'Nuff said: The thing I remember most about that promotion was that Elektra cover. Ultimates: Hm, I remember Cap kicking Hank Pym's butt. Heh-heh...and the Wasp was Asian? The Hood: I got some of those issues and they were interesting. Like Pants I think it was #3 I couldn't find. Spider-man/Black Cat: In the midst of the delay I was thinking, "How did I get tricked into buying this?" Mystique: I really liked that series! Truth: Ah, I got them, but I really wasn't into it. I'm not a big fan of Kyle Baker's art. I don't remember that about Will Smith. Interesting tidbit, Mike! I remember the Tom Cruise one. DOOP!: Well, I thought it was entertaining. Runaways: Eh, it's okay. Maybe because I've never read the early issues, I don't get it. and so on.... Wow, you covered more years this time. Hats off to you guys! And this time, I can actually go to my longboxes and dig out Strange Adventures! (heh-heh...)
i always like it when manga comes up. hearing you guys experience or talk about manga that holds a special place in my heart is always cool. im waiting you to do an episode on something like bleach, with more emphasis on action and fighting. it seems like that might be more universal.
I for one cant wait for "Marvel Spotlight: 2020" where we get to hear from future Murd and Jamie and Pants and Mike and hear where Marvel went after they decided to relaunch the entire universe (completely unrelated to the DCnU asn Quesada continues to claim)
Finally finished up the epsiode last night, loved it, but....(yeah, I know, always a but) a few corrections:
-JMS is the one who did the story of The Thing being a multi-millionaire.
-The Daredevil movie tanked? Budget of $78 million, pulled in $108 Million US and $76 million foreign, 2 DVDs (original and director's cut) and a spin-off for Elektra. I wish I had a project that tanked like that. You may not have liked it, and it may not have done Spider-Man numbers, but it was successful enough that Fox wants to retain the rights to the character.
-I had forgotten Rucka and Robinson's Wolverine was under Marvel Knights. I LOVED that run, and when Robinson was getting beaten up in the fan press for his art, I sent him an e-mail that it was the first time I'd bought the Wolverine book since Buscema and felt the art was amazing. He sent back a very nice note and I discovered we have a mutual friend not in comics!
-Whedon's Astonishing X-Men was supposed to the considered the book that picked up where Morrison's X-Men left off, and if I remember correctly, it was given its own series instead of being in New X-Men because Whedon knew he would not be able to meet deadlines.
This was, IMHO, Marvel's more fertile creative period since their height in the Bronze Age (1972 - 1976), and even their failures were at least interesting.
DITTO! A delightful one or two hours of fond reminiscence with each one! Luckily, with 4-7 decades to summarize (depending on the character), and several thousand characters per company, the CGS Gents have a LOT of material to choose from when producing their next 1,357,482,358,294 "Spotlight" episodes! ;)
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or Mai the psychic girl
or Ranma 1/2
Or area 88!
Or Shion (if you can find it!!!)
Ultimates: Hm, I remember Cap kicking Hank Pym's butt. Heh-heh...and the Wasp was Asian?
The Hood: I got some of those issues and they were interesting. Like Pants I think it was #3 I couldn't find.
Spider-man/Black Cat: In the midst of the delay I was thinking, "How did I get tricked into buying this?"
Mystique: I really liked that series!
Truth: Ah, I got them, but I really wasn't into it. I'm not a big fan of Kyle Baker's art. I don't remember that about Will Smith. Interesting tidbit, Mike! I remember the Tom Cruise one.
DOOP!: Well, I thought it was entertaining.
Runaways: Eh, it's okay. Maybe because I've never read the early issues, I don't get it.
and so on....
Wow, you covered more years this time. Hats off to you guys! And this time, I can actually go to my longboxes and dig out Strange Adventures! (heh-heh...)
or this
-JMS is the one who did the story of The Thing being a multi-millionaire.
-The Daredevil movie tanked? Budget of $78 million, pulled in $108 Million US and $76 million foreign, 2 DVDs (original and director's cut) and a spin-off for Elektra. I wish I had a project that tanked like that. You may not have liked it, and it may not have done Spider-Man numbers, but it was successful enough that Fox wants to retain the rights to the character.
-I had forgotten Rucka and Robinson's Wolverine was under Marvel Knights. I LOVED that run, and when Robinson was getting beaten up in the fan press for his art, I sent him an e-mail that it was the first time I'd bought the Wolverine book since Buscema and felt the art was amazing. He sent back a very nice note and I discovered we have a mutual friend not in comics!
-Whedon's Astonishing X-Men was supposed to the considered the book that picked up where Morrison's X-Men left off, and if I remember correctly, it was given its own series instead of being in New X-Men because Whedon knew he would not be able to meet deadlines.
This was, IMHO, Marvel's more fertile creative period since their height in the Bronze Age (1972 - 1976), and even their failures were at least interesting.