A) If you're going to have a large M on your chest, why have it partially obscured by your leopard-kini?
B) Why is it just M on your chest but MM on your belt buckle? Pick one and commit, bro!
Still, you can't argue with his mustache game!
Showing posts with label Kraven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kraven. Show all posts
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Bold Fashion Choices--The Worst Of Both Worlds!!
If you want to impress the Super Friends,trying combining the costume of The Phantom with the costume of Kraven The Hunter!
No, it's not just the cover taking liberties:
Hey, Menagerie Man:
A) If you're going to have a large M on your chest, why have it partially obscured by your leopard-kini?
B) Why is it just M on your chest but MM on your belt buckle? Pick one and commit, bro!
Still, you can't argue with his mustache game!
The Atom finally takes cares of "The Fashion Disaster That Walks":
From Super Friends #6 (1977)
A) If you're going to have a large M on your chest, why have it partially obscured by your leopard-kini?
B) Why is it just M on your chest but MM on your belt buckle? Pick one and commit, bro!
Still, you can't argue with his mustache game!
Friday, September 26, 2014
Friday Night Fight--Kraven Dance Party Style!!
It's the money round of Friday Night Fights, so please pay attention--I need the cash!!
Flash Thompson has enlisted in the army, and the gang is having a party to celebrate before he goes off to Vietnam!
And you can't have a 1967 party without watching swinging chicks dancing, John Romita style!!
I would gladly read an entire comic--hell, an entire year of comics--that consisted of nothing but Romita-drawn ladies dancing!
But there's always a party-crasher:
See, Kraven is looking to kidnap Harry Osborn, so he can get revenge on Norman Osborn, whom Kraven thinks is a flunky of the Green Goblin's, because Kraven thinks the Goblin disrespected and cheated him!
Whew...long story short, the dance party is now a fight party!!
Editor's note: Kraven's rays "magnetizes" his prey's "muscular electrolytes"!! Thanks, Stan, for inventing tasers (Silver Age style) a few decades early!
Well, Kraven gets distracted by Norman Osborn before he can administer the killing blow, and takes off to fight Spidey again the next couple of issues. Still, a pretty clear Kraven win!!
Spacebooger wanted to know what song(s) MJ and Gwen were dancing to, but then he realized that it really didn't matter.
Kraven's Dance Party is courtesy of Amazing Spider-Man #47 (1967), by Stan Lee and John Romita
Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why?!? Because if you don't, Kraven might magnetize your muscular electrolytes!! So go and vote!!
Flash Thompson has enlisted in the army, and the gang is having a party to celebrate before he goes off to Vietnam!
And you can't have a 1967 party without watching swinging chicks dancing, John Romita style!!
But there's always a party-crasher:
Whew...long story short, the dance party is now a fight party!!
Spacebooger wanted to know what song(s) MJ and Gwen were dancing to, but then he realized that it really didn't matter.
Kraven's Dance Party is courtesy of Amazing Spider-Man #47 (1967), by Stan Lee and John Romita
Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why?!? Because if you don't, Kraven might magnetize your muscular electrolytes!! So go and vote!!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Mismatch of the Millennium II
Several months ago I presented what I termed the Mismatch of the Millennium--Thor vs. Stilt-man. Yes, that Thor and that Stilt-Man. Admittedly, I was a little too harsh on what was basically a just a silly late 1970's story (as Walt Simonson himself pointed out to me in a very nice email).
Of course, there have been other terrible mismatches in Marvel history. Today it's time to look at one of those. So I'll be much more polite about this Mismatch of the Millennium: Iron Man vs. Kraven the Hunter.
Now, this was 1964, when Iron Man wasn't the effectively omnipotent Extremis-wielding manipulator of governments that he is today. No, in 1964 he was still dependent upon his chest plate for survival (and still whining about it every chance he got). He was constantly worrying about running low on power, because his foes had a nasty habit of jumping him right after he'd done something strenuous and right before he'd had a chance to recharge. When powered up, he was tough...but he wasn't able to maintain his charge even as long as my sucky wireless mouse, which needs new batteries every 5 minutes. So, unlike today, back then Kraven vs. Iron Man wasn't necessarily an automatic laugher.
So, how will 1964 Iron Man fare against Kraven the Hunter??
Uhh...that long. 3 whole panels (plus the drag off). Considerably less time than a man on stilts lasted against the God of Thunder (6 pages?!?!).
Of course, that was part of the fun of early 60's Marvel--Stan could have anybody show up in anybody else's book and they'd have fun with it (that whole bit with Kraven was just the set-up for a "Chameleon tricks Iron Man into fighting Captain America for a whole issue" story). Back then, we didn't need no stinkin' "Acts of Vengeance" to have one hero's foes fight some other hero...they just showed up!! Sometimes a cameo, sometimes a full issue...anything could happen. Remember the buzz when Nick Fury showed up at the end of the Iron Man movie? Well, that kinda stuff was happening EVERY MONTH back then. A wild and woolly place, that early 60's Marvel...
Kraven's sad attempt to join the big leagues took place in Tales of Suspense #58 (1964). Of course, that fight wasn't exactly suspenseful, so maybe the mag should have been re-titled Tales of Ass-Whoopin'.
Of course, there have been other terrible mismatches in Marvel history. Today it's time to look at one of those. So I'll be much more polite about this Mismatch of the Millennium: Iron Man vs. Kraven the Hunter.
Now, this was 1964, when Iron Man wasn't the effectively omnipotent Extremis-wielding manipulator of governments that he is today. No, in 1964 he was still dependent upon his chest plate for survival (and still whining about it every chance he got). He was constantly worrying about running low on power, because his foes had a nasty habit of jumping him right after he'd done something strenuous and right before he'd had a chance to recharge. When powered up, he was tough...but he wasn't able to maintain his charge even as long as my sucky wireless mouse, which needs new batteries every 5 minutes. So, unlike today, back then Kraven vs. Iron Man wasn't necessarily an automatic laugher.
So, how will 1964 Iron Man fare against Kraven the Hunter??
Of course, that was part of the fun of early 60's Marvel--Stan could have anybody show up in anybody else's book and they'd have fun with it (that whole bit with Kraven was just the set-up for a "Chameleon tricks Iron Man into fighting Captain America for a whole issue" story). Back then, we didn't need no stinkin' "Acts of Vengeance" to have one hero's foes fight some other hero...they just showed up!! Sometimes a cameo, sometimes a full issue...anything could happen. Remember the buzz when Nick Fury showed up at the end of the Iron Man movie? Well, that kinda stuff was happening EVERY MONTH back then. A wild and woolly place, that early 60's Marvel...
Kraven's sad attempt to join the big leagues took place in Tales of Suspense #58 (1964). Of course, that fight wasn't exactly suspenseful, so maybe the mag should have been re-titled Tales of Ass-Whoopin'.
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