tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post8105276570805623343..comments2024-03-28T21:03:19.129+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Killraven's War of the Worlds: Amazing Adventures #35, the 24-Hour Man.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-17219418879968243192023-12-22T00:39:16.223+00:002023-12-22T00:39:16.223+00:00It was quite handy his surname was something styli...It was quite handy his surname was something stylish like Raven, Steve. I mean, imagine if he'd been Joe Bloggs.<br />Killbloggs wouldn't have had quite the same ring to it, would it?<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75609776590609138292023-12-22T00:21:15.127+00:002023-12-22T00:21:15.127+00:00I do know that pre-Martian invasion Killraven was ...I do know that pre-Martian invasion Killraven was plain Jonathan Raven, Steve. So Mark must have been his brother's name.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2069599479202953542023-12-18T16:57:13.549+00:002023-12-18T16:57:13.549+00:00Sean, I do believe you're right about Killrave...Sean, I do believe you're right about Killraven's brother being nicknamed Deathraven. I seem to remember that the real name of one of them was Mark but I don't recall which, nor what the real name of the other one was.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43503679180422056942023-12-18T00:22:47.595+00:002023-12-18T00:22:47.595+00:00*gave Killraven's brother...
Duh.
-sean*gave Killraven's brother...<br />Duh.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-70309786865092486002023-12-18T00:19:48.659+00:002023-12-18T00:19:48.659+00:00There actually was a Deathraven, wasn't there?...There actually was a Deathraven, wasn't there? Fairly sure it was the name the Martians have Killraven's brother...<br /><br />Anyway, another great oldie Steve. Nice timing with the (French) War of the Worlds series on tv at the moment.<br />You're right, AA #35 was one of the better issues of the run, even though it contributes to the frustratingly episodic drift of the series. I mean, for people supposedly trying to liberate the Earth from the Martians Killraven and the Freemen spend an awful lot of time just encountering random mutant creatures or hanging around in abandoned virtual reality complexes.<br />Pretty sure they could have liberated the planet before the series got cancelled if they'd just got on with it!<br /><br />It's a bit surprising this story - essentially about rape and impregnation by a giant phallic reptile creature, with vaguely incestuous overtones - got through the Comics Code.<br />My theory is that when faced with Dauntless Don's purple prose they just thought @£#% it, life's too short, and passed the issue without the bothering to read it.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62258176746600103402018-03-25T10:24:44.231+01:002018-03-25T10:24:44.231+01:00It's fair enough. The names, "Kill,"...It's fair enough. The names, "Kill," and, "Death," are in the same kind of ball park.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-12015787888165652422018-03-24T21:30:25.294+00:002018-03-24T21:30:25.294+00:00I read this as a kid, but 40 years later, I though...I read this as a kid, but 40 years later, I thought Kilraven was Deathlok. Funny how my memory fails me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281138832889853822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63853467798592511902011-04-14T04:46:19.561+01:002011-04-14T04:46:19.561+01:00No offense to Mr. Chaykin. I always enjoyed his s...No offense to Mr. Chaykin. I always enjoyed his stuff. If memory serves, my first exposure was DC's "Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser" comics.<br /><br />But, by all accounts, when "Nefarious" Neal Adams dropped the deadline ball, it would take special artists (penciller and inker) indeed to scramble and do quality work in the time remaining. (as in, over the weekend)Blaze Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-83148446708501931502011-04-13T08:16:19.954+01:002011-04-13T08:16:19.954+01:00"The poor fill-in artist's work was rushe..."The poor fill-in artist's work was rushed and dull."<br /><br />That fill-in artist was Howard Chaykin! I have to admit it put me off his work for years...it wasn't until American Flagg came out that I decided I might have been a little unfair and went looking for any of his previous work that I might have otherwise dismissed.<br /><br /><br />cheers<br />B SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-81288481600482854972011-04-12T21:55:44.804+01:002011-04-12T21:55:44.804+01:00I must admit to being in more than two minds about...I must admit to being in more than two minds about the strip. I hated it when I first encountered it, as a kid, but quickly grew to love it, then fell out of love with it when I re-read all the stories in the Essential Killraven but, having been re-exposed to the strip its original form, I'm sort of warming to it again.Stevehttp://stevedoescomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-76723102665979187192011-04-12T17:02:07.160+01:002011-04-12T17:02:07.160+01:00The McGregor/Russell direction of "Killraven&...The McGregor/Russell direction of "Killraven" never pushed any of my buttons. Too surreal and meandering and "fairie king". When Russell worked on a project with fairies and the like, I was there, but for a book whose full title was "War of the Worlds", I didn't like it.<br /><br />My tastes are too hard edged, I guess. The first few pages introducing Killraven in his first issue were done by Neal Adams. The art and story fit in my brain like a jigsaw piece. Adams couldn't even finish the one issue, let alone work on the series. The poor fill-in artist's work was rushed and dull. Subsequent issues quickly became an LSD trip to elf hill rather than a battle against conquering Martians.<br /><br />It wasn't until the wonderful Alan Davis did his Killraven mini-series that I felt my young self enjoy the character and setting again.Blaze Morgannoreply@blogger.com