tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post1989102077911735166..comments2024-03-28T14:32:39.085+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: November 23rd, 1977 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-87584067052033714512017-11-26T11:05:18.390+00:002017-11-26T11:05:18.390+00:00That sounds right to me Charlie.
Don Heck's a...That sounds right to me Charlie. <br />Don Heck's approach was very old school, which didn't seem like too bad a fit with Marvel in 1963 - if you think about it, even Kirby's work wasn't too different from the Atlas era at that point - but by the end of the decade he hadn't really adapted to the new look.<br /><br />It probably wouldn't have been so much of a problem if Captain Savage had sold better, and he could have stuck with that.<br /><br />-sean<br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-525097897008996092017-11-25T20:38:11.296+00:002017-11-25T20:38:11.296+00:00Sometimes I think Don's early Avengers work wa...Sometimes I think Don's early Avengers work was OK b/c relative to everyone else it was not so bad, perhaps. But once Kirby, Buscema, Romita, and Colan were rollin... he looked quite inferior.Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-19287993107731114822017-11-25T08:57:17.610+00:002017-11-25T08:57:17.610+00:00I must confess that I was highly disappointed when...I must confess that I was highly disappointed when Don Heck started drawing Daredevil. I think I've said before that I really liked his early Iron Man and Avengers work but, by the 1970s his work had become problematical for me when it came to enjoying a story.<br /><br />DW, I seem to remember Ms Marvel giving birth in the Avengers and being instantly back to normal, physically. I think super-heroines must be made of the same unstable molecules that Reed Richards made the FF's costumes from.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63955683974531645352017-11-25T00:10:30.482+00:002017-11-25T00:10:30.482+00:00Ahh yes... that Daredevil with Electro and the Pur...Ahh yes... that Daredevil with Electro and the Purple Man Killgrave issue is when I jumped on board more/less with buying comics as a full time occupation in 1972, around the age of 11. It's DD #89. DD is in San Francisco. Black Widow joins him. The Gene Colan art was out of this world for the next 10 issues! As good as his green Captain Marvel! <br /><br />And then, just after issue 100 they brought Don Heck on board and that was that... I quite buying DD more/less. Charlie is still upset about that. It was as dramatic as replacing Kaluta with Frank Robbins on The Shadow.<br /><br />I think I will drink a dozen Pims and listen to Crazy Horses a few dozen times to get out of this funk!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-5028225506061407482017-11-24T05:38:37.942+00:002017-11-24T05:38:37.942+00:00I like the fact that Sue Storm, with no concern ab...I like the fact that Sue Storm, with no concern about any post-baby timber, is confident enough to wear a mini dress and stilettos on the cover. <br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-45702317306309977152017-11-23T20:07:05.867+00:002017-11-23T20:07:05.867+00:00Sean, I can assure you my Valkyrian phraseology wa...Sean, I can assure you my Valkyrian phraseology was purely innocent.<br /><br />Sean and Timothy, thanks for the Omegatron info.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-50110241974119080712017-11-23T19:36:18.091+00:002017-11-23T19:36:18.091+00:00Is "debut frontispiece" some sort of nor...Is "debut frontispiece" some sort of northern euphemism those of us from elsewhere might not be aware of, Steve? Because that does sound like it might possibly be some sort of double entendre about the Valkyrie.<br />That doomsday computer thing in the Defenders was the Omegatron.<br /><br />-sean<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-92193812798921138642017-11-23T18:47:09.948+00:002017-11-23T18:47:09.948+00:00I recall the giant villain in the Defenders story,...I recall the giant villain in the Defenders story, he was some kind of doomsday computer. This is either his first appearance where he is eventually put into stasis by Dr Strange at the end stopping his countdown or these are later events where his needlessly dramatic timer had been restarted by events a few issues previous. Apart from being a world ending bomb he also turned into the bizarre legless torso featured on the cover. Timothy Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455609500395912042noreply@blogger.com