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purple death ray: Jul 28, 2007; me omw 2 steal ur girl

I definitely have made this comment already but that's the best "meanwhile..." in comics history

# ? Sep 29, 2017 14:12

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# ? May 10, 2024 09:59

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

Wheat Loaf posted:

Rachel did (pages not sequential):

Who is the artist and inker here? I see a lot of John Byrne cues but the layout doesn't look much like his style.

EDIT: Oh, Alan Davis. I don't know him. Did he ink this as well as pencil?

# ? Sep 29, 2017 18:39

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Dick Trauma posted:

EDIT: Oh, Alan Davis. I don't know him. Did he ink this as well as pencil?

Not sure - might have been Mark Farmer, who's his usual collaborator on inks.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:02

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Wheat Loaf posted:

Not sure - might have been Mark Farmer, who's his usual collaborator on inks.

Not Paul Neary? I'm not going by any actual knowledge -- I just remember seeing "Davis/Neary" in credits a lot.

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:05

Wheat Loaf: Feb 13, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

prefect posted:

Not Paul Neary? I'm not going by any actual knowledge -- I just remember seeing "Davis/Neary" in credits a lot.

I know Neary did a lot of work with Davis, but having checked Wikipedia, I think Farmer inked him on Excalibur (as well as stuff like ClanDestine, Fantastic Four: The End and JLA: The Nail/Another Nail).

Edit: Having double-checked, I see that both Neary and Farmer inked Davis on Excalibur but I'm not sure when. Based on the look of them, I'd say those pages are Farmer, so Neary must have inked the run when Claremont was writing.

Wheat Loaf fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Sep 29, 2017

# ? Sep 29, 2017 19:11

Ygolonac

Nov 26, 2007

pre:

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CLUTCH  NIXON
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The Hero We Need

It's Excalibur v1 #61.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 01:55

Wanderer: Nov 5, 2006; our every move is the new tradition

Alan Davis as a writer is weird. There's something about his dialogue flow that seems somehow off, all the time. The cadence is neither realistic nor smooth.

Also, he's as allergic to exclamation points as Silver Age authors were fond of them.

# ? Sep 30, 2017 20:47

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

What's wrong with eschewing certain types of punctuation.

# ? Oct 1, 2017 00:56

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

I'm okay with a writer being anti-exclamation point. There are already too many of them.

# ? Oct 1, 2017 01:01

Name Change: Oct 9, 2005

prefect posted:

I'm okay with a writer being anti-exclamation point. There are already too many of them.

"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."

# ? Oct 1, 2017 01:06

site: Apr 6, 2007; Trans pride, Worldwide
Bitch

I'm sick of all these exclamation points!!!!!!

# ? Oct 1, 2017 01:13

Superstring: Jul 22, 2007; I thought I was going insane for a second.

These exclamation points are making me thirsty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# ? Oct 1, 2017 01:14

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Top of the morning..... to YOU!

# ? Oct 1, 2017 02:50

Push El Burrito: May 9, 2006; Soiled Meat

Jerusalem posted:

Top of the morning..... to YOU!

I can see that in the cover of a silver age comic with the heroes looking straight at the readers in fear and the name of the story is "The LepraCON!"

# ? Oct 1, 2017 04:33

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Push El Burrito posted:

I can see that in the cover of a silver age comic with the heroes looking straight at the readers in fear and the name of the story is "The LepraCON!"

From Steve Gerber's Defenders series.

More on-topic, here's Martian Manhunter having no time for Batman's bullshit:

From Superman/Batman #29

# ? Oct 1, 2017 05:46

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

More people calling Bats on his bullshit would be wonderful, please and thank you

# ? Oct 1, 2017 05:53

Keeshhound: Jan 14, 2010; Mad Duck Swagger

What, did they have J'onn get over the fire thing again?

# ? Oct 1, 2017 06:12

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

To be fair, MM was under the influence of (other) aliens, and just the previous issue Batman was attacked by a shapeshifter looking like J'onn, so can't fault batman for taking a precaution or two

# ? Oct 1, 2017 06:12

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Keeshhound posted:

What, did they have J'onn get over the fire thing again?

This is from about a decade ago so the whole DC Universe has probably been rebooted like 5-6 times by now.

# ? Oct 1, 2017 06:13

TwoPair: Mar 28, 2010; Pandamn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta; Grimey Drawer

Keeshhound posted:

What, did they have J'onn get over the fire thing again?

I think it was more meant to be one of those cool moments like when Superman fights somebody with kryptonite (like Metallo or Luthor half the time) and pushes through the pain instead of just doubling over crippled until some other hero kicks it away. J'onn keeps going because of willpower and gently caress You that's why.

TwoPair fucked around with this message at 09:23 on Oct 1, 2017

# ? Oct 1, 2017 07:43

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

TwoPair posted:

I think it was more meant to be one of those cool moments like when Superman fights somebody with kryptonite (like Metallo or Luthor half the time) and pushes through the pain instead of just doubling over crippled until some other hero kicks it away. J'onn keeps going because of willpower and gently caress You that's why.

"gently caress You, Batman" is a sentiment anyone can get behind.

# ? Oct 1, 2017 10:53

Johnny Aztec: Jan 30, 2005; by Hand Knit

The only good Batman was NightOwl*.

*comic batman**

**wait, they made comics with Adam West type batman, didnt they?

# ? Oct 1, 2017 16:41

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

They also made a BTAS comic and it owned.

# ? Oct 1, 2017 17:22

Ygolonac

Nov 26, 2007

pre:

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CLUTCH  NIXON
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The Hero We Need

Good Batman, you say? Self-quote w/correction added:

Ygolonac posted:

Look, it's the ~~Dark Knight~~ Black Panther and ~~Robin the Boy Wonder~~ ~~Spector the Moon Knight~~ Everett the Clueless Idiot!

(Black Panther v3 #22, T'challa got killed by Killmonger (yes, again) and Moon Knight (currently not speaking to Khonshu) is helping to get him back to this side of dead. Well, except for Nightmare loving around with everything.)
(This is the volume with Everett K. Ross and good god the writing for him... )

# ? Oct 1, 2017 18:20

Push El Burrito: May 9, 2006; Soiled Meat

In this story the Fantastic Four fought a giant mech piloted by Robo Stalin.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 01:58

Samovar: Jun 4, 2011; I'm 😤 not a 🦸🏻‍♂️hero...🧜🏻

I'm Mr. Fantastic trying to blow up Mecha-Stalin from point-blank range with a panzerschrek.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 09:58

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

Samovar posted:

I'm Mr. Fantastic trying to blow up Mecha-Stalin from point-blank range with a panzerschrek.

That's Ben. Mr. F is being stretched like taffy.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 10:01

Parahexavoctal: Oct 10, 2004; I AM NOT BEING PAID TO CORRECT OTHER PEOPLE'S POSTS! DONKEY!!

Wanderer posted:

Alan Davis as a writer is weird. There's something about his dialogue flow that seems somehow off, all the time. The cadence is neither realistic nor smooth.

Also, he's as allergic to exclamation points as Silver Age authors were fond of them.

I like his plotting, though.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 13:48

Harold Fjord: Jan 3, 2004

prefect posted:

That's Ben. Mr. F is being stretched like taffy.

Ben who? Ben Grimm is clearly punching something in Thing mode.

Is Rick Jones helping?

# ? Oct 2, 2017 17:12

Air Skwirl: May 13, 2007; Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed shitposting.

Nevvy Z posted:

Ben who? Ben Grimm is clearly punching something in Thing mode.

Is Rick Jones helping?

That's Ms Thing . Ben Grimm i human during that arc.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 17:15

Thaddius the Large: Jul 5, 2006; It's in the five-hole!

My favorite is how Sue is just kinda kicking back on the arm, watching the show without any apparent concern or investment.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 17:28

Professor Wayne: Aug 27, 2008; So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

The fucks she gives are invisible.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 18:18

jng2058: Jul 17, 2010; We have the tools, we have the talent!

Parahexavoctal posted:

I like his plotting, though.

Yeah, Davis not only worked in stuff from the earlier Claremont stories at the beginning of Excalibur, but he delved into the previous Captain Britain stuff as well. Even within his own run he set things up that paid off many issues down the line, which is the kind of thing you can do when you're on a book for 20+ issues. That's sadly a dying art in today's 6 or 12 issues then you're gone comics workplace. :sigh:

# ? Oct 2, 2017 18:30

Toshimo: Aug 23, 2012; He's outta line...

But he's right!

Professor Wayne posted:

The fucks she gives are invisible.

Like in Hollow Man?

# ? Oct 2, 2017 18:31

Choco1980: Feb 22, 2013; I fell in love with a Video Nasty

Jerusalem posted:

This is from about a decade ago so the whole DC Universe has probably been rebooted like 5-6 times by now.

Yeah apparently there was a story arc around 2003 when a fire powered lady somehow got J'onn to accidentally revert back to a primal Martian from before they were split into white and green, which meant apparently he was a fire based creature (alongside all his other powers) called "Fernus". He went bonkers and it took Plastic Man to defeat him, due to the shape-changing and his innate resistance to psychic ability. Afterwards, he told Supes that he was now only vulnerable to "The fires of passion" :flame:

# ? Oct 2, 2017 19:03

Takezio: Nov 7, 2011

Choco1980 posted:

Yeah apparently there was a story arc around 2003 when a fire powered lady somehow got J'onn to accidentally revert back to a primal Martian from before they were split into white and green, which meant apparently he was a fire based creature (alongside all his other powers) called "Fernus". He went bonkers and it took Plastic Man to defeat him, due to the shape-changing and his innate resistance to psychic ability. Afterwards, he told Supes that he was now only vulnerable to "The fires of passion"

And for the record, it was the Guardians of the Universe that made the split. The primal Martians were powerful enough and batshit crazy enough that the Guardians just went "HEY THERE WOW NO" and stopped them in their tracks.

Also, it was revealed there that Batman, in typical Batman fashion, brought Plastic Man into the Justice League just in case J'onn turned sides/went nuts/whatever. Something about Plas being immune to his telepathy maybe, but I know Bats said something about Plastic Mans' shapeshifting being more intuition based, while Martian shapeshifting was more of a science/study? Also, J'onn was dating fire lady, but she died at the end of the story.

# ? Oct 2, 2017 19:17