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I have not read the first one, but this isn t bad. Certainly a different and interesting spin on the characters. I think I would have preferred it in black and white, though.
@0Brady, please. If you want info on old, old comics, look here first. T'challa's first appearance is in a few issues of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby. You absolutely cannot beat FF by Lee & Kirby. Highest possible recommendation. The full origin runs three issues, I think. You'll certainly want more than just the one issue that contains the Panther's first appearance. McGregor's Jungle Action run is very good if just a trifle pretentious. Very '70s, good stuff but a bit too caption-heavy for my tastes. The late '70s solo Kirby run is recommended for Kirby fanatics only. By this time, Kirby was on the downhill side of his long & fabulous career in comics. Kirby dialogue is something one needs to develop a taste for, if you've got it then by all means check 'em out. If you haven't yet developed a appreciation for Kirby's unique sense of scripting, I'd recommend checking out The New Gods before going too deep into his late '70s return to Marvel. The editorial system at Marvel was not entirely sympatico to Kirby at this point...
@BeatlesSansEarmuffs, I didn't forget you on purpose or anything, I just didn't see you posting often around the time I was looking into Panther and I didn't know you were a fan of the character in the first place, as he's not very well known across the board it seems.
I knew about T'Challa's FF origin, and the collection I'm looking at ordering contains not only those first issues but also the solo series collecting many years of McGregor's work to form a very plentiful beginning for the character. I prefer comics that really have meat to them, so McGregor's work has great appeal to me, as Alan Moore's work has and those like him who adopt certain literary functions for comics to tell their stories. There's really nothing too pretentious out there for me because of this, outside some French and Italian cinema and sections of modern art.
I might look into Kirby's work later, but to be honest I've never been too interested in checking him out with great depth beyond random bits and pieces. Maybe one day.
I'm not as big a Panther fan as I am a fan of comics in general. Been collecting since 1967 and have acquired tens of thousands of them over the decades. Literally. My career when I finally retire is going to be selling them all. Who needs a 401K? I've got *COMICS*! I've worked in the comics biz for awhile at times (retail, wholesale, promotions and creatively in a variety of places and fashions.) I don't post in this topic thread often just to keep from coming off like a know-it-all. Signing off again....
It seems to me that I recall Lisa Kirby discussing a recurring experience – going out on dates with boys who, after learning that her father was Jack Kirby, became far more interested in hearing about her father than in learning more about her. As you can guess, this experience got old rather quickly…
RISE OF THE BLACK FLAME the brand new comic book by Mike Mignola,Chris Robertson, Christopher Mitten and Dave Stewart is an origin story about one of the deadliest enemies of the B.P.R.D. Fantastic stuff, great art.
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All issues collected into one book along with
Excellent stuff all around.
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Yes, the most promising thing about it is that it will be able to be as mature as it needs to be. The only issue is the writing team, which has me skeptical, and the casting.
The movie had perfect casting, in all roles.
I can't stand Malin Akerman, but outside of that it wasn't bad.
I recently bought a bunch of albums collecting several of Will Eisner s classic THE SPIRIT stories. I am loving it.
Such an obvious cross-over when you think about it. This is very well done.
Ha, nice!
and BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH
This concludes the whole series for me. Highlights have been MINUTEMEN, DR MANHATTAN, MOLOCH and OZYMANDIAS:
A collection of Sunday stripes from the 30s and 40s. Fun stories and magnificent art.
Short, concise, simple, but unbelievably heart-warming: finally a tribute to the true creator of Batman. Marc Tyler Nobelman has made this book worth rereading for me every evening these past three days. It takes you 15 minutes to read the text, 20 if you're going to give Ty Templeton's art the attention it deserves.
This is a very simple book, folks, but every "Batmanian" should read it. It is, so far, perhaps the only direct dedication to the true creator of our hero and idol that's available.
Don t you mean Batmaniac?
I will buy it if I find it. Thunderbill deserves more recognition.
The word that was used back in the day was "Batmanians". :)
I bought it online. It's not cheap given how thin it is but "Thunderbill" does, as you correctly point out, deserve the recognition. Don't let the text upset you. It feels like it's pandering towards infants, as it recounts the few facts the author was able to find in an almost fairytale kind of manner, but the message comes through loud and clear and it even elicits a strongly emotional response from me. Made me lose a tear or two the first time I read it.