Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #56 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Treasure Hunters roadshow http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-842282 Treasure Hunters roadshow Mon, 23 May 2011 04:44:16 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-842282 Hi there would you mind stating which blog platform you're working with? I'm planning to start my own blog in the near future but I'm having a hard time deciding between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I'm looking for something completely unique. P.S Sorry for being off-topic but I had to ask! Hi there would you mind stating which blog platform you’re working with? I’m planning to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a hard time deciding between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your design seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something completely unique. P.S Sorry for being off-topic but I had to ask!

]]> By: colton http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-686995 colton Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:28:38 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-686995 I thing war machine is a suiting name and a suiting character for Rhodes but I do think that he needs to separate from iron man even better maybe battle him and the idea of a body guard that's just plain stupid seriously a body guard? come on hes a super hero for god sake Id say maybe iron man goes crazy or has his mind taken over try's to destroy stark tower and war machine comes to the rescue and and epic battle between Rhodes and Stark I think it's perfect placing two best friends against each other hell maybe even through in some new armor maybe a similiar look maybe different material such as vibranium seeing how he has connections with black panther mixed with some adementium maybe and give it more of a high tech look. I thing war machine is a suiting name and a suiting character for Rhodes but I do think that he needs to separate from iron man even better maybe battle him and the idea of a body guard that’s just plain stupid seriously a body guard? come on hes a super hero for god sake Id say maybe iron man goes crazy or has his mind taken over try’s to destroy stark tower and war machine comes to the rescue and and epic battle between Rhodes and Stark I think it’s perfect placing two best friends against each other hell maybe even through in some new armor maybe a similiar look maybe different material such as vibranium seeing how he has connections with black panther mixed with some adementium maybe and give it more of a high tech look.

]]> By: Blues http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-123552 Blues Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:45:22 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-123552 I don't like that bodyguard idea. Its not really a superhero thing. Its just a bad idea with the "Iron Man" title( and I dislike iron man). I liked the name War Machine, and I also like him more then Iron Man. This Sentinel thing isn't a bad idea. I think some people may not like it because it has the word sentinel in it. They're just basically mech pilots(or armored suit pilots). Its similar to that bodyguard idea except with the government, and they may actually handle super hero like situations.Though the concept will probably be used horribly, and now the marvel universe needs superheroes even less. Same deal with the omac thing, if you can fund all those omacs... why the hell do we need superheroes. I don’t like that bodyguard idea. Its not really a superhero thing. Its just a bad idea with the “Iron Man” title( and I dislike iron man). I liked the name War Machine, and I also like him more then Iron Man. This Sentinel thing isn’t a bad idea. I think some people may not like it because it has the word sentinel in it. They’re just basically mech pilots(or armored suit pilots). Its similar to that bodyguard idea except with the government, and they may actually handle super hero like situations.Though the concept will probably be used horribly, and now the marvel universe needs superheroes even less. Same deal with the omac thing, if you can fund all those omacs… why the hell do we need superheroes.

]]> By: The Kirbydotter http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-64991 The Kirbydotter Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:54:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-64991 Jim Rhodes was a better supporting character that a carbon copy of another superhero. I liked him when he actually was Iron Man but I hate the name WAR MACHINE and the black and white armor. Since Tony Stark seem to have become such an ass-hole in the recent CIVIL WAR (and I'm told that he became SHIELD's boss) maybe Rhodey could become a more noble IRON MAN again. Jim Rhodes was a better supporting character that a carbon copy of another superhero. I liked him when he actually was Iron Man but I hate the name WAR MACHINE and the black and white armor.

Since Tony Stark seem to have become such an ass-hole in the recent CIVIL WAR (and I’m told that he became SHIELD’s boss) maybe Rhodey could become a more noble IRON MAN again.

]]> By: Zeke http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57625 Zeke Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:21:37 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57625 Add me to the list of Rhodey fans. He's definitely the best Iron Man supporting character, and a big improvement over the lackluster Happy and Pepper. Bringing those two back and sidelining Rhodey was the biggest mistake in Kurt Busiek's otherwise good reboot of the character after Heroes Reborn. Ever since, it's been a lesser title for his absence. No sense daydreaming about him crashing Tony's Civil War party, however. He's on the pro-reg side, not just out of loyalty to Tony but because he's thought it through and agrees with him. (Such is the impression from CIVIL WAR FILES, anyway. Anybody who thinks Tony is evil or nuts should pick that book up.) - Z Add me to the list of Rhodey fans. He’s definitely the best Iron Man supporting character, and a big improvement over the lackluster Happy and Pepper. Bringing those two back and sidelining Rhodey was the biggest mistake in Kurt Busiek’s otherwise good reboot of the character after Heroes Reborn. Ever since, it’s been a lesser title for his absence.

No sense daydreaming about him crashing Tony’s Civil War party, however. He’s on the pro-reg side, not just out of loyalty to Tony but because he’s thought it through and agrees with him. (Such is the impression from CIVIL WAR FILES, anyway. Anybody who thinks Tony is evil or nuts should pick that book up.)

- Z

]]> By: Bryan C http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57526 Bryan C Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:32:25 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57526 Agreed, Jim Rhodes is awesome. I even like the War Machine name - simple, direct, unapologetic. He's a soldier, and his armor is his weapon. I'd love to see Rhodey become a new Iron Man, either as such or as War Machine. Put Stark on hold until everyone can safely retcon all the stupid Civil War fallout. Maybe that'd let them get back to telling some interesting stories. Agreed, Jim Rhodes is awesome. I even like the War Machine name – simple, direct, unapologetic. He’s a soldier, and his armor is his weapon.

I’d love to see Rhodey become a new Iron Man, either as such or as War Machine. Put Stark on hold until everyone can safely retcon all the stupid Civil War fallout. Maybe that’d let them get back to telling some interesting stories.

]]> By: Ben Herman http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57497 Ben Herman Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:10:41 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57497 Jim Rhodes the the man! I've enjoyed the character since as a kid I first read one of the issues where he was filling in for Stark as Iron Man in the mid-1980s. The concept just appealed to me, that he was this regular guy who ended up having to fill some of the biggest shoes in the Marvel universe. I mean, Tony Stark is an interesting character, but it's a lot easier to relate to Rhodes. And I was actually glad to see him in the Sentntinel Squad. It made sense. I mean, if you want to train people to pilot high tech suits of battle armor, who better to ask than a guy who's been Iron Man on numerous different occasions? Jim Rhodes the the man! I’ve enjoyed the character since as a kid I first read one of the issues where he was filling in for Stark as Iron Man in the mid-1980s. The concept just appealed to me, that he was this regular guy who ended up having to fill some of the biggest shoes in the Marvel universe. I mean, Tony Stark is an interesting character, but it’s a lot easier to relate to Rhodes. And I was actually glad to see him in the Sentntinel Squad. It made sense. I mean, if you want to train people to pilot high tech suits of battle armor, who better to ask than a guy who’s been Iron Man on numerous different occasions?

]]> By: Anonymous http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57200 Anonymous Tue, 27 Feb 2007 01:16:04 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57200 My pitch: In a celebrity-obsessed culture dominated by images of conspicuous consumption on shows like MTV's Cribs and VH1's The Fabulous Life Of..., expensive cars, ostentatious jewelry, and mansions have become all too common. The ultimate celebrity status symbol would be an honest-to-goodness superhero bodyguard. Have Rhodey start working security for a pampered pop diva or hip-hop artist with a checkered criminal past. When his charge gets killed, Jim Rhodes has to get to the bottom of the mystery. Make it a 3 part miniseries. My pitch:

In a celebrity-obsessed culture dominated by images of conspicuous consumption on shows like MTV’s Cribs and VH1′s The Fabulous Life Of…, expensive cars, ostentatious jewelry, and mansions have become all too common. The ultimate celebrity status symbol would be an honest-to-goodness superhero bodyguard. Have Rhodey start working security for a pampered pop diva or hip-hop artist with a checkered criminal past. When his charge gets killed, Jim Rhodes has to get to the bottom of the mystery.

Make it a 3 part miniseries.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57172 Apodaca Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:33:28 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57172 "I’d like to see Rhodey show up in the Iron Man armor and say, “I’m the real Iron Man. Always have been. Stark is a fascist and a fraud who has sullied my good name.”" That would be hilarious and awesome. "You're not Iron Man!" "How do you know?" "Iron Man's not black." REPULSOR RAY. "Who says?" “I’d like to see Rhodey show up in the Iron Man armor and say, “I’m the real Iron Man. Always have been. Stark is a fascist and a fraud who has sullied my good name.””

That would be hilarious and awesome.

“You’re not Iron Man!”
“How do you know?”
“Iron Man’s not black.”

REPULSOR RAY.

“Who says?”

]]> By: fanboy d http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57117 fanboy d Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:53:09 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57117 make him Jim Rhodes, Agent of SHIELD and throw him in a spy book called, um, SHIELD, leading black widow, pete wisdom, dum dum dugan...i dunno - any good? make him Jim Rhodes, Agent of SHIELD and throw him in a spy book called, um, SHIELD, leading black widow, pete wisdom, dum dum dugan…i dunno – any good?

]]> By: SanctumSanctorumComix http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-57036 SanctumSanctorumComix Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:15:21 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-57036 That alien armor was MARVEL's response to DC giving alien armor to GUY GARDNER : WARRIOR. The big 2 always pull that weird "I can do what YOU do, but much, much worse" kind of competition. It's bizarro one-ups-manship: ("one-down-manship"?) Same thing happened with IRON MAN. When DC made GREEN LANTERN, HAL JORDAN, go bat-shit insane, Marvel made TONY STARK into a mind-controlled killer-puppet of IMMORTUS (or KANG... I forget). Then, we got DC presenting a younger GL (KYLE RAYNOR) and MARVEL trotted out teen-Tony. DC had a good thing with KID ETERNITY, so MARVEL remakes DR STRANGE into a carbon copy (long hair, John Lennon glasses, full body-suit {all black, instead of all-white like Kid Eternity}). BEFORE that, DC had a good run with a humorous DR. FATE, so MARVEL turned DR. STRANGE into a funny book too. Godawful! That's not to say that it doesn't go the other way around. DC riffs off MARVEL all the time. It all just makes zero sense (creatively anyway). But, seeing as how the president is MARVEL trying to riff off of JLA, with the FF back in the early days... I guess it's a usual business practice. ~P~ P-TOR That alien armor was MARVEL’s response to DC giving alien armor to GUY GARDNER : WARRIOR.

The big 2 always pull that weird “I can do what YOU do, but much, much worse” kind of competition.

It’s bizarro one-ups-manship:
(“one-down-manship”?)

Same thing happened with IRON MAN.
When DC made GREEN LANTERN, HAL JORDAN, go bat-shit insane, Marvel made TONY STARK into a mind-controlled killer-puppet of IMMORTUS (or KANG… I forget).
Then, we got DC presenting a younger GL (KYLE RAYNOR) and MARVEL trotted out teen-Tony.

DC had a good thing with KID ETERNITY, so MARVEL remakes DR STRANGE into a carbon copy (long hair, John Lennon glasses, full body-suit {all black, instead of all-white like Kid Eternity}).

BEFORE that, DC had a good run with a humorous DR. FATE, so MARVEL turned DR. STRANGE into a funny book too.
Godawful!

That’s not to say that it doesn’t go the other way around.
DC riffs off MARVEL all the time.
It all just makes zero sense (creatively anyway).

But, seeing as how the president is MARVEL trying to riff off of JLA, with the FF back in the early days… I guess it’s a usual business practice.

~P~
P-TOR

]]> By: Conor E http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-56823 Conor E Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:38:55 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-56823 Gah, that last link... it said art by Fred Haynes, is he to blame for that awful design? Gah, that last link… it said art by Fred Haynes, is he to blame for that awful design?

]]> By: The Mutt http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-56802 The Mutt Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:26:07 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-56802 I'd like to see Rhodey show up in the Iron Man armor and say, "I'm the real Iron Man. Always have been. Stark is a fascist and a fraud who has sullied my good name." I’d like to see Rhodey show up in the Iron Man armor and say, “I’m the real Iron Man. Always have been. Stark is a fascist and a fraud who has sullied my good name.”

]]> By: Ian Astheimer http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-56775 Ian Astheimer Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:39:19 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-56775 I'm pretty sure Rhodey's going to be a major character in and possibly in charge of The Initiative. I’m pretty sure Rhodey’s going to be a major character in and possibly in charge of The Initiative.

]]> By: Ian http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-56765 Ian Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:34:39 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-56765 Rhodey and War Machine have recently appeared in Black Panther. It was kind of an interesting story which basically resulted in a bit of falling out between Rhodey and Tony when Rhodey sided with Black Panther. Rhodey and War Machine have recently appeared in Black Panther. It was kind of an interesting story which basically resulted in a bit of falling out between Rhodey and Tony when Rhodey sided with Black Panther.

]]> By: Dan K http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/comment-page-1/#comment-56742 Dan K Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:28:53 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/02/25/365-reasons-to-love-comics-56/#comment-56742 War Machine is cool (which is probably why KISS wrote a song about him). Given how Iron Man and Reed Richards have been treated during Civil Snore its probably a good thing that Marvel seem to have forgotten about him for the time being. War Machine is cool (which is probably why KISS wrote a song about him). Given how Iron Man and Reed Richards have been treated during Civil Snore its probably a good thing that Marvel seem to have forgotten about him for the time being.

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