another fine list here--you know, I've never read any of those New Model Atlas comics from the mid-seventies... Do you have any more thoughts on the line itself Johnny? I'm really interested in this short-lived counter-Marvel...
Dave
Weeelllll...with the exception of Chaykin's Scorpion, it was crap.
Nah. That's not true, but despite good intentions, mostly those comics were pretty bland. Mike Fleisher and Ernie Colon's Gray Ghost was kinda interesting, and I seem to recall an issue of Morlock 2000 that was penciled by Steve Ditko and inked by Berni Wrightson(!)...but other than that one, the two Chaykin Scorpions and one issue of Planet of The Vampires, those were the only Atlas comics I cared to own.
TwoMorrows devoted an issue of Comic Book Artist to the line, and it was very informative. You might want to keep an eye out for that one, if you're really curious about that line...
thanks JB, I'll keep my eyes peeled for that... I'm just so fascinated by the idea of a Marvel reboot without Stan Lee--it's like a publishing "What If?"... and it sounds like, as in most of those 70's "What Ifs", any deviation from the original story produces misery!!
Dave
I liked the first issue of Atlas' Wulf the Barbarian an awful lot. More than those DC S&S books you listed, truthfully...
Otherwise, mostly in agreement. I'd also include anything Steve's Gerber and Englehart wrote (pre-HTD for G), still consider E's run on Cap and Avengers my all-time fave on those two series (nice JLA too). Moench and Gulacy on Master of Kung Fu yinned my yang as well.
Also inordinately fond of Marvel's Nova and--honest--Skull the Slayer!?!
Hey, if you can list Beowulf...
Fred
True!
And I totally forgot about Master of Kung Fu. Ouch! I might have to go back and add that one.
Wulf was OK, but just didn't really grab me. DC's Sword of Sorcery, besides the stellar art talent involved, was, of course, the exploits of Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser, two characters whose print adventures are some of my very favorites, and O'Neil & Co. did them faithfully. I love Faf and the Mouser.
And I think I really should get off my ass and write something longish about Beowulf: Dragon Slayer, a real underrated book if there ever was one. That's the problem with doing a list in this fashion- if I provided explanation for each entry, I'd be writing for days!
And I agree with you about Gerber, which is why I made it a point to list his name among the Son of Satan people- I loved his stint on that character. I also thought a lot of his (oy, is this a loaded sentence) Man-Thing. :o
Omega was a title that I just never got around to picking up on, despite a thousand and one recommendations. Maybe someday I'll run up on a run in a back issue box somewhere...
I recall having an issue of Skull The Slayer, and thought it was pretty good- but that one didn't last very long, did it? That may be why I didn't get any others. Nova I bought for a long time, thought it was a fun read. I'm surprised you didn't mention Brother Voodoo, Fred! Actually, I always found that character interesting, and had a couple of his Strange Tales appearances.
And I just remembered a BIG 70s favorite that I totally forgot, so my list is going to have to change.
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