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He was very intense, and wound pretty tight. I think that's why he snapped at times.
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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I find it interesting -- and not a little unsettling -- that Jim Shooter seemed to identify so closely with Cosmic Boy, and then he had Cosmic Boy act in such horrible ways.
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Humanoid from the Deep
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I wonder if Shooter identified closely with Hank Pym too.....
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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I have a feeling that he did.
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A lot of superheroes treated their significant others poorly. From what I've heard, Black Panther has been terrible to Storm recently
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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I miss JSA. Rick and Jesse had a good relationship. So did Todd and Damon.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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Humanoid from the Deep
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I miss the JSA too. Jay Garrick just isn't the same anymore.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Todd and Damon were so cute.
I miss Stargirl, Cyclone and Lightning. Young female heroes with good heads on their shoulders.
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It was one of the best comics produced for so long. This New 52 business ruined my comics reading.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I console myself with back issues and fond memories.
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I'm with you both Rocky and Ibby. Since I tired of New52 (it took a year or more, I kept hoping it would improve) I've pretty much dropped comics. Most of what I purchased was from DC and because there is not a LSC here and I have to use a mail service, the few titles from other company are not worth it. So, just back issues for me too
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I still buy a few titles, but I guess I look on it as holding in till DC comes to its senses. Maybe this Multiversity thing will help.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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It comforting/sad that I'm not alone in finding comics harder to stay into without DC. Having tried and dropped all of the opening DCNu titles, I took away the linchpin of habitual buying of the others. It's not as though I bought many before DCNu, due to quality. But the three or four were the ones I had bought for longest (across a few re-numberings).
I did get oodles of '80s back issues though, and a lot of them were great fun.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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Humanoid from the Deep
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Like thotkins, I've been mostly splurging on back issues lately too. These new books just don't appeal to me. I feel like a bitter old man trapped in a youngster's body.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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Misogyny as character development. Strangely, readers stay away from their products.
"...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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DC has become the comics industry equivalent of the Michael Bay cheese factory.
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As impossible as I thought it was you just made a comparison that makes Bay look good
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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No one and nothing can make Bay look good.
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Sadly I feel the same about today's DC
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It's the whole mentality of "let's dumb ourselves down so new people aren't intimidated." I've seen that principle applied in many different places. The result is never satisfactory to anyone.
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
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It certainly applies to Michael Bay's take on my beloved Transformers.
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I didn't even bother to watch the sequels. What's the point?
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I haven't bothered to watch the sequels either. The first was painful enough. Why would I want to put myself through that again?
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Humanoid from the Deep
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At least you didn't have to sit through the fourth one....
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
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To paraphrase something a friend of mine once said years ago: "I don't ever want Bay to get his grubby hands on my beloved Dinobots." And, eventually, it happened.
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