tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post3249373159490717846..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Welcome To Our Deadly HomeComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-86449011184543444812014-07-05T20:32:01.935-04:002014-07-05T20:32:01.935-04:00Colin, I'm going to speculate that the Mole Ma...Colin, I'm going to speculate that the Mole Man gave this structure all appearances of being an abandoned house (complete with facilities) in order to avoid having local authorities investigate the structure more thoroughly and possibly alerting the Feds--which might have happened had he simply raised only the necessary technology to the surface. As we saw, he unfortunately wasn't quite able to give his "house" a more traditional interior to avoid questions from those who found it bizarre (including the Richardses, who bought it regardless).<br /><br />As for the Thing's unexplained appearance in the next issue, alert reader Doug Thornton raised the very same point in the letters page, where the response basically admitted the goof and left it at that.<br /><br />Murray, that's an excellent point about the number of civilians near the Baxter Building rendering Sue's observation somewhat moot. It's something of a trade-off, I suppose--depending on the time of day, each location is either populated or devoid of people; respectively, Manhattan during the day is crammed with the workforce which departs toward dusk, and the suburbs during the day see their residents off to work or school during the day and returning later. The difference is that the area of the Baxter Building isn't zoned as residential--though when innocents are endangered, perhaps that's a pointless distinction.Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-79376489002786220802014-07-05T18:45:47.877-04:002014-07-05T18:45:47.877-04:00There's also a massive continuity error in the...There's also a massive continuity error in the next issue as Ben Grimm is present in the house with the others when he was supposed to be back at the Baxter Building. When I first read this story I thought the house would be a really cool place to live apart from the death traps and the humming. I assume it has bathroom facilities, plumbing, electricity etc or Reed and Sue wouldn't have bought it but I don't know why it would need a bathroom when its' sole purpose seemed to be for housing the Mole Man's blindness machine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-69399176132568373142014-07-05T17:54:08.549-04:002014-07-05T17:54:08.549-04:00Oh, I forgot to speculate on those three young adm...Oh, I forgot to speculate on those three young admirers of Sue. I wonder who they are? I've been around enough comic artists in my life to smell a "Friends & Family" cameo shot when I get slapped in the face with one.Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.ca/author_site.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-71763718030828869962014-07-05T17:50:42.090-04:002014-07-05T17:50:42.090-04:00This is the most I've ever experienced of this...This is the most I've ever experienced of this story. Every time I dig thru some old comics and reach this issue, the sheer absurdity of it stops me cold. It's like a whacky nightmare. One expects the FF to wake up on the last page "Wow, no more anchovy pizzas before bed!". Maybe that'll still happen.<br /><br />Very conscientious of Sue to be concerned about endangering her new neighbours...when there are more people on the same block as the Baxter Building than that entire suburban subdivision.<br /><br />It's odd. Back in the Silver Age, the DC superheroes understood the basic strategy of a secret base-headquarters. Not so much in the Marvel universe...Murrayhttp://www.murraylindsay.ca/author_site.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-40752048845205898742014-07-05T15:09:23.193-04:002014-07-05T15:09:23.193-04:00You know, I've just realized that I have even ...You know, I've just realized that I have even less in common with Reed Richards than I previously thought.<br />I mean, I wouldn't have thought that would be even be possible.<br />But let's face it, the guy is a lunatic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com