tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post4228727982413995597..comments2024-03-28T10:35:59.966+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: December 13th, 1978 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-19526236509919069792018-12-16T16:17:05.305+00:002018-12-16T16:17:05.305+00:00I will indeed be doing a Sunday post. It won't...I will indeed be doing a Sunday post. It won't be very good but there's one topic that all nostalgia-based sites have to tackle at some point and tonight's the night I'm going to do it.<br /><br />We have both Santa Claus and Father Christmas in the UK. We conflate them into one magical being who must not be defied.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-26831164713444526012018-12-16T15:38:03.268+00:002018-12-16T15:38:03.268+00:00Steve -
Are you posting a Sunday blog?
DO you g...Steve - <br /><br />Are you posting a Sunday blog?<br /><br />DO you guys have Santa Claus or St. Nick or Father CHristmas or... in the UK?Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80535350635429104372018-12-15T23:32:00.126+00:002018-12-15T23:32:00.126+00:00That post seems to be missing the "takes hat ... That post seems to be missing the "takes hat off to Timothy Field" line.Dangermashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-74017244831623184492018-12-15T23:30:00.195+00:002018-12-15T23:30:00.195+00:00Thait is a genius mashup comment on two parallel t...<br /><br />Thait is a genius mashup comment on two parallel threads on the sane blog post.<br /><br />How great would Avengers 4 be, though, if Thanos discovered that the fifth infinity gem wasn’t in the Vision's forehead at all, but in the Ringmaster's hat?Dangermashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-91251781866407246552018-12-15T22:45:31.454+00:002018-12-15T22:45:31.454+00:00I wonder if the Infinity Gems could help sort out ...I wonder if the Infinity Gems could help sort out Brexit?<br /><br />Charlie, since reading one generally I try to avoid Marvel comics with the word Infinity in the title - anything after the crossover in the Avengers and Two-in-One '77 annuals I'm not interested. <br />So my ignorance is probably even greater than yours, but here -<br />www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos#Fictional_character_biography<br /><br />Those wiki fictional biographies save a lot of time - think how many terrible comics you'd have to read to find out all that!<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69704723151405888892018-12-15T21:00:05.088+00:002018-12-15T21:00:05.088+00:00I can say with some certainty that neither the Enf...I can say with some certainty that neither the Enforcerers or the Circus of Crime were in possession of any of the infinity gems. Other than that, I can be of no assistance.Timothy Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455609500395912042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-82351692231925348522018-12-15T17:40:10.560+00:002018-12-15T17:40:10.560+00:00Hey Dudes, Help me out.
I finally saw the Aveng...Hey Dudes, Help me out. <br /><br />I finally saw the Avengers Infinity movie, in the safety of my own home. (I do hate it when folks bring AR 15s to movie theatres, lol)<br /><br />I was inspired to get the Infinity Gauntlet TBP where Thanos;s uniform ends up being a scarecrow. But in that TBP he as already acquired the stones. <br /><br />So what TBP precedes this one where he presumably goes about getting the stones? <br /><br />Also was there a sequel? Did Thanos strap on the uniform again and get all "destroy the universe" again? <br /><br />Sorry for my gross display of my lack of history of this segment of the Marvel Universes! Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-17477834039782033872018-12-15T17:35:18.304+00:002018-12-15T17:35:18.304+00:00Dougie, completely agree with you on Starlin's...Dougie, completely agree with you on Starlin's Warlock, having tried an issue of Infinity Watch in the 90s against my better judgment. <br />Personally, I found a lot of cosmic Jimbo's work after Warlock - and his abruptly abandoned run on Dr Strange - to be disappointing.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-67810819653112902342018-12-15T17:07:57.747+00:002018-12-15T17:07:57.747+00:00Dougie, I remember Live Wire, although I only ever...Dougie, I remember Live Wire, although I only ever encountered him in that FF issue.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-64231798513882896522018-12-15T14:47:27.648+00:002018-12-15T14:47:27.648+00:00Charle - Hulk #3 was the first appearance of the C...Charle - Hulk #3 was the first appearance of the Circus of Crime in the silver age.<br /><br />By October 1967, they'd come up against a Hulk, Thor, Avengers, Spider-Man and Daredevil. They did like to spread the joy around.dangermashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68822251091515729122018-12-15T14:25:00.046+00:002018-12-15T14:25:00.046+00:00I was looking at the Marvel-pedia and it mentions ...I was looking at the Marvel-pedia and it mentions the Circus attacked Hulk and it had something to do with Rick Jones???<br /><br />"After a string of robberies, they tried to rob Rick Jones's town he summoned the Hulk (who at the time had a link with Rick) and stopped the circus.[5]"<br /><br /><br />Good grief... Someone needs to send Rick Jones into outer space and get him the heck out of my life! (KD - you're up!)Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-82898548138629334552018-12-15T12:00:17.431+00:002018-12-15T12:00:17.431+00:00Does anyone remember Live Wire, Psycho-Man's g...Does anyone remember Live Wire, Psycho-Man's goon? He had an electrified lariat and was a member of the Circus of Crime, taking on Luke Cage and Black Goliath.<br /><br />By the way, I am besotted with the Cage Netflix series - my favourite of the Defenders series so far. Still to watch Jessica Drew- sorry, Jones. <br /><br />I plan to see Aquaman in the next five or six days. <br /><br />The Micronauts was a blatant mash-up of Star Wars and New Gods. The art was usually far superior to the scripts although Mantlo often created memorable B-list characters.<br /><br /> I loved those early Starlin Warlocks. I rather wish he had never gone back to the characters in the 90s. As far as I know, though, the Thanos story was in the Logan's Run comic, not Micronauts. Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-14729816577990666952018-12-15T08:28:49.477+00:002018-12-15T08:28:49.477+00:00If Ditko had the penclls, the Enforcers would take...If Ditko had the penclls, the Enforcers would take down the Circus. Without Ditko, I reckon the Circus could beat the Enforcers but the Enforcers could beat the Masters Of Menace.<br /><br />And with Spider-Man's villains gallery growng like the universe in the first second after the Big Bang, don’t you think it’s amazing that the Enforcers appeared three times in quick succession in issues 10, 14 and 19? They must have been genuine A-listers at this stage, right up there with Doc Ock (3, 11, 12, Annual), Vulture (2, 7, Annual) and Sandman (4, Annual, 18, 19), the only other villains to have been up against Spider-Man three or more times. The Goblin and Mysterio will make their third appearances pretty soon to join this elite club.dangermashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-22594777619149745222018-12-15T04:51:44.837+00:002018-12-15T04:51:44.837+00:00Sean, I realize that Orwell was not writing about ...Sean, I realize that Orwell was not writing about Latveria.<br />I'm often confused, but those are two different elephants, and I know that.<br /><br />M.P.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-4154090870446435002018-12-15T03:57:37.916+00:002018-12-15T03:57:37.916+00:00They loose COMPLETELY to everyone. I can't rem...They loose COMPLETELY to everyone. I can't remember if they were ever in a "story-arc". Anytime I read a book in that they were the featured villains, it was one & done.<br /><br />I didn't say they would over-power the elephant, just using the momentum of it's charge to their advantage.<br /><br />It's "comic-book science". Any writer can come up with whatever they want.<br /><br />Was merely looking at it from the standpoint that the Enforcers are mercenaries, where the Circus, in their earliest appearances at least, were basically just thieves.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-36616584262224686272018-12-15T03:57:09.540+00:002018-12-15T03:57:09.540+00:00M.P., the Circus of Crime and Namor were in Burmes...M.P., the Circus of Crime and Namor were in Burmese Days? I must have skimmed that bit.<br />Didn't Howard the Duck defeat the Circus once? That doesn't suggest they're too difficult to take down.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-89239267796880347792018-12-15T03:00:34.110+00:002018-12-15T03:00:34.110+00:00Forbush Man could take down the Circus.Forbush Man could take down the Circus.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-14691950036007409382018-12-15T02:56:44.478+00:002018-12-15T02:56:44.478+00:00Killdumpster, your premise relies on a lot of vari...Killdumpster, your premise relies on a lot of variables. Questionable at best. By the way, the Circus of Crime tried to take out the Sub-Mariner in Latveria in the pages of Super-Villain Team-Up with the elephant. Subby punched the elephant out, knocked him cold. <br />I don't see Fancy Dan or the Ox doing that. No, unless you're as strong as Namor or the Hulk, when an elephant is amok, it's feets don't fail me now time. Amscray. Time to get outta Dodge. Haul balls.<br />George Orwell wrote a first-hand account about that once, when he was in service in the colonies.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-5744001071816344432018-12-15T02:16:59.454+00:002018-12-15T02:16:59.454+00:00MP-
Possible play-by-play scenario:
Montana would...MP-<br /><br />Possible play-by-play scenario:<br />Montana would lasso Ringmaster's hat, rendering him useless.<br /><br />Human Cannonball launches at Bull, who smacks him into the ground.<br /><br />Fancy Dan is attacked by the Flying Garbonzos (or whatever their names were), takes him a minute, but puts them down unscathed. He then leaps over to Princess Python, who has her pet attacking Bull.<br /><br />Dan chops her a pressure point in her neck, rendering her unconscious. Montana lassoes the snake, as Bull shrugs it off, hurling it a the Clown, knocking him off of his unicycle.<br /><br />As the elephant rider charges in, Fancy Dan cart wheels to one side, attracting the animals attention. Montana tangles two of it's legs, as Bull slams into it, tripping it.<br /><br />The elephant falls & lands on a lot of the Circus villains. The ones not squashed or unconscious run away.<br /><br />The Enforcers aren't performers. They're about "Taking Care of Business!"<br /><br />Couldn't resist the BTO pun.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46786677292243898982018-12-14T23:36:08.775+00:002018-12-14T23:36:08.775+00:00No way no how, K.D.
The Circus got a guy why flies...No way no how, K.D.<br />The Circus got a guy why flies out of a cannon and a chick with a big-ass snake.<br />And don't forget the clown!<br />They'd make mincemeat out of the Enforcers, even without the guy with the hypnotic hat.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-41098635820079595602018-12-14T19:46:04.758+00:002018-12-14T19:46:04.758+00:00Crisps are indeed potato chips.Crisps are indeed potato chips.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-24445094982261787642018-12-14T18:36:01.348+00:002018-12-14T18:36:01.348+00:00I'm with you KD. As long at there ain't n...I'm with you KD. As long at there ain't no muties on either side, it's just a fist fight! <br /><br />Steve - Crisps are just potato chips, yes?Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-5542829493840039452018-12-14T16:04:46.590+00:002018-12-14T16:04:46.590+00:00I think the Enforcers could take the Circus.I think the Enforcers could take the Circus.Killdumpsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-25219026325095580552018-12-14T14:22:38.339+00:002018-12-14T14:22:38.339+00:00Assuming Rick Jones is counting, could Snapper Car...Assuming Rick Jones is counting, could Snapper Carr snap his fingers faster than Sammy Davis Jr can tap dance? Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-35699896804125640162018-12-14T14:21:38.121+00:002018-12-14T14:21:38.121+00:00Dangermash, KD, et al! The Enforcers were the bom...Dangermash, KD, et al! The Enforcers were the bomb back in the day and Ditko was probably the only artistic style I think would have worked? <br /><br />I am not sure who would be stronger though in a street fight? The Ringmaster's Circus or the Enforcers? I mean, assuming the Enforcers didn't open their door to their secret hideaway and bring in a big wedding cake like the Trojan Horse and get Pearl Harbored by the Circus I think it'd be nip and tuck!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.com