Comments on: A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 305

By: Treasure Hunters Roadshow

Treasure Hunters Roadshow — Mon, 23 May 2011 04:46:24 +0000

First off I would like to say fantastic blog! I had a quick question in which I’d like to ask if you don’t mind. I was interested to know how you center yourself and clear your head before writing. I have had trouble clearing my thoughts in getting my thoughts out. I truly do take pleasure in writing but it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are lost just trying to figure out how to begin. Any ideas or hints? Cheers!

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:24 +0000

Doesn’t quite work for me. It’s ok, but nothing special.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:30:47 +0000

Simply awesome, I understand why they cut it from the movie, but its absence is sorely felt.

By: benday-dot

benday-dot — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:05:18 +0000

100% magnificent. And the sublime NF moments continue…

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:14:15 +0000

@Paul1963; Remember, George Foreman became world heavyweight champion in 1994, at the age of 45, so it’s not impossible. Especially since this is Wildcat we’re talking about!

By: Roman

Roman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:35:49 +0000

Boxing is such an awesome sport. Too bad every major boxer nowadays is the antithesis of such class acts like Foreman, Frazier, and Ali (well, maybe Ali wasn’t as classy per se, but he was extremely smart and funny and just an interesting person all around).

By: R_M

R_M — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:34:27 +0000

Magnificent! Simply magnificent!

By: Paul1963

Paul1963 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:13:22 +0000

I always wonder about stories that show Ted Grant still putting people away later and later in life. In continuity, this is a guy who was on track to be heavyweight champion of the world in 1942. Setting aside the “nine-lives” thing Grant Morrison gave him, that means he’s in his late 30s or maybe even 40 here when he’s fighting 18-year-old Clay.
And that’s ignoring the fact that he’s still around today, running a gym and sparring with guys who are anywhere from 30 to 60 years younger than he is…

By: Dalarsco

Dalarsco — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:19:23 +0000

@Rohan: I’d go so far as to say the entire point was “Look how kickass Wildcat is! He can even beat Muhammad FREAKIN’ Ali!”

By: Ted Kord

Ted Kord — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:42:14 +0000

ONE PUNCH!!

By: Coralskipper

Coralskipper — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:56:35 +0000

As a boxing fan, this is one of my single favorite moments in comics. That said, my one complaint is that I have trouble believing that Ali, Clay at the time, would go down that easily. What set Ali apart from others was the fact that he was stupidly stubborn, and had a chin that was second to none. Both Liston and Foreman were supposed to kill Ali, and with Foreman that is not an exageration as there were legitimate fears about his life going into the Rumble in the Jungle.

All that said, this was a young Ali, so I guess I can forgive it.

By: chad

chad — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:38:50 +0000

loved this scene in the whole book for wild cat proved he may not be a young pup in the sport but never count an old dog out as he managed to pull it off. too bad the animated version realy was hard to do the story justice with scenes like this

By: Luke J.

Luke J. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:11:35 +0000

YES.

This is one of my absolute favorite scenes in this, possibly any comic. In New Frontier, it’s second only to the climax of the Losers story.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:07:20 +0000

This is one of the best scenes in one of the best DC comics of all time, but one thing sits uneasily with me every time I read it (of course it does – I wouldn’t be a comics fan on the internet otherwise). In a story that spends a fair amount of time on the civil rights struggles of the ’60s, it just seems weird to have the unbeatable Cassius Clay lose to an old white guy.

On the other hand, it’s a neat way of establishing what a badass Ted Grant is; I’m certain a class act like Cooke never intended the scene to be any sort of knock on Ali; and, man, it’s just an amazingly well done sequence in a brilliant comic.

By: kanak

kanak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:16:02 +0000

saw this movee on hbo last night but they cut this scene
btw freaking awsome