Tales from the past viewed through rose tinted glasses
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Favourite comics: Avengers #94 - Neal Adams, John Buscema, Tom Palmer & Roy Thomas
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I picked up the trade softcover collection of the Kree/Srull War a while back, and it's a great read. It is interesting to read the forward by Roy Thomas and the afterword by Neal Adams, which glosses over what by all accounts became a fractious relationship as Neal missed deadlines and rewrote some of Roy's narrative. Roy gave more in-depth insight into the issues in the recent Neal Adams memorial issue of Alter-Ego (it may have been Back Issue). Whatever the truth of the matter it is a good yarn, told by masters of their craft.
ReplyDeleteI took a quick peek at the reprint of issue #96 and you're right - Adams art is awesome in that issue.
Hi Ian , I remember reading somewhere about Neal Adams messing about with Roy's story, luckily it worked out ok though. Yeah issue 96 contains some of Adams best art . I will need to look out that interview thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm confused. I just noticed this post in my blog list. Apparently it was posted one day ago, yet it wasn't showing in my blog list yesterday. Anyway, I have all of this epic in my Avengers Masterworks volumes, as well as the start of it all - Avengers #89. Nice piccies. I also saw subsequent issues reprinted in UK weeklies back in the '70s. Am I old or what?!
ReplyDeleteI just have all but 1 of the Neal Adams originals. and the last John Buscema issue . We are both old Kid. This comic is over 50 years old, the UK reprints around 48 years ago, where did the time go!!?
ReplyDeleteThe Avengers & The Savage Sword of Conan was a strange merger - the pages of Planet Of The Apes would have seemed like a more natural fit for Conan. Anyway The Avengers & SSOC was the first merger of two Marvel UK weeklies but plenty more were to follow.
ReplyDeleteLike yourself I thought mergng the Avengers and Conan was a strange move Colin. Similarly , POTA and Dracula seemed a strange one to me as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is only the greatest story Marvel ever told. Thats clearly a bit bias, but I love this sprawling saga and the Adams art made it even more special since he did so little for Marvel.
ReplyDeleteI must be bias as well Rip as I love this story. The little Adams did for Marvel is of such a high standard that I don't mind the lack of quantity.
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