Kewl! I've read two of the three featured on the home page: The Thing and the
Aquarian (wasn't he the Jesus-like hippie New Age dude with a natural
forcefield that stopped all high-energy attacks?), and the Thing and Jocasta.
It was a great intro for me--reading these in the early '80s after years of
snubbing Marvel in favor of DC--to get quick intros to the characters. He's
right about another thing: though extremely simplistic and often contrived, the
comics were fun! Especially fun when the heroes started whaling away on each
other! I used to love nothing better than to pick up a comic with, say, The
Thing and Quasar or somebody, watch them bump into each other, have a minor
disagreement, and two pages later start throwing cars and energy blasts back
and forth. That was great! You always knew the fights were illogical, and you
knew in the "real" world heroes couldn't act so irresponsibly with their powers
and tempers, but who cared? They'd bash and bang and destroy, and then at the
end of the book, misunderstanding corrected, they're off to share a cup o' java
together.
The villains too were fun. Though I celebrate comics written with deep insight
and social commentary, again, the simple "I just want to rule the world 'cause
i'm a mad genius" tact was great escapism. Basically the baddie was usually
taunted as a child for being awkward, or scorned by his colleagues for a crazy
theory, or physically unappealing (like the diminuitive Mole Man), or something
else that caused a mad-on for humanity in general. Typically this resulted in
"I'll show you all!" speeches and world-ending plots. Or sometimes the dude was
just a meglomaniac who simply thought he was destined to be a god on Earth.
Whatever the cause, whatever the devious energy machine or droid army, it
always came down to the heroes pounding the snot out of the evil one and his
minions. Pages and pages of mindless fights, of preposterous speeches and
posturing during battles ("monologuing" as they say in "The Incredibles") led
to great fun! The over-the-top villains were great! Does anyone else miss the
days when the evil ones said "Bah!" all the time, or when phrases like "You
dare pit your puny abilities against me" were actually used? Man you've taken
me back now!
Speaking of team ups, have you been reading the recently revived Marvel
Team-Up? It's been pretty good so far.
-------------- Original message --------------
http://www.twoinone76.com/
If you grew up on the great Marvel comics of the sixties and seventies
like I did this is the site for you!
Check out the commissioned art.
~rave!
___________________________________________________________________
The Black Prince. The Black Church. A State of Mind.
http://www.theworldebon.com
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web.
To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~-->
<font face=arial size=-1><a
href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h7h2oi7/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122647078/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>What
would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer
in the arts today at Network for Good</a>.</font>
--------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
