Comments on: Comics Should Be Good Top 50 Countdown! – #27

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:29:10 +0000

LOL this was a no brainer.

By: Patrick Joseph

Patrick Joseph — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:28:12 +0000

Didn’t Zot! #27 have the reveal of the pie throwing contest?

Jamie Hernandez wrapped up the 2 parter “In The Valley Of The Polar Bears” with Love & Rockets #27. Gilbert did a couple of short one offs while resting up for his next Luba epic.

American Flagg! started the post-Chaykin run with #27. Weirdo’s final issue was #27.

Yeah, I’ve got nothing. Good call on this one.

By: buttler

buttler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:51:31 +0000

Well, sure, but when I think of 27, I think of ROM #27, where ROM: Spaceknight led Galactus to the Dire Wraiths’ homeworld and said, “C’mon, eat up! Soup’s on, big fella!”

ROM was hardcore.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:46:45 +0000

yeah…this *could* be considered important, i guess.

By: Billy F

Billy F — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:47:56 +0000

@buttler

I just cracked up laughing at that Smiths reference.

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:27:34 +0000

Maxwell Lord must have thought “do you really think Ted’ll pull through? There were times I could have murdered him…”

By: buttler

buttler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:09:22 +0000

Oh, I neglected to mention, the Giffen JLA #27 sadly did not have Amazo like the other JLA #27s did.

It did, however, have Amanda Waller. And Blue Beetle in a coma — I know, I know, it’s serious.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:45:40 +0000

Oh, and for people wanting to read “Case of the Chemical Syndicate” for cheap, but in something approaching the original form, pick up Detective Comics #627, which features the original plus three remakes. Sadly, the one with Aparo art is probably the worst of the bunch.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:40:29 +0000

Heh. No, it didn’t read as a Morrison JLA story… you can tell it’s not him writing it. On the other hand, it’s SO well-written that I’d be tempted to suggest that Waid ghost-wrote it, as it’s similar to the fill-ins he’d done earlier and so much better than you’d expect out of a Millar-on-JLA story.

(Either way, I take it as a sign that telling an Amazo story that lasts seven issues isn’t the best of ideas. McDuffie should take heed. Heck, even Winick understands that.)

By: buttler

buttler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:24:55 +0000

Unless Grant Morrison ghostwrote it, Stephen. As the latest “Urban Legends” post notes, you never can tell.

Interestingly, Amazo also played a part in the original JLA#27 — not as the villain but as a tool of Snapper Carr’s(!!!) yankee ingenuity.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:14:53 +0000

JLA #27 was also a really fun “JLA vs Amazo” story that Millar wrapped up in ONE ISSUE. It’s probably my favorite Millar story (either that or something from Superman Adventures).

I dream that, one day, I’ll be able to roll my copy up and hit Meltzer in the head with it.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:50:44 +0000

Obviously, this one is a no-brainer. But beyond Batman:

DC Comics Presents #27 was the first appearance of Mongul and Warworld

and

Hellblazer #27 was Neil Gaiman’s celebrated ‘Hold Me’

By: buttler

buttler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:31:27 +0000

If Skull the Slayer and Team America (oh, sorry, the Thunderriders) weren’t in it, no sale!

By: Jeff Ryan

Jeff Ryan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:28:53 +0000

Quasar #27 guest stars all of your 1990s Marvel favorites! Sleepwalker! Darkhawk! Deathlok! Moon Knight! And Quasar himself! All in one comic! You’d find them invidiually in the quarter bin, tbut together they have to be worth at least $1.25!

If only Thunderstrike had found a way to be included…

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:16:17 +0000

But what about Quasar#27? Anything big happen there?

This one was such a no-brainer, that before I clicked on it, I was sure Brian was going to have put a Quasar issue in just for a stir.

By: fourthworlder

fourthworlder — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:43:49 +0000

But what about Quasar#27? Anything big happen there?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:13:35 +0000

Oh I guess I presumed that â€œAmazing Fantasy 15â€³ was gonna be #15. It still might go to Deadpool #15

I dunno, do you think people know what happened in that issue?

Maybe I should have a poll on it.

By: buttler

buttler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:05:28 +0000

I dunno, man, this bat guy’s got pretty stiff competition in the first-appearances department, like Captain Triumph in Crack Comics, the Sea Devils in Showcase, Starhawk in Defenders . . . and Doll Man in Feature Comics!

By: Cass

Cass — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:49:32 +0000

Oh I guess I presumed that “Amazing Fantasy 15″ was gonna be #15. It still might go to Deadpool #15

By: Cass

Cass — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:48:09 +0000

Not sure what you mean by “devoted,” I’ve never read Detective 27 (either one tbh) but Marvel did put this out not too long ago

http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/images/amazing_fantasy_v2/015.jpg

Not to mention David Lapham’s ongoing mini and probably a bunch of others I don’t remember.