tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post1469641611679998761..comments2023-11-02T05:46:08.704-07:00Comments on Doom Patrol: Waiting for Doom Episode 68: Disobey Your Mum and Get On the Magic Bus OR Thank You Driver for Getting Me HereDoughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622226330548661345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post-76876739308552219952016-08-30T08:38:39.734-07:002016-08-30T08:38:39.734-07:00I'm with you, Anj, in that the finny foe who m...I'm with you, Anj, in that the finny foe who made the biggest impression on me came from a Sub-Mariner comic. Tiger Shark had such a dynamic visual, and the original comic has since left my hands more than once (long story), but despite his slighly-more-elevated C-list status, Tiger Shark at least gets my attention to pick up a book. His inclusion in the Masters of Evil in THAT Avengers storyline was lackluster, but at least he appeared. Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622226330548661345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post-76681408449875788742016-08-29T04:16:41.945-07:002016-08-29T04:16:41.945-07:00I was very interested in hearing this episode and ...I was very interested in hearing this episode and these issues covered. When you presented the first parts, you guys seemed a little weary of how nutty Morrison was in this portion of his run. I always thought he found his footing again with this run. Whether it was the return of Mr. Nobody, or the crazy new Brotherhood, or the rather sad downbeat ending (who knew we'd be rooting for the LSD Bus crew!), or Jack Dandy and his wild look, I just thought Morrison was back in the swing of things here.<br /><br />There is a ton to love here. The rather banal way the Love Glove is tricked into betraying Nobody, "Agent !" finally surprising someone, cops injecting themselves with Thorazine, the bizarre political landscape of America (glad things have changed!). It all just seemed to work.<br /><br />Bottom line, I felt a little better when you guys came around on this arc. I worried that maybe my recollection of it was off but on rereading I still liked it.<br /><br />As for finned characters, one of my earliest recollections in comic reading was a grubby copy of Sub-Mariner #71 where he fought the finned foe The Pirahna. It scarred me as a kid. The ocean is blood tinged the whole issue as Namor is scratched, stabbed, and bled to lure a school of the flesh-eating fish by the Pirahna (who can control his little finny buddies). But what really got me was the ending in which an injured Pirahna is betrayed by his fish army and is eaten alive by his own pirahna. Brrrr .... my elementary school mind was creeped out ... and then immediately reread the issue a billion times. Brutal and awesome!<br /><br />He is a D-lister. I don't think he has many appearances. But this one, like a good tuna steak, was seared .. into my mind.Anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023193805914075078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post-5443413574715212802016-08-28T14:56:12.491-07:002016-08-28T14:56:12.491-07:00I think I see what you did there! 😄I think I see what you did there! 😄Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post-34765185254388462712016-08-28T14:50:08.116-07:002016-08-28T14:50:08.116-07:00A favorite character with Finns seems like an odd ...A favorite character with Finns seems like an odd request, but here you go:<br /><br />http://www.comics.org/issue/1042297/cover/4/pblfsdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471473189061385119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-267460715480489446.post-78068826589868574602016-08-28T10:52:05.368-07:002016-08-28T10:52:05.368-07:00Don't worry too much about when you get it up,...Don't worry too much about when you get it up, Doug, it's a bonus... I imagine most people realise that if they want a comment posted here subsequently read out on the podcast, by the end of Monday, Oz-time, is probably not a bad guess.<br /><br />Nice episode, as ever, boys. Mike Sekowsky's cover authorship is disputed, with Mike Tiefenbacher - big time fan and author of some nice Whatever Happened To... shorts - favouring Bob Oksner. http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/477/<br /><br />That Who's Who-style free pamphlet, I don't think 'ashcan' is the right term... wasn't an ashcan a placeholder meant to secure copyright rather than a promotional giveaway?<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder about Pender's Fen, I've not seen that since the Seventies. The star, Spencer Banks, appeared in one of the best UK teenage TV dramas ever, Timeslip - it's on DVD, worth searching out. The UK really did go for pagan-influence dramas back then, what with the likes of the John Mills Quatermass and Children of the Stones. Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.com