tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post5290962525616797773..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Monsters: Classic vs. Marvel!Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-88514936186214082572011-12-19T21:45:25.239-06:002011-12-19T21:45:25.239-06:00Just goofing about after getting home from a "...Just goofing about after getting home from a "Human Lights" party, and wound up here again just to note that I have read that Ditko definitely based Dr. Strange on Jack Palance and I believe you're correct, Kid, that Colan based his version of Dracula on Palance too. So naturally, when Colan was working on both Dr. Strange & Tomb of Dracula, they just had to have these two characters visually inspired by the same actor cross over. At least Colan made their faces distinct enough to tell them apart. Of course, a real poser for most artists would have been a dinner party featuring Steve Rogers, Clint Barton, Henry Pym and Dr. Donald Blake (will you guys put your masks back on so we can tell you apart?).Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-8551145284433010162011-07-01T00:15:13.292-05:002011-07-01T00:15:13.292-05:00I always thought that there was quite a bit of Jac...I always thought that there was quite a bit of Jack Palance in Gene Colan's take on Dracula. Probably a combination of different elements 'though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-49778802278739596672010-10-20T21:18:23.361-05:002010-10-20T21:18:23.361-05:00I felt Morbius was more of a victim of circumstanc...I felt Morbius was more of a victim of circumstances -- not truly an evil villain, but due to his condition he had appetites he could not control, somewhat a variation of the Lizard, although Morbius remained aware of who and what he was in way Curt Connors didn't. Interesting tho' that within the same two year period that both Tomb of Dracula and Werewolf By Night came out, Marvel also introduced science-based variations of those two supernatural creatures to pester Spidey and later even gave them their own series, albeit fairly short-lived ones compared to Drac's & Jack Russell's mags.<br />Spidey & BatMan both have a very Halloweenesque rogues gallery, with both the monsters and the creepily costumed cutups.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-18380657274882395312010-10-19T22:51:51.267-05:002010-10-19T22:51:51.267-05:00Oh yeah, no doubt that FF nemesis was 'inspire...Oh yeah, no doubt that FF nemesis was 'inspired' by the Creature. Of course, I bet a lot of the Atlas monsters were strongly influenced by all of the 50s monster flicks. Heck, early Marvel superheroes were still influenced by these movies.Reed Richards is very similar to the chief scientist-heroes of This Island Earth or Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, or a score of other sci fi films. And how many Marvel characters got their powers from radiation, another gimmick from those 50s movies? <br /><br />Morbius was definitely a more modern take on the vampire. Of course he was a scientific vampire, not a supernatural one. With his little costume I always thought of him as more of a super-villain than a monster,but the end result is the same!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-32427582883069810972010-10-19T21:22:23.091-05:002010-10-19T21:22:23.091-05:00He never had his own series, but there was that &q...He never had his own series, but there was that "Creature from the Lost Lagoon" that King Kirby came up with, obviously inspired by the Black Lagoon creature, in his waning days on the FF. If my memory is right, Stan used him again in one of his last FF tales. Then there was that other vampire, Morbius.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.com