ChicksCosmiComics Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Can the original 1972 cover beat this special reprint's Man, that's horrible and they removed everything that made the original cover special. From a different perspective, the edited removal was in good taste, as the original all too campy cover are filled with old fashioned 1970s sleazy elements, I prefer this one better, a power man logo in place of luke cage would be even more ideal. And this clean looking reprint beats all the old beat up read issues hands down, and pricewise too The sleazy stuff IMO is what made it cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Can the original 1972 cover beat this special reprint's Man, that's horrible and they removed everything that made the original cover special. From a different perspective, the edited removal was in good taste, as the original all too campy cover are filled with old fashioned 1970s sleazy elements, I prefer this one better, a power man logo in place of luke cage would be even more ideal. And this clean looking reprint beats all the old beat up read issues hands down, and pricewise too The sleazy stuff IMO is what made it cool Exactly, and this "super-sanitized" version is insulting to the original creators, and totally robs the character of his identity. Luke Cage (I still wonder what his real name is?) is a street- hood criminal who got framed for selling coke, then became a super-mercenary for hire (based on Shaft) investigating drug dealers, thieves, murderers, pimps and other thugs. How the heck you can attempt to "sanitize" that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Sweet Christmas, that reprint sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jools&jim Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 ...old beat up read issues... The original cover is very much of its time, which is to me at least what makes it desirable. I'm guessing that the only reason it was "cleaned up" is because the reprint was packaged with modern "Luke Cage" action figures, some of which would have been displayed in mass market retail toy aisles frequented by the kiddies, where even comparatively tame (and mostly oblique) visual intimations of booze, gambling, strippers/prostitution, and police brutality may have offended...somebody. Who knows? Anyway, yeah...gimme that "old, beat up read issue" any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveraboundingMint Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. Go for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakman29 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. I just don't seem to understand you at all ! Your logic in just about every thread you have made has been so out to lunch,are you a ten year old kid? or are you just that damn dumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul747 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. I just don't seem to understand you at all ! Your logic in just about every thread you have made has been so out to lunch,are you a ten year old kid? or are you just that damn dumb? reprint ?....? Over the original really ? Oh maybe because it looks new ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveraboundingMint Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. I just don't seem to understand you at all ! Your logic in just about every thread you have made has been so out to lunch,are you a ten year old kid? or are you just that damn dumb? Laughs, who's the ten year old kid, when u can't win by logic,you resort to hurling insults. Sore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmanick Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. I just don't seem to understand you at all ! Your logic in just about every thread you have made has been so out to lunch,are you a ten year old kid? or are you just that damn dumb? Laughs, who's the ten year old kid, when u can't win by logic,you resort to hurling insults. Sore Well to each thier own. I however think the original cover is much better and it gives the cover more of a feel of what luke cage was going up against. The reprint is to plain for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveraboundingMint Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Business agenda aside, I respectfully disagree with the conspired view, the reprinted redux cover is more dignified and more timeless in theme as a superhero 1st issue. Power added to powerman like never before. On the merits of visual appeal, I will take the reprint over the original, cheaper or not. I just don't seem to understand you at all ! Your logic in just about every thread you have made has been so out to lunch,are you a ten year old kid? or are you just that damn dumb? reprint ?....? Over the original really ? Oh maybe because it looks new ? Of course that and reasons aforementioned, and considering that the people doing the comics then did not foresee that the character would become power man by #17. So the edited change in the reprinted cover makes more sense. And there's also the price factor, when ya can get an almost mint reprinted copy at 1/100 of the price of a slabbed 'near mint' (mostly VFs) copy. Those who have unclouded eyes can see for themselves well enough. No need to argue further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Laughs, who's the ten year old kid, when u can't win by logic,you resort to hurling insults. Sore I think I hear your Mommy calling you for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_collector Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 And there's also the price factor, when ya can get an almost mint reprinted copy at 1/100 of the price of a slabbed 'near mint' (mostly VFs) copy. Those who have unclouded eyes can see for themselves well enough. No need to argue further Oh, so you found a stack of these worthless, sanitized reprints in a landfill and were hoping to make a killing selling them here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul747 Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) Seriously ? Can't win? You loose dude this should not even be a discussion. Reprint come on ,do you smell what your shoveling? I think I hear your Mommy calling you for dinner. + 100 Edited April 13, 2014 by paul747 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Besides what you said, "Power Man" is such a generic name – and we already had the Marvel character with the same name. "Hero for Hire" was a great name, and it’s still how I recognize and cherish Luke Cage. Either that or "Luke Cage", in Italy it was simply "Luke" (with the specification "eroe a pagamento", which means "hero for hire" in italian). I have now my copy in hand, as I have scanned it I must remember to post it. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Can the original 1972 cover beat this special reprint's Man, that's horrible and they removed everything that made the original cover special. From a different perspective, the edited removal was in good taste, as the original all too campy cover are filled with old fashioned 1970s sleazy elements, I prefer this one better, a power man logo in place of luke cage would be even more ideal. And this clean looking reprint beats all the old beat up read issues hands down, and pricewise too "Sleazy"? "Campy"? What’s "sleazy"? Just take a look at the cover and you righteously see the historical moment it originated in. By removing the additional artwork they removed an essential part of the narration, and it is also done quite badly graphically speaking: without any adjustment to make it work, and without proper balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Besides this, "campy" to a non-american means very little. And the Village People were "campy", not Luke Cage… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveraboundingMint Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Laughs, who's the ten year old kid, when u can't win by logic,you resort to hurling insults. Sore I think I hear your Mommy calling you for dinner. Watch your manners, son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveraboundingMint Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 And there's also the price factor, when ya can get an almost mint reprinted copy at 1/100 of the price of a slabbed 'near mint' (mostly VFs) copy. Those who have unclouded eyes can see for themselves well enough. No need to argue further Oh, so you found a stack of these worthless, sanitized reprints in a landfill and were hoping to make a killing selling them here? Not selling anything other than the itch to uncloud minds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickycollector Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Plus a real beater Sounds very familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
