tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post5981899838468336224..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1617: Me love hate Bizarro!Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-17981441829499448922014-09-02T14:08:39.582-07:002014-09-02T14:08:39.582-07:00I really enjoyed John Forte's art on these. He...I really enjoyed John Forte's art on these. He had such a tight brush! <br /><br />I wish he had inked Curt Swan more. The few times he did, he added an intensity I enjoyed.George Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276174178843123256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-92018780866984531232014-08-15T19:28:55.281-07:002014-08-15T19:28:55.281-07:00I really enjoyed this story. I'd like to see s...I really enjoyed this story. I'd like to see some more Golden Age Superman, if you have some please.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962464518956106665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-69613007864146261132014-08-15T19:28:54.663-07:002014-08-15T19:28:54.663-07:00I really enjoyed this story. I'd like to see s...I really enjoyed this story. I'd like to see some more Golden Age Superman, if you have some please.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962464518956106665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-6219193969074073052014-08-15T19:26:47.360-07:002014-08-15T19:26:47.360-07:00I enjoyed reading this. I'd like to see a bit ...I enjoyed reading this. I'd like to see a bit more Golden Age Superman stories, if you have some pleaseTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962464518956106665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-69976313236540401242014-08-14T03:25:26.917-07:002014-08-14T03:25:26.917-07:00Brian, if you want consistency you need to look el...Brian, if you want consistency you need to look elsewhere. Personally, it doesn’t bother me at all, although I noticed it even when the series was first published. At the time I was also reading Superman family comics which had their own problems. To serve the plot they sometimes featured new super powers for Superman, or things that were physically impossible (Superman picking up buildings or mountains without them collapsing) and then there was the kryptonite that came in whatever color was deemed necessary for the screwball plots. There were the so-called "imaginary stories," which I found annoying. Next to all of those even the Bizarro stories made a weird kind of sense. Unlike the usual Superman fare, which had a deadpan seriousness, "Tales From the Bizarro World" were designed to be funny, and this reader thought they were.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-37237207968494352842014-08-13T10:59:03.672-07:002014-08-13T10:59:03.672-07:00While a lot of the DC silver age stuff is fun, I n...While a lot of the DC silver age stuff is fun, I never got Bizarro, and I think it's my analytic nature.<br /><br />For the stories to work -- and their central theme is that Bizarro's do everything backwards -- you still have to selectively do things forward so the reader can follow and understand the story.<br /><br />The "super criminal" Bizarro's ARE criminals, not good guys, as they should be (and this is even played up on the Jesse James history lesson.) I know it's silly, but I can never get over just how selective the Bizarro stories are about what's backwards!<br /><br />Of course, Moore handled this perfectly in "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow."Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.com