en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1292486 Comments by carva9 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2013/01/184-amazing-spider-man-17.html#IDComment583207077 In the third series of panels you present (the one you named ''the stage is set'') the guy on the lower right corner, I don't know why but he looks like Stan Lee drawn by Ditko, I always thought that Sun, 3 Mar 2013 03:53:28 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2013/01/184-amazing-spider-man-17.html#IDComment583207077 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/181-tales-of-suspense-58.html#IDComment515755991 In the sixties when Cap was drawn by other artists it just didn't work Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:37:17 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/181-tales-of-suspense-58.html#IDComment515755991 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/180-fantastic-four-annual-2.html#IDComment513258001 Agains when you are a child reading that thing about Rama-Tut and Dr Doom being the same person sounded cool and gives you something to think about for a while. But if we read it for the first time as uninterested adults it just sounds totally ludicrous. Which it obviously is. Finally, Reed's crazy Kirby machine may seem silly, but wow, just copying or tracing that thing could take a person days, and Kirby completed entire pages like that everyday. Sometimes two or three pages a day. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 01:38:20 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/180-fantastic-four-annual-2.html#IDComment513258001 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/180-fantastic-four-annual-2.html#IDComment513257814 Darth Vader! Darth Vader! Loved this annual, the cover is another classic cover that sticks in your mind for all your life. When I first started reading the FF I wondered why Kirby almost always drew gigantic Dr Dooms in the covers. It's clear that Dr. Doom's mask is a very interesting visual. Other artists, like Byrne, would imitate this too. It was a great story when I first read it as a kid, little Victor's face looks kind of diabolical when he discovers his mother's old books and satanic realia. Kirby was great (he was the king) drawing these creepy origin tales with guys of cold looking grey eyes (Loki, Red Skull, Dr Doom). Whenever you read the word ''origin'' in a Marvel mag you knew it was going to be another Marvel classic. Sat, 8 Dec 2012 01:38:01 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/12/180-fantastic-four-annual-2.html#IDComment513257814 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/179-tales-to-astonish-60.html#IDComment500836976 The art here is almost cartoony simple and I know many people don't think much of Ditko's Hulk because of the poor inking by George Roussos, I am ok with it. The story telling makes up for it, and Roussos inking gets a little bit better in a few issues, of course I would have loved to see Ditko inking these instead. I prefer Roussos inking Ditko over Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta, though. Ditko gets the perfect inker with Frank Giacoia in his final issue, which is a sad thing. Anyways, Ditko and Lee here in a couple of issues gave stuff (Banner anger management problems, The Leader, Major Talbot, etc) to work with for decades to come to new generations of Hulk's writers and artists. I always wondered why Ditko left the series after only 8 issues, maybe the same old problem of not getting plotting credit? Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:38:08 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/179-tales-to-astonish-60.html#IDComment500836976 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/179-tales-to-astonish-60.html#IDComment500836896 I am also among those who love these 8 or 9 issues penciled and co-plotted by Steve Ditko. When I was a kid the early Tales to Astonish Hulk stories were the ones that got the most damaged by me re-reading them over and over again, maybe even more than the Fantastic Four. Ditko, if not one of the Hulk's parents, he should be considered an adoptive father (as Stan Lee once put it), his contributions go as far as inking the very second issue and penciling, inking and probably co-plotting the 6th issue too. He certainly loved the character, since he used it in Spider-Man 14 (probably to get used to it again), but we know he hated putting Spider-Man with other Marvel characters in a story, the other two where he gave in to Lee were Dr. Strange, for obvious reasons, and Daredevil which Ditko was comfortable with since it was similar to Spider-Man. Sun, 25 Nov 2012 17:37:58 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/179-tales-to-astonish-60.html#IDComment500836896 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment490445604 Yes, he'll stay dead for like... 5 years maximum. They also just brought back Jean Grey like for the sixth time. They also brought back Janet Van Dyne (Wasp) last month. Remember a couple of years ago when they killed Captain America? How long did he stay dead? One year maybe. Like the Human Torch, too. Heck, they even resurrected Bucky Barnes some years ago. The only one who's remained dead is Uncle Ben (for now). Marvel today is a joke (and DC for that matter) fortunately I only read reprints like the Archives or Masterworks. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:56:24 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment490445604 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment488670927 I know what Stan and Jack were trying to do here, be realistic, show the passage of time and the fact that the X-Men were growing up. But after all these years everytime I read this issue, I don't know, this story hasn't aged very well. Too soon and too useless. So they graduated (from what? highschool? I never saw them touching a textbook) But then they kept at the school for many years to come, doing what? Because you know there is this thing nobody mentions about, that they graduated school in issue 7. I think it was not a good move. And the fact that this soon they decided to take the professor out of the picture just shows that maybe Xavier wasn't that popular since the very beginning, maybe Stan got letters... Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:26:34 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment488670927 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment488670790 Great art by the combo Kirby and Stone I wish they had worked together for a longer period of time, not only here in X-Men but also in Tales of Suspense Captain America, the Fantastic Four and Thor, Kirby never looked as good as when he was inked by Stone until Sinnott arrived. Didn't the hippie girl at the A-go-go bar said that the ''poet'' was doing wonders to her libido in this issue? If so, I always thought that line sounded naughty. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:26:24 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/11/178-x-men-7.html#IDComment488670790 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/10/177-journey-into-mystery-108.html#IDComment487480467 The TOA story had a very 60s feeling at a time when America was struggling with the Civil Rights movements,, all that thing about freedom, slavery, a hammer, etc, shows how much Kirby and Lee were influenced by the social upheavals of the times. I can almost hear 1960s Trini Lopez ''If I had a Hammer''. Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:59:31 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/10/177-journey-into-mystery-108.html#IDComment487480467 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/09/176-marvel-tales-annual-1.html#IDComment448849560 For all of those that buy the Marvel Masterworks I have a question. Do you know in which MMW volume can I get this photo snaps of the "Meet the Gang in the Merry Marvel Bullpen!" bonus? Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:52:59 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/09/176-marvel-tales-annual-1.html#IDComment448849560 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/07/175-amazing-spider-man-annual-1.html#IDComment406030582 Those were the days when Annuals were truly something special. I love this one, it's so full of extras. But for some reason my all time favorite Spider-Man annual is the second one in which he teamed up with Dr. Strange, that annual is a very underrated classic and in my opinion the best drawn Spider-Man story by Ditko, the master at the peak of his mytical run. Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:18:06 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/07/175-amazing-spider-man-annual-1.html#IDComment406030582 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/173-fantastic-four-30.html#IDComment369055968 It's strange but reading the issue one gets the idea that Ben staying with Diablo and the accounts of Diablo's ''miracles'' span a period of weeks or even more. Mon, 28 May 2012 19:34:13 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/173-fantastic-four-30.html#IDComment369055968 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/173-fantastic-four-30.html#IDComment366794003 Or maybe kids wanted to avoid problems with their moms, discovering them with a mag in their hand that says Diablo. Anyways, the final panels where Ben gets angry and kicks Diablo's butt is one of my favorite Thing's moments, when he just lets loose. I also think that in this period Stan was more involved in the plot, it was either more Stan Lee's plotting or 50/50 Jack and Stan. IMO the turning point when Jack Kirby was the driving force behind the plot was around issue 41 after The Thing/ Dr. Doom titanic fight. It just seems the book was more Kirby's after that. Also, I seem to remember reading that John Romita Sr. said Stan and Jack created the plot of this story inside a car during a NY traffic jam. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:18:21 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/173-fantastic-four-30.html#IDComment366794003 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/171-tales-of-suspense-57.html#IDComment360494233 I've read that Hawkeye is a creation of Stan Lee and Don Heck, who does the cover? Doesn't look like Kirby the usual cover artist of most titles. Do you guys have any information on Jack Kirby's involvement in Hawkeye's creation? or his look at least. I had the good luck to read the Avengers in chronological order from issue one. And although I didn't like him that much at first (he riles Cap a lot), after some issues he became one of my favorite Avengers, he is one of the most realistic and flawed characters Stan Lee ever wrote. Tue, 15 May 2012 00:50:22 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/05/171-tales-of-suspense-57.html#IDComment360494233 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/04/170-amazing-spider-man-16.html#IDComment351742938 I remember it around this time Ditko's art starts to evolve for the better, for me it all starts with issue 13, more detailed and bigger panels, Spidey's body gets contorted in every possible position I kind of learned muscular anatomy by watching Ditko's drawings. The first 10 or so issues are wonderful and nostalgic but the art is so minimalist, too claustrophobic, even for a Ditko fan, too many nine panels pages. By 1965 and 1966 Spider-Man is a very sleek comic (Dr Strange even more), When it gets to ASM 30 one almost can't believe it was the same artist all along. Tue, 1 May 2012 05:04:51 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/04/170-amazing-spider-man-16.html#IDComment351742938 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/04/169-avengers-7.html#IDComment336937087 Rick Jones hanging around Cap always creeped me out. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:55:02 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/04/169-avengers-7.html#IDComment336937087 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment331049388 One strange quality of gamma rays was that the Hulk would lose the hair around the ears and neck, getting the Moe Howard haircut (most often during those issues drawn by Kirby), but once he changed to Bruce he got his hair back. And that thing Fred said about Dr Strange weaving spells in Hulk's pants is so convenient and explains lots of things, please,we didn't want to see ol' Hulkie's green buttocks and groin area, right? Tue, 3 Apr 2012 21:30:28 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment331049388 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment329702352 ''Take it from one of the Marvel U's leading scientists: Explanations are boring!'' No he just wanted to avoid the hassle of explaining something to the Wasp... And great cover by Kirby as always, but still I get a headache trying to figure out why the Hulk's clothes look so long and loose. Maybe Bruce lives in the barrio. Mon, 2 Apr 2012 04:11:11 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment329702352 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment329697501 Hey! We all know he actually did, shame on you, get informed. Now seriously, Does anyone know who did that pin-up? It looks Kirby with inking by someone (Ayers? Roussos?) And those pants.... looks like Bruce wears purple potato bags instead of pants (or brown in this case), and where does the Hulk get the rope instead of belt, the mysteries of life Mon, 2 Apr 2012 04:01:09 +0000 http://www.marvelgenesis.com/2012/03/168-tales-to-astonish-59.html#IDComment329697501