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Planet of the Apes 26 (November 1976)
All of the art is bad. takes over the original story. His apes are slightly better than his humans. His many-eyed alien might be the best. There’s a scene where it appears a Viking ship (this story...
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Planet of the Apes 27 (December 1976)
There’s a letter from the editor this issue explaining all the improvements Moench is making in the Battle adaptation are actually from the shooting script and not Moench’s invention. I guess it’s...
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Planet of the Apes 28 (January 1977)
Moench’s conclusion to his Battle adaptation isn’t exactly strong, but it’s better than I expected. The shooting script apparently had some ambiguity and Moench embraces it. As for Virgil Redondo’s...
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Astonishing Tales 7 (August 1971)
If Herb Trimpe spent as much time on his figures as he did on the shading lines, his Ka-Zar story might not have been hideously ugly. It’s actually passable–ambitious at times even–until the dinosaurs...
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Godzilla 1 (August 1977)
Given the goofiness of the seventies Godzilla movies, Herb Trimpe might be the perfect choice for this comic book. I mean, his name’s almost spelled tripe, which is a good description of his artwork....
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Godzilla 2 (September 1977)
Trimpe’s got a shot right between Godzilla’s legs (on the second or third page too!). It feels kind of dirty. Moench goes on to expand on the Marvel 616 version of Godzilla–turns out the ocean floor...
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Godzilla 3 (October 1977)
Tony DeZuniga’s inks help a lot, but even he can’t make what should be an awesome page–Hercules toppling Godzilla–work. Not with that Trimpe perspective. This issue, Moench and Trimpe do let Godzilla...
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 15 (March 1984)
Herb Trimpe and Vince Colletta on art. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen more rectangular, two-dimensional headed people. They actually don’t too bad. They don’t do well, but not too bad....
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 16 (April 1984)
It’s a very fast paced issue from Michelinie. Maybe he knew he had Trimpe and Colleta back on art and didn’t want to make the reader suffer. That explanation is as good as any, especially when one...
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 17 (May 1984)
One could just sit and admire Michelinie’s storytelling economy. Not even the great character work he does on Indy, but just the economy of how he structures the catch-up. He opens in a dangerous...
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 18 (June 1984)
It’s an interesting issue for a number of reasons. It’s a mix of Lost Horizon and Edgar Rice Burroughs with Indy and Marion finding their way to a lost city in the Himalayas. Yeti-like creatures...
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 23 (November 1984)
Herb Trimpe’s writing is far better than his first art issue and his writing isn’t good at all. It’s just not downright bad. The art is bad and incompetent–though I guess Trimpe does try a couple...
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The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 24 (December 1984)
Well, having Danny Bulandi on the finishes certainly helps the Trimpe art. It’s not good and the panels are still boring, but the level of detail is at least adequate. The opening page of Indiana...
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Crime Destroyer 1 (March 2017)
There’s nothing wrong with Crime Destroyer exactly. It’s set in the seventies, about a black Vietnam vet (and POW) turned crime fighter. He’s lost his family and he kills people and he’s a vet, so...
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The Bronze Age Cometh! The Amazing Adventures of Killraven
Amazing Adventures #18-39 Marvel Comics, 20-30 cents, 1973-76 #18-20 Hot on the heels of a fury of fantasy heroes such as Tarzan and Conan the Barbarian, Roy Thomas looked for further ways to expand...
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