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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
Old martial arts maxim: if skills are equal, then the fight will go to the fighter who has the greater physical strength.

Yep, that's the maxim I was alluding to :) Of course that's just a general principle and the specifics of a fight can be affected by many other variables (even a good fighter can have a bad day); and in certain styles that use internal power like Tai Chi, Hsing-I, Bagua, Aikido, or Wing Chun, external strength becomes less relevant at a high level of mastery. But generally speaking if you fight the way Cap and Batman do with sort of a blend of Jujitsu and Karate and Western Boxing and Wrestling and Savate, a strength advantage is a big advantage. In any case it'd be a cool fight to see, though :) What issue was that?--I want to get ahold of that.

On the X-Men/Titans crossover issue, now that you mention it you're right it was Simonson, who did a great job. It was really a great story with Dark Phoenix, Terminator, and Darkseid all appearing as villains. It was interesting to see how the two teams paired up--Robin and Cyclops as leaders, etc. I remember Wolverine was trying to figure out why Raven seemed afraid of him--an interesting tidbit Claremont tossed out but never explained!

BTW speaking of Simonson, did you know he also illustrated a version of The Hobbit published by Harry Abrams after the Rankin-Bass version came out? They included the Rankin-Bass pictures, but they had Simonson and one other artist add some. Simonson's interpretation of Gollum was pretty good--he took the Rankin-Bass version and made it much spookier and closer to Tolkien's.

2,502 posted on 04/17/2004 9:01:56 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora
What issue was that?--I want to get ahold of that.

It's in the second issue. The whole series is interesting... the attitudes each side have towards the other are interesting. I would not have thought of the angle that Busiek comes up with.

did you know he also illustrated a version of The Hobbit published by Harry Abrams after the Rankin-Bass version came out?

I did not know that!

2,507 posted on 04/17/2004 9:27:51 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear (insert pithy comment here)
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