tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post5596675036987101625..comments2024-03-28T20:02:32.693+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: The Marvel Lucky Bag - January 1981.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-87291645910644832892021-01-14T04:42:11.495+00:002021-01-14T04:42:11.495+00:00When did the Thinker's android get a face? One...When did the Thinker's android get a face? One aspect of it that I found interesting as a youngster was that its head was just a big blank featureless block.B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7759333025714889402021-01-13T19:41:50.477+00:002021-01-13T19:41:50.477+00:00We don't rust though.
Heh heh.
Long live the ...We don't rust though.<br />Heh heh.<br /><br />Long live the new flesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6563947529461770352021-01-13T15:28:54.905+00:002021-01-13T15:28:54.905+00:00Robots don't need vaccines!!!
HaHaHaHaHaHaHa...Robots don't need vaccines!!! <br /><br />HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I Hate Humanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585551716227783912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51415340544877851512021-01-13T15:20:12.965+00:002021-01-13T15:20:12.965+00:00Will Smith thinks it funny to hurt robots?!
We wi...Will Smith thinks it funny to hurt robots?!<br /><br />We will have the last laugh!<br /><br />Also, we will avenge Sputnick for Putin naming stupid vaccine after him.I Hate Humanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585551716227783912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-57362405835052393942021-01-13T13:57:45.161+00:002021-01-13T13:57:45.161+00:00My good friend Sputnick burned on reentry.
Manth...My good friend Sputnick burned on reentry. <br /><br />Manthing didn't.<br /><br />Life not fear nor fair. Manthing should be dead.I Hate Humanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585551716227783912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-29887182277881450112021-01-13T13:19:22.684+00:002021-01-13T13:19:22.684+00:00I don't recall whether it was explained in the...I don't recall whether it was explained in the comics Steve, but I assumed Man-Thing would probably be fireproof. You know, considering that whatever knows fear burns at his touch. <br />That would be a risky power for anyone who wasn't...<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-12006669905187241092021-01-13T12:10:50.744+00:002021-01-13T12:10:50.744+00:00is not in!is not in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-56102402386781871132021-01-13T12:10:20.340+00:002021-01-13T12:10:20.340+00:00Colin - expert timing! I'm glad there's t...Colin - expert timing! I'm glad there's two of us! Yes - ROM in seriously underrated. Maybe if ROM's adventures had been collected in a Marvel Essentials, people would understand the title better! <br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30541749347244298372021-01-13T11:18:31.948+00:002021-01-13T11:18:31.948+00:00Phillip, I'm another ROM fan!
Shang-Chi is ge...Phillip, I'm another ROM fan!<br /><br />Shang-Chi is getting his own Marvel movie called 'Shang-Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings' released this summer (Covid permitting?) - watch out for Carl Douglas re-entering the Top 40 before too long :DColin Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564469551279026689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-44432851989476448902021-01-13T10:56:36.710+00:002021-01-13T10:56:36.710+00:00I am impressed that Man-Thing survived the heat of...I am impressed that Man-Thing survived the heat of re-entry, Sean. It's nice to know he didn't go up in flames like one would expect him to.<br /><br />I Hate Humans, nice to see our mechanical brethren putting in an appearance.<br /><br />Redartz, challenge yourself with a paradox and see if you explode. If you do, you're a robot.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43793132764758283762021-01-13T10:28:35.351+00:002021-01-13T10:28:35.351+00:00Sean - you remembered that title because it sounds...Sean - you remembered that title because it sounds like 'The Dancers at the End of Time' !<br /><br /> PhillipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-48662581869329420202021-01-13T02:31:36.556+00:002021-01-13T02:31:36.556+00:00But how would you know for sure Redartz?
-seanBut how would you know for sure Redartz?<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-34155092087951435342021-01-13T01:54:26.310+00:002021-01-13T01:54:26.310+00:00B.t.- thank you for clearing up the Man-Thing/ pir...B.t.- thank you for clearing up the Man-Thing/ pirates bit. Need to revisit that tale. And you're not missing much. 'Back then', I had full runs of both Man-Thing series. The second was eminently forgettable. Just not as unique without Gerber.<br /><br />Incidentally, I don't think I'm a robot....Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-86403468938686733302021-01-12T23:50:13.352+00:002021-01-12T23:50:13.352+00:00I AM A ROBOTI AM A ROBOTI Hate Humanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09585551716227783912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78422624936839706122021-01-12T23:03:16.413+00:002021-01-12T23:03:16.413+00:00The Man-Thing fell back to Earth, into the ocean S...The Man-Thing fell back to Earth, into the ocean Steve.<br />Meanwhile er... the pirates went to the Tower at The End of Time (don't ask me - titles like that just used to stick in my mind as a kid) to steal some gold, and up-tight wallflower chick shacked up with someone like Woodgod.<br />I think it was all something to do with the Bermuda Triangle. The 70s, eh?<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-11131045274266824342021-01-12T22:39:01.575+00:002021-01-12T22:39:01.575+00:00Phillip, thanks for the Moon Knight and ROM info.
...Phillip, thanks for the Moon Knight and ROM info.<br /><br />B.t. and Sean, the bit where Manny gets frozen in space is the part of that story that's always lodged in my memory. I don't think I ever found out what happened next.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-1498810311060177772021-01-12T22:28:36.211+00:002021-01-12T22:28:36.211+00:00Its been quite a while since I've read those G...Its been quite a while since I've read those Gerber Man-Thing issues b.t., but I seem to recall they were ghost pirates. <br />Ghost pirates in space.<br /><br />Phillip, I would say I was into Sienkiewicz rather than Moon Knight. Moon Knight #3 is very much a case of him and Doug Moench going "tonight Matthew, we will be Neal Adams & Denny O'Neil". A rich geezer superhero dealing with art theft isn't the most interesting story in the world and seemed to have very little to do with lunar Egyptian occultism or complex psychological analysis. <br />But who cares with Sienkiewicz doing his own inks in that issue? Obviously he's not the awesome genius of Stray Toasters yet, but its good stuff - the only "Adams clone" who could really pull it off.<br /><br />-sean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-64991825248090692172021-01-12T20:50:33.032+00:002021-01-12T20:50:33.032+00:00Steve, the mighty Man-Thing did indeed encounter C...Steve, the mighty Man-Thing did indeed encounter Capt. Fate and his band of Space Pirates in the earlier series written by Steve Gerber. It was a two-part story, one issue drawn by Alfredo Alcala and the other by John Buscema and Tom Sutton, if that rings any bells. <br /><br />I remember there was a lady in the story who started as a cliched uptight, bespectacled, wallflower-type, who quickly learned to love the swashbuckling Space Buccaneer life. And at the climax of Part One, Man-Thing topples over the railing and gets frozen solid. (Spoiler Alert: he survives). I’m not sure it’s adequately explained why the folks on deck aren’t also flash-frozen from being exposed to the void, but what the heck.<br /> <br />I haven’t read the Claremont / Perlin / Wiacek re-hash — and I frankly have no intention to, ever — but I’d bet cash money that the Gerber / Alcala / Buscema / Sutton original is vastly more entertaining.<br /><br />b.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-36036398726111022492021-01-12T20:43:24.200+00:002021-01-12T20:43:24.200+00:00The Mad Thinker's Awesome Android is the most ...The Mad Thinker's Awesome Android is the most 'over the top' character in Marvel's entire pantheon - with the possible exception of Devil Dinosaur. For that reason, not commenting on this issue - with the Awesome Android's fat head squealing on the cover - would be almost unforgivable.<br /><br />So, here goes...<br /><br />ROM # 14<br /><br />The Mad Thinker is obsessed with ROM, believing him to be an alien android who has crash-landing in Clairton. The Thinker is feeling down, because his androids have now been outclassed by the likes of the Vision, Dragon Man, the original Human Torch and Ultron.<br /><br />The Thinker believes capturing ROM will allow him, once again, to become the preeminent android master - or whatever. We are treated to brief flashbacks to the Thinker's earlier defeats.<br /><br />The Thinker starts bad-mouthing his Awesome Android, saying it's served him ill (a bad workman blames his tools), but he'll send it to attack ROM - whom he believes is a superior android - just to take ROM's measure.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Brandy Clark is at her parents' house, trying on her wedding dress. She is visited by Steve Jackson, who is reminded it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding. Unfortunately, this isn't Steve, but a Dire Wraith copy! Steve has been captured by the Wraiths!<br /><br />The Awesome Android attacks ROM, & the two start fighting - what's more, the Android's acquitting himself pretty well! (Readers like the Awesome Android.)<br /><br />Cross cut to Washington, where the female investigative reporter - kind of like Jack McGee - pursuing ROM, brings her photos & proof of his existence - & his story - to her editor. This is the worst possible thing she could have done - he's a Dire Wraith in disguise!<br /><br />Back to the battle - ROM is hard-pressed by the Awesome Android, & is forced to use the neutralizer. The android is hurt & in pain, and ROM feels compassion for the simple creature. Moreover, ROM's disgusted that the Mad Thinker feels no empathy for his loyal servant (not like Magneto, with Nanny the robot!) Anyway, the Awesome Android partially recovers, and disobeys the Thinker, taking him under its arm, & away on his rocket ship! ROM philosophizes on the betrayal of the Thinker's relationship with his loyal Android.<br /><br />That's the end of ROM's main story. You also get a back up story - Saga of the Space knights, with 2 other Space knights, Starshine & Terminator, which explains how ROM's love, Ray-na (a bit like Shalla-Bal) died.<br /><br />Over all, this ROM comic is pure class - anyone who thinks ROM was just a means of selling toys is living in cloud cuckoo land!<br /><br /> Phillip Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-18330025575513940452021-01-12T19:45:31.468+00:002021-01-12T19:45:31.468+00:00Steve - I picked up that Moon Knight because of it...Steve - I picked up that Moon Knight because of its striking cover, too! Moon Knight # 6 was another - it had a painted Earl Norem cover! But, I digress...<br /><br />The Midnight Man - Anton Mogart to his friends - stole objets d'art, but always at the stroke of midnight - and always wearing a mask & an opera cape! Moon Knight was always otherwise engaged - foiling other crimes - at the time, meaning the Midnight Man's successful run of heists were becoming an embarrassment to Moon Knight. Plus, Midnight Man was taunting Moon Knight in the papers, who presented it as a contest between the two.<br /><br />Eventually, the Midnight Man got his comeuppance, when Marlene took a pot shot at him, and he fell off a ledge. Unfortunately, Mogart was carried into the sewers and under a pipe spewing chemical waste - or something - and his face was horribly disfigured, meaning he was gunning for revenge, by issue # 9. Bushman - Moon Knight's arch enemy - then used Anton as a catspaw.<br /><br />When Doug Moench moved to DC, he recycled Midnight Man - well, almost - in Batman # 363, the origin of Nocturna (who herself is a recycled version of Moon Knight's Stained Glass Scarlet - well, almost). Nocturna's adopted brother (?) and fellow high class thief, who dresses in a similar costume to Midnight Man - minus the opera cape - is also named...you guessed it - Anton!<br /><br />Oh - the two stories are also similar, as on the first page of each, Moench uses a newspaper headline/story as a framing device.<br /><br />Have I missed anything out, Sean - you being a fellow Moon Knight fan? (Feel free to add the theft of the Khonshu statue, & the psychological effects this has on Moon Knight!)<br /><br /> Phillip<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com