Comments on: Nostalgia November Day 25 — E-Man #7 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/25/nostalgia-november-day-25-e-man-7/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Warner http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/25/nostalgia-november-day-25-e-man-7/comment-page-1/#comment-754575 Mary Warner Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:09:23 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=36057#comment-754575 I used to have an issue of E-Man years ago, when it was from Charlton (I guess. Actually, the cover said 'Modern Comics', but on the letter page, writers referred to it as a Charlton comic. Does anyone know what 'Modern Comics' was? Was it Charlton under a new name just before they folded, or was it Charlton reprints, or did the name reflect the distributor, as with Whitman? I had a few other Modern titles back then, but I don't remember what they were.) I thought it was a very strange book. The story was a parody of Lil Abner, believe it or not. And it had a back-up Rog 2000 story by John Byrne, which was kind of strange, too, but I don't remember much about it. I used to have an issue of E-Man years ago, when it was from Charlton (I guess. Actually, the cover said ‘Modern Comics’, but on the letter page, writers referred to it as a Charlton comic. Does anyone know what ‘Modern Comics’ was? Was it Charlton under a new name just before they folded, or was it Charlton reprints, or did the name reflect the distributor, as with Whitman? I had a few other Modern titles back then, but I don’t remember what they were.)
I thought it was a very strange book. The story was a parody of Lil Abner, believe it or not. And it had a back-up Rog 2000 story by John Byrne, which was kind of strange, too, but I don’t remember much about it.

]]> By: Chad Nevett http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/25/nostalgia-november-day-25-e-man-7/comment-page-1/#comment-754535 Chad Nevett Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:05:05 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=36057#comment-754535 Nostalgia November Fun Fact: The same month <i>E-Man</i> #7 came out... so did <i>American Flagg</i> #1. While Lil Chad didn't buy this comic when it came out (since he was only, like, eight months old, I kind of wish he'd gotten that other First Comic instead... that would have been sweet. Nostalgia November Fun Fact: The same month E-Man #7 came out… so did American Flagg #1. While Lil Chad didn’t buy this comic when it came out (since he was only, like, eight months old, I kind of wish he’d gotten that other First Comic instead… that would have been sweet.

]]> By: Edo Bosnar http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/25/nostalgia-november-day-25-e-man-7/comment-page-1/#comment-754509 Edo Bosnar Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:02:54 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=36057#comment-754509 None of the later incarnations caught the magic of the original ten-issue Charlton run done by Staton with Nicola Cuti writing the scripts - it was basically a light-hearted straight-up satire of the superhero genre. The problem with the First series, especially in the issues scripted by Pasko, is that the light-hearted fun all too often got replaced with heavy-handed satire. None of the later incarnations caught the magic of the original ten-issue Charlton run done by Staton with Nicola Cuti writing the scripts – it was basically a light-hearted straight-up satire of the superhero genre. The problem with the First series, especially in the issues scripted by Pasko, is that the light-hearted fun all too often got replaced with heavy-handed satire.

]]> By: Doug M. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/25/nostalgia-november-day-25-e-man-7/comment-page-1/#comment-754503 Doug M. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:01:09 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=36057#comment-754503 Great Joe Staton art, so-so Marty Pasko scripts: that's pretty much E-Man in a nutshell. It also suffered (as you say) from blurriness of concept -- Plastic Man in a Superman role didn't really work. It' was a mildly interesting part of comics early-80s Cambrian Explosion, but it's not really surprising that no one has ever tried to revive it. Gantry Babbitt, BTW, is from two Sinclair Lewis characters -- Elmer Gantry and Babbitt. Doug M. Great Joe Staton art, so-so Marty Pasko scripts: that’s pretty much E-Man in a nutshell. It also suffered (as you say) from blurriness of concept — Plastic Man in a Superman role didn’t really work. It’ was a mildly interesting part of comics early-80s Cambrian Explosion, but it’s not really surprising that no one has ever tried to revive it.

Gantry Babbitt, BTW, is from two Sinclair Lewis characters — Elmer Gantry and Babbitt.

Doug M.

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