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Heroes Never Rust #104: A Final Note
Heroes Never Rust #104 by Sean Ironman A Final Note With Marvel 1985 issue six, no reader will be surprised when Toby returns to the real world with the Marvel heroes, and the villains are soon defeated. Does anyone ever expect the heroes to lose in these stories? But just because the inevitable good-triumphing-over-evil occurs,… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #101: 1985 and Villainy
Heroes Never Rust #101 by Sean Ironman 1985: Villainy In Marvel: 1985 issue three, Marvel villains continue to invade the real world. The Hulk was seen in the second issue, but no other Marvel heroes seem to be around, leaving humanity with limited support to fight off the bad guys. While this issue does feature… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #100: Adequacy is Okay
Heroes Never Rust #100 by Sean Ironman 1985: Adequacy is Okay At the end of issue one of Marvel’s 1985, Toby, the protagonist, runs into the Hulk one night in the woods. The second issue picks up from that point, with the Hulk asking Toby if he’s seen the Juggernaut, who is apparently causing trouble.… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #99: 1985
Heroes Never Rust #99 by Sean Ironman 1985 I grew up reading comics, specifically X-Men comics. At first, my father would come home with a bag full of random comics for me, my brother, and my sister. My siblings lost interest over the years, but my interest grew. As a teenager, I would go weekly… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #82: Epilogues: Your Last Shot
Heroes Never Rust #82 by Sean Ironman Epilogues: Your Last Shot The fourth and final issue of Nemesis features a great deal of violence as the police chief eventually overcomes and kills Nemesis. The villain dies with three pages remaining for the comic. These pages fast-forward years after the Nemesis encounter and acts as an… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #81: Personal Taste, or Bad Craft?
Heroes Never Rust #81 by Sean Ironman Personal Taste, or Bad Craft? If it has been unclear in my last two posts, I’ll come right out and say it here—I dislike Nemesis. I think it represents everything wrong with comics in the last ten years. It’s a comic consisting of shock after shock. So many… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #80: Ridiculousness in Fiction
Heroes Never Rust #80 by Sean Ironman Ridiculousness in Fiction As the story speeds along in the second issue of Nemesis, the situations get more and more over the top. That’s not necessarily bad, unless you wanted a different type of story. In the last few decades in comics, there’s been a push toward realism… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #79: Skip the Obvious
Heroes Never Rust #79 by Sean Ironman Skip the Obvious Two weeks ago, I met with an undergraduate student to discuss her thesis, a collection of essays. One of my suggestions for her essay about the sickness and eventual death of her grandfather was to skip the paragraph about how upset she was over his… Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #31: Red Son 1
Heroes Never Rust #31 by Sean Ironman Red Son 1 I’m going to try something different over the next few weeks. I’m going to study one issue per week for a storyline. Perhaps some people may read along. Over the next three weeks, I will take a look at the three-issue miniseries Superman: Red Son.… Continue reading
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