Marvel definitely did not miss any opportunity with the movie. 2 part comic adaptation, this magazine adaptation, and the novel sized comic adaptation too. They are really cool to own and read. On your other note, the greatest single issue ever is simple in my mind. It's the first one that spawned all the others. I didn't know this offhand, but Google reveals The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck, published in Europe in 1837. The first American one was in 1933 was Funnies on Parade, gathering comic strips.
Someone made it to the easter egg! Awesome! The first one: Funny on Parade. That could be the one. It started it all in North America. Definitely something to consider!
On the topic of the color, it probably looks different because that heavier stock allowed for more than the usual four color process that was used on ordinary newsprint comics of the day. Also if you liked that interview with Milius, I highly recommend you sit down and watch the movie with the commentary he and Arnold did (not sure if its on the new Blu-Rays but I know it was on the first director's cut DVD and the first blu-ray.
Oh! That may be! I'll have to take a closer look at the pages again when I have this one out. And thanks for the tip about the commentary. I haven't checked to see if it's included but I'll take a looksee!
So the single greatest comic....for me im like you, to many things that lead/connect in most/all comics but 1......Punisher The End! Now there are many things for me that make this that one comic. Firstly it is Richard Corben my all time favorite artist. Two its The Punisher, not that im a huge fan of that character but i do enjoy him. 3 it is a very bleak comic that doesn't pull its punches. Its a one shot so that helps. If you've never read that issue i highly recommend it if you are into the Punisher And Fishbone man ive seen them quite a few times over the years. Planet Smashers, Mustard Plug, Real Big Fish, Pie tasters, Specials, .. etc seen many a great Ska band over the years, mostly at Lee's Palace for some reason
Ooh! Another verified viewer to the end of the video! I think we're now well over what I was thinking would make it to here. Good choice! Those are totally valid reasons to think of this one as the number 1. Corben Art is amazing and totally unique. I just picked up a copy of Eerie 77 today because of nothing other than the amazing Corben cover art (which is eerily similar to the theme I'm seeing in issue 97 which is another one I already had). Lee's Palace! Wow! I haven't thought of that place in forever. I remember seeing Moist, and Treble Charger there and I'm sure there was another one but now I'm drawing a complete blank...I think it may have been on the same night as Treble Charger now that I think of it? Those are some amazing shows! I ended up seeing Fishbone at the Warehouse. I was close enough to the stage that a Fishstick flew off the drum kit and I caught it. I still have it on the shelf in the library to this day!
I'm of two minds about the 1982 Marvel Comics Adaptation of the first Conan movie. One, I love John Buscema's art, so I'd pause and perhaps buy this magazine. Two, I really dislike L. Sprague DeCamp. So I tend not to buy anything that he had something to do with.
@@tennesseefats I can see your point. Unfortunately, my dislike for DeCamp blinds me somewhat from enjoying his work. Although, recent evidence suggests that my particular grievance (one of them anyway) with DeCamp's heavy-handed "editing" of the original Howard Conan stories might very well be laid at the feet of his wife, Catherine Crook DeCamp.
I disagree that this is an adaptation of the novelisation. Marvel movie adaptations had to be completed while the movies were shooting (to be available alongside the film releases) so they were adapted from the available screenplays. This is why all of these adaptations (Star Wars, Conan, Close encounters etc etc) all differ from the actual movies themselves. I daresay DeCamp was working from the shooting script as well, hence any similarities to the comic in terms of extra scenes or different dialogue. They're quite different too - Marvel's version is narrated by Conan himself, which was Milius' original intention, whereas DeCamp's version is narrated by an Aquilonian scribe or something. BTW I love the Marvel version but I think DeCamp's version is pretty awful...
It’s a valid point. It may very well be the content that really is so similar between the novelizations and the comic adaptations were because De Camp was working with the team on both. 👍🏼
@@tennesseefats Well I said "fuck it" and decided to watch the video anyway. Is this the same that is featured in one of the omnibuses, or is this another thing? And yeah, I also stick around to the easter egg stuff, always ;)
Hah! Awesome! That's two people that I now know made it to the easter egg stuff! I don't know if this is the one in the omni or not if it's the comic omni it may be the two issue movie adaptation that was in comic format. Not sure on that one. That may require a comparison in and of itself!
Marvel definitely did not miss any opportunity with the movie. 2 part comic adaptation, this magazine adaptation, and the novel sized comic adaptation too. They are really cool to own and read.
On your other note, the greatest single issue ever is simple in my mind. It's the first one that spawned all the others. I didn't know this offhand, but Google reveals The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck, published in Europe in 1837. The first American one was in 1933 was Funnies on Parade, gathering comic strips.
Someone made it to the easter egg! Awesome!
The first one: Funny on Parade. That could be the one. It started it all in North America. Definitely something to consider!
On the topic of the color, it probably looks different because that heavier stock allowed for more than the usual four color process that was used on ordinary newsprint comics of the day.
Also if you liked that interview with Milius, I highly recommend you sit down and watch the movie with the commentary he and Arnold did (not sure if its on the new Blu-Rays but I know it was on the first director's cut DVD and the first blu-ray.
Oh! That may be! I'll have to take a closer look at the pages again when I have this one out.
And thanks for the tip about the commentary. I haven't checked to see if it's included but I'll take a looksee!
So the single greatest comic....for me im like you, to many things that lead/connect in most/all comics but 1......Punisher The End! Now there are many things for me that make this that one comic. Firstly it is Richard Corben my all time favorite artist. Two its The Punisher, not that im a huge fan of that character but i do enjoy him. 3 it is a very bleak comic that doesn't pull its punches. Its a one shot so that helps. If you've never read that issue i highly recommend it if you are into the Punisher
And Fishbone man ive seen them quite a few times over the years. Planet Smashers, Mustard Plug, Real Big Fish, Pie tasters, Specials, .. etc seen many a great Ska band over the years, mostly at Lee's Palace for some reason
Ooh! Another verified viewer to the end of the video! I think we're now well over what I was thinking would make it to here.
Good choice! Those are totally valid reasons to think of this one as the number 1. Corben Art is amazing and totally unique. I just picked up a copy of Eerie 77 today because of nothing other than the amazing Corben cover art (which is eerily similar to the theme I'm seeing in issue 97 which is another one I already had).
Lee's Palace! Wow! I haven't thought of that place in forever. I remember seeing Moist, and Treble Charger there and I'm sure there was another one but now I'm drawing a complete blank...I think it may have been on the same night as Treble Charger now that I think of it?
Those are some amazing shows! I ended up seeing Fishbone at the Warehouse. I was close enough to the stage that a Fishstick flew off the drum kit and I caught it. I still have it on the shelf in the library to this day!
In the U.K that was the Conan annual.You got those at Christmas from your parents.you can pick them up in charity shops.
Oh wow! It was included in an annual. That's cool. Is that like getting a Beano or Dandy Annual at Christmas?
@@tennesseefats Aye,my sister used to get those,don't know anyone who got the Conan one for Christmas though,I found it years later.
Wow! Now that’s a good Christmas annual to find!
I'm of two minds about the 1982 Marvel Comics Adaptation of the first Conan movie. One, I love John Buscema's art, so I'd pause and perhaps buy this magazine. Two, I really dislike L. Sprague DeCamp. So I tend not to buy anything that he had something to do with.
I can see that being a detractor for this one. The essays and interviews were good though so there is that to counter-balance it.
@@tennesseefats I can see your point. Unfortunately, my dislike for DeCamp blinds me somewhat from enjoying his work. Although, recent evidence suggests that my particular grievance (one of them anyway) with DeCamp's heavy-handed "editing" of the original Howard Conan stories might very well be laid at the feet of his wife, Catherine Crook DeCamp.
Hah! I can respect that.
I disagree that this is an adaptation of the novelisation. Marvel movie adaptations had to be completed while the movies were shooting (to be available alongside the film releases) so they were adapted from the available screenplays. This is why all of these adaptations (Star Wars, Conan, Close encounters etc etc) all differ from the actual movies themselves. I daresay DeCamp was working from the shooting script as well, hence any similarities to the comic in terms of extra scenes or different dialogue. They're quite different too - Marvel's version is narrated by Conan himself, which was Milius' original intention, whereas DeCamp's version is narrated by an Aquilonian scribe or something. BTW I love the Marvel version but I think DeCamp's version is pretty awful...
It’s a valid point. It may very well be the content that really is so similar between the novelizations and the comic adaptations were because De Camp was working with the team on both. 👍🏼
Oh this one I'm gonna wait with, it's in one of my omnibuses but I'm gonna read it when I get there ;)
It’s a good call. There isn’t anything earth-shaking in it.
@@tennesseefats Well I said "fuck it" and decided to watch the video anyway. Is this the same that is featured in one of the omnibuses, or is this another thing?
And yeah, I also stick around to the easter egg stuff, always ;)
Hah! Awesome! That's two people that I now know made it to the easter egg stuff!
I don't know if this is the one in the omni or not if it's the comic omni it may be the two issue movie adaptation that was in comic format. Not sure on that one. That may require a comparison in and of itself!
@@tennesseefatsyeah if they are different it requiers a comparison!
I think it is in Savage Sword omni 6?
@Wabin22 I’ll have to crack open my vol 6 and check it!