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"I always considered Johnny Thunder to have a learning disability at best. And it wouldn't have surprised me if the others were monitoring his solo adventures, perhaps with Zatara, Sargon and the other mystics helping them.
The team's biggest fear…"
The team's biggest fear…"
"May 1974: My first issue of Captain America was #176 and that one, needless to say, was a doozy! And it made me buy the next few issues! Also my first time seeing THE FALCON. Later I would get his MEGO action figure!
Action Comics #438: Yet another…"
Action Comics #438: Yet another…"
"As I have said several times before, Justice League of America #103 was the very first comic book I ever read so this era of JLA is near and dear to my heart. More importantly save for the JLA/JSA teamups, most of these issues have seldom been…"
"April 1974: A very important event! I get Superboy #203 now starring THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, my first actual story with them in it! And it's quite frankly very depressing as we see the DEATH of the INVISIBLE KID which had no impact on me at the…"
"Wasn't it lucky for Our Diana that the Real Diana had no family, friends or collegues who would notice such a switch?
Besides, if she looks just like Princess Diana, she could ditch her boyfriend and date a millionnaire! "
Besides, if she looks just like Princess Diana, she could ditch her boyfriend and date a millionnaire! "
"WONDER WOMAN: We still don't know the full extant of any of Wonder Queen solo adventures, if she even had any nor are we precisely sure how long she stayed in either in the States at the time or returned to the future. Was it 1945? 1947? 1951?
Of…"
Of…"
"March 1974: the previous September saw the debut of the SUPER FRIENDS Saturday morning cartoon which I was thrilled to watch but there was a problem at the time. WONDER WOMAN was on the show but not in the Justice League of America comic save for…"
"Well, Vulko and Solovar are easy, of course!
I remembered Prince Mark from Adventure Comics #303(D'62) where he met Superboy. It was reprinted in Four Star Spectacular #5 (D'76), a series edited by...E. Nelson Bridwell.
Queen Astrid of Graustania…"
I remembered Prince Mark from Adventure Comics #303(D'62) where he met Superboy. It was reprinted in Four Star Spectacular #5 (D'76), a series edited by...E. Nelson Bridwell.
Queen Astrid of Graustania…"
"DC Comics Presents #27---the first appearance of MONGUL and WARWORLD, the start of a classic trilogy by Jim Starlin and the somewhat rare return of THE MANHUNTER FROM MARS, his continuity and power set ever changing. Then he was still a nostalgia…"
"Didn't they have two interpretations of Cap and Bucky's partnership at this time: one the more tradtional hero/sidekick and the other where Bucky was the important one, that he did all the "dirty" stuff and Cap was the public figurehead?
Of course,…"
Of course,…"
"I remember the ending being Matt Hawk, back to his "future" presenting the guns the Golden Age Angel used to his grandson, hoping he'll become the new Angel, despite the fact that Warren Worthington III is still around (unless he was going by…"
"I recall liking how it started then it losing focus as it went on but I haven't read it in a few years. I do remember the ironic ending that went nowhere, IIRC."
"February 1974: A big month for me! A very big month!
The Flash #227: My first issue of this title! Someone from Captain Boomerang's past appears! Plus an out of control Green Lantern!
Justice League of America #111: The Injustice Gang! Libra! The…"
The Flash #227: My first issue of this title! Someone from Captain Boomerang's past appears! Plus an out of control Green Lantern!
Justice League of America #111: The Injustice Gang! Libra! The…"
"January 1974: Superman #274 had one of the most frightening covers that I had seen at that time. It was an odd story about a "super protection racket" that used incredible weapons that looked like sports equipment!
The Superman Family #164: the…"
The Superman Family #164: the…"
"You'll see more of them before this month is through! "
"December 1973: CHRISTMAS TIME and in our stockings were:
Justice League of America #110 where they kill Santa Claus! It was my first seeing THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, especially that iconic two-page portrait that we know so well! Here they…"
Justice League of America #110 where they kill Santa Claus! It was my first seeing THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, especially that iconic two-page portrait that we know so well! Here they…"
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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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