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Endless Mike posted:Defiant announced a book called "Plasm" which Marvel claimed was a violation of their trademark for the Marvel UK character "Plasmer" so Defiant renamed it to "Warriors of Plasm". Marvel continued the suit, which Defiant ultimately won, but the court costs put them out of business anyway, so mission accomplished. So that was too much but adding a t and making it 'Overtkill' was enough? Wild.
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Dawgstar posted:So that was too much but adding a t and making it 'Overtkill' was enough? Wild.
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Dawgstar posted:Pretty much. Also soon or perhaps already Shooter would quickly establish Defiant with the Valiant folks who didn't like how things were going which would quickly under and then Broadway Comics which had even less of an impact. Yeah, Defiant's been popping up here and there in the news sections. Broadway comics hasn't shown up yet, I don't think though. Sounds like that should be an interesting read when it happens. Also the Deathmate crossover didn't help Valiant either, as I remember the story going.
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catlord posted:Also the Deathmate crossover didn't help Valiant either, as I remember the story going. Yeah, that's certainly true. Not only was it horrendously over-ordered I imagine Image's side was super late. There's got to be a fascinating deep dive article on Valiant's rise and fall out there somewhere, of which indeed Wizard played on both.
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Noticing a lot of sam kieth and dale keown inspired art in those fan pages.
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Wizard Magazine Issue #37 September 1994 Cover   Contents   Magic Words!       Wizard News        Is The Blood Back?        David And Goliath       Joe & Jimmy's Excellent Adventure      Frazetta         Drawing Board      Hunk & Babe  Cut & Print     Top 10 Heroes and Villains   Comic Watch  The Top 10   Todd McFarlane's E.G.O.  Wizard Profile  Random Ads     
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:They're probably sitting in the same forgotten filing cabinet with all the Ultraverse characters.  EDIT: Ahahahahahha that Magic: The Gathering article. "Many rational people are uncomfortable playing a game about magic because they think it will make them turn to the occult." Endless Mike fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Sep 14, 2022 |
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I wonder if Todd did, in fact, sell a ton of Angelas.
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Do like the fact that we probably are going to see a big budget Great Lakes Avengers in live action before anyone else on top ten (except for Batman Spider-Man and Superman.)
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Did some more moving complications come up? I was really enjoying this thread, it allows for a different way of experiencing the time warp factor than the read-throughs on Cartoonist Kayfabe.
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I wish there were scans available of the more obscure comics and toy magazines, I’m surprised more stuff like this isn’t up on archive.org or something.
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Darthemed posted:Did some more moving complications come up? I was really enjoying this thread, it allows for a different way of experiencing the time warp factor than the read-throughs on Cartoonist Kayfabe. No, work and some personal issues did. I haven't been able to post much at all lately anywhere on the forum. But, that should be changing soon. I hope to have the next issue up this week and start again from there.
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Wizard Magazine Issue #38 October 1994 Cover   Contents   Magic Words!       Wizard News        Logan's Run      Bad Girls       GEN-Erating Excitement      If It Ain't Broke... Fix It!        Drawing Board      Hunk & Babe Missing In Action Cut & Print    Palmer's Picks   Top 10 Heroes and Villains   Comic Watch  The Top 10   Todd McFarlane's E.G.O.  Wizard Profile  Random Ads     
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Wizard Magazine Issue #39 November 1994 Cover   Contents   Magic Words!      Wizard News w/ Special Guest Boogerman!        Spawning Ground       When Titans Tussle       Man Of Clay       Prince Valiant        Pulp Fiction        Drawing Board      Hunk & Babe  Palmer's Picks   Cut & Print     Top 10 Heroes and Villains   Comic Watch  The Top 10   Todd McFarlane's E.G.O.  Wizard Profile  Random Ads        
X-O fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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I had forgotten about Biker Shorts Diana but at the same time am oddly charmed by it. Still, it's funny to think they wasted Brian Bolland on drawing that outfit.
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In #38, the rumors of the X-men being cancelled was the set up for Age of Apocylpse, right? And drat, majority Image in the top 10! Edit: yup, just saw the The End ad in #39 right above lol
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X-O posted:Hunk & Babe And imagine being 15 and your mom's like "you can't get this magazine anymore because it has drawings of scantily clad women!"
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the duality of man e: also, i'm interested in what Palmer's Picks has to say after those pair of letters but couldn't find it in the scans. Is it attached to something else? Mister Olympus fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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loving lol at Tekno-Comix, the comic where we get a big name person to give us a character name, let us put their big name on the cover and then have said big name person have nothing to do with what was inside the comic. There was a lot of chutzpah with those comics. Also I am just reading the letter comments and the one sent by the angry mom about the soft core porniness of Vampirella and the mom mentions that she let her 6 year old read it because it is a price guide and I wonder what 6 year old would be interested in price guides?
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Endless Mike posted:Huh he really is America's rear end! I like how the shading makes it so one boob is floating up and to the right, while the other is drooping down and to the left.
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Dawgstar posted:I wonder if Todd did, in fact, sell a ton of Angelas. Got no doubt he did, she was a hot property for a time. Mini comic, toys etc. I had one of the pantyless Angela's that infamously came out. Talk about a Christmas surprise. Got her along with a bunch of Spawns. Even a vehicle. l believe Todd soured on Gaiman due to Neil calling him out over coverage of the toys being put together in an Asian factory as shown in the Angela comic. In the final Angela mini issue they had a letter column and a reader noted the factory and workers shown in a previous issue and thought it looked sketchy. Gaiman responded akin to "Well Todd, are you using sweatshops?" Doubt that went over well with Toddy boy.
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Mister Olympus posted:the duality of man Which issue? I'll post it. And I'll post that article going forward as well.
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X-O posted:Which issue? I'll post it. And I'll post that article going forward as well. Both of the ones you just posted had letters talking about how Palmer's Picks is the bit of the magazine focused on underground and import comics, so the last two I guess. Thank you!
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Soonmot posted:I like how the shading makes it so one boob is floating up and to the right, while the other is drooping down and to the left. It looks like they're just swinging around and that's to convey motion
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Opopanax posted:It looks like they're just swinging around and that's to convey motion DoA: Volleyball style! that was a solid volley ball game
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Mister Olympus posted:Both of the ones you just posted had letters talking about how Palmer's Picks is the bit of the magazine focused on underground and import comics, so the last two I guess. Thank you! Those two have been added above. And, if you want to deep dive, here's every other Palmer's Picks from the issues already posted. It wasn't a regular article until several issues in. I'll add it to the post every time from here on out. EDIT: All fixed now. 06    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   X-O fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Dec 14, 2022 |
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Beanworld is one of the all time great comics. Glad to see it mentioned.
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Oh hey, a trade of Batman vs Predator 2 is what got me into comics, neat to see that ad. That 'When Titans Tussle' article  . I bet there was some interesting commentary when DC vs Marvel came out.They're right though I also love that they're already calling the Clone Saga dumb.
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catlord posted:That 'When Titans Tussle' article If I remember right they had Mark Waid on the DC side and somebody who I'm forgetting for the Marvel side talking up who would win. The Marvel guy had kind of a rough time because the DC power scale is so much greater. Sadly DC ran up against the greatest power of all - Marvel having a very popular X-Men cartoon which meant even randos were voting for Wolverine and Storm.
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Wait, Spawn vs. Angela? Were they setting up an Image/Marvel crossover way back then? I know
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We're entering prime "me reading Wizard" times. My best friend had a subscription and I"d read in between his older brother beating all our asses in MK or Street Fighter.
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Wizard Magazine Issue #40 December 1994 Cover   Contents   Magic Words!       Wizard News         Natural Born Miller         Fables & Reflections/b]         All Dressed Up With No Place To Go        The Other Batman      Dark Legend        A Tale From The Crypt       Drawing Board      Hunk & Babe  Palmer's Picks   Cut & Print    Top 10 Heroes and Villains   Comic Watch  The Top 10   Todd McFarlane's E.G.O.  Wizard Profile  [b]Random Ads        
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No idea what that 'this is the reality' ad is selling but I am buying, it's gorgeous.
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Boy, there's a lot to unpack in that "What I'd like to try to do is make the book worth buying for the people who like Spawn," line from McFarlane on the Angela series.
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Cassa posted:No idea what that 'this is the reality' ad is selling but I am buying, it's gorgeous. It's for Age of Apocalypse. I assure you the reality of the crossover doesn't look like that.
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Endless Mike posted:It's for Age of Apocalypse. I assure you the reality of the crossover doesn't look like that. Booooooooooooo
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Endless Mike posted:It's for Age of Apocalypse. I assure you the reality of the crossover doesn't look like that. The Generation Next books were had Bachalo on art so they were good but yeah, most of the other stuff is extremely 90s and nowhere near as good looking as that ad.
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RevKrule posted:The Generation Next books were had Bachalo on art so they were good but yeah, most of the other stuff is extremely 90s and nowhere near as good looking as that ad. I liked Joe Mad's stuff at the time and I'm pretty sure at least two of the other books had a Kubert brother on them. They were fine, but that is some picking of cherries.
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Just chipping in to say, this thread is hitting me with some severe nostalgia, thank you As a UK goon, it's taken me way back to my childhood, seeing snatches of Deaths Head and Brats Bizarre in these pages And loving being taken back to all the Image craziness I have SO many issues of Savage Dragon from back in the day
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