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"Actually, Jeff, the tabloid was reprinted in the 2013 Superman Vs SHAZAM! trade paperback which included DC Comics Presents #33-34, #49 and Annual #3.
This was one of those books that I knew I had but couldn't find for the longest time. Luckily…"
This was one of those books that I knew I had but couldn't find for the longest time. Luckily…"
"In a amazing twist, this issue from 1942 sees the Sub-Mariner trying to stop a mind-controlled, rampaging Human Torch in a story written by Mickey Spillane, author of the Mike Hammer books! "
"Then again, Charles Xavier had went through a lot in his life to make him a socially curt introvert
his mother dying when he was young
being tormented by his step brother
his father dying
his powers manifesting which results in him hiding them…"
his mother dying when he was young
being tormented by his step brother
his father dying
his powers manifesting which results in him hiding them…"
"One of the big twists of Infinity, Inc. was turning the Silver Scarab, the son of the Golden Age Hawkman & Hawkkgirl into an inhuman menace while Fury was pregnant with his child!
This would have had a bigger impact on me if I didn't think that…"
This would have had a bigger impact on me if I didn't think that…"
"No kidding!
("We can't stop the Spectre! If only the Atom were here!")"
("We can't stop the Spectre! If only the Atom were here!")"
"We must also remember that not only was Magneto being the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch was a secret to them, it was a secret to Magneto! He didn't know that they were his children. So saving them was a big coincidence unless he had…"
"After her comrades were sacrificed for the mission in Star Spangled War Stories #200, MLLE. MARIE swears to kill THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER!
Who is the menace depends on your point of view but being around the French Battle Doll put the Faceless Warrior…"
Who is the menace depends on your point of view but being around the French Battle Doll put the Faceless Warrior…"
"The Beast's parents were affected by radiation after WWII as seen in X-Men #49 (O'68) as were the Whizzer and Miss America which resulted in Nuklo in Giant-Size Avengers #1 (Au'74).
Sunfire became a mutant due to the radiation from the atomic bomb…"
Sunfire became a mutant due to the radiation from the atomic bomb…"
"Thanks, Commander! Maybe I got confused with the Superboy Emergency Flag that some people in Smallville raised to get Superboy's attention."
"You said that Reed and Ben served in peacetime. In your opinion, how old were they when they joined and how long did they stay in the armed forces if there was no war?"
"The Sliding Time Scale has been in effect since the 90s as soon as everyone realized that Captain America was frozen in ice for fifty years (which stayed canon) but characters like Reed, Sue, Ben, Doom, Nick Fury, etc. would all be in their 70s,…"
"I thought that there were FOUR people who could contact Superboy by radio: the president, the mayor of Smallvile, Chief Parker and Professor Lang. "
"Who are Anti-Superman and Anti-Batman? The answers will shock you! "
"I had heard about Dev-Em for years but never read a single story with him. I always thought of him as one those rare Superboy villains like Teen Luthor and the Kryptonite Kid!
Adding to the mystique was that he wasn't seen again until the Great…"
Adding to the mystique was that he wasn't seen again until the Great…"
"I've written not about the ages of Reed and Sue but the length of their relationship. If Reed was indeed pining for Sue during WWII, why hadn't they gotten married between 1945 and 1961?
Sue in her mid-thirties would be considered an "old maid" by…"
Sue in her mid-thirties would be considered an "old maid" by…"
"When I was in high school, I got a copy of Superboy #138 (Ju'67), a wonderful 80 Page Giant that reprinted this story but when I opened it, the Destructo tale was completely ripped out! Who does things like that?
Later on, I got another one, this…"
Later on, I got another one, this…"
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Henry K has asked me to relay an invitation to you: I'd appreciate it if you could let Luke Blanchard, Phillip Portelli, and anyone else who posted in my "NEW GODS", "WESTERNS" and "BIBLE" threads know about my KIRBY LAND group.
After a Jack Kirby Fan Group forum was hijacked by an unscrupulous individual on Facebook, Henry began his own forum, titled "Kirbyland" where he, and like-minded individuals continue to promote their beliefs on Facebook.
He wanted you to know.
I'd like to echo said sentiments, though I know you're very busy these days.
"Should you ever print your columns in book form, you have one guaranteed sale!"
Heh. Don't let my wife hear you say that. She already thinks I should be putting all this stuff in a book, instead of putting it out on the Internet for free.
She doesn't get that this whole five years of writing this column has been a training ground for me. I've learnt how to sharpen my text, work out the repetetion (most of it, anyway), and a dozen other things. That I've learnt along the way becomes especially apparent when I haul out an article like the Captain Savage one and re-run it as an archive entry. I honest-to-God cringe at the way I wrote some of that stuff originally---the awkward sentence structures, the over-repeated phrases, and the like. Fortunately, I have the luxury of polishing it up, along with adding any new information I've picked up since.
It's funny you mention my research, because the Good Mrs. Benson dings me on that, too. I spend a great deal of time---especially on stuff like the two Ultraman articles---locating information and piecing together how things came about. I spend a great amount of time on the art I attach, as well. Not just appropriateness, but in terms of getting the panels level and the right size, and then playing with the contrast and brightness to give it good colour.
Now I do all that because I'm a perfectionist, but I'm gratified when somebody like yourself takes the time to comment or give me a thumb's-up. It makes the work worthwhile. I don't know how guys like Cap or Craig Shutt do it; it seems so effortless for them. But I deeply appreciate knowing that my trouble hasn't gone unnoticed and I thank you for your kind words.
Commander B
Phillip,
I just saw you left me a thumb's-up for my Captain Savage column, and I wanted to thank you for that and all the other times you've done the same thing for my previous articles.
Sometimes I wonder if anybody ever reads my stuff, so it's always nice when I get a comment or a "like".
I also enjoy our occasional dialogues, like we just had on the Flash. You certainly keep me on my toes.
I just wanted to let you know I appreciate it, friend.
Commander B
Phillip,
I did respond. My impression about Pinkerton is the same as yours, and I did mention the items that support that impression. However, as you probably read, the whole discussion really doesn't mean anything. No amount of facts or evidence or intimations is going to sway those who want to believe Pinkerton was meant to be gay.
Nor does it matter. We're not obliged to accept a determination that came later. As far as you and I are concerned, Pinkerton was not gay, and it's as simple as that.
R,
Commander B
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