I'd buy that for a dollar..
There's only one decent independent comics store in the Denver area. Until they start
paying me MONEY, I won't plug them by name... but they're located next to El Chubby's
on I-225 and Mississippi. By the old Target. In some of the old "Weekly Crap Recaps" I would
occassionally plug their 10 cent boxes. They're not like ordinary stores
who have maybe two boxes of 10 centers, filled with "Brigade" and the entire
run of "Cage". Yes, they have that stuff, but they have over roughly EIGHTY
boxes of old, forgotten comics. It's like the Boxes of
Misfit Comics. Anyways, here's the latest sampling of what my dollar
picked up:
Crimson Dynamo #1-3 (2003)
An old alternate Crimson Dynamo armor has been forgotten by the Russian government.
A young kleptomaniac Moscow student finds the suit's helmet in a warehouse. Just the helmet...
the rest of the armor is under lock-down in Siberia.
Thinking it's a home entertainment center, he uses the helmet as his own personal TV and XBox. He thinks
he's playing a videogame, when he's actually combatitng the Russian army.
Most of the kid's lines are incredibly stupid (he sez "Luke, I am your father"), and the art resembles Jon Bogdanove (who, by the way, sucks). The helmet has a homing beacon, and the
suit is slowly moving towards the helmet. Merriment ensues.
It's different... but I'm really bummed because the story premise is very
similar to the Option 38 story I've been working on for years.
Goofball college guy finds a suit of armor and thinks he has a new hobby.
But, I was considering scrapping
that entire story and starting from scratch, anyways.
All-Star Sqaudron #27 & #38
The Squad was DC's big continuity-filler book from the early 80's. It attempted to feature
all of the old Golden Age heroes and in that regard was successful. Heroes as
obscure as The Whip made appearances. However, most of the continuity established
in the book created alot of confusion when "Crisis" hit.
#27 features the Squadron facing off with Sargon the Sorcerer and the Spectre.
#38 covers a big knockdown/drag-out between the Squadron and the Shazam Family.
(No Marvel Bunny or Uncle Marvel, regretfully). Writer Roy Thomas did a good job
of working in relevant dialogue and information, so they're worth reading if
you're into old, pre-CRISIS DC stuff. This copy of #38 has two
"Fang marks" right through the middle of the comic. Looks
like someone's pooch once sunk its teeth into it.
Avengers Annual #23
From the nadir of Avengers lore: 1993 when all the members had a five o' clock
shadow and wore a jacket! This is also from Marvel's big attempt to create new
"Image-like" characters. In other words, someone thought it would be a good idea to
DELIBERATELY create shitty characters! Here, it's "Bloodwraith", who's
an anti-Black Knight. Dialogue is WAY too serious and almost an embarassment.
Even some of Steve Ditko's Atlas comics made more sense. Which is a cheap way to
segue into...
Tiger-Man #3
From the short-lived Atlas Comics line of 1976. Yes, Steve Ditko was
responsible for bringing us the early Spider-Man comics... but
in my opinion, he's somewhat overrated. To me, his art never improved
and lacked imagination. It seemed like he was recycling layouts, and
inserting new characters. Tiger-Man's one of those. Tiger-Man resembles
umm... Tygra..or whatever his name was, from "Thundercats" (no... please
don't contact me if you're into Thundercats...they were after my time).
He also looks like a junior cast member of the Banana Splits
show.
Tiger-Man had one of the most ludicrous origins around: he went to
Africa to get injected with Tiger-serum. Yes..he went to Africa to
study Tigers. 'Cuz we all know Tigers are just all over
the joint in Africa. They hang out with the Koala Bears, who also
live there. Oh man...so Tiger-Man meets up with Hypnos! An evil
old guy who likes to hypnotize people into suicide with his EVIL monocle.
Tiger-Man almost buys it, when he gets hypnotized and dumps gasoline
on himself. A random mugger smacks Tiger-Man with a blackjack to save the day.
That must have been a desperate mugger... he didn't think twice about
whacking a guy in a tiger-suit dumping gasoline over his body.
For the big ending, Tiger-Man sits by while Hypnos falls off a building.
Here's a shocker...this was the last issue of Tiger-Man!
Thor #308
Best of the batch, but there's one problem : it's Thor. That means
cheesy dialogue aplenty! Renaissance Fair dweebs would dig it. Self-contained
story, featuring Thor saving New York from a mystic snowstorm, sent by Loki.
Karnilla, queen of the Norns(and Marge Simpson
hairdos), hooks up with Loki and talks him into sending a "Snow Giant"
to New York. Thor and a snow-plow driver fight off the giant, while
Karnilla and Loki piss each other off. Thor thwarts Loki's magic
snowglobe, ending the storm. Aye, verily!
A-Team #1-2
For 20 cents, how could I resist? I needed 2 more comics to
make my stash a robust 10. I mean, who buys EIGHT 10 cents comics?! One features "B.A. versus the Sumo!"
The forgotten "Amy" is around, wearing an
Olivia Newton-John "Physical"
get-up. I'd file Amy with Gummo Marx. I have no desire to read them,
but someday I can pull 'em out and show my grandkids. Similar to the way
I laughed at my dad's Cisco Kid comic. I'll probably get to these around April 2005.
That's my bargain batch from last week. Nothing in here is worth
any amount of money, but for a whopping BUCK, it was one of the
better deals around. Roughly two hours of entertainment for 100 pennies.
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