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Fred J Chamberlain
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Richard, sadly you aren’t very far off the mark with what they are currently
doing in the amazing spider-man book.
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Brian Miller
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Now you’ve done it!!
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Actually…
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Richard Stevens
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Yeah! That was the simplest I could say it without getting into the idea of Cyttorak having a bunch of kids
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John Byrne
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Richard, sadly you aren’t very far off the mark with what they are currently doing in the amazing spider-man book.•• Somehow, I sorta knew. . . . . . . sigh
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Kevin Hagerman
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David Miller wrote:
| I don't think I saw his name yet: Mister Fantastic himself, Reed Richards. |
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Absolutely. One of my favorite Reed quotes, from Namor #13:
Prosecutor guy: "Dr. Richards... you are generally acknowledged as an expert on virtually every subject under the sun..."
Reed: "I have tried to maintain as broad a base as possible, yes."
When I started reading FF Reed was drawn as just a generically muscle-bound guy. But under JB's pen his uniform just kind of hung on him. It's impossible to know what a stretchy guy would look like when he's not being stretchy, of course, but the way he was drawn stood out for me.
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James Woodcock
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For me it is definitely She-Hulk, even though I know the process was started
by Roger Stern.
JB took that & ran with it. Her FF & graphic novel appearances treated the
character with such a respect that was so rare in those days.
& then there is the FF.
I’ve mentioned before that I met JB’s FF in a UK black & white comic where
the art really did stand out - there was so much ink on the page.
But it wasn’t just that - it was, as mentioned by Kevin, the physicality within
that art. Each had a different body shape that really fit the personality,
which was so different from what had been drawn on the last runs. Heck, @
that time, I did not equate this new artist as being the same one who drew
the Galactus/Sphinx fight!
I know Reed was mega thin when Kirby first drew him, but it was such a
shock when JB brought that back. A welcome shock.
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John Byrne
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In an early story, maybe an Annual, Stan had referred to Reed as "lean", and for some reason that stuck in my head when I came to draw the character.
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Andrew Bitner
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It gave Reed a distinctive look, and (sorry) leaned into his powers as well. Being slim made his elongated look seem more natural than if he was Stretch Armstrong and his huge muscles vanished as his limbs stretched out. It was great character design.
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Andrew Bitner
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Oh, and Spider-Man has eight lives to solve a problem Doom dumps in his lap.Sheesh...
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Mark Haslett
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I have this blanket connection to John Byrne’s approach to extrapolation
and I think that’s what keeps me so hungry for his work.
But as this thread goes on, I want to make special mention of another
favorite: The Batman that we met in Man of Steel. He was everything I want
Batman to be delivered in a short dose. The look, the tone, the detective’s
brilliance and the way he seemed at first to be a potential killer/vigilante and
ended up as a noble hero was just perfect.
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John Byrne
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Thanks!!That was me doing the best I could with DC’s interpretation of Batman at the time.
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ron bailey
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Another big one for me was the Inhumans: Lockjaw/Attilan moving to the Moon/Luna
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