tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post4453275790617437267..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Making a Splash: Claw the UnconqueredThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-15415856805927537692018-01-02T00:54:24.366-05:002018-01-02T00:54:24.366-05:00You did not miss much with Clonan.It was bad from ...You did not miss much with Clonan.It was bad from day one and time, alterations or team ups improve a Conan clone,that is just crapDoc Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255204147754923490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-83905129619974294152016-09-04T10:50:36.063-04:002016-09-04T10:50:36.063-04:00I read these in the 80s after DC revived Claw as a...I read these in the 80s after DC revived Claw as a backup to Warlord. This series never had a chance because it wasn't very well written and each issue was kept to a holding pattern: Claw meets a damsel in distress on the road. He rescues her and they ride into town where some kind of force needs to be vanquished. The woman he saved double crosses him. Claw hits the road again. Not much happening there. <br /><br />The backup story in Warlord (issues 48-9) was quite clever and the best of the bunch. Different writer and artist. Dan_Lufthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096055160420981482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-62794353803570386482016-09-04T04:44:54.252-04:002016-09-04T04:44:54.252-04:00These need to be collected. I've been reading ...These need to be collected. I've been reading some Sword and Sorcery lately and got interested in Claw, which I've only ever read one or two issues of. It was a series I ignored at the time until after Ernie Chua/Chan left it. I love the glimpse of the artwork, he was on top of his game. <br /><br />Rip OffRip Jaggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09936426877024852134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-17090156158148212812016-09-02T19:58:57.967-04:002016-09-02T19:58:57.967-04:00Wow.
And that soul-eater? Marvelously disgusting....Wow.<br /><br />And that soul-eater? Marvelously disgusting. That mag looks to have had some great-looking, inventively styled critters.William Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896164917625191919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-67332511942549620242016-09-02T06:47:39.646-04:002016-09-02T06:47:39.646-04:00It is a bit surprising that Claw never caught on; ...It is a bit surprising that Claw never caught on; a bit before its time? One problem many series from the Groovy Age that did not last was a revolving door among the creative staff, but this was not so for Claw as Michelinie wrote all 12 issues and there were only two artists over the run.<br /><br />I recently reread another DC sword & sorcery comic from that same era: Stalker. It also had a constant team of writer Paul Levitz along with super-star artists Steve Ditko and Wally Wood. Yet it was discontinued after a brief four-issue run. It, too, was pretty good, even if slightly derivative. I cannot help but think that had these two series come out just a couple of years later, when Conan got his first big-screen appearance, then they might have caught on. Thanks for keepin' them alive, Ol' Groove!Keith Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-54083862394355823512016-09-02T06:21:24.054-04:002016-09-02T06:21:24.054-04:00I never read any of this, but judging by these spl...I never read any of this, but judging by these splash pages at least, the art was certainly nice. In that regard at least, I share your puzzlement that this series never caught on. I also see on that the last issue featured both Michelinie and Layton, who would go on to do great things in Iron Man - Layton's inks look fantastic over Giffen's pencils (I'm basing that judgment on the fact that I just looked up the post of that entire issue in your archives).Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.com