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John Byrne
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…before this goes too far beyond too far!•• On THIS Forum??
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Chad Carter
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I searched and found some info on the PEANUTS strip:
The Romita Legacy.
Edited to add: The art on Snoopy for the Red Baron/Spider-Man strip in the article I linked to above is definitely not by Schulz. I think it's entirely Romita on that one.
I'd just found the image, I believe, and unsure where it came from. Thanks so much for the research on this.
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Ronald Joseph
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I'd like to explain my misspelling of the word "hymen," as I think it's a fairly funny story:
A friend of mine gave me a box of comics years ago. Among them was an old issue of Amazing Spider-Man; maybe Hydro-Man's first appearance.
Anyway, someone had taken a marker and crossed out the "dro" from Hydro-Man every time his name popped up, so Spider Man was fighting "Hyman" the entire issue!
...and twenty years later, my brain still defaults to that spelling...
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Neil Brauer
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Ok. Maybe I'm the only one to have done this (I seriously doubt it) but I said if I were ever to enter the adult movie industry, my screen name would be...Neil Shillelagh.
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Chad Carter
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Loved this novel when I was a kid.
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Robbie Parry
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Not read too many Spider-Man novels, Chad. What was that one about?
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John Byrne
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I remember reading that one. I seem to recall Spider-Man was played a whole lot like Batman!
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Ronald Joseph
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I just can't get into superhero novels. I want the panels and colors and amazing visuals.
I did read two Hellboy novels at the urging of a friend and they seemed to work OK for me.
Maybe it's an acquired taste?
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Robbie Parry
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I thought similar things myself, Ronald. I did a topic a while back asking about the appeal of novels - and several people sold me on the idea.
I did have an adventure gamebook novel featuring Spider-Man in the 80s, plus a Spider-Man/Hulk novel, which I did enjoy. Perhaps it is an acquired taste, but definitely a taste worth having!
I don't know if it'd be different for a person picking up a superhero novel who had never read a single comic in his life, but as a superhero fan, I can say that since I've read some novels, my own experiences of comics along with my imagination when reading the novels have helped make the experience positive.
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Ronald Joseph
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Perhaps it is an acquired taste, but definitely a taste worth having!
I'd definitely be open to giving them another shot. I am all up to date on the several different novel series that I've been following and wouldn't mind trying something new.
Are there any that you (or anyone else, for that matter) would recommend?
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Lars Sandmark
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LOVE that cover to the Spider-man novel. Should have been a poster!
Also,
Andrew wrote:
"If you want to read about new concepts and ideas you'll have to branch out farther than Marvel and DC in your reading."
How sad is that?
It's true that I still prefer Superhero adventures month-in and month-out, but new ideas for stories and characters is what these comic companies should be all about! (Dammit!)
The former House of Ideas has apparently given up.
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Greg Kirkman
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That book's cover was painted by Bob Larkin, based on a preliminary concept drawn by John Romita. Very nice.
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