tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post4647672141418278058..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Monsters, UnleashedComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-61300875059544811352015-10-09T16:16:12.406-04:002015-10-09T16:16:12.406-04:00Colin, the way you wrestled with Blaze's meani...Colin, the way you wrestled with Blaze's meaning in his comment helped to demonstrate why it read so oddly to me. :) I don't think I've ever had occasion to use my digesting dinner as an indication of a need to act on something. But then I was never bonded to a demon or Mephisto. I think.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-6530337309436211052015-10-09T11:17:14.664-04:002015-10-09T11:17:14.664-04:00I think I've seen variations on this plot befo...I think I've seen variations on this plot before. In THE INCREDIBLE HULK, some years later, the being called Glorian, working for the Shaper of Worlds, comes down from space into a sad, depressed little town in the southwest, and grants the unhappy, disappointed residents their fondest dreams and fantasies. Everybody's happy in paradise.<br />...and then the Hulk shows up.<br />You can kinda guess where it goes from there. That story may have been written by Mantlo as well, for all I know.<br />But it is a recurring theme, aliens wishing only to use their powers and technology to help us, but end up getting chased off or killed.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-80329405344067448652015-10-09T10:05:33.045-04:002015-10-09T10:05:33.045-04:00... And when Johnny says "This is one nightma...... And when Johnny says "This is one nightmare I've gotta see close-up before I digest my dinner and it disappears" he obviously means before the mountain disappears not before his digested dinner disappears. So he's saying forget my plans to relax, I've got to investigate this. Clear as mud :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-51833957436697182292015-10-09T09:26:14.238-04:002015-10-09T09:26:14.238-04:00Robbins, with his distorted style of pencilling, m...Robbins, with his distorted style of pencilling, may have been the logical choice to assign to a story which featured an assortment of monsters cutting loose--but I agree, david, that the result was disappointing.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-75979821428601385292015-10-09T09:17:42.349-04:002015-10-09T09:17:42.349-04:00I think by "digest my dinner" Johnny Bla...I think by "digest my dinner" Johnny Blaze just means relax for a while - he says "The flick I was going to catch will have to wait" suggesting he intended to wind down for a couple of hours. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-62968910483657757182015-10-09T09:13:03.093-04:002015-10-09T09:13:03.093-04:00And sorry..., but Frank Robbins' art certainly...And sorry..., but Frank Robbins' art certainly didn't do this any favors.<br /><br />One more reason to 'bargain-bin' this issue. Interesting concept.., just didn't have the right means to succeed as a try-out.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com