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From: v129j6ed@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (This is F.U.N.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: A LNH CALL TO ARMS
Date: 2 Sep 92 13:33:00 GMT
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In article <1992Sep2.034921.14159@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER) writes...
>  It is one month untill RAC-world is evaporated in a cloud of white
>anti-matter, or anti-bytes, or anti-comic destroying type thingee.  The point is
>the world is soon gonna end.
>        REBEL YELL sits in the abandoned monitor room of LNH H.Q. Across the
>monitors are scenes of evil, destruction, and Image Comics.  A sigh escapes his
>lips.  He wonders where his comrades, the once mighty Legion.of.Net.Heroes, have
>vanished too.  They could stop this tide of darkness.  Or at least have some fun
>slugging it out.
>        He replays the videos from late May-early June (ie. the summer) and sees
>--to his horror--the Net.Heroes being captured and taken to holding pens in
>alt.worlds.  Searching, Rebel Yell finds traces of his friends in the worlds of
>..misc and .xbooks(truely a fate worse than death).  Boosting power to the matter
>transporters, he aims the trans-mat beam into the void in hope of freeing the
>LNH from their prisons, so that they may join the battle against evil (READ:
>mindless slygfest) one last time!
>	 Will Rebel Yell succeed in bring the LNH together one last time?
>				STAY TUNED

Let's see. The last time we saw the LNH, they were fighting Table, who had
the Cosmic PlotDevice and the Ring of RetConn, threatening all of Earth-News.

I wonder if there is an anti-Table out there......


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From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER)
Subject:  A LNH CALL TO ARMS
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 03:49:21 GMT

  It is one month untill RAC-world is evaporated in a cloud of white
anti-matter, or anti-bytes, or anti-comic destroying type thingee.  The point is
the world is soon gonna end.

        REBEL YELL sits in the abandoned monitor room of LNH H.Q. Across the
monitors are scenes of evil, destruction, and Image Comics.  A sigh escapes his
lips.  He wonders where his comrades, the once mighty Legion.of.Net.Heroes, have
vanished too.  They could stop this tide of darkness.  Or at least have some fun
slugging it out.

        He replays the videos from late May-early June (ie. the summer) and sees
--to his horror--the Net.Heroes being captured and taken to holding pens in
alt.worlds.  Searching, Rebel Yell finds traces of his friends in the worlds of
.misc and .xbooks(truely a fate worse than death).  Boosting power to the matter
transporters, he aims the trans-mat beam into the void in hope of freeing the
LNH from their prisons, so that they may join the battle against evil (READ:
mindless slygfest) one last time!
 

	 Will Rebel Yell succeed in bring the LNH together one last time?

				STAY TUNED

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From: tweaver@nyx.cs.du.edu (T.C.Weaver)
Subject: Re: Sandman Question - Convergence....
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 02:20:10 GMT

 orlando@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter J. Orlando) writes:

>Anyway, the question is, what did the three issue of that were titled
>convegences have to do with each other?  Each story I found good
>excpet the last which was EXCELLENT.  Was the meaning on how 
>different people "collided" with each other?  Was it how different
>people ended up meeting Morpheus or his dream world?  
>Or, are these three stories preparations for what is to come in the
>new story line currently involving Dream and Delirium`s search for
>the Prodigal Son (Destruction)?

Hmm. There were incidental similarities between the stories (solo creature
meets others of kir kind)... but the stories may well have been named for
their status as the latest set of short stories before the final two major
storylines. Or perhaps not. All these people who want answers to vague stuff
- what's wrong with a little multivalency?

>Like I said, forgive me if I am naive and have missed the point entirely
>and would appreciate no slams since I am asking only, if you desire
>to post directly to my account for the answer.

<grin> Nah, I hang out here & I think this is a good topic. 

Tanaqui

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From: areid@mary.fordham.edu (Darin Reid)
Subject: INFO: ATLAS Comics of the 1970's History
Organization: Fordham University
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 11:48:00 GMT
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     A little while ago I wrote comparing Atlas Comics (1970's) and Image
Comics.  After that some people wrote wanting to know the story of Atlas.
Well, after weeks of searching I found an article I read years ago, called
"Atlas Reconsidered".  It gives the History of Atlas Comics, the importance
their line, who was behind it, and even a rundown of what each series was 
about.  At the end of the Article a checklist is also included (which after
checking I found I have the entire run of every book!).  

This Article is in __Amazing Heroes__ #81 for those who are comics history
and/or trivia buffs.

Two characters who became famous at Marvel started at Atlas (Dominic Fortune
& Devil Slayer), and many future comics hotshots started with Atlas (Walt 
Simonson, and Howard Chaykin are the best known).  So I'd say their history
is an interesting footnote on comics history.  Check the article out.

If anyone has any other article/info/source for Atlas of the 70's I'd be 
grateful if you would e-mail me how I could get to it!

- Darin
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From: panda@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Elizabeth Holden)
Subject: Grendel and Spawn
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 23:15:46 EDT

Am I the only person who thinks that Spawn looks just like Grendel in a 
cape?

Namaste,
Elizabeth
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From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (tim clinkenpeel)
Subject: where can i aquire Slaine:_The_Horned_God_?
Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 17:22:39 GMT

no, i'm not talking about slaine: the berzerker.  i want slaine: the horned
god by simon bisley.  i went to all the local comic dumps and nobody had it.
one vendor went on to mention that it was out of print and was unusure if he'd
ever be able to get one again.  other clerks were less helpful, merely leading
me to the "s" section and saying "if we gotz it itd be hear".

do YOU, mr. reading-this-post, know where to get one?  mail order?  scanned
and zipped and on an ftp site (yeah, right)?  have a mint condition one laying
around (inside a sleeve) that you want to part with for a fraction of what you
paid for it (yeah, right again)?  or maybe with a small margin of profit?
actually, i have no idea how much it originally cost (neither did mr.
helpfulcomicman) but i'd be willing to pay up to .... gee, i dunno.  a lot
though.


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From: tzbarasc@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (tony ivan zbaraschuk)
Subject: Re: The return of the D'bari (was Re: Marvel's untouchable corpses...)
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:03:47 GMT


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From: lazarus@hurricane.ksu.ksu.edu (Bart -Laz- Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Marvel Bashing
Date: 29 Aug 1992 17:46:31 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
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In article <1992Aug28.141254.20395@cse.uta.edu>, hunter@cse.uta.edu (David Hunter) writes:
>I think what gets some people mad about certain Marvel readers
>is that these readers seem willing to blindly follow the company
>line and will buy anything they put on the shelf, regardless of
>its quality.  This distorts the market and discourages the
>production of better quality books.

Personally, I read almost exclusively Marvel (With the exceptions of Sandman and a
couple of independent titles), and I kind of LIKE the way the stories have been
going in the past couple of years.  (Yeah, I like tangled webs.  So sue me.)  Most
of the X-titles ARE stuck in their respective ruts, but I think that the
instability of the current Marvel Bullpen can be blamed for that.  The exceptions
to THIS rule lie with Excalibur and X-Factor; Alan Davis has been tying up the
great number of loose ends left by Claremont in the former, while Peter David's
totally revamped the idea of a government-backed super-team in the latter.

I tend to buy the books more for the writing than the art... it's very seldom that
you'll hear me complaining about a comic because the art sucks (unless the story
sucked also).  It also makes me a little more tolerant of the work of artists that
most of the rac'ers can't stand: Bret Blevins, Mark Pacella, and Rob Liefeld 
(until around New Mutants #95) are a few examples.  A few readers of this group
went so far as to continue to buy the first few issues of X-Force, I think just
so's they could bitch! >;)

Also, it's been said before that Marvel could double their production if they
really WANTED to.  After all they ARE a business, and usually the general rule in
business is to make a sale, make a buck.  Flooding the market is just one of their
marketing ploys... if you don't like the tactics, you don't HAVE to buy the
books... neither the new releases NOR the old standbys.  Let the fanboys waste
their money...

>David C. Hunter
>hunter@cse.uta.edu

--
Bart -Laz- Smith
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A survivor of the *Prodigy "network"
The 'Cats WILL rule in '92!

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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty III)
Subject: The return of the D'bari (was Re: Marvel's untouchable corpses...)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 21:47:23 GMT

In article <Bu0rsr.9LA@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, teo33398@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doctor Zero) writes:
> dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen) writes:
> 
> >     Dave Van Domelen, hey, they even brought the D'bari back
> 
> 	Huh???  You're kidding right?  If this is true then I swear off all

It's true.  From what I've heard John Byrne had a planet full of Asparagus
People in a recent issue of SHE-HULK.
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From: vernard@solaria.gatech.edu (Vernard C. Martin)
Subject: Re: Batman (AZRAEL)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:10:45 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.011932.29369@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> perry@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Perry Staltari) writes:
>	Just got the Batman issue with "the Sword of Azrael". I thought
>it was quite good and intriguing. I just wanted to know what others
>thought and how many issues this would go on for....

I thought that it was a very interesting story. It started like I would
normally expect a story to end. This Order of St.Dumas has definitely caught
my interest. The only thing that bothers me is that if these Avenging Angels
have been around for so long then why haven't we heard about them before. I
would have liked to seen the character(s) in action before revealing so much
about their past. I don't think that the storyline deserved to be its own
limited series but then again the series isn't over yet and I don't mind
being happily surprised.

V
Vernard Martin (vernard@cc.gatech.edu) Georgia Tech College of Computing 
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From: visser@convex.com (Lance Visser)
Subject: Re: Warlock back from the dead
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 05:14:45 GMT
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In <1992Sep1.212003.4760@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen) writes:

+>Remember, the whole point of what Warlock did to Thanos was that he *wasn't 
+>dead* and in fact *couldn't* die.  Face it, if I guy loves Death, the greatest 
+>punishment is to make him immortal and immobile.  And yes, Adam wasn't really 
+>dead either, but I didn't see any logical reason for him to be able to make new
+>bodies for himself & friends.

	That is a retcon.  Thanos was quite clearly dead at the end of the
Marvel Two in One annual given that he showed up as a helper to death in
the Death of Captain Marvel graphic novel.

	His current status has never really been explained.  His original 
body was clearly turned to stone and destroyed,   ....The Silver Surfer
issue which brings him back has death loosing his "spirit" or some such
thing.  

	That leaves two possiblilities:  Either Thanos was raised as a ghost
by death or death has the power to grant "life" and give out new bodies
to the dead.
From: dougm@hal.com (Doug Moran)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: SANDMAN: Who left the necklace?
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:23:20 GMT
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In-reply-to: jwtlai@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Jim W "GrimJim" Lai)

In article <BtK7uo.pt@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>, jwtlai@jeeves (Jim W "GrimJim" Lai) writes:
>[If you believed that, do you think you could part with a substantial portion
>of your life savings to someone else?  Say, me, for instance?]

Sure.  Would you prefer a check, or will it be okay if I just sent the
buck and a quarter in cash?
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From: stile@wuntvor.norman.ok.us (Stile)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Late Comics.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 02:03:09 CDT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Eternal Apprentice BBS, Norman, OK

Either comics are coming to my favorite store VERY late, they are being
generally released VERY late, or the owners of my favoritw store are covering
up for forgetting to pull a specific comic for me.  That's not probable,
however.

SO...are comics being released late?  It is generally known that one can
expect an Innovation comic to be a MINIMUM of six months late, but whatever
happened to EPIC COMICS #4?  I was getting these mainly for the Wild Cards
stories.  Number four either never came out, or sold out pretty damned fast
here in Oklahoma.  And back to Innovation...I seriously wonder if half the
comics I buy will EVER be released by these bozos.  The "On a Pale Horse" in 6
parts seems to have halted, as well as most Nightmare on Elm Street projects,
and the Quantum Leap comics seem to have slowed to a trickle.  The guys have a
problem with delivering what they promise or what?

Howard Wilson II


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From: lf7z@ellis.uchicago.edu (glenn alan carnagey jr)
Subject: Re: Marvel Bashing
Reply-To: lf7z@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 08:20:05 GMT


Well, just to totally foul up this thread ... I'm definitely not a
Marvel reader or basher these days, but I picked up the latest
Spiderman purely due to Marshall Rogers doing the pencils.  Rogers'
work didn't seem up-to-snuff for him, but the story was great,
definitely a cut-above from any companies' superhero stuff.  So there.

Pax ex machina,
Glenn
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From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (David VanDomelen)
Subject: Re: Warlock back from the dead
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:20:03 GMT

Remember, the whole point of what Warlock did to Thanos was that he *wasn't 
dead* and in fact *couldn't* die.  Face it, if I guy loves Death, the greatest 
punishment is to make him immortal and immobile.  And yes, Adam wasn't really 
dead either, but I didn't see any logical reason for him to be able to make new
bodies for himself & friends.
     Dave Van Domelen, "With great power comes great responsibility, with 
Absolute power comes infinite crossovers." - Acton Lord of LNV
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From: rnmg1200@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (A Lady and her Walrus)
Subject: Re: Warlock back from the dead
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 21:48:41 GMT

In article <BtwrLr.F4J@acsu.buffalo.edu> camdna@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Darren Natale) writes:
>I never considered that Warlock was dead--just trapped inside the Soul Gem.
>And Thanos was turned to stone (which, in the Marvel Universe, isn't an
>irreversible fate--refer to the Grey Gargoyle). 
>
>Way back when this occurred, I used to dream up ways to bring back Warlock,
>with the intention of writing to Starlin to tell him how. I never did do it,
>because the best I could come up with was to simply break the gem (I had
>already passed my creative childhood years).

I remember waaay back in an issue of Marvel Two-in-One (the one with the 
Thing and Her), Her (also known as Paragon) found Warlock's tomb and 
resurrected his body so she could mate with him.  But since Adam's spirit 
was in the soul-gem, it did her no good.  He was alive, but without a soul.
I admit that I always wondered if this was the way they would bring Warlock
back if they ever did; just use the soul-gem to put the spirit back in his
reanimated body.

The Walrus
From: creeper@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Wolfgang Kies)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics
Subject: Re: Grimjack Fans
Date: 31 Aug 92 02:30:05 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center

>
>Well, considering what happened to Twilley at the end of the last
>GrimJack, people shouldn't be getting confused!  :-)
>
	But remember Ostrander did say he wasn't through with Twilley yet.
I think he mentioned something about a escape attempt from hell. I think. 
I don't have my comics at school.

>  Also, does anyone know if Flint Henry
>will still be pencilling?  (Or maybe if Truman'll come back?)
	I talked to Ostarnder at the chicago ComiCon right after Grim Jack
was canceled. And he had said that he was working on getting it to another
Company and that it might involve Truman. But remember this was a few years
ago so anything could happen.
>

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From: steppe@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Top Changwatchai)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Death's Gender
Date: 30 Aug 92 23:04:00 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <oaJ5PB2w164w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> sasha.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:
>> A date with Death?  Actually, it'd be more proper to have a date with Destiny
>> Then I suppose you could dance with Delight, then drool with Desire.
>> 
>> Or maybe not.
>
>But if you're committed to Death yet drool with Desire, does this mean 
>you'd be cheating Death?
>
>
>                                          - Sasha

Well, if she found out, you would probably get kicked out of your deathbed.
Repentant, you'd come crawling back to her and, at death's door, you'll
remind her of the vow, "Till death do us part."

But really, we're beating this subject to death.

Top

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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Conty III)
Subject: Re: The Return of Scavenger, Questions and thoughts
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:29:03 GMT
Followup-To: rec.arts.comics.misc

In article <1992Aug28.214114.5076@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER) writes:
> 
> 1: What eventually happened with the r.a.c. split?

Let me put it this way:  I'm setting follow-ups to rec.arts.comics.misc.  :-)

> 4: Was the "The Game Eternal" (Dirty Pair story) finished?

Not yet.  Tell Ryan Mathews you want more!!

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