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X-Men : Whole New World II

Posted by John Klein III on April 11, 2015
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http://www.newsarama.com/24026-axel-alonso-clarifies-recent-talk-of-a-new-world-for-x-men-post-secret-wars.html

Axel Alonso has had to, not retract but further clarify that his comments about a new world for them, Post-Secret Wars 2015, didn’t mean a Heroes Reborn style story.  He just means that there will be the X-Men in the Proper Marvel Universe and they are involved in Secret Wars 2015.

I do like how he hints that we may lose some X-Men in the transfer but as long as Kitty, Illyana and Lockheed make it, that’s all I care about.

Thanks to Brian Cronin’s excellent research capabilities, I have the necessary links now –

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/04/10/comic-book-legends-revealed-518/

So Axel Alonso got to clarify his original statement –

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/axel-in-charge-marvels-major-rage-of-ultron-twist-the-x-mens-post-secret-wars-future

So now we know.

. . .

Since I keep trying to evoke this, here is Aladdin’s Whole New World

Thanks to YouTuber Kayla Marie for hosting this video.

I really need to rewatch Aladdin.

CSBG’s Top 50 Daredevil Stories

Posted by John Klein III on April 10, 2015
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/11/01/the-greatest-daredevil-stories-ever-told/

Brian Cronin outdid himself, again!

  1. The Jester Saga (Daredevil Volume One 42 – 46)
    49. Expose (Daredevil 164)
    48. Badlands (Daredevil 219)
    47. Deadliest Night of My Life (Daredevil 208)
    46. American Dreamer (Daredevil 236) I did vote for an Ann Nocenti issue! This was the Marvel 25th Anniversary issue! Good job, me!
    45. The Trial of Mister Hyde (Daredevil 354 – 357)
    44. Daredevil in Hell (Daredevil 278 – 282)
    43. The Living Prison (Daredevil 35 – 38, Fantastic Four 73)
    42. Duel (Daredevil 146)
    41. Resurrection (Daredevil 187 – 190)
    40. Latveria Steals Daredevil’s Other Four Senses (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 13 – 16)
    39. Beer With the Devil (Daredevil 266)
    38. Devils (Daredevil 169)
    37. Acts of Vengeance (Daredevil 275 – 276)
    36. Decalogue (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 71 – 75)
    35. Daredevil Makes a Sacrifice to Stop the Sons of the Serpent
    (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 31 – 36)
    34. And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them (Fantastic Four Volume One Issues 39 & 40)
    33. The Omega Effect
    (Avenging Spider-Man 6, Punisher 10 and Daredevil Volume Three Issue 11)
    32. Lowlife (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 41 – 45
    31. The Devil Inside and Out (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 88 – 93)
    30. Death of Jean DeWolff (Spectacular Spider-Man 107 – 110) Such a great story! Peter David at an all time best and this has to be either the first or one of the first instances where I read Daredevil.
    29. Wake Up! (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 16 – 19)
    28. Love and War (Marvel Graphic Novel 24)
    27. Most Dangerous Man Alive (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 1 – 6)
    26. The Origin of Daredevil (Daredevil Volume One Issue 1)
    25. Return of the King (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 116 – 119, 500)
    24. Brother, Take My Hand (Daredevil Volume One Issue 47)
    23. Without Fear (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 100 – 105)
    22. A Christmas Journey (Daredevil Volume Three Issue 7)
    21. Elektra Lives Again
    20. Gangwar! (Daredevil Volume One Issues 170 – 172)
    19. Parts of a Hole (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 9 – 15)
    18. Child’s Play (Daredevil 183 – 184)
    17. Last Rites (Daredevil 297 – 300)
    16. End of Days 1 – 8, I have issue eight on my wishlist as Bendis has Kitty Pryde and Peter Parker, as a couple.
    15. King of Hell’s Kitchen (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 56 – 60)
    14. Murdock Papers (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 76 – 81)
    13. Underboss (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 26 – 31)
    12. In Mortal Combat With . . . Sub-Mariner (Daredevil Volume One Issue 7)
    11. Typhoid Mary Saga (Daredevil 254 – 257, 259 – 263)
    10. Ikari (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 23 – 27)
    9. Daredevil Yellow 1 – 6
    8. Guardian Devil (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 1 – 8)     The Kevin Smith run! I own this as a Motion Comic DVD, as well as the issues and the trade – such a great story. Since Kevin Smith is a film maker, the motion comic really captures his voice with the characters.
    7. Hardcore (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 46 – 50)
    6. Roulette (Daredevil 191)
    5. Devil Inside and Out, Volume One (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 82 – 87)
    4. Out (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 32 – 40), I had this for the awesome Daredevil’s identity revealed to the press by Bendis, as it really changed the direction of the book for quite some time.
    3. Daredevil : Man Wihtout Fear 1 – 5    , I totally love this origin story being given a face lift by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr.
    2. Elektra Saga (Daredevil 168, 174 – 182), which I wasn’t sure how this was going to be grouped, I was tempted to call it by the trade name of Frank Miller Visionarires, Daredevil Volume One but that is one clunky title!
    1. Born Again (Daredevil 227 – 233) I knew this was going to win that’s why I placed it at number ten. Give more weight to lesser known titles.

I’ve read only a handful of these.

Here is my list again, and six of my picks made the list and I knew three of them wouldn’t make even a Top 75 but I threw them on as I haven’t read much of Daredevil.

  1. Daredevil 236
    2. Daredevil Volume Four 6
    3.            Secret War
    4.            Ultimate Knights from Ultimate Spider-Man
    5.            Blockbuster from Ultimate X-Men
    6.            Kevin Smith’s Guardian Devil (Volume Two 1 -8)
    7.            Daredevil : Yellow
    8.            Daredevil : Man Without Fear
    9.            Daredevil : Out, Volume Two 32 – 40
    10.            Daredevil : Born Again, 227 – 233

Thanks again Brian for all of the work on this!

CSBG’s Top 50 Female Comic Creators

Posted by John Klein III on April 4, 2015
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Artist                                                Writer

25            Trina Robbins                         Raina Telgemeier

24            Rumiko Takahashi                        Barbara Kesel

23            Jo Chen                                    Jen Van Meter

22            Emily Carroll                                    Marguerite Bennett (10)

21            Colleen Coover (5)                        Colleen Doran

20            Wendy Pini                                    Jo Duffy

19            Jillian Tamaki                        Kate Leth

18            Ming Doyle                                    Rumiko Takahashi

17            Faith Erin Hicks                        Allie Brosh

16            Stephanie Hans                        Lynda Barry

15            Marie Severin                         Hiromu Arakawa

14            Kate Beaton                                    Becky Cloonan

13            Annie Wu                                    Emily Carroll

12            Ramona Fradon                        Devin Grayson (4)

11            Babs Tarr                                    Marjorie Liu (3)

10            Pia Guerra                                    Noelle Stevenson

9            Amy Reeder                                    Kathryn Immonen (5)

8            Nicola Scott                                    Marjane Satrapi

7            Colleen Doran                         Ann Nocenti (2)

6            Sara Pichelli (1)                        Alison Bechdel

5            Emma Rios                                    Kate Beaton

4            Jill Thompson (3)                        Louise Simonson (1)

3            Becky Cloonan                        G. Willow Wilson (8)

2            Amanda Conner                        Gail Simone (7)

1            Fiona Staples                                    Kelly Sue DeConnick

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/top-50-female-comic-book-writers-and-artists/

Brian Cronin and Kelly Thompson really outdid themselves with this list!

Here is who I voted for :

Ten Writers

  1. Louise Simonson
    2. Ann Nocenti
    3. Marjorie Liu
    4. Devin Grayson
    5. Kathryn Immonen
    6. Kim Yale
    7. Gail Simone
    8. G. Willow Wilson
    9. Kelly Thompson
    10. Marguerite Bennett

Ten Artists

  1. Sara Pichelli
    2. Rachel Dodson
    3. Jill Thompson
    4. June Brigman
    5. Colleen Coover
    6. Ariela Kristantina
    7. Altri Firmansyah
    8. Yasmine Putri
    9. Alisson Borges
    10. Sonia Oback

How did I forget Jo Duffy!?!

Not too many people who made both lists, I thought with all of the comments, that there would be more creators on the same lists.

Rumiko Takahashi (A24 W18)
Emily Carroll (A22 W13)
Kate Beaton (A14 W5)
Colleen Doran (A7 W21)
Four is still pretty impressive!

I’m pretty impress with myself for getting so many writers on my list, making it to the big list. I had Kelly Sue DeConnick but replaced her with Marguerite Bennett. I should have taken Kelly Thompson off the list and kept both of the other two but since Kelly worked on the list, I thought that wouldn’t be proper. PLUS, if Kelly did make the list, I wanted to be within the number that did vote for her but that clearly didn’t work out. I wonder if she got any votes or was I the main one.

I am still pretty embarrass that I left off Jo Duffy, she is such a great writer! She could have been ranked 19 if I had done it right!

Really surprised that DeConnick beat out Simone but I’m also surprised that Louise Simonson didn’t make it to the Top Three.

I thought that I would have had more lady artists make the big list but I also don’t really know any of them either, in terms of all popular they are and such. I believe that Sonia Oback may be like Rachel Dodson and doesn’t do pencils but mainly inks. I could be wrong on that.

Looking over the list, I’m not sure if any of these pairings have worked together.  Some would make pretty good creative teams, that’s for sure!

CSBG’s Top Fifty Daredevil Stories, The Voting

Posted by John Klein III on April 2, 2015
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Here is my list :

  1. Daredevil 236
    2. Daredevil Volume Four 6
    3.            Secret War
    4.            Ultimate Knights from Ultimate Spider-Man
    5.            Blockbuster from Ultimate X-Men
    6.            Kevin Smith’s Guardian Devil (Volume Two 1 -8)
    7.            Daredevil : Yellow
    8.            Daredevil : Man Without Fear
    9.            Daredevil : Out, Volume Two 32 – 40
    10.            Daredevil : Born Again, 227 – 233

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/23/vote-for-the-50-greatest-daredevil-stories

Sorry I didn’t get this up in time to get the votes out. The results started on April 1st.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/11/01/the-greatest-daredevil-stories-ever-told/

I cheated and used the above site for my picks 8, 9 and 10 – which will be on the list for sure.

I wish I had more Ann Nocenti on my list but I had a hard enough time coming up with five and then my memory kicked in for six and seven.  She gets my top slot, so that must mean something.

The reason why I’m so late is due to how I wasn’t going to vote but then I realized I could come up with ten, if I cheated a tad.

Women of Comics

Posted by John Klein III on March 12, 2015
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Comics Should Be Good are running the votes for Top Female Comic Creators, and I just can’t up with ten writers and artists, I mostly know female colorists.  So I thought I would at least promote the creative women that I’ve grown fond of over the years.

Writers – Devin Grayson and Gail Simone, both are mostly DC writers but both have written for the X-Men or X-Related projects.  Kathryn Immonen is another great female writer as in Marjorie Liu.  Of course, Ann Nocenti needs to be named, fantastic editor but famous for her Daredevil run.  Also, legendary Louise Simonson.  Kim Yale is a good writer, as well.

Artists – Jill Thompson, Alisson Borges, June Brigman, Elena Casagrande, Emily Warren, Colleen Coover, Vanessa Del Ray, Sara Pichelli, Ariela Kristantina, Sonia Oback, Alti Firmansyah, Yasmine Putri

Inker – Rachel Dodson

Colorists – Christie Scheele, June Chung, Laura Villari, Renee Witterstaetter, Marie Javins, Sasha Kimiatek, Lynn Varley, Michelle Wrightson, Laura Martin, Rachelle Rosenberg and the legend, Glynis Oliver (Wein)

Letterer Janice Chiang

For anyone who wants to vote, voting ends on March 16, here is a handy link

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/02/vote-for-the-top-50-female-comic-book-writers-and-artists-of-all-time/

Kelly Thompson, of She Has No Head! fame, has compiled a list of over a thousand women, so that list is here –

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/01/she-has-no-head-women-in-comics/2/

I really need to learn more female creators.  I was hoping compiling this list would have given me ten names on both sides.  I know we can group Pencilers and Inkers together but that still doesn’t get me to ten.

I went through the 49 pages of Tags that I have on this blog and came up with the above names.

I need three more writers before I can make my list official.  That’s a lot more ladies than I thought I have read or seen their work.  I really only thought I knew a small handful but look at the artists, alone, is impressive.

Okay, I was going to make a separate post but here is my list –

Ten Writers

  1. Louise Simonson
  2. Ann Nocenti
  3. Marjorie Liu
  4. Devin Grayson
  5. Kathryn Immonen
  6. Kim Yale
  7. Gail Simone
  8. G. Willow Wilson
  9. Kelly Sue DeConnick
  10. Kelly Thompson

I’m being a little cute with those last three.  Wilson is writing X-MEN, that I haven’t read and DeConnick is writing Ms. Marvel, that I’ve heard good things.  I figured Thompson must be getting a few votes, so I threw her name up there, as I do like some of her columns.  I also got those two names from just reading the comments section of the Voting thread, I figured someone had to write some names down that I would recognized, that’s all I was asking for.

Ten Artists

  1. Sara Pichelli
  2. Rachel Dodson
  3. Jill Thompson
  4. June Brigman
  5. Colleen Coover
  6. Ariela Kristantina
  7. Altri Firmansyah
  8. Yasmine Putri
  9. Alisson Borges
  10. Sonia Oback

I will put the results when the final list comes out.  Besides the top two artist, I am okay with anyone making the list.

I’m very excited about Simonson and Nocenti’s placement.  Actually, I want Liu to place highly on the list too, Immonen, I’ve only read the one thing of hers (AvX vs 6) and I’ve own a few issues of X-Men Evolution, written by Grayson, so I do want all five to be on the list.  I can only imagine that the Top Ten of both, will be dominated by American comic creators.  That just makes sense with who is voting on the list.

EDIT ON MARCH 16, 2015 –

I felt bad for not including Marguerite Bennett so Kelly Thompson was nice enough to let me edit my list.  Good bye, DeConnick and hello Marguerite Bennett!  I thought it would be in poor taste to knock Kelly off of her own list, or keep her in the tenth slot, so I bumped her up one.  That’s the least I could do.

Ten Writers

1. Louise Simonson
2. Ann Nocenti
3. Marjorie Liu
4. Devin Grayson
5. Kathryn Immonen
6. Kim Yale
7. Gail Simone
8. G. Willow Wilson
9. Kelly Thompson
10. Marguerite Bennett

Ten Artists

1. Sara Pichelli
2. Rachel Dodson
3. Jill Thompson
4. June Brigman
5. Colleen Coover
6. Ariela Kristantina
7. Altri Firmansyah
8. Yasmine Putri
9. Alisson Borges
10. Sonia Oback

Results start on March 21 and I’m now pretty jazzed about it

CSBG’s Top 100 Creators, The Results

Posted by John Klein III on December 29, 2014
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Brian Cronin completed the Top 50 Writers and Artists and here is the list :

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/top-100-comic-book-writers-and-artists/

            Artist                                                Writer

50            Paul Pope                                    Daniel Clowes

49            Alex Toth                                    James Robinson

48            Dave McKean                                    Kieron Gillen (6)

47            Jaime Hernandez                        Jaime Hernandez

46            Curt Swan                                    Art Spiegelman

45            Steve McNiven                        Dave Sim

44            Tim Sale                                    Keith Griffen

43            Ivan Reis                                    Carl Banks

42            Carl Banks                                    Mike Mignola

41            Olivier Coipel                                    Gail Simone

40            Joe Kubert                                    Dan Slott

39            Barry Windsor-Smith            Walter Simonson

38            Chris Bachalo (3)                        Jeff Lemire

37            Jim Aparo                                    JM DeMatteis (3)

36            Todd McFarlane                        John Ostrander

35            Gene Colan                                    Steve Englehart

34            Greg Capullo                                    Jim Starlin

33            David AJa                                    Rick Remender

32            Dave Gibbons                                    Peter Milligan

31            Fiona Staples                                    Scott Snyder

30            John Cassaday                        Robert Kirkman

29            Bryan Hitch                                    Brian Azzarello

28            Gil Kane                                    Steve Gerber

27            Mile Allred                                     Mark Millar (10)

26            Brian Bolland                                    Marv Wolfman

25            Stuart Immonen (2)            Will Eisner

24            Wallace Wood                        Jason Aaron

23            Arthur Adams                        Greg Rucka

22            Darwyn Cooke                        Matt Fraction (8)

21            Walter Simonson                        John Byrne

20            Alan Davis (4)                        Jonathan Hickman

19            Bill Sienkiewicz                        Denny O’Neil

18            Jim Steranko                                    Roger Stern

17            John Romita                                    Roy Thomas

16            David Muzzucchelli                        Jack Kirby

15            John Buscema                        Kurt Busiek

14            John Romita Jr. (6)                        Peter David

13            Will Eisner                                    Brian Michael Bendis (2)

12            Mike Mignola                                    Ed Brubaker

11            Moebius                                    Garth Ennis

10            Frank Miller                                    Geoff Johns

9            Alex Ross                                    Mark Waid

8            JH Williams III                        Brian K. Vaughan

7            Steve Ditko                                    Warren Ellis

6            Jim Lee                                    Chris Claremont (1) one of 53 number one votes

5            Neal Adams                                    Stan Lee

4            John Byrne (8)                        Frank Miller

3            George Perez                                    Neil Gaiman

2            Frank Quitely                                    Grant Morrison

1            Jack Kirby                                    Alan Moore

Crazy how Paul Smith didn’t make the list at all, I thought for sure he would be a lock with how well he’s been doing in preivous list so the readers of CSBG would have him on their minds.  Plus, I’ve reminded people in the comments to do it.

I’m glad Kurt Busiek and Mark Waid made the list, I should have gone with them on my Writers.  I kept having the thought that I was leaving people off, even to the point where I thought “I should write the guy who I enjoyed the Fantastic Four so much with” but shook my head and moved on.

Imagine if comic companies would just line those creators who ranked at the same level together, that would be insane!

Walter Simonson with Barry Windsor-Smith

John Byrne with Walter Simonson

We got Mark Waid and Alex Ross with Kingdom Come as well as Chris Claremont and Jim Lee on X-MEN

Frank Miller with John Bryne would be pretty cool.

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely are already a working duo.

Alan Moore with Jack Kirby, how incredible would that have been?

I didn’t think Terry Moore would make the list but how nice would that have been?

 

CSBG’s Top 100 Comic Creators, The Voting

Posted by John Klein III on November 9, 2014
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/11/01/vote-for-the-top-100-comic-book-writers-and-artists-of-all-time/

Brian Cronin is at it again.  He’s asking for the people’s Top Ten Writers and Artists.  So the list will be made of 50 Writers and 50 Artists.

If you want to participate, make sure include ACBC in your list.

We have until November 30th and results start around December 3rd or 4th.

Here is mine :

WRITERS

1.  Chris Claremont

2.  Brian Michael Bendis

3.  JM DeMatteis

4.  Alan Davis

5.  Terry Moore

6.  Kieron Gillen

7.  Mike Carey

8.  Matt Fraction

9.  Simon Spurrier

10.  Mark Millar

Artists

1.  Paul Smith

2.  Stuart Immonen

3.  Chris Bachalo

4.  Alan Davis

5.  Terry Moore

6.  John Romita Jr.

7.  Sal Buscema

8. John Byrne

9.  Nick Bradshaw

10.  Adam Kubert

Once again, my top slots are what I’m mostly passionate about and the rest are as I remembered them.

I wanted to through Ultimate Kitty Pryde’s creators on the list, so that’s why they are at number ten.

I probably should have ranked Sal Buscema higher but that’ll teach me for not taking my time to really rank the list.

I made sure Terry Moore and Alan Davis kept the same rank number on both lists – so my list is mostly just for my own fun.

I will probably do a special Paul Smith ranking post and then a conclusion post.

I was trying to make my list X-Heavy but now I regret not including Mark Waid (for his Fantastic Four run) and Kurt Busiek for his Avengers run.  I need someone to make a list that puts those two at the top of it.  Thanks!

75 Most Memorable Moments in Marvel Comics History

Posted by John Klein III on October 5, 2014
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Brian Cronin outdid himself again!

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/75-most-memorable-moments-in-marvel-comics-history/

75.  Death of Guardian – Alpha Flight 12

74. Death of Captain Stacy – Amazing Spider-Man 90

73. Galactus Falls – Fantastic Four 243

72. Frog of Thunder – Thor 365

71. Bucky – Avengers 4

70.  Korvac kills and then resurrects the Avengers – Avengers 177

69.  There is no corpse – Daredevil 228

68.  Silver Surfer is Born – Silver Surfer 1

67.  Steve Rogers Takes the Super Soldier Serum – Captain America Comics 1

66.  Spider-Man Frees Himself From the Grave – Web of Spider-Man 32
written by JM DeMatteis

65.  Doctor Strange Meets Eternity – Strange Tales 138

64.  Human Torch Fights the Sub-Mariner – Marvel Mystery Comics 8

63.  Avengers Visit Hell’s Kitchen – Daredevil 233

62.  If He Be Worthy – Journey Into Mystery 83

61.  Spider-Man lets a robber get by him – Amazing Fantasy 15

60.  Spider-Man Gets a New Costume – Secret Wars 8

59.  Daredevil stands up to Namor – Daredevil 7

58.  Spider-Man Reveals His Identity to the World – Civil War 2

57.  Dark Phoenix Destroys a Planet – Uncanny X-Men 135
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin

56.  Introduction of Venom – Amazing Spider-Man 299

55.  You shouldn’t have signed it – Daredevil 227

54.  Storm stabs Callisto in the heart – Uncanny X-Men 170
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek, so great that Paul Smith got onto the list!

53.  Spider-Man reveals his identity to a sick kid who’s a fan of his – Amazing Spider-Man 248

52.  Cap’s Kooky Quartet is born – Avengers 16

51.  Kitty Pryde takes a stand for mutantkind – Marvel Graphic Novel 5 / God Loves, Man Kills
by Chris Claremont and Brett Anderson, Kitty gets an official slot on the list!

50.  Daredevil is Born Again – Daredevil 232

49.  Doom Steals the Beyonder’s Power – Secret Wars 10

48.  Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin – Amazing Spider-Man 39

47.  Thing Takes on Doctor Doom Solo – Fantastic Four 40

46.  Death of Ultimate Spider-Man – Ultimate Spider-Man 160

45.  Phoenix Becomes Dark Phoenix – Uncanny X-Men 134
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin

44.  Tony Stark Overcomes the Demon in the Bottle – Iron Man 128

43.  Debut of Wolverine – Incredible Hulk 180
by Len Wein, Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel

42.  Spider-Man vows revenge against the Green Goblin – Amazing Spider-Man 121

41.  Doctor Doom Steals the Power Cosmic from the Silver Surfer – Fantastic Four 57

40.  Green Goblin Meets His Maker – Amazing Spider-Man 122

39.  Genosha is Destroyed – New X-Men 115
by Grant Morrison, Frank Quietly and Tim Townsend

38.  Hank Pym slaps his wife – Avengers 213

37.  Professor X is a Jerk – Uncanny X-Men
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek; Kitty and Paul Smith’s second appearance on the list!

36. Mary Jane Makes a Stand and Closes the Door – Amazing Spider-Man 122

35.  A Man Without Hope – Daredevil 229

34.  Winter Soldier is . . . Bucky?!? – Captain America 6

33.  Wolverine Saves Rogue’s Life with a Kiss – Uncanny X-Men 173
by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek – Paul Smith making a third appearance!

32.  Fantastic Four Forms – Fantastic Four 1

31.  Sentinels Fry Wolverine – Uncanny X-Men 142
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin

30.  Even an Android Can Cry – Avengers 58

29.  Cap Stands Off Against Thanos – Infinity Gauntlet 4

28.  Debut of the All-New, All-Different X-Men – Giant-Size X-Men 1
by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum

27.  With Great Power – Amazing Fantasy 15

26.  Reed and Sue Get Married – Fantastic Four Annual 3

25.  Xorn is Magneto – New X-Men 146
by Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning

24.  Beta Ray Bill is Worthy – Thor 337

23. Kraven Finishes His Last Hunt – Amazing Spider-Man 294
written by JM DeMatteis

22.  Formation of the Avengers – Avengers 1

21.  No More Mutants – House of M 7
by Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel and Mark Morales

20.  Bruce Banner Gets Caught in a Gamma Bomb Explosion – Incredible Hulk 1

19.  Captain Marvel Dies – Marvel Graphic Novel 1

18.  Skurge’s Last Stand – Thor 362

17.  Fantastic Four Steal a Rocketship and Get Bombarded with Cosmic Rays – Fantastic Four 1

16.  Jean Grey Becomes the Phoenix – Uncanny X-Men 101
by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum and Sam Grainer

15.  We Would Have Words With Thee – Avengers 22

14.  Galactus Arrives on Earth – Fantastic Four 48 & 49

13.  Thunderbolts Are Really the Masters of Evil – Thunderbolts 1

12.  Death of Captain America – Captain America 25

11.  Spider-Man No More – Amazing Spider-Man 50

10.  Face It, Tiger – Amazing Spider-Man 42

9.  Now It’s My Turn – Uncanny X-Men 132
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin. This is the earliest appearance of Kitty Pryde, which I don’t own. One of these days.

8.  Peter Parker is Bitten by a Radioactive Spider – Amazing Fantasy 15

7.  Magneto Pulls Out Wolverine’s Adamantium – X-Men 25
by Fabian Nicieza, Andy Kubert and Matt Ryan

6.  Spider-Man Lifts Heavy Machinery – Amazing Spider-Man 33

5.  But Me . . . I’m Magic – Daredevil 181

4.  Oh Wait, Don’t I Know You From Some Place – Amazing Fantasy 15

3.  Famous Red, White Garb of . . . Captain America – Avengers 4

2.  Death of Jean Grey – Uncanny X-Men 137
by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin

1.  Death of Gwen Stacy – Amazing Spider-Man 121

 

I didn’t vote in this, as I couldn’t think of anything worthy of the list besides First Appearances of Kitty Pryde and Lockheed. What could be eight other events? I just couldn’t wrap my mind around the list. 75 years is such a long time!

I figured the list was going to be the majority first appearances and deaths. Which the list does have those. Then popular runs such as Frank Miller’s Daredevil and Walt Simonson’s Thor, got some love.

The X-Men got a cool 15 slots on the list, that’s pretty decent!

Sins Past has ruined the Death of Gwen Stacy for me. Now it just makes sense. You can’t just cheat on your boyfriend with his best friend’s dad. Become pregnant. Go to Europe, give birth to twins, go back home, continue to date your boyfriend. Deny your babies daddy his right to see his kids. That doesn’t sound like the actions of a good person. That’s why I was always a Mary Jane fan.

Big Brother 16 : Wednesday – July 16, 2014

Posted by John Klein III on July 17, 2014
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So I’ve been asked where I got Random Thoughts and the format.  I was inspired by Chad Nevett from Comic Book Resources’ Comics Should Be Good, where he was a columnist.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/category/random-thoughts/

I’ve asked Chad if I can borrow the Random Thoughts structure and he was nice enough to say yes.  So that’s why it is more of a stream-of-consciousness type of posts.

My wife is nice enough to let me type away these thoughts as we watch the show, which I appreciate it, as it would take forever to write them on a piece of paper and then type them up later.

. . .

My Random Thoughts on the episode :

Voiceover called Donny a janitor when he is a gardener.

I forgot that Nicole magically disappear.

Nicole is a frog!  She is a frog for an entire week.

Looks like Donny is keeping his magician costume.  That is what I would do, try to keep as many costumes as possible.  At least, pieces of them.

Jocasta got overly heated and motion sickness, due to the competition.

Caleb is super creeping on Amber.  She needs to never be alone with him.  Hopefully Production is super watching him when he is near her.

Nicole is cute in the frog costume.  Hayden needs to cool it with the flirting.

Cody gave Amber a back massage.  Caleb prevy watching it!

I thought it was Zach at first.

Is Amber that attractive to have two guys after her?

Caleb is like a twelve year old boy, full of jealousy.

Caleb must look like a monster with how sick Jocasta is.  She was up there so long due to Caleb taking so long to finish the competition.

Glad they want to get rid of Caleb, as a Plan B.

Donny trying his best to complete the Team America task.  He convinced Nicole.  Derrick told Caleb, he told Amber.  Two down.  They told Zach, he told the house.  That is five thousand dollars each.

Veto Competition!

Only five will compete, due to Jocasta’s illness.  Poor gal

Derrick – Christine / Donny

Caleb – Devin

Cody will be the host.

Caleb is the Beast and Devin is the Animal.

So awkward that Donny doesn’t want to work with Derrick, but they are Team America together.

New Team America mission.  Who to nominate next week : floater or physical threat?  I would choose floater, everytime.

Last season had sad competitions due to lazy people being left in the house.

Caleb said nine million viewers, can that be right?  Seems low, to me.  He probably wanted to say 20 million, and halved it.

Devin broke the door handle!  So funny

Christine v Devin – Devin won the first round.

A brand new competition, seems tough.  My wife pointed that out to me.

Derrick v Devin – Devin won second round!

Derrick is doing the Robot!

Donny v Devin – Donny won the third round!

Donny is becoming a competitor!

Caleb v Donny – Donny won the fourth round!

Caleb – you may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but at least you are in the box.  His grandmother use to say that.

#OldManBeatDown

Donny took out both big competitors!

Poor Amber gave Caleb a kiss on his cheek, that isn’t going to give him any mix messages.

Donny is taking Jocasta off the block, such a good guy.  He is definitely going to win America’s Favorite.

Devin crying, should have been nicer to people in the house.

Donny has won two Vetos now.

Jocasta looks better, but not hundred percent.

Glad Donny didn’t make them do speeches.  Donny’s was good enough.

Derrick picked Devin as the replacement nominee.

Devin or Caleb is going home tonight.  Rather have Caleb go home than Devin, I am sad to report.

Jocasta ending the episode on a weird note.

Nicole as a Frog :

BB16 Nicole Frog Cute

So cute!

. . .

I could not find a good picture of Brittany from the Battle of the Block competition from last Sunday’s episode.  CBS.com is the only place that even had decent pictures of the competition.  By decent, I mean, you can barely identify anyone.  I guess there are no websites doing screen caps of the edited shows.  So, I’m disappointed in the Internet.  I even requested caps from Tumblr and that Big Brother thread over at the SurvivorSucks forum.  So this is the only picture we get for today.  If you now of a decent website, please let me know.

BB16 Brittany Magician

If anyone knows of a site, please let me know as that is a poor angle.

CSBG’s 2014 March Madness Tournament

Posted by John Klein III on March 28, 2014
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/03/27/dcmarvel-tourney-marvel-street-level-region-round-2-winners-2/

Out of 1,741 votes, Nightcrawler gave Kitty Pryde reason to call him a jerk, 56% to 46%

So Kitty is out.  I voted for Spider-Man so that Kurt won’t move onto Round Four.

I voted Captain America over Wolverine.

I hope Captain America wins the Marvel side and meets Martian Manhunter from the DC side and Cap wins the whole dang thing