tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post652021459695569047..comments2024-03-29T05:15:44.658-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: If You Blinked You Missed...RagmanThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-85736896221993583282012-08-26T21:02:31.696-04:002012-08-26T21:02:31.696-04:00I had this book when I was a kid, when it original...I had this book when I was a kid, when it originally came out. Sadly it's long gone, and I'm looking for the first issue. Anyway, it was a very powerful story. Especially,the roof sequence and the electrocution scene. I instantly remembered the story when I started reading, and the same parts of the story "grabbed me" just like it did back in the day. Still stands up as a powerful story today. Great stuff!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962464518956106665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-981071344545915422012-01-11T18:13:27.769-05:002012-01-11T18:13:27.769-05:00Loved the idea, and look, of Ragman. Imagine what ...Loved the idea, and look, of Ragman. Imagine what Steve Gerber would've done with him...pete doreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004574271734256770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-20439663051328133962012-01-10T15:36:29.189-05:002012-01-10T15:36:29.189-05:00self-correction: girlfriend "Bette"self-correction: girlfriend "Bette"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-63960412594587659012012-01-10T14:30:59.457-05:002012-01-10T14:30:59.457-05:00I bought the whole series on a whim from a comic m...I bought the whole series on a whim from a comic mail order catalogue in 1980 (think I paid a whopping $1.50 for it), and just loved it. Arguably the best title that fell victim to the implosion. And yes, Anonymous above is right: in a lettercol response to a query from a reader, the editors explained the ethnicity of the main characters, and Rory was indeed meant to be of Irish descent.<br />One of my many dream reprint volumes would collect this series plus Ragman's later appearances in Batman Family and B&B.Edo Bosnarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-68025331306968911042012-01-09T19:32:13.098-05:002012-01-09T19:32:13.098-05:00As stated in the lettercol, Rory WAS Irish, but hi...As stated in the lettercol, Rory WAS Irish, but his girlfriend Better was Jewish. I understand that a fifth issue was completed, but vanished in the "DC implosion of '78"---but has been listed in the "Canceled Comic Cavalcade" (whatever that was).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-15266583980276024962012-01-09T15:51:22.630-05:002012-01-09T15:51:22.630-05:00I remember seeing this on the racks when it first ...I remember seeing this on the racks when it first came out, and passing. Then, on a whim, I bought it second hand a few years later, and tried to build the set, but couldn't. I prefer this version to modern day revamp that was deemed to be done to cater to the violence-loving fanboys of the period.<br /><br />I cannot stand the current version with the supernatural bent, that being the souls of past victims are in the cloak Give me a freakin' break.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-43490551544845342182012-01-09T08:20:58.668-05:002012-01-09T08:20:58.668-05:00Wow! What a great way to start my week! Thanks gro...Wow! What a great way to start my week! Thanks groovy one! I loved this series it was indeed way ahead of it's time. The White Tiger in Marvel's Deadly Hands of Kung Fu. <br /><br />It had this same gritty look & feel to it. Indeed like Kojak, Baretta & a 1980 movie the Exterminator. A flame throw carrying ex-Viet Nam vet. Who'd hold a Bar-B-Que for the street trash. Too bad he never teamed up with Charles" Death Wish" Bronson!Today's word: Flame On!Mike Mikulovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426364090992151914noreply@blogger.com