tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post5799938916820138084..comments2024-01-13T13:40:31.385+00:00Comments on TOO DANGEROUS FOR A GIRL!: Action Comics #4 reviewMartin Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-30156128918022934182011-12-22T00:54:08.821+00:002011-12-22T00:54:08.821+00:00Great point about the relative runs of JLA and JSA...Great point about the relative runs of JLA and JSA, Jonathan. As for the 8-times-a-year frequency, I suspect it's a matter of companies having forgotten it's an option - it's a generation since we saw such a frequency.<br /><br />PAD's been settled at Marvel for so long now, Claude, that he might surprise us and hop over to DC. Maybe a nice Lois Lane book ...Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-17939503562539832702011-12-17T17:02:01.952+00:002011-12-17T17:02:01.952+00:00Oddly, PAD hasn't done much in the way of Supe...Oddly, PAD hasn't done much in the way of Superman stories. He did a bit in Superman:Our Worlds at War but there were three other writers involved in that one. He did, however, have an extensive run on Supergirl. I have a feeling that he would be a difficult 'get' for DC on a Superman book. <br />Still licking my wounds over losing Cornell on Action Comics. Boo hoo.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831507399345911439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-82248693576273455692011-12-16T02:22:23.318+00:002011-12-16T02:22:23.318+00:00When the most recent runs of JLA and JSA finished ...When the most recent runs of JLA and JSA finished up in August, JLA was at issue 60 and JSA at 54 -- and they restarted within a month of each other five summers ago.<br /><br />I do wonder if the resistance to 10- or 8-issue years for some books is based on the fear that perennial lateness would just expand with some writers and artists, so that an 8-issue year would immediately mutate into a bimonthly book.<br /><br />The most egregious scheduling screw-up I can think of in the past few years was the increasing lateness of the Firstwave miniseries, which was supposed to launch the Firstwave line but, by the time issue 6 finally came out about 16 months later, almost acted as a de facto farewell to the line as well. I think lingering concerns of mine over what's ultimately going to happen with the New DC spring in part from the complete bollocksing of the FirstWave and the Red Circle lines by DC. I'm not sure everyone's attention spans are up to this in corporate or editorial or wherever the problems spring from. The rapid axing of four writers already (I think) could bode ill.Jonathan Stoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751600613741713162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-1692343358793320322011-12-15T23:33:13.159+00:002011-12-15T23:33:13.159+00:00Blooming' good point, Jonathan - this 'mon...Blooming' good point, Jonathan - this 'monthly or bust' notion dates back to, I think, the DC Implosion. But really, why not publish eight times a year, and use the other slots for specials?Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-27513446541187078542011-12-15T13:44:20.476+00:002011-12-15T13:44:20.476+00:00Why the Big Two won't go 'back to the futu...Why the Big Two won't go 'back to the future' with intentional eight-times or ten-times yearly comics remains one of those mysteries, given that comics' most popular decades (up until 1970) featured no monthly superhero books that I can think of.Jonathan Stoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751600613741713162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-834307268535900732011-12-13T22:56:12.051+00:002011-12-13T22:56:12.051+00:00Thanks for the links, Rob, I really like this sort...Thanks for the links, Rob, I really like this sort of thing. I remember reading a Johnny Quick reprint as a kid, in which he was 'the modern Paul Bunyan'. I'd never heard of a man with a giant cow.<br /><br />And I still don't know who the Johnny Appleseed cited in a Seventies JLA story was. In fact, I must go check ...<br /><br />Hmm, now you have me wondering, Claude - has PAD ever written a Superman story? A run by him could be fascinating.<br /><br />This is, what, seven years ago from current day DC, Illumi-Nerdi? I dare say Lex has 'villained up' by now.Martin Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574149543260175962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-70560897470347885622011-12-12T22:19:26.307+00:002011-12-12T22:19:26.307+00:00I'm not a fan of the new Lex. He seems too wea...I'm not a fan of the new Lex. He seems too weak.The Illumi-Nerdihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877125433215444647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-24770970013367933152011-12-08T22:23:59.644+00:002011-12-08T22:23:59.644+00:00Writers gave up on Superman long ago. It's too...Writers gave up on Superman long ago. It's too bad that Peter David or someone else with an imagination can't do something with the last son of Krypton. You'd think that after JMS messed about for a year doing nothing with it that someone else would come along and put Superman to rights. <br />Oh, yeah! Action HAD a good writer named Paul Cornell. Sorry to say, Grant Morrison is NO Paul Cornell.Claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05831507399345911439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6392489189136721402.post-69944371548994148062011-12-08T01:27:24.276+00:002011-12-08T01:27:24.276+00:00Hey Mart,
If you want to hear a little more about...Hey Mart,<br /><br />If you want to hear a little more about John Henry, here's Harry Belafonte singing the song in 1959. <br /><br />http://youtu.be/g6vcvYJCkic<br /><br />And here's Leadbelly talking about the song's origins a bit before he sings it in 1948. (I think the Belafonte version is a little more accessible to modern ears, so I listed it first.)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGEkWJa68xU<br /><br />They're two slightly different versions, but that's the way it goes with folk songs. But in both, John Henry outworks a steam drill, before his own heart bursts as he works. Then he's hailed as a hero, and his body is brought to the White House to be honored.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.com