tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post1731942372273454078..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: My Girlfriend, The HeraldComicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-32147530182585455612014-04-29T06:32:56.833-04:002014-04-29T06:32:56.833-04:00David, you have a point about the comparison. I t...David, you have a point about the comparison. I think that may be mainly due to Byrne's writing style on the FF, which had its pros and cons. Ben is the only character I feel he truly nails. Sometimes I think Johnny is fifteen years old--and Byrne tends to handle Reed and Sue with much more formality than other FF writers during the Buscema/Sinnott runs, though he gets props for being one of the few writers who spends some quality time on Sue (and, actually, the FF as a whole). Perhaps it might have been interesting to see Roy Thomas script Byrne's stories.<br /><br />Colin, excellent points (you make them often!) about Galactus. Terrax may have been his fourth herald, if I'm not mistaken, with <a href="http://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2012/12/walk-like-angel.html" rel="nofollow">Gabriel</a> and then Firelord inbetween. (Or make that four and a half, since Gabriel was replaced with a robot when <a href="http://peerlesspower.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-fury-of-firelord-yawn-of-thor.html" rel="nofollow">the original was slain</a>.) Yet neither Gabriel nor Firelord gave any indication of wishing to spare inhabited worlds (Gabriel's robot certainly didn't)--and Firelord left simply because of wanderlust, having signed on with Galactus in something of a temporary arrangement.<br /><br />Prowler, thanks very much. The Marvel no-kill policy (well, in the days when it existed!) was always better received when it wasn't said out loud like that, but the thing I liked most about it was that it made one valid point: that the powers of these heroes didn't "deputize" them. I.e., they didn't have the right to interpret the law as far as the disposition of whoever they'd captured/defeated, and they certainly didn't have the authority to respond with deadly force. As a reader, it was always more interesting to me to see how they'd <i>get around</i> the option or "last resort" of killing to end a threat--there's usually far more drama in making a decision than there is in the actual act.<br /><br />Doug, what can I say? High praise, indeed! Thanks so much for the kind words.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-77604476592307216022014-04-28T21:50:55.477-04:002014-04-28T21:50:55.477-04:00Comicsfan --
Thanks for all you do. I don't a...Comicsfan --<br /><br />Thanks for all you do. I don't always leave a comment, but I do always stand (well, OK -- sit) in awe of how you crank out these reviews. Always a quality read, my friend!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-52048048224713644352014-04-28T19:23:06.135-04:002014-04-28T19:23:06.135-04:00CF, awesome job on the trilogy. I loved the stori...CF, awesome job on the trilogy. I loved the stories then and I loved the job you did. I agree with you on the iffy/wiffy back and forth Marvel ethics on who lives and who dies. <br /><br />I always had problems with the "no kill" policy. But then again, Cap's statement about due process is a very strong argument (other post). <br /><br />Frankie's motivation; man, that is one cold-blooded ....<br /><br />But very understandable. She wants to be "out there". She doesn't care how it happens. <br /><br />The Prowler (would honestly not mind heralding but with the internet and SIRI, do you really need to run around the cosmos).<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-1023290241772417132014-04-28T18:23:25.722-04:002014-04-28T18:23:25.722-04:00Galactus says here "Too many times have I cho...Galactus says here "Too many times have I chosen a herald who came to me with noble purpose" - so how many heralds has he had? The Silver Surfer was his first herald (which Frankie mentions here so I suppose it's correct) and this story came out 16 years after Galactus first came to Earth which in "Marvel time" is about three years as Franklin Richards is still a toddler. So in that short time Galactus has had loads of heralds apparently and what happened to all these others who came to him "with noble purpose"? Perhaps they all insisted on saving a planet and abandoning Galactus just like the Silver Surfer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-22373068340479906912014-04-28T10:45:02.357-04:002014-04-28T10:45:02.357-04:00Great stories, great reviews.
However, this pain...Great stories, great reviews. <br /><br />However, this painfully reminds me that while Byrne had some great ideas worthy of another Galactus story (I loved that Doc Strange brought him down as well..).., <br /><br />I still love Buscema/Sinnott the best on FF. Their best work equaled, perhaps even surpassed King Kirby for me.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com