tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post8193218252486933484..comments2024-03-22T21:30:12.908-04:00Comments on Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!: FF Week #21--Ben Grimm's Long Running Solo Act!!snellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-70839355679986986692015-08-06T08:05:33.194-04:002015-08-06T08:05:33.194-04:00I'd like to say though that Ben is not really ...I'd like to say though that Ben is not really treated very well in the Marvel Two in One series, despite being the mag being 'his.' In most issues he's being defeated, often by foes that should have little chance of doing this, and then the guest star saves his bacon. As a fan of the Thing that always annoyed me about that mag.Mista Whiskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665280167272193466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-76849076454645346342015-08-06T08:03:20.406-04:002015-08-06T08:03:20.406-04:00"if you believe the writers of modern comics,..."if you believe the writers of modern comics, EVERY business is actually a criminal enterprise"<br /><br />I'm not sure this is unique treatment, in post-Nixon era comics nearly every institution with resources that could be used against the hero usually turns out to be subverted to something the hero must contend with (the government for example seems to always be up to something nefarious).Mista Whiskashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665280167272193466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-66346911700303578312015-08-05T15:46:39.296-04:002015-08-05T15:46:39.296-04:00For some reason, every writer who gets their hand ...For some reason, every writer who gets their hand on Unlimited Class Wrestling seems to want to turn it into a major criminal enterprise (since, if you believe the writers of modern comics, EVERY business is actually a criminal enterprise – it's not surprising that the same creatives end up going utterly broke when they obviously don't do things like invest their money in the market like the rest of us with low incomes wisely do). Beyond sales matters, bringing back UCW as a concern makes perfect narrative sense in a world with the number of super-powered beings with physical attributes – given how the change in power scales have work worked over the years and how the number of heroes and villains have increased, it makes no real sense for a guy with just super-strength to try and rob a bank or face off against the Avengers, yet he's going to have a hard time finding standard work in this regulatory environment; something like the UCW would both be an in-world place for lots of good characters with no current 'slot' for them as well as a natural sort of book-in-the-making in the vein of reality TV or sports programming (choose a hero or reformed/reforming villain who has fallen out both in-universe out-of-universe view and build a book around their using the UCW as a way back into public view and you have a natural hook – get someone to write it in the style of SUPERIOR FOES or HAWKEYE or various indy books with a good action artist and there's a distinctive package for out-of-circulation characters...Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058171030261812885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3992648596835959526.post-19086012619316705872015-08-05T14:34:02.965-04:002015-08-05T14:34:02.965-04:00The answer to "Marvel, why hasn't this be...The answer to "Marvel, why hasn't this been collected?" is that nearly all of it has.<br /><br />The entire run of Marvel feature and Marvel two in one (minus the Doc Savage and Rom team ups) were collected (in black and white)in 4 essential volumes. The first 20 or so issues were reprinted as 2 volumes of 'Thing classics' and the more recent series was collected as 'Thing:Idol of millions'<br /><br />No sign of the Unlimited Wrestling stuff which is a shame.<br /><br />I think most of them are out of print now but they were collected at some point.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405988291610323365noreply@blogger.com