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From: kens@psc.lsa.umich.edu (Ken Small)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Best Death? (Was Re: Random thoughts on Supes)
Date: 12 Jan 1993 21:26:41 GMT
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Dani Zweig (dani@netcom.com) wrote:
: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dave Van Domelen):
: >>So, anybody can beat that?
: >
: >Yep.  Rorschach. 

: Good call!  If not the best comic book death, certainly one of the best.

I think you can find a better death just 11 issues before.  Eddie
Blake's death made sense, was permaanent, and made a quite poignant
point about that role of violence in a supposedly civilized world.


--
Ken Small           kens@umich.edu
"I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused."
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From: cwelsh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Craig Welsh  )
Subject: But it's so Stupid! (Minor Spoiler) 
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:49:03 GMT

Other low lights from the "What's New" include the Spider-Man crossover
into Ren and Stimpy. It might be interesting, but I really have my
doubts.

Speaking of Spidey, we have the Lowlight of the Month with Web of
Spider-Man #100. Not only is there a HOLO-GRAPHIX WEB PATTERN COVER, but
this issue also features Spider-Man in his special Spider-Armour.
Spider-Armour. I'm going to be sick now.

Meanwhile, over in the X-Men, Jean Grey takes on Pslyocke in a "blinding
battle". Good maybe it'll blind me so I won't be silly enough to read it
(but I will. sigh.)

Another silly What If?, but that goes without saying.

And for those who are interested, All the MArvel Annuals will be
polybagged, with a special rookie trading card included in each one.
Joy!  

I'd continue on, but I'm starting to get depressed myself. 

_craig 
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From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay)
Subject: Re: Death Miniseries and Sandman Mystery Theatre ... Questions ...
Organization: Free Faerie Front
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:19:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan4.225433.23104@news2.cis.umn.edu> lsmith@atto.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith) writes:
>
>Wesley Dodds was the original DC Sandman. Wore a fedora, gasmask and fought
>crime with a gas gun. 
>
>Most recently Dodds took Dream's place in a recent issue of Stanley & His
>Monster due to administrative wrangling.

I think the "Baldy"-winning explanation was: Dream appeared in
Stanley's dream. Now, how Dream looks depends on who he's talking to
(e.g. in Season of Mists, where his appearance/behavior changes
depending on to which god Dream is speaking). Stanley is obsessed with
super-heroes (all six-year-old boys are), so he sees Dream dressed as
the (Golden Age) Sandman.

I ferget who suggested this...
-- 
Andrew Solovay    

"I is not now, nor has I ever been, a Human Bein'!"
                ---Pogo Possum
From: yjc@po.CWRU.Edu (Y H J. Chan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Harvey does Ultraman (recommended!)
Date: 5 Jan 93 17:02:12 GMT
Reply-To: yjc@po.CWRU.Edu (Y H J. Chan)
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In a previous article, conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (E. Kontei) says:

>In article <yjc-050193015117@yjc-slip.dialin.cwru.edu>, yjc@po.cwru.edu (Jerome 'TofuSoft' Chan) writes:
>> 
>> Get Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman to write UltraMan.
>
>Now that's what I call having the wrong person for the job.  I mean, I'm
>sure they could do an excellent job in Ultraman, but it wouldn't be
>the Ultraman we know.  What we need is someone who can write a story which
>is campy and epic at the same time.  Suggestions?

Marv Wolfman?

Who _IS_ doing UltraMan? 
-- 
 The Evil Tofu
From: bc751@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Howard Z. Shiau)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Peter Stanchek
Date: 10 Jan 1993 20:55:59 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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Funny, I was watching Herbie Goes Bananas on TV today (you know,
the love bug) and guess what the main character in the movie was?

You got it:  Peter Stanchek!

Howard
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From: omni@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Omniscient fool)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: *Comics* Implosion Imminent
Date: 6 Jan 93 00:06:25 GMT
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Marvel isn't as stupid as we'd like to think.
A Marvel implosion is indeed coming, and I'm sure they know it.
The thing is, it will be wider than just a Marvel implosion...
Lots of DC and independant books will bite the dust either when
fanboys are spending all their bucks on Marvels or when everyone
gets sick of it and cuts way back on their buying habits.

When the smoke clears 2099 and Marvel UK won't exist, but neither
will some Image titles, DC books like Team Titans, and several
small publishing companies will be DOA.  Meanwhile Spiderman,
Hulk and the X-Dudes will keep Marvel swinging - with less competision
than ever.

-- 
Craig Jackson      ---      Omniscient fool      ---      omni@ucscb.ucsc.edu
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From: djh4535@zeus.tamu.edu (HARRIS, DUANE J)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc,alt.comics.lnh
Subject: what is the lnh (WAS Re: LNH:  Collaborative story)
Date: 10 Jan 1993 18:26 CST
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In article <UfHqZJG00iUzI29hAd@andrew.cmu.edu>, ha09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Harith Jameel Alkhafiz) writes...
>I'm interested in writing a collaborative story like the summer annuals
>that the Big Two put out.  This will involve every current member of the
>LNH. 

what is the lnh (no flames for an honest question)
how could i see some of your stories?
and if i decide to get involved?
* i do so hate being in the dark on these things.?

i haven't been on forever and a day so sue me for my ignorance

		seth I

>Jameel
>Physicist-At-Large
>Kid Kirby, net.hero
> 
>P.S.  The Transformers comic book is coming back!  YAY!
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Date: Fri,  8 Jan 1993 01:59:13 -0500 
From: Vernon H Harmon <vh00+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: Futuristic Pseudocussing
	<1993Jan7.153827.699@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>

Excerpts from netnews.rec.arts.comics.misc: 7-Jan-93 Re: Futuristic
Pseudocussing kristoff@magnus.acs.ohio (960)

> Such as "Nass" or "Bloody Grife" - one of the better things T&M have
> brought to LSH (it's just so much fun to shout in a crowded shopping
> mall!! - no one has a clue what you're talking about, but they all look
> shocked nonetheless).

> Was there any previous usage of these and other 30th cantury cuss words
> before LHSv4, or have we ever been given any indication what they mean?

and of course the ubiquitous "frag" and "bastich" :D

--Vernon.
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From: jogle@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Jim Ogle (Ks. Jim))
Subject: Re: Justice Society #7
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 93 16:37:03 GMT

In article <mumble> albert@chain.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Rick Jones) writes:

>	BTW, hopefully, we'll see the JSA in crossovers and such.
>What I'd like to see is the JSA taking an even less active role, when
>it comes to fight scenes, but more active in other areas (speaches,
>training the new generations, acting in loco parentis to the "kids",
>like Jay Garrick has been doing in Flash.)

Well, they are getting involved in the current storyline running in
JLE, so that is a start....

-- 
Kansas Jim (Jim Ogle, TORG guru)                               /|
jogle@aoc.nrao.edu (NRAO-VLBA, Socorro New Mexico)           o| |-
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From: Whitten@Fwva.Saic.Com (David Whitten)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Good Omens, Crisis, and Watchmen plot device
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 22:00:02 GMT
Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation

terry@edsi.plexus.COM (Terry Dawson) writes:
>>>Namely, in each of the aforementioned titles, a Really Big Event occurs.
>>>Sort of. Afterwards, nobody, or at least very few people are aware of 
>>>what happened. 
>IMHO, this is a literary device which has been around considerably
>longer than either comics or science fiction.  It gives an author the
>ability to do outrageous things and avoid complications.  Used by
>Shakespeare among many others.  But it works best in the realm of
>speculative fiction and therefore lends itself well to comics.
 
 
I would agree. I remember an old story (1800's?) where a man wished the
world would stop.  Which it did. 
 The problem was that the air didn't stop, and one thousand mile per hour
winds obliterated most of earth's life.
Of course, he lived through it, and wished he never had the ability to
wish, and that the world would be back the way it was....
 
Now the story can be told....
 
Dave (whitten@fwva.saic.com) US:(619)535-7764 [I don't speak as a company rep.]
From: wald@theory.lcs.mit.edu (David Wald)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Sandman: Lucien's Library
Date: 6 Jan 93 13:54:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: mintaka.1993Jan6.135410.17017
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT

In article <C0F23K.Dp3@world.std.com> jspencer@world.std.com (Jeffrey
C Spencer) writes:
>Movies:
>  Star Trek VII: The Death of James T. Kirk
>		Produced by The Great Bird

Actually, the never-produced Star Trek film I'd most like to see is
the live production of "How Much For Just The Planet?", with the
original ST cast at the appropriate ages.

-David
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From: djdaneh@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (Dan'l DanehyOakes)
Subject: Re: Presidents in comics
Reply-To: djdaneh@PacBell.COM (Dan'l DanehyOakes)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 21:48:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.185022.21192@news.nd.edu> mkelly@happy.helios.nd.edu (michael kelly) writes:

>Gerald Ford appeared in Watchmen (as VP) falling down the airplane steps. 
>(or did I just imagine this?)

Well, I could be wrong, but I recall *Nixon*, as president (in his fifth(?) term
of office), appearing in WM too.

Also, JFK appeared in a SUPERMAN comic some time around November of 1963. . .

Really...

			I'm your only friend.  I'm not your only friend,
			but I'm your little glowing friend, but actually
			I'm not your friend.  But I am
				--TMBG

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, Net.Roach
My opinions do NOT represent Pacific Bell,
Professional Development, or anyone else.
But I'm willing to share.
From: mikecap@wpi.WPI.EDU (Michael Vince Caprio Jr)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: How does PAD write scripts for Marvel?
Date: 11 Jan 1993 04:45:28 GMT
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BTW, PAD:  Don't know if anyone said it or not, but kudos on Hulk #402.  You
            surprised the dickens out of me.  Excellent work!


Mike C.  (Zen)
-- 
Unlike subject-object metaphysics the Metaphysics of Quality does not insist on
a single exclusive truth. If subjects and objects are held to be the ultimate 
reality then we're permitted only one construction of things - that which
corresponds to the "objective" world - and all other constructions are unreal.
From: v129j6ed@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (This is F.U.N.)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: The Big Marvel Slurp (Was Re: Marvel Implosion Imminent?)
Date: 5 Jan 93 15:32:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <1993Jan5.080428.17536@sol.UVic.CA>, jcowling@masque.UVic.CA (Scowling Jim Cowling) writes...
>In article <1993Jan5.073245.3315@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore) writes:
>>CAPTAIN PLANET, and BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT COMIC BOOK are examples of
>>what I call schlock, REN & STIMPY's popularity notwithstanding.

>Hmm.  Personally, I thought that BILL & TED'S was an incredible book, with much
>of the flavour and insanity of Dorkin's other stuff.  On the other hand, I
>thought that TEMPUS FUGITIVE was CRAP CRAP CRAP.

Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book?  That was one of the best written series
Marvel had last year.  ALl of the characters were in character.  Look at all
of the detail Dorkin placed into the background.  I have known several people,
including some comic shop owners, who thought this was the most hilarious book
out in the market, at that time. 

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From: tothmd@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Michael David Toth)
Subject: Re: Presidents in comics
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:31:58 GMT

Harvey Comics' _Jackie Jokers_ #2 had Richard Nixon cover-featured and
with a rather odd lead story about Nixon being kidnaped and replaced
with an imposter.   At least that's how I remember it...

Due to the subject matter and the particular events surrounding the 
president involved, it always surprised me that this comic was
relatively worthless.

Richie Rich & Jackie Jokers #10 had another bizarre story "The Doomsday
Bomb" with Gerald Ford and a madman with stolen nuclear warheads.
It seemed like a lot of the really interesting Richie Rich stories
ended up in RR&JJ in the mid-70s. 

Michael David Toth.
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From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (John Elmore)
Subject: Re: Asterix: American Translations!
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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 06:54:16 GMT

In article <tal691.726286596@huxley> tal691@huxley.anu.edu.au (Tonio Loewald) writes:
>panda@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Elizabeth Holden) writes:
>
>>rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) writes:
>
>>> This is interesting...  I have a real tough time finding Asterix books
>>> in San Diego, so I head up to Juneau, a small town in Alaska, and of

SMALL TOWN!? Juneau is the capital! At least the second or third biggest
city! Geez, you Californians...think every city has to have 5 gazillion
people! ;)

Jay (=


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From: praxis@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Laura L Perkinson)
Subject: Re: Vertigo Preview
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:54:29 GMT

	Someone PLEASE tell me that the guy who did the art in the Sandman
story won't be drawing the comic ever ever again! Lord that was wretched
looking stuff.
		Praxis
From: panda@Micor.OCUnix.on.ca (Elizabeth Holden)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Is IMAGE worth reading?
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:39:56 GMT
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC.

gipper.1@nd.edu (The Gipper) writes:

> I haven't read any of the Image titles yet.  Are there any worth picking
> up?  I refuse to read anythng written by McFarlane.
> 

I haven't found one I thought worth reading, though you could look at 
Spawn when Alan Moore writes it (and Frank Miller).  Some are worth 
looking at - pretty but violent art.

Or you could save your money and get something better.

Namaste,
Elizabeth
From: dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Dave Van Domelen)
Subject: Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic (was Da Big Slurp)
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:35:21 GMT

I agree with Scowlin' Jim on this.  Bill & Ted was an EXCELLENT comic, and I 
looked forward to searching all over town for the one copy shipped to Columbus 
each month.  Unfortunately, it was sustained solely by Evan's genius, which 
showed when they had a fill-in issue.  Since he couldn't devote to a monthly, 
it got canned, which was too bad.  It was one of the better comics this year 
and last.
     Of course, it *did* make fun of Grant Morrison once which might be why 
some dislike it...}->
     Dave Van Domelen, vacationing on Hyperworld
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From: stigers@mail.physics.utah.edu (charles stigers)
Subject: Re: What is ACME??
Organization: University of Utah - Physics Department
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 18:23:00 GMT

In article <C0p6y5.FnA@queernet.org>, rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan11.105124.22347@ousrvr.oulu.fi> sn@phoenix.oulu.fi (Sami Nieminen) writes:
|> >
|> >   Yeah, the ACME co... I've seen it in lots of american comics and
|> >it's been producing all kinds of weird stuff. But I'm curious to know,
|> >where has the name come from and why it is so darned funny ?
|> 
|> It comes from Warner Brothers ROAD RUNNER cartoons; it's the company from
|> which Wile E. Coyote is always ordering ridiculous apparati for his attempts
|> to de-beep-beep the world...

    Yes, but where did it come from before then?  Where did WB get the name?

Chris "ACE" Stigers
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From: arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee)
Subject: Re: Why Vertigo? Was: Marvel copies DC... again
Organization: Johns Hopkins University CS Dept.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:56:48 GMT

In article <1itl1aINNquv@lynx.unm.edu> kbos@carina.unm.edu (K. Mitchell Bose) writes:
>"I heard that there's a new comic based on the X-Men series.  Could you direct
>me to that shelf?"
>*sigh...*

But there *is* one!  X-Men Adventures.  New and based off the TV series.  It
doesn't mean she was unaware there are other X-Men comics around.
--
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On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me...  Turkey Casserole
    that she made from Leftover Turkey.
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From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu (David Goldfarb)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Good Omens, Crisis, and Watchmen plot device
Date: 9 Jan 1993 10:49:57 GMT
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In article <9938930@MVB.SAIC.COM> Whitten@Fwva.Saic.Com (David Whitten) writes:
)I remember an old story (1800's?) where a man wished the
)world would stop.  Which it did. 
) The problem was that the air didn't stop, and one thousand mile per hour
)winds obliterated most of earth's life.
)Of course, he lived through it, and wished he never had the ability to
)wish, and that the world would be back the way it was....

	Early 1900's, actually. "The Man Who Could Work Miracles", by
H. G. Wells. It got made into a not-bad film in the '30s, although
I wish they'd left out the propaganda for socialism (which was not
present in the original story).

-- 
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From: lsmith@atto.cs.umn.edu (Lance "Squiddie" Smith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Death Miniseries and Sandman Mystery Theatre ... Questions ...
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:54:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Little Squids of the Poor

In article <1993Jan4.184417.5412@leland.Stanford.EDU> firestar@leland.Stanford.EDU (Lipton Ann Meredith) writes:
>
>What exactly is Sandman Mystery Theatre, and how does it differ from Sandman?
>When does it come out?

Wesley Dodds was the original DC Sandman. Wore a fedora, gasmask and fought
crime with a gas gun. 

According to the first (or second?) issue of Sandman, Dream's absence caused
Dodds to take up crimefighting. Odin also suggested there was a Dream-Dodds
link in Season of Mists. That's about the only connection.

Most recently Dodds took Dream's place in a recent issue of Stanley & His
Monster due to administrative wrangling.

Sandman Mystery Science Theatre 3000...sorry, Sandman Mystery Theatre
starts in February.

>When does the Death mini start?

Supposedly next week. It has a shipping date of January 14. The last I
heard there had been some delays with the coloring, so I'd guess it 
will be delayed. (Can I still use my "DC stands for Delayed Comics" joke
now that the good stuff is coming from Vertigo?) 

>Does anyone know the answers to these questions?

No.

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From: eja@bio6.acpub.duke.edu (Eric Akawie)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: DC: President at Superman's Funeral
Date: 8 Jan 93 19:16:06 GMT

Wasn't Bill Clinton in Elektra:Assasin?

Oh, right, that was Ken Wind.  He just looks a lot like
Clinton.

eja@acpub.duke.edu
Eric Akawie; Freelance Messiah
From: royd@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Roy Daniel)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.misc
Subject: Re: Best Death? (Was Re: Random thoughts on Supes)
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:26:48 GMT
Organization: Universite de Montreal

OK, here's my guess.

The best death to come to comics was Grimjack's death in issue 36.

In that issue, we are promised the final showdown beetween Grimjack and his 
all-time nemesis: the Major.

So he goes after the Major and his henchmen, kills his henchmen in a gun fight;
the Major is wounded and hides in a crypt.

Grrimjack goes after him. They come face to face. Grimjack is about to shoot
the Major... but lowers his gun. "I'm tired of all the dead. Just stays out of
my life." he says, while turning aroud to leave.

"No problem." replies the Major, and SHOOTS HIM IN THE BACK!

Grimjack falls. In the final page, we see the Major turn Grimjack's body around,
and, just to make sure, shoots Grimjack in the head!

Just to remind you: 1)Grimjack the main character; he died a not-so heroic
death, I'd even say a stupid one.
                    2)They didn't hint at his death at all. It was a hell of a 
surprise, believe me.


So, anybody can beat that?



Daniel Roy

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	 the population is growing."
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