tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post3468405412269319387..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: A Call To Arms Must Include--The Swordsman!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-54798958034592594292019-02-08T21:28:24.529-05:002019-02-08T21:28:24.529-05:00It makes me smile to recall my young reaction to t...It makes me smile to recall my young reaction to the cover and opening pages. "LOOK at all of them!! WOW, what an army of Avengers. Mind. Boggled!"<br /><br />Skip forward thru the decades when stories require all (or almost all) of the Avengers to gather and there is a literal army.<br /><br />The interior story was a letdown. Too cramped by far. Too many shortcuts in the action.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-1283809257757760662015-08-04T09:06:33.549-04:002015-08-04T09:06:33.549-04:00LOVED this review as well, many thanks sir. I was...LOVED this review as well, many thanks sir. I was gone for a few days late last week, so will catch up shortly. <br /><br />As for Smith Avenger art, I loved him back on that Ultron attack in issues 66-67... sort of the Kirby-Steranko love-child thing going on there.<br /><br />Distinctive and dramatic, especially on his brooding Vision.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-51942754530048010152015-08-01T20:13:07.081-04:002015-08-01T20:13:07.081-04:00Gaz and renfield, thanks! It was a genuine pleasu...Gaz and renfield, thanks! It was a genuine pleasure, and time well spent.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-78859078476831368212015-08-01T16:31:10.390-04:002015-08-01T16:31:10.390-04:00I've always loved the Swordsman, and his tragi...I've always loved the Swordsman, and his tragic "loser-finds-redemption" saga. Thanks for spotlighting him this week!renfield75https://www.blogger.com/profile/15410828256827054549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-29068312549916675632015-08-01T15:38:04.718-04:002015-08-01T15:38:04.718-04:00I so associate Barry Smith with Conan it seems odd...I so associate Barry Smith with Conan it seems odd to see him on Avengers. Anyway, sterling work sir! I've thoroughly enjoyed Swordsman week. <br /><br />GazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com