tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post5969197723941315916..comments2024-03-19T10:41:35.976-05:00Comments on Bronze Age Babies: Part Eleven: The Debonair Looks of Hank PymDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04248324005584963229noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-74083429112780920902011-01-31T07:29:36.960-06:002011-01-31T07:29:36.960-06:00Wow.. Can't believe I hadn't seen this pos...Wow.. Can't believe I hadn't seen this post on ol' Hank..!<br /><br />Conveniently ignoring the whole Jim Shooter 'Unstable Hank' arc (..please.., don't get me started again..), his outfits were always inspired. With the best art, it's really a toss-up which outfit I enjoy the most out of these top three: Antman, yellow/blue Goliath, and Yellowjacket. <br /><br />The edge goes to YJ, since I was 'really' introduced to Hank in his brief Defenders stint, drawn by the always-excellent Sal Buscema. The YJ outfit always oozed 'coolness', especially drawn by Byrne or either Buscema, especially with the 'single lens' across his face instead of the separate eye-shades. <br /><br />As for the wing effectiveness, as you know, it was explained in Avengers 195(or around that ish, I believe..?) that they vibrated to rustle up energy for his glove laser blasts.david_bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218727673816200051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-37828916302954924172010-08-29T17:27:28.243-05:002010-08-29T17:27:28.243-05:00I remember reading an interview with Stan Lee a lo...I remember reading an interview with Stan Lee a long time ago when he was talking about writing most of the Marvel line in the mid-60s and how hard it was to remember things (that's why the names were alliterative)and come up with new villains. He specifically remembered that he picked up an artist's electric eraser and was inspired to create the Living Eraser.jim kosmickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08085710372093169851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-680755048555630102010-08-04T19:14:01.711-05:002010-08-04T19:14:01.711-05:00My Marvel fandom began in 1966 when I convinced my...My Marvel fandom began in 1966 when I convinced my dad to buy me a copy of Avengers #34 - he was a fan of the Avengers TV series and I sort of misrepresented the comic to him. Anyway, that's the best Hank Pym outfit in my book, that yellow and blue costume without the antenna.Steve Picknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-561391826172431412010-08-03T06:01:41.838-05:002010-08-03T06:01:41.838-05:00Definitely among the Hank Pym fans who think Shoot...Definitely among the Hank Pym fans who think Shooter really f***ed it all up by turning him into an abusive husband (both physically and verbally). In fact, I pretty much stopped reading Avengers a few issues after that (I did, however, pick up the early issues of Stern's run where he sort of redeemed Hank).<br />As for the point of this post - I first started reading comics when Hank was Yellowjacket, so that always seemed his "natural" identity and costume to me. However, I'm also a fan of the original Ant-man costume, and think there were quite a few Marvel staffers who were fond of it as well. I'm pretty sure the whole reason for introducing Scott Lang as the new Ant-man in Marvel Premiere was simply to put that costume back into circulation.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293155946761960913.post-57072318603757497982010-08-02T18:37:21.254-05:002010-08-02T18:37:21.254-05:00In retrospect, where I feel Jim Shooter really fel...In retrospect, where I feel Jim Shooter really fell down in his downfall of Hank Pym storyline, is that none of the other long-time Avengers who had worked with him for years ever stopped to ponder, "hey, this isn't like Hank at all! Something is seriously wrong here and we ought to help him." Seems Shooter was just intent on writing a yarn in which a good guy goes bad that he lost focus on the characterizations built up over the previous 20 years or so.Fred W. Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07602124919964053532noreply@blogger.com