tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post1727010863819999005..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Thing 1 and Thing 2: Fantastic Four #160Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-11253984258782773742011-08-01T22:28:08.543-05:002011-08-01T22:28:08.543-05:00At least Roy resisted the urge to call they guy &q...At least Roy resisted the urge to call they guy "Red Gaard"! Also, I'd guess it's been a couple of decades since any Marvel or DC characters have made reference to specific decades like that cabbie does here. While not a classic this was still a fun story. Seems by this point, outside of Conan, Roy kept most of his superhero stories relatively lighthearted, albeit with a few serious moments thrown in. <br />BTW, anyone else suss that Ben & Johnny are essentially employed by Reed? Considering all the work they were routinely shown doing for Reed during the Kirby years in particular and that neither were shown to have ongoing careers doing anything else since that fateful day when they became the FF. Sure, Ben used to be a test pilot and Johnny tinkered around with hotrods, but that was about it. All things considered though, perhaps Reed should have been happy that the Wizard never got a hold of Ben with his Id Machine and convinced him to sue the bejeezus out of Reed for turning him into the Thing!Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-88789239114298957012011-08-01T21:37:36.342-05:002011-08-01T21:37:36.342-05:00Yes, when is Gaard's new limited series coming...Yes, when is Gaard's new limited series coming out?<br /><br />KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032477453891087135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-43564664337219001752011-08-01T18:48:53.954-05:002011-08-01T18:48:53.954-05:00Oh boy, only three more issues until the epic debu...Oh boy, only three more issues until the epic debut of Gaard!vancouver marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-68529875816100054202011-08-01T09:44:00.736-05:002011-08-01T09:44:00.736-05:00I never read this issue, but I always thought this...I never read this issue, but I always thought this cover was rather "chatty", even by the standards of Bronze Age covers. I'm guessing Ben doesn't mention Hank Aaron inside the comic? Nice Gil Kane art on the cover. <br /><br />I've never found Arkon very interesting, which is one reason I never picked up this issue. I read his first appearance when it was reprinted in 'Marvel Super Action'. Earth's nuclear tests were polluting his planet, so he attacks Earth. And he falls for Scarlet Witch and captures her. Even as a kid I thought "okay, so he's Namor...but from space instead of under the sea, and he's "in love" with Wanda instead of the Invisible Girl."J.A. Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800901321134394272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-60820633865945680002011-08-01T07:40:40.701-05:002011-08-01T07:40:40.701-05:00This looks like a wonderful issue.. I actually did...This looks like a wonderful issue.. I actually didn't know John B. came back to pencil the FF between Mr. Buckler and Mr. Perez. I'll have to grab some of these issues (I stopped my original collecting at ish 151..). <br /><br />Stone's inking looks alright from these panels, they don't seem to undo any of John's classic and distinctive scene structures. As I mentioned before, even with Sinnott, a softer Buscema isn't necessarily a bad thing ~ It's the nice compromise of the two styles.., which complimented MUCH better than Stone's work with Kirby.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com