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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 3, 2013 23:01:24 GMT -5
Here are some comics my dad bought on a road trip. Gowaltrip posted a scan of a nicer copy he had on his board of #19 . At the time, I didn't know I owned it at all. I guess I'll take a pause and read it now. Jungle Action #10 Jungle Action #12 Jungle Action #13 Jungle Action #14 Jungle Action #19 This comic has interesting credits. The artist is credited as Billy Graham. I didn't remember the name. It's inked by Bob McLeod who can make anything look excellent. It's lettered by Denise Wohl, a name the board members know. It's written by Don McGregor whom I was not familiar with as a writer for Marvel. The plot is a lot deeper than what I'd have expected. The comic even has excellent use of coloring. It's not a story I would have appreciated as a kid, but it's very mature for a bronze Marvel comic and I have to give them credit for that. Jungle Action #24 This feels incomplete. The page count looked right unless I miscounted. Overall, the series doesn't appeal to me. I intentionally did not buy them as a kid. Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Aug 4, 2013 16:20:31 GMT -5
One of my niches I collect are African-American related comics, so needless to say, I would love to own a complete run of these. I have multiple copies of Jungle Action #23, as I love the Byrne cover, one of his best.
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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 4, 2013 21:19:29 GMT -5
One of my niches I collect are African-American related comics, so needless to say, I would love to own a complete run of these. I have multiple copies of Jungle Action #23, as I love the Byrne cover, one of his best. I was more into Luke Cage. The African themes and villains didn't appeal to me so much. I think I'm more fascinated with African American themes where where there is reverse racism. Defiant1
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Post by Brother J on Aug 5, 2013 20:22:51 GMT -5
I should make myself a little clearer, as from my last post, I made it sound as if I thought the Panther himself was an African-American, as we know he's not, he's African. I think the thing that really grabs me about him is he was one of the first well characterized black superheroes. It's also kind of cool how they named him Black Panther to remind the reader of the pro-black Black Panther Party. Lastly, I was once a big fan of Spike Lee's movies, in particular Do the Right Thing. In the movie, there was a character who walked around with a copy of the Black Panther comic with him.
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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 6, 2013 4:53:36 GMT -5
I should make myself a little clearer, as from my last post, I made it sound as if I thought the Panther himself was an African-American, as we know he's not, he's African. I think the thing that really grabs me about him is he was one of the first well characterized black superheroes. It's also kind of cool how they named him Black Panther to remind the reader of the pro-black Black Panther Party. Lastly, I was once a big fan of Spike Lee's movies, in particular Do the Right Thing. In the movie, there was a character who walked around with a copy of the Black Panther comic with him. I know you know the difference. I like the character in general, I'm just not wild about the type of stories they tell with him. Defiant1
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Post by gowaltrip on Aug 7, 2013 9:21:21 GMT -5
One of my niches I collect are African-American related comics, so needless to say, I would love to own a complete run of these. I have multiple copies of Jungle Action #23, as I love the Byrne cover, one of his best. I was more into Luke Cage. The African themes and villains didn't appeal to me so much. I think I'm more fascinated with African American themes where where there is reverse racism. Defiant1 Your last comment had me wondering what comics that applied to? Do you have any examples?
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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 7, 2013 16:44:23 GMT -5
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Post by gowaltrip on Aug 13, 2013 17:02:36 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, I did remember you posting the 1st example a long time ago. The other 2 I don't remember. Although these are blatant AND funny it's not as surprising considering these are pretty much underground or low print independent comics, the reason I inquired about your post is I was curious if there was ANY comics by the big 2 that had reverse racism being covered in it?? I never recalled any at any point although I know they did their best to show racism in the "traditional" sense. If Marvel or DC did it in the "reverse" fashion, I would think those would practically be collector's items.
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Post by Defiant1 on Aug 13, 2013 19:06:24 GMT -5
Now that you mention it, I did remember you posting the 1st example a long time ago. The other 2 I don't remember. Although these are blatant AND funny it's not as surprising considering these are pretty much underground or low print independent comics, the reason I inquired about your post is I was curious if there was ANY comics by the big 2 that had reverse racism being covered in it?? I never recalled any at any point although I know they did their best to show racism in the "traditional" sense. If Marvel or DC did it in the "reverse" fashion, I would think those would practically be collector's items. I think there are some light examples. Lois Lane in the early #100's becomes a black woman for one issue. I think racial tension pops up in that as well as light examples in early Luke Cage, Hero For Hire issues. Nothing real offensive... at least not for me. Defiant1
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