tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post606712711393249903..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez's Man of Steel -- Superman 308Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-19578999664116577972013-12-29T03:13:54.054-06:002013-12-29T03:13:54.054-06:00I read Marvel & DC but didn't appreciate M...I read Marvel & DC but didn't appreciate Marvel until I was older. DC was going for a different audience. A younger one. To look at this story today with fresh eyes it probably does seem overly simple. If this story was being done today though it would be 6 issues long & it would end with us learning Superman really is a mutant!!Marc Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046640178044515513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-61679607846318562692013-10-26T03:02:45.004-05:002013-10-26T03:02:45.004-05:00Nice review, Doug - enjoyed it as much as the firs...Nice review, Doug - enjoyed it as much as the first in the series. Again, I have to say, beautiful art. Although the story still doesn't sound like much, I suppose if I ever find a cheap copy of this Garcia-Lopez HC, I wouldn't mind giving it a go.<br />And here's another vote for a review of the Supes/Adam Strange team-up. I actually have that issue of Whitman Comics, er, I mean DC Comics Presents.<br /><br />Speaking of cheap HCs, Zagreb's annual comics and graphic art festival is being held this weekend, and I was most of yesterday and into the evening, and among other things landed a roughly $5 copy of one of those Dan Dare albums (Safari in Space), and reasonably priced copies Super Friends (Truth, Justice and Peace) and Dr. Strange tpbs (Montesi Formula) and Batman: Reign of Terror (drawn by none other than Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez). And now I'm rushing off to work on a Saturday morning, because I have to put together a radio report on the festival that airs this evening.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-23101395572686076492013-10-25T18:27:44.147-05:002013-10-25T18:27:44.147-05:00Garcia Lopez actually defines my childhood/Bronze ...Garcia Lopez actually defines my childhood/Bronze Age idea of Superman more so than Swan does. I loved the character but it was DC Comics Presents that I gravitated to more than the Action or Superman titles because of the artwork. Swan was an artist that I didn't really appreciate until I was older and even now I like his stuff but Garcia Lopez just more fun to look at to me. <br /><br />I really have to wonder why there never came a point where the company had him take over the main title for the then foreseeable future and in effect making him the direct successor to Swan.MattComixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015552734150732758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-9360058425262437342013-10-25T15:15:06.449-05:002013-10-25T15:15:06.449-05:00Nice review Doug. Yes Garcia Lopez is I think a ro...Nice review Doug. Yes Garcia Lopez is I think a romantic at heart, as his scenes with Superman and Lois are always special. It'd actually be good to see him do straight dramatic stories...except that he's also so good at superhero action, like the scene with Supergirl busting the glass case. So, pollution man, radioactive man...who will be in the third part? Non-recycling man??<br /><br />I also enjoyed listening to Infantino in the PBS special. I've never been a fan of his work, except in the last year I looked at his early Flash work that I liked, and then his even earlier Black Canary work that had a jaunty yet sexy look...very good!<br /><br />Hey Doug, I'd love to your review of the Adam Strange/Supes teamup. Garettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-37332253266755745862013-10-25T09:05:28.956-05:002013-10-25T09:05:28.956-05:00Thanks for the kind words, friend!
My apologies f...Thanks for the kind words, friend!<br /><br />My apologies for the blurry look of that last full page scan in the post. If you click on it, you'll get a large clear image.<br /><br />And David, there is an Adam Strange team-up later in the Garcia-Lopez book -- I may come back to that in the New Year.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-63181701075393868252013-10-25T08:13:47.759-05:002013-10-25T08:13:47.759-05:00Just a few quick comments..
OUTSTANDING REVIEW, D...Just a few quick comments..<br /><br />OUTSTANDING REVIEW, Doug. I now want to buy this issue. Period.<br /><br />First off, awesome cover by Neal Adams.. I've been posting some of the 1976 DC pics up in my cube here at work, can't get enough of Adams work sometimes..<br /><br />http://thedorkreview.blogspot.com/2011/11/1976-super-dc-calendar.html<br /><br />(JUST HATE those *#$&#* UPC symbols on covers, 'nuff said on that..)<br /><br />The story looks great, nice to see Conway using Supergirl to nice extents here, weaving her into the entire larger conflict. Jose's interiors here are very polished (typical Jose..) and really raise the bar.<br /><br />As for Carmine's Batman book..? Yes, yes, YES, it's a must for my collection. Carmine's Adam Strange, Flash and Batman are my all-time favs. It was wonderful to see his interviews on the PBS series, which I watched the Silver Age portion again last night.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com