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| So, last time I was here I posted some pages from the 2000 series Marvel Knights, a fun little exercise into street level team-building, featuring Daredevil assembling a team to take down the Punisher and for about fifteen issues, taking on various threats of a superpowered kind. The team was originally just Daredevil, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and Dagger (from Cloak and Dagger), but the group got an expansion in issue #5 with the inclusion of Moon Knight. The latter thought the team needed some organising (y'know, some actual being a team) and in issue #11, he brought in Luke Cage for some reinforcements.
This is a response to starwolf oakley's recent post, featuring Cage's interaction with DD in the pages of Bendis' Daredevil.
Scans not mine. Written by Chuck Dixon, drawn by Ed Barreto. 7/22.
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| The Karl and Barbara Kesel run on Hawk and Dove was one of my favourite titles back in the 1990's. They oversaw the introduction of Dawn Granger as the second Dove (Who was, to be honest, FAR more interesting than Don Hall had ever been) and created as good a superhero comic as one might hope to find as well.
The Kesels are amongst the few people who seems to "get" Jack Kirby characters and concept, Karl in particular used them a lot in things like this title (and Superboy), and in a way that was usually respectful, but expanded on them in ways that Kirby never did, usually because he was already moving on to his NEXT idea.
Take the Female Furies, Granny Goodness' elite warriors; Lashina, Stompa, Bernadeth and the marvellously named Mad Harriet. In some way these ladies are a lynchpin of the DCU, an equivalent perhaps to the MU's Wrecking Crew. They're powerful, versatile, each has an awesome visual design, and together form a team which is a good, but not unbeatable, challenge for a new hero team (or single hero if they're powerful enough) to test their mettle and resourcefulness. They also have the advantage of not needing much explanatory motivation "A mission from Darkseid/Granny Goodness" covers a multitude of plot points.
And at the same time, they had a static membership for a LOOOONG time. Prior to this story they had only ever added ONE member to the team when John Ostrander introduced the archer Artemiz and her cyber-pack (Technologically enhanced Apokaliptian wolves, NOT exactly cuddly puppies).
And then we had this story, from Hawk and Dove 21, with guest art from Steve Erwin, which presents us with a...
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| | Subject: | Looks kinda like one of them Rube Goldberg contraptions | | Time: | 07:13 pm |
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| Rube Goldberg did not invent the corned beef and Swiss cheese sandwich. (Although many would praise him if he had.) Nope, he was a lifelong cartoonists who created a number of strips (he seems to have come with the "wiseguy answers to stupid questions" before WW I, long before Al Jaffee)and many political commentary panels. But he will be remembered for his infernal contraptions which perform a simple mundane task in a remarkably roundabout and inefficient way. You still see this done in movies, TV and cartoons (PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE had a number of these gags), but they owe their inspiration to Rube Goldberg.
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| | Tags: | char: atom/ray palmer, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: flash/barry allen, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: hawkgirl/shayera hol, char: joker, char: krypto the superdog, char: lex luthor, char: lois lane, char: martha kent, char: penguin/oswald cobblepot, char: supergirl/linda danvers, char: superman/clark kent, in-joke: bees. my god., title: superdictionary | | Subject: | A smorgasbord of Superdictionary silliness. | | Time: | 03:46 pm |
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| Yeah, have a handful of Superdictionary entries! Always appreciated, I know. I went back through the IJcomm, and I'm pretty sure none of these have been seen on it up to this point, so yes.
( Under the cut are fourteen entries. That is as many as one ten plus four. ) | | comments: 76 comments or Leave a comment |
| Chances are that if you owned ANY DC licensed merchandise in the late 70's or early 80's it either featured art by, or based on, work done by Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez and Dick Giordano, two stalwarts of the organisation, who produced acres of top notch, lovely licensing art.
The art would be used from notepads to action figures, from t-shirts to underoos, and so had to be both simple and stylish, easily reproduced and instantly recognisable. They could hardly have asked for better!
The attached pics are scanned as best I can, and hopefully might bring a little happiness to your desktop should you wish to tweak them that way.
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| I've been hot and cold about Brian Michael Bendis' work. But I've decided to take a look at his DAREDEVIL run with Alex Maleev.
Matt Murdock has found out two things: the Owl is trying to take over the Kingpin's territory with Mutant Growth Hormone *and* the NYPD are trying to get him on tape as Daredevil. So if Daredevil can't do it...
According to Wikipedia, this takes place after Jessica and Luke had their one night stand but before Jessica realized she was pregnant in ALIAS.
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| On today's show, we will be baking a gigantic disaster souffle. First, take one genuine hero leader, put him in a situation he/she doesn't understand. Next, add one Deadpool... #17 flavor. Add plenty of munitions and knife sharpeners (can never have too much). Presto! Let explode and bring about raw carnage until done.
Make sure you bring plenty of electric fans to cool things off, because the action is hot and the sh*t tends to hit them!
CBR has the full preview.
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| | Tags: | char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: elongated man/ralph dibny, char: jim gordon, char: joker, char: leslie thompkins, char: robin/red hood/jason todd, char: two-face/harvey dent, creator: alan davis, creator: joey cavalieri, creator: klaus janson, creator: mike w. barr, title: detective comics | | Subject: | Jason in 'Tec Comics | | Time: | 04:35 pm |
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| I've saved a lot of random bits of Jason adventures in 'Tec Comics over the last couple of years and upon reviewing them, there are some interesting points and foreshadowing, so after #571 was put up, I thought I'd put these up as well. Some of them are on the crisis cusp (just before, just after) so be aware of that. Let's start with what Jason's cape was used most often for:
( About 30 scans of varying sizes from varied issues under the cut. ) | | comments: 27 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Tags: | char: beyonder, char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: mephisto, char: molecule man/owen reece, char: odin, char: scarlet witch/wanda maximoff, char: sentry/bob reynolds, char: thanos, char: x-man/nate grey, event: siege | | Subject: | Yet Another Few Siege Teasers: Norman's Secret Weapon and Look, up in the Sky! | | Time: | 11:26 am |
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