http://docsavage.org/2009/09/mark-golden-address-canon-and-comics/ A Hidalgo Trading Company/ Flearun Production Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://docsavage.org/2009/09/mark-golden-address-canon-and-comics/#comment-1150 John Small Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:15:47 +0000 http://www.docsavage.org/?p=1050#comment-1150 Having now had the opportunity to read some of these new DC Doc stories, I must say that while they are not quite as terrible as I feared they might be, they are still pretty bad - primarily because the writer seems to have only a tenuous idea at best of who Doc and his aides are. Change in fictional characters is inevitable over time - to take Mark's observations a step further, it can be argued that the Doc Savage of Dent's later stories is a far cry from the hero readers were introduced to in "The Man of Bronze" - but to basically IGNORE what has come before, as DC has done here, just seems the wrong way to go. What really irks me about this is that while I have always preferred DC's comics to Marvel's in general, DC just never seems to get Doc right while Marvel's black and white series of the 1970s still stands (in my mind, at least) as the high-water mark in Doc Savage's comic book adventures. Having now had the opportunity to read some of these new DC Doc stories, I must say that while they are not quite as terrible as I feared they might be, they are still pretty bad – primarily because the writer seems to have only a tenuous idea at best of who Doc and his aides are. Change in fictional characters is inevitable over time – to take Mark’s observations a step further, it can be argued that the Doc Savage of Dent’s later stories is a far cry from the hero readers were introduced to in “The Man of Bronze” – but to basically IGNORE what has come before, as DC has done here, just seems the wrong way to go. What really irks me about this is that while I have always preferred DC’s comics to Marvel’s in general, DC just never seems to get Doc right while Marvel’s black and white series of the 1970s still stands (in my mind, at least) as the high-water mark in Doc Savage’s comic book adventures.

]]> http://docsavage.org/2009/09/mark-golden-address-canon-and-comics/#comment-1149 John Contreras Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:17:06 +0000 http://www.docsavage.org/?p=1050#comment-1149 Batman will always be Batman same as Tarzan and Superman.I have read the books ,comics and seen the various serials and movies.Only one thing stood out, that every time the new story teller stayed true to the character.Michael Keaton as Batman?But when I was in that theater everyone cheered when the batplane made the batman symbol with the full moon.When Chris Reeves came out of that telephone booth and Ron Ely raced though the jungle in the new loincloth.Yes there will have to be a revamp such as the DC and Marvel Universes.If I dont like the new Doc Savage..I still have 181 old ones to remember him by.Sincerely,John Contreras Batman will always be Batman same as Tarzan and Superman.I have read the books ,comics and seen the various serials and movies.Only one thing stood out, that every time the new story teller stayed true to the character.Michael Keaton as Batman?But when I was in that theater everyone cheered when the batplane made the batman symbol with the full moon.When Chris Reeves came out of that telephone booth and Ron Ely raced though the jungle in the new loincloth.Yes there will have to be a revamp such as the DC and Marvel Universes.If I dont like the new Doc Savage..I still have 181 old ones to remember him by.Sincerely,John Contreras

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