Episode 1435 Talkback: Spotlight on Marvel Monsters
Adam_Murdough
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Creatures on the loose! Monsters on the prowl! Just in time to be a week late for Halloween, Chris Eberle (in his first appearance as a fully accredited Geek!) shambles out of the hellish nether-realm of New Jersey to help us celebrate the supernatural superstars of Marvel Comics' character-driven horror titles, in the horror heyday of the '70s and beyond. Listen if you dare!! (2:09:17)
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And an official welcome to Chris Eberle from one of the fans!
All that 70s stuff is groovy, too, of course, but come on, the end twist for that Tim Boo Ba story ranks up there with any of the best of EC's endings, I think (not praise I offer lightly, either).
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I LOVE THAT!
I'm not a horror comics fan. This ep. made me want to hit the back issue bins and see what I can find.
*sheepishly hangs head*
I'm so ashamed.
It is funny though. Bwahahahah!
Of the stuff you talked about, I've only read the Tomb of Dracula Essential and some Howard the Duck. I remember seeing ads for that Supernaturals series (the collab between Marvel and Chaos) in Wizard at the time and I really wanted to get it, but in my area I was limited to whatever I could get at convenience stores and grocery stores.
and one of the greatest moments in the history of comics podcasting interviews:
Gene Colan on CGS
Onto the Darkhold. So my main experience with the Darkhold was the terrible 90s series. For a book that starred Redeemers there is nothing redeeming about the series.
A spotlight on the 90s Ghostrider and the Midnight Sons line got me a little excited I'm not going to lie.
Also on a strange note, the Dr. Strange series was not part of the Midnight Sons line. It crossed into it in the last big crossover but it was actually outside of the line. I've always thought this was extremly odd because the tone, plot, and visual stylings fit with the line (I'm no Strange expert but that is from the little I've read from that series).
Great job to CGS.
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Is he as well versed with DC as he is Marvel because these spotlight episodes are very impressive (along with the other Geeks of course)?
It was also great to hear you discuss Dracula's memorable appearances in the X-Men book, but you did forget his appearances (and my personal favorite of them) in the THOR title (issues #332 and #333). His seduction and enthrallment of Sif, and the subsequent awesome moment on the rooftops when both he and Thor are attempting to control the elements, and both fail because the storm doesn't know which master to obey. Pure gold.
Whether or not the Exorcist would be to your tastes as a lover of great cinema who doesn't like horror films, really will depend on how you define horror and what you don't like the horror genre. I have seen the Exorcist and recognize it as a film classic of the 70's, but I have my struggles viewing it because of the many levels it works at.
@Adam_Murdough if you see this and are interested in taking the conversation further since this is maybe close to off-topic for the forum you can e-mail me at gothamkid@comcast.net or ping me on facebook as Trey Hooks from Franklin, TN.
Daimon Hellstrom has appeared a couple of times in the Cullen Bunn Venom series as a protaganist.
The Living Mummy, Manphibian, and Jack Russel had made appearances in the short-lived Morbius series.
Prior to that, Rick Remender used them all as citizens of Monstropolis in the Franken-castle swerve that his Punisher run took.
"If he's able to get them motivated enough to finish..."
doesn't in my opinion paint the other geeks in a flattering light. It makes them sound like some parent's slacker kids in the basement that don't want to mow the lawn. I think they are a hard working bunch of guys devoting their time to this and I hate to see them taken for granted or unappreciated.
In my humble opinion, it's unfortunate that beyond many of the gems you guys mentioned tonight, most of the Marvel horror titles in the mid-seventies failed to live up to the potential that my mind's eye had imagined for them. Excluding Tomb of Dracula, and a few Man-Thing or Werewolf by Night issues, most of the horror protagonists never really caught fire with me (no pun intended to Ghost Rider). I continued to gravitate toward the bulk of DC's horror titles such as The Unexpected, The Witching Hour, House of Secrets, House of Mystery, etc - which were often VERY disturbing.
And while I'm much more of a Marvel fan than a DC guy, as a young lad I could get scared by standard hero fare where the star began to doubt his/her own sanity. There was something about losing one's mind that rattled me as a boy. So issues such as The Flash #254 - #256 where Barry Allen thinks he's going crazy and seeing demons both intrigued and frightened me. That's just one example.
Overall, a fun and VERY interesting episode. Spotlights are my overall favorites. I'll be perusing the back issue bins for one or two of those mentioned in this podcast. Really looking forward to your upcoming November Previews episode as well as the next Off the Rack and Comic Talk episodes, where I expect we'll hear much more from Shane and Jamie in those features :) Still hoping Murd climbs back into the Time Bubble sometime in the near future, as it's been a while...
Finally, a tip of my hat to Mr. Chris Eberle. If he is to be a full-time CGS member, as is being hinted at in this forum, I applaud the decision and welcome his wealth of comic goodness knowledge. His contributions to the CGS Spotlight episodes are unparalleled and appreciated. Another great show guys! Thank-you.
He had 2 issues in the Siege of Darkness with the Midnight Sons (not part of the line up until then). Now I consider the Siege of Darkness as the end of the Midnight Sons (by the end of SoD, Darkhold is cancelled and the Midnight Sons disperse). However the branding continues for another 4-5 months after Siege of Darkness. The Sorcerer Supreme has the Midnight Sons branding for a total of 7 issues.
The Midnight Sons brand begins Spirits of Vengeance #1 and ends when SoV is cancelled (23 issues, Johnny Blaze was the main character that had teamups with Ghost Rider). SoV is replaced with a Blaze solo series that runs 12 issues.
Nightstalkers ends around the same time as SoV (18 issues). They split up and Blade gets a very fun and somewhat difficult to find 10 issue series.
Morbius the Living Vampire hangs on a little longer than SoV and Nightstalkers; it has a healthy 32 issue run. I can't say that the series was great, but it was the second longest series. Heck Morbius almost outlasted SoV, NS, and thier follow-up solo series.
The lone duck in the pond was the Ghost Rider (1990) series. It survived for another 4+ years after Siege of Darkness. We might all (myself included) roll our eyes at the Ghostrider (1990 series) but it ran for 93 issues (roughly 8 years). That's impressive.
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