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Soonmot posted:It is not afraid to be a superhero show. Rhyno posted:Originally he was just Batman with arrows. For content, have something from Quantum and Woody #3: 
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Pastry of the Year posted:Pretty sure it's Avengers v1 #5: Rick Jones was the Wesley Crusher of his day, right? I'd think if I was a kid during that time, I'd be tired of his dopey rear end.
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May 6, 2014 16:36
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Red posted:Rick Jones was the Wesley Crusher of his day, right? Rick was more of a Kato Kaelin type -- loved hanging around with the big stars. He didn't usually contribute very much.
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May 6, 2014 16:39
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Rick Jones was that kid from the Justice League episodes where they meet pastiches of the JSA, except without the reality warping powers.
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May 6, 2014 17:26
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Red posted:Rick Jones was the Wesley Crusher of his day, right? That's terribly unfair; he was at least Lucas Wolenczak.
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May 6, 2014 17:53
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I thought Snapper Carr was the Wesley Crusher of his day.
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May 6, 2014 17:57
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prefect posted:Rick was more of a Kato Kaelin type -- loved hanging around with the big stars. He didn't usually contribute very much. They used him to create a lot of good character moments for characters in early Marvel. Cap kept having Bucky flashbacks while training him, Hulk became increasingly scary to the point that even Rick Jones couldn't hang out with him without feeling threatened, he was Captain Marvel's grounding to humanity despite being a weird overly-honorable warrior alien. He was a lot more elegant than your usual Robin types, despite not exactly being anyone's favorite character.
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May 6, 2014 18:16
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Lurdiak posted:They used him to create a lot of good character moments for characters in early Marvel. Cap kept having Bucky flashbacks while training him, Hulk became increasingly scary to the point that even Rick Jones couldn't hang out with him without feeling threatened, he was Captain Marvel's grounding to humanity despite being a weird overly-honorable warrior alien. That's fair -- I was thinking of "contributing" in terms of "winning the fight", but he was definitely important as a character. I really liked him when he was essentially the main character in Peter David's Captain Marvel.
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May 6, 2014 18:33
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Pilchenstein posted:It's not now but it took them loving long enough. It's not until season two that they bring in trick arrows and actual super powers - up until that point they're so desperate to be Christopher Nolan's Realistic Batman it's embarrassing. The highlight of this is when they bring in Huntress and Ollie gets to give her a bunch of Batman lectures on not killing while he straight up murders dudes all over the shop. I sort of miss the tone of first season Arrow, where he was Avenging Marxist Batman, killing slumlords and sweatshop owners.
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May 6, 2014 19:40
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Skwirl posted:I sort of miss the tone of first season Arrow, where he was Avenging Marxist Batman, killing slumlords and sweatshop owners. I can't even remember where they went with the whole father's secret notebook thing. Did they ever actually resolve that plotline, or did it get dropped in favor of bigger and better things?
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May 6, 2014 21:51
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It turns out that the notebook was the list of dirt held by the Undertaking Project, so when Malcolm Merlin was taken down Ollie went on to figure out the bad guys on his own.
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May 6, 2014 22:35
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Sorry for digging this up but thanks to whoever posted about the paperinik comics (which I remember being called PK). I was born in Italy and I used to read the Italian Disney comics (Topolino, which is the name of Mickey Mouse in Italian). I was around ten when PK came out and I still remember buying the very first comic of the series. I was hooked, I bought all of them but I had to leave Italy while the series was ongoing. It's the only comic series I ever remember following when I was young and I had completely forgotten about it. So thanks for reminding me of it, it has brought back some good memories, I might ask my parents if they still have copies of my old comics lying around.
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May 7, 2014 00:10
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Red posted:Rick Jones was the Wesley Crusher of his day, right? No, that was Snapper Carr. Edit: poo poo, beaten. Well, anyway, Peter David's version of Rick Jones was great: He's been around since the dawn of the Marvel Universe, seen pretty much everything, even gotten superpowers a couple of times, so he's pretty much able to roll with any crazy situation he's in, but still keep a normal perspective on life. So of course he's the loving Abomination now. Senior Woodchuck fucked around with this message at 02:19 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 02:15
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A-bomb. You meant he's the A-Bomb now. Edit: I actually miss the whole Hulk family thing he had for a while there.
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May 7, 2014 02:48
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Edit: poo poo, beaten. Well, anyway, Peter David's version of Rick Jones was great: He's been around since the dawn of the Marvel Universe, seen pretty much everything, even gotten superpowers a couple of times, so he's pretty much able to roll with any crazy situation he's in, but still keep a normal perspective on life. One of the odder moments for Rick Jones in that Hulk run happens in #375 and it requires a bit of set up. You see, Peter David had just decided to write Rick back into the Hulk series and he was dealing with a Skrull invasion where he goes to get the help of the gray Hulk (who is starting to have his psyche fracture again). So the story goes that the Skrulls capture Rick, Betty, and the Hulk and there's a fight and you've read comics so you know how this goes. Anyway, Peter David gets to the end of 375 where he has the Hulk disable the Skrull ship, grab Betty, and jump clear of the explosion just in time for the last page of the issue. Then he realizes he didn't write a way out for Rick. Well, he's scripted everything except the last page and is on a deadline so what he does is this:  And that's how Rick Jones was in Peter David's Hulk.
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May 7, 2014 03:29
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Random Stranger posted:One of the odder moments for Rick Jones in that Hulk run happens in #375 and it requires a bit of set up. You see, Peter David had just decided to write Rick back into the Hulk series and he was dealing with a Skrull invasion where he goes to get the help of the gray Hulk (who is starting to have his psyche fracture again). So the story goes that the Skrulls capture Rick, Betty, and the Hulk and there's a fight and you've read comics so you know how this goes. Anyway, Peter David gets to the end of 375 where he has the Hulk disable the Skrull ship, grab Betty, and jump clear of the explosion just in time for the last page of the issue. I guess I didn't read enough comics from that period, because why is Rick dressed exactly like Bucky?
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May 7, 2014 03:39
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rotinaj posted:I guess I didn't read enough comics from that period, because why is Rick dressed exactly like Bucky? He did a stint as Bucky for a while after Cap got unfrozen.
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May 7, 2014 03:40
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He's also bonded to several incarnations of Captain Marvel. I don't have sources, but they're not funny panels either.   Subtle Superman cape cameo there. 
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May 7, 2014 04:45
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I want to read an analysis of Rick Jones from the perspective of a literary theorist.
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May 7, 2014 05:00
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I remember loving this series (Criss-Cross art and all) but worry that it wasn't as good as my memory tells me it was.
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May 7, 2014 07:03
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Say Nothing posted:Subtle Superman cape cameo there. Also Batman's utility belt, Hawkman's boots and the Eye of Agamotto pinning up his sleeve. Man, I really hope the rest of the Peter David run on Hulk gets collected. The Visionaries line wound up with about one TPB's worth of Dale Keown pencilled issues. After that they could've done something like "Hulk by Peter David and Gary Frank" (I know Jan Duursema did a short run in between Keown and Frank). Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 11:09 on May 7, 2014 |
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May 7, 2014 10:57
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Metal Loaf posted:Also Batman's utility belt, Hawkman's boots and the Eye of Agamotto pinning up his sleeve. Bigger version:  I'm not very familiar with Hawkman, but I had thought the boots were from a voodoo-based villain whose picture I can't find. The "chicken feet" comment is what sticks it in my brain. Edit: upon further review, I figure I must have been thinking of Black Talon, who had actual chicken feet -- no boots needed.  Bonus picture that Google's image search thought I wanted to see. 
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May 7, 2014 11:13
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prefect posted:I'm not very familiar with Hawkman, but I had thought the boots were from a voodoo-based villain whose picture I can't find. The "chicken feet" comment is what sticks it in my brain. I checked the annotations in the TPB and it turns out I was wrong; the boots actually belong to the Falcon. The more you know.
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May 7, 2014 11:28
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EDIT: Nope, never mind.
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May 7, 2014 11:33
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prefect posted:I'm not very familiar with Hawkman, but I had thought the boots were from a voodoo-based villain whose picture I can't find. The "chicken feet" comment is what sticks it in my brain. 
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May 7, 2014 11:37
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prefect posted:Bigger version: Wonder Woman's bracers... One of them is hanging off his belt  Also is that Black Talon related at all to this Black Talon
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May 7, 2014 12:10
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I think I see a ring.... wonder what color it's supposed to be.
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May 7, 2014 12:12
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It must be annoying to lose the one sleeve you actually use.
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May 7, 2014 12:21
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KayTee posted:Wonder Woman's bracers... One of them is hanging off his belt I thought so, too, but it's not. It's the bracer he would be wearing on his left wrist, if he had one.
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May 7, 2014 12:31
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KayTee posted:Wonder Woman's bracers... One of them is hanging off his belt Nah, those are the nega-bands he uses to become Captain Marvel.
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May 7, 2014 12:59
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prefect posted:Bonus picture that Google's image search thought I wanted to see. This is from Avengers #198, where the Avengers fight Red Ronin, a giant robot piloted by a young boy. If you think Wonder Man and the Beast look like they're drunk and singing, you're right.
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May 7, 2014 15:19
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Red Ronin is loving radical. A borderline-offensive giant samurai robot designed to fight Godzilla, that ended up being used well after Marvel lost the Godzilla license. I loved when the Sentry had a flashback of fighting Red Ronin in one of the New Avengers issues.
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May 7, 2014 15:32
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Ghostlight posted:Requisite Deadpool #29 Every time I see this page I get flashbacks to that Aqua Teen Hunger Force with the chicken shaman. Rise chicken. Rise. Rise chicken.
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May 7, 2014 15:47
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Ghostlight posted:Requisite Deadpool #29 Which came first, this or the Spider-Man/Paste Pot Pete one that are like, panel for panel clones in my mind?
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May 7, 2014 16:02
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Tekopo posted:Sorry for digging this up but thanks to whoever posted about the paperinik comics (which I remember being called PK). I was born in Italy and I used to read the Italian Disney comics (Topolino, which is the name of Mickey Mouse in Italian). I was around ten when PK came out and I still remember buying the very first comic of the series. I was hooked, I bought all of them but I had to leave Italy while the series was ongoing. It's the only comic series I ever remember following when I was young and I had completely forgotten about it. So thanks for reminding me of it, it has brought back some good memories, I might ask my parents if they still have copies of my old comics lying around. That would be me. And PK is quite awesome, even if it never got a release in the NA or much of a followup after PKNA2 failed (that I know of). A shame, because this is the series where alternative dimensions had things like... IMPERIAL VIKING JET FIGHTER PATROLS   Our heroes jumping out of the burning wreckage of their aircraft...  ...To face down a pack of wolves with their bare hands  Seriously, stay away from Gotland. It's full of Viking Imperialists  #24 - Twilight, not really funny panels but- no wait, there's one here: 
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May 7, 2014 16:08
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Oh, Marvel. Marvel, Marvel, Marvel. (Recap page for Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #1)
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May 7, 2014 16:16
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d00gZ posted:Oh, Marvel. Marvel, Marvel, Marvel. "relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities." It's not only sexual. It's still a silly way to word it though.
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May 7, 2014 16:17
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Senor Candle posted:"relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities." i know it's technically correct but come ON, man
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May 7, 2014 16:19
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Don't kink shame Galactus.
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d00gZ posted:Oh, Marvel. Marvel, Marvel, Marvel. And I thought New Jersey was hosed beforehand.
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