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Post by Huw on Apr 2, 2014 11:05:25 GMT -5
Issue #127: History of Captain AmericaCaptain America: The Winter Soldier is right around the corner and so the Talking Comics crew sits down with resident historian Bob Reyer to talk Steve Rogers. We take you from Simon + Kirby to Ed Brubaker and even discuss the greater meaning of Captain America as a symbol. We also find time to do books of the week which include All-New Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Sandman: Overture #2, Empowered, and Alex + Ada. The team are back again, with another edition of the Talking Comics podcast so mighty it makes Thor feel emasculated!
Did you google 'rat king'? If so, we'll have a support group set up here soon. If you didn't and are still mentally stable, have YOUR say about anything and everything the guys talk about on the show right here, right now!!
As a side note, for those of you yet to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier, you folk are in for a real treat. It is FANTASTIC!!Annnnnnnnnnd… we say it on the show, but just in case you missed it, the Talking Comics crew on Twitter are: Bobby: @bobbyshortle Steve: @dead_anchoress Stephanie: hellocookieAnd Bob’s email is bobreyer@talkingcomicbooks.com
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Post by lukeman8610 on Apr 2, 2014 13:41:42 GMT -5
The podcast was fantastic as usual! I love the history episodes,and I am keeping my fingers crossed for history episodes prior to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and X-Men: Days of Future Past!
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 2, 2014 15:23:52 GMT -5
Issue #127: History of Captain AmericaCaptain America: The Winter Soldier is right around the corner and so the Talking Comics crew sits down with resident historian Bob Reyer to talk Steve Rogers. We take you from Simon + Kirby to Ed Brubaker and even discuss the greater meaning of Captain America as a symbol. We also find time to do books of the week which include All-New Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, Sandman: Overture #2, Empowered, and Alex + Ada. The team are back again, with another edition of the Talking Comics podcast so mighty it makes Thor feel emasculated!
Did you google 'rat king'? If so, we'll have a support group set up here soon. If you didn't and are still mentally stable, have YOUR say about anything and everything the guys talk about on the show right here, right now!!
As a side note, for those of you yet to see Captain America: The Winter Soldier, you folk are in for a real treat. It is FANTASTIC!!Annnnnnnnnnd… we say it on the show, but just in case you missed it, the Talking Comics crew on Twitter are: Bobby: @bobbyshortle Steve: @dead_anchoress Stephanie: hellocookieAnd Bob’s email is bobreyer@talkingcomicbooks.com Please Gentle Readers, whatever you do, take Bobby's and my word (and Kelly Sue DeConnick's!) and do not under any circumstances google "krokodil", which is a knocked-off Russian street version of morphine that causes horrific destruction of human flesh, as you won't be able to "un-see" the images. I didn't trust Ms. DeConnick, and look what happened to me:  |
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 2, 2014 15:28:52 GMT -5
The podcast was fantastic as usual! I love the history episodes,and I am keeping my fingers crossed for history episodes prior to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and X-Men: Days of Future Past! Luke, Thanks so much for the kind words! Keep your eyes (ears?) peeled for the Steve Englehart interview on Friday! By the way, here's a link to Steve's Book Club segment about Days of Future Past ; there's a lot of good info there for you, and a great discussion, to boot! I'm sure that you'll enjoy it! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2014 18:30:56 GMT -5
Probably my favourite episode to date. Captain America, specifically Ed Brubaker's run was the reason I started buying monthly comics. I'd spent a couple months picking up Amazon Top 10 Graphic Novels of All Time books, which don't get me wrong were great, but funnily enough it was Mark Millar's run on Ultimate X-Men that got me interested in Cap. I can't remember the exact moment, but it was in relation to just the WWII history and the thought of him being frozen over most of the century and so on. So I went into my local comic store and they recommended of all things Red Menace which is the story arc after Winter Soldier. And I enjoyed the look and feel but it made NO sense. So I went to another store and they were baffled as to why they wouldn't have given me Winter Soldier first. So they handed that to me, 2 weeks later I had bought everything up to the Death of... hardcover omnibus and now had it on my brand new pull list. It even lead to my first ever Marvel event followed closely by my first event-outrage when Bucky "died" again in Fear Itself which then led to the Captain America 7.1 tie-in which is one of my favourite issues of all time, specifically for the reveal at the end of the Winter Soldier solo series.
First Avenger was the reason my sister and I flew to SDCC in 2012, where they announced the title of the next film: Winter Soldier. And I literally leapt into the air out of my seat. I'll be seeing the movie tonight (lucky Australia) and I have no doubt it's gonna be great and I can't wait to hear the podcast teams thoughts.
Cheers guys!
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Post by rccarroll on Apr 2, 2014 19:38:31 GMT -5
Excellent, excellent episode. I loved all the talk about what Cap really stands for and what he means in a political sense, and I think you hit the nail on the head. Cap just really stands for all Americans, and all American values. I really loved talking about Cap on the last book club, because the idea of what he means to me was so elusive to me for the longest time (although, with the help of the great Bob Reyer, I WAS able to decode it). For me, although Cap's disconnection to the present era does fade--like I said on the book club, it's not like he's flabbergasted by technology anymore--he's still representative of the ideals of his era. Despite the fact that there were problems with his era, Steve Rogers represented the best of it, the idea that a person should stand up for what's good, not what's easy; the idea that if something is right, it's worth fighting for.
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Post by courtneyk on Apr 2, 2014 22:12:09 GMT -5
I really enjoyed this week's podcast and the history lesson on Captain America. I just finished reading the Winter Soldier arc on Marvel Unlimited in preparation for the movie, and kind of wish I'd waited until after hearing the podcast to have a better perspective on the character!
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Post by IncredibleD on Apr 3, 2014 11:53:13 GMT -5
Good podcast guys!
I'm always amazed by the comic book knowledge of Mr. Bob Reyer, really enjoy his history lessons.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 3, 2014 12:04:10 GMT -5
Courtney, Benjamin, Ryan, and "Incredible" Dave;
Thanks for the multiple "Thumbs up!"; it really means a lot that you thought our effort worthwhile, and my personal thanks for the kind words.
(With all this gushing, it's going to be tough to get Robert to focus on anything for the rest of the day, darlings! @udrey)
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Post by wickedape on Apr 3, 2014 13:41:56 GMT -5
I'm hoping Bob can help me here. My introduction to Cap was around the time he quit and was replaced with, um cannot remember. But the replacements identity was exposed on the air which got his parents killed in a pretty grisly execution. The only reason I still remember this is due to the two who exposed his identity, who were named Left-winger and Right-winger. Which kinda started an unhinged Cap story. I have an idea of who wrote this but would like like a confirmation.
Thanks Matt
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 3, 2014 14:51:10 GMT -5
I'm hoping Bob can help me here. My introduction to Cap was around the time he quit and was replaced with, um cannot remember. But the replacements identity was exposed on the air which got his parents killed in a pretty grisly execution. The only reason I still remember this is due to the two who exposed his identity, who were named Left-winger and Right-winger. Which kinda started an unhinged Cap story. I have an idea of who wrote this but would like like a confirmation. Thanks Matt Hey Matt, First off, thanks for writing in! Off the top of my head, I would have said Mark Gruenwald, but since my living room is still covered in oodles of Captain America books, it was pretty easy to make that answer a certainty. It was in the period when Steve Rogers was The Captain, and John Walker (later the US Agent) assumed the "Captain America" identity. The issue you describe is #345 from 1988, written by Mark Gruenwald and pencilled by Kieron Dwyer. ps) I never got around to this the other night, but the highlight of the "Captain Era" came in Thor #390, when Steve Rogers was able to wield Mjolnir, its enchantment finding him worthy of that honor! rrr |
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Post by wickedape on Apr 3, 2014 15:23:13 GMT -5
I'm hoping Bob can help me here. My introduction to Cap was around the time he quit and was replaced with, um cannot remember. But the replacements identity was exposed on the air which got his parents killed in a pretty grisly execution. The only reason I still remember this is due to the two who exposed his identity, who were named Left-winger and Right-winger. Which kinda started an unhinged Cap story. I have an idea of who wrote this but would like like a confirmation. Thanks Matt Hey Matt, First off, thanks for writing in! Off the top of my head, I would have said Mark Gruenwald, but since my living room is still covered in oodles of Captain America books, it was pretty easy to make that answer a certainty. It was in the period when Steve Rogers was The Captain, and John Walker (later the US Agent) assumed the "Captain America" identity. The issue you describe is #345 from 1988, written by Mark Gruenwald and pencilled by Kieron Dwyer. ps) I never got around to this the other night, but the highlight of the "Captain Era" came in Thor #390, when Steve Rogers was able to wield Mjolnir, its enchantment finding him worthy of that honor! rrr Thanks Bob. The podcast brought back the memories of that particular run. |
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 3, 2014 16:15:33 GMT -5
Matt,
I hope that I wasn't too hard on the Gruenwald run!
As I think I said the other night, it was consistently good, but for me it never seemed to hit the highest of high notes.
As always, everyone else's mileage may vary!
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Post by wickedape on Apr 4, 2014 10:09:59 GMT -5
Matt, I hope that I wasn't too hard on the Gruenwald run! As I think I said the other night, it was consistently good, but for me it never seemed to hit the highest of high notes. As always, everyone else's mileage may vary! Oh you weren't too hard. As always we are all readers with differing opinions. Matt |
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Post by Bob Reyer on Apr 4, 2014 16:19:18 GMT -5
Matt, I hope that I wasn't too hard on the Gruenwald run! As I think I said the other night, it was consistently good, but for me it never seemed to hit the highest of high notes. As always, everyone else's mileage may vary! Oh you weren't too hard. As always we are all readers with differing opinions. Matt Matt, I always enjoyed the Gruenwald issues, and there was a lot to like, particularly the Diamondback/Crossbones stuff, In some ways, I think that I would compare the Mark Gruenwald's run on Captain America to the Tom DeFalco/Paul Ryan 90's run on Fantastic Four. Lots of years and mostly good issues, but not the top of the heap there if you compare it to Lee/Kirby, Byrne, Thomas/Buscema, etc. |
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