This is the origin story of Misery and his Airtomb. It is credited by the Grand Comics Database to Harry Stein for writing, and Fred Kida for the artwork.
Another story of Misery (and the sexy Valkyrie!) can be found here by clicking the thumbnail.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Number 1657: Misery loves company
This is the origin story of Misery and his Airtomb. It is credited by the Grand Comics Database to Harry Stein for writing, and Fred Kida for the artwork.
Another story of Misery (and the sexy Valkyrie!) can be found here by clicking the thumbnail.
Yes, Air Boy...some things do seem daffy...like this story, for instance.
ReplyDeleteNice art, though.
Hi Pappy,
ReplyDeleteI must have lost track of why Pierre Duray was important to the story?
Calcutta is nowhere near the Himalayas (in fact, it's a swampy area next to a river). The Black Hole was a prison cell. This version reminds me of the burning pit in the 1964 film The Last Man on Earth, or the so-called Door to Hell in Derweze, Turkmenistan.
Thanks!
Darci...as far as I can tell Duray became Misery, although it really isn't clear why.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for locating Calcutta for us. We'll learn not to trust comic book geography lessons.
Ryan, and yet as daffy as the story is, in my opinion it doesn't approach the story of Airboy and the blind Vikings.
ReplyDeleteQuite right, Pappy. "I must fight the food gulls my own way...by falling to my death!" Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I've been reading this blog casually for several years, but only recently became a devoted Pappyite. I'm working my way through all the old posts I missed. What I really love about your blog is your commentary combined with your professionalism. Mucho kudos.
So Misery is defeated by a good right hook? Supernatural entities aren't what they're cracked up to be.
ReplyDeleteAre the German's leaving because they're allied with Misery, or, unlike the RAF, they're merely smart enough to leave the ghoul alone?
Kirk, I thought there was a law that said that in a comic book punches must be thrown. The fact the punch landed on a supernatural being makes no difference. The law must be obeyed.
ReplyDeleteWell, Ryan...thanks. I am glad to hear that someone actually reads what I write, and that they like it. I appreciate the egoboo.
ReplyDeletePappy, you are absolutely correct: in comics, punches must be thrown. It's a RULE.
ReplyDeleteThe writers just let it rip with gonzo metaphors in Airboy comics. I think they were writing in their sleep —dream journals (a.k.a. Airboy plot notebooks) at the bedside. Mighty fine. I just got wowed by the Airboy and the eyeless Vikings comic which I missed earlier this year. Confounded satisfaction. Thanks for bringing the magic to our attention.
7f7, which reminds me...I have my second eye surgery this week. I have every confidence it will go successfully. But if not I shudder to think what this blog will look like if I do it like those blind Vikings' attempts at painting their houses.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the eye surgery, Pappy. May your vision improve fine. No going eyeless on us.
ReplyDeleteThanks, 7f7. Luckily it is an easily corrected problem and I will be back hacking away at this blog in the blink of an eye.
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