tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8831268048500947782..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THROUGH THE PAST VAGUELY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44755109858176039142015-09-24T00:45:50.732+01:002015-09-24T00:45:50.732+01:00In issue #3, Ben says to Reed "I want Sue to ...In issue #3, Ben says to Reed "I want Sue to look at me the way she looks at you!" However, I suppose that could be interpreted as simply wanting her to look at him without disgust. Even saying that Reed is "the wrong man" wouldn't necessarily mean that he considers HIMSELF the right one, although "when I'm here" certainly suggests it. Anyway, like you, that's the way I took it when I first read it. It's interesting that when Alicia Masters first appeared in FF #8, the Puppet Master says that Sue "looks remarkably like you, Alica!" and gets his step-daughter to impersonate her. Did Ben fall in love with her because of her resemblance to Susie? I suppose that once Ben had his own girlfriend, there was no need to play up any interest he may have once had in Sue.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11501744028656544242015-09-23T23:53:20.017+01:002015-09-23T23:53:20.017+01:00By the way, Kid - when The Thing is ripping up tha...By the way, Kid - when The Thing is ripping up that tree he's saying "How can you love that weakling when I'm here" and "I'll prove to you that you love the wrong man" but any idea of Ben being jealous of Reed and Sue was completely dropped after this origin story, wasn't it ? Or did it feature again, I can't remember. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-88937877511802956202015-09-23T15:22:43.308+01:002015-09-23T15:22:43.308+01:00When I read the origin in '66, it was only 5 y...When I read the origin in '66, it was only 5 years old, but I didn't realize it was a reprint until later. In '72, the origin was only 11 years old, which, today, would seem like no time at all, but, to me back then, seemed like pre-history. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-17984871670282187602015-09-23T14:52:49.792+01:002015-09-23T14:52:49.792+01:00Kid, it's strange to think that when I was rea...Kid, it's strange to think that when I was reading the FF's origin in September 1977 it was only 16 years since the FF had first appeared - to me the FF's origin seemed like it came from the distant mists of time but it was only as far back as 1999 is now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-51704956200275414042015-09-23T13:53:07.044+01:002015-09-23T13:53:07.044+01:00And just think, CJ - you're almost the same ag...And just think, CJ - you're almost the same age as your father was back then. Interestingly, when I first read the FF's origin in The Complete Fantastic Four, I was reminded of both my previous exposures to the tale, so it was a trip down memory lane for me.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69267388794158901632015-09-23T13:40:43.519+01:002015-09-23T13:40:43.519+01:00I was born in Feb '66 so too young for Odham&#...I was born in Feb '66 so too young for Odham's comics and I missed the first two years of Marvel UK so no MWOM #1 either. I first read the FF origin in The Complete FF No.1 and it takes me back to my first days in Secondary/Comprehensive school - I started in Secondary school on Wednesday, August 31st 1977 and the Complete FF #1 came out exactly three weeks later on Wednesday, September 21st 1977. And exactly three weeks after that on October 12th 'Rampage' #1 came out and it was also my father's 50th birthday on the same day - so the FF origin reminds me of all those things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87281284132326059942015-09-23T13:32:42.668+01:002015-09-23T13:32:42.668+01:00You mean I should start taking some? I'll try ...You mean I should start taking some? I'll try some of yours. (Just admit it, Moony - it's too deep for you!)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16038283475079776502015-09-23T12:46:06.840+01:002015-09-23T12:46:06.840+01:00Medication review might be in order here! Hmmm......Medication review might be in order here! Hmmm...moonmandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01426512355313104656noreply@blogger.com