tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post3638725916478826042..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: By The Vision Betrayed!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-4113864526632476332020-07-03T20:58:17.637-04:002020-07-03T20:58:17.637-04:00Early Barry Smith, he was still experimenting with...Early Barry Smith, he was still experimenting with his own style.<br />Personally, I dig his early stuff, even though he was channeling Kirby (and Steranko, I think).<br />It's bombastic and a bit raw and makes this a fun comic to read. This may be my favorite rendition of Ultron!<br /><br />M.P.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-3850587456626873462020-07-02T18:52:29.457-04:002020-07-02T18:52:29.457-04:00Murray, a number of comics in my collection were c...Murray, a number of comics in my collection were copies originally snagged at a used bookstore, for a dime apiece! Needless to say I made many returns to the place--though at the time, I thought nothing of the fact that the owner stamped the store's name and address across each cover, either to deter shoplifters or as a way of advertising his store. Only later, when I'd caught the collecting bug, did I realize that those copies wouldn't make the grade as part of what I'd begun to amass--but what fun it was walking into that place and see what was "new" on the pile of used comics I had yet to read. :D<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-25671278731593489812020-07-02T10:33:01.712-04:002020-07-02T10:33:01.712-04:00This was a big issue for my early days. I was bar...This was a big issue for my early days. I was barely ankle-deep in the Marvel universe when I scored part 1 and 2 from the used book store (remember when you could score great comics that way?). Part 3 took a long,, painful, time to come my way.<br /><br />It was so incredibly full of business, big and small. Adamantium! Thor's helmet did come off his head! What's this? Goliath was the guy's <i>second</i> superhero identity-- some sort of archer before now? Oooh...this is the earliest days of the Vision! <br /><br />And so on.<br /><br />As impressive as this first display of Vision's disruption tactic really is, I can only sigh heavily. It henceforth became the character's go-to move 87% of the time. So many times a diamond-hard fist weighing a tonne or so would have worked a lot better.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-82976537913192458922020-07-02T10:03:12.600-04:002020-07-02T10:03:12.600-04:00Surprisingly, I see very little touch-up of the fa...Surprisingly, I see very little touch-up of the faces by Romita which seemed pretty standard practice to me at the time. Perhaps one instance on the Vision. Considering how off-model Barry's stuff looked, I would have expected a lot more. Glad they didn't though, as I love Barry's early work.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776319124404270030noreply@blogger.com