tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post6521339759504845723..comments2023-11-30T02:39:02.047-06:00Comments on Comics Make No Sense: The Hulk is an Insect in It's Gargantuan Hand!!Adam Barnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08573914395859734760noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-60589584782045253362016-03-28T11:10:36.041-05:002016-03-28T11:10:36.041-05:00The Hulk used some pretty big words when he was ca...The Hulk used some pretty big words when he was captured by that huge creature! His I.Q. seemed to vary from year to year in the early days... maw mawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750969504864005256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-15052519902740624362016-03-18T17:26:12.443-05:002016-03-18T17:26:12.443-05:00Thanks for reprinting the lettercol section. I thi...Thanks for reprinting the lettercol section. I think Stan was being pretty honest there: he admitted that they'd tried a lot of things and that nothing seemed to click. There was an essay somewhere that asserted that the sales always went down when Kirby didn't draw the character, which must have signaled to Stan that even with a partner, Pym just didn't "have legs." As it happened, both of them proved much more worthwhile as long-time Avengers characters.<br /><br />I notice that Stan barely reprinted any Giant-Man stories. He may have been embarrassed by the one clear failure of "the Marvel Age of Comics."Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-25557081558248065892016-03-12T15:10:39.476-06:002016-03-12T15:10:39.476-06:00I couldn't stand the Giant-Man character, but ...I couldn't stand the Giant-Man character, but liked the Ant-Man.Scorpiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526303071385085559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1445236716513895247.post-83118326750756607242016-03-11T01:11:20.326-06:002016-03-11T01:11:20.326-06:00I read somewhere that the problem with Giant-Man w...I read somewhere that the problem with Giant-Man was that he was a DC character in a Marvel comic, and I think this is accurate. Similar to the silver age Atom, Hank Pym was a brilliant scientist who built his own super-powers. Other than a mentioned-once-but-never-again deceased wife, he never had any of the angsty personal problems that characterised other Marvel characters and he had no driving impetus to fight crime (and indeed, took several sabbaticals). Lastly, he had a sidekick, which was common among DC characters but practically unknown in Marvel. Possibly the growing ranks of Marvel readers just couldn't connect with Hank and Jan.<br /><br />Namor, on the other hand, could be considered the <i>quintessential</i> Marvel character.George Chambershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837115563034614545noreply@blogger.com