tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post5011362122280866656..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Marvel-ous Monday: "Crime and Circuses" by Isabella, Mantlo, Wilson, and KidaThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-6962301145673741142017-09-20T13:46:12.357-04:002017-09-20T13:46:12.357-04:00This is one of those comic books that makes you re...This is one of those comic books that makes you realize just how thinly the talent was spread at Marvel in the mid-1970s. You had the really great stuff, the "noble experiments," and then you had too many like this, that seemed to just be taking up space on the spinner rack.Gern Blanstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-13812198838054805212017-09-19T17:14:28.494-04:002017-09-19T17:14:28.494-04:00I understand that Marvel had a need for talent as ...I understand that Marvel had a need for talent as they rapidly expanded in the 70s. And golden agers were given work out of a sense of loyalty. But Fred Kida's flat inks added nothing to the stories he embellished. keythd23https://www.blogger.com/profile/00690368680707726203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-6149049144922460572017-09-18T14:25:17.150-04:002017-09-18T14:25:17.150-04:00It's taken about 40 years but at last I've...It's taken about 40 years but at last I've seen the only appearance of Black Goliath I'd missed!Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.com