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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 16, 2014 10:02:52 GMT -5
Hi Bob, Lauren here in my first post! Glad you're finally on here! Bienvenue! Welcome, Lauren! Getting into WABAC Machine, aren't you sitting just across from me as you do this?
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Post by arcticbeast on Jan 17, 2014 13:29:53 GMT -5
Hey Bob good to see you on here. Have a good weekend. Any comic reading or activities planned?
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 17, 2014 13:49:26 GMT -5
Hey "Arctic" (or should I say Luciano--am I right?),
That is a great picture, first off!
Over the weekend, I'll be reading my very short pull list of last Wednesday (Batgirl, Worlds' Finest, Triple Helix, Fantastic Four) to select a "Book of the Week" (which might not be one of those, but a wild card that I'm about to begin!), and I might read through the original Iron Fist to get some perspective on where Kaare Andrews, the writer/artist of the new series may be heading.
My best to the Little Lady Sif and your other Grand Dames! rrr
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 18, 2014 13:58:30 GMT -5
Hi Bob! First, thanks so much for taking the time to interact with us fans on the forums. Second, I have a question about the Carol Corps. In your experience as a comic book fan, have you ever seen anything similar to this movement where fans come together to show their support for a character? Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks!
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 18, 2014 15:07:34 GMT -5
Hey "W"!
Thanks for the "thumbs up", but it is my pleasure...at least so far; you never know when I'll start some ruckus!
To your question about the Carol Corps, in my half century of involvement with comics, I've seen many characters generate rabid fan bases--Superman (via George Reeves) when I was a lad in the late Fifties/early Sixties, Batman in the mid-Sixties due to the TV show, and again recently due to the Burton/Nolan films, Spider-Man, FF and the other heroes during the "Marvel Age" (not to mention the MMMS, the Merry Marvel Marching Society fan club!), Spawn in the Nineties--but nothing in my experience has been as deep or personal as fan's attachment to Captain Marvel!
At one level, we have a character that has risen from the ashes of "fridge-dom" (as Carol was put through the wringer!) through the skills of Ms. Kelly Sue DeConnick, a come-back which certainly resonated with many people who had history with the previous Ms. Marvel persona who now relish in her second chance at the brass ring; at another, the good Captain is a very different construct than most super-heroines in her background as a military officer/leader, which informs the stories in a unique way, and those things, melded to the deft story-telling and characterizations provided by Ms. DeConnick, have all combined to bring to life a super-human character that will show us her human frailities, but who in her quest to overcome them, never fails to demonstrate what true heroism is about.
These qualities, evident in the first issue, touched both veteran comics fans and readers for whom Captain Marvel was their first book. Seemingly overnight, word spread throughout a group of fans who felt dis-enfranchised or left behind by super-heroines (or heroes!) who didn't act for the good of all, or who seemed un-relatable as human beings. The struggles of Carol Danvers as a woman and a super-hero struck a responsive chord with readers who had troubles of their own, who now had a hero who seemed like them. As these readers began to connect with each other, a community of friends..no...a family began to coalesce around the central themes of courage, friendship, determination, and responsibilty within Ms. DeConnick's stories, and these good people took it on themselves to honor those positive attributes through the Carol Corps.
As I wrote in my NYCC re-cap, I have been going to conventions for more than 30 years, and I have never witnessed a connection between an audience, a creator and a character that rivals this! I was fortunate enough to see and hear a tremendous out-pouring of emotion as people told their stories to Ms. DeConnick, and to speak to some of these amazing people myself, and I am thrilled to be in any small way a part of the fan-base for this remarkable character and her talented chronicler.
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Post by grimnperilous on Jan 20, 2014 16:46:05 GMT -5
Hey Bob, I have a question about Amazing X-Men #3 which I guess contains a minor SPOILER so if anyone doesn't want to know stop reading this now................................. Ok, so this issue seems to reference a past romantic involvement between Nightcrawler and Storm. Now I'm no X-man historian by any stretch but I have a passing knowledge of the characters and I can't remember those two being involved. There's even a flashback scene showing that Kurt setup Ororo's arboretum in the mansion to keep her from leaving. I was just wondering if you had any knowledge of this. Is is based on something that happened back in the day or is it a bit of revisionist history by Jason Aaron?
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 20, 2014 22:00:36 GMT -5
Grim,
FIRST OFF----SPOILER ALERT ON TOP OF YOUR SPOILER ALERT!!!
I I I I I I I
That should fix that!
Anyway, my "X" history is a bit incomplete, as I basically left the books when Chris Claremont did, but I don't recall any sort of "thing" between those two characters in the old days, although I must say that the arboretum business sounds familiar somehow!
Sorry I can't be more help, Bob
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Post by grimnperilous on Jan 20, 2014 22:27:40 GMT -5
Grim, FIRST OFF----SPOILER ALERT ON TOP OF YOUR SPOILER ALERT!!! I I I I I I I That should fix that! Anyway, my "X" history is a bit incomplete, as I basically left the books when Chris Claremont did, but I don't recall any sort of "thing" between those two characters in the old days, although I must say that the arboretum business sounds familiar somehow! Sorry I can't be more help, Bob No problem. Thanks anyways!
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Post by CaptainSuperior on Jan 20, 2014 23:45:38 GMT -5
Hey Bob, I have a question about Amazing X-Men #3 which I guess contains a minor SPOILER so if anyone doesn't want to know stop reading this now................................. Ok, so this issue seems to reference a past romantic involvement between Nightcrawler and Storm. Now I'm no X-man historian by any stretch but I have a passing knowledge of the characters and I can't remember those two being involved. There's even a flashback scene showing that Kurt setup Ororo's arboretum in the mansion to keep her from leaving. I was just wondering if you had any knowledge of this. Is is based on something that happened back in the day or is it a bit of revisionist history by Jason Aaron? From my knowledge of the characters Nightcrawler has kind of always had a crush on Storm. Wolverine and Nightcrawler actually talk about their feelings for Storm in passing conversations. One example can be found in the Black Panther series by Hudlin, when Storm invites them to her wedding.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 21, 2014 6:54:22 GMT -5
Cap,
Thanks for the assist!
It seems as if at some point, every "X" character at least crushed on every team-mate of the opposite sex, doesn't it? They were mostly unrequited, which worked brilliantly with the one-sided Logan-toward-Jean "affair" (although I'm sure that changed in my time away!), and certainly an analog for the difficulties all young (and old!)people have with the first flickerings of romance.
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 21, 2014 12:22:08 GMT -5
Hello again Bob! If my memory serves me correctly, I think you mentioned on the podcast that you're a big baseball fan. I'm a baseball fanatic and I'm wondering what you rate as your favorite baseball-related memories and moments?
For me, other than going Field of Dreams on you and remembering playing catch with my dad, my favorite memory is my Dad surprising me with tickets to see Game 3 of the 1993 World Series at old Veterans Stadium. Even though the Phillies lost that game and series, it's what made me a diehard fan.
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Post by lissapunch on Jan 21, 2014 13:19:17 GMT -5
My favorite Bob, on the internets! Welcome, my dear. I'l be sure to keep a close eye on your activities here, as we can't let an old man get too frogey on the kids. 
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 21, 2014 15:26:35 GMT -5
Hello again Bob! If my memory serves me correctly, I think you mentioned on the podcast that you're a big baseball fan. I'm a baseball fanatic and I'm wondering what you rate as your favorite baseball-related memories and moments? For me, other than going Field of Dreams on you and remembering playing catch with my dad, my favorite memory is my Dad surprising me with tickets to see Game 3 of the 1993 World Series at old Veterans Stadium. Even though the Phillies lost that game and series, it's what made me a diehard fan. Hey "W", The "playing catch with your Dad" thing is always the winner as far as I'm concerned! My dad was 43 when I was born, and worked at a very physically demanding job, but none of that ever prevented him from coming out and joining our streetball games, or organizing trips to the park for proper games, where both he and my Mom (who was a starter on the basketball team in high school despite being all of 5'1"!) would choose up the sides and play along! As to big league stuff, my Dad grew up a fan of the New York Giants, and was even present at the "Shot Heard 'round the World" by Bobby Thomson in 1951! Needless to say, I became a fan of the San Francisco Giants, and although I remember very little of the experience (except calling Orlando Cepeda "Potato" for weeks!), I was at the Polo Grounds in 1962 to see Willie Mays and the Giants make their return to New York against the Mets. That would start a tradition where we would see the Giants play the Mets at least once every year well into the Seventies. My "Jints" were quite a team in that period (best won-loss record in baseball in the 25 years since baseball had gone to the West Coast!), so I had the chance to see Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Bobby Bonds, Jim Ray Hart and all the rest in their primes. I am a baseball fan because of my Dad wanting to share something he thought special, so when the Giants won their first World Series since leaving New York, the tears were there!
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Post by wjohnson22 on Jan 21, 2014 15:33:38 GMT -5
Hey "W", The "playing catch with your Dad" thing is always the winner as far as I'm concerned! My dad was 43 when I was born, and worked at a very physically demanding job, but none of that ever prevented him from coming out and joining our streetball games, or organizing trips to the park for proper games, where both he and my Mom (who was a starter on the basketball team in high school despite being all of 5'1"!) would choose up the sides and play along! As to big league stuff, my Dad grew up a fan of the New York Giants, and was even present at the "Shot Heard 'round the World" by Bobby Thomson in 1951! Needless to say, I became a fan of the San Francisco Giants, and although I remember very little of the experience (except calling Orlando Cepeda "Potato" for weeks!), I was at the Polo Grounds in 1962 to see Willie Mays and the Giants make their return to New York against the Mets. That would start a tradition where we would see the Giants play the Mets at least once every year well into the Seventies. My "Jints" were quite a team in that period (best won-loss record in baseball in the 25 years since baseball had gone to the West Coast!), so I had the chance to see Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Bobby Bonds, Jim Ray Hart and all the rest in their primes. I am a baseball fan because of my Dad wanting to share something he thought special, so when the Giants won their first World Series since leaving New York, the tears were there! Thanks for sharing Bob! That's amazing that you went to the Polo Grounds as a kid. I lived in NYC for a little while, way up in Manhattan, 153rd street, and often walked around the area where the Polo Grounds used to be. I can only imagine what it was like when Bobby Thompson hit that home run. It's been a good time to be a Giants fan the last few years. Now that I know you're a Giants fan, I'll forgive them for eliminating my Phillies in 2010... it's time for me to move on anyway.
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Post by Bob Reyer on Jan 21, 2014 15:36:40 GMT -5
My favorite Bob, on the internets! Welcome, my dear. I'l be sure to keep a close eye on your activities here, as we can't let an old man get too frogey on the kids.  Darling Melissa, My french fry & cos-play chum! Thanks for the welcome! Please don't keep too close an eye, just in case someone needs a good talking to around here, and I have to turn this "bus" around! Always a pleasure seeing you, even electronically! Bob ps) My best to the other "Birds of Prey"! (Say, when is your show coming back?) rrr
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