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Post by defiant1 on Sept 29, 2009 19:48:57 GMT -5
I'm not buying any of it. The Clone saga was so bad, I pretty much wrote Marvel off. I've tinkered with a few titles over the years since then, but as far as I'm concerned, my Golden age of comics is the 70's. Defiant1 My peak years would have to be the late 70's to the mid 80s as well. Those years molded me like no other and have became years I wish were still around in comics. Although I know I'll never relive those years in comics, to me they were very strong years because each comic had its own identity and storyline and flowed from issue to issue very well. It was also before the market boom of the 90s which turned comics on its ear. Although I know I will never find those experiences again and I can appreciate your viewpoint on new comics because I personally at one time in the early part of this decade only wanted to collect back issues and collectibles. I still somehow want to know what is going on now. And even though I have 10 times more gripes about the books of today than good experiences, I continue to hope that something will stand out. I'm still personally in search of the next great comic run. And it certainly won't be found in the past. As a comics fan and someone who loves the hobby and has devoted a great deal of my life to it, I will continue to peek into the new comics and hope I find some hidden gems eventually. I could just write off new comics altogether and remain a collector and be perfectly happy that way because I was before. But personally, I continue to hope out of the ashes a new run of comics will rise up one day and be the best thing since Valiant comics. I'm not counting on it, but I can still hope. I'd say comics definitely matured in the late 70's and early 80's. I still have a fondness for early 70's. They had some damn good talent and they weren't trying to be some kind of deep and intricate form of adult fiction. I like the basic premise of Hulk where he was chasing Betty, but wasn't really motivated by anything but love, beans, and being left alone. I liked the Captain America story that concluded all the mutants being captured. The Avengers/Defenders crossover and the Kang/Immortus stuff that always had a shock in the Giant-Size Avengers. Marvel Team-up when it was a big pairing and not some second rate hero. 80's improved a lot, but I preferred it more simple. I'm not really interested in Golden Age at all other than owning a piece of history. EC (post-Golden Age) would be an exception. I remember my friend having a paperback format reprint and it collected a Spiderman story where he was battling Quicksilver. It was a late 60's story. I set it down and thought "this story is just fun". It pulled you in to think and the art was by Romita. I really missed that feel and the art was perfect. Not distracting, and you knew who everyone was. Defiant1
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Post by G on Sept 30, 2009 14:01:53 GMT -5
This is a response I can relate to.
I say that the late 70s and early 80s were my peak period years in comics, but I say that more from the fact I was collecting then. Before the late 70s, I wasnt. I started in 1978. But if I was to look at a group of comics all time, I have to say the 1970s may have been the best. Actually, I particularly like comics from the 1960's until the early 1980s. There was really about a 20 year period there were comics just rocked in my opinion.
I can relate to the simplicity and the fun that comics had. I truly think that is missing now. When I think simple and fun, I think Lee/Kirby Fantastic Fours of the 1960s. Not too serious, but still had enough drama to keep you reading and turning pages. Plenty of Fantasy and way out there stuff happening. Villains were cool as hell. Backgrounds making the characters pop! I loved it. It was just simple fun. But I also remember the simpler times of comics such as Spiderman, Daredevil, Iron Man, Avengers, X-Men, Hulk. The list goes on and on. The 1960s were fun and simple. Sometimes, they borderlined on goofy and cheesy, but I tend to think DC had that a lot more than Marvel did. The 1970s are when comics got about as serious as they needed to be. I remember whenever I brought this up for discussion, my viewpoint would lose, but I still hold onto believing this. I always felt dumb bruising Hulk was a lot better than Smart Human Hulk. So many people told me I was wrong. But I could never get into Hulk with a brain and plotting his own actions. Hulk was always someone who took things as they happened. Mainly just wanted to be left alone and even and a fondness for the ladies. It was always everyone else being a jerk. Hulk wasnt the jerk. That was better to me than Hulk thinking about things and coming up with plans or trying to talk to people logically. Bah! I prefer Hulk smash puny humans!
The 1980s got to where comics were accessible and everyone who was my age was into them. Conventions were everywhere and we had more access at Local Comic Stores. The stories were still in line with what I liked. Still could jump on a title and catch up in no time flat. Still simple and easy to follow. But yes, by the late 80s, things were getting muddy and less easy to keep track of.
The 1990s just took a wrong turn to me. And look where we are now.
If I could have a timeframe back in comics, I would be quite happy to relive the 1970s all over again.
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Post by G on Dec 20, 2009 10:09:20 GMT -5
I'm disgusted, but not hardly surprised that they brought Steve Rogers back (btw, which issue does Steve Rogers come back to life in?) Now that he's came back you get this expected match-up of old Cap vs. New Cap (Winter Solder A.K.A. Bucky). Will Bucky want to gig up now that he's had it awhile? Part of me looks at this with just a tiny bit of interest but you know up front Steve takes back his Cap role and Bucky just walks away from it. The other part of me is still pissed off that they ruined their best shot in a long time of making a death legit and yet having the Captain America character live on. It really turned out to be like "1 step forward and 2 steps back". So, I only post this comic because it looks to be the issue where everyone goes their separate ways. And everything is back to normal pre-Steve Rogers death.
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Post by bigw1966 on Jan 29, 2010 10:28:58 GMT -5
Cap was just brought back in the mini series Captain America Reborn. This series ties directly into the main series. I have to say the story is great. The way Brubaker made it happen is worth reading. Bucky makes a great Cap, and I doubt he will be giving up the role. I think there will be two of them now.
Brubaker is easily the greatest Cap writer ever. That is saying a lot because there are people who have really done some great stuff with the character, but Brubaker runs circles around them all. the art is also great every issue. He has a rotating team of Steve Epting and Butch Guice. Reborn was drawn by Brian Hitch who to me is a perfect Artist.
Cap is the one book that you should be reading, besides Green Lantern. Its just Awesome.
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