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I want to thank Gary Martin Jr. for supplying me with clip art from Peter Parker Spectacular Spiderman 72. What's
going on here is that there's a toy shop that's being robbed by some
over grown Dr. Octopus wannabe named Olie Osnick. I totally dig how you
can see some G.I.Joe packages as well as the Rom doll. This Spiderman
issue was written by
Bill Mantlo so that pretty much explains the Rom
doll but who knows about the G.I.Joe stuff. Plus there's other panels
that included other sci-fi/comic genres such as one where a tie-fighter
can be clearly scene. I'm sure this was a pretty fun issue to work on
since any number of the production staff probably had a chance to work
in a reference of their favorite toy line. The Spiderman photo you see there was just some random cool thing I found recently. Notice anything about it?
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More Rom likeness appearances were seen at Rick Jone's apartment in the form of a bust sculpture. The clip art presented here courtesy of Gary Martin Jr. again comes from Captain Marvel #1 Volume 3 (2000). Issues 4 and 6 offer views of the statue as well but their not as good as the views seen in the first issue.
Also, it should be noted that Incredible Hulk #467 features a full page of an older Rick Jones in his home in which in the back ground on a shelf a portion of Rom's "helmet" can be seen. It's one of those things where it's kinda cool that's it's there but it's a pretty obscure Rom likeness cameo compared to the other stuff out there that I've featured on this blog.
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Just this past weekend I made some more great discount back issue finds from Bill Mantlo's past career with Marvel. In San Francisco I found issues 1-3 of Sword of the Swashbucklers in oh so rare 3 for $1 boxes. Check out this portion of some fan mail in the letter column of issue 3. Now this dude was one hard core Bill Mantlo back when that name hardly meant anything to me.
And for just a bit over a buck each I also found
The Human Fly 8 and 9 guest starring
El Tigre Blanco! White Tiger just sounds so cool in Espanol doesn't it? The first Puerto Rican super hero (but born in NYC) White Tiger was created by Bill Mantlo and George Perez.
I have that Spectacular Spiderman 72. You are finding great old issues. One of my favorite Spectacular Spiderman's was the one that presented el Tigre Blanco, they kicked each other's ass and then became friends.
ReplyDeletehey Bruce! you're talking about Spectacular Spider Man #9 right? i don't have it but i've seen the cover with El Tigre Blanco on it. in the Human Fly #8 they have a flash back panel of that fight he had with Spiderman so i know what you're talking about.
DeleteThose old issues seem to feature a lot of scenes in toy stores. It's almost like the creators wanted an excuse to feature their favorite toys. ;) These are great finds and I can't wait to add them to my Bill Mantlo collection someday.
ReplyDeletehey off topic for a moment folks, have any of you out there seen Judge Dredd yet? my only criticism about the movie is that i think they should have spent a little bit more time on giving the audience a better over view of the society that existed in Mega City. that is to say just show a little bit more of the culture then just the street level crime and urban blight. i think even if they had taken 5-10 minutes out of the Peach Tree building sequence (called a city block in the movie) to use to setting up this futuristic dystopian world the movie takes place in it would have made the movie even better.
ReplyDeleteSpectacular Spider Man #9, right on:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.samruby.com/SpectacularA/spectacular_spiderman_009.htm
I've seen Dredd and it's ok. I'm not a big expert in this comic.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen it yet, but I want to. Unfortunately, it's looking like I might have to wait for the dvd. But such is life.
ReplyDeleteDavid,
ReplyDeleteI actually DO have this issue of Spectacular Spider-Man.
The ROM "doll" in toy stores is a common thread in comics of that era.
However... do you have the one where the doll was seen in an issue of... SUPERMAN?
That's right.
I'll pull the issue from my longbox and send you the info.
Tomorrow.
heh heh
I gotta hit the hay.
Sorry.
;-)
Oh, and ROM appears in a BUNCH of issues of CAPTAIN MARVEL (or basically ANY place where Peter David got to play with Rick Jones).
ReplyDeleteThere are some other issues you don't have listed here.
I'm sure I can send you info (if Lee doesn't already have them listed on his site - which he probably does).
check your email.
DeleteI loved this post! See what you miss when your comp takes a slow road to deathsville and you not only have to replace it you end up using expensive net cafes to fill your addiction? You miss so much cool stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe spidey photo is the winner for me though. When I settle on a location I want a room in the house to have a black and white 8x10 wall like people do for movie stars, except with comic art, kinda like that wall has there but in frames. Hopefully it will look just as cool!
glad you enjoyed the posting Dan sorry to hear about your computer. yeah i knew i struck gold when i found Spidey photo. just make sure you also have a ROM cover in the mix with your wall paper project.
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