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<b><i>Planet of the Apes</i> #21 (June 1976)</b><br />
"Beast on the Planet of the Apes"<br />
Doug Moench-Herb Trimpe/Dan Adkins<br />
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Doug: Welcome back - it's been awhile! And you're in for a treat today, as my longtime writing partner from <a href="http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/">Bronze Age Babies</a> is along for the ride. Karen is known to many from several sources, including her work for <a href="https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=98_54"><i>Back Issue</i></a> magazine and her recent stint as 1/3 of the crew on <a href="https://planet8podcast.blogspot.com/">Planet 8 Podcast</a>. This is certainly nostalgic for me, but an honor to team with her again! And what a team-up today is. Not only are we a small part of this summer's Super Blog Team-Up, but you'll find us in three spaces: here (of course), the <a href="https://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2020/06/super-blog-team-up-seven-decades-of.html">BAB</a>, and at Karen's new blog, <a href="https://echoesfromthesatellite.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Echoes from the Satellite.</a><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: Doug! Always a pleasure to be able to team-up with you and review some comics. Of course, I just love the fact that when the idea to do this was broached, we both thought of doing something with Planet of the Apes! It's so near and dear to both our little hearts. So let's get to it!</span><br />
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Doug: The topic of the day is "expanded universe", and we thought a dive into Marvel's Bronze Age <i>Planet of the Apes</i> magazine seemed like a solid idea in response. If you've partaken of those wonderful B&W comics, you know that the modus operandi was often sprawling epics: "Terror on the Planet of the Apes", and adaptations of the various 20th-Century Fox films. But today it's a 20-page "kind of" done-in-one, and featuring an original character in Derek Zane. From the <a href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Derek_Zane">Planet of the Apes wiki, The Sacred Scrolls</a> (links to the source material have been left in for your convenience):<br />
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<b>Derek Zane</b> is a technological genius in 1970's New York who is convinced that Col. <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Taylor" title="Taylor">Taylor</a>
and his crew hit a time disturbance. Determined to prove his theory,
Derek sets his time machine for 3975 and is thrown forward in time,
destroying his machine in the process. He finds mute humans controlled
by talking apes and is accused by gorilla General <a href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Gorodon" title="Gorodon">Gorodon</a> of the murder of orangutan <a href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Xirinius" title="Xirinius">Xirinius</a>. Fleeing across the sea, Derek discovers the island of <a href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Avedon" title="Avedon">Avedon</a>
where apes and talking humans live in equality but in the style of
medieval times. He is accepted as a hero by the community and finds love
with Lady <a href="https://planetoftheapes.fandom.com/wiki/Andr%C3%A9a" title="Andréa">Andréa</a>.
When Gorodon invades the island Derek leads the defence and kills
Gorodon. Later, Derek again sets out to search for the astronauts.</blockquote>
Doug: And it's that "sets out again" adventure that brings us, and you, to today's review. Zane was the creation of scribe Doug Moench, and as editor Rich Handley tells us in his essay closing Boom Studios' <u>Planet of the Apes Archives</u>, volume 2, Moench intended to make Zane the star of the show moving forward. As there were no plans to adapt the then-completed television show and all five films had already been covered, Moench saw Zane further exploring the Apes world. Alas, the magazine was canceled a few months after this story was published.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I had a few of the Marvel POTA mags when they came out -they didn't creep me out like some of the monster mags did! - but those are all long gone. Those Boom Studio collections are just terrific. I only have the first two, but they're really high quality and I appreciate the Rich Handley essays that provide some context to the comics. </span><br />
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Doug: I never owned a single copy of the <i>Planet of the Apes</i> magazine when I was a kid. As I read these Archives, though, I was surprised at some of the directions Moench and his collaborators took the franchise. We got mountain man Apes, weird talking brain-like organisms, Ape-supremacists in white sheets, and more! It seemed almost Kirbyesque, the places and ideas Moench explored. As we pick up the Derek Zane narrative, Zane is on Avedon - an isolated island where Apes and men live together in a medieval setting. There is a Camelot, a Robin Hood, fair maidens, dragons... the whole nine yards! Hey, if Edgar Rice Burroughs could stick Pellucidar beneath our surface, why not? Although married to the lovely Lady Andrea after winning a tournament, Zane feels the pull of his original mission: to find and aid the four ANSA astronauts who were lost in space. Solution? Leave Avedon and plunge back into the chaos on the mainland.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I have to say, I'm blown away by Doug Moench's workload with the POTA magazine. He not only wrote all the film adaptations, but to also produce his own, original series - it's impressive. Like you say, a lot of his work has a real Kirby, Kamandi-style flavor. Much of it is whimsical. I read the Zane stories before this one and they are really out there. </span><br />
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Doug: Let's face it - Planet of the Apes requires a suspension of disbelief fundamentally. I was only a few pages into "Terror on the Planet of the Apes" when I threw all reservations out the door. To say Moench took us on his own version of "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" would be an understatement! <br />
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Doug: Reaching the shoreline, Zane found the raft he'd used earlier when he stumbled upon Avedon. However, there's a challenger for its use and even ownership - a chimpanzee calling himself Robin Hood. Picture Errol Flynn in Roddy McDowell's make-up... Zane and Robin joust, and in the tussle they find that they've unmoored the raft and have begun to float to sea. Along the journey, Zane explains his intentions, but also what awaits Robin on the mainland. Avedon, as I said, was isolated so Robin had no idea of mute humans and militaristic apes. Once ashore, Zane and Robin ambush a chimp traveler and take his clothes and horse. And as fate would have it, before the chimp was knocked senseless he'd revealed that there were indeed rumors of talking humans in the area. So it's off to find the nearest city.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I couldn't help but wonder, what island was Avedon? But I guess after the nuclear armageddon, land probably shifted, so it could be almost anywhere. I know, I really shouldn't waste my time on things like that. Anyway, the Robin Hood character was a hoot. I'd love to see somebody cosplay that!</span><br />
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Doug: You bring up a point that I've actually dwelt on in watching the newest trilogy of films, and that's geography. We know that Taylor and crew landed somewhere near what used to be New York City, yet in the current series it is set near the Pacific coast. How did the apes conquer the entire continent, and indeed the world? And how long did it take? Two thousand years seems barely long enough to get to the point of an Earth as we see it in <i>Planet of the Apes</i>. And to say "uncharted territory" in our context of Earth's geography would now most likely be untrue given our near-complete survey of our planet, yet in the Apes world of 3978 the Earth seems a blank slate for prospective authors to explore. Sentient brains, though? Is that goofier than coonskin cap-wearing Apes?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: Oh boy, I've long wondered where everything took place! And how the land was distorted by the nuclear war. I mean, some of it just doesn't make a lot of sense, but I bet someone (more than one someone) has a long and detailed essay and map that explains the whole thing.</span><br />
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Doug: I keep telling myself, "they're all make-believe stories", but you know how it goes...<br />
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Doug: One of our heroes' first encounters would be quite unsettling as General Zaynor gruffly introduced himself. What follows are pretty standard Apes-tropes. Zaynor is a stereotype of Ursus/Urko/Aldo, and the Dr. Cassius the boys seek is a stand-in for any of the chimp veterinarians we've met previously. The vivisection threat, talking humans scare, orangutans as defenders of the faith, and fugitives on the run all come into play. I don't want to say that from this point forward the story was not enjoyable - it was. And maybe this is how Moench felt he needed to reestablish Derek Zane in the thick of his search for Taylor & crew. But it became very predictable.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I totally agree. Unfortunately, the story lapses into formula, essentially taking us beat for beat on Taylor's journey in the original film. It's a disappointment, considering how delightfully odd and inventive Moench had been before.</span><br />
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Doug: It's not unlike what we found in Brent's journey in <i>Beneath the Planet of the Apes</i>. That movie doesn't get its legs until Brent heads down the cave and reaches the subway tunnel.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: Well, Brent had to be the Taylor stand-in since Charlton Heston refused to do more than a glorified cameo. So there's duplication of the original's story line for sure. But you know, I love <i>Beneath</i>! I know we have slightly different opinions on this film! I'm sure all the strangeness with the mutants had to inspire Moench.</span><br />
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Doug: Moench included a damsel in distress. I was unclear of his intention, as she exists seemingly only to die. A male character could easily have carried out the plot points that "Hope" did, and I was left to ponder if she had a place - or was supposed to have a place - in Zane's heart. There obviously wasn't time to generate any romantic feelings or even tension, and her demise was quick and seemingly without lasting consequence.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I'm guessing Moench used a female character as she might elicit a more sympathetic reaction from the mostly male readers? Perhaps it makes Zane look more heroic? And let's face it, it's another chance to draw a scantily-clad woman, something comics have always taken advantage of. I did think she would be a continuing character, so I was quite surprised to see her killed. I figured she'd lead Zane to more speaking humans. I don't know what role she served -- or to be honest, how this story set up much of anything.</span><br />
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Doug: As long as you brought up the art, I'd like to pay tribute to Herb Trimpe and Dan Adkins. While we certainly get some signature Trimpe poses and facial expressions, I felt Adkins rounded out Herb's pencils and gave them some weight and texture. There were some panels throughout the story that were stunning - I am particularly thinking of the intro. of Zaynor atop his steed. Solid! <br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: Typically, I am not a big Trimpe fan, except when it comes to Hulk comics. But you're right, the combo of Trimpe and Adkins is a very solid one.</span><br />
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Doug: I did like the Robin Hood character, as his swashbuckling nature was a departure from the usually scientifically-oriented chimps. Robin saved the day, and although he and Zane chose to part, I was left wanting a "Road to"-sort of buddy movie with these two. Alas, this was Derek Zane's swansong, so we'll never know. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever picked up the story and run with it. Seems like it would be a no-brainer for a mini-series or novella.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: I kind of wonder if Moench was just feeling his way with this? I think I would have enjoyed a more fantastic take rather than revisiting the films. But maybe Moench felt he'd already done some pretty far out stuff. Of course, I could have stayed on Avedon! An orangutan King Arthur. Yes please.</span><br />
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Doug: Overall, I enjoyed "Beast on the Planet of the Apes", and found Moench's title thought-provoking. Was the beast Derek and the humans? Or was it the Apes? Was it specifically General Zaynor? Or was it the notion of incompatibility between Apes and Man? Could it have been evolution gone awry - that the very existence of the upside down relationships were the untamed wildness? But I wax philosophically...<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Karen: Ah, my friend the philosopher. Well, I noticed that Moench referenced King Kong in this (and also in the other Zane story). Kong too was a beast, but you could say that our society was beastly to him. I enjoyed the story, but I think the earlier Zane story, "Kingdom on an Island of the Apes", was a little more fun. Still, I'd encourage any Apes fan to get these Archives. </span><br />
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Newsflash, friends - coming your way on June 24, 2020, this blog will once again come to life for participation in summer's Super Blog Team-Up. And a treat is in store, as I team with my former partner, Karen, to launch three posts that day. We'll be reviewing the short story "Beast on the Planet of the Apes" here at the BWBC. We'll also check in with tons of Apes memorabilia from our childhoods on into the present at <a href="http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/">Bronze Age Babies</a>. If all that doesn't fill you up, Karen is about set to launch a new blog - at that location you'll find our thoughts on one of the prose stories from the anthology <u>Tales from the Forbidden Zone</u>.<br />
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<b><i>Spectacular Spider-Man</i> #1 (July 1968)</b><br />
"Lo, This Monster!"<br />
Stan Lee-John Romita/Jim Mooney<br />
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<i>The Spectacular Spider-Man</i> was the brainchild of Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Stan Lee. Always seeking new ways of keeping Marvel fresh, and narrowing the gap with the Distinguished Competition, Stan could be daring when twisting publisher Martin Goodman's arm. Warren Publishing, MAD Magazine, et al. had already created a market for more adult-themed comics, so Stan wasn't exactly inventing the wheel. Despite its timing, <i>Spectacular Spider-Man</i> was a beautiful book and truly a shame to have been a one-and-done in the black-and-white format. The second issue, in full color and featuring the Green Goblin, stands as one of the great Spidey stories of the Lee-Romita era.<br />
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Take a peek at the Bullpen Bulletins at left, and enlarge it. You'll see some typical Stan Lee huckstering, both in the third "Item!" as well as in The Mighty Marvel Checklist. Nearly sold out? Stan even remarks that Jazzy Johnny couldn't find it in his own neighborhood! Know what? I think he was right. Sales figures (I've looked for some exact numbers, but can't locate them) were presumably swell for the first issue, yet Goodman elected to print the second ish in color. We all know that the third issue never saw the light of day. So what happened? My guess is, from everything I've read across numerous histories of Marvel Comics, that Martin Goodman's impatience and general skittishness at potentially losing a nickel most likely ruled the day. It would be another three years before Marvel took the magazine plunge again, with 1971's <a href="http://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/man-things-debut-from-savage-tales-1.html"><i>Savage Tales</i></a>. And even then, that mag would see a start-stop-start genesis.<br />
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NOTE: This book would have landed at the drug stores and supermarkets in between <i>Amazing Spider-Man</i>'s 62 (featuring Medusa) and 63 (with the Vulture). <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cade4ded-7fff-8255-a0d6-1fdbafd797bf" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Richard Raleigh is a mayoral candidate who has charmed the populace of New York City. But a man-mountain of an assassin apparently wants him dead. Encountering our favorite Webhead, the mystery deepens as Spidey is unable to defeat the monster. Later, various underworld factions take shots at Raleigh. Behind-the-scenes, we find that Raleigh’s not the good guy who’s endorsed by J. Jonah Jameson’s newspaper. Rather, he’s scheming for power by creating plots that seem to run against himself. Can our hero protect his loved ones and the city, and defeat the 10-foot giant bent on killing Captain George Stacy?</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good:</b> Do you mind if I go on about the art for the next three hours or so? Yeah, that would be excessive. Let's see if I can be a bit more concise. I loved it! Since we're talking gimmicks and marketing today, some of our time should be spent on the black & white art. MAD Magazine was selling a little less than two million copies monthly; we know Warren was well-established by 1968. But no Marvel title had pursued this style yet - Stan's decision to dip his toe into this water could have been a disaster on many fronts: sales, fan response, execution, etc. But wow - did Jazzy Johnny and Jim "Madman" Mooney nail it. This book is beautiful. I read/scanned from the <u><i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> Epic Collection</u>, volume 4 - admittedly remastered. I think this would have played well on regular ol' newsprint, too. I used to own a copy of <i>Spectacular Spider-Man</i> #2, and I can tell you that it was printed on standard comic book paper of Silver Age vintage. I'm pretty sure the Marvel magazines of a few years hence would be printed on slightly different paper quality. Anyway, I hope you'll agree with me (based on the samples I've provided) that the pictures are simply stunning.</div>
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I've remarked in previous reviews that when I see John Romita's Spider-Man and his cast of characters, it just feels like a comfortable pair of jeans or a warm blanket. This is the way these characters are supposed to look. Yes, Spidey's been blessed with a wonderful stable of artists through the years. But for me, everyone's compared to Romita. I'll get to Stan's script shortly... had it been the most gawd-awful piece of trash (which it wasn't), I'd still have had the pretty pictures to look at. Case in point: The three pages below serve as microcosms of my joy. On the left, the second panel with Spidey's mask sort of washed out is a solid effect. In the middle page, the large panel at bottom showcases four of our main characters and shows why Romita is my gold standard. And finally, the third selection seems a preview of pages we'll see in a few years from the likes of Ploog, Wrightson, Buscema, Mayerik, and some of the other B&W and horror masters.<br />
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Regarding the supporting cast, I really think their voices lived in Stan's head. Each one is distinctly presented throughout Stan's tenure as writer. Romita helped by giving each a unique look that remained consistent throughout his years on the book and became the template for Gil Kane, Ross Andru, Keith Pollard, and so on.<br />
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Richard Raleigh and his man-monster were effective villains in a story that sought original content. Both characters were bombastically over-the-top and effective as psychological and physical menaces to our wall-crawling hero. I liked JJJ's blind allegiance to the cult of personality Raleigh had crafted, and the opposition of Captain George Stacy. Stacy's skepticism and subsequent investigation of Raleigh proved a nice antagonism to both the candidate and to Jonah. Side Note: After writing this review, I started reading at the beginning of the Epic Collection that was my source. George Stacy had only been introduced within the preceding year to this story's publication, and his star had risen quickly. By the time Stacy would meet his demise in <i>ASM</i> #90, he'd only been around for 40 issues or so - a quite short "lifespan" as a somewhat-major supporting character.</div>
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<b>The Bad:</b> I was a bit worried as this story was beginning that Stan's script was going to whither beyond the pedestrian effort that limped out of the gate. Through the first three pages, this felt like one of the newspaper strips that would be published a decade later. I understand that, given the format and price increase (35c, when Annuals sold for a quarter) there may have been new readers who needed to be brought up to speed. But I was having a tough time getting past all the cliches. Fortunately, after the initial too-long battle, the story settled in and became what we'd call "regular Spidey fare". </div>
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It seemed to me that Spider-Man might have drawn on Peter Parker's science knowledge in a bit more of a detailed manner when deducing how to defeat the big ugly. The climax felt more the result of luck than of Spidey actually using that genius mind that dwelt beneath the mask. </div>
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And speaking of a too-long battle, whenever I get about halfway through one of these 52-page monsters I begin to question my stamina. This was a lengthy piece of literature!</div>
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<b>The Ugly:</b> I got nuthin'. Fun read, fun format, easy on the eyes - it's what comics and comics magazines should be. <br />
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Before we get to some more good stuff, I wanted to show an art sample of the 10-page retelling of Spider-Man's origin, the back-up to our main feature. Stan wrote it, and art was provided (quite solidly, I might add) by Stan's brother Larry Lieber with inks by the ever-stellar Bill Everett. It's a collaboration that paid some serious dividends. <br />
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Happy New Year, friends. I hope the holidays have been kind to you and yours. It has been relaxing for the most part on this end, and I am looking forward to what 2020 has in store for me and my family.</div>
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As 2019 was ending, I was contacted by the good folks who administer Super Blog Team-Up and asked if I'd like to participate in the next consortium of awesomeness. Heck yes, I would! The title of the event is "Chromium" and will focus on marketing gimmicks through the years. Being a Black & White focused blog, my mind immediately went to Stan Lee's foray into magazine-sized comics. This landed in 1968 with the publication of the first issue of <i>Spectacular Spider-Man</i>. On January 22 2020, I'll post a review of the lead story from that book, with the usual scintillating commentary you're used to (at least I <i>think</i> it's scintillating). Below is a detail from the back-up feature, a retelling of Spidey's origin by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Bill Everett. You're in for a treat when more art from this tome graces this blog.</div>
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So it has come to this...<br />
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What's <b>this</b>, you say? <i>This</i>, my friends, is where Black & White and Bronze Age Comics goes on hiatus. Yesterday's closing review of <u>Maus</u> was not only the realization of a long held goal (and labor of love) to review that classic tale, but somewhat coincidentally it marked exactly one year since publication began in this little corner of the Internet.<br />
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I'd mentioned back in June that I thought posting had the potential to become sporadic. Although the first month of my summer vacation, June was particularly busy for me family-wise. But I caught a second wind and was able to spend several days through the end of the summer getting ahead. In fact, by Labor Day I'd scheduled all the way to the end of October! That was a good feeling, since I knew this school year was going to present many new challenges for me. I've been appointed to a new position, largely administrative, and it has greatly restructured my life with numerous meetings and classroom observations each day - and consequently made the nights challenging for writing from an energy and focus standpoint. So it's best to lay this thing to rest, at least for the time being, while its pulse is still strong.<br />
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Here's what I said as this blog began: <br />
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"...my initial ambition is to highlight Bronze Age artists who excelled
in the black and white format. In the future, you might see reviews of
full stories or of pages or even panels. I'll identify the penciler and
inker, and sometimes we may just discuss that pairing - was it a good
fit? On other days you may see sketches, or pages of original art. And
we won't necessarily be limited to just the Bronze Age - watch for
anything from Golden Age Batman newspaper strips to Jeff Smith's <i>Bone</i> to
pencil art from Batman comics of the last decade. While my personal
comics wheelhouse of 1973-1980 may receive the bulk of attention,
hopefully there will be at least a little something for everyone!<br />
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Just to give an idea of where this may go, here's an incomplete inventory from my comics library:<br />
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<li><i>Planet of the Apes</i> Archives, volumes 1-4</li>
<li><i>Savage Sword of Conan</i>, volumes 1-4</li>
<li><i>Doc Savage</i> Archives, volume 1: The Curtis Magazine Era</li>
<li><i>Bone</i>: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume</li>
<li>Batman: The Dailies, 1943-1944, 1944-1945, 1945-1946 </li>
<li>Spider-Man Newspaper Strips, volumes 1-2</li>
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...and several Marvel Essentials collections, numerous Artist Editions, etc."</blockquote>
If I self-assess, I'd say I met those goals and then some. Throughout the year I received some nice recommendations here and on Twitter. I read some Vampirella stories for the first time, as well as Solomon Kane. I stumbled across a hardcover reprinting of the <i>Blazing Combat</i> series while in Washington, DC last July and purchased it. What a Wow!-factor that book had! I love the diversity of the black & white format, and the roll call of spectacular artists fluent in the genre never ceases to amaze.<br />
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<b>Post with most comments: <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2018/12/john-byrnes-star-lord.html">John Byrne's Star-Lord</a><br />Number of reviews: 50<br />Number of creators mentioned: 118</b></blockquote>
Thanks for putting up with me, and for your interest in the material I've covered. My love of this material has grown over the past several years, but definitely during the past 12 months. I appreciate those who made recommendations to me, and pledge to enjoy those resources moving forward. My "tolerance" for non-superhero comics continues to improve, and I've experienced real joy in some of the new genres or books I've tried. As my friend Karen long ago said, we live in a Golden Age of reprints, and I am so very thankful that much of the black & white material from the Silver and Bronze Ages is readily available to fans.<br />
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Be sure to use the navigation features on the sidebar to get at old reviews and artist appreciations. And leave a comment - I'll see it and will interact. <br />
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Be well - and whenever I decide to scratch a new itch, I will certainly publicize it on Twitter so that you might come back and enjoy some pretty pictures and perhaps a bit of conversation. Thanks. <br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-62533772491078581532019-11-25T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-25T06:00:00.213-06:00 Maus: A Survivor's Tale. And Here My Troubles Began, Chapter 5 - a Review<br />
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<b>Maus: A Survivor's Tale. And Here My Troubles Began (1991)</b><br />
"The Second Honeymoon" - Volume 2, Chapter 5<b> </b><br />
Art Spiegelman<br />
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After a year of once-a-month reviews, we have come to the conclusion. In storytelling time, we've bridged 1978-1991; the events therein covered nearly 60 years. It has been a tale of scope and of scale, and in my mind this is one of the most important comic books ever produced. One can argue about other books' lasting impacts, or financial appreciation. But <u>Maus</u> was somewhat of a game changer across the market, as it brought "comix" to a mainstream audience and caused the general public to take notice of the genre and its storytelling possibilities. I long ago lost track of how many times I've read this, but I don't care - I know I'll keep coming back.<br />
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In this final chapter we wrap the events of the war years, and see the almost-end of Art's and Vladek's relationship. It's a fitting curtain drop, one that is poignantly touching.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6e331c6f-7fff-48fc-1614-4103db179780" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As Art set about continuing his work on the second volume of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, he was interrupted by a frantic call from Mala, his stepmother. She’d gone back with Vladek, and they were in Florida. Vladek was quite ill, and Art needed to head south to help them return to New York. Once stabilized, Vladek told Art about the days immediately following the war - but he was separated from Anja, his wife. After time in Displaced Persons camps and another bout with typhus, he eventually made his way back to Sosnowiec, where he was reunited with his beloved. He was later able to secure employment and rebuild his finances, and the Spiegelmans made their way to the United States.</span></span></span></blockquote>
Most of this chapter takes place in the present. It is a satisfying finish to the telling of Art's and Vladek's stormy relationship.<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> Art's a good son, in spite of how crazy his dad had driven him through the years. Art felt a real sense of responsibility to Vladek and to Mala. It's pretty clear that the role of caretaker was not comfortable for Art, but he did it and did it well. I thought, especially <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/07/maus-survivors-tale-my-father-bleeds.html">given the way the first volume had ended</a>, that the story had a bittersweet ending. "Happy" was probably out of the question, but I didn't walk away in a fit of depression.<br />
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It was important that Vladek related the trials he faced in reuniting with Anja. It should not be lost on anyone that upon liberation, survivors had no assets. And when we see stories of the murders that took place in Poland when Jews tried to return to their former homes and property, the barriers to normalcy seem all the steeper. News in those days of course traveled slowly, and knowing the destruction of German infrastructure it's a wonder word made it from place to place at all.<br />
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Across the entire narrative, I was impressed by Vladek's resourcefulness. The vignette about selling hosiery (out of place in the chronology of Vladek's biography but told as such because it was topical to the narrative of that page) was amazing. I'd not call Vladek a scammer, but I would say he was more adept than most at sniffing out a deal.<br />
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The reunion of Vladek and Anja was appropriately low-key. Art let the event speak for itself.<br />
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<b>The Bad:</b> Over the past couple of chapters, I think we really got a taste for the absence of Anja's perspective in the events at the end of the war. Vladek's destruction of her diaries effectively omitted a large wedge in the narrative pie. When she is present in the story again, there's a weight to those pages in which she was absent. I don't know that it overall diminishes the impact of <u>Maus</u> - after all, that her diaries were destroyed is an important ongoing element in the relationship between Art and his father. But it certainly would have added to the trajectory of chapter 4.<br />
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I am never able to understand Vladek's motivation for having his picture taken in a camp uniform. I'm glad Art used it in the book, but it's never clear to me why anyone would want to be near that. When I see those uniforms on display at the United States Holocaust Museum, I always have a sense of revulsion. To stand mere feet away, and to know what they may have been used for and most certainly what they symbolized, sweeps me with emotion.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> The above-mentioned pogroms and killings in Poland and elsewhere at the conclusion of the war. As Vladek relates, for this they survived?<br />
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For those of you new to this series, I'd invite you to use the <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2018/11/repository-of-reviews.html">Repository of Reviews</a> for links to my thoughts on each of the 11 chapters of <u>Maus</u>. And to anyone who has been along for the entire 11-month ride, I thank you. I've remarked along the way that this has been a real labor of love for me, and these reviews are a goal I've long held. It has been gratifying to see the "project" come to a conclusion; I hope you've appreciated the story as much as I have.<br />
<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-15456351903415463572019-11-21T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-21T07:13:03.868-06:00Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez: We're All Thankful for the 1982 DC Comics Style Guide!<br />
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The 1982 DC Comics Style Guide was such a monster, I had to split it into three posts to enjoy all that goodness. And I've only shown you the black and white side of things. All of these (and more) were also in color, and all were rendered by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. I hope you've enjoyed our previous forays - and if you missed 'em, then by all means make up for lost time!<br />
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And come right back on Monday for the conclusion of my year-long series of reviews of Art Spiegelman's <u>Maus</u>.<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-1288227863194065502019-11-18T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-18T06:00:00.463-06:00George Takei's They Called Us Enemy - a Review<br />
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<b><i>They Called Us Enemy </i>(July 2019)</b><br />
George Takei/Justin Eisinger/Steven Duvall Scott-Harmony Becker<br />
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I became aware of the book early last summer via Twitter. I follow George Takei and saw him with some pre-release publicity. I was fortunate to snag myself a copy when I was working at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum near the end of July. I didn't get round to reading it until early in August, but was quite impressed when I started. It's about a two hour read cover-to-cover, and time very well spent. Let's dig in via the usual methodology.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3414bd3b-7fff-caa4-3f51-65249d1fe0ef" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">George Takei’s illustrated autobiography takes us from Los Angeles to two of the Japanese internment camps used by the government of the United States of America to imprison American citizens of Japanese ancestry, as well as Japanese resident aliens. Takei details his family’s dehumanization, loss of civil rights, and the lasting impact of these events on his own life. The story is juxtaposed with Takei’s reflections and actions at later points in his life. The story is largely played out through the eyes of Takei as a boy, and his innocence in the early 1940s only heightens the sadness of the situation.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good: </b>Where to begin? How about Harmony Becker's art? You know me, I've always favored the graphic side of the writer/artist equation. Becker's style is pitch perfect for this story. I think you'll see from the samples I've provided that there is a conservatism of lines that give off a children's storybook feel. And that is wholly appropriate. It's quite beautiful, and she cuts no corners. The backgrounds are wonderful, the zipatone adds texture every now and then, and her attention to detail on structures and setting give the entire scope of the tale authenticity. This art is as effective as was Nate Powell's work in John Lewis's graphic autobiography <u>March</u>.<br />
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Justin Eisinger and Steven Duvall Scott bring the events of George Takei's life to readers of all ages in a way that is easily understood. While the issues within are complex, the presentation is in such a fashion that the young (and novices to the history) can comprehend the magnitude of what happened to Japanese-Americans during the War years. But this isn't just for kids. While I'd call it appropriate for children, I felt immediately drawn in and really disliked that I had to finish the book the day after I began. It's cliche', but yeah - it's a page turner.<br />
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Because the book is relatively new, I've only included art samples from the first third or so of the story - I don't want this review to be spoilerific. The narrative covers the entire war and liberation (freedom? The experience and circumstances felt by Jews and other victims of the Nazi camps system was different from what occurred in the States mid-1945). Somewhat echoing Art Spiegelman's <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Maus"><u>Maus</u></a>, there are a few vignettes of an older George speaking with his father about their wartime life. When I got to those scenes, one in particular interested me. George lost his patience with his father's explanation of a question George had asked; I thought back to <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/07/maus-survivors-tale-my-father-bleeds.html">Art's anger and disgust with Vladek when it was learned that Anja's notebooks had been destroyed</a>. Other valuable scenes included a speech George made at FDR's Hyde Park (NY) estate, and a prolonged discussion of the internment issue as dealt with decades later by the Reagan and Obama administrations. Lastly, Takei ties his story in with current issues involving immigrants and detention centers along the southern border of the United States. All ages-appropriate, yes - but not kid's stuff.<br />
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<b>The Bad:</b> Just look at that first set of pages I posted, above. That's about all you'd need to grasp the intensity of George Takei's story. But as you progress through the various samples, you get to some of the outright bigotry demonstrated by those elected and appointed to safeguard our freedoms. All our freedoms. Not just freedoms for some of us.<br />
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There were times I had to move away from the book for a few minutes for some personal meditation and contemplation.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> Really, all of this. That the Takei family, and the many other families affected by this held firm and maintained their humanity as their own government treated them as "less than" is a testament to their spirit. I did not always agree with the policies of George W. Bush, but I will always recall immediately after 9/11 a call to civility toward American Muslims. He knew the history, and he was not going to lead us down that path again. My heart broke when I came to the last panel on the page below, at right. George was so excited to get to sleep where horses slept. Through the eyes of a child... but think about that.<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-58884708621698913722019-11-14T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-14T06:00:07.741-06:00Westerns!<br />
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Are you a fan of Westerns? Movies, comics, novels, or history? I'm a little bit "all of the above", but I'd not characterize myself as a true aficionado. I have enjoyed some biographies of various Western personalities, and <i>Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid</i> and <i>Dances With Wolves</i> are among my favorite movies. I only read a few Marvel reprints of <i>Two-Gun Kid</i>, <i>Kid Colt</i>, and <i>Rawhide Kid</i> when I was a lad, and those series being collected would be a purchase I'd consider making. Today I'm featuring a genre cornucopia. Each exhibit is labeled, so enjoy the work of several masters - and perhaps some artists you've not heard of. <br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-54797384447927828222019-11-11T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-11T08:20:39.630-06:00"The Trench!" - a Review from Blazing Combat 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><i>Blazing Combat</i> #4 (July 1966)</b><br />
"The Trench!"<br />
Archie Goodwin-John Severin<br />
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Back in September I featured a retrospective of <a href="http://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/mirthful-marie-severin-marvel-mainstay.html">Marie Severin's work</a>, capped by a superior piece of King Kull art she drew in collaboration with her older brother John. This day you are treated to a beautifully-rendered tale from the <i>Blazing Combat</i> anthology, with John Severin flying solo on the art chores. I've said it before and I'll say it again - if you can get your mitts on the Fantagraphic Books hardcover collection of the four issues of <i>Blazing Combat</i>, do it! Cover to cover, it might be the finest book I own in terms of the quality of the interior art.<br />
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As was typical of Archie Goodwin's <i>Blazing Combat</i> stories, he wove tales of morality and of the horrors of war. This one - one of the shortest at only six pages - is well done and power-packed. Let's check out a brief overview:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-23b612b7-7fff-6dcd-d0cb-09b243020f5a" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World War I is winding down in spring of 1918 - still several months of bloody combat remain. In an Allied trench on the Western Front, men contemplate their lot - muddy, wet, the smell of death all around. The trench is hopeless, a virtual prison where death seems the only escape. Comrades leap to the top of the wall in a suicide bid; freedom comes only in covert missions under cover of night. One mission found a grizzled veteran crossing No Man’s Land with two of his commanding officers. The mission turned bad, and our soldier found himself sprinting for his life, to the safety of his… trench.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good:</b> I love this book, and I love this story - and it's fitting given that today is Veterans Day (formerly known in the States as Armistice Day). Thirteen years before the Hallmark Hall of Fame presented the Richard Thomas/Ernest Borgnine version of <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i>, Archie Goodwin and John Severin spun a vignette that could easily have been a included in that television film. Here is a clip from the opening scenes, which I feel dovetails nicely with today's review:<br />
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Even in Goodwin's opening statement, we're dropped into the horrors that were the seemingly unending life of the trench soldier. I could get a feel for the perpetual dampness, and just a few panels in Severin showed us a panel with "corpse rats", creatures so foul they lived among the soldiers as vultures, waiting for an opportunity to scavenge. The ceaseless threat to life, and the omnipresence of death, were on display as our protagonist's friend committed suicide simply by scaling the trench wall and making himself visible to enemy sharpshooters. While all these things should perhaps dwell in my "The Bad" section of this review, how well done these events are portrayed puts them squarely in the kudos portion of my writing.<br />
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John Severin offers a real depth to his characters. His use of shadows and varying lightsource angles offers an almost 3-dimensional feel, particularly on facial closeups. The trench is a character itself, and Severin uses it to create fear and death, but in the concluding panels warmth and safety. In Severin's telling, we experience fear, hopelessness, separation, loss, and after all that, a love for the familiar... and comfort from the very things only moments before had stimulated so many negative emotions.<br />
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<b>The Bad:</b> So much loss of life. In the introduction to the <i>Blazing Combat</i> collected edition, editor J. Michael Catron explains that several entities conspired to get the magazine canceled back in the mid-1960s - the United States military, the American Legion, and magazine wholesalers. As the Vietnam war escalated, the magazine was forced to cease publication. That was bad news, as the entire contents of the magazine served not necessarily as negative propaganda, but of the human realities of war. For that, Archie Goodwin and James Warren should be applauded, and it's a real shame there wasn't more.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> War is Hell. And John Severin showed us. Nuff said. <br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-4688101731549090922019-11-07T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-07T07:04:31.124-06:00James Sherman's Legion of Super-Heroes<br />
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Enjoy a sampling of Sherman's Legion work today. Most of it was inked by Jack Abel. I especially love the lighting features these two created, and the general depth of each illustration.<br />
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As usual, a hearty "thank you!" to all those folks around the WWW who make such things available for us commoners to ogle. Those people of course retain all ownership rights.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-89881353890433364162019-11-04T06:00:00.000-06:002019-11-04T06:00:06.778-06:00David Mazzuchelli's Daredevil Artisan Edition - a Review<br />
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<b>David Mazzuchelli's Daredevil Born Again Artisan Edition (</b><b>September 2019)</b><br />
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What are the comic book stories in your history that left you waiting impatiently for the next issue to arrive? In retrospect, it's probably a short list when you really consider a sense of anticipation that bordered on anxiety. For me, there are a few such times. <br />
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Notably, Frank Miller's <a href="http://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2018/12/frank-millers-dark-knight-returns.html"><i>The Dark Knight Returns</i></a> would be one. And today's fare, coincidentally (or not) also by Frank Miller, is another.<br />
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I am not going to review the "Born Again" storyline, although I'd love to converse with any and all concerning just how awesome a read it is. In putting together today's post, I found that the photographing (the book is too large for my scanner), scanning (of the reprinted story), and cropping took quite a long time - I kept stopping and reading on each sample! So if you've never read it, I'd encourage you to find a copy of the trade, or pay for the individual issues (<i>Daredevil</i> #s 227-233) online.<br />
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My focus today is IDW's recently released paperback <u>David Mazzuchelli's Daredevil Born Again Artisan Edition</u>. I was not fortunate enough to get my mitts on the Artist Edition when it was published a few years ago, but I am eternally thankful to the original art gods that IDW chose this book to reissue in the somewhat-smaller-and-much-more-affordable format. The book clocks in at a thick 9"x12" (approximately), and is published on heavy stock. I don't believe it's as heavy or the same texture as original art board - which is the composition of pages in your standard Artist Edition - but it's nice. There are also several pages crafted of vellum, which I'll discuss a bit later. Although I come from a family of printers, there were some parts of the process that I didn't fully comprehend. Suffice it to say that printing in the mid-1980s was a bit more primitive than color separations allowed by current computerized tech. That Mazzuchelli could pull off his vision - and it was a vision - is amazing (at least to this reader).<br />
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As we commence, I've chosen some interesting panels and pages from the Artisan Edition. For comparison's sake, I've also included color panels. Although remastered, I do hope they provide the impact of the story's published colors. Christie Scheele colored six of the seven issues, with Mazzuchelli himself on one.<br />
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Leading off, above, is the first page of the Artisan Edition, followed below by the Table of Contents. I love the color choices on these pages. The khaki and crimson mesh quite nicely. <br />
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Next up, the cover to <i>Daredevil</i> #227. I vividly recall pulling this from the spinner rack in Eureka, IL while in college. I'd recently gotten back into comics after a multi-year hiatus during which I missed 90% of Miller's first turn on DD. If my aging memory serves, #227 was my second issue. Talk about hitting the ground running! Here we have a vellum overlay featuring the Kingpin and the crosshairs images. When put together, you can see the finished product. Again, I didn't completely grasp the technicalities of the printing processes of the day, but that Mazzuchelli could figure out "if I do this, then it will look like that" impresses me.<br />
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Turning the cover of the first issue let us know right away this wasn't going to be any sort of standard art job. Saying that is not to denigrate any other artists' work. But c'mon... look at that initial page and tell me Mazzuchelli didn't pour himself into this project from the start. Breathtaking... And note how reliant the mood is on blacks and whites in the published version. I can't decide which version of the page I like better!</div>
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Later in that first issue, there are two really nice sequences involving Foggy Nelson and Matt's (former) girlfriend <span class="st">Glorianna O'Breen. I have to declare that the original art is better. The use of zipatone is impactful. The first panel is from page 9; the second sample is found on page 13.</span><br />
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One of the neat little extras is a DD illustration to break the end of one issue and cover of the next.<br />
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Page 7, from <i>Daredevil</i> #228. The black background makes both versions pop:<br />
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At the end of the book there are several extras, including some samples of Mazzuchelli's pencil art. Below is page 12 from <i>DD</i> #228, with the published version:<br />
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Detail from <i>Daredevil</i> #228, page 15. I love the lighting on this street scene.<br /><br />
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Later that same issue, Ben Urich's livelihood takes a turn (page 19):<br />
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I thought it was a great reveal when Matt figured out his healer's story. If you've not read this, I won't spoil it for you. This is page 2 from <i>Daredevil</i> #230:<br />
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This panel is found on page 10, and may be the single best panel in the entire story. Phenomenal use of lighting, and Miller nails J. Jonah Jameson. Just nails him. This is another sample that plays better in black and white.<br />
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<br />In <i>Daredevil</i> #232 we are introduced to Nuke. Man, is he a treat. Great character, and perfect for this storyline. This panel is on page 4.<br /><br />
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The Avengers show up in DD #233 to take down Nuke. Captain America is particularly interested in this rogue soldier. Note Iron Man's Silver Centurion armor. The first sample is page 9, followed by a couple of panels from page 22.<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody></tbody></table>
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And to wrap things up today, another one of the extras at the back of the book is the original art for one of the trade paperback collections. This happens to be the cover of the edition I own. I read this story a few months ago, in anticipation of getting the Artisan Edition. As I said at the top, it's a great story. And I'm just a lover of original art and of seeing the creative process. This book did not disappoint.<br />
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<b><i>Tower of Shadows</i> #1 (September 1969)(cover by John Romita)</b></div>
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Happy Halloween, everyone! What's a fella to do when he's noticed that almost a year of this blog's life has gone by with nary a mention of one of the all-time greats? One cobbles together a fun post featuring the art of Jim Steranko, that's what! As mentioned last week, I recently purchased a copy of the <i>Vampire Tales</i> trade paperback (volume 1) at our local Half-Price Books. Other than Marvel choosing to trim it in digest size, it's a wonderful compilation of the first three issues of the magazine of the same name. Interestingly, those magazines included some gems from Marvel's horror past. And some of those had nothing to do with vampires. But who am I to quibble, especially when those stories featured art by the likes of Bill Everett, Gene Colan, and today's featured artist. Boom!<br />
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Today I'm featuring a short story by Steranko in its original color version, side-by-side with the black & white reprint that graced the magazine shelves four years later. For my money, the B&W version is superior to the colored art. You decide for yourself, and I'd invite you to leave a comment at the conclusion of your perusal. Along the way, color or not, I hope you relish Steranko's panel layouts, his use of lighting/shadow, and the general tension of the tale. It's top shelf horror writing, and of course we all know what a master Steranko is at layouts. So enjoy this treat, and I hope you are not on the receiving end of any tricks when the little goblins are out and about this evening. Stay safe, effendi!<br />
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<b>Maus: A Survivor's Tale. And Here My Troubles Began (1991)</b><br />
"Saved" - Volume 2, Chapter 4<b> </b><br />
Art Spiegelman<br />
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Is it possible for a story featuring the Holocaust and a modern dysfunctional family to have a happy ending? We're close to finding out, as one month from now we'll witness the conclusion of Art Spiegelman's masterpiece in biography/autobiography. But until then, today we'll be party to the winding down of Vladek Spiegelman's trials in Nazi-occupied Poland. The Soviets had drawn near in the east, and the Americans and Canadians were pushing from the west. The war was nearly over... but would that stop the Jew-killing?<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6bd9a17-7fff-8534-7ab5-b052998f218e" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">World War II spiraled toward its conclusion in the spring of 1944. Vladek and his fellow prisoners had been forced to go on a death march as the Soviets had approached Auschwitz. Arriving at Dachau, just outside Munich, Vladek’s odyssey was far from over. Moved to the Swiss border, then making his way across the German countryside, Vladek evaded murder at the hands of the Wehrmacht on more than one occasion. Assisted by the Red Cross, taking advantage of abandoned German provisions, and finally meeting the Americans, Vladek’s return to life could commence. But what of Anja…?</span></span></span></blockquote>
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As is typical of the beginning of each chapter throughout both volumes of <u>Maus</u>, the story picks up with a scene between Art and Vladek. As we begin, the discussion is about money, and loneliness... so let's jump right in with<br />
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<b>The Good:</b> By now I've made it abundantly clear that I feel the "here and now" scenes are as important to the power of <u>Maus</u> as are the war-era history. Art the storyteller often uses dialogue with his father to frame what is to come. Here we see Vladek bemoaning money, his health, and the fact that Mala had left him. He's pretty down in the dumps, and perhaps that is made worse by Art's lack of patience with him. Art snaps at the suggestion that he and his wife, Francois, could move in with Vladek. He bristles again at the request to help Vladek hang his storm windows. Art insists that Vladek has enough money to pay someone to a) stay with him for healthcare, and b) do handyman jobs around the house. But Vladek is having none of it, having been conditioned during the war to conserve every resource. It's made him somewhat of a pathetic victim of his own history, but that's where I find these elements of <u>Maus</u> to be so powerful -- we're not only privy to the circumstances in the past, but to the bitter fruit born of those years.<br />
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Vladek answers Art's question about his mother's whereabouts when Vladek was in Dachau. Vladek makes the point that Anja and other women had been marched from Auschwitz at a different time than the men Vladek was with. Herein lies the core of the Nazi camp system - not only was it sprawling, but it was well-organized. There were female SS, and those women (perhaps along with male guards, too) would have supervised the evacuation. What's more, there would have been stops along the way for processing. It's likely that the women might have taken a path to camps where there were female SS on those premises to assist. Hence, the men would not have known exactly where the women had been taken, and also not necessarily their future destinations.<br />
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It's well worth noting on the page samples above a couple of things: First, as the prisoners figured out that the war was over, it did not equate to safety. As you see, within a short while Vladek and his mates found themselves facing the business end of a Wehrmacht patrol. But the war was over, you say - what is this? It does give one pause, and raises some questions: Were the Germans so infected with antisemitism that even at the end - no, past the end - they would still seek the conclusion of the Final Solution? And what else could possibly be a benefit for those soldiers? Germany had no assets, the government was going to capitulate, the economy was in shambles for the second time in a little over 20 years... where would be any sort of reward? Second, the villager - following no orders - attempts to turn in Vladek and his mates. What were his internal motivations, because one would have to assume that any external pressures had desisted by this juncture.<br />
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Vladek's reaction to "real food" is an important tale as well. When you consider how meager his sustenance had been over the past several months, his body was in no way conditioned to digest anything thick like milk, or with any grease such as chicken. So that they got sick is a story you can find often, the more survivor testimonies you encounter.<br />
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I enjoyed the interactions between the American GIs and the survivors. I crack up every time the soldier thanks "Willie" for the shoeshine...<br />
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<b>The Bad:</b> The scene above, with the photographs, gets to me every time. And the Spiegelmans had photos. So many survivors lost not only the lives of loved ones, but these keepsakes of memory as well. I feel badly each time as Vladek narrates the stories of all of Anja's relatives, but then tells that almost his entire family was lost. The page below, where Vladek's body is basically a splash page broken by the sad stories he tells Art, is powerful.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> I'll mention here that films like <i>Schindler's List</i>, and other resources, often give the viewer the impression that once the war was over, it was end-of-story for the survivors of Hitler's persecution. This couldn't be further from the truth, as many survivors spent years in Displaced Persons camps, or wandering Europe searching for loved ones. The last of the DP camps did not close until 1960! And emigration...? To where? Most nations did not relax their immigration quotas. Keep in mind, too, that Israel is not sovereign until after the events of 1947-48. Perhaps this is why there's one more chapter in this book. See you in four weeks.<br />
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-90331744754570242112019-10-24T06:00:00.000-05:002019-10-24T06:00:08.719-05:00DC's Horror Anthologies Covers - Original Art<br />
If I ever have a spare $200 or so laying around, I am going to pick up the omnibi for DC's <i>House of Mystery</i> and <i>House of Secrets</i>. I was never into horror or mystery comics as a kid - all superheroes, all the time (with the occasional sword & sorcery or science fiction tossed in for good measure). But as an adult, and largely due to my increased interest in the B&W mags, my curiosity has been piqued.<br />
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Today I have a cornucopia of covers from those books, as well as DC's <i>Ghosts</i>. Enjoy the ghoulishness!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqFZVXAiro1i5oXHdiPFFrcGKnvNK5pJ6jzN_x5ZbfjGDFXVPm1jMphyt42yDBxfwouusn8KeadvXKMr9VMLCieFY61yEgZLKXPW1MWhhXmgt9_4ZL9DelRazJw8E1dsITAKr_T3C/s1600/AdamsHM175.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="388" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqFZVXAiro1i5oXHdiPFFrcGKnvNK5pJ6jzN_x5ZbfjGDFXVPm1jMphyt42yDBxfwouusn8KeadvXKMr9VMLCieFY61yEgZLKXPW1MWhhXmgt9_4ZL9DelRazJw8E1dsITAKr_T3C/s640/AdamsHM175.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neal Adams</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNscbwQqMfTucgy6mkCvKswdq1wLPqN8ZG6aQmpUF6DKF_x66dZbdfCYmBCHpoNAbXk1CIfkiMtxl78i8joARekKHhadf7VNoub4bNUPGib9BrDZElMkxEWpTCqBI_4DPgan0b9LC-/s1600/AdamsHM182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="403" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNscbwQqMfTucgy6mkCvKswdq1wLPqN8ZG6aQmpUF6DKF_x66dZbdfCYmBCHpoNAbXk1CIfkiMtxl78i8joARekKHhadf7VNoub4bNUPGib9BrDZElMkxEWpTCqBI_4DPgan0b9LC-/s640/AdamsHM182.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Neal Adams</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nick Cardy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ernie Chan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Dominguez</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Dominguez</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUxEs9jFSmVRP0z0JGiU_kLgLJDdLyZ5I9UxHbysqsj-U1ZfQblOzZgRk7TGVBvFTu5e1rHeHzVmsVGZ0cgfA4pXwuUZQ7DLw2gDxRSxwBVOnhP14zk1duWAwUf493CGXGNsuvoUC/s1600/DominguezHS116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="410" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUxEs9jFSmVRP0z0JGiU_kLgLJDdLyZ5I9UxHbysqsj-U1ZfQblOzZgRk7TGVBvFTu5e1rHeHzVmsVGZ0cgfA4pXwuUZQ7DLw2gDxRSxwBVOnhP14zk1duWAwUf493CGXGNsuvoUC/s640/DominguezHS116.jpg" width="436" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luis Dominguez</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Kubert</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mort Meskin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Orlando</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ricardo Villagran</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bernie Wrightson</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bernie Wrightson</td></tr>
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<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-64241231210237782502019-10-21T06:00:00.000-05:002019-10-21T06:00:01.180-05:00Satana, in "The Kiss of Death" - a Review<br />
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<b><i>Vampire Tales</i> #3 (February 1974)</b></div>
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"The Kiss of Death"</div>
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Gerry Conway-Esteban Maroto</div>
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Years ago, over at the Bronze Age Babies, I posted the story that introduced Satana to the masses. It was a nifty little yarn penciled by John Romita and featuring the Devil's daughter in an almost wordless tale. <a href="https://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2012/04/sing-it-or-slam-it-your-turn-to-be.html">Check it out if you'd like</a>, then hop back here for today's fare, featuring Satana's third appearance.</div>
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I've posted an image of the cover of the first volume of the 3-volume series of trade paperbacks collecting the <i>Vampire Tales</i> black & white magazines of the early 70s. I was fortunate to spy a near mint copy of it at our local Half-Price Books last month during a Labor Day sale - scored it for $8! Yes, Doug left a happy boy. So it's my resource for today's review and I'm quite pleased to have made the purchase. My former partner Karen posted <a href="https://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2011/03/fangs-for-memories.html">some comments on the tpb</a> 8 1/2 years ago (yikes!). Of course you know that I've amassed a small library of books reprinting Marvels B&W magazines, and this one's a solid addition. But enough about me - you came here today for the comics.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4928fae1-7fff-43b8-1912-5fa263351b8d" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Devil worshipers butting heads with the religious Right - seems right for a tale from early 1970s California. But what happens when the Devil’s daughter actually interjects herself to the fray? Satana spied the confrontation, and sought friendship with one of the young ladies on the side of Satan. Seeing that like herself, Ruth Cummins is also marked with the sign of the Devil, Satana takes her side against Harry Gotham. Gotham, apparently a televangelist of some ilk, leaves us wondering if he is more concerned with salvation or ratings. Either way, Satana is in his way.</span></span></span></div>
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<b>The Good:</b> You wanna tell me how this blog has published for 11 months and has only had <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/01/super-blog-team-up-redemption-of-red.html">a single mention</a> of Esteban Maroto? Fixing that today. Maroto lands among the photo-realists who were penciling comics as the Silver Age transitioned to the Bronze Age, and he certainly mastered the techniques. The art in this 10-page story is simply stunning. Everything we'd expect from the likes of Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Dick Giordano, and others is on full display. Yet, there's a wispiness to the pencils, most evident in the long hair of the females. There's just enough roughness around the edges to give the story a real moodiness, and I like it. Each page before the finale contains at least one closeup that is beautiful. And Maroto seems especially adept at channeling to us the evil that is inherent in Satana. Well, evil depending on one's perspective.</div>
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Gerry Conway's script leads us to question the virtue of one Harry Gotham, and casts him as the antagonist of the story. Gotham is a religious crusader, yet one obviously bent on exposure, publicity, and a consciousness of the value of a dollar. So when he comes into conflict with the young "devil worshipers" and our... heroine (Satana), we see Gotham as the one ruining the fun. Nevermind that Satana feeds on the souls of men, sucking the literal life from them while leaving a dry husk in their place. We have a growing tension with Gotham and seek his comeuppance. And when it happens I think there are cheers. Until again, you consider what's happened and the identity of the "victor" left standing.</div>
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One more comment on the length of the story before I head toward the finish: Prior to finding my love for the B&W comics, I'd been wholly accustomed to the 20-22 page packages of the standard four color comics. What I've really enjoyed as I've delved deeper into the Bronze Age magazines is the variety of story lengths. Some of the lead stories in <i>Savage Sword of Conan</i>, for example, can be almost 50 pages. Here we see a real economy of space, but no shortage of necessities of plot, character development, backstory, and the execution of the climactic event. I have become further impressed with creators who I'd only known in the color comics.</div>
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<b>The Bad:</b> It's a slippery slope when a Christian is portrayed as the bad guy. Yet I think we'd agree that there is an unsavory element (probably evident among the faithful of all religions) that seeks only legalism and judgment, as well as self-promotion. Harry Gotham wears all that, and Gerry Conway assures that Gotham wears it well. </div>
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<b>The Ugly:</b> I'm gonna guess that getting one's soul sucked out of one's mouth, as the body dries and shrivels, doesn't feel good. What a way to go...<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-16073896040856892502019-10-17T06:00:00.000-05:002019-10-17T14:27:46.351-05:00Bernie Wrightson - Mangled Men, Monsters, and the Macabre!<br />
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I'm not vain enough to think I have anything to say about the brilliance and talent of Bernie Wrightson that hasn't already been said. So I'm just gonna slide out of your way and let you enjoy the output of a man gone too soon.<br />
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Thanks to those who own these images and have made them available.<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-90892700962692867992019-10-15T10:08:00.000-05:002019-10-15T10:08:06.572-05:00Credit Where Credit is Due<br />
Happy Tuesday, friends!<br />
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I am joining you specially today to right a wrong from a few months ago. If you'll recall, last June 20 <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/06/happy-birthday-to-me-please-allow.html">I wished myself a happy birthday</a> by posting some favorite sketches from across the Interwebs. I found this on an image search for Neal Adams and Batman, and tossed it into the post right away. Killer sketch, no? However, I had forgotten that a few months prior I had actually seen the image over at <a href="https://13thdimension.com/batman-we-are-the-greatest/">Dan Greenfield's 13th Dimension blog</a>. Dan and I were in conversation this morning, and he'd seen that I'd retweeted the image from the Black & White and Bronze account. Hey, something this awesome needs to be shared more than once! Dan asked if I'd be kind enough to credit his ownership. You bet I would - while I secretly covet the piece from afar!<br />
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Do click over to Dan's original post - it's a great read, and I think you'll feel his joy in obtaining this wonderful work of art.<br />
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And come back to this space on Thursday, when we'll check in on some macabre men as rendered by Bernie Wrightson. October wouldn't feel complete without Bernie!<br />
<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-991555386904773432019-10-14T06:00:00.000-05:002019-10-14T06:00:02.394-05:00The Origin of Dracula - a Review from Dracula Lives! 2<br />
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<b><i>Dracula Lives!</i> #2 (September 1973)</b><br />
"That Dracula May Live Again!"<br />
Marv Wolfman-Neal Adams<br />
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Today's story was recommended to me a few years ago when I'd mentioned on Twitter that I was reading the first volume of the <u>Tomb of Dracula: The Complete Collection</u>. I was asked if it contained the material from the black and white magazine. Well, as you can see - yes, yes it does! Not long after the conversation, I got round to my encounter with this telling of Count Dracula's "origin", and all the accolades heaped upon it were realized to be true. It's quite a different looking Count, if you're only used to those wonderful Gene Colan renderings. But just about any character in the hands of Neal Adams is going to turn out special. Let's check it out.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-02728746-7fff-d1c8-98f3-b67128d838f9" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We open on the battlefield in Transylvania, 1459. The Turks are pushing north and west from their Ottoman homeland, but the forces of Dracula stand in the way of Muslim advance across Europe. The battle rages, and eventually the prince is struck down and captured by the Turks. Dracula’s personal history is then related, bringing to light the legend of Vlad the Impaler. A Roma woman is enlisted to heal the prince; recognizing him, she instead curses him with the blood of the vampire. As Dracula’s Turkish captors torture him mind and body, he breaks free to enact his vengeance.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good:</b> Hokey smokes, will you look at the art! I don't think I've ever seen a job from Neal Adams that I didn't just "ooh!" and "aah!" over (exceptions being some of the tinkering he's done on his reprinted Batman work), and this short story isn't going to change my mind. It is stunning. The panel layouts, the way figures cross barriers to almost leap off the page, facial expressions, the illusion of motion on the 2-D page, and the inclusion of that splash of red every so often all conspire to create a visual euphoria. Adams is great when he inks his own work; Tom Palmer and Dick Giordano were notable in their partnerships with Adams on the X-Men and Batman runs, respectively, but their absence here is largely not felt. Have I said that I like this?<br />
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How do you feel about Marv Wolfman? I know there are many fans who
don't necessarily rank him among their top scribes, and I guess I'd be
in that camp. As I look across his career, I don't hold him in the same
regard as I hold Gerry Conway, Doug Moench, or Roy Thomas (to name a
few). Yet when I reflect on Wolfman's tenures on <i>Tomb of Dracula</i> and <i>Crisis on Infinite Earths</i>,
I'm left with warm regards. I think he must have really clicked with
the character of Dracula (or Dracula the character clicked with him),
because there is an ownership evident in this story. Wolfman is
shepherding Vlad the Impaler through the seminal story of Marvel's
version of the Dracula mythos and it's quite nice.<br />
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The story itself is brutal, from battlefield to conclusion. High body
count, certainly R-rated events and themes, and a quandary for the
reader: what does one do when both protagonist and antagonist are
despicable human beings? The creators leave no doubt in our minds that
we are to root against the Turks, and specifically their leader, Lord
Turac. When Turac recounts the behaviors of Prince Dracula and his
affinity for impaling decapitated skulls on lances, of running bodies
through and then displaying the corpses, there's not a whole lot for
which we can cheer. Then Wolfman and Adams put us in the position where
we find Dracula to be the hero - when his wife details that she was
gang-raped by the Turks and the infant son of theirs is threatened, our
sense of justice hopes that Dracula prevails! I found it a tough road to
navigate, and was left with a sense that I'd just read a quality comic
book story.<br />
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<b>The Bad: </b>Nothing here. Amazing story.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> Personally, I am repulsed by rape. It murders the souls of both victim and perpetrator, and leaves the victim with an altered perception of themselves at the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. So although the gang rape took place off camera, I found it not much less impactful. As a literary device, confounding my "allegiances" to the Turks or to Vlad the Impaler, Marv Wolfman used the incident effectively.<br />
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Cardy's illustrative style was endearing to me. Whether on the many covers he penciled or as a narrative storyteller, Cardy's work seemed to have a storybook quality to it. And although he was often working from a hokey script from Bob Haney (which I have come to appreciate as I've aged), Cardy always delivered the goods. From everything I've read about the man, he was a true pro.<br />
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Most of the man's output was for DC Comics. I found a few color jobs for Marvel Comics, but couldn't locate the original art. A shame, because it would have been fun to see Cardy get hold of some of Marvel's characters. I've included a Captain America sketch cover to whet your appetite for what might have been.<br />
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Leave a reminiscence of the man and his art if you're so inclined. And as usual, many thanks to the collectors who own these gems and provide them on the Internet for all our enjoyment!<br />
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<b><i>Monsters Unleashed</i> #8 (October 1974)</b><br />
"Fever in the Freak House!"<br />
Doug Moench-Val Mayerik<br />
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Through my journey across the land of black and white comics, which is pretty recent if you've been round here long enough to hear me tell, I have come to appreciate Doug Moench on a level with the best scribes in the business. I'd known of him a bit from the four color comics, but this man made his meat and potatoes in the Marvel magazines! Today's fare is no exception. Hop on board, as I begin a set of six spooky-themed posts this October, culminating on Halloween the last Thursday of the month.<br />
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One of the joys of my library of collected editions is the massive <a href="http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=345321"><u>The Monster of Frankenstein</u></a> trade paperback. In the Bronze Age, my encounters with the Monster were limited to two places: the Celestial Madonna saga that ran through the <i>Avengers</i>, and <i>Marvel Team-Up</i>s #36-37. I didn't buy the Monster's own mag, and as it has been documented (again) many times here, I never owned a single black and white magazine. So to have all of the Monster's Bronze Age adventures between two covers... to say I jumped at that purchase would be an understatement. I'm dropping you right in the middle of a longer narrative today, but I think after feasting your eyes on <a href="https://blackwhitebronzecomics.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-black-and-white-work-of-val-mayerik.html">Val Mayerik</a>'s art you'll see why. Ready, set, go!<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d0442203-7fff-6880-7c98-a952bd213ee1" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Monster had found a friend, but now loses the man to Death, and then loses him completely as the floor drops out beneath them. Landing in what could only be called a dungeon, the Monster now faced an army of grotesques and their leader, their Master. Told that he, the Monster, would serve this new Master, Frankenstein’s creation lashed out. He was greeted by a gas grenade, which halted him and allowed the grotesques to bind him. Later, the Master’s minions were dispatched to kidnap the young, rich, and beautiful Julia Winters. Bringing her to the dungeon, the woman found that the Master was instead a man she’d spurned - which drove him over the edge of sanity.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<br /><b>The Good:</b> I don't know if I have enough superlatives for the job Val Mayerik turned in on this one. Wow wow wow! If one had never laid eyes on Bernie Wrightson's work, then one might think this was some of the best art in the macabre genre to ever grace the printed page. It's not quite Wrightson-level, but it's darned close. I especially like the panel with the increasing anger of the Monster across three faces. Great stuff! Mayerik also excelled in depicting the grotesques - some deformed, some even with bits of hanging flesh. It's quite the gross out, but then that's the point. As Doug Moench's script progressed, the extreme ghoulishness of the supporting cast would prove a point.<br />
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<br />And that point would be not unlike what we might think of Victor von Doom - sheer vanity and the misperception of beauty vs. ugly. That's of course, if you're in the "Vic has a small scar" camp; if you're in the "Vic's face was blown off" camp, then this does not apply. But here we end up with a James Sinoda, a young man spurned by the beautiful rich girl, whose only conclusion must be that he is ugly. Sinoda's mind snapped, his world turned upside down, and he put on a mask to hide his ugliness. He then surrounded himself with deformed humans - freaks - and became their leader. The reality is, Sinoda was quite handsome, and only his world vision had become ugly. While the ending was perhaps predictable, the getting-there was fun.<br />
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<b>The Bad:</b> In a broader sense, this story forced the Monster to the sidelines as an observer - a role not unlike what we'd often find in a Man-Thing tale. It didn't affect my enjoyment of the experience, but as the climax was approaching and the Monster remained restrained, I did think that this was going to end without him playing any major role. Turns out I was wrong - sort of. The Master was killed by his freaks, but the evidence would be destroyed due to the Monster's causing the building to collapse. Which then only set up the next chapter, with the Monster as accused of the kidnapping of Julia Winters.<br />
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I also have a beef with the removal of the Monster from his Victorian origins and placement into the then-contemporary world of 1974. Were the stories good? Yes indeed. Was the move necessary in order to craft good stories? Nope. I have also seen fans take issue with the removal of the Monster's ability to speak - I share those qualms. Does it make the writer work harder? Yes. Is it wholly necessary and does it move the character forward? I don't think so.<br />
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<b>The Ugly:</b> Nothing here today, except for the creations of Mayerik's imagination. Those were some groovy ghoulies!<br />
<br />Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-92228310856070585502019-10-03T06:00:00.000-05:002019-10-03T06:00:03.589-05:00Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez: We're Still Praising!<br />
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Just because I like you (and let's face it - I like Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez), I'm back with another selection of lovelies from the DC Comics Style Guide, 1982 edition. Back at the beginning of August, we began our little tour, with many samples of Batman and Superman art. Remember - the purpose of the style guide is to show other artists what DC's characters "should" look like. And we also observed that in some cases, JLGL's work has been used as marketing on toy packaging, party favors, etc.<br />
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Today we're going to move ahead - but we ain't done yet! The Style Guide is so chock full of images, that it's going to take me yet another post to fully stuff your eyeballs with all this goodness. So check back in another few weeks for the conclusion.<br />
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And a helpful reminder - the entire Style Guide - both color and black & white images - is available online. Enjoy! Oh, and three cheers for smiling superheroes!<br />
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<b>Maus: A Survivor's Tale. And Here My Troubles Began (1991)</b><br />
"...And Here My Troubes Began." - Volume 2, Chapter 3<b> </b><br />
Art Spiegelman<br />
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Many folks who casually encounter the history of the Holocaust might make an assumption that as the war wound down mid-1945, the worst was over. They'd be wrong. Another assumption people make is that after May '45 there was a happy ending for all involved. Again - they'd be wrong. In today's review, we'll see what happened to Vladek Spiegelman in the winter of 1944-45, and how his son Art juxtaposes those circumstances with Vladek's behavior in the "present". To my point, you'll notice the title of this chapter, above. <u>Maus</u> contains 11 chapters... and Vladek says his troubles began when he was 80% of the way through the story?<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cfa19d09-7fff-8774-1faa-cd4921b0e404" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Art and Francois are staying with Vladek in the Catskills after Mala had left him. Vladek was under the impression that they’d stay for the duration of the summer; Art had other ideas. In another stroke of brilliance, Art uses present-day slice-of-life situations to augment the wartime incidents that shaped Vladek’s life. In the winter of 1944-45, the Germans were retreating back to the Reich as the Soviets closed in the east. Forcing prisoners on death marches so that they might later serve as labor, Vladek was part of an odyssey from camp-to-camp, on foot and on trains. His endurance would be pushed to the limit.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good:</b> As mentioned previously, I've worked with colleagues who don't find <u>Maus</u> to be an effective tool for teaching the Holocaust. They don't care for the vignettes that take place in the present, feeling those episodes detract from the history. I'll stand by my position that it's those "modern day" scenes that strengthen the narrative. Art Spiegelman, through showing his own reactions to his father, teaches us how he feels as the child of a Holocaust survivor. Through Vladek's eyes and actions, we get a feel for the impact those events in the Nazi era have had on him ever since. So when our story opens with - basically a trip to the grocery store - we see Vladek's need for comfort, his frugality, his impatience, his self-reliance, and the worldview that is particular to him. Art is sometimes a guest in that world, often an intruder, but frequently a victim of it in his own right. This is a complex narrative, and one I want my students to have to deal with. For me, the way in which this multi-layered story is presented may go beyond other survivor stories. That's in no way meant to denigrate others; rather, I'm stating my affinity for this book.<br />
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The "death marches" are depicted in all their uncertainty and horror. As stated at the top, many people might think that the evacuations from the camps signaled an ending. To the contrary, it actually brought the next phase of the Holocaust, and the end for many who had been clinging to life. The marches, as Vladek tells, were under brutal conditions. January in Poland, I've heard, is not where one would like to be. Coupled with severe malnutrition and insufficient clothing, and the physical duress of daily marching on bodies with little muscle mass remaining, many lost their lives after years of imprisonment. To have lived so long, only for it to be dashed as the end of the war approached... I liked that Art included in Vladek's narrative that the prisoners were registered to other camps on their way from Auschwitz into the Reich. The German camp system was an intricate network of various purposes. There were forced labor camps, transit camps, death camps, concentration camps, prisoner-of-war camps. So that Vladek and his fellow prisoners were processed along the way to Germany makes sense, and supports the degree to which Germans kept records of this greater event. It also speaks to the folly of those who seek to diminish or even deny the Holocaust - the records are visible, and were mostly crafted by the Germans and their collaborators.<br />
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I found the encounter with the Frenchman uplifting, for both him and Vladek. It was truly a symbiotic relationship and one that preserved Vladek's life. I enjoyed at the end of that part of the story that Vladek related that the two men had corresponded for years after the war. It's important to note, too, Vladek's point about the Frenchman being able to receive packages from the Red Cross. Political prisoners and POWs from the west were treated quite differently from those racially targeted by the Nazis. <br />
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I think the point of Vladek's declaration that his troubles were just
beginning gets at the greater issue of control. In every prior period on
which Art questioned his father, Vladek was always able to relate some
manner in which he was able to alter his circumstances. It might have
been financial, through bribery. It might have been fortuitous, by
meeting someone with whom he could get supplies, information, or a place
to hide. It might have been adaptive, where Vladek was able to quickly
draw on prior knowledge or even learn a new skill. But here - now things
were changing rapidly, with no anchors. The surroundings were
different, the guards and other prisoners were different, and there was
no work to do. So that anyone could hope to create a situation where
they might save themselves seemed unlikely. And then... Vladek got sick
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<b>The Bad:</b> Within the story about Vladek's contraction of typhus, his telling of how it was to have to walk across corpses on his way to the toilet, and that his hoarded bread was stolen from him, were gut-wrenching. That he said that someday it could be him - his head - that sick prisoners would walk on, was horrifying. I found that to be just as unsettling, if not moreso, than trying to wrap my mind around the long ride crammed into the cattle car.<br />
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Additionally, the scene at the end of the chapter when Francois picks up the Black hitchhiker somewhat forces us into a judgment of Vladek and how he could even foster any racist tendencies. While we may be quick to judge, that in itself is an ugly side of human behavior. We might think, "Wow, I could never..." or "I'm glad I'm not like Vladek here." The danger there is that we put Vladek's experiences in a box of our choosing - we decide how he should act. Additionally, and let's take this further - we give the Germans a victory in that we not only decide how Vladek should act, but we ascribe that desired behavior to a "right" response to what the Germans had put him through. But don't we then show that the Germans not only ruined the life he had, but decided how he should live his life henceforth? Racism is wrong, but so is projecting values onto another person and telling them how they should live or think. I know. It's complicated... <br />
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Today let's rectify that. Enjoy the nifty sketches and little of Fradon's original art. Much gratitude to the collector's who post such things so that we can all appreciate her talent.<br />
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Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210408773928235445.post-42637080934457511442019-09-23T06:00:00.000-05:002019-09-23T06:00:13.879-05:00"Thermopylae!" - a Review from Blazing Combat 4<br />
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<b><i>Blazing Combat</i> #4 (July 1966)</b><br />
"Thermopylae!"<br />
Archie Goodwin-Reed Crandall<br />
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Have you read Frank Miller's <i>300</i>? Seen the film of the same name? Strike me down and call me stupid, but I've not encountered either. Oh, I obviously know what they are - just never got round to it. So I was a little surprised as I was reading through the Blazing Combat hardcover collection to see today's story. It started off as a feature that was apparently going to be about a couple of British soldiers, but then a page turn and WOW! Let's check it out...<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">100-Word Review:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6b0f278c-7fff-6a2f-3ba1-95fb7744549c" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two British soldiers await their next orders, having become part of an attachment hoping to delay the Wehrmacht’s capture of Athens in 1941. One of the men decides to give his comrade a history lesson, a lesson of that time in history when 300 Spartans held off the far-superior invading forces of Xerxes the Great of Persia. The battle was fought hard, and Xerxes was frustrated. In the end, the Persian king was victorious, but not before those 300 Spartans became the stuff of legend. But what of the resistance to Hitler’s Wehrmacht? How would they fare? </span></span></span></blockquote>
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<b>The Good:</b> Score one for History, because it obviously gave the creators an outstanding story to adapt. That being said, Archie Goodwin and Reed Crandall knock it out of the park. I've said it here in the past, but I feel like I've missed a major boat in my comics-reading career that I haven't encountered Reed Crandall's work until recently. That man is a talent among talents! To turn this story from page 1 to page 2 is to almost step back in time a few thousand years. Crandall's depictions of the various parties in allegiance to Xerxes is just stellar. And Goodwin's script is just as good as anything else he wrote in <i>Blazing Combat</i>. I have to give Goodwin a lot of credit, as he worked with over a dozen artists during the 4-issue run of this magazine, and he meshed with each of them. His work is to be commended as much as any of the artists.<br />
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As to the actual story, I enjoyed the framing sequences. Obviously we know how the story turned out for the Greeks and the Persians, and we know how it went with the Germans and their victory over the Allies. The two period stories dovetail nicely.<br />
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<b>The Bad: </b>Nothing at all to say here today.<br /><b> </b><br />
<b>The Ugly: </b>Likewise, not a single aspect of this story to dislike. It's all positive feedback on this Monday!<br />
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