's style...It was remarkable how much Barry Smith's style changed in his early days at Marvel. I happen to have some fondness for his earliest Kirby influenced stuff (with some Steranko in there), which was cool in a trippy, late-sixties way. But he eventually found his own style in CONAN, which was gorgeous to look at and looked like it came from another guy. Great artist.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-45616891216190200652016-10-27T22:54:05.643+01:002016-10-27T22:54:05.643+01:00As I recall, yes. The Scorpion said something like...As I recall, yes. The Scorpion said something like, "This unsuspecting fool will be the perfect test!" Which didn't really make sense, since, obviously, beating an ordinary civilian would not prove whether the Scorpion could beat Cap or Spidey.TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-72616417264119588752016-10-27T22:31:05.662+01:002016-10-27T22:31:05.662+01:00Didn't the Captain America one feature the Sco...Didn't the Captain America one feature the Scorpion trying to mug Steve Rogers, not realising who he really was, and trying to steal the briefcase he was keeping his shield in?Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-55981605561328043822016-10-27T20:59:46.856+01:002016-10-27T20:59:46.856+01:00The Scorpion appeared at least once in a Captain A...The Scorpion appeared at least once in a Captain America comic (#122, Feb. 1970). <br /><br />The first two Scorpion appearances were reprinted in Marvel Tales #158 and #168 in 1983 and '84. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-21873572231164075962016-10-27T17:43:16.737+01:002016-10-27T17:43:16.737+01:00Sounds like the MTU one was what Steve was thinkin...Sounds like the MTU one was what Steve was thinking of then, TC. Scorpion must throw some pretty big tantrums to keep getting what he wants.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-85419262031483436412016-10-27T05:06:16.272+01:002016-10-27T05:06:16.272+01:00There was also a story in Marvel Team-Up in the ea...There was also a story in Marvel Team-Up in the early 1980's. The Scorpion was in a psychiatric hospital, and the shrink thought it would be therapeutic for him to wear his costume. With the usual results. <br /><br />There was a Daredevil story in 1966 or '67 where the Leap Frog was on trial, and the prosecutor gave him his Leap Frog shoes and had him put them put them on to prove that they fit him. And he leaped out the courtroom window. <br /><br />Meanwhile, over at DC, the prison authorities would always let mad scientist Lex Luthor work in the prison workshop, where he would always build a time machine or an armored vehicle, and promptly escape. <br /><br />TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-4912045803104497352016-10-26T23:22:04.272+01:002016-10-26T23:22:04.272+01:00I think you might be right about it being the seco...I think you might be right about it being the second Ditko story in which the prison guards give him his costume back. I assume it's the same prison in which the Shocker was given the tools with which to build his vibrating technology and the Vulture was given the tools to create a new set of wings and the Tarantula was given the tools to build a new set of pointy shoes. How that prison wasn't shut down by the authorities is beyond me.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-35387029514831611542016-10-26T22:50:02.462+01:002016-10-26T22:50:02.462+01:00And I just found the scorpion's friendly priso...And I just found the scorpion's friendly prison guards. They were in ASM #29 - his second Ditko appearance. Their kindnesses isn't seen but is mentioned in speech bubbles as scorpion escapes the slammer. Although you may be thinking of a story I don't have to hand (maybe in an early Spectaculat Spider-Man?).<br /><br />After ASM #20 and #29, no appearances in ASM until this one but he may have popped up in Daredevil and/or Captain America in between...? I agree with you, though, that he was away from ASM for far too long.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-84560819571910588702016-10-26T22:37:59.145+01:002016-10-26T22:37:59.145+01:00I detect a homage. The pose that ape is in on the...I detect a homage. The pose that ape is in on the cover of POTA reminds me of the cover to ASM #35 (the molten man regrets).dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.com