tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post2092292470040359118..comments2024-03-28T16:04:57.568+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Marvel Premiere #32 - Monark Starstalker.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-3069959619322307422014-09-22T16:59:40.763+01:002014-09-22T16:59:40.763+01:00I got it in a Marvel Grab Bag in Morecambe in the ...I got it in a Marvel Grab Bag in Morecambe in the late 70s. I liked the cybernetic eagle but it wasn't science-fantasy enough for me. I had liked Chaykin's Iron -Wolf at DC much better. I'd like to re-read this one though.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-29280290436713940142014-09-19T13:27:15.948+01:002014-09-19T13:27:15.948+01:00Steve - Robin is a local who doesn't fit in; s...Steve - Robin is a local who doesn't fit in; she happens to meet Monark when they sit at the same table - reserved for outsiders - and they hit it off. Shaw's aide turns out to be Hammer's girlfriend, which makes sense because Hammer is actually working for Triplanet Metals (Shaw has been set up). Seemed clear to me.<br /><br />Maybe it doesn't make sense if you don't read the captions and dialogue, but.... aren't you supposed to do that with a comic? I could understand an argument that the text just dumps information on the page in a way that holds up the flow of the story, but I wouldn't agree with it.<br /><br />Still just seems like a question of taste to me.<br /><br />=sean<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-49641310916589595872014-09-19T10:17:57.193+01:002014-09-19T10:17:57.193+01:00I'm sure there's something wrong with me. ...I'm sure there's something wrong with me. I've just re-read it and I still can't make sense of chunks of it. Just where does Robin appear from? What's the deal with Hammer's girlfriend? If you read pages like 4 and 6 without reading the captions and dialogue, you wouldn't have a clue what was going on. To me, it just feels like incredibly muddled story-telling.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6396243231318985522014-09-19T09:22:43.200+01:002014-09-19T09:22:43.200+01:00Oh, man. I'm with Sean: there's nothing at...Oh, man. I'm with Sean: there's nothing at all confusing about this story. I think it's brilliant, and arguably the best single issue of Marvel Premiere (a series I really liked, by the way).Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-76601040722040930052014-09-19T01:43:50.856+01:002014-09-19T01:43:50.856+01:00Its a fair point you make about characterisation, ...Its a fair point you make about characterisation, Steve. Although for me, Monark and Robin hitting it off and having sex was enough to make them seem closer to real people than pretty much any other Marvel character I can think of offhand.<br /><br />Really don't understand why you think the story telling is confusing though. Made perfect sense to me.<br /><br />Maybe Howard Chaykin is just someone whose work you really like or don't. A bit like marmite.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com