tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post4730025581805415025..comments2024-03-19T03:43:44.592-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: THE NEW TEEN TITANS #13 & #14Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-5729438023358350442015-02-10T10:42:03.159-08:002015-02-10T10:42:03.159-08:00Byrne is pretty much the kind of the meta-message,...Byrne is pretty much the kind of the meta-message, so it wouldn't surprise me if he was, in his mind, "correcting" an oversight on the parts of MIchelinie and Layton. Byrne has had good things to say about working with Michelinie on AVENGERS, but positive experiences with creators have never stopped him from "fixing" those same creators' stories.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-62617209568042935542015-02-08T01:14:29.470-08:002015-02-08T01:14:29.470-08:00For some reason our local publisher back in the da...For some reason our local publisher back in the day used to like to throw some amount of classic FF at our direction. One of my very first Marvel reads was the storyline where Doom stole the cosmic powers from the Silver Surfer. We got lots of Byrne, of course, and some Simonson later on.<br /><br />It's the same Hauptmann('s brother) in IRON MAN, Byrne must've picked it up from there then and not the Lee/Kirby story. FF #258 pretty much continues from there and shows how Hauptmann tries to extract his revenge and fool Doom in to the cosmic power chamber he built, but Doom throws Hauptmann there instead, exposing to his robot that the man had a grudge at him and wouldn't let Doom have cosmic power should the chamber work as planned while Hauptmann gets incinerated.<br /><br />It may be a minor meta-message at Michelinie, now to think of it, that schemers near Doom don't go unnoticed. The very same issue has the Doombot A 76 sequence, a harsher message to young Kristoff and the other Christopher at the UNCANNY at the same time about the hazards of affronts at Doom's personage.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-35116055493461977462015-02-07T16:55:05.786-08:002015-02-07T16:55:05.786-08:00I always hate to admit this, because I'm afrai...I always hate to admit this, because I'm afraid it will cost my my Marvel fan card, but I've read very, very little of the Lee/Kirby FF. I got the first ESSENTIAL volume way back when it was originally released, and I read that, but nothing more. Honestly, the only FF runs I <b>have</b> read are John Byrne's and the "Heroes Return" era relaunch, from the beginning up through Carlos Pacheco's short tenure. Otherwise there's been a single issue or storyline here and there, but not much else.<br /><br />I do know about Hauptmann, though, because his (other?) brother shows up in <a href="http://notahoaxnotadream.blogspot.com/2014/03/iron-man-149.html" rel="nofollow">IRON MAN #149</a>-<a href="http://notahoaxnotadream.blogspot.com/2014/03/iron-man-150.html" rel="nofollow">150</a>Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-41460974727699097312015-02-04T20:34:49.715-08:002015-02-04T20:34:49.715-08:00Not so much a joke, really, as I have come to beli...Not so much a joke, really, as I have come to believe that quite a number of concepts that were later on done to a bigger popularity in other comic books, were used in The New Teen Titans. "Cyborg & Sarah" in the earlier issue was a joke, but this here (not having read the actual issue, mind you) resembles a bit, and predates, Ultron Unlimited.<br /><br />Though, (attempted) mass murder of civilians has happened before at least in FANTASTIC FOUR #86 (May '69) by robots AND nukes by somewhat unhinged Dr. Doom . "I forgot! My subjects! Noo!"<br /><br />Incidentally, in that story arc there was the death of Hautpmann('s brother) that came back to bite Doom in the fabled all-Doom issue #258 (or would have if Doom had time for such trifles) and the masterly plan of Doom to destroy the FF by playing them a concerto of his own composition... in Hyper-Sound!<br /><br />Why do we remember the Silver Age from the goofy Hypno Ray Gun plot and not this sort of solidified awesomeness?Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-28987553648887806122015-02-04T10:36:41.878-08:002015-02-04T10:36:41.878-08:00I caught the Bat-shield and forgot to mention it; ...I caught the Bat-shield and forgot to mention it; that was good for a laugh.<br /><br />I do agree that Pérez draws one heck of a Robin, don't get me wrong. I just find him a little silly looking even when drawn well. The definitive Dick Grayson Robin, for me, is the B:TAS version. Tim Drake's costume looked great on eighteen/nineteen year-old Dick.<br /><br />I've said little about the Doom Patrol because I don't know much of anything about them. I read one appearance from them, a guest-spot in JLA: YEAR ONE, but other than that I'm pretty sure I've never touched a single Doom Patrol adventure. They seem like cool characters, but I'm not really qualified to speak about them.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-54952859879480782282015-02-04T10:29:31.351-08:002015-02-04T10:29:31.351-08:00Your joke makes a good point -- when did mass slau...Your joke makes a good point -- when did mass slaughter become the norm for supervillains in comics? I almost glossed over that scene here because I've become so jaded to these things in the years since, but I'm pretty sure it was uncommon, to say the least, in 1981.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-71212086245367017592015-02-02T22:59:14.196-08:002015-02-02T22:59:14.196-08:00The Titans did it first!: general not-Zod had a me...<b>The Titans did it first!:</b> general not-Zod had a mechanical army that mowed down the entire population of a country that wasn't named 'Slorenia'?Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-64658857339376041442015-02-02T16:14:38.077-08:002015-02-02T16:14:38.077-08:00Ah, the Kangas...Like the scientific technology an...Ah, the Kangas...Like the scientific technology and the several aforementioned rules, this aspect of Golden Age Amazonian culture will not survive the Crisis. Good humor about Gar's catch-22 with the Amazonians. Still, being carried on a litter by four gorgeous babes probably isn't that bad.<br />TNTTs' view on Robin's costume design is something of a paradox. Wolfman and Perez do knock Robin's costume a bit (there's one humorous sight gag coming up in the Blackfire saga), but Perez also manages to make the Teen Wonder still maintain a respectful badarse-ness. Note the protective Bat-shield (in-joke from the 60's series).<br />Surprised you have little to say about this issue's coverage of the Doom Patrol. And yes, Mento & Elasti Girl's wedding was a superhero gathering (they all were in the 60s). angmc43@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379700547226493861noreply@blogger.com