tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post8432131921257849793..comments2020-12-23T04:13:58.125-05:00Comments on El Jacone's Comic Book Bunker: Characters I Like -- FateLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352646370918575626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post-36430325167068924062007-10-10T23:58:00.000-04:002007-10-10T23:58:00.000-04:00Look here-- I've been collecting comics for so lon...Look here-- I've been collecting comics for so long I don't know when I started. Could be as early as '79, or as late as '83, though I lean toward 1980/81. I was well-aware of Kent Nelson & co. long before Zero Hour.<BR/><BR/>That said, I liked Jared Stevens better, and Zero Hour still didn't make any sense to me. I remembeer reading interviews promoting Zero Hour where Dan Jurgens explained what he planned to do, but what got on the page was dreck. Meanwhile, though I don't know that he should have been called Fate, Stevens was a pretty interesting guy. I recently reread my run of Guy Gardner: Warrior, a character similar to Stevens. "Fate" held up, though I didn't read the title much until after it folded. "Warrior" made me retroactively embarrassed by my former self of 1995. <BR/><BR/>The concept of a fairly visceral and straightforward man of action being placed in the important role of metaphysical Mr. In-Between was swell, as was his supporting cast. Len Kaminsky should have gotten more and better work in his day. Meanwhile, "Book of Fate" showed us an unusually misguided Keith Giffen during his very difficult transition to solo scripting. The only aspect of the first serious he maintained was the great dynamic between Stevens and Alan Scott, and even then he ret-conned Sentinel's grudging respect for the guy back into total contempt. That nonsense with Amethyst was also a poor substitute for the Inclave, which was sorta/kinda followed-up with the Sentinels of Magic and Shadowpact.<BR/><BR/>Point being, even a curmudgeon like myself can look past the surface inanities to see Jared Stevens was a good character in his first series. I also see the as-yet unrealized potential in Bane and Doomsday, but that's another blog...Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3741435186739357719.post-15383588338176330712007-06-26T12:51:00.000-04:002007-06-26T12:51:00.000-04:00Hi, my name is Adama (All: "hi Adama") and I like ...Hi, my name is Adama (All: "hi Adama") and I like Fate too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com