Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Feast 2011: "The Ice Age Cometh!" by Englehart, Dillin, and McLaughlin

Welcome back to Groove City's Thanksgiving Feast 2011, Groove-ophiles! Next on our menu is Steve Englehart's post-Avengers JLA debut from Justice League of America #139 (Thanksgiving 1976). Weird that Stainless Steve's legendary run would begin as the second feature in that fateful ish, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere. DC was gung-ho on "Marvel-izing" their heroes, and Mr. Englehart was the man with the plan--but first--and naturally--he had to get a bit of nostalgia off his chest...but not without giving us a few tantalizing glimpses into characterizations yet-to-come! Dig on "The Ice Age Cometh!" with art by (who else?) Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin!

















See ya back here at noon-ish for the main course, Groove-ophiles!
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8 comments:

  1. Gary WareNovember 24, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    I'd buy a trade collection of Englehart's Justice League in a heartbeat.

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  2. Jeff ClemNovember 24, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    Ditto that, Gary! I am a pretty devoted fan of Englehart's and it escapes me why DC has never gathered his run of JLA (#s 139-146, 149 & 150) as a nice bookshelf edition. I suspect it's politics - I think there might still be people in powerful positions at DC who just don't like Steve.

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  3. Jeff ClemNovember 24, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    This particular story was written AFTER Steve had written Justice League of America #140 (which was supposed to be his first issue), much in the same way that his Avengers #105 was written after he had written #106.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    That was a great run.....way too short, though. He really breathed new life into the JLA.

    Darpy

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  5. AnonymousNovember 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Love that bit where "Esteban Corazon" ("Steven Heart") apologizes for making fun of the JLA. That's Englehart apologizing for portraying the Squadron Supreme as a bunch of fascist tools in his Avengers stories.

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  6. DougieNovember 27, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    I had never seen Minister Blizzard before and thought it was the oddest villain name I'd ever heard.

    Love seeing a Dillin Phantom Stranger!

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  7. AnonymousDecember 6, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    merry xmas

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  8. Gary WareJuly 20, 2014 at 11:58 PM

    C'mon.
    Isn't time for more of this series?

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