tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post1613365965986863704..comments2024-03-25T22:28:29.238-04:00Comments on Tony Isabella's Bloggy Thing: HAPPY ANNIVERSARIESTony Isabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07356415470545816484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-57749401153557934882013-12-04T18:39:18.336-05:002013-12-04T18:39:18.336-05:00I'm a little ashamed to admit Adventure #400 i...I'm a little ashamed to admit Adventure #400 is one of my favorite comics. They just got everything so wrong. Using a spaceship to reach the door to the Phantom Zone, L. Finn the leprechaun as a prisoner there, gold K working gradually, bringing back the Black Flame 'by popular demand' and writing her as a generic baddie w/no connection to the original, etc. It's a classic, if for all the wrong reasons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15231999456412039009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-82501337179697739422013-12-04T18:23:57.775-05:002013-12-04T18:23:57.775-05:00JLA #200 IS a great comic! And B&B #200 is als... JLA #200 IS a great comic! And B&B #200 is also one of the best anniversary issues and one of the best series finales in comicdom.<br /> The last year of B&B had some of the best stories in years. A Superboy team-up, the return of the Fleisher/Aparo team on a Spectre team-up. At first DC announced “Brave & Bold” would change formats – to feature new talent in what eventually became the comic “New Talent Showcase”. But then they decided to cancel the title altogether and give NTS its own series. <br /> In the team-up story, the art of the Earth-2 – sorry, Golden Age – Batman looked as if it were plucked from a secondary story of “Batman” from 1947! And it was a clever story to boot!<br /> For a while “Brave & Bold” was a try-out series like “Showcase”. #200 not only included a team-up but one last try-out with the Outsiders.<br /> If I recall, Tony, you mentioned in prior blogs you did not approve of Black Lightning’s use in the group, but he would be in good hands with Mike W. Barr. True, and I never complain about Jim Aparo’s artwork. <br /> One last team-up and one last try-out.<br /> It even had a one-page Batmite cartoon! <br /> What’s not to love?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216815819956227725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-75221446329292152112013-12-04T09:48:38.199-05:002013-12-04T09:48:38.199-05:00Gary more or less made the point I was gonna make....Gary more or less made the point I was gonna make. JLA #200 is one of my favorite comics ever. Great Perez framing sequence and then the individual chapters with art from artists closely identified with the individual characters -- Green Lantern vs. the Atom by Gil Kane; Flash vs. Elongated Man by Carmine Infantino; Aquaman vs. Red Tornado (with an assist from the Phantom Stranger) by Jim Aparo; Superman vs. Hawkman by Joe Kubert; Batman vs. Green Arrown and Black Canary by Brian Bolland (yes, interior pages by Brian Bolland!); Firestorm vs. Martian Manhunter by Pat Broderick; and Zatanna vs. Wonder Woman by Dick Giordano! Such a love letter. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01772240554540735291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2252129938551938631.post-57222062181815285842013-12-04T07:45:28.483-05:002013-12-04T07:45:28.483-05:00As a reader who has every issue of Back Issue it s...As a reader who has every issue of Back Issue it shouldn't be a surprise that I can't resist a comment about anniversary issues. <br />I always thought JLA #200 was as close to perfection as anything could get, marred only by the absence of Hawkwoman. Gary Warehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007830811200430012noreply@blogger.com