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Who could forget when Aunt Cora almost married Hornblower's nemesis Doctor Cockatrice? A classic story (#131-133), despite the cheesiness of the plot.
I don't know why they wrote her out in the first place, especially since Hornblower Lass's boyfriend, Munch, left the series too.
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I haven't read the series since the new creative team took over around #90 and tried making the book more "hip"!
Glory Hole as Blowhard? Bah. I wasn't quite thrilled with the developments they made to Hornblower Lass's pet cat Tootsi, revealing her to be a minion of G.H.
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I think my favorite run was issues 253-264 where Hornblower gets transported to an alternate dimension and for the whole year the stories feature only the supporting cast trying to find Hornblower and get him back.
I was lad when they got rid of the Golden Bassoon of Xnathia. I felt it was too much of a deus ex machina.
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I always considered the reverse Hornblower to be an even better villian than Glory Hole or Doc Cock.
I did like the "Hornblower, Hornblower Lass and Fay in Space" storyline though.
That alien guy Fell was pretty creepy looking! The people of 'A-tio' were a very original idea.
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quote:Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: I think my favorite run was issues 253-264 where Hornblower gets transported to an alternate dimension and for the whole year the stories feature only the supporting cast trying to find Hornblower and get him back.
I was lad when they got rid of the Golden Bassoon of Xnathia. I felt it was too much of a deus ex machina.
I agree. When it was used to wish away the Symphany of Dimension-X in one panel after 20 pulse pounding pages, I felt very let down. I was kind of hoping Hornblower Lass would be the one to save the day--all she did was get her hair pulled all issue.
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there were lots of great Hornblower villains: Horn-E - the Hornblower of Earth E King Callous - the evil criminal mastermind Evil Fang - the twisted Miss America reject Mash Mouth & the Blue Boys The Crab Gossip Maven - who could make loose lips anywhere
I'm glad the current creative team respects the classic villains so much. It's been great seeing them taken so seriously.
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I remember the Crab terrifying me as a kid. I've never looked at Crabs the same ways since...
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I really liked the crossovers with "Mick Anger, Agent of B.R.A.S.S." especially when it turned out that the Conductor had secretly infiltrated and taken over B.R.A.S.S. The flashbacks with Anger and the Golden Age Hornblower were pretty cool too.
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I always loved the Hornblower's Secret Asteroid Base, when Hornblower and Hornblower Lass were involved in all those secret missions! "Bump In The Night" "Queen for a Day" "The Legacy of Horn-E" "Dark Days Between Us" "Hornblower Lass's Big Day!" "Loose Lips Sink Ships" "The Great Darkness Cometh" "Greased Palms of Crime Alley" "Lonely Knights of Asteroid X" "The Boy Who Wanted To Be Hornblower"
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Well, having the Sinister String Quartet break into the Bandstand and destroy the Blowmobile and the Blowcopter was part of that back-to-basics thing. Trends come and go, it'll be back once they use it in "Hornblower: The Animated Series."
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I really liked Hornblower Lass's cool retro-punk outfit of the 1980's! Fishnet stocking with holes in them and leather jackets looked so hot on her!
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The Hornblower was one of Mal Duncan's more, ummm... UNFORTUNATE identities. And absolutely the WORST costume in all of comicdom from 1939 to the present day. Thankfully, he only wore it for about 4 seconds.
I kinda preferred Mal as the regular guy with no powers and no gimmicks who was just tough enough to hang with the Teen Titans.
But of the multiple IDs he adopted, I liked him as The Gaurdian the most.
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