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Originally, this week was going to be about a bunch of Marvel books, but Marvel pissed me off recently. They don't deserve free advertising right now. Paying more than full price for less than 22 pages of Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes is definitely not cool. Before I go off on a anger induced tangent not appropriate for this blog, I think I should take my mind off it and talk about something fun and as far from Marvel as possible. So, let's take a dive into the longboxes and see what I can find. I plan on making this a regular thing with just random pulls out of the boxes just to see what comes out.
Practically every person I know around my age has fond memories of a very particular block of television, the "Disney Afternoon." For two hours every weekday, Disney controlled my TV. I would run into the house after school just so I could watch Ducktales, Chip N' Dale Rescue Rangers, and the others. Now when I saw Uncle Scrooge #230 and #236 sitting in a quarter bin, a wave of nostalgia came over me and I added them to the pile of books I was purchasing. Tom Katers of Around Comics once said that adults are the only people that read Uncle Scrooge anymore. Sadly, I bet it is true. They have a lot of great stories of stinginess but they are only read by old people looking for that same nostalgic feeling I had. With so many people asking about what comics are appropriate for young readers, here is some advice. Go find a couple issues of Uncle Scrooge in the quarter bin and give them to the little ones. You won't be sorry.
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3 comments:
While I appreciate the Disney cartoons, my favorite Saturday periods were the "Godzilla Power Hour" and, then, the Spider-man and His Amazing Friends/The Incredible Hulk hour. As far as comics go, I remember horror comics being my favorites, particularly some really scary werewolf stories. I had a few Scrooge McDuck comics, but I have no idea what became of any of these treasures. Lost to the sands of time.
I still love Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. Whenever I see it on the cable guide, I almost always stop and watch.
Yeah, it was kind of like the "Star Trek" of Saturday Morning Cartoons. As many people love it and watch it today, there just wasn't enough viewers at the time to justify more seasons. Really sad, but still good memories.
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