tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post5060999302971871973..comments2024-03-21T06:36:04.196-05:00Comments on The Idol-Head of Diabolu, a Martian Manhunter blog: Martian Manhunter #6 (March, 2007)Diabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-15459733774793060372011-08-31T19:47:41.067-05:002011-08-31T19:47:41.067-05:00I read American Secrets, and it really WAS great- ...I read American Secrets, and it really WAS great- better than this oneSuper-Duper ToyBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858607320711118146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-91810577857795880152011-08-30T00:54:03.449-05:002011-08-30T00:54:03.449-05:00S-DTB, this series drove me nuts in trying to expl...S-DTB, this series drove me nuts in trying to explain to third parties exactly what happened and why. In other words, it's got a lot in common with the Martian Manhunter comics of the '60s and '70s, making it far more of a spiritual successor than most solo stories published from the '80s on. Some of the inanities are endearing, and others appalling, but I think I've overall looked kindly upon the venture. It's just that this specific issue, especially in hindsight, is where you realize the plot is full of crap. Once I get past the series lying to my face and dipping into my pocket, I look upon it as a loveable rogue of a tale that I'm really glad I only paid about a buck an issue for well after the fact.<br /><br />Do read "American Secrets" if you haven't already, though. Unheralded masterpiece with its own wealth of conspiratorial weirdness.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-25721094609765460912011-08-29T23:43:05.715-05:002011-08-29T23:43:05.715-05:00I liked it actually, good story. maybe i'm jus...I liked it actually, good story. maybe i'm just not that well read. hard to believe that it's still the only color Martian Manhunter collected edition. Always the wingman, J'onnSuper-Duper ToyBoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858607320711118146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-13751432507367635502011-08-28T23:01:18.107-05:002011-08-28T23:01:18.107-05:00Amazon gave "Others Among Us" a few week...Amazon gave "Others Among Us" a few weeks lead over Showcase, but the Spanish language market had "American Secrets" and two Ostrander/Mandrake volumes years earlier. Lucky, lucky Spaniards...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-45310914044580465902011-08-28T19:03:08.047-05:002011-08-28T19:03:08.047-05:00The tpb for this stinker tied with Showcase Presen...The tpb for this stinker tied with Showcase Presents Vol. 1 as the first ever Martian Manhunter collected edition. <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/comics/?dat=20070725" rel="nofollow">According to DC's website, both went on sale July 25th, 2007</a>... over a half-century after the character's first appearance in 1955! And four years later, it's still the only <b>color</b> Martian Manhunter collected edition.Tom Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00279973364279144136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620698560611640068.post-10336446451899681282011-08-28T13:22:58.533-05:002011-08-28T13:22:58.533-05:00Yeah, the Beavis and Butthead clip sums it up nice...Yeah, the Beavis and Butthead clip sums it up nicely; The writing here fails in every possible way. Bad concept, bad characterization, bad execution, boring, confusing, pointless. I agree that the art is actually a selling point. If this was as smart as say, Checkmate, this could have been a comparative success. Alas, it was not.mathematicscorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439579069513071094noreply@blogger.com