tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post7647763236664514098..comments2024-03-10T22:13:11.974-04:00Comments on Marvel Comics of the 1980s: 1989 - John Byrne's Avengers West CoastJason Shayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-41629878961008164062013-12-01T11:00:54.865-05:002013-12-01T11:00:54.865-05:00Really enjoyed this run, was sad to see it get cho...Really enjoyed this run, was sad to see it get chopped so quickly. Ah, well, that's work-for-hire comics for ya.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604189594978198173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-44291757516166381392010-05-09T19:22:35.707-04:002010-05-09T19:22:35.707-04:00There was one run on the Avengers after this I lik...There was one run on the Avengers after this I liked quite a lot- the Bob Harras run in the '90s- but otherwise this was the last run I particularly liked. And I don't object to what Byrne did with Vizh, much as I hated it at the time- that sort of thing is how you inject drama, and it kept me interested. In hindsight it seems very Joss Whedon.Llamastranglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670288207998966766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-61555307655355664942009-11-28T18:38:13.895-05:002009-11-28T18:38:13.895-05:00People should appreciate that there was nothing cr...People should appreciate that there was nothing creative about Byrne's approach to WCA specificially, or his "everything you know is wrong" approach generally. Picking a character's background to falsify and then having other characters react is antithetical to creativity -- it's as creative as throwing buckets of paint on a mural. His "back to basics" approach was pure formula fiction.<br /><br />Re the Vision's origin: I had a discussion with Byrne about that on his topic/forum on AOL back around '93. The only justification he could come up with was his interpretation of a sequence in THE SUB MARINER #4 by Thomas and Severin. As I saw it, his interpretation was seriously flawed.<br /><br />SRSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-62736161854059046602009-11-03T17:35:16.181-05:002009-11-03T17:35:16.181-05:00I was a huge fan of Byrne's work back in the 1...I was a huge fan of Byrne's work back in the 1980's and only read West Coast Avengers because he became involved. I still enjoy this run and while it does have all the earmarks of a typical Byrne run on a title (shake things up, tear apart what the previous team put in place), it was still lots of fun for me as a reader. <br /><br />That said, his sudden departure from the series was very annoying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-54825736367003346712009-11-02T12:54:05.160-05:002009-11-02T12:54:05.160-05:00Agreed. The relaunch under Busiek/Perez was a gold...Agreed. The relaunch under Busiek/Perez was a golden age for the Avengers.Jason Shayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12326506125878276176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9202849355254208824.post-12916309905708356102009-11-02T11:26:34.867-05:002009-11-02T11:26:34.867-05:00Up until the Busiek/Perez relaunch, this was proba...Up until the Busiek/Perez relaunch, this was probably the last era of The Avengers that I really got into.<br /><br />I still bought everything (being the good Avengers fan), but it was never as fun again for a long time.TomO.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08944846588700304555noreply@blogger.com