Where have I been??? Fear not, intrepid readers, I have not abandoned this project, though it has been stuck on Marvel Spotlight no. 7 for the last month (yipes!). Today I bring you some favorite panels from that issue and tomorrow we will continue with the saga where we've left off.
The first fun image from this issue (and these early issues are rife with really ridiculous comickery), is Ghost Rider napping in the graveyard from the 1st page. First, it's just classic Ploog work: moody and oh so intense! And then there's just the absurdity of 1.) Ghost Rider getting tired, and 2.) Sleeping in a graveyard in general. Too funny.
The second image I had to share is of Curly stuffing Roxanne into the ACE drum to transport her to be sacrificed.
The first fun image from this issue (and these early issues are rife with really ridiculous comickery), is Ghost Rider napping in the graveyard from the 1st page. First, it's just classic Ploog work: moody and oh so intense! And then there's just the absurdity of 1.) Ghost Rider getting tired, and 2.) Sleeping in a graveyard in general. Too funny.
The second image I had to share is of Curly stuffing Roxanne into the ACE drum to transport her to be sacrificed.
The casual abuse of women in comic books is amazing from a 21st century perspective, but I probably wouldn't have thought anything of it back then (in fact, I don't think I did when I originally read this book).
Roxanne is doomed to the role of damsel-in-distress by Friedrich's pen. By the time other writers get a crack at her, she's already so entrenched as a helpless female that it's nearly impossible to make use of her in any reasonable way. This is about par for the course for Marvel women of this era, unfortunately. With very few exceptions, most of them are merely subplots and romantic side distractions wrecking any peace of mind a given title's hero may long for.
And this not-quite-diatribe on sexism in the comic industry is brought to you by the number 2 (see sacrificial Roxanne below from page 4, complete with aforementioned sponsorship paint!).
Roxanne is doomed to the role of damsel-in-distress by Friedrich's pen. By the time other writers get a crack at her, she's already so entrenched as a helpless female that it's nearly impossible to make use of her in any reasonable way. This is about par for the course for Marvel women of this era, unfortunately. With very few exceptions, most of them are merely subplots and romantic side distractions wrecking any peace of mind a given title's hero may long for.
And this not-quite-diatribe on sexism in the comic industry is brought to you by the number 2 (see sacrificial Roxanne below from page 4, complete with aforementioned sponsorship paint!).