tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post8317603164975822248..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Avengers # 97, Part Nine, the Kree/Skrull War Finale.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-78257841885971561512011-02-17T11:46:48.242+00:002011-02-17T11:46:48.242+00:00I've enjoyed these reviews.
This is MY epic ...I've enjoyed these reviews. <br /><br />This is MY epic in comics. The Kree-Skrull War was the epitome of what I wanted comics to be, as my favorite hero (Captain Marvel) mixed it up with my favorite super-team for all the marbles. It had scope, scale, and drama galore, both small and epic. The coda ending with the disappearance of Hawkeye even gives it a short-term sense of the real fog of war. <br /><br />Great stuff! <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62846174447880477392011-02-17T09:25:38.167+00:002011-02-17T09:25:38.167+00:00Hi, B. Thanks for the praise. I knew Buscema had t...Hi, B. Thanks for the praise. I knew Buscema had to knock it out in a hurry but didn't know it was done in just a weekend. It really does make you realise what an astonishingly accomplished artist he was that he could do such things without the outcome looking at all rushed.Stevehttp://stevedoescomics.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75557126929584937232011-02-17T06:53:52.160+00:002011-02-17T06:53:52.160+00:00And let me also congratulate you on a bang-up over...And let me also congratulate you on a bang-up overview of the whole thing.<br /><br />PS It wasn't only a Captain Marvel story, it also allowed Thomas to wrap up that Inhumans story that had started over in Amazing Adventures.<br /><br /><br />BSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-27384093638694760382011-02-17T06:51:21.530+00:002011-02-17T06:51:21.530+00:00""Buscema for the most part giving us go...""Buscema for the most part giving us good solid story-telling and sometimes stock poses rather than daring innovation but..."<br /><br />But given that he pretty much drew it over the weekend (according to a Roy Thomas interview) it's a pretty astounding effort.<br /><br />I'd only started reading comics about six months before the Kree/Skrull war started, and while missing the occasional issue, presumed that comics were like this most of the time. It would be a long while before I realised what a special epic it was.<br /><br /><br />cheers<br />B SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com