tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post6853346905048809792..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF THE MIGHTY THOR COVER GALLERY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-55779966255748279132014-02-18T01:25:35.598+00:002014-02-18T01:25:35.598+00:00McScotty, I'd have loved to see the tales from...McScotty, I'd have loved to see the tales from the very start - JIM #83. I think they'd have suited the age-group they seemed to be aiming at. Failing that, the classic Thor versus Hercules tales, where Odin halves Thor's power, resulting in him getting a kicking from Herc.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-25184626005050750822014-02-18T00:36:34.156+00:002014-02-18T00:36:34.156+00:00I would have kept Kirbys version of Thor in this ...I would have kept Kirbys version of Thor in this comic rather than only for the first few issues (as I think you said was the case) I would have started the strip from around the time of the Mangog storyline (issue 150 ish) as to me that was Kirby at his best and was the start of an amazing run - I would also have had Capt America from the John Romita (snr) issues - Romita was amazing on Captain America (as was Sal Busema's run.....mostly)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-50654699887543412322014-02-18T00:15:50.778+00:002014-02-18T00:15:50.778+00:00I'd have started them from the TOS issues, JP....I'd have started them from the TOS issues, JP. The '40s tales are too dated, and the ones from the '50s were ignored (to begin with, then retroactively 'explained away') by Stan & Jack when Cap was revived in the '60s.<br /><br />******<br /><br />I think they were aiming the comics at a younger age-group than those Roy Thomas tales, Col. I've still got the series you mention, but I found it a bit of a grind at the time, to be honest. Must re-read it one day. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-20695942803254638672014-02-17T22:42:29.461+00:002014-02-17T22:42:29.461+00:00It's curious how these '80s UK Marvel comi...It's curious how these '80s UK Marvel comics never used the word "Marvel" on them - I suppose that was all part of the attempt to de-Americanise them. I don't understand why Thor was featuring 10 year-old stories though - was there really nothing newer for the first UK comic devoted to Thor? For me the most memorable Thor story was in 1980 when the U.S. comic from #294-300 became a sort of adaptation of Wagner's Ring Cycle operas, I was gripped by it but typically I couldn't get #300 so I never saw how it ended! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-1979451094245676662014-02-17T21:25:51.555+00:002014-02-17T21:25:51.555+00:00Either Cap or Iron Man - both work for me , in fac...Either Cap or Iron Man - both work for me , in fact all 3 go together nicely ( the Titans digest AND panini ). The trouble with Cap is just WHERE do you start the reprints from ? TOS? Atlas? Timely?John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com