tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post5231902846034990424..comments2024-03-25T05:26:47.764-04:00Comments on The Peerless Power of Comics!: Beware The Heroes Of... The Dream Dome!Comicsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-15654317946581907622021-09-18T05:09:27.866-04:002021-09-18T05:09:27.866-04:00I wouldn't say "planning" a re-read,...I wouldn't say "planning" a re-read, sean--more of a mental note to tug those issues off the shelf on a rainy day. Regardless, your input is always welcome, buddy. :)<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-45872064996832912532021-09-18T00:05:46.048-04:002021-09-18T00:05:46.048-04:00Finally fleshing out Hawk was the one aspect of th...Finally fleshing out Hawk was the one aspect of the otherwise great AA #32 that didn't quite hit the mark for me Comicsfan, as he turned out to be something of a standard issue bitter native American (see also: Thunderbird, of the then all-new, all-different X-Men, who didn't last long either).<br />Which was a little disappointing, because Dauntless Don was usually better than that - his 70s work was ahead of the curve when it came to what would now be called diversity, and he was pretty good at avoiding those kind of obvious stereotypes.<br /><br />Hawk would have bought it in the next issue if it hadn't been for another Mantlo fill-in, and if you ask me (which you didn't, but I'm not going to let that get in my way) AA #34, "Death In The Family", is the highlight of the series.<br />I guess you must rate that group of issues too or you wouldn't be planning a re-read, so... er, I should wait til then to go on about them more here (;<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-61878947477192641812021-09-17T06:02:51.247-04:002021-09-17T06:02:51.247-04:00Murray, if you thought Don McGregor's WOTW tak...Murray, if you thought Don McGregor's WOTW take was a little too trippy, you'll want to stay clear of the 1983 Killraven graphic novel, where McGregor is in textbook form and Russell's imagery is off the hook. (In fact, on some pages you'll think <i>Steranko</i> stepped in.)<br /><br />sean, it's been awhile since I've revisited the McGregor run on WOTW, so thanks for mentioning the story which profiles Hawk, one of the group's lesser-known characters who at that point had only a couple of issues to live before he buys it (along with Skar, one of the series' more memorable villains). It's a group of issues I'll be curious to re-read when time permits.<br />Comicsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10064955427593820783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-74643094993104492942021-09-17T00:52:37.779-04:002021-09-17T00:52:37.779-04:00Yes, for someone who was supposed to be fighting a...Yes, for someone who was supposed to be fighting a resistance war to free Earth from the Martians, Killraven spent a lot of time wandering around encountering weird mutants and hanging out in abandoned virtual reality complexes.<br /><br />But I loved the McGregor/Russell era of the series anyway. <br />Rest assured Comicsfan, despite my comment last time noting that some might have found Killraven a bit of a hard slog - which Murray seems to back me up on - it was probably my favourite Marvel comic of the mid-70s.<br />Its easier to take dauntless Don McGregor seriously when you're 11 (;<br /><br />The Bill Mantlo fill-in issues were annoying though imo. Especially this one, which relied heavily on the ah... lets be polite, and say influence of the excellent AA #32, "Only The Computer Shows Me Any Respect". And seemed a bit of an excuse to put vaguely familiar Marvel characters on the cover and boost sales.<br /><br />Also, I am not a Keith Giffen fan at the best of times, and he was no Craig Russell. Yet strangely it was nice to be reminded of even this issue anyway, so thanks CF.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142199900369238852.post-14227308947756264322021-09-16T19:49:06.645-04:002021-09-16T19:49:06.645-04:00It seemed whenever curiosity had me pick an issue ...It seemed whenever curiosity had me pick an issue with Killraven, it always featured this sort of phantasmagorical head-trippy story. Might just have been bad luck on my part. I wanted the more...pragmatic tone of the premiere issues, with a taste of Neal Adams art and the rise of a resistance against the Martians.<br /><br />Which Alan Davis supplied in fine style with the mini-series of a decade ago.Big Murrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311467081145732439noreply@blogger.com