Last week, in my Wednesday Comics post, I accidentally left off one comic, the issue of Vigilante from April 5, 1984:
Vigilante #8: Wolfman brings his Electrocutioner vigilante over from Batman #331, presumably so he can continue to clarify Vigilante's previously murky stance on where he draws the line regarding killing. We are also treated to a renewed examples of criminals getting off on pesky technicalities like illegal searches as Adrian Chase's friends try to convince him to become a judge. There's the issue of a mysterious microchip that the Controller is after. There's a nice sequence in the beginning where Vigilante is pursued by a guy in a mini-copter that really showcases the talents of Andru/DeCarlo.
In other news perhaps of interest to longterm readers of this blog...
We finally have a solicitation for the Warlord Omnibus. It supposedly only has a price of $75.00, which seems low given the page count (1040 pages).
In any case, it's supposed to include 1st Issue Special #8, Warlord #1-50, and Amazing World of DC Comics #12. For a volume 2 (if there is one) that leaves the non-backup stories from Warlord #52-71 (#51 is a reprint), Warlord Annual #1, Warlord (1992 limited series) #1-6, and Warlord (2009) #1-16 for a total of around 1005 pages in that one, by my count.
4 comments:
It would be extra great if they could pay Mr. Grell (or another inker) to re-ink the issues that Vince Colletta made look worse than they needed to.
That would be nice.
You guys had better take another look at the Grell & Colletta Warlords because those inks were spectacular, better than those of Mike himself. Vinnie added a fantasy aura to the panels, great intricate pen work.
I'm glad that you like it, but I'm not a fan of Colletta on Grell.Grell was his own best inker, IMHO but YMMV. I would have loved to see Grell inked by Terry Austin or Tom Palmer or Dick Giordano, but I don't know that ever happened.
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