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| Name: Ryan Roe Email: prawnrr-rmv@this.com-yahoo.com Position: Movie / Television / Comic Book / Trivia Geek View Ryan's Personal Profile |
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| Click here for part one of this exciting multi-part journal entry. I can’t believe I read comics for eight hours in one day. But I did. I took two short breaks, but other than that, it was pretty much wall-to-wall comics. “Wall-to-wall comics?” Say, I should look into wallpapering my room with copies of that ten-cent Batman comic from a while back. I just counted the pile of comics I read during the day, and it’s pretty sizable. I devoured 28 comic book issues over the course of my eight-hour session. But my “draw pile” is still pretty big, and I’m a little surprised I didn’t break the 30-issue mark. Still, a few of the comics were “48-page giants!” and the like, so I think I did pretty well. I still love comics, though I must say, by the end of the eight hours, I was ready for the end of the eight hours. I had had enough of comics for the day, and I wanted to do something unrelated. So I played a video game about the Incredible Hulk. Um, yeah. I’m going to go ahead and list all the comics I read. I debated this, as I know that very few of you, the readers of this journal, will have knowledge of every comic book cited herein. But I’ve tried to be concise with my comments, and I’m providing links to more information about a lot of the characters and titles and people that I mention, so you can learn more about them. Most of these links are to Wikipedia, which is the best thing on the internet this side of YouTube. Still, if you don’t give half a hoot about my funnybook exploits, may I suggest you instead visit the official website for the upcoming New Line Cinema feature Snakes on a Plane. ·Fantastic Four 331 (The Menace of the Metal Man!) I kicked off the marathon day with the comic that kicked off my collection. In this story, the evil robot Ultron’s plan to take over the world via an army of replicas depends on personal computers becoming indispensable in the near future. My family didn’t have a PC when I got this issue, but we would within two years. Fortunately, it never tried to kill us. ·Superman: The Amazing Story of Superman-Red & Superman-Blue In this 1960s “imaginary story,” Superman splits himself in two so he can rid the world of all evil. Among other things, this results in Lex Luthor’s invention of a miracle serum that cures all diseases, including Luthor’s own baldness. A lot of people don’t realize baldness is a disease. Fortunately, it’s not contagious. ·Captain America 177 (Lucifer Be Thy Name) I don’t have much to say about this one. I just like the title of the story, which makes Lucifer seem like a much more fearsome villain than he is. In this issue, it’s revealed that he loves candy bars. ·Transformers 67 (Rhythms of Darkness!) I got this comic at Sam’s Wholesale Club in 1990, as part of a set that included all twenty comics published by Marvel that week for only $15! Boy, those were the days. That was awesome… I got comics I already knew I liked (Web of Spider-Man), some I discovered for the first time and liked (Groo the Wanderer), and at least one I didn’t really like (Nth Man, which had something to do with a Vietnam vet, and a guy dressed like Galactus, and a kid playing catch with his dad). I’ve never seen a comics package like that at Sam’s since then, which is a shame, but the plentiful free samples in the food section almost make up for it. ·Birds of Prey 86 (A Wakeful Time) Birds of Prey is a good comic, about a team of female adventurers. You know, a lot of TV shows are serialized now, much like comic books, and people seem to enjoy following the lives of their favorite characters through various storylines. If folks gave a comic like this a chance, they’d probably like it. This is a pretty full issue, with a surprise party, a thwarted human sacrifice, and some mobsters getting beaten up. It sort of reminds me of Gilmore Girls. ·The Tick 3 (Night of a Million Zillion Ninjas), The Tick 4 (A Big Fight), The Tick 5 (Early Morning of a Million Zillion Ninjas) My original plan was only to read #3, but I had to read the rest of the funny and action-packed ninja storyline, which was never adapted by either the wonderful Saturday morning Tick cartoon or the entertaining primetime Tick series. One of my favorite characters in it is Paul the Samurai, who bakes his katana sword into a large loaf of French bread to get it past customs. ·Amelia Rules! 10 (For the Heroes and Villains) I love the cover of this issue, with its text box screaming, “BRING ME THE HEAD OF NANCY REAGAN!” It’s a comic about elementary school kids, see, and sometimes they pretend to be superheroes and ninjas, but other times they have to do school projects, like making a model of a great American leader. Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network would get a boost in quality if they turned Amelia Rules! into a series. ·The Incredible Hulk 428 (Swamped) This one is heavy stuff, and I’m not just talking about the big Hulk/Man-Thing fight. The story also deals with child abuse in a very somber and earnest way, proving that a comic book about a huge green guy can be taken seriously. As long as it’s not the Jolly Green Giant. ·DC Comics Presents Justice League of America (Secret Behind the Stolen Super-Weapons & Mayhem of the Mysterious Marauders!) “Having their super-weapons stolen was bad enough—but being attacked by them was sheer disaster!” ·Archie Meets the Punisher (When Worlds Collide) This is the one-issue comic book that teams up the fun-loving, wholesome teenagers of Riverdale High with Marvel’s unforgiving, gun-toting vigilante. It’s probably the only time in Archie’s career he’s ever been shot at. Still, it’s an Archie strory, so nobody dies. Face front, true believers! 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| I tried to stop myself, but I'm gonna have to go ahead and point out that "Superman-Red & Superman-Blue" is from 1963. |
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| I'm glad you didn't stop yourself. I always strive for accuracy in my writing, especially when I'm talking about Superman. I'll correct it. |
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