tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post1071518842005377702..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Martian Sightings for July, 2009Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-19094876818133296912009-05-18T22:24:00.000-05:002009-05-18T22:24:00.000-05:00I expect I'll post your piece within the next few ...I expect I'll post your piece within the next few weeks, likely mashing up your selections for the volume with mine. Great fun, isn't it?Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-9767443595168312902009-05-18T21:20:00.000-05:002009-05-18T21:20:00.000-05:00You can post the mock-up to your site, if you want...You can post the mock-up to your site, if you want. Maybe you can write your own article. I'll bet the 3rd Showcase volume already has been published in that alternate reality you sometimes write about where DC has published 700+ issues of MM's solo title.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-9285787298166757912009-05-18T17:41:00.000-05:002009-05-18T17:41:00.000-05:00No worries, Tom-- I skip whole months on the solic...No worries, Tom-- I skip whole months on the solicitations sometimes, and the ones I do run are often long enough that any single item can get lost in the shuffle. I haven't gotten around to synopsizing the lead story in Detective Comics #306 yet, but I'll put it way up on my to-do list. You can read a brief overview in <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/07/vile-menagerie-professor-arnold-hugo.html" REL="nofollow">Professor Arnold Hugo's Vile Menagerie entry</A>, and the Hugoless Martian Manhunter back-up <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/06/detective-comics-306-862.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<br /><br />I like your third Showcase: Martian Manhunter edition mock-up. If you have an article to go with it, or are just interested in seeing it on the site, I'd be happy to run it here. Sad to say there's no chance a third Manhunter Showcase would sell well enough with the Post-1976 royalties expenses to ever get solicited, though. On the hypothetical, I'd throw JLofA #200 into the mix, but take out #248, since the John/Gypsy subplot dragged on for months before and after that spotlight. I'd also want to see 1987's <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2009/04/justice-league-annual-1-1987.html" REL="nofollow">Justice League Annual #1</A> and <A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2008/06/man-i-never-was-jli-ann-3-1989.html" REL="nofollow">"The Man I Never Was"</A> from the '89 JLI Annual, as well.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-27278611835844757562009-05-18T09:06:00.000-05:002009-05-18T09:06:00.000-05:00Ah now thats more like it.Ah now thats more like it.Bookgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818125401769011993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-49483080045904000802009-05-18T01:25:00.000-05:002009-05-18T01:25:00.000-05:00oops. Sorry I missed that earlier post. I'm a ...oops. Sorry I missed that earlier post. I'm a semi-regular visitor to your excellent blog, but I confess I haven't read every single post. Now I'll have to search your blog for your synopsis of that Batman story with Arnold Hugo's 1st appearance.<br /><br />Even though a Vol. 3 probably won't happen, I've been thinking about what the contents would be. Here's what I've come up with:<br /><br />Justice League of America #71<br />World's Finest Comics #212<br />Justice League of America #115<br />Adventure Comics #449-451<br />World's Finest Comics #245<br />Justice League of America #144, 177, 178<br />DC Comics Presents #27<br />Detective Comics #500<br />Justice League of America #228-230, 248<br />Action Comics #595<br />Martian Manhunter #1-4<br />Secret Origins #35<br />Martian Manhunter: American Secrets #1-3<br /><br />That would be 575 pages of material. I know American Secrets deserves to be reprinted in color, and in hardcover, but a black & white reprint would be better than nothing.<br /><br />I even made a cover mock-up for Vol. 3, using the cover of Justice League of America #248:<br /><br />http://home.nethere.net/tomhartley/mmshowcase3.jpgTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-48247035093093312502009-05-17T14:24:00.000-05:002009-05-17T14:24:00.000-05:00Indeed.<A HREF="http://idol-head.blogspot.com/2009/02/martian-sightings-for-april-2009.html" REL="nofollow">Indeed.</A>Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-32537524251645050702009-05-16T00:59:00.000-05:002009-05-16T00:59:00.000-05:00Don't forget about SHOWCASE PRESENTS: MARTIAN MANH...Don't forget about SHOWCASE PRESENTS: MARTIAN MANHUNTER Vol. 2! Nearly 600 pages of previously unreprinted Silver Age silliness, including the complete Idol-Head of Diabolu and Marco Xavier sagas!Tom Hartleynoreply@blogger.com