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Post by mh on Oct 25, 2013 18:50:37 GMT -6
i can say, and i believe babu can back me up here, i was loving the peacemaker well before the watchmen ever showed up
and you're saying to yourself, who didn't?! anyway, does anyone have a fave charlton comics character? could it be this hear boi ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2013 23:34:36 GMT -6
I'm a sucker for the Blue Beetle by Steve Ditko and Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt.
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Post by mh on Oct 26, 2013 8:41:39 GMT -6
i just found out the blue beetle is as old as batman! incredible. but like manhunter, he had a really scattered history. i like the beetle, he ain't got short sleeves or a helmet that looks like a spittoon, but he's still really a fun character. i wish they'd made the peacemaker a back-up feature in blue beetle's book. as much as i love the guy, the p-m just wasn't a character capable of carrying his own title. then there might be a lot more pat boyette peacemaker artwork out there for me to enjoy 
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Post by Babu Baboon on Oct 26, 2013 17:06:53 GMT -6
I always thought Blue Beetle was cool because of that bug ship. The Question had a cool, unique look, too. My favorite as a kid was Captain Atom, though.
I wish DC did a better job of handling the Charlton properties. They've really butchered them since getting ahold of them. In some cases literally.
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Post by Doc Quantum on Oct 27, 2013 9:46:24 GMT -6
Charlton was never much of a super-hero (or action-hero) publisher, though. Its strength was really in the numerous genre publications. I am a big fan of most of its sci-fi and horror comics from the 1950s through to the 1970s. A lot of great talents began at Charlton: Joe Staton, Jim Aparo, John Byrne, Don Newton, Steve Ditko, and several others.
As for my favorite Charlton character? It's gotta be E-Man, hands down, as written by Nicola Cuti and drawn by Joe Staton. E-Man's redhead girlfriend Nova Kane was a knockout! And she got powers of her own, as well.
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Post by mh on Oct 27, 2013 17:36:50 GMT -6
Charlton was never much of a super-hero (or action-hero) publisher, though. Its strength was really in the numerous genre publications. I am a big fan of most of its sci-fi and horror comics from the 1950s through to the 1970s. A lot of great talents began at Charlton: Joe Staton, Jim Aparo, John Byrne, Don Newton, Steve Ditko, and several others. As for my favorite Charlton character? It's gotta be E-Man, hands down, as written by Nicola Cuti and drawn by Joe Staton. E-Man's redhead girlfriend Nova Kane was a knockout! And she got powers of her own, as well.  not sure that Michael mauser p.i. was the best choice for a back-up feature |
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Post by Doc Quantum on Oct 28, 2013 16:25:16 GMT -6
Michael Mauser is probably an acquired taste. I think the character was originally created as a joke -- a straight-faced human version of Mickey Mouse as a hardboiled gumshoe detective who is notoriously messy.
Later on, in the First Comics E-Man series, they continued the joke by introducing Mauser's 18-year-old nephew, Donald Duke, as his apprentice. I'm surprised that they didn't go a step further and introduce a version of Goofy while they were at it.
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Post by mh on Oct 30, 2013 8:51:59 GMT -6
Michael Mauser is probably an acquired taste. I think the character was originally created as a joke -- a straight-faced human version of Mickey Mouse as a hardboiled gumshoe detective who is notoriously messy. Later on, in the First Comics E-Man series, they continued the joke by introducing Mauser's 18-year-old nephew, Donald Duke, as his apprentice. I'm surprised that they didn't go a step further and introduce a version of Goofy while they were at it. 
ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2011/08/e-man-reports-extra-hollywood-casting.html
joe stanton tweeted about it when stang died -- here he is for anyone who doesn't know who i'm talking about. the guy was a nerd before the word was invented
  
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