tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post8696539497152097969..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: Steve Gerber: 1947-2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-29683917940658964952008-02-15T00:43:00.000-06:002008-02-15T00:43:00.000-06:00Here are three easy to find and highly accessible ...Here are three easy to find and highly accessible choices:<BR/><BR/><I>Omega the Unknown</I> -- the original "classic" version -- is still available in trade paperback. I say <I>everyone</I> should read this. <BR/><BR/><I>Hard Time: 50 to Life</I> is collected in a single volume. I expect DC will collect the second volume of the series as well. It amazes me that Gerber persuaded DC to publish this at all.<BR/><BR/>A collected edition of <I>Doctor Fate: More Pain Comics</I> was already listed in Amazon for this summer. Dunno if they've made any statement about it being delayed. I'd say that, in combination with the collected <I>Helmet of Fate</I> tie-in miniseries by a bunch of different writers including Gerber, would make some gripping reading.<BR/><BR/>All three of these are dark stories, but they're all among Gerber's most "realistic" (if that's the word I want) and straightforward storytelling.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-50352613374161244732008-02-14T16:12:00.000-06:002008-02-14T16:12:00.000-06:00I'd say Man-Thing, Defenders and Howard the Duck a...I'd say Man-Thing, Defenders and Howard the Duck are start points.<BR/><BR/>The Essential Defenders volumes do a good job showing off Gerber's style... the shift in tone is noticeable.<BR/><BR/>I was reading them recently, and wondering why I was a fan of the Defenders are a plowed through the non-Gerber stuff... when I hit Steve's work, I remembered why Defenders was my favorite comic of the 70s.Jason Langloishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507550527211520786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-62314323154152880952008-02-14T08:45:00.000-06:002008-02-14T08:45:00.000-06:00One measures a circle starting anywhere, Tom.Howar...One measures a circle starting anywhere, Tom.<BR/><BR/>Howard and Man-Thing are givens, but maybe you want to start with something that'll get you good and hooked. Giant-Size Defenders #4. Then read on in the regular title from, oh, somewhere about issue #20 or so.<BR/><BR/>Say, I do believe there's an Essentials of this...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com