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Above, is a book I bought in HMV yesterday (Friday), and though I already have most of the stories, I thought it would be handy to have them all in the same volume. This is a new edition of a collection published quite a few years ago, and though I already have the Superman companion book, I think I'll take another look in HMV later today (Saturday) and see if they have a new edition. Too tired to tell you what this one contains, but think of the thrill of discovery when you see for yourself as you're flicking through the pages the next time you're in your local HMV or comicbook shop. Happy hunting.
The front cover is a reversed image of a Neal Adams drawing, with a hitherto out-of-sight foot drawn by someone other than Adams by the look of it. This is one of these times when a reversed image doesn't look quite right, and Batman's right leg (previously his left) seems misshapen. Take a look at the last image to see what it originally looked like.
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I probably have, or had most of these, too. It would be nice to revisit them, for sure.
I'm just about to sit down with a cool glass of milk and make a start on them, G.
A collection I’d like to see in one volume would be Avengers 3-5 with FF25-26 - which sees the Hulk leave the Avengers, and Captain America join, with a good splash of Sub-Mariner in there too.
That sounds familiar, CN. Was there a Treasury Edition that reprinted these tales by any chance? Any others you'd like to see?
How about anyone else?
For some reason I thought HMV had closed years ago.
I see what you mean by the reverse not looking right.
I would like to see a collection of Russ Heaths Warren strips and Nestor Redondo's Swamp Thing ( on its own) if they haven't been collected in one book.
Might have done in your town, CJ, but still going strong (?) in mine.
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It often happens when an image is 'flipped', McS. though in a few limited occasions there's no discernible difference.
I think there was a Redondo Swampy published a few years ago, McS. I'd like one of them myself, even though I own the originals. By the way, received ST 1989 #2 today and quite enjoyed it, though I thought there was a few unnecessary F words in the script.
Have you managed to read Action Comics #583 yet?
I haven't read it yet I'm afraid but it's on my list along with Silver Surfer facsimilie #3 that I picked up today .
I'm still waiting for mine to arrive, McS. I thought it would be in with Swampy #2, but no.
I pulled the book off the shelf and re-read it for the first time since the early aughts. Truly a great collection of stories and from my era. I have the 1999 edition. I don't think it was ever a hardback, unlike The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told, which I got in 1988.
Looking at the Seventies book, I still cannot fathom why Dick Giordano swiped so many Adams-drawn panels from "Daughter of the Demon" in "There Is no Hope in Crime Alley". A quick look at Daughter of the Demon reprinted later in the book shows the actual panels that Giordano swiped (compare Alfred’s face, or the panel of Batman pulling on his boots), although , of course, he did ink the original Adams artwork , so perhaps swiping your own work is not so bad.
Despite that, it’s a great selection of stories. I also have all the rest of the Batman “decade” books as well as the Superman decade books.
I hadn't noticed the swipes, B, but I'm not as alert as I used to be. Like you say though, as he was the inker, perhaps it's acceptable. I've got The Greatest Batman Stories Ever told as well as the Superman book, plus a few other volumes in the series. However, I don't have any more volumes in the 'decade' series - yet. I do have the Bats and Supes (and Shazam!) From The '30s To The '& 70s books, and also the Supes volume of From The '30s To The '80s.
I checked out the swipes you mentioned (haven't looked for others yet) and I see what you mean regarding Alfred's face, though in Giordano's version, Alfred's eyes aren't on the same level. The putting on the boots one is a partial swipe, as in the Giordano one, only part of Adams' Batman figure has been utilised. I'm not sure whether that's clever or cheating. What do you think?
I'm neither sure if the swipes are clever or cheating - it just seems out of character for Giordano, who had linked Batman excellently for years, plus was well known as a penciller. Perhaps it was just a time crunch to get the book out. Was he also part of Continuity at that time? I wonder if he did layouts and then passed work to a younger person to finish off, and that person apropriated the images.
Or could it be he got a younger assistant to pencil the pages (hence the swipes) and Giordano then inked it? Guess we'll never know, B. It could be one or the other.
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