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Tim O Neill Byrne Robotics Security
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 12:11am | IP Logged | 1
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I've got to get my hands on this book!!
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Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 9154
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 12:25am | IP Logged | 2
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In a very real way, I feel like this book packaged a part of my childhood! It made me incredibly happy while flipping through it. These stories were a big influence on me becoming a visual storyteller.
Thanks JB!
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Don Zomberg Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 7:49am | IP Logged | 3
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Jesus Christ--the same production problems as the third Visionary trade, dropped pages, the cliffhanger ending...I don't have my copy yet but I'm starting to worry I'm going to regret ordering the damn thing. Which page got left out, Jose?
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Dennis Maloney Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 2:05pm | IP Logged | 4
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That's the one I got Nathan. I flipped through it briefly and it looked good.
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 133339
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | 5
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And just one more thing. Apparently, one page was ommited from issue # 242 when the story was collected on paperback as "The Trial of Galactus", and, if we are to believe the editorial text, this was done for pacing purposes, to "give the story a seamless flow".•• A lot more than one page was left out of "The Trial of Galactus". I edited a couple of YEARS worth of issues to build that trade paperback, leaving out everything that was not directly part of the story -- which was a lot, since quite a bit of the Galactus story ran as subplots, building to a concluding arc. Perhaps you are misremembering the introduction I wrote, in which I noted that the exercise worked so well that one page ended with Sue walking down a flight of stairs in the Baxter Building, and the next pages (from several issues later) began with her walking down a flight of stairs in the Baxter Building. So, by all mean, believe the "editorial text", since the editor in question was ME!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 31186
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | 6
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Was that common practice, JB? To let the creators "edit" the TPBs? That's a pretty cool idea, methinks.
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Jose M Mendez Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 May 2011 Location: United States Posts: 7
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 5:02pm | IP Logged | 7
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"A lot more than one page was left out of "The Trial of Galactus". I edited a couple of YEARS worth of issues to build that trade paperback, leaving out everything that was not directly part of the story -- which was a lot, since quite a bit of the Galactus story ran as subplots, building to a concluding arc.Perhaps you are misremembering the introduction I wrote, in which I noted that the exercise worked so well that one page ended with Sue walking down a flight of stairs in the Baxter Building, and the next pages (from several issues later) began with her walking down a flight of stairs in the Baxter Building. So, by all mean, believe the "editorial text", since the editor in question was ME!" •••••••• Oh, sorry for the misunderstanding, Mr. Byrne. I never owned that paperback. Actually, I was referring to the editorial text provided as explanation on the Omnibus, where they took page 18 of issue # 242 out of its natural place and put it at the back of the book. And since we are so fortunate to have you around, I don't know if you caught my question from my first post on this thread: Why line reproduction looks so much worse (it looks like some shoddy, xerox copy on same pages) for issues 255-257? I seem to remember it was the same on the "Visionaries" paperback, so this must trace back to the source materials. While I own the original monthlies, I don't have them with me to compare, but, if memory serves me, these were not published during the much dreaded "flexographic" phase of Marvel, so why is there no better printing film or plates for these issues?
Edited by Jose M Mendez on 10 November 2011 at 5:07pm
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Knut Robert Knutsen Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | 8
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That big white spot next to Stan Lee seems to be missing something. Was Jack Kirby supposed to be in that spot?
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Thomas Moudry Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 5060
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 7:34pm | IP Logged | 9
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In that white spot on #236 was a big circle with the words SPECIAL TRIPLE- SIZED ISSUE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE!
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Thomas Moudry Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 7:38pm | IP Logged | 10
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Forgot to mention that I ordered my copy today—with the other cover.
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Joe Alexander Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 7:49pm | IP Logged | 11
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Wow...you cannot go wrong with either of those covers--beautiful.
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Thomas Moudry Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 10 November 2011 at 9:02pm | IP Logged | 12
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You're right, Joe: both covers are terrific. I hadn't seen the artwork on the direct market version in quite some time, and I've always liked the family feel of that particular piece.
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