 Alf Annual #1 (1988)     Alf Annual #3 (1990)  Alf #1 (1988)
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SimonChris posted:
I had this one as a kid! I knew from the first SKAROOOOOM.
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Sep 7, 2023 22:04
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Forum accident posted:
Kinda seemed like a perfect avatar.
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Sep 7, 2023 22:38
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Tricky Ed posted:Kinda seemed like a perfect avatar. it's like my spirit animal in spider-man form Kurui Reiten fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Sep 8, 2023 |
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Sep 8, 2023 00:22
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Basilisk rules his real name is Basil Elks.
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Sep 8, 2023 02:32
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Push El Burrito posted:Basilisk rules his real name is Basil Elks. I miss that era.
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Sep 8, 2023 02:41
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Push El Burrito posted:Basilisk rules his real name is Basil Elks. I foresee some problems with his method of flying, which appears to be having to stare at the ground.
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Sep 8, 2023 06:09
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davidspackage posted:I foresee some problems with his method of flying, which appears to be having to stare at the ground. Maybe he is indestructible while he is blasting?
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Sep 8, 2023 07:22
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Bruceski posted:I had this one as a kid! I knew from the first SKAROOOOOM. ALF was the first Marvel comic I collected religiously. (STAR Comics count, dammit!)
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Sep 8, 2023 13:17
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 Marvel Team-Up #37 (1975)  Detective Comics #27 (1939)  Corporate Crime Comics (1979)
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Sep 8, 2023 13:45
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Forum accident posted:
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Sep 8, 2023 14:10
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Forum accident posted:
Has Spiderman ever teamed up with the Harlem Globetrotters?
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Sep 8, 2023 14:52
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Elissimpark posted:Has Spiderman ever teamed up with the Harlem Globetrotters? I cannot think of anything more fitting for Spider-Man than seeing him being clowned on by the Harlem Globetrotters while he's trying to alert them to the real threat.
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Sep 8, 2023 15:06
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Drakyn posted:you fiend (Heh heh)
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Sep 8, 2023 15:09
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Forum accident posted:
Must be some drat big guinea pigs
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Sep 8, 2023 16:39
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TwoPair posted:Must be some drat big guinea pigs Why, exactly?
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Sep 8, 2023 17:54
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Grendels Dad posted:Maybe he is indestructible while he is blasting? If you're not nigh indestructible, you're nothing.
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Sep 8, 2023 17:56
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TwoPair posted:Must be some drat big guinea pigs Nah, just a lot at a time.
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Sep 8, 2023 18:04
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Why, exactly? I mean if it's also man-sized... edit:  I'm a loving idiot and didn't realize the guy probably meant it in the way that he's been gassing "guinea pigs" for a while
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Sep 8, 2023 18:27
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 Detective Comics #12 (1938)
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Sep 8, 2023 18:59
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Love that lettering though.
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Sep 8, 2023 20:36
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Well don't hold us in suspense did he finish the crisp refreshing glass of ginger ale or not?!
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Sep 8, 2023 21:04
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Lobok posted:Well don't hold us in suspense did he finish the crisp refreshing glass of ginger ale or not?! It's not ginger ale. 
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Sep 8, 2023 22:44
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(heh! heh!)
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Sep 8, 2023 22:48
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 Spider-Man 2099 Annual #1 (1994)
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Forum accident posted:
And the exciting conclusion:  Same issue as above.
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Sep 9, 2023 20:59
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 Detective Comics #12 (1938)
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Sep 9, 2023 23:07
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 Batman two-eighty-something, 1976ish
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Sep 10, 2023 02:09
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 Metamorpho, The Element Man #5 (1966)
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Sep 10, 2023 22:01
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  The Pitt (1988) Context: The New Universe was a Marvel imprint that ran from 1986 to 1989 and attempted to create a more realistic and grounded superhero universe. The New Universe was identical to ours until the arrival of superheroes in 1986, at which point the universes would start to diverge. Readers would be able to see how the influence of superheroes would realistically affect societal development. However, the writers never really got around to adding any realistic superhero-based developments, and when this was pointed out, their response was to blow up Pittsburgh, turning it into The Pitt. There, it's diverged! Are you happy now? I find the whole thing hilarious. SimonChris fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Sep 11, 2023 |
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Sep 11, 2023 12:42
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They also blew up Pittsburgh because it was Jim Shooter's hometown.
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Sep 11, 2023 13:14
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At least Latrobe was spared, so we could enjoy delicious locally-brewed Rolling Rock (until Inbev ruined it)
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Sep 11, 2023 14:35
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PainterofCrap posted:At least Latrobe was spared, so we could enjoy delicious locally-brewed Rolling Rock (until Inbev ruined it) Don't worry, they figured out whatever chemical was leaking into the tanks to give it its flavor and "fixed" it
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Sep 11, 2023 15:03
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SimonChris posted:
Man I might just be a big wrestling fan who can't stop using his outdated terminology everywhere but boy-howdy are comic book writers ever carnie as gently caress.
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Sep 11, 2023 15:09
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 Radioactive Man #1 (1993)
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Sep 11, 2023 16:39
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SimonChris posted:Context: The New Universe was a Marvel imprint that ran from 1986 to 1989 and attempted to create a more realistic and grounded superhero universe. The New Universe was identical to ours until the arrival of superheroes in 1986, at which point the universes would start to diverge. Readers would be able to see how the influence of superheroes would realistically affect societal development. Part of the problem was that a lot of the early writers didn't seem to get the message that the New Universe was meant to be identical to ours to start off with - so a lot of the characters had backstories that didn't make sense, like being a fantasy warrior from a parallel world, or getting their abilities from aliens. That meant there was a lot of backtracking and retconning out the more egregious elements from those stories over the first year or so of publication just to get things back to where they were meant to have started, which didn't leave a lot of room for making big changes.
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Sep 11, 2023 16:48
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Angry Salami posted:Part of the problem was that a lot of the early writers didn't seem to get the message that the New Universe was meant to be identical to ours to start off with - so a lot of the characters had backstories that didn't make sense, like being a fantasy warrior from a parallel world, or getting their abilities from aliens. That meant there was a lot of backtracking and retconning out the more egregious elements from those stories over the first year or so of publication just to get things back to where they were meant to have started, which didn't leave a lot of room for making big changes. So the problem was a dogshit editor?
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Sep 11, 2023 17:34
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Nilbop posted:Man I might just be a big wrestling fan who can't stop using his outdated terminology everywhere but boy-howdy are comic book writers ever carnie as gently caress. Seems like it'd lead to a lot of interesting stories, would it become an inland sea? would that drain the oceans at all? Is that where they were gonna do an Aquaman book?
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Sep 11, 2023 19:13
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As I recall the immediate aftermath was that since the sphere was basically a total annihilation rather than an explosion, it created a vacuum that swept in debris and toxic runoff, along with inrush from the Ohio and Allegheny that filled the crater with toxic backwash almost immediately. I don't think they really did much with it afterward, though, except as a hook for future developments. And on that note, I also recall that the next 'event' follow-up was the U.S. treating it as an act of terrorism and drafting paranormals to fight a war against the first country/entity that looked at us funny and, well...
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SimonChris posted:their response was to blow up Pittsburgh, turning it into The Pitt. Huh, Fallout 3 totally stole that idea, then.
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