Ploog co created Ghost Rider that was his super hero comic
@michaelk.vaughan861715 сағат бұрын
Is Ghost Rider really a superhero? I guess in a way he is.
@wbbartlett16 сағат бұрын
I've never owned nor read a Marvel (or DC) comic, and have minimal interest in American superheroes. That said, I love your videos analysing and talking about them. Your passion, knowledge & enthusiasm shines through and makes me interested in what you have to say about a topic that I would otherwise pass straight on by.
@mikebaker931916 сағат бұрын
In my version, Barsoom is a hallucination provided by John Carter’s Deity.
@patricktilton537716 сағат бұрын
Just a-wonderin' . . . but is the coloring in this collection the same as in the original comicbook run, or did they re-color them using the newer techniques that are available? When Dark Horse reprinted the Marvel CONAN comicbook -- excepting those stories which had Red Sonja in them (the bastards!) -- they re-colored them, as the coloring techniques used back in the '70s were somewhat limited compared with what could be done in more recent decades. I recently bought a Marvel Epic Collection of the 11 issues of ADVENTURES ON THE PLANET OF THE APES -- which were reprints of the adaptations of the first 2 movies from the Black-&-White Marvel POTA magazine, but the colorist (George Roussos) -- whose rather mediocre coloring job bothered me back when I originally bought the comic off the stands (he made the gorillas' black leather jackets YELLOW with RED horizontal stripes, for cryin' out loud!) -- his coloring job was retained, and the reprinted version in this Epic Collection looks as wrong as it did 49 years ago! They really SHOULD have re-colored it, but they didn't. Was that run of THOR originally colored as nicely as it appears in this Epic Collection, I wonder?
@brettrobson573917 сағат бұрын
The goats, the beard, the mythology, the frogs!
@WTSD85019 сағат бұрын
lyra was the star of the fury of femizons and she's actually a number of times in other marvel comics she traveled from her alternate future timeline in the main 616 universe nd briefly joined the frightful four to fight the thing. then her dimension metges with a dimension ruled by barbaric men and then she creates a daughter using her and hulks dna
@davebrzeski20 сағат бұрын
That wasn't Lady Sif, that was Hela. Totally different character.
@michaelk.vaughan861719 сағат бұрын
I must have misspoke. That sometimes happens.
@kaywebbharrison337323 сағат бұрын
Glad you are back!
@raphaelhamato7546Күн бұрын
Just picked this omnibus up and it’s awesome!
@GrammaticusBooksКүн бұрын
Good stuff! Completely agree that Tales of Asgard was a turning point.
@Krommer1000Күн бұрын
I can still remember the day I purchased the "Thor vs. The Midgard Serpent" issue. I was in nerd bliss just geeking out over every page, and even drew the image of Thor you held up here (25:25) for one of my art classes years later that I won an award for.
@rogerhardman7757Күн бұрын
Sal was Marvel’s fastest artist. Stanl used him a lot for catching up on deadlines. If you look at Silver surfer number four you can see how good an artist he could’ve been if he was allowed time to draw the way he really wanted to.
@rogerhardman7757Күн бұрын
Stan was actually mad at Sal for how much time he spent on Silver surfer number four which really wasn’t a lot of time it just was to Stan.
@secretfirebooks7894Күн бұрын
Love how, no matter how many times he gets beaten, Surtur always comes back every year or so like, "Hello, folks. Can i interest you in some Ragnarök?"
@Krommer1000Күн бұрын
If I had to pick one thing in the Simonson run that I felt a little let down by, it would be Kurse, and this was a case of Simonson’s artwork outstripping the actual character. He was SO COOL looking, especially on the cover where he has both Thor & Beta Ray beat down while he towers above them. The actual story with him was a bit of a let down though. There was no big battle, and he just kind of stopped fighting everyone and just stood around the rest of the run. Still loved how he looked, just wish he could have done more with the character.
@TheDukeofMadnessКүн бұрын
This encapsulates exactly what went wrong with Marvel in the early 90's. There was no more across the board quality. It was event/creative team driven comics not just enjoyable comics.
@mikemason9727Күн бұрын
It's Surtur, not Sutor! I have the entire run in comic book form. Wish I could afford the omnibus edition
@Krommer1000Күн бұрын
A later Thor artist, I don't remember which one, said something about the character that I think holds most true for Simonson’s artwork, to paraphrase: "Every image should be something you'd want to paint on the side of your van." Like this: 6:30
@meccamwКүн бұрын
You just cost me $100 bucks. I’m sending you an invoice….
@Krommer1000Күн бұрын
Been looking forward to this!
@danbro1378Күн бұрын
That omnibus looks like it has recoloured and re-inked artwork - I hate it when they do that!
@glockensigКүн бұрын
Is that you, Michael...? The glasses really throw me.......😂
@themaninblack7503Күн бұрын
I loved Sal's work on the Hulk during the 70's
@tonette6592Күн бұрын
ILOVETHOR. I still have my teen crush on him. Are you kidding? The man was a DOCTOR. I didn't find him lame, but I was smitten.
@bizarrebraincomics7819Күн бұрын
Sounds good. I never read thor during this period. I just didn't care for what I was seeing at the time on the stands.
@alexiskiri9693Күн бұрын
Of course women will fall for the "noble and good" and not Brad Pitt. 😂😂😂
@alexiskiri9693Күн бұрын
Michael, hello❤👋🖐👋 Just an odd question. I know you focus on the classic comics but is there anything out there in modern comics of today? I haven't looked at comics for years. I remember looking at some in early 2000s and was not really impressed. Is the comic book a lost art?
@user-rf6to7bl6lКүн бұрын
Hello Michael Hello. Good to see you do this Excellent Video on THOR. LONG AWAITED Comic Wednesday. A Zillion times Thank You
@sleepyreader666Күн бұрын
Glad to see ya back.
@creweluc4732Күн бұрын
Thanks, Mike. Nice detailed video.
@joshuaaustin7038Күн бұрын
can anyone rate the superman-wonder woman series from the new 52
@sheets75Күн бұрын
I have the Steve Harrison book, need to get the others. I think Howard said he disliked writing in the detective genre because he wasn't comfortable with developing mysteries, so when he did detective stories they would transform into action yarns with the modern man swinging an axe into bad guys' faces or something. I think Howard didn't realize he was basically creating something more like modern action movies, where it's more about the excitement than whodunnit. It's not really like Hammett or Chandler, but I like his take on the genre.
@RichardSheehan2 күн бұрын
The Steve Harrison stories are great. I was fortunate to get a lot of the Foundation books when they first came out and agree that they're essential if you're a big Howard fan.
@psychosis84292 күн бұрын
I'm a very slow reader too. I don't mind as I just want to sit down and enjoy what I'm reading and its great. I just don't worry and its all better that way
@edrepard2 күн бұрын
Great review ,just read Goodbye to All That, onto The White Goddess now. Have to check this out.
@williebarkley70462 күн бұрын
At present, I have nothing of Robert E. Howard. What would be your recommendation for my first read. I love fiction and nonfiction. Thank you.
@1simo935212 күн бұрын
Manga (most in black and white) is dominating everything so comics are clearly still popular. The American comic industry is declining due to terrible corporate decisions. How can they fail when marvel and DC movies rake in billions at the cinema it's criminal financial incompetence.
@bigaldoesbooktube10972 күн бұрын
What a bounty 🤩
@MarkTallen2 күн бұрын
Superb and im pleased you got them
@waltera132 күн бұрын
So cool that they sent you the books! So cool that books were sent to you!
@stretmediq2 күн бұрын
I always thought it was kind of sad that of what I call "the big three" (Robert E Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and HP Lovecraft) he was the only one who didn't die before his time. Not only was he born before the others he lived long passed them
@stretmediq2 күн бұрын
Sad for the other two that is
@StygianDogs2 күн бұрын
So good to see you again MKV. 🙏
@TheDukeofMadness2 күн бұрын
Robert E. Howard books being reprinted? TO THE BOOK REPOSITORY!!
@peterconlon82342 күн бұрын
What a pleasure to see this pop into my feed...hope this means all is going in the right direction...keep on keeping on, Sir !
@chschs7772 күн бұрын
Not even going to mention the premium Donald M. Grant series?? You’re missing out, fellow
@jamesbarberousse83962 күн бұрын
Excellent advertisement for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press! 🙂
@fordprefect802 күн бұрын
It's incredible just how prolific a writer Howard was considering his short life.
@robpetersen872 күн бұрын
Whew, I'm glad you got to this. I've been cranking through Swords of the North, and it rocks.
@user-zq6vu6jp5e2 күн бұрын
Great video! I hope you are well.
@tonygriego63822 күн бұрын
I am definitely getting that Steve Harrison book. I'm also looking to get a complete collection of the Sailor Steve Costigan and Breckenridge Elkins stories.
@trunkshatake74072 күн бұрын
I’m so glad your back . Having to work tonight ,but hearing there is a new Robert E Howard show made it much better . I’m reading Red Nails right now . And your videos are what got me into Conan and Robert e Howard years ago . You deserve to be the spokesperson and orchestrator of all things Howard .
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Ploog co created Ghost Rider that was his super hero comic
Is Ghost Rider really a superhero? I guess in a way he is.
I've never owned nor read a Marvel (or DC) comic, and have minimal interest in American superheroes. That said, I love your videos analysing and talking about them. Your passion, knowledge & enthusiasm shines through and makes me interested in what you have to say about a topic that I would otherwise pass straight on by.
In my version, Barsoom is a hallucination provided by John Carter’s Deity.
Just a-wonderin' . . . but is the coloring in this collection the same as in the original comicbook run, or did they re-color them using the newer techniques that are available? When Dark Horse reprinted the Marvel CONAN comicbook -- excepting those stories which had Red Sonja in them (the bastards!) -- they re-colored them, as the coloring techniques used back in the '70s were somewhat limited compared with what could be done in more recent decades. I recently bought a Marvel Epic Collection of the 11 issues of ADVENTURES ON THE PLANET OF THE APES -- which were reprints of the adaptations of the first 2 movies from the Black-&-White Marvel POTA magazine, but the colorist (George Roussos) -- whose rather mediocre coloring job bothered me back when I originally bought the comic off the stands (he made the gorillas' black leather jackets YELLOW with RED horizontal stripes, for cryin' out loud!) -- his coloring job was retained, and the reprinted version in this Epic Collection looks as wrong as it did 49 years ago! They really SHOULD have re-colored it, but they didn't. Was that run of THOR originally colored as nicely as it appears in this Epic Collection, I wonder?
The goats, the beard, the mythology, the frogs!
lyra was the star of the fury of femizons and she's actually a number of times in other marvel comics she traveled from her alternate future timeline in the main 616 universe nd briefly joined the frightful four to fight the thing. then her dimension metges with a dimension ruled by barbaric men and then she creates a daughter using her and hulks dna
That wasn't Lady Sif, that was Hela. Totally different character.
I must have misspoke. That sometimes happens.
Glad you are back!
Just picked this omnibus up and it’s awesome!
Good stuff! Completely agree that Tales of Asgard was a turning point.
I can still remember the day I purchased the "Thor vs. The Midgard Serpent" issue. I was in nerd bliss just geeking out over every page, and even drew the image of Thor you held up here (25:25) for one of my art classes years later that I won an award for.
Sal was Marvel’s fastest artist. Stanl used him a lot for catching up on deadlines. If you look at Silver surfer number four you can see how good an artist he could’ve been if he was allowed time to draw the way he really wanted to.
Stan was actually mad at Sal for how much time he spent on Silver surfer number four which really wasn’t a lot of time it just was to Stan.
Love how, no matter how many times he gets beaten, Surtur always comes back every year or so like, "Hello, folks. Can i interest you in some Ragnarök?"
If I had to pick one thing in the Simonson run that I felt a little let down by, it would be Kurse, and this was a case of Simonson’s artwork outstripping the actual character. He was SO COOL looking, especially on the cover where he has both Thor & Beta Ray beat down while he towers above them. The actual story with him was a bit of a let down though. There was no big battle, and he just kind of stopped fighting everyone and just stood around the rest of the run. Still loved how he looked, just wish he could have done more with the character.
This encapsulates exactly what went wrong with Marvel in the early 90's. There was no more across the board quality. It was event/creative team driven comics not just enjoyable comics.
It's Surtur, not Sutor! I have the entire run in comic book form. Wish I could afford the omnibus edition
A later Thor artist, I don't remember which one, said something about the character that I think holds most true for Simonson’s artwork, to paraphrase: "Every image should be something you'd want to paint on the side of your van." Like this: 6:30
You just cost me $100 bucks. I’m sending you an invoice….
Been looking forward to this!
That omnibus looks like it has recoloured and re-inked artwork - I hate it when they do that!
Is that you, Michael...? The glasses really throw me.......😂
I loved Sal's work on the Hulk during the 70's
ILOVETHOR. I still have my teen crush on him. Are you kidding? The man was a DOCTOR. I didn't find him lame, but I was smitten.
Sounds good. I never read thor during this period. I just didn't care for what I was seeing at the time on the stands.
Of course women will fall for the "noble and good" and not Brad Pitt. 😂😂😂
Michael, hello❤👋🖐👋 Just an odd question. I know you focus on the classic comics but is there anything out there in modern comics of today? I haven't looked at comics for years. I remember looking at some in early 2000s and was not really impressed. Is the comic book a lost art?
Hello Michael Hello. Good to see you do this Excellent Video on THOR. LONG AWAITED Comic Wednesday. A Zillion times Thank You
Glad to see ya back.
Thanks, Mike. Nice detailed video.
can anyone rate the superman-wonder woman series from the new 52
I have the Steve Harrison book, need to get the others. I think Howard said he disliked writing in the detective genre because he wasn't comfortable with developing mysteries, so when he did detective stories they would transform into action yarns with the modern man swinging an axe into bad guys' faces or something. I think Howard didn't realize he was basically creating something more like modern action movies, where it's more about the excitement than whodunnit. It's not really like Hammett or Chandler, but I like his take on the genre.
The Steve Harrison stories are great. I was fortunate to get a lot of the Foundation books when they first came out and agree that they're essential if you're a big Howard fan.
I'm a very slow reader too. I don't mind as I just want to sit down and enjoy what I'm reading and its great. I just don't worry and its all better that way
Great review ,just read Goodbye to All That, onto The White Goddess now. Have to check this out.
At present, I have nothing of Robert E. Howard. What would be your recommendation for my first read. I love fiction and nonfiction. Thank you.
Manga (most in black and white) is dominating everything so comics are clearly still popular. The American comic industry is declining due to terrible corporate decisions. How can they fail when marvel and DC movies rake in billions at the cinema it's criminal financial incompetence.
What a bounty 🤩
Superb and im pleased you got them
So cool that they sent you the books! So cool that books were sent to you!
I always thought it was kind of sad that of what I call "the big three" (Robert E Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and HP Lovecraft) he was the only one who didn't die before his time. Not only was he born before the others he lived long passed them
Sad for the other two that is
So good to see you again MKV. 🙏
Robert E. Howard books being reprinted? TO THE BOOK REPOSITORY!!
What a pleasure to see this pop into my feed...hope this means all is going in the right direction...keep on keeping on, Sir !
Not even going to mention the premium Donald M. Grant series?? You’re missing out, fellow
Excellent advertisement for the Robert E. Howard Foundation Press! 🙂
It's incredible just how prolific a writer Howard was considering his short life.
Whew, I'm glad you got to this. I've been cranking through Swords of the North, and it rocks.
Great video! I hope you are well.
I am definitely getting that Steve Harrison book. I'm also looking to get a complete collection of the Sailor Steve Costigan and Breckenridge Elkins stories.
I’m so glad your back . Having to work tonight ,but hearing there is a new Robert E Howard show made it much better . I’m reading Red Nails right now . And your videos are what got me into Conan and Robert e Howard years ago . You deserve to be the spokesperson and orchestrator of all things Howard .