tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post3261218564515969335..comments2024-03-28T20:51:56.173-04:00Comments on Supergirl Comic Box Commentary: Back Issue Box: Superman #313Anjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-28831340581643200222023-02-16T21:23:55.505-05:002023-02-16T21:23:55.505-05:00Smooth is a great word for Adkins contribution!Smooth is a great word for Adkins contribution!Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-84548412357725617242023-02-16T18:05:57.415-05:002023-02-16T18:05:57.415-05:00I’m late with the comment, but thanks for a remind...I’m late with the comment, but thanks for a reminder of a great saga. I wish DC would reprint this, perhaps in a volume with ‘Who took the Super out of Superman?’. Two great four-parters full of plot twists, depth and action, showcasing the Man of Steel’s finest Bronze Age writers - Marty Pasko, Elliot S! Maggin and Cary Bates - and the unmatched art of Curt Swan. <br /><br />Speaking of Swan, I rather like his occasional partnership with Dan Adkins - smooth! Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-16483832950147921692023-02-13T13:00:21.327-05:002023-02-13T13:00:21.327-05:00Thanks for comments!
Review of 314 is coming soon...Thanks for comments!<br /><br />Review of 314 is coming soon!<br /><br />I love the concept of 'Much Bigger Deal' ... I think we all have one. I read the issue where Zatanna joined the JLA and from that I thought the Warlock of Ys was a HUGGGGE deal. Turns out, not so much!<br /><br />Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-8788146399961953202023-02-13T11:34:31.821-05:002023-02-13T11:34:31.821-05:00The next issue, 314, was my first comic book ever,...The next issue, 314, was my first comic book ever, and this story is still a favorite. And with Pasko and Swan making Superman's code against killing so central to the story, it made it absolutely central to my understanding of the character.<br /><br />I couldn't have asked for a better introduction -- even though, at 7 years old, there were SO many words I didn't know what they meant! Antibiotic -- is that a good thing or a bad thing? I knew "anti" was negative, but had to piece together the rest. Journalist's disease! Electro-surrogate! My head was swimming.<br /><br />And Amalak, a one-off villain from Superman's past, joins Mazdan, a concurrent villain revival in the pages of the Flash from that era, as two villains I thought were a Much Bigger Deal than it turns out they were for anyone else.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-42638970115000523302023-02-10T13:08:34.600-05:002023-02-10T13:08:34.600-05:00A single panel, or sequence of panels that tell se...A single panel, or sequence of panels that tell seamlessly an entire story without any recourse to dialogue or thought balloons, is a happy hallmark of Curt Swan’s pencils, he does it all the time. Supergirl’s smirk in close up would make a capital screen saver. Yeah I love Bronze Age Supergirl when goes goes “Full Bruiser”, she got few chances To loose physically , but when she did it was admirable.<br /><br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2669531469217423923.post-11566466349965786712023-02-08T13:59:13.674-05:002023-02-08T13:59:13.674-05:00Ok, never read this storyline but I have a guess a...Ok, never read this storyline but I have a guess about where this is going. I won't say what it is because I very likely am wrong, but I'm curious about what's going to happen. Obviously everyone's going to survive and Superman's not really going to kill those guys but how the story gets there is the real trick.Hnoreply@blogger.com