Ima gonna go off with(since it’s hard to even pinpoint a worst)
-alot of superman stories in the silver age(around 1956-174) were bad, lame or silly. although there were a few gems.
-Again, most of the collective period 1994-97 were bad lame clone saga storylines that really fucked up the marvel continuity. hmm… now that i think of it, probably more like the issue around 150 of amazing spiderman where proffessor warren (?) created the first spiderman cone and screwed up spidey’s continuity 20 years later.
Again, probably another collective period. the market was flooded with x books from(and still kinda is) around 1986-1995. then age of apocalaypse storyline happend and it seemed to cool down a bit.
I strongly disagree on this point. The vast majority of Superman stories during this time period are the best Superman stories ever. Most of the Superman legend was created during this period: multiple colors of Kryptonite, Lori Lemaris, Titano, Braniac, Kandor, The Phantom Zone, Superboy, Supergirl, Krypto, Bizarro, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Lana Lang, all of 'em and many more came from around this period. Wild flights of imagination, an unstoppable sense of fun and boundless energy, plus the stunning art of Curt Swan and Kurt Shaffenburger! What more could you want?
I’d say the worst Superman story was in an issue of Lois Lane about 1973 (issue #109 or so) called “I Am Curious: Black” where Lois in a fit of social conscience wonders if Superman would love her if she was black 'cause he might be racist and gets in a machine that turns her black. :rolleyes:
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I agree about the Spider-Clone thing, but not the original storyline, which was mostly harmless.
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Firmly agree: I still have no idea what the hell happened in X-Men from about #225 or so onward (The X-Men went through a magic doorway called the “Seige Perilous” that would take them to the world of their heart’s desire. Or not. Without explaination, they ended back on earth, but in crappy situations about 12 issue later.
I believe(if you mean mainstream none comic book reading person) is probably sandman. yeah it’s known by alot of comic peopke but if you were to ask somebody if they’ve read sandman, it’s likely not gonna happen. but you can’t say the same with superman.
comic books need to be even more “mainstream”, because people still think of the comic reader as a geeky person with no life…
If I remember correctly, High Evolutionary lied. Yep, just that lame. Didn’t even attempt to retcon that one. Just said “Why does the H-E care about what us peons do, he’ll just lie to yo uto screw with your head.” Seemed like a lame excuse to me, but then so was that story arc.
Ben Riley didn’t wind up in that smokestack. He woke up BESIDE it. Jackyl may have rescued him and laid him out there but don’t ask how he did it without burning his hands. Later, they did find another skeleton in the smokestack which was another rejected clone that Jack had put there just to make things more confusing (yes, the real reason :rolleyes:.)
If you’d like to read more about clones and mad scientists, the Library of Congress suggests these books:
The Osborn Legacy
Spider-Man: The Lost Years
Green Goblin: Legacy of Evil
Actually, they slide back into his forearm. Basically he does have to hold his fist straight out so the claw pop out where they’re supposed to and not through, say, his palm when he’s singing backup in “Stop In the Name of Love.”
And the scary thing is, Logan’s got a suprisingly good singing voice and a love of Karaoke, acording to an issue of Exiles, so there’s a chance of this actually happening. :eek:
Surprisingly, the IAC:Black was a nod to continuity. The darn story re-used a wondergimmick from a earlier Lois Lane issue, where she met a doctor who had amazing machines for plastic surgery. She walked into them and walked out… lesse. A blonde, a muscle woman, and a dragon lady. She almost married him, but it turned out he was from krypton, and then he turned to stone and died.
What’s your favorite Cold War-era Soviet “super” character?
Do you ever find yourself saying “Oh, for cripes sake, SHOOT HIM!” when reading a comic?
Are there any current comic series’ that DON’T have the protagonist wrapped up in a major existential crisis?
When did Proty II change Superman’s hands into paws? And what other historical even would most people remember from the month when that issue was published?
How many spokes are there on Barbara Gordon’s wheelchair, total?
Which do you prefer: Superheroes who kill their enemies, or Superheroes who won’t?
Off the top of your head, when did Jonah Hex first appear?
Frederic Wertham was the author of Seduction of the innocent , a book lambasting horror comics made by EC comics(among a few others), he took a great part in virtually getting rid of all of EC comics excellent horror comics. he was also crucial in the formation of the Comic Code Authioirty, which policies comics and makes sure no objectionable content gets put in comics.
Max Gaines is the guy who’s credited to putting forth the first comic. he also created EC(then called educationial comics later renamed n=by son bill entertaining comics).
3)Wally Wood is a prolific comic writer and drawer, his main career highlights include weird fantasy, sometime illustrator of will eisner’s spirit, and daredevil.
Sla Buscema is one of the best pencillers in the comic industry,.
Mark Gruenwald was one of the big editors in the 80s, I believe he edited most of the mid 80s run of avengers and quite a few others.
1)Earth 1- Main DC heroes, Earth Prime- our world, Earth 2- The 40’s version of the heroes, Earth 3- All supervillians earth, Earth 4- Shazaam characters and quality characters.
3, superman, ???, ???
Chronal Displacement inertia is where a time travelling hero is pulled thru time I believe. like wally flash did in the terminial speed(?) storyline.
4)Either Captain cold or a relative of Barry Allen.
5)Shazam for mary is Selena Hippoytla A? Z? Aurora Minerva.
I’m sorry… my memory is too rusty to remember specific issues…
I can’t thibk of any cold war soviet heroes that I like…
Yeah. I wonder(thinking logically, not economically) why doesn’t he just kill the joker or the penguin. he doesn’t need to shoot him. STOP rescuing them from death.
I know that proty has something to do with the LSH; I’m sorry Idon’t know.
None.
6) I prefer superheroes that eventually get the bad guy. not just after he’s been introduced, and not 15 years after. make it interesting and when you do kill him off make him stay dead.
7) Weird war #120.
Do you think comics would be taken more seriously if they were, say, magazine length? The biggest thing stopping me from buying comics anymore (I went through a big comic phase earlier this year, anyone want to buy 20 odd issues of Spider-girl off me? :)) is that it’s 5 bucks for ~ 5 mins of reading.
I think they’d stop be being thought of a kids things if they were longer but I’d like to see what the expert’s thoughts on this are!
that’s a valid claim, Silentgoldfish . It disappoints me that with 5 bucks in my hand I can get a 22 pg comic(with 10 pages of ad), a 120 page magazine or 20 samosas at a local restaraunt.
Which one will I feel the most guilty in buying because I’m getting so little? That’s right. the comic. Now, we need to go back to the days of the 100 page dollar type format DC used in the 70s. make it 5 bucks, have the regular story and then have old issues as back ups. it works nicely, unfortunately the economy won’t allow for it. it would attract more readers but unfortunately will probably lose money in the end.
I remember a character called Iron Jaw from the 40s (the only period I ever read comics).I’ve searched thru websites with no single mention of him.
IIRC,his lower jaw was shot off in WW11,ergo the IJ,and I think he was German.He could have been like a Captain America nemisis,but then IIRC,he morphed into a good guy.
Do you have any knowledge of him,and did he turn out not to be a baddie? Around the same period came the Heap.I sometimes confuse their purposes in my memory.
That is unspeakably stupid. I mean, stunningly so.
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But…but…we saw Peter carry “Ben’s” body to the smokestack. We saw the smoke coming out of the blast-furnace. We saw him toss the corpse down the smoke-stack. On panel. There was a multi-part followup storyline about how someone got hold of pictures of him doing it and sold 'em to Jameson, so there’s internal story evidence too.
They just ignored it?
:rolleyes:
Anyway, thanks Max, I’ve always wondered about that.
Fenris
He’s shown up in the modern age in AC Comics. Specifically, Femforce, a superheroine with large breasts and light bondage title, as he seems to have become public domain.
Oh, and didn’t Proty also turn Superman’s head into a lion… to mimic one of…mmm. Was it Circe’s spells? If I recall correctly, Kennedy was shot.
