tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post8192186970125000042..comments2024-03-29T02:53:08.837+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Fifty years ago this month - July 1967.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46751790825610942772017-12-09T09:09:00.802+00:002017-12-09T09:09:00.802+00:00I agree. It's a great cover.I agree. It's a great cover.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23250225509934902482017-12-09T04:25:42.915+00:002017-12-09T04:25:42.915+00:00This is the first that I have ever seen that Hulk-...This is the first that I have ever seen that Hulk-Surfer cover. Superb artwork!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650921114832558648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-37024377659124936872017-07-04T07:37:08.822+01:002017-07-04T07:37:08.822+01:00I believe the Cube has cosmically matured into a s...I believe the Cube has cosmically matured into a self-aware entity, as described in later issues of the Fantastic Four. It was in the '90's.<br />What the Cube is doing now, I have no idea. <br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59524335368664265802017-07-04T03:13:11.123+01:002017-07-04T03:13:11.123+01:00Steve - that was one profound statement regarding ...Steve - that was one profound statement regarding the Super Skrull being an under-achiever. <br /><br />May I add to that, that whoever possessed the Cosmic Cube seemed to become an unimaginative under achiever as well? I have this recollection of the Red Skull having it and sending Captain America into outer space or something? (Like around Cap 120ish? I'm too tired to dig out the long box, lol.)<br /><br />I mean, if you were the Skull and had that Cube, wouldn't you just wish for a sweet mustache and head of hair like Adolph Hitler, Leni Riefenstahl to be your press agent, and for your third wish obliterate Cap into atoms? <br /><br />I have no idea about what the Cube became in the copper and current age though I think I've read articles that it was still circulating. Anyone?Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-15361362914568595942017-07-03T08:35:11.963+01:002017-07-03T08:35:11.963+01:00MP, if I remember correctly, Thor was too busy dea...MP, if I remember correctly, Thor was too busy dealing with some other menace to tackle the Cobra and Mr Hyde and so, after the obligatory fight with DD, he gave him permission to deal with the two villains.<br /><br />Don't worry, Sean. There was nothing out of place or offensive about your comment.<br /><br />Charlie, I'm sure the fight would have been televised somewhere. Either it would have been on one of Sky TV's channels or, if it was pre-Sky, it would have been on ITV's <i>World of Sport</i>, a Saturday afternoon show which liked to give us sporting events from around the globe.<br /><br />MP, it has to be said that the Super-Skrull was a definite under-achiever in the super villain stakes.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73498688315174713282017-07-03T03:24:58.358+01:002017-07-03T03:24:58.358+01:00I too am a big fan of the Super-Skrull/Thor clash....I too am a big fan of the Super-Skrull/Thor clash. If there's a Superman, there oughtta be a Super-Skrull, I think.<br />The Super-Skrull was basically unbeatable, except for an Achilles heel. He was getting his Super-Skrull powers beamed into him from a Skrull spaceship. If you could manage to disrupt the beam, you could short him out. Or you could reverse it and make him zap into outer space.<br />Strangely enough, Captain Marvel, who was nowhere near as powerful as Thor, once managed to beat the Super-Skrull by simply punching him repeatedly in the head. This is a strategy that works on most people, but rarely works on Skrulls. I think he caught him on a bad day, to be honest.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-12201578651000057842017-07-03T01:17:40.426+01:002017-07-03T01:17:40.426+01:00Is it possible Milwaukee's very own wrestler &...Is it possible Milwaukee's very own wrestler "The Crusher" served as the inspiration for the comic book Crusher? The Crusher and his cousin The Bruiser from Chicago would have these awesome tag-team wrestling matches we'd watch on Sunday morning before going to Mass. Check it out below in the link.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE54mfD21o8<br /><br />By the way, since you all are new wave / early 80s fans... did they show Wrest Mania 1 in the UK that involved Cyndi Lauper, Mr. T, and Hulk Hogan where Mr. T (as I recall) got the bejezus kicked out of him by Rowdy Rodney Piper and Paul Orndorf. I still vividly recall Lauper flying like 10 feet across the ring as Piper / Orndorf flicked her off their leg like a dog scratching off a flea.<br /><br />Go about 1:11 into the link below to see the start of Hulk and T vs. the rest. It's all time great!!!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGQLi7svPcECharlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-54519604232558883272017-07-03T01:15:45.404+01:002017-07-03T01:15:45.404+01:00PS Black & white can be good too. I miss black...PS Black & white can be good too. I miss black & white comics.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31658752999639862992017-07-03T01:05:34.523+01:002017-07-03T01:05:34.523+01:00Hope that first bit didn't seem like I was tak...Hope that first bit didn't seem like I was taking the piss, Steve, because it was meant sincerely.<br />I got an old late'60s copy of the Tauhid lp by Pharoah Sanders a while back - mainly because it was very reasonably priced rather than it being a mono edition - and was amazed by the sound. The album had long been a fave of mine, but I'd never heard it like that before. Very immediate, with a strong presence.<br /><br />Can't really comment on the Beatles as they don't do a lot for me either way, but the same is true for the first Velvet Underground album. <br />Although I accept the possibility that might simply be down to them all being a bit clueless on how to mix stereo, what with it being fairly new at the time.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68096368863657728972017-07-03T00:49:01.348+01:002017-07-03T00:49:01.348+01:00Boy, there sure are some great comics in this mont...Boy, there sure are some great comics in this month's lineup. Marvel was cooking with gas back then.<br />That looks to be Mr. Hyde and the Cobra watching Thor and Daredevil doing...whatever it is they're doing there. Their two greatest foes squaring off. I don't know how you go from having Thor as your archenemy to settling on Daredevil. <br />I would guess basic incompetence has something to do with it. Or maybe they just wanted to fight somebody much, much less powerful than Thor after getting smacked around by the Thunder God. Talk about a downgrade.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78760736625596070412017-07-02T23:19:07.602+01:002017-07-02T23:19:07.602+01:00I don't recall us ever being told what Crusher...I don't recall us ever being told what Crusher Creel got up to before he was a criminal. I've always assumed that crime was his first love and he'd never done anything else.<br /><br />On a serious note, I do feel that Beatles records sound far better in mono than they do in stereo. For instance, the mono version of <i>Tomorrow Never Knows</i> is marvellously oppressive compared to the stereo mix.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-34633918452208648522017-07-02T22:16:55.756+01:002017-07-02T22:16:55.756+01:00Stereo seems to have caught on with the listening ...Stereo seems to have caught on with the listening public, Steve, but theres a lot to be said for mono. Good for you.<br /><br />Are you seriously claiming to have got the Crusher mixed up with everyone's favourite proletarian supervillain the Absorbing Man?(Come to think of it... was he not a boxer, or am I the one getting confused?)<br /><br />Anyway, El Presidente with a beard and cigar from a commie island in the Carribean that shall remain nameless (but was obviously Cuba) not only forced a scientist to drink a formula that gave him superpowers but then decided he should be killed because - duh! - he didn't want anyone on said island to have super powers!<br />Presumably it was a political metaphor. Like the Red Ghost and his super apes or the Titanium Man, because Marvel comics weren't just for kids anymore you know.(Clearly they were for eejits too:)<br /><br />I believe the return of the Crusher in Iron Man's own comic came courtesy of Tyrannus, coincidentally enough.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-11558442381346986822017-07-02T20:32:42.502+01:002017-07-02T20:32:42.502+01:00Thanks, TC. I knew that Fidel Castro and weight ha...Thanks, TC. I knew that Fidel Castro and weight had something to do with it.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-76146646860542042712017-07-02T19:41:06.942+01:002017-07-02T19:41:06.942+01:00IIRC, the Crusher was a scientist in an unnamed La...IIRC, the Crusher was a scientist in an unnamed Latin American communist country ruled by an unnamed dictator who was obviously Castro. The scientist invented a formula that turned him into a hulking brute, and went to the US to prove how tough he was by beating Iron Man. Then Iron Man zapped him with a ray that made him too heavy for his own good and the ground collapsed under his weight. Then Happy Hogan and Pepper Potts came in and asked why there was a big hole in the floor. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com