My favorite Daredevil era is also the Blackheart/Typhoid Mary era by Anne Nocenti. Loved that run!
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Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Re: Fraction's Iron Man revolution
From: Cary Preston <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, June 15, 2010 8:30 am
To: [email protected]
You're right; I haven't collected monthly titles in years now but there was a time when I really enjoyed both Daredevil and Cap. Daredevil's stories with Blackheart and Typhoid Mary were very enjoyable, and Cap's title was entertaining for quite a while- I even liked the USAgent/Cap plot.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:2004-2005 was when Iron Man volume 4 was released, and yes, iy took
the better part of two years to get all six issues of "Extremis"
released. Which is why Adi Granov only does covers now. The
miniseries he was doing which was set in the Iron Man movie universe
-- Viva Las Vegas -- stalled out after two issues a few years ago and
is now MIA. His work is great but he is incredibly slow. But there
was no way Marvel would cancel Iron Man in that period because they
had spent a ton of money getting Warren Ellis on board and hyped it to
the moon. Nevermind the fact that Ellis left after that arc.
Iron Man was a very strong title during Heroes Return, winning
Wizard's Best Series of the Year and generally selling pretty well.
Things got a little wonky after Busiek left but thats the way things
go.
I understand I am the minority who actually liked Iron Man before the
first movie. I get that. I also understand that I am in the minority
who thinks that books like Captain America, Thor, and Daredevil have
never been good in my lifetime.
I am glad that Shellhead's book is selling well again. I am glad that
his movies are kicking butt and taking names, and that I have a
mountain of Iron Man merch to buy. But I am also hoping that Fraction
doesn't do too much damage before he leaves to devote more time to
handle the job he actually wanted, which is Thor.
On Jun 14, 11:06 pm, Van <[email protected]> wrote:
> I confess I missed most of the points that Luke made, but I can
> definitely see where that kind of thing would be annoying if you were
> bothering to pay enough attention to actually catch those things.
> Sadly, for me, the hurdle I've asked IRON MAN to jump every month for
> the last decade-plus has simply been, "don't put me to sleep," so
> those kinds of details just sailed right under my radar.
>
> Shag, your question is a good one but difficult to answer directly.
> For the most part, the previous comics continuity simply hasn't come
> up, and he hasn't really issued a list of what's now "in" or "out" in
> Shellhead's history. And when it does come up, it's all "tainted"
> with movie continuity now. So, for example, instead of references to
> "StarkTech," we get references to "RT" or "Repulsor Technology"--
> something I'd never heard in my life before the first movie.
>
> I'm still astonished that IRON MAN avoided cancellation between the
> early Nineties and the first movie-- in fact, I think it was in 2004
> or 05 that only four or five issues of IRON MAN came out in the entire
> calendar year. So basically this does represent progress-- he needed
> help. It's just weird, is all I'm saying. And not really
> historically the Marvel way of doing things, unless I'm forgetting
> something. It seems more like a classic DC "reboot."
>
> --Van
>
> On Jun 13, 10:54 pm, Shag <[email protected]> wrote:
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