http://allaboutbooksandcomics.com/wp The world's comic book superstore. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:26:42 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC1-15112 http://allaboutbooksandcomics.com/wp/shop/#comment-189 Fresh Eyes on Old Books #4 by Dan! | All About Books and Comics Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:26:42 +0000 http://allaboutbooksandcomics.com/wp/#comment-189 [...] Well… They can’t all be winners can they?  In the mighty Marvel tradition, this X-men issue has a lot going on.  Stan Lee makes sure every character has a lecture, an epiphany and a fight scene in just this issue.  Jack Kirby does his usual work, so ya know what you’re getting depending on your opinion. The problem is it’s just so dense.  You may not know this, but Stan Lee writes A LOT.  It’s almost like he doesn’t trust the artist to handle everything he wants to happen so every single person has to say what they’re about to do, do it, then remark on how successful they were at doing it.  It’s all a bit ridiculous, and not quite as fun as it sounds.  X-men is still a giant soap opera in these early issues, and it’s a bit painful. More info can be found HERE [...] [...] Well… They can’t all be winners can they?  In the mighty Marvel tradition, this X-men issue has a lot going on.  Stan Lee makes sure every character has a lecture, an epiphany and a fight scene in just this issue.  Jack Kirby does his usual work, so ya know what you’re getting depending on your opinion. The problem is it’s just so dense.  You may not know this, but Stan Lee writes A LOT.  It’s almost like he doesn’t trust the artist to handle everything he wants to happen so every single person has to say what they’re about to do, do it, then remark on how successful they were at doing it.  It’s all a bit ridiculous, and not quite as fun as it sounds.  X-men is still a giant soap opera in these early issues, and it’s a bit painful. More info can be found HERE [...]

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]]> http://allaboutbooksandcomics.com/wp/shop/#comment-177 Fresh Eyes on Old Books #2 by Dan! | All About Books and Comics Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:18:37 +0000 http://allaboutbooksandcomics.com/wp/#comment-177 [...] I never get tired of Stan Lee.  Though this issue is written by Archie Goodwin, the affects of Lee’s editing run heavily throughout.  This issue is especially interesting because it supposedly takes place in a seperate reality, and by the end of it, Tony Stark is right back where he started.  So what does that mean?  Iron Man #5 didn’t even remotely worry about continuity or being relevant to a future story.  George Tuska draws in his consistent style and doesn’t take anything away from the book.  More info can be found HERE [...] [...] I never get tired of Stan Lee.  Though this issue is written by Archie Goodwin, the affects of Lee’s editing run heavily throughout.  This issue is especially interesting because it supposedly takes place in a seperate reality, and by the end of it, Tony Stark is right back where he started.  So what does that mean?  Iron Man #5 didn’t even remotely worry about continuity or being relevant to a future story.  George Tuska draws in his consistent style and doesn’t take anything away from the book.  More info can be found HERE [...]

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