tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post399206035080468864..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The Great Pecos Train Robbery!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-11116087513965957602020-05-24T16:15:07.193-04:002020-05-24T16:15:07.193-04:00Reading this back in the day, the main thing for m...Reading this back in the day, the main thing for me was that this was fun comic to read with excellent art -- after a long stretch with Don Heck, Bob Brown, Sal Buscema and George Tuska, all pros but their art just seemed rather lacking to me, although I generally loved Englehart's stories. Perez, even as a newcomer, IMO brought a new level of excitement to the Avengers. And although I only ever read a few of Marvel's westerns, and of those only the Two-Gun Kid really stood out to me, I still loved this mix-up of Marvel's most down-to-earth, old west heroes and the Thunder God and a very haughty woman who was from Earth but raised on a distant moon circling Saturn and with pretensions to goddess-hood, along with the most down-to-earth Avenger to be the fill the gap between the cowboys and the gods. Interestingly, of the cowboys, Englehart really only gets into the head of the Two-Gun Kid, focusing on how awed he is by Thor & Moondragon and seems anxious to learn more about this future world they are from. Seems Englehart had plans to do more with Hawkeye and Matt Hawk as an odd-duo in the 1970s but was unable to follow through and no one else did anything with it, although this Matt would feature in a much later entertaining Daredevil tale, with yet another lawyer named Matt.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-1626017662109355892019-04-02T18:48:07.110-04:002019-04-02T18:48:07.110-04:00You bring up an interesting point, Murray. There ...You bring up an interesting point, Murray. There was an instance, years ago, when I was checking out some covers from <i>The Two-Gun Kid</i> and spotted one where Kid Colt and the Rawhide Kid were guest-starring, and I wondered why it was so rare that we'd see these heroes crossing paths--it seemed like such an obvious *ahem* draw for their titles to have them doing so. But then I remembered that, unlike our more contemporary comics heroes, these guys don't all live in the same city; nor do they have means of communication beyond the telegraph (or a fast horse) to compare notes when they need to. So to what extent do they know each others' business? With this story, it seems they've encountered each other fairly often, and I found myself being curious as to the circumstances.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-60651525430969980572019-04-02T12:06:30.379-04:002019-04-02T12:06:30.379-04:00As you reveal, it doesn't stand up too well un...As you reveal, it doesn't stand up too well under scrutiny, but I loved the story in my innocent youth. I think it was the "last gasp" of Marvel crossovers. A decade earlier, comic fans went all a-buzz when Spider-Man appeared in a Fantastic Four comic. In 1975, Avengers meeting all the Marvel cowboy heroes gave me the same buzz feeling. Not only the modern superheroes meeting the gunslingers, but the idea that all the gunslingers all knew each other and certain events would have them team up.<br /><br />The next issue, of course, is when the hammer hits the fan!Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-67978826725315937222019-04-01T19:23:44.081-04:002019-04-01T19:23:44.081-04:00Shure thing, M.P. And 'member not to pick up a...Shure thing, M.P. And 'member not to pick up any wooden nickels on that trail, hear?Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-56581251258657042792019-04-01T03:13:19.427-04:002019-04-01T03:13:19.427-04:00I had completely forgotten about this issue until ...I had completely forgotten about this issue until I read this post, C.F. I was laughing while I read it. Just the Rawhide Kid having Moondragon hitching a ride on his horse made this comic well worth revisiting! How is he gonna explain this back in Dodge City?<br />Many thanks, pardner. See ya on down the trail.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com