Comments on: Tales of the Unexpected #5 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Fri, 24 May 2013 23:50:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-46322 James Schee Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:07:39 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-46322 Apparently every gets there wish here according to Bob Wayne

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=102864

“Wayne announced that Azzarello’s Dr. 13 back-up stories from Tales of the Unexpected will be collected into a single volume shortly after the miniseries concludes. ”

So yay I’ll get to see the stories!

]]> By: Filby http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45632 Filby Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:12:19 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45632 A friend of mine suggested that the “four times” were:

1) The introduction of the multiverse with “Flash of Two Worlds”
2) Crisis on Infinite Earths
3) Zero Hour
4) Infinite Crisis

]]> By: newagemilhouse http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45627 newagemilhouse Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:17:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45627 The fourth time is very likely the end of 52.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45585 James Schee Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:39:32 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45585 I hadn’t heard of this book, as I do little more than scan DC solits looking for trade/HC info. (I wish they would do like Marvel and have a separate section for them)

Yet it certainly sounds fun, so I hope it gets a collection of some kind. If not, well I’ll do back issue diving when its all done I guess. (it’ll be in the 50 cent bins I bet)

]]> By: Hal Shipman http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45557 Hal Shipman Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:27:35 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45557 I think this might be an argument for anthology-style books. This is one I’m definitely buying for the back-up, NOT the lead story. I know, I know, they tend not to sell as well overall, but I wonder how I would have gotten my hands on this material otherwise.

]]> By: Loki http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45477 Loki Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:02:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45477 I suspect that the missing fourth time is the original introduction of the whole Earth-1, Earth-2 cosmology.

Alternately, it might have been that Crisis story that Grant Morrison did in Animal Man way back when…

]]> By: Loren http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45455 Loren Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:04:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45455 The Dr. Thirteen backup story has been an absolute delight. I’m with David that I thought the Fourth Universe was a nod to the Fourth World. But, whatever the case, I loved that whole thing where Azarello was being super conscious of old school DC by using “Who’s Who” and the official guide and all that stuff. Oh, how I love Dr. Thirteen. If they had Azarello writing an ongoing Dr. Thirteen series, I would surely buy it.

]]> By: Alan Coil http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45454 Alan Coil Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:59:43 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45454 I agree with Chris G.
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‘ridiculous’ does not use the letter ‘e’.

All it takes is for one person to misspell a word and everybody starts following suit.

(Unless this is one of those ‘interwub’ things like ‘teh’ and ‘pwned’, in which case I should shut up.)

]]> By: Chris G. http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45443 Chris G. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:54:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45443 The fourth is probably the beginning of the Silver Age.

]]> By: Don MacPherson http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45439 Don MacPherson Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:24:05 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45439 I really hope the Dr. 13 story is collected in some format, and not with the remaining Spectre stories from Tales of the Unexpected. I dropped the series after two issues because the Lapham/Battle Spectre stories have been so disappointing, but it kills me to miss out on the Azzarello/Chiang backup.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45438 Johanna Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:23:17 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45438 oooh, yeah, the collection with reprints is a terrific idea. Turns out that prior to this, Genius hadn’t been seen since 1947!

Ed, Genius always asked for dimes … it’s just that that made more sense back then as a fee.

]]> By: Ed Sizemore http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45437 Ed Sizemore Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:17:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45437 Is Genius Jones’s dime fetish suppose to be a reference to the golden age? Comics were a dime back then and he was a golden age creation.

]]> By: David Oakes http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45435 David Oakes Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:14:32 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45435 I saw it as a nod to Kirby’s “Fourth World”.

And if there was ever a DC project that needed the “Collected Mini with reprints of Origins of Characters No One has Heard Of” treatment (Agents of Atlas, I am looking at you), then this is it. Hard cover, rediculously priced, I would still buy it, and thank DC for the privilege.

I want this more than I want Absolute New Frontier. (And not just because you could buy NF without some annoying, thematically different, and shallowly plotted back-up, either. Both sections of Mystery in Space are equally boring to me. But Tales had seriously made me reconsider my stand on the inherent superiority of the anthology…)

]]> By: caleb http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/comment-page-1/#comment-45432 caleb Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:05:33 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/02/19/tales-of-the-unexpected-5/#comment-45432 I’m kinda anxious about this story; I’m HOPING it gets it’s own separate trade. It sounds awesome, but I can’t bring myself to buy the whole comic every month for just the back-up. Will the back-up be enough to fill a trade? If not, I wonder if they can fill it up with reprints of the characters’ origin stories or something…

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