tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post2312664394906339167..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Inside DC 33 (June, 1992)Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-28600096596500110062008-06-02T14:49:00.000-05:002008-06-02T14:49:00.000-05:00Eek! Correcting...Eek! Correcting...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-55114079005042359382008-06-02T11:27:00.000-05:002008-06-02T11:27:00.000-05:00The Creeper, never previously in a self-titled ser...<I>The Creeper, never previously in a self-titled series, and not due one until 1997.</I><BR/><BR/>Weren't there six or so issues of <I>Beware The Creeper</I> published in 1968 or thereabouts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-90829100263042189502008-06-01T20:02:00.000-05:002008-06-01T20:02:00.000-05:00I love those quotes. I couldn't pull it off, but k...I love those quotes. I couldn't pull it off, but kudos to you for going for it.<BR/><BR/>Y'know, I've read MM:AS three times now, and each time I expect to be disappointed by it. Born Again... DKR... Watchmen... all the greats lose their luster with time. Not "American Secrets." Every time I read it, I'm further reenforced in believing it to be a lost masterpiece, and reminded of why I put so much effort into my little corner of fandom. I wish I'd had copies other than my own to lend customers when I had my shop, because I've only spoken to 3-4 other people who ever bothered with it, and they all loved it. I'll get into that more in the post-script for the synopsis, though.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, getting "Requiem For Martian Manhunter" (the new full title, as I understand it) was more than could be expected from DC Comics. Either Tomasi campaigned for it or it was seen as a venue of exploitation, because this character gets no love from the company itself under normal circumstances. I'm still crossing my fingers for a second Showcase volume, a much more profitable option for them than an AS trade. But then, who saw "Invasion" and "Millennium" coming? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, good to hear from you! Scipio's got a great blog and crowd, so I'm happy to have some cross-pollination. My stuff's a lot more dry, but the mutual love for the medium and characters is there.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-39660951705027506812008-06-01T10:55:00.000-05:002008-06-01T10:55:00.000-05:00Hi. Been reading your blog for awhile since heari...Hi. Been reading your blog for awhile since hearing about it at The Absorbascon. The American Secrets mini-series was one of the best things that came out of the early 90s, and I will reread my beaten up copiees every five years or so. Its one of the things I wish would be collected in a trade, considering some of the crap that DC DOES put in a trade, you'd think they'd have thought of this to maybe coincide with FC: REQUIEM. There are two lines I use as taglines with fellow readers to this day: Why are there always two of everything? and Is it warm there in the magazines?Wayne Allen Salleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.com