tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post8509249705189333396..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: I Really Wish I Had ----- More in the Bronze AgeDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-54206894154842410422014-06-23T10:38:22.651-05:002014-06-23T10:38:22.651-05:00Glad I am not the only one who missed out on MOKF ...Glad I am not the only one who missed out on MOKF originally. If only ONE person had told me to check it out... <br /><br />Why didn't they tell me? <br /><br />I have all the issues now except the Return special from 1990 or 91. Ace Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03456386717012215210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-44941165259749677022014-06-14T05:38:15.710-05:002014-06-14T05:38:15.710-05:00The mentioning of Tomb of Dracula sets off a thoug...The mentioning of <i>Tomb of Dracula</i> sets off a thought association for me. MoKF I've already stated is the book I should have read from the start. Yes, ToD, MoKF, and I would also add Marvel's <i>Planet of the Apes</i> series. I even passed on the series before the putrid 2001 Tim Burton movie made those Apes comics impossible to find , because they were gone forever more in every comic shop I ever visited.<br /><br />Those three series have another thing in common: they all began a bit before my time and even then, I would have been too young to appreciate them in the mid-to-late-seventies (I'll be 43 in August). Still, I've managed to grab up nearly every MoKF and a dozen or so amount of ToD--I never got into the book like I thought I would had I been younger--but not a single copy of Apes. Abe Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991534345391655980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-3133254022304523542014-06-14T02:10:32.382-05:002014-06-14T02:10:32.382-05:00Pertaining to MOKF,I had a similar wish, with a di...Pertaining to MOKF,I had a similar wish, with a different title. I always collected MOKF, as I was really into Bruce Lee. However, the shocking thing is that I never got into Tomb of Dracula, considering I am a major, major horror fan. Weird!Vintage Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304777934048895240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-12950224518139421412014-06-11T21:39:49.891-05:002014-06-11T21:39:49.891-05:00I really wish I had gotten into Marvel a lot quick...I really wish I had gotten into Marvel a lot quicker than I did. Like most everyone here, I regret not staying up with MOKF, especially when Moench and Gulacy really hit their stride, but I just wasn't able to keep up with it. I was able to come back for most of the Zeck/Day issues though, thank goodness.<br /><br />It just seems like I was usually a day late and a dollar short on all things Marvel. <br /><br /> Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547751537787941998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-83518158867267860772014-06-11T21:25:18.540-05:002014-06-11T21:25:18.540-05:00Sheesh! Eric C., I just rescued your comment from ...Sheesh! Eric C., I just rescued your comment from our spam folder, too! Not sure what is going on with Blogger today. I'll try to stay vigilant tomorrow and see if any of this monkey business (everything's better with gorillas) happens then.<br /><br />Great suggestion on the Dollar Comics!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-12722877078417008452014-06-11T21:16:14.391-05:002014-06-11T21:16:14.391-05:00I wish that I had read more Legion of Super-Heroes...I wish that I had read more Legion of Super-Heroes and Superman Family. At the time, most of my reading was from Marvel, so I only had a couple issues of LoSH and Superman Family. Plus I wish that I had more Dollar Comics from around the time of the DC Implosion. Thanks to a Dollar Comics version of Detective Comics I became aware of Dead man and the Marvel Family.Eric Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-50703531597374864782014-06-11T20:39:23.852-05:002014-06-11T20:39:23.852-05:00Yeah, "marvel mags" = those big black an...Yeah, "marvel mags" = those big black and white magazines Marvel put out in the 70s, and I guess beyond. I had a couple of Planet of the Apes, and one Savage Tales, I think a couple of monster mags, but that was about it. As you say, they were expensive, but also, as a kid, they just felt too adult for me, and the monster ones were just too scary!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-13495270638230817722014-06-11T20:21:31.776-05:002014-06-11T20:21:31.776-05:00Kung Fun? Auto correct; aaaargggh!Kung Fun? Auto correct; aaaargggh!Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-61602769719795985412014-06-11T20:19:58.966-05:002014-06-11T20:19:58.966-05:00Have never read Master of Kung Fun, but based on t...Have never read Master of Kung Fun, but based on today's posts I must do so! <br /><br />As for today's question, I really wish I'd read more non-superhero comics in the Bronze Age. Missed out on a lot of fine material; such as MoKF, Kubert's war comics, and the DC horror/mystery titles. <br /><br />Redartz (holding his answer card upside down)Redartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221459636234713619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-4283507188032081642014-06-11T19:20:46.152-05:002014-06-11T19:20:46.152-05:00Karen, when you said you wish you'd have gotte...Karen, when you said you wish you'd have gotten more "Marvel mags", did you mean the black & white magazines?<br /><br />I wish I had bought some of those. Every time I went to the grocery store with my mom I'd steal away to the magazine aisle and look through all of the B&W's and the Hollywood monster magazines. I think ultimately I stayed away from those books because a) they were pricey and b) no way was my mom going to buy some of those -- the covers! Egad! But I sure wish I'd have read the Planet of the Apes mag at the least.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-78179205681203227892014-06-11T19:16:40.803-05:002014-06-11T19:16:40.803-05:00I didn't get into MOKF until it was up to issu...I didn't get into MOKF until it was up to issue 61 or so; eventually I got all the back issues. Really, one of the best Bronze Age series. I also wish I'd not gotten so many of the below average Marvel Comics and instead gotten some of the better DC comics of the period. As it was, I was a total Marvel zombie and didn't start getting any DC comics until about 1983. By the time I discovered Alan Moore on Swamp Thing, I was totally done with basing my picks on the name of the publisher.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-82783680497881986592014-06-11T18:01:39.514-05:002014-06-11T18:01:39.514-05:00Edo --
My apologies, on behalf of the Blogger gre...Edo --<br /><br />My apologies, on behalf of the Blogger gremlins, for you phantom comment. I just went to delete a spam comment (may those people rot in... maybe that's too harsh. On the other hand...) and found your missing comment in the spam folder. I have no idea why! So it's been restored to it's rightful place in the conversation.<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-68583896257056871762014-06-11T16:04:46.339-05:002014-06-11T16:04:46.339-05:00I'll go with wishing I had read "Master o...I'll go with wishing I had read "Master of Kung-Fu" when it was originally published as well. I could probably track down most of the back issues on eBay and such, but I'm still holding out hope that they will eventually be allowed to reprint them in TBP or Omnibus format. I would even buy them in the "Essential Marvel" format, because they don't really need to be in color.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988016825582035390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-53312410812339818092014-06-11T15:52:56.056-05:002014-06-11T15:52:56.056-05:00If I ever travel to Croatia, I am bringing ROMs. :...If I ever travel to Croatia, I am bringing ROMs. :)Dr. Oyolahttp://themiddlespaces.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-33116095606609219972014-06-11T13:45:16.594-05:002014-06-11T13:45:16.594-05:00There's a Canadian version of Match Game curre...There's a Canadian version of Match Game currently running on the Comedy Network up here; mostly Canadian panelists, with a token American every week:<br /><br />http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/MatchGame/Panelists<br /><br />As for the original question...I wish I'd stopped my parents from throwing out most of my Bronze Age comics!<br /><br />Mike W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-44511000521127571102014-06-11T13:24:17.996-05:002014-06-11T13:24:17.996-05:00Hmmm, I thought I had another comment in there aft...Hmmm, I thought I had another comment in there after Osvaldo's, but it looks like it got chewed up by the internet ether. Oh, well.<br />Anyway, I wanted to thank Osvaldo for the sentiment - and I've noticed that you can sometimes score a good deal on the whole run of Rom on eBay, but once you factor in postage to Europe it becomes really expensive again.<br /><br />Also, I agree about Shang Chi: I followed it for a few years when Zeck was the main artist, but I also wish I had read the entire series.<br /><br />And HB, when you mentioned a celebrity known pretty only for being a celebrity panelist, the first person I thought of immediately was Soupy Sales - I remember he appeared in "What's My Line?" and that's it. I only found out later that he had a pretty long broadcast career before that gig.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-18118755910990951342014-06-11T13:20:47.493-05:002014-06-11T13:20:47.493-05:00I was a big Rom & MOKF reader, but I really wi...I was a big Rom & MOKF reader, but I really wish I'd read 'Power Man and Iron Fist' more often during the Bronze Age.<br /><br />No, they weren't classics, but they generally had fun, down to earth storylines. Their villains were always entertaining, if not world-conquering threats. <br /><br />I love cosmic epics like the Kree-Skrull war, but I generally prefer stories that take place in New York City and use the city as a character in the story. Cage & Fist's tales usually fit that bill.<br />But I only picked up the series sporadically, usually when I was visiting grandparents & finished reading what I brought with me.J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-73643286391320064142014-06-11T13:10:45.791-05:002014-06-11T13:10:45.791-05:00Dolly=Dolly Martin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...Dolly=Dolly Martin:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Martin<br /><br />J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-68916561849195137892014-06-11T12:48:47.194-05:002014-06-11T12:48:47.194-05:00Looking back, three things come quickly to mind:
...Looking back, three things come quickly to mind:<br /><br />A) Drawn more, a lot more. And kept what I drew. For not reading his title, I drew Captain America the most. <br /><br />Secondly) Left my room more and talked about comics. I'm sure there were more people in my town that read comics. When I look back at the number of stores that stocked comics, someone had to have been buying them.<br /><br />Lastly) and this is speaking as a fellow Marvelite, read more Justice Society and Legion of Super Heroes.<br /><br />The Prowler ("young dreamy and limber" Amen david, amen).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-65577574959836863122014-06-11T11:21:48.619-05:002014-06-11T11:21:48.619-05:00Let's see...Charlie Weaver, Paul Lynde, Nipsey...Let's see...Charlie Weaver, Paul Lynde, Nipsey Russell... HB, I don't know who Dolly is either.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-71346594774836279972014-06-11T11:15:52.878-05:002014-06-11T11:15:52.878-05:00I do not at all mind if this thread becomes a two-...I do not at all mind if this thread becomes a two-headed monster between what we wished we'd done in the Bronze Age and a specific conversation in the direction of HB's request.<br /><br />Have at it!<br /><br />DougDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-29425556791191861462014-06-11T11:04:48.489-05:002014-06-11T11:04:48.489-05:00Nice topic, HB..!!
Watching those Match Game epis...Nice topic, HB..!!<br /><br />Watching those Match Game episodes now, ALL the celebs look drunker than snot. I always thought of 'em as some big conglomerate that lurched and slurred their way from one daytime gameshow to another, propped up in their chairs, sort christened as the 'Not-Ready-For-Hollywood-Squares' players.<br /><br />I remember Robert Reed once in his leather coat/black turtleneck ensemble, dark sunglasses and big man-perm. Ewww.<br /><br />Ahhh, and just think, 'Love Boat' would soon set sail. It sure rescued Charo's magnificent career.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-38282688274721996582014-06-11T10:58:16.165-05:002014-06-11T10:58:16.165-05:00Aw, thanks, Osvaldo. And yeah, for a while there P...Aw, thanks, Osvaldo. And yeah, for a while there PM & IF was a pretty good series.<br />I guess I should also jump on the Shang Chi bandwagon - I followed it for a while when Mike Zeck was the main artist. However, I only had a few issues of the earlier stuff, and frankly, as with Rom, I wish I had (or had read at least) the whole thing.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-78759094245166915232014-06-11T10:55:01.012-05:002014-06-11T10:55:01.012-05:00Really, when I saw the photo I first assumed that ...Really, when I saw the photo I first assumed that this post was going to be literally about the Match Game alone-! I think it may have been on in the 3 or 3:30 slot in our area, and my buddy & I would watch it before cartoons came on at 4.<br /><br />Of the six panelists in that shot, five are immediately identifiable. Alan Ludden (LOOOONGtime Password host & husband of Betty White); Bret Somers (mainstay of the show; wife of Jack Klugman); Charles Nelson Reilly (also a mainstay; replaced later by Gary Burghoff); Dolly somebody?-- her I don't know; poor old Richard Dawson who eventually found a permanent gameshow gig of his own on Family Feud; and the STILL-rambunctious Betty White, god bless 'er!<br /><br />Boy, "celebrity"-panel game shows could be a whole topic of their own, couldn't they? Since the majority of the time what the celebrities end up being remembered for is. . . being a celebrity panelist. (Who remembers Kitty Carlisle for her early movie/stage career more than for her forever-stint on To Tell the Truth, hmm?) Whatcha think Doug & Karen? Ya gotcher What's My Line, yer Password, yer Hollywood Squares and I'm sure at least a couple of others, eh?<br /><br />HB (The real one. . . please-standing-up. . . )Humanbellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-80897587417928011312014-06-11T10:37:49.007-05:002014-06-11T10:37:49.007-05:00Edo, I wish I could duplicate my ROM collection an...Edo, I wish I could duplicate my ROM collection and send it to you. . . I have been considering getting a second set - since I got the first set so cheap - cover price or less except for the X-Men appearance issue) - though at least half of those I got right off the rack.<br /><br /><br />I am going to join the Master of Kung-Fu bandwagon (in fact, one of my favorite two-part ROM stories features Shang-chi and his crew), but also wish I had 1) started collecting X-Men earlier and 2) gotten in Power Man & Iron Fist.Dr. Oyolahttp://themiddlespaces.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com