Whose Power Man and Iron Fist were they advertising? Wouldn't it have been when there wasn't even a steady creative team - post-Busiek and pre-Priest? I think Archie Goodwin was meant to be the "regular writer" but he was only sometimes cashing a cheque by scripting random issues and the rest were fill-ins.
A solidly written, fast paced story, and in terms of entertainment value probably a much better read than many comics that are revered "classics." But two points spoil it for us in terms of immersion, they "kick us out of the story" and "break the spell" that put us next to the characters in the same situation. These two points are: 1) The Wasp's phallic cosplay with the giant gun. It lasts for several panels and runs across multiple pages. I realize that the redemption of Hank Pym was still in its nascent stage, but to suggest that the man gave his wife the ability to shrink down to a few inches just so that his member would look gigantic when she swung off it like a steeple jack about to fall off the side of a building under construction is libelous. 2) Monica Rambeau, the Bin Bag Bimbo, was an unnecessary and desperate inclusion. Standing in the path of an energy discharge weapon so she gets blasted provides a text book definition of "cannon fodder." While the panel of her tumbling through the air on the trail of a wayward astronaut's helmet brought the inherent absurdity of her costume into sharp relief: the sheer yardage of material, the cuffed (puritan era) boots... more material. She looks dressed as a balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade I'm certainly not watching, after it got punctured on a street lamp and started to deflate. A partially deflated parade balloon. That's her look, and we can't not see it once we've been subjected to it.
Yes on the Vision & Scarlet Witch/Magneto comic.
Today I’m thankful for Ron Spaceman week
I’m a big fan of subplot pages
RIP Bova. A good cow-woman gone too soon.
I do love that advert. They had lots of creativity for the ads back then.
Whose Power Man and Iron Fist were they advertising? Wouldn't it have been when there wasn't even a steady creative team - post-Busiek and pre-Priest? I think Archie Goodwin was meant to be the "regular writer" but he was only sometimes cashing a cheque by scripting random issues and the rest were fill-ins.
A solidly written, fast paced story, and in terms of entertainment value probably a much better read than many comics that are revered "classics." But two points spoil it for us in terms of immersion, they "kick us out of the story" and "break the spell" that put us next to the characters in the same situation. These two points are:
1) The Wasp's phallic cosplay with the giant gun. It lasts for several panels and runs across multiple pages. I realize that the redemption of Hank Pym was still in its nascent stage, but to suggest that the man gave his wife the ability to shrink down to a few inches just so that his member would look gigantic when she swung off it like a steeple jack about to fall off the side of a building under construction is libelous.
2) Monica Rambeau, the Bin Bag Bimbo, was an unnecessary and desperate inclusion. Standing in the path of an energy discharge weapon so she gets blasted provides a text book definition of "cannon fodder." While the panel of her tumbling through the air on the trail of a wayward astronaut's helmet brought the inherent absurdity of her costume into sharp relief: the sheer yardage of material, the cuffed (puritan era) boots... more material. She looks dressed as a balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade I'm certainly not watching, after it got punctured on a street lamp and started to deflate. A partially deflated parade balloon. That's her look, and we can't not see it once we've been subjected to it.