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(For the Distinguished Competition, my favorite of his work was when he was scripting Keith Griffen's plots during the bwahahaha era of Justice League.)
When i started collecting comics in 88'89 J.M. was on Justice League and a few other titles and it was brilliant fun to read. Him and Giffen are immense. I loved Giffen's 9 panel layout, especially when he was inked by Al Gordon on Legion of Superheroes.
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Although most of my recent comic book reading has been from the Distinguished Competition, I also read this classic Thor storyline.
I believe this is the first time Marvel adapted Ragnarok. The ending is a copout of course, as it wasn't really end of times, but there are some fun interpretations of classic Norse myths, and some fantastic art from John Buscema.
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How dare some seaman posture in front of Doom! Only Doom may posture in front of Doom, and only by Doom's permission!!
Seriously, whomever they get to play the not-so-good Doctor would have to have the ego of a thousand Harlan Ellisons.
PS: Hey Sandman, gitcher own hero to fight!
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Marvel is easily my favorite comic book publisher, my only complaint is that Mar-Vell never really came back all the way. He and Captain America were my favorite superheroes.
I started my comic collecting career with The Avengers (#182, I think), back when comic book stores weren't a thing yet 7/11 newsstands were, but gravitated more to the hero who didn't have lasers shooting out his bootyhole, that being the Star-Spangled Avenger. But after a while, I even had to abandon his run when all that Cosmic Cube nonsense started overshadowing him, and stopped when Red Skull died... well, that and I became broke at the time. I occasionally grabbed an issue here and there, realizing I was more a fan of the character than his exploits.
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Jim Phelps
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I started my comic collecting career with The Avengers (#182, I think), back when comic book stores weren't a thing yet 7/11 newsstands were, but gravitated more to the hero who didn't have lasers shooting out his bootyhole, that being the Star-Spangled Avenger. But after a while, I even had to abandon his run when all that Cosmic Cube nonsense started overshadowing him, and stopped when Red Skull died... well, that and I became broke at the time. I occasionally grabbed an issue here and there, realizing I was more a fan of the character than his exploits.
Yes, 7-11 was *the* place for my early comic book purchases, too. With any luck, I would also have gotten a relative to throw in a Slurpee or some penny candy along with the two or three books my meager allowance would afford me. I could forget about getting the "huge" 16 oz Slurpee with either the Marvel or DC characters on it, though.
The poly-bagged-comic-three-packs sold at discount stores gave me more "bang" for my buck circa 1979-80.
During that time, the villain of the month determined the books I wanted more than the actual heroes of the book.
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Mantlo, for what's it's worth, is THE Hulk scribe. His Rocky Raccoon has proven to have more mileage than anything any other Hulk writer has contributed. He also is responsible for the "Intelligent Hulk" storyline, which was even used in Avengers: Endgame.
Mantlo is Hulk's great unsung hero.
Admittedly I haven't read any of Bill Mantlo's run on Hulk. Something I hope to rectify soon. Hopefully the run has been reprinted.
Did Mantlo's version of intelligent Hulk have Banner and Hulk permanently merged? Having the two merged, so that he was "Professor Hulk" (something the fans coined, although apparently Peter David doesn't care for it) 24/7 was a major part of Peter David's run. I always assumed Endgame was referencing David's Professor Hulk storyline when showing what happened to Bruce Banner five years later. Other aspects of David's storyline, Hulk preferring to be fully clothed, and never getting all that angry, were also used in Endgame. That said, not having read Mantlo's run, I can't say, but if he did all of that first, then he is definitely a Hulk visionary.
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