tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post6653069358546308315..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: The (Mis)Judgment Of Odin!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-82323636065738453072016-04-28T17:57:46.405-04:002016-04-28T17:57:46.405-04:00"Hello, my name is Odin and I'm a rage-ah..."Hello, my name is Odin and I'm a rage-aholic."<br />"Hi, Odin!"<br />Yeah, he seemed to have a problem. And he killed a guy here (!), which good guys weren't supposed to do. It surprised me when I read it.<br />I think Lee and Kirby modeled the Big O after the Old Testament God, who was known to have a bit of a temper. Then again, the original Norse Odin had few if any good personality traits. <br />But I think the fact that Odin was such a tricky guy to be around made him interesting.<br />And occasionally completely unlikable. <br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-31509390066623359552016-04-28T17:07:48.544-04:002016-04-28T17:07:48.544-04:00Colin, I think I began reading comics right around...Colin, I think I began reading comics right around the time when my parents divorced (I think I was about 13 or so) and I started having a lot of time on my hands. I remember exploring some of the shops in my new neighborhood, and stopping at a news/magazine stand to browse. The comic books in the spinner rack caught my eye, and that was that. It was such a fun world to have stumbled across; I think the sheer variety of the material helped a lot to cultivate my interest in it. I found myself not only going back every month to see what was new, but also looking around for back issues of books that had stories I'd walked into the middle of. :)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-79210716843398228952016-04-28T09:59:09.804-04:002016-04-28T09:59:09.804-04:00Odin is as mad as a box of frogs (as we Brits say)...Odin is as mad as a box of frogs (as we Brits say) with a fondness for bizarre hats - he's obviously deranged and there should have been a palace coup long ago. Just a question, CF - your profile says you've been a comic-book reader "since my early teens" - what took you so long to discover them ? I started reading Marvel comics when I was eight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com