tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post6193794948162978894..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Review: Marvel Legacy: The 1960s-1990s Handbook trade paperback (Marvel Comics)collectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-5171489393465352942012-02-13T18:32:16.358-06:002012-02-13T18:32:16.358-06:00I am reading my way through the Marvel Universe (i...I am reading my way through the Marvel Universe (in 72 at the moment), and I had similar thoughts to your comments about villains names. When you see Dr. Strange or Bull's Eye, you are thinking of someone specific. Its always a surprise when the person in the comic is totally different. I always wonder how conscious the people are marvel were when picking the names of the later (now famous) characters, if they remembered previously using the names.Travishttp://cmro.travis-starnes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-36905913606454023372012-02-09T07:03:50.077-06:002012-02-09T07:03:50.077-06:00@ D. Mark Simms: I even own the first DC Encyclope...@ D. Mark Simms: I even own the first DC Encyclopedia and I can't believe I forgot to mention those. The Marvel and DC Encyclopedias just seem different than the OHOTMU-style guides, though, due to the way that OHOTMU profiles keep working their way through the subject's past.doug.glassmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18018711097234509826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-70268561209392996542012-02-08T11:35:02.508-06:002012-02-08T11:35:02.508-06:00Nice review. I think there's definitely a plac...Nice review. I think there's definitely a place for books like these, more so perhaps than for ones that just list characters alphabetically along with arbitrary power statistics. It's much more interesting to see the way these characters have evolved throughout their publication histories, in my opinion, than to get completely buried in their in-universe continuities.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10558378521891430225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-38639239226985851462012-02-08T10:14:40.398-06:002012-02-08T10:14:40.398-06:00Wikipedia definitely helps these days. :-)
DC di...Wikipedia definitely helps these days. :-) <br /><br />DC did put out two editions of the "DC Encyclopedia" in the last couple of years. Also, they announced at one point a new "Who's Who" series, at the same time that they announced "DC Legacies". Legacies came and went, but no Who's Who. I assume that the Flashpoint reboot basically put a hold on that for now. It would be good to get it, but they'll probably wait until the New 52 universe is a bit more mature, as there are a lot of characters still in limbo until they are reintroduced (IF they get reintroduced *cough* Wally West *cough*).D. Mark Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16537028797086907873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-24299272041494823452012-02-08T09:26:43.329-06:002012-02-08T09:26:43.329-06:00Great review!
Maybe other publishers feel pointl...Great review! <br /><br />Maybe other publishers feel pointless to publish these kind of books, since there's a wiki page for everything nowadays. But I would definitely buy a 'Who's who in old DCU' book.mikabasthttp://www.morethan2weeks.com/noreply@blogger.com