#tales to astonish 27

[smbhax]

From "The Man in the Ant Hill!" in Tales to Astonish #27, January 1962. Stan Lee plot, Larry Lieber script, Jack Kirby pencils, Dick Ayers inks, Stan Goldberg colors, Artie Simek letters.

[brw]

do you have any reccs for antman and wasp comics? seeing you post abt them has made me interested in getting into their stuff :)

Hi anon! I'm really glad you got interested in them via my posts! I'm going to focus on Hank and Janet together as a specific duo with a certain branding, theme and vibe, rather than them as separate characters, or even as a specific timeline on their relationship, but if you want something more like those then let me know and I can write something out!

Tales to Astonish #27 is the debut of Hank Pym, with #35 being the first official appearance of Ant-Man and Janet debuting in #44. If you like 60s comics and themeing, and are endeared to the LeeKirby style, start here. You can basically read this series consistently from these issues on to #52, or #70 if you don't mind the A-stories featuring the Hulk. If 60s comics aren't your speed though...

Avengers Origins: Ant-Man and the Wasp. A single issue retelling of their origin, which is a perfect modern jumping off point if you aren't up for the original comic run.

I won't recommend too many Avengers issues because there's a lot of moments interspersed in the original run, but Hank and Jan are in #1-#16, and return in #26 and appear pretty consistently from there. They're married in #59-#60, which is a weird arc I have a lot of thoughts on, but there you are.

Marvel Team-Up #59-#60 is a team-up series with Spider-Man which is weird but fun, which to my knowledge is the only time Claremont has ever written Janet and he immediately tries to give her more powers which I find funny.

Marvel Feature #4-#11. A series that attempted to recreate the vibe of Tales to Astonish and reestablish Hank and Jan as solo series that didn't quite pan out, but I find it a very endearing little series. They have a dog!

Tales to Astonish V3 is a strangely endearing series post their divorce, which I have a lot of affection for. It is really weird, though.

Ant-Man's Big Christmas probably isn't strictly canon but it's probably my favourite Hank and Jan issue ever, I reread it every Christmas because it's just so fun and sweet.

Avengers Fairy Tales #2 is an AU but I think it's cute, so I'm rec'ing it as a little extra thing you may have fun reading.

Aaaaand you can probably read the Busiek run of Avengers (volume 3), which is #1-#56 of the run. Hank and Jan are sharing space with a lot of other characters (Wanda is really the driving force of this run, if you're asking me), but Janet and Hank get their own arcs throughout so if you're jonesing for a longer run, this is it.

Hope this is what you're looking for! Let me know how the reading goes :333

[wanderingmind867]

This is my Marvel Comics reading order. Since I wrote this one long before I wrote my DC one, it's a lot simpler and more compact. I mostly just stick to Marvel Masterworks here. I feel like I probably should change it, to update it to be more like the DC list I made, but frankly, I don't know how I could do that. The most I kind of want to do is add some modern humour comics. But the list as a whole feels pretty good. I definitely could stand to add more characters, but I don't know if i'm prepared to spend more time making long-winded, frivolous reading lists. sigh...

The Fantastic Four:

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 1 (Fantastic Four #1-10) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 2 (Fantastic Four #11-20 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 3 (Fantastic Four #21-30) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 4 (Fantastic Four #31-40 and annual #2) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 5 (Fantastic Four #41-50 and annual #3) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 6 (Fantastic Four #51-60 and annual #4) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 7 (Fantastic Four #61-71 and annual #5) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 8 (Fantastic Four #72-81 and annual #6) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 9 (Fantastic Four #82-93) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 10 (Fantastic Four #94-104 and Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 11 (Fantastic Four #105-116)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 12 (Fantastic Four #117-128)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 13 (Fantastic Four #129-141)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 14 (Fantastic Four #142-150, Giant-Size Super-Stars #1, Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2 and The Avengers #127)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 15 (Fantastic Four #151-163 and Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3-4)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 16 (Fantastic Four #164-175, annual #11, Marvel Two-In-One #20 and annual #1)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 17 (Fantastic Four #176-191)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 18 (Fantastic Four #192-203 and annual #12-13)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 19 (Fantastic Four #204-218 and annual #14)

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vol. 20 (Fantastic Four #219-231 and annual #15)

The Human Torch:

Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch Vol. 1 (Strange tales #101-117 and annual #2)

Marvel Masterworks: The Human Torch Vol. 2 (Strange Tales #118-134)

Ant-Man/Giant-Man:

Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man Vol. 1 (Tales to Astonish #27 and #35-52) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Ant-Man/Giant-Man Vol. 2 (Tales to Astonish #53-69)

Iron Man:

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 1 (Tales of Suspense #39-50) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2 (Tales of Suspense #51-65) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 (Tales of Suspense #66-83 and Tales to Astonish #82) ✓

Marvel Masterworks The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 4 (Tales of Suspense #84-99, Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 and Iron Man #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 5 (Iron Man #2-13)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 6 (Iron Man #14-25)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 7 (Iron Man #26-38 and Daredevil #73)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 8 (Iron Man #39-53)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 9 (Iron Man #54-67)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 10 (Iron Man #68-81)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 11 (Iron Man #82-94 and annual #3-4)

Marvel Masterworks: The Invincible Iron Man Vol. 12 (Iron Man #95-112)

Thor:

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 1 (Journey Into Mystery #83-100) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 2 (Journey into Mystery #101-110) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 3 (Journey into Mystery #111-120 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 4 (Journey Into Mystery #121-125 and Thor #126-130) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 5 (Thor #131-140 and annual #2) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 6 (Thor #141-152) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: the Mighty Thor Vol. 7 (Thor #153-162) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 8 (Thor #163-172)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 9 (Thor #173-183)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 10 (Thor #184-194)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 11 (Thor #195-205)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 12 (Thor #206-216)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 13 (Thor #217-228 and Marvel Treasury Edition #3)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 14 (Thor #229-241 and Marvel Premiere #26)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 15 (Thor #242-254, annual #5 and Marvel Spotlight #30)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 16 (Thor #255-266 and annual #6)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 17 (Thor #267-278 and Marvel Preview #10)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 18 (Thor #279-290 and annual #7-8)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 19 (Thor #291-302)

Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Vol. 20 (Thor #303-314 and annual #9)

The Avengers:

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 1 (The Avengers #1-10) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 2 (The Avengers #11-20) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 3 (The Avengers #21-30) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 4 (The Avengers #31-40) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 5 (The Avengers #41-50 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 6 (The Avengers #51-58, annual #2 and X-Men #45) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 7 (The Avengers #59-68 and Marvel Super-Heroes #17) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 8 (The Avengers #69-79) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 9 (The Avengers #80-88 and The Incredible Hulk #140) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 10 (The Avengers #89-100) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 11 (The Avengers #101-111 and Daredevil #99) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 12 (The Avengers #112-119 and Defenders #9-11) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 13 (The Avengers #120-128, Giant-Size Avengers #1, Captain Marvel #33 and Fantastic Four #150):✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 14 (The Avengers #129-135 and Giant-Size Avengers #2-4) ✓

Part of Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vol. 15 (The Avengers #136-141) ✓

The X-Men:

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 1 (The X-Men #1-10) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 2 (The X-Men #11-21) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 3 (The X-Men #22-31) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 4 (The X-Men #32-42) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 5 (The X-Men #43-53, The Avengers #53 and selections from Ka-Zar #2-3 and Marvel Tales #30) ✓

Part of Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vol. 6 (The X-Men #54-58) ✓

Daredevil:

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 1 (Daredevil #1-11) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 2 (Daredevil #12-21) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 3 (Daredevil #22-32 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 4 (Daredevil #33-41 and Fantastic Four #73) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 5 (Daredevil #42-53 and a story from Not Brand Echh #4) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 6 (Daredevil #54-63) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 7 (Daredevil #64-74 and Iron Man #35-36) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 8 (Daredevil #75-84 and Amazing Adventures #1-8) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 9 (Daredevil #85-96) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 10 (Daredevil #97-107 and The Avengers #111) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 11 (Daredevil #108-119 and Marvel Two-In-One #3) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 12 (Daredevil #120-132)

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vol. 13 (Daredevil #133-143, annual #4, Ghost Rider #19-20 and Marvel Premiere #39-40)

Captain Marvel:

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13 and Captain Marvel #1-9) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 2 (Captain Marvel #10-21) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 3 (Captain Marvel #22-33 and Iron Man #55) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 4 (Captain Marvel #34-46)

Part of Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 5 (Captain Marvel #47-56)

Ka-Zar:

Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar Vol. 1 (Marvel Super-Heroes #19, Astonishing Tales #1-16 and Savage Tales #1)

Marvel Masterworks: Ka-Zar Vol. 2 (Astonishing Tales #17-20, Ka-Zar #1-5, Shanna the She-Devil #1-5 and Daredevil #110-112)

Nick Fury:

Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D Vol. 1 (Strange Tales #135-153, Tales of Suspense #78 and Fantastic Four #21)

Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vol. 2 (Strange Tales #154-168 and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D #1-3)

Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D Vol. 3 (Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D #4-15, The Avengers #71 and Marvel Spotlight #31)

Doctor Strange:

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 1 (Strange Tales #110-111, #114-141 and Amazing Spider-Man annual #2) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 2 (Strange Tales #142-168) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 3 (Doctor Strange #169-179 and The Avengers #61) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 4 (Doctor Strange #180-183, Sub-Mariner #22, The Incredible Hulk #126, Marvel Feature #1 and Marvel Premiere #3-8) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 5 (Marvel Premiere #9-14 and Doctor Strange #1-9) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 6 (Doctor Strange #10-22, annual #1 and Tomb of Dracula #44) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vol. 7 (Doctor Strange #23-37)

The Incredible Hulk:

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 1 (Incredible Hulk #1-6) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 2 (Tales to Astonish #59-79) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 3 (Tales to Astonish #80-101 and The Incredible Hulk #102) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 4 (The Incredible Hulk #103-110 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Incredible Hulk Vol. 5 (The Incredible Hulk #111-121) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Incredible Hulk Vol. 6 (The Incredible Hulk #122-134)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 7 (The incredible Hulk #135-144, The Avengers #88 and Marvel Super-Heroes #16)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 8 (The Incredible Hulk #145-156)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 9 (The Incredible Hulk #157-170)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 10 (The Incredible Hulk #171-183)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 11 (The Incredible Hulk #184-196)

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vol. 12 (The Incredible Hulk #197-209 and annual #5)

The Sub-Mariner:

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 1 (Tales to Astonish #70-87, Marvel Comics #1 and Daredevil #7) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 2 (Tales to Astonish #88-101, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 and Sub-Mariner #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 3 (Sub-Mariner #2-13) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 4 (Sub-Mariner #14-25)

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 5 (Sub-Mariner #26-38 and Ka-Zar #1)

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 6 (Sub-Mariner #39-49 and Daredevil #77)

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 7 (Sub-Mariner #50-60)

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vol. 8 (Sub-Mariner #61-72 and Marvel Spotlight #27)

The Silver Surfer:

Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer Vol. 1 (Silver Surfer #1-6 and selections from Fantastic Four annual #5 and Not Brand Echh #13) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer Vol. 2 (Silver Surfer #7-18) ✓

The Defenders:

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 1 (Sub-Mariner #35-36, Marvel Feature #1-3 and The Defenders #1-6) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 2 (The Defenders #7-16, Giant-Size Defenders #1, and The Avengers #115-118) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 3 (The Defenders #17-21, Giant-Size Defenders #2-4 and Marvel Two-In-One #6-7) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 4 (The Defenders #22-30, Giant-Size Defenders #5 and Marvel Super-Heroes #18) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 5 (The Defenders #31-41, Marvel Treasury Edition #12 and annual #1) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 6 (The Defenders #42-57)

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vol. 7 (The Defenders #58-75)

Luke Cage:

Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire Vol. 1 (Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1-16) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Power Man Vol. 2 (Luke Cage, Power Man #17-31) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Luke Cage, Power Man Vol. 3 (Luke Cage, Power Man #32-47 and annual #1)

Iron Fist:

Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist Vol. 1 (Marvel Premiere #15-25 and Iron Fist #1-2) ✓

Part of Marvel Masterworks: Iron Fist Vol. 2 (Iron Fist #3-8) ✓

Werewolf by Night:

Marvel Masterworks: Werewolf by Night Vol. 1 (Marvel Spotlight #2-4, Werewolf by Night #1-8 and Marvel Team-Up #12)

Marvel Masterworks: Werewolf by Night Vol. 2 (Werewolf by Night #9-21, Tomb of Dracula #18 and Giant-Size Creatures #1)

Marvel Masterworks: Werewolf by Night Vol. 3 (Werewolf by Night #22-30 and Giant-Size Werewolf #2-5)

Daimon Hellstrom/Son of Satan:

Son of Satan Classic Vol. 1 (Ghost Rider #1-2, Marvel Spotlight #12-24, Marvel Team-Up #32, Son of Satan #1-8 and Marvel Two-In-One #14) ✓

The Inhumans:

Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans Vol. 1 (Thor #146-152, Marvel Super-Heroes #15, Amazing Adventures #1-10 and The Avengers #95) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans Vol. 2 (The Inhumans #1-12, Captain Marvel #52-53 and Fantastic Four annual #12)

The Champions:

Marvel Masterworks: The Champions Vol. 1 (The Champions #1-17, Iron Man annual #4, The Avengers #163, Super-Villian Team-Up #14, Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18 and The Incredible Hulk annual #7)

Black Panther:

Marvel Masterworks: Black Panther Vol. 1 (Jungle Action #6-24)

Howard the Duck:

Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck Vol. 1 (Howard the Duck #1-14, Gisnt-Size Man-Thing #4-5 and Marvel Treasury Edition #12) ✓

Marvel Masterworks: Howard the Duck Vol. 2 (Howard the Duck #15-31 and annual #1) ✓

Misc:

Marvel Masterworks: Not Brand Echh Vol. 1 (Not Brand Echh #1-13) ✓

[pertinax--loculos]

Books Read in 2024 (so far)

(Looking at my Goodreads, where I've been keeping track of this, I apparently only started keeping track in March? But I guess that's fair, there's a chance I didn't read anything before that. So let's go with that. ^_^)

The Foxhole Court, Nora Sakavic

The Raven King, Nora Sakavic

The King's Men, Nora Sakavic

-> These kicked off my reading binge for the year. Also, how have I never read them before? Because my god. Instant favourites. Don't talk to me.

Like Real People Do, E.L. Massey

-> My attempt to recapture the All for the Game vibes. It failed. The book was okay, though.

John Dies at the End, Jason Pargin

This Book is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It, Jason Pargin

What The Hell Did I Just Read, Jason Pargin

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, Jason Pargin

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, Jason Pargin

Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick, Jason Pargin

Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia, Jason Pargin

-> Some of these are technically rereads; JDatE, Spiders, and the first Zoey book. Regardless, Pargin is an insta-buy for me.

Leech, Hiron Ennes

-> Tumblr recommendation off a random post. Very good.

American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

-> I enjoyed this. If you can say that about this book. Taking it as what it is, I thought it was very well done.

Dead Girls Don't Say Sorry, Alex Ritany

-> Go check out @aritany if you haven't already! Wonderful human, incredible writer, new book coming out soon!

Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One, Jack Townsend

-> Trying to recapture some of Pargin's bizarre humour. Pretty similar, and I did enjoy it, but I was starting to move away from that vibe, and to be honest this just wasn't as good as Pargin.

Maze-Born Trouble, Ginn Hale

-> My only complaint with this book is it was too fucking short. 😠 Astonishing worldbuilding and a very rich story for what amounts to a novella. Love.

Altered Carbon, Richard K. Morgan

-> Following on from the scifi of Pargin's Zoey series and Maze-Born Trouble. This was good. I doubt I'll read more in the series because from the blurbs they're quite disparate, but holy hell the world that was built was incredible.

Mystic River, Dennis Lehane

-> Complicated reason why I read this that actually has to do with OOC. Also technically a reread, from a while ago. Love Lehane, though, and this as a standalone is very good. Has some examples of omniscient POV that I would almost classify as head-hopping that actually works, and as a thriller, so an interesting read for a writer as well.

Educated, Tara Westover

-> The beginning of my brief nonfiction binge.

I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jenette McCurdy

-> Because, obviously.

Eggshell Skull, Bri Lee

-> Highly HIGHLY recommended. Some heavy stuff regarding sex offences and the legal system, and quite centred in Australia, but a brilliant nonfiction read.

The Sunshine Court, Nora Sakavic

The Foxhole Court, Nora Sakavic

The Raven King, Nora Sakavic

The King's Men, Nora Sakavic

-> Why yes, I did see that The Sunshine Court had been released and immediately read it, then immediately reread All for the Game, because what the fuck else was I gonna do? Not reread it? C'mon.

Icebreaker, A.L. Graziadei

-> Note the author there, cuz I know there's another book by the same title. This one was excellent. Still not the AftG vibes I was seeking, but closest I've found reading something immediately after finishing that series.

The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley

-> I know everyone's talking about it. Read it anyway.

Summer Sons, Lee Mandelo

-> currently reading. Currently loving.

...and that's 27 so far this year -- 23 if you don't count rereading books I read for the first time this year. 0.o Still, not a bad effort!

If you'd like more info or just wanna chat about any of this books, feel free to hit me up. Also if you've got this far without being intimidated by my awful formatting choices, congrats! And thankyou. ^_^

[eternal-echoes]

“According to the National Transgender Discrimination Survey, the suicide rate for those who identify as trans or nonconforming is an astonishing 41 percent.(12) Although some researchers question the accuracy of this statistic, and others have pointed out that the suicide rate of gender dysphoric patients is comparable to psychiatric patients in general, any population with a high suicidality deserves serious consideration.(13) Dr. Lappert observed, "That is an unimaginably high risk of death. There is nothing to compare with it. Returning war veterans with PTSD and rape victims each have about a 27% risk of suicide. It is startling to consider that the transgender person is suffering from emotional wounds that vastly surpass the effects of prolonged combat and rape."(14)

Following surgery, one might expect that these numbers would decrease. However, the largest study to date, conducted on thousands of individuals over a period of thirty years, demonstrated the opposite effect. The authors stated, "This study found substantially higher rates of overall mortality, death from cardiovascular disease and suicide, suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalizations in sex-reassigned transsexual individuals compared to a healthy control population."(15) They also noted, "Female-to-males, but not male-to-females, had a higher risk for criminal convictions than their respective birth sex controls."(16)

Following gender reassignment surgery, individuals became nineteen times more likely to commit suicide than the general population, and when the female-to-male transitioners are isolated, their suicide rate is a staggering forty times higher than the control group.

Although the study was not intended to demonstrate that surgery contributes to suicide rates, the authors noted, "Further, we cannot exclude therapeutic interventions as a cause of the observed excess morbidity and mortality."(17) So, although the study should not be used to argue that surgery leads to suicide, what's clear is that surgery does not sufficiently reduce the preexisting risk of self-harm. This is because underlying issues remain unaddressed and might be compounded by the bodily damage caused by the surgery. As endocrinologist Paul Hruz explained, "Yet gender affirmation, by failing to address underlying psychosocial needs, might possibly lead to a real increase in suicide."(18) There are other likely contributors as well, including the complexities of living post-transition and the ongoing hormonal interventions.”

-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

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Work cited:

12) Cf. A. Haas et al., "Suicide Attempts Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults: Findings of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey," Williams Institute, 2014.

13) Cf. K. Zucker, "Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria: Reflections on Some Contemporary Clinical and Research Issues," Archives of Sexual Behavior (July 18, 2019); M. Biggs, "Suicide by Clinic-Referred Transgender Adolescents in the United Kingdom," Archives of Sexual Behavior 51 (2022), 685-690; N. Graaf et al., "Suicidality in clinic-referred transgender adolescents," European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Nov. 9, 2020); "The 41% Trans Suicide Attempt Rate: A Tale of Flawed Data and Lazy Journalists," 4thWaveNow, August 3, 2015; J. Michael Bailey and Ray Blanchard, "Suicide or Transition: The Only Options for Gender Dysphoric Kids?," 4thWaveNow, September 8, 2017.

14) Finley, Sexual Identity, 223.

15) C. Dhejne et al., "Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden," 7.

16) C. Dhejne et al., "Long-Term Follow-Up of Transsexual Persons Undergoing Sex Reassignment Surgery: Cohort Study in Sweden," 1.

17) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Decision Memo, Gender Dysphoria and Gender Reassignment Surgery, August 2016, https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/ncacal-decision-memo.aspx?proposed=N&NCAId=282.

18) As quoted in Transgender Issues in Catholic Healthcare (Philadelphia: National Catholic Bioethics Center, 2021), 19.

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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.

[nerds-yearbook]

Henry Pym became Ant-Man for the first time in the anthology comic Tales to Astonish 27, cover date January 1962. He was created by Stan Lee, Larry Leiber, and Jack Kirby. The original story was presented as a pulp/b-movie sci-fi tale and not a superhero adventure. ("The Man in the Ant Hill!," "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall...," "The Talking Horse," "Dead Planet!," Tales to Astonish, Marvel Comic Event)

[smashedpages]

Today in 1961, Hank Pym became… the Man in the Ant Hill in Tales to Astonish #27 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers! He would go on to assume many identities in the Marvel Universe, including Ant-Man, Giant Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket and even the Wasp!

[mecthology]

The mystifying Voronezh UFO incident.

On September 27, 1989, in Voronezh, the skies bore witness to a perplexing event that would captivate the world's imagination. An eerily glowing, cylindrical UFO reportedly descended upon a city park, leaving onlookers in awe and disbelief.

What followed was the emergence of humanoid beings, unlike anything anyone had seen before. According to TASS, boys playing football in a city park "saw a pink glow in the sky, then saw a deep red ball about three meters in diameter. The ball circled, vanished, then reappeared minutes later and hovered. " The children claimed to have seen "a three-eyed alien" wearing bronze coloured boots with a disk on the chest and a robot, exiting the object. According to the children, the alien used a ray gun to make a 16-year-old boy disappear until the object departed.

The incident quickly captured international attention, making headlines in newspapers and news broadcasts. Though the children were the only ones claiming to have witnessed the aliens, Lieutenant Sergei A. Matveyev of the Voronezh district police station claimed to have seen "a body flying in the sky." The Interior Ministry said they would dispatch troops to the area should the object reappear.

On October 9, 1989, TASS reported that a correspondent had spoken to "10 or 12 youths" who claimed to have seen a flying saucer.

Despite the astonishing nature of the claims, skepticism shrouded the incident. Some argued that the event could be attributed to misperception, exaggeration, or even deliberate fabrication. The notion of collective hallucination or mass hysteria was put forth as a possible explanation for the perceived sightings and interactions.

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27/09/2023-Birds of Poole Harbour Autumn Safari boat trip

Pictures taken in this set: 1. One of three Ospreys I was overjoyed to get phenomenal views of on the boat trip migrating through. A bird I adore which I always love seeing, it was exhilarating watching this one circle over the boat. It has been probably by best year for watching this one of my very favourite birds, seeing them on nine separate occasions this year across Scotland, Rutland Water, Hampshire and Dorset which is extraordinary and I am so thrilled I've had the chance to see them all and get amazing views. 2 and 3. The other main bird we hoped to see again this year today, the majestic White-tailed Eagle (with a Carrion Crow in the third picture too to show how large they are). It was a true honour to get sensational views of the two birds in the harbour, firstly standing out like grand statues on the distant shoreline before they proceeded to take to the air like jets and inspect a group of Cormorants, looking for the weakest to perhaps try to pick off. They then sat on an island allowing for more amazing views and one was sighted later on. This was a rousing and spectacular few minutes of watching nature as they paraded above the water and when still and I was pleased to get some photos. I have had an unforgettable year or so for White-tailed Eagles seeing my first of the Isle of Wight birds on a Poole Harbour boat trip last September then they were a massive part of the Scotland trip in April of course including seeing them at the place that brought them back into the UK, Mull and the White-tailed Eagle experiences in Scotland really touched and stayed with me so getting this today it's complimented it well. 4-8. Beautiful views around the vast and wild harbour on this lovely morning. 9. Great Black-backed Gull. 10. Oystercatchers on Brownsea Island's lagoon which we took in.

In another raptor fest this week we got fine views of Peregrine right away in the trip at Poole with Kestrel seen too. Another special event witnessed was streams and streams of Swallows coming through on their outward migration, a delight to see so many in the air. Other highlights of the large amount of species seen were Starling, Sand Martin, Meadow Pipits, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Spoonbill, Shag, Avocets, Redshank, another Ruff of late, Bar and Black-tailed Godwit, Turnstone, Egyptian Geese, Pintail, Gadwalls, Wigeon, Sandwich Tern, great views of Little Grebe and Great Crested Grebe including flying which I don't often see with them and lovely Sika Deers with Cetti's Warbler and Magpie heard well. It was an inspirational morning once more not only being expertly guided by the great team at Birds of Poole Harbour to see astonishing wildlife but hearing fascinating, poignant and hopeful tales of the harbour, work to help wildlife in the area and wildlife in general. A top morning.

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Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers, Tales to Astonish #27 “The Man in the Ant Hill!” (later known as Ant-Man) Source

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Dr Who: The War Games

At ten episodes, two (or three if you include the ‘teaser’ episode) episodes short of The Daleks’ Master Plan, The War Games is the second majorly epic story that Dr Who attempted. I split my rewatch over two nights, starting on 27 January 2023 and concluding on 28 January 2023.

It opens with our heroes, which is a refreshing change from the last few serials. I don’t mind the serials that start with new casts of characters setting up the story in which our heroes later take part, but it was getting a little bit tedious. The trio are getting along well, but after all of her bodysuits, it’s a bit weird seeing Zoe in a slightly too large trench coat.

The Doctor works out where and when they are, except he tells Jamie they’re in the past. Not for Jamie they’re not! 1917 is 171 years in Jamie's future. Anyway, we very quickly realise that things are not what they seem and this is not a return to the historical story.

In episode two, we hear what sounds very like a TARDIS dematerialisation sound. Not that much further into the tale, and the audience hears mention of Time Lords for the first time. Of course, as the serial continues, the audience discovers that the Doctor is a Time Lord! After five and a half years, the audience learns a little about who the Doctor is, and where he’s from, and why he left. I can only imagine what this must have been like watching in 1969…

Back to the War Games story, and the mystery unravels reasonably well. It is a dastardly plot, rooted in the misconception of Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest. As in, only those who are strong survive (not those who have the genetic mutations that best fit a changing situation…). It’s great seeing a Black man, Rudolph Malcolm Walker CBE, playing a pivotal role for a few episodes, not least because in this serial it skewers the main idea of 'race'-based eugenics. Less good is what happens to the character.

The overall story is so driven by testosterone, though… I’ve heard that there was a direction brought in around about this time (it could have been a little later) about no women characters being allowed to be ‘killed’, which led to writers not writing women characters because without that risk to every character, thriller/adventure stories are dull. I don’t know the reasoning behind that directive, or the details, but it reminded me of the very real problem of everyone but the straight white cis man being more likely to be killed off. (rant starts) I don’t think the solution is ever to artificially protect the queers, the people of colour, disabled people, the women, and all permutations of human diversity in fiction, but just to make sure they are not the only victims. And stop defaulting heroes as straight white cis men. (rant over)

Moving along, gimp-like suits really were a thing in 1960s Dr Who. These security guards also act in a mesmerising motion of mime when they fight. Oddly disconcerting, but it does make them quite alien. 

Mind control bobbins is another thing that pops up a lot in Dr Who, especially during the late 1960s and through the 1970s. There’s some subtle stuff about who of humans are less susceptible to mind control. Like bandits… 

The Wars Games actually isn’t as repetitive as its reputation suggests. What repetition exists is there only so a weekly audience can keep up. Ten episodes is a slog to get through in one go, but splitting it in two parts is okay. The Time Lord stuff really must have been astonishing to the audience in 1969, as well as the doom laden feel of the last few episodes. The farewells to Jamie and Zoe are moving. They don’t quite get the Donna Noble treatment, but nearly. The regeneration has more to it than the first one we saw at the end of The Tenth Planet.

Salut, Patrick Troughton and the black and white part of Dr Who. It’s been fascinating to me to watch how television production shifted as technology improved. Also to see the changes in direction taken by the show in terms of stories told and characters portrayed. 

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Submariner Summer 27

Hello friends, time for #SubmarinerSummer part 27, and we are reading Tales to Astonish #93: The Monarch And The Monster! Hulk clashes with Silver Surfer on the cover. Title page puts us right in the fight of Navy vs Namor vs IT. And look...a certain Roy Thomas now scripts

The sub's torpedo causes a rockslide; Namor deftly avoids it, but IT does not. Believing his foe crushed, Namor heads for the sub, but he is very wrong.

As IT rises from under the rubble, Namor finds he can't bring himself to just destroy the sub. Instead he damages it to try and force their retreat, causing panic in the crew inside who thought the radioactive IT was Namor

IT now returns to the fray, so Namor punches IT in the face, because that's how he do. However, he's starting to get weaker though he doesn't know why, but we do: IT's radioactivity is starting to poison Namor. And as he weakens, IT counterattacks

Though quickly getting desperately weak, Namor manages to dodge a full-strength lunge from IT, causing IT to collide with the sub and crash through! The crew peeps IT, realizing their enemy WASN'T Namor. Namor though barely manages to get off the sub as it surfaces, near death

Once in the deep and away from IT, he recovers enough to swim again, just in time to avoid a giant octopus. NOT TODAY, OCTOPUS. He returns to Atlantis essentially victorious, and gets medical treatment for his radiation poisoning.

However, having clashed with the U.S. Navy after it crossed into his territory and caused havoc yet again, Namor has finally had enough. It's time to DO something about it: it's time for a Council of WAR! And thus ends this issue!

A high-octane battle issue, with a couple fun turns, and Adkins still doing a good job on art. Roy Thomas slid in smoothly into Stan's slot, a specialty of his, and this won't be the last time he gets his hands on the sea prince. So all in all, really good stuff.

NEXT time, though, the drums of war beat as we join Namor in Tales to Astonish #94: Helpless, At The Hands Of Dragorr!

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Top New Marvel Comic Releases for the Week of December 4th, 2024.

All New Venom #1,

Deadpool Wolverine Weapon X-Traction #1,

Marvel Holiday Tales to Astonish #1,

Miles Morales Spider-Man #27,

Spider-Gwen the Ghost-Spider #8,

Ultimates #7,

Werewolf by Night red band #5,

Wolverine #4,

X-Force #6 +

X-Men #8.

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Tales to Astonish #27 by Michael Studt Via Flickr: Tales to Astonish / Heft-Reihe The Man in the Ant Hill! cover: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers Marvel Comics / USA 1962 Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010 ex libris MTP www.comics.org/issue/16733/

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PAPER MOON

"Well, don't the world have a wild imagination."

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PAPER MOON (1973)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

I've never managed to see this apparently beloved Peter Bogdanovich movie, made only two years after his breakthrough second film, The Last Picture Show, mostly because it seemed like it might be just a little too... cute? Starring real life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O'Neal (who became the youngest-ever Oscar winner for this performance) in the tale of two con artists hustling during the Great Depression, it has the trappings of a movie that might substitute sentimentality for substance. But the Criterion Collection (whose endorsement carries great weight for me) is releasing it in November, and Time Out's review says "Modern cynicism and efficient acting hold the potential mushiness at bay, and the pair's picaresque odyssey through the Kansas dustbowl, during which they vie for control over their increasingly bizarre partnership, is admirably served by Laszlo Kovacs' marvellous monochrome camerawork. After Targets and The Last Picture Show, Bogdanovich's best movie." Okay... sold. Let's give it a look on Sunday!

"I wonder how many moviegoers will be prepared for the astonishing confidence and depth that Tatum [O'Neal] brings to what’s really the starring role. I’d heard about how good she was supposed to be, but I nevertheless expected a kind of clever cuteness, like we got from Shirley Temple or young Elizabeth Taylor. Not at all... [she] creates a character out of thin air, makes us watch her every moment." -Roger Ebert [4 stars]

"A charming mixture of Hawksian comedy and Fordian lyricism imbues Bogdanovich's not-too-sentimental meeting-cute between a conman (Ryan O'Neal) busy bamboozling widows into buying bibles during the Depression, and the 9-year-old wily brat who may or may not be his daughter." -Time Out

7:30 trailers 7:35 short film 7:45 - 9:27 Paper Moon

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