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Comment on Do we still have terror alert levels? Wouldn’t this ramp things up? – Dennis the Menace in Washington, D.C. by Jared M.

Jared M. — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 23:36:22 +0000

It's also a lot more accurate than the cherry-blossom lined reflecting pool in DC Comics Presents #32.

Comment on Do we still have terror alert levels? Wouldn’t this ramp things up? – Dennis the Menace in Washington, D.C. by Thelonious_Nick

Thelonious_Nick — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:58:50 +0000

Curse you Jared! Now I have to add this to my list of comics with patriotic buildings on the cover I must acquire. Yes, it’s a sickness. On the bright side, this comic appears to put a lot more effort into verisimilitude than, say, Iron Man #42.

http://www.comics.org/issue/24571/

Comment on Does she keep a stripper pole around? – The Green Lantern Corps #212 by Jared M.

Jared M. — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:33:00 +0000

Not really. If they’re beat up, they’re practically worthless.

Comment on Does she keep a stripper pole around? – The Green Lantern Corps #212 by Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 31 May 2012 03:14:47 +0000

I had the first 10 of these particular Green Lantern Corps(with that logo) from the 80′s Now, I can’t seem to find anything about them. Are they worth anything?

Comment on It crawled from the swamp – The Man-Thing #7 by Fred W. Hill

Fred W. Hill — Mon, 28 May 2012 03:19:06 +0000

I only collected a few issues featuring Man-Thing (in Fear or his own title) and none of the first Swamp Thing series when they came out during my childhood, but later I got much into both of them and never worried about which one was supposedly ripping off the other (and they were both “ripping” off the Heap, who had recently been brought back in a Warren magazine from Golden Age obscurity (and the Heap in turn was inspired by a Theodore Sturgeon pulp story). Man-Thing, under Steve Gerber, usually had the better writing while Swamp Thing, with Bernie Wrightson, had the better art, but I enjoyed both. Of course, Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing, particularly with Steve Bissette and John Totlebon on art, significantly upped the ante on great muck monster comics.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Jared M.

Jared M. — Sun, 27 May 2012 15:09:46 +0000

I don’t know. Skip showed Peter dirty mags, said that he and Peter should touch each other like the people in said mags, then leaned in to do so. And Peter said he was too scared to leave, indicating that, at minimum, fondling occured. Which is unwanted sexual activity with a minor. Which is molestation.

Perhaps I’ve set my molestation bar to low. Or perhaps — with respect — you yourself misread the story. In any event, thanks for stopping in. And good try.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by mike

mike — Sun, 27 May 2012 14:25:33 +0000

sorry you misread that but it’s attempted molestation. peter was not molested based on this story. good try

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Jared M.

Jared M. — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:07:50 +0000

That’s what I thought you meant. Maybe I was the one being unclear. It may very well have been the case that they decided to take the full — and potent — plunge after the art was completed.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Kid Robson

Kid Robson — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:37:21 +0000

What I meant, Jared, is that Peter saying he had to leave seems to suggest that his situation was originally intended to be a ‘near-miss’ one, but then it was decided that his experience would have more impact if he was actually molested, hence the caption. You’re right – except that I AM sure I wouldn’t want them to show what happened. Keep up the great work.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Jared M.

Jared M. — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:55:44 +0000

I’m always stunned — perhaps I shouldn’t be — by the number of people who have near-miss molestation stories. I guess that makes books like this one all the more important.

I had the same thought about that panel and the caption. Not sure that they could have gone any further with what they showed, though. Also not sure that I’d want them to.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Kid Robson

Kid Robson — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:45:22 +0000

I actually have this comic (it was automatically included in my standing order at FP), but I never really paid too much attention to it at the time, apart from a cursory glance-through. Which is surprising, because I should be able to relate to at least part of it. When I was about 14 or 15, an older man showed me some (straight) mildly pornographic books and asked me inappropriate questions with the same intentions as ‘Skip’. Unlike Peter (but doesn’t that lower panel caption seem like an afterthought?), I was lucky enough to get away from the situation physically unscathed, but I used to have panic-attacks about what could have happened for years afterwards. I must give this comic a proper read the next time I’m going through my Spider-Man back issues.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Jared M.

Jared M. — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:06:34 +0000

Thanks for the kind words — permission granted, of course.

I think any white-haired molester will forever bring to mind Sandusky. Part of his karmic prison sentence, I suppose.

Comment on Peter Parker was molested as a boy. FACT. I got misty-eyed reading this. FACT. – Spider-Man and Power Pack by Doug

Doug — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:16:25 +0000

Jared —

Fantastic review of a comic I’m not sure I own, but have certainly been aware of for the past almost-30 years. I, too, had no idea of the power and magnitude of the story. With permission, I’d like to direct readers over here from the Bronze Age Babies blog — your review, and this comic, indeed needs to be read.

And not being flip, but “Skip” reminds one of Jerry Sandusky, doesn’t he?

Thanks,

Doug

Comment on A more old-timey Superman invites you to the long-demolished Palisades Amusement Park by Jared M.

Jared M. — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:36:33 +0000

I think the size and spending power of the NY/NJ region has always been such that it can justify a national ad buy. But yes, there was probably a kid in Nevada staring glumly out his window at a cactus as he imagined other children riding roller coasters with cotton candy residue smeared all over their rapturous faces.

Comment on A more old-timey Superman invites you to the long-demolished Palisades Amusement Park by Thelonious_Nick

Thelonious_Nick — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:31:16 +0000

So outside of NY/NJ, this ad probably would have been useless. Was comic book advertising really so inexpensive at the time that a regional attraction like this would have found it worthwhile, even though 90% of the readers would never have the chance to go this Palisades place?

Comment on Today’s Lesson: Speedy’s drug addiction saga is infinitely more depressing when it’s in Dutch – Groene Lantaarn Classics #2730 by Jared M.

Jared M. — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:55:34 +0000

Congratulations on being the first person to bust out “dialectical” here.

Comment on Today’s Lesson: Speedy’s drug addiction saga is infinitely more depressing when it’s in Dutch – Groene Lantaarn Classics #2730 by neill

neill — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:25:59 +0000

Since you asked–this looks like an extremely faithful translation to me (I speak German, but Dutch is a very close dialectical relation).

Comment on If the Marc Webb/Andrew Garfield Spider-Man reboot leaves you cold, Aunt May as jailbait might be your thing. BUT PROBABLY NOT. – Trouble by m lewis redford

m lewis redford — Sat, 19 May 2012 10:00:15 +0000

‘never read it; never want to; totally agree