tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672912018624878918.post5016594804049499331..comments2024-01-31T19:44:34.430-05:00Comments on The Phantom Stranger: Action Comics Weekly #631 - Dec. 1988rob!http://www.blogger.com/profile/17556471244882205031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672912018624878918.post-53460720169949768732009-04-05T14:44:00.000-04:002009-04-05T14:44:00.000-04:00This story was the highlight of the 80s miniseries...This story was the highlight of the 80s miniseries/ ACW run.If it was fanfic, it was at least fanfic about the stuff this fan wanted to see.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672912018624878918.post-87070720405223051852009-04-02T08:11:00.000-04:002009-04-02T08:11:00.000-04:00Agreed re: PS and Doc Thirteen. That was one thing...Agreed re: PS and Doc Thirteen. That was one thing which always grated a little about the original, classic run- that the Doc would be so irrationally stuck in his skeptic mindset about the Stranger, especially when there was so much evidence to the contrary.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it bears pointing out that 1) Terry didn't have the reader's omniscient viewpoint; and 2) the writers, pre-Len Wein, felt it was necessary to perpetuate the coyote-roadrunner relationship they had, to drive stories. The temporary abandonment of this trope was one of many reasons, I believe, why the Wein version was superior.Johnny Bacardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051009739174204952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672912018624878918.post-50827618213685808532009-04-02T02:08:00.000-04:002009-04-02T02:08:00.000-04:00I have to second that emotion about the Stranger i...I have to second that emotion about the Stranger in cloak-sans-jacket; who would do that? But there were some touches of which I approved. I like the idea of the Stranger and Dr. Thirteen, diametrically opposed in their beliefs and quasi-antogonists for over 20 years, being able to sit down and enjoy a friendly game of chess. It kind of rings true; you can wake up one day and realize that the people you've actually known the longest in your life are your "frenemies", and they become more like friends. Also -- Cassandra Craft! Always a pleasure to see her. There was an issue of PS where she showed fairly good skills as a hand-to-hand combatant. Maybe she'll open up a can of blind whoop ass on Tala.Bribabynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2672912018624878918.post-43715579004804455012009-04-02T00:14:00.000-04:002009-04-02T00:14:00.000-04:00Ugh, Fred Carrillo. The poor man's Nestor Redondo....Ugh, Fred Carrillo. The poor man's Nestor Redondo. The Stranger looks like a dork sitting there in his cape and hat without his jacket...and Tannarak's body stocking- oy.<BR/><BR/>Also, I was under the impression that Wein had established that Tannarak wasn't completely evil, that his morals were kinda adjustable depending on the situation. <BR/><BR/>I've never read this, or any of these <I>Action Comics Weekly</I> adventures- and this one looks more interesting than the others so far (well, Kyle Baker's was pretty cool for artistic reasons), but I never thought Kupperberg brought anything to the party- this, and the last few issues of the Stranger's own book, always read to me like glorified fan-fic. Just my opinion.Johnny Bacardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07051009739174204952noreply@blogger.com