Comments on: Into the back issue box #41

By: Agent_Torpor

Agent_Torpor — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:59:37 +0000

Kubert adds a touch of well-drawn class to anything he touches. Even when the written material clearly doesn't deserve it...

My heart still sings after seeing Ka-Zar and Zabu huddled together like that....

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:49:11 +0000

I tend to think of the Bruce Jones/Brent Anderson Ka-Zar as THE Ka-Zar, but from what I saw-- #1 to #6 or so-- Waid's and Kubert's was a nice little coda to it. I didn't think that book lasted long enough for them to get replaced.

By: Grico

Grico — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:45:35 +0000

Is the first Marvel Apes tie in? It's ahead of it time. Almost evolved you could say.

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:42:51 +0000

No, it melted, R. J. It didn't flow away, but when he took it out of his eye, it was twisted beyond all hope!

By: R. J. Sterling

R. J. Sterling — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:34:09 +0000

Okay, so the contact lens was damaged but didn't really MELT and flow away?

By: Greg Burgas

Greg Burgas — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:35:03 +0000

Good to know, Omar. Tom: It's nothing really that stunning. I wasn't protesting the unfair practices of the government, for instance. In 1990 Penn State beat Notre Dame in Indiana when the Irish were ranked #1. A year later, at home, they pummelled them. The students (of which I was one) rushed the field at the end of the game, because we hated Notre Dame and were happy to see them go down hard. When we tried to take down the goalposts, the cops tear-gassed us. Or maced us. They claimed in the newspapers that they didn't do one (I can't remember if the official word was that they didn't "mace" us or didn't "tear-gas" us), but whichever they claimed they didn't do, they did the other. I didn't get a lot of it, but it did get in my mouth, and it tasted terrible. My friend, who was a few feet away, got it much worse. His contact lens looked pretty cool, though. I miss college. Good times!

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:59:24 +0000

The HE's exposure to Isotope E in the Quicksilver series of the time had him physically and mentally shooting up and down the evolutionary scale, and he spent a lot of time with a gorilla body and his HE psionic powers as a result.

By: Morten

Morten — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:13:59 +0000

I actully think that wasn't HE, but one of his many creations, who somehow filled in for him or mascarade for him. I can't remember, if it ever was resolved or talked about again.

By: Tom Russell

Tom Russell — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:06:07 +0000

I, too, wonder when the High Evolutionary became an ape. Not that anything's wrong with that-- apes are cool-- it's just a bit odd.

More than that, though, I'm dying to ask about the circumstances under which you were tear-gassed(!).

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:27:30 +0000

Whereas IIIIIIIIIIIIII miss the good ol' days when Val Mayerik drew Ka-Zar for a spell. One of my favorite artists, period.

By: HammerHeart

HammerHeart — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:20:12 +0000

Who doesnâ€™t love Kevin Plunder?

*raises hand*

By: Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:19:23 +0000

You know, I miss the good ol' days when Brent Anderson drew Ka-zar for a spell.

Those were the days.