Don't get me wrong--I love Roy Thomas. He had a manic creativity and drive in his stories that make them well nigh impossible to put down.
But sometimes, in his early days, he seemed ridiculously eager to out-Stan Stan. And to that effect, he'd ratchet up the melodramatic dialogue and inter-character conflict to 11.
And sometimes he was so intent on doing that, he'd sorta lose track of his characterizations.
Case in point--Henry Pym in Avengers #58 (1968):
And the same Henry Pym in Avengers #66 (1969):
Oh, Henry...
Then again, Pym had recently had a severe mental breakdown and forgotten he was even Hank Pym...so maybe that would account for the change of mind on Vision's voice...Roy was just subtly letting us know how crazy Pym was, right?
Nah.
Then again, there's a fair chance this also had an impact of Pym's problem brain:
Man, Barry Smith was trippin' eh?
But sometimes, in his early days, he seemed ridiculously eager to out-Stan Stan. And to that effect, he'd ratchet up the melodramatic dialogue and inter-character conflict to 11.
And sometimes he was so intent on doing that, he'd sorta lose track of his characterizations.
Case in point--Henry Pym in Avengers #58 (1968):
And the same Henry Pym in Avengers #66 (1969):
Oh, Henry...Then again, Pym had recently had a severe mental breakdown and forgotten he was even Hank Pym...so maybe that would account for the change of mind on Vision's voice...Roy was just subtly letting us know how crazy Pym was, right?
Nah.
Then again, there's a fair chance this also had an impact of Pym's problem brain:
Man, Barry Smith was trippin' eh?
Wait... what?
ReplyDeleteYou're just going to stop it there without "...Even An Android Can Cry.", the issue title in dialogue form?
And it's been a damn long time, but wasn't that scene with Yellowjacket's comment on Vision played to show how different he was during his psychotic break? If that was the case, then Roy characterization was perhaps better charted than you perceive here.