tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post5163563983698498028..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers, Volume 1James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-86731850704431588242009-10-25T16:33:19.571-05:002009-10-25T16:33:19.571-05:00James a must purchase are all the DC Showcase war ...James a must purchase are all the DC Showcase war titles Sgt Rock, Haunted Tank, and Unknown Soldier. Also Jonah Hex and the very slim and terrific Bat Lash.<br /><br />Also all the Tomb of Draculas from Marvel and the Savage Sword of Conans that Dark Horse are putting out.Brucehttp://www.bookgasm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-49334598939289865332009-10-24T18:18:49.264-05:002009-10-24T18:18:49.264-05:00I think I've told the story on here before abo...I think I've told the story on here before about my cousins giving me a pile of comics on Christmas Day, 1963, that included FF 16 and 17, Avengers 1, Sgt. Fury 1, Tales of Suspense 42, and several others that I can't recall. A week or so later when I was back home, I went to the drugstore and bought FF 25, Avengers 4, Spider-Man 11, X-Men 4, and a few others. (Same drugstore where I bought the Bantam paperback of METEOR MENACE, my intro to Doc Savage, but that's a whole other post.) I still read a few DC titles after that, but not nearly as many as I had been.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-61334520631023585382009-10-24T17:33:15.503-05:002009-10-24T17:33:15.503-05:00I discovered Marvel comics just about the time Ave...I discovered Marvel comics just about the time Avengers 1 came out (along with FF 19, Spider-Man 7, and X-Men 2, and promptly abandoned DC. Would be mighty interesting to see how they strike me now.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21524953228892797912009-10-24T17:00:27.311-05:002009-10-24T17:00:27.311-05:00I love Kirby's Fourth World books that he did ...I love Kirby's Fourth World books that he did for DC, especially JIMMY OLSEN, but yeah, you can sure tell a difference in the writing. When Stan and Jack were both at their best, like in their long runs on FANTASTIC FOUR and THOR, well, superhero comics don't get much better than that.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-12295557523996474382009-10-24T16:49:05.089-05:002009-10-24T16:49:05.089-05:00I agree about Jack Kirby. While I admire his art, ...I agree about Jack Kirby. While I admire his art, his writing was awful. Compare the early Marvel work Of Stan & Jack to what Jack produced at DC when he had full creative control and you can see Stan's contribution. Jack's writing was simply bad and often incomprehensible. It's a shame that his admirers seem to feel that in order to build him up, they have to denegrate Stan's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com