tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post4607822839050203155..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: FOOM Fridays: FOOM #8Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-50297850347462637092017-04-28T21:33:08.045-05:002017-04-28T21:33:08.045-05:00With respect to to Giant-Size Avengers #2, they sh...With respect to to Giant-Size Avengers #2, they should have also replaced Captain America with Thor in the final art, as he was actually a member of the team at this time and appeared in the issue, unlike Cap.cjr67https://www.blogger.com/profile/04891472312091586165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-47716147893551381772011-02-26T08:58:18.459-06:002011-02-26T08:58:18.459-06:00I don't have the issue to hand but isn't t...I don't have the issue to hand but isn't there a comment by Gerber on how he tried to differentiate Lilith from Satana?<br />That Wein blurb on the New X-Men thrilled me as a kid (almost as much as the Byne illo of Nomad - he looked far more superheroic than Cap!). I thought that Nightcrawler would be the same character who had previously appeared in a Trimpe Hulk issue.<br />My main impression of Marvel from this issue was that I was reading references to fairly risqué "adult" materials: the Devil, crucifixions and blood-drinking!Dougienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-1885940040706454532011-02-25T21:27:44.679-06:002011-02-25T21:27:44.679-06:00I wonder how Dr. Doom was supposed to have origina...I wonder how Dr. Doom was supposed to have originally fit into the story in GS-Avengers #2 and why it wound up being changed. Or was it just a misunderstanding that Doom would be in the story at all?<br />That Cap pose on the cover reminds me of Frank Robbins depictions of the Star-Spangled Avenger/Invader. Or some very early Jack Kirby. Maybe that was the inspiration for both Robbins & Romita in this instance. Didn't quite look like Romita's typical Silver/Bronze age depictions of Cap, although perhaps he drew him that way during his tenure on Cap's brief return very late in the Golden Age. Probably the failure of Marvel's Golden Age superstars to find a new audience in 1954 was a good thing, as otherwise Stan might not have felt so compelled to try something radically different when he tried superheros again.<br />BTW, I thought Perez did a pretty good job on Man-Wolf; certainly Jolly Jameson's moon-crossed son's canine half didn't look anything like Jack Russell's.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-5603763988179097242011-02-25T09:07:26.015-06:002011-02-25T09:07:26.015-06:00These issues came after my subscription was up; ap...These issues came after my subscription was up; apparently I didn't miss much..<br /><br />I applaud FOOM as being a wonderful initiative from Marvel to facilitate the Merry Bullpen from the MMMS days, despite the wish that this was all done on higher quality paper. <br /><br />Obviously with the economy and rising costs back then, it was still a nifty investment. <br /><br />I never saw these alternate covers (Doom on GS Avengers #2..?). Very interesting.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.com