Showing posts with label 1965. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1965. Show all posts

Friday, August 6, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 022 - X-Men #15 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Two

X-Men #15 (December, 1965)
"Prisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Layouts - Jack Kirby
Pencils - Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - I have nothing to say
Cover Price: 12¢

It's time for the middle chapter of the Sensational Sentinel Saga -- and also, for the original of the Barefoot Bouncing Blue-Suited Beast!  Prepare to be... whelmed!

Also - the always interesting "Let's Visit With the X-Men" letters page, the Bullpen Bulletins, the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist... and more MMMS content than anyone could *possibly* ever want!

Tune in, you'll love it!

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 021 - X-Men #14 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-One

X-Men #14 (November, 1965)
"Among us Stalk... the Sentinels!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Layouts - Jack Kirby
Pencils - Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Vince Colletta
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - A pile of crayons, markers, and colored pencils
Cover Price: 12¢

Kicking off our three-part Sentinels Saga - with some FEAR AND HATE!

What can the X-Men do when noted anthropologist Bolivar Trask takes a page out of J. Jonah Jameson's book to assert that Mutants are a MENACE?  Well, their creepy, bald leader might decide to engage in a televised debate with him... which, might not go according to plan!

It's a fun story... and I hope you'll join me for it!

Also: The original Letters Pages, the OFFICIAL Marvel Bullpen Bulletins (featuring plenty - ie. too much - chatter on the Merry Marvel Marching Society), and the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist for cover-date November, 1965!

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 020 - Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty

Fantastic Four Annual #3 (October, 1965)
"Bedlam at the Baxter Building!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Vince Colletta
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Idunno
Cover Price: 25¢

Welcome friends, to a most blessed event - it's the Wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards, and we're all invited... along with many of the movers and shakers of the Marvel Universe in its relative infancy!  Without hyperbole, this might just be the most important Marvel comic of its time! 

The X-Men not only show up... but get a few good shots in as well!  It's the first time I'm reading this in decades, so it's basically new to me!

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 019 - X-Men #13 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Nineteen

X-Men #13 (September, 1965)
"Where Walks the Juggernaut!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Layouts - Jack Kirby
Pencils - Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Joe Sinnott
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Only their hairdresser knows for sure
Cover Price: 12¢
Marvel POP ART Productions

Wrapping up our first two-part X-Men story - with the (final?) fate of the Juggernaut!  Listen as ol' Cain Marko gets his helmet ripped off for the first time!

Also: The always amusing 1965 X-Men Letters Page - where you can find out how much it'll cost ya to join the Merry Marvel Marching Society!

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Monday, August 2, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 018 - X-Men #12 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Eighteen

X-Men #12 (July, 1965)
"The Origin of Professor X!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Layouts - Jack Kirby
Pencils - Alex Toth
Inks - Vince Colletta
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Someone who may NOT want the credit this time out
Cover Price: 12¢

What terror lurks outside of X-Mansion... and why in the world did Cerebro pick up on it?!

It's the first appearance of Professor X's stepbrother, the Juggernaut... and the first time we find out (to my knowledge) that the Xavier's first name is Charles!  It's a fun one... that, reading as an adult... almost makes me sympathize for the villain!

Plus: A pretty hilarious Silver-Age Letters Page, everything Marvel for (cover-date) July, 1965 - and a plea from your humble host for dissenting opinions to be shared on the show... rather than on review aggregates that can actually HURT the show!

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Friday, July 30, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 017 - Avengers #16 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Seventeen

Avengers #16 (May, 1965)
"The Old Order Changeth!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Layouts - Jack Kirby
Art - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - ???
Cover Price: 12¢

The Old Order Changeth!

Taking a step off the beaten X-Path to follow Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Alum, Pietro and Wanda as they officially join the good guys as part of Cap's Kooky Quartet!

Checking in with the Avengers won't be a regular thing here on the show... but, if there are any especially important Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch stories you'd like to see on the show - please don't hesitate to let me know!

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Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 016 - X-Men #11 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Sixteen

X-Men #11 (May, 1965)
"The Triumph of Magneto!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Someone who might prefer not to be named!
Cover Price: 12¢

The Essential X-Lapsed is back... and it's just about time to finally deep-six Magneto and his Brotherhood!  But, you might be asking - how could we possibly go about doing that?  Well, wouldja believe that we're going to get a "deus ex characta" to do it for us?!

Today we meet the Stranger, in a story that could only be called "The Triumph of Magneto!"?

Also: Some great mailbag content... both for the show, and from the actual Letters Page from X-Men #11!  Hope to see you there!

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Friday, July 9, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 015 - X-Men #10 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fifteen

X-Men #10 (March, 1965)
"The Coming of... Ka-Zar!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - S. Rosen
Col... errrrs
Cover Price: 12¢

Today we take a trip to my second least favorite place in all the Marvel Universe... The Savage Land!  Listen to me mispronounce Ka-Zar's name about five-dozen times!

That - plus the original Letters Page discussion from the issue, the prehistoric Marvel Bullpen Bulletins, and the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist!

Also: An X-Tended X-Cellent Mailbag feature!

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 014 - Strange Tales #128 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fourteen

Strange Tales #128 (January, 1965)
"Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Dick Ayers
Inks - Frank Ray
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Who's on First?
Cover Price: 12¢

We're back off the beaten path... checking in with our two resident conflicted members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as they attempt to officially "go good".  They figure the best way to go about this is to... break into the Baxter Building!  Oh well, they can't ALL be good ideas... Fighting and Flames ensue!

We chat up Wanda and Pietro... and dig into the X-Cellent Mailbag!  Be there!
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 013 - X-Men #9 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirteen

X-Men #9 (January, 1965)
"Enter, the Avengers!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - S. Rosen
Colors - We Don't Need No Stinking Colors!
Cover Price: 12¢

It's AvX -- Round One!

Yes, friends - this is the first official run-in between The Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the World's Strangest Teen-Agers... and, it's a battle for the ages!  And, by "ages", I mean it's like a three-page slap fight, that includes actual hair-pulling.

Also: The truth about Professor X's injury, a Letters Page where people won't shut up about Marvel Girl's "catseye" headgear and Iceman's booties, and much much more!

Join me, won't you?  I'm very lonely in here!

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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Fox and the Crow #94 (1965)


Fox and the Crow #94 (October-November, 1965)
No Titles
No Credits
Editor - Murray Boltinoff
Cover Price: $0.12

 Continuing our impromptu "Comedy Weekend" here.  Yesterday we looked at a Funny Animal book from the mid-1950's... today, we're going to jump ahead about a decade and take a look at some more.

 This is Fox and the Crow, a book (perhaps) best remembered for the debut of Stanley and his Monster.  Well, I got some bad news... those two first show up in Fox and the Crow #95... and, today we're looking at #94.

 The first time I'd ever heard of a Fox and Crow was in the pages of Rachel Pollack's run on Doom Patrol.  In fact, issue #71 of that series is called "The Fox and the Crow".  I don't think it features the characters we're about to look at exactly... but, I like to pretend that it does.  Here, take a look:
From Doom Patrol (vol.2) #71 (October, 1993)
(w) Rachel Pollack / (a) Linda Medley
Anyhoo, let's now take a peek at where Ms. Pollack probably nabbed that name from.

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Our first (untitled) story opens with Foxie partaking in one of his favorite pastimes... counting his money.  Not sure if he's supposed to be wealthy, or just kind of a nerd.  Either way, Crow decides he's gonna screw with him.

He frantically knocks on Foxie's door, because he needs change for a nickel.  Foxie goes to slam the door in his face before Crow tells him he'll trade the nickel for just four pennies.  In the business community, we call that a profit.  Foxie is more than happy to make the ex-change (get it?).

Back inside, Foxie continues counting his cash... when he discovers that the nickel Crow gave him... was (gasp) wooden!  He lunges out of the house and grabs Crow by the ankles (or whatever approximation for ankles a bird might have) and demands his four pennies back.

With one failed attempt at screwing Foxie under his belt, Crow decides to have a think.  He comes up with the great idea of spending 75-cents on a goose... then fetching a dozen "hen-type" eggs (the ones from naughty anime, I guess)... and paints 'em gold.

He shows the greedy and gullible Fox the shiny eggs, and offers to trade his "golden goose" for all of Foxie's cash.  Foxie, unsurprisingly, agrees.  We conclude our story with the revelation that the goose actually does lay solid gold eggs!  Wonk wonk wonkkkk...?

Our second (untitled) story opens with an out-of-breath Foxie narrowly outrunning the local foxhound.  Crow sees this as an opportunity to... well, what else?  Screw with Foxie s'more.  This time he throws rice at him, and tells Foxie that it made him invisible.  He even tricks him by pretending an empty picture frame is a mirror.  Foxie, is an idiot, so he buys the lot of it.

At the very same time, our local foxhound is watching some television with his owner.  It's a nature program, during which he learns that foxes and dogs are actually... brothers!  At this point, the foxhound is rather embarrassed to be "related" to Foxie (and I can't say that I blame him), and decides from this point on, he's just going to ignore him (ya see where this is goin'?).

And so, Foxie tests his newfound "invisibility" by really making a pain in the neck out of himself.  The foxhound pretends not to notice him.  When Crow asks why the Hound ain't chasin' the Fox, the foxhound continues pretending that he sees no fox.

So now, Crow thinks there might actually be something to this invisibility-rice... and so, he buys it back from Foxie and proceeds to dump the rest of it all over himself so he can rob the local cornfield.

This story ends with Crow getting shot in the tuchus.

Our next (untitled) story stars... the Brat Finks.  And, oh boy, is it a drag, maaaaaan.  Ya see, the Brat Finks are a pair of "hipster" rats... from back in the long ago when the word "hipster" didn't mean what it means today.  Anyhoo, they're carrying on, dancing and listening to music... and their mother ain't havin' it no more.

She does the whole "wait 'til your father gets home" thing... and once he does, he goes into Tom Bosley lecture mode, sharing stories about their family and heritage... and how they shouldn't be such little jerks, I guess?  He winds up grounding them for "disrespecting their mother" which means they won't be able to attend the big dance at "The Attic".  I remember when Zack Morris snuck in there to meet with that college girl that one time.

And so, the Hipster Rats decide... if they can't go to the dance, they'll just bring the dance to them.  Before you know it, we're in the midst of a "Big Rat & Roll" show, live from the Fink family... uh, hole in the wall.

The ruckus wakes their folks, who stomp in and demand to know why there's a party going on.  The Brat Finks say the party is actually in their father's honor... for it is his birthday!  Quick thinkin'... although, their mother ain't buyin' it.

Rather than attend the party (which is apparently in his honor), the Rat Pop decides to leave 'em to it, and head back to bed.  On the way out, Rat Mom reminds him that it, in fact, isn't his birthday... to which, he just assumes that the boys made a mistake... not that they are lousy liars who lie all the time.

In our, (thankfully) final (untitled) story, we are back with Fox and Crow.  You'll never guess what's going on... get this, Crow is looking to screw with Foxie.  This one is hard to really explain, but I'll do my best.  Crow asks to use Foxie's phone, as to not tie up his own... he calls a fella named Joe.

Then, his phone rings back to his tree... it's a fella named Jake.  He talks for a bit, then runs back to Foxie's to tell Joe what Jake said.  Foxie is confused... and, for once this issue, I can't blame him.

Next, a dude named Luke calls the bird house... and Crow runs back to Foxie's to pass on what he said to Joe.  It's really a muddled mess, which... is the entire point, but doesn't make it any more fun to read.

The next morning, Foxie watches as Crow heads out... and decides to follow him (which, again, was the whole point).  What he finds is Crow doing some "business" with a trio of foxhounds.  Ya see, they're paying him fifteen bucks to lure Foxie their way.

While Foxie is being chased, Crow... oy... disguises himself as a Gameskeeper.  As Foxie passes by, he pays the "Gameskeeper" fifteen bucks to call off the mutts.

By now, Foxie's seen the whole thing... and tells the Foxhounds about Crow's plot.  The story (thankfully and finally) ends with Crow being chased by the fox and the hounds.

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 Well... oof.

 I know yesterday, during our Peter Panda discussion I said that it would be unfair to really judge the "quality" of half-century old children's comics... but, this just wasn't very good.  The Peter stories felt more like actual "comic" stories, where these feel like the Looney Tunes music should kick in as they end... which, doesn't make for a necessarily bad story, just one that might be less fun to read, than to view.

 I guess when you're whole gimmick is "these two characters are rivals", you can kinda become pigeonholed... especially after 94 issues of the same ol' thing.  I guess Stanley and his Monster's arrival (the issue after this) came not a second too soon.... or maybe a bit too late.

 Just like yesterday's Peter Panda book, it started out much stronger than it ended.  The first couple of stories here weren't anything to get mad about... and, I would figure kids might get a chuckle or two.  The second half, again... not talking about quality of story... they just dragged.  The pacing was such that they felt much longer than they were... and kind of overstayed their welcome.

 Overall... if you had to choose between (a non-Stanley and his Monster) Fox and the Crow and Peter Panda... Panda all the way.

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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Doom Patrol #94 (1965)


Doom Patrol #94 (March, 1965)
"The Nightmare Fighters"
"The Chief 'Stands' Alone/Master of the Killer Birds"
Writer - Arnold Drake
Art - Bob Brown & Bruno Premiani
Letters - Stan Starkman
Editor - Murray Boltinoff
Cover Price: $0.12

 Now... how's that for a cover?!

 One'a those that really makes you wanna read the story... also, one that I'm surprised hasn't been homaged skatey-eight hundred times by now! 

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We open with the Doom Patrol introduced as guests of the television show "Open Mind" by host Kenneth Devine.  Along with the Doomies, we've got the author of best-selling book Illusion and Reality, Dr. John Radick... and the Eastern Mystic Rama Kara, who has come to share photographic evidence of the "Spirit of Osra".  Cliff yuks it up, and accuses the mystic of being drunk.  The host appeals to the Chief for his opinion... and he thinks it's a bit of hogwash too.  later that night, the Doom Patrol jokingly toast to ol' Osra.  They seem kinda mean, don't they?  Anyhoo... should go without saying that... that very night, the Spirit of Osra shows up to wreak some havoc.

The Spirit destroys a warehouse... and Rita and Larry spring into action (Cliff is suddenly "away" on special assignment).  They wonder how a "ghost" could cause actual structural damage... and Rita suggests Larry send the Negative Man out to try and nab the spirit.  Unfortunately, he winds up flying right through it!  Seconds later, "Osra" vanishes!

Shortly, the police already have Rama Kara in custody... and they're questioning him about the event.  The Mystic pleads ignorance... he hasn't the foggiest idea what's going on himself.  The cops ain't buyin' it... but, the Chief believes there might be something to his story.  The cops aren't buyin' that either.

Back on the street, Osra has struck again... this time the spirit is riding a chariot in the sky.  Rita and Larry witness him crashing through another wall... which, ya know... ghosts ought not be able to do, right?  Rita decides to grow up... up... up... up... up... and snaps a wrecking ball off of a nearby piece of construction equipment.  She begins swinging it (Argentine-style), but before she can strike the spirit... it vanishes.

Later on, we rejoin the team back at HQ.  By this point, Cliff has returned from "special assignment".  The Chief is curious as to whether or not Cliff would be able to see this spirit... since the last time they messed with someone using illusions, Cliff wasn't fooled because of the steel alloy that surrounds his brain.

Steel alloy?  I think we're going to need to take a better look at that.  Lucky for us, the Chief produces the schematic for Cliff's Robotman body!  After taking a peek, the Chief wonders if Dr. Janus might be the one behind the "illusions".  Cliff chimes in to remind Niles that Janus bit the big one in prison (I didn't even know he was sick!).

Then... a news bulletin!  Osra's back, and taking names... at a nearby tractor plant.  The Doomies hit the streets... and upon confronting the Spirit, Cliff is shocked to realize... he can see it!  The Chief (who is watching via monitor), begins to question everything he's based his life on.  Just wait till you meet folks like the Spectre... and the Phantom Stranger... 

Back at the plant, Osra has inhabited a tractor, making it appear to have come to life (and boy, does it look ticked!).  The Negative Man battering rams Cliff into the thing to destroy it.  When the dust settles, Professor Radick (thought he was Doctor Radick?) approaches, claiming to have found Rama Kara creepin' around outside.

The Mystic will not allow himself to be searched, so Larry does the next best thing... he unwraps his face, and gives Rama the ol' radioactive once-over.  Looks like the fella is clean.  At the same time, Cliff gives Radick a rubdown... which, I'd assume would be weird with feeling-less robotic fingers.  I suppose they didn't want Rita rubbing the Doc.  Back at HQ, Niles has a plan... and it looks like he's really laboring over it!

Just then, the Doom Patrol (and their "guests") notice the tractor coming back to life.  They all see it... except Cliff!  All he can see are multicolored flashing lights popping around it... and deduces that this whole thing's gotta be the result of "radio-illusions".  And with that... not Rama Whatshisface, but Doc/Prof Radick runs off!  Looks like the Doomies might've been barking up the wrong tree all along!

Cliff chases the Doc/Prof into a Metal Processing Room... and is immediately nyoinked by a crane... and dropped on that Press 'n' Punch from the cover.

Rita grows big and rips one of the bars off the machine to save her partner... who then uses his freshly-pressed legs to whack Radick in the back!  It's probably not "Argentine-style", but it'll work in a pinch!

Then, one Robotman-body-swap later, they investigate Radick's... uh, corpse?  I mean, he's laying awfully still... and there's no mention of his going to jail or anything.  Anyhoo... they discover that Radick has a robotic arm where he concealed his radio-image transmitter.  Later, we learn that Radick was actually Dr. Janus's son... and the reason why Cliff was able to see the "Spirit" was due to improvements made to the illusion-technology.  The Chief explains that his "last ditch" effort was to increase a signal-thingie in Cliff's leg.  We'll just go with it.

We're not done though... it's time for our second-feature, the kinda cruelly-titled The Chief "Stands" Alone.  Get it?  Ohboy.  Anyhoo, we open with the Doom Patrol about to lower themselves into an active volcano, that's just about to blow... the Chief watches via monitor, knowing that as soon as they enter Monapula, he will lose contact with them.

Down in the hole, the Doomies reach the volcanic threat... and send Larry's Negative Man entity out to take a look.  No sooner does he vacate their air-conditioned capsule than he's "attacked" by wild radio waves.  Larry summons him back into his body before he gets taken out.

Next, Cliff decides to test his luck with the volcano.  He climbs out of the capsule and attempts to perforate the walls, to provide some ventilation.  Naturally, his fist melts into the wall.  Gotta wonder just how many Robotman bodies/replacement parts the Chief has laying around?

Turns out, punchin' holes does the trick.  Rita grows her hand real big and POPs Cliff's robotic arm-stub out of the volcano wall.  Job well done, they head back to HQ... only to find the Chief, missing!

And so, we jump into flashback-land... as earlier that day, the Chief was testing out his brand-spankin' new "Wheelchair Fortress" the Action Chair!  This baby's come equipped with all sorts of shenanigans that'll (in theory) make him more useful on the "front lines".

Around the same time... a bird robs an armored car.

This is the work of the villainous... Claw!  I'm tellin' ya, this fella... goofy gimmick that he is, has a pretty awesome costume.  It's too bad this is his one-and-only appearance!  The Chief watches a news broadcast, and decides this might be the perfect opportunity to test out his new Action Chair.  He, uh, doesn't know about Claw though... I'm pretty sure he thinks he's just going out to fight a pair of birds. Okay, okay... he probably knows about Claw too.

Back at the bank, one of the officers uses a special weapon lent to them by the Doom Patrol to combat the birds.  From the looks of it, seems like the Chief let them borrow his hair dryer?

Then, Claw sends the Chief a riddle of sorts... which, I think we're supposed to try solving.  See if you're as smart as the Chief (I'm not, by the way).  Then again, it is a pretty bad riddle.

Okay, guesses in?  Time to reveal the answer... as the Chief rolls up to Cardinals Stadium at 8 o'clock.  Upon arrival, he's attacked by Tonka and Meena... those damned birds!  And get this, they're wearing adorable little metal helmets!  Time for the Action Chair... to launch into, well, action.

Back at HQ, the Doomies crack the code.  Ya see, Claw mentioned a red bird... and Henry Tudor... which naturally means, Cardinals Stadium at 8 o'clock.  Cardinals are red... and Henry Tudor was King Henry the VIII of England!  Don'tcha all feel so smart right now?!

Back at the Stadium, the Chief is faced off by Claw... and the Action Chair really makes the baddie look like a goofball.

So, Claw steps back and... get this... throws a baseball at the Chief's noggin!  This actually manages to kayo Niles... or at least it seems to.  Lookit that pitch!  Claw's got some nice form!

Then, Claw comes closer to finish the Chief off with a "karate chop"... only to learn that Niles was "playing possum".  Looks like Claw's got a glass jaw, because one punch from Caulder is all it takes to put him down.  The Doomies check in with the Chief, and they call it a day.

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 Well, that was a couple of super-fun Doom Patrol stories!  It's funny, whenever we discuss the Silver-Age there isn't always much more to say than that.  More often than not, "This was fun" just about covers it!  I have this entire era of Doom Patrol in collected edition... but, as I prefer reading them in singles, I'm fairly certain this is my first time reading this particular issue.

 I'm happy that the press 'n' punch scene from the cover actually happens inside the issue.  It probably speaks to my jaded nature as a "current year" comic fan, that part of me was sure it wasn't going to happen.  It was just a single page, and didn't have much to do with the story itself... but, it happened!

 I mentioned in the synopsis... just how many extra Cliff-parts does the Chief have?  I mean, we've got two stories... and poor Cliff needs two completely different repairs!  After the run-in with the press 'n' punch, the Chief replaces most of Cliff's body in record time!  Like, one-panel later, he's good to go again!

 Let's talk about Claw (from the second feature).  Man, what a cool character design... so familiar too!  It's hard to believe this was his only appearance.  I'm thinking... DC must've used this design again, right?  Am I thinking of the Court of Owls, maybe?  I dunno... whatever it is, I really dig this look!  I like that he controls birds to rob banks too... I mean, just the image of a bird flying in and out of an armored car, stealing sacks of money each time... that's kinda what comics should be all about.

 The art here is pretty great... I actually had to confer with several sites to confirm the creative teams, and was pretty surprised to learn that these two stories had two different artists.  Premiani and Brown really complimented one another, and didn't look jarring in the slightest (to me, anyway).

 Overall, if you're a fan of the Doom Patrol, I'm sure you'll really dig this issue.  It has been reprinted a number of times, including Doom Patrol Archives, Volume 2... SHOWCASE Presents: Doom Patrol, Volume 1... and Doom Patrol: Silver-Age Omnibus.  It is also available digitally.

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