tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post3652614678688285031..comments2024-03-09T13:14:56.299-08:00Comments on Silver Age Comics: Repetitive Plots in Sgt RockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-74772775427686277742011-12-30T10:09:27.671-08:002011-12-30T10:09:27.671-08:00Individually, the Sgt. Rock stories are effective....Individually, the Sgt. Rock stories are effective. Collectively, the repetition becomes obvious. That is a problem with series in general. The tragic love stories on Bonanza, Star Trek, and Xena may have had a strong emotional impact the first time, but became cliched' from overuse. People still make jokes about how if Captain Kirk or Ben Cartwright fell in love, the woman was doomed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-74700567425535982011-12-28T20:04:42.314-08:002011-12-28T20:04:42.314-08:00If I had been Lt. Jeb Stuart, I would have gotten ...If I had been Lt. Jeb Stuart, I would have gotten fed up with the ghost's cryptic advice. "Why didn't you just tell me that the nurse was a spy instead of making vague warnings about how appearances can be deceiving?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-25418392858985394762011-08-29T14:50:59.962-07:002011-08-29T14:50:59.962-07:00Wasn't there a story written to explain why Ad...Wasn't there a story written to explain why Adam's appearances coincided with a crisis on Rann?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09382387401832575999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-21749647131571131352011-08-28T12:55:02.840-07:002011-08-28T12:55:02.840-07:00Adam and Alanna actually joked about the fact that...Adam and Alanna actually joked about the fact that his arrival always coincided with a menace. But the stories were so much fun, it didn't bother me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-24601608254242079132011-08-28T05:11:37.469-07:002011-08-28T05:11:37.469-07:00The formula is part of the charm though with a lot...The formula is part of the charm though with a lot of these books from this period. The same could be said of just about any DC book of the time from Batman to Lois Lane to Sgt Rock. Despite it's repetitive plots Rock holds up a lot better than Lois Lane and Adam Strange. I've just read the first showcase volumes of Rock and Haunted Tank and both made an excellent long read although Rock was better.Faffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04446264944001513202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-55862393054957368352011-08-26T05:11:21.650-07:002011-08-26T05:11:21.650-07:00You can see the same thing in the various series t...You can see the same thing in the various series that ran in the science-fiction titles that Julius Schwartz edited. In the "Star Rovers" stories, each of the three characters would have a strange experience, then compare notes with the other two to solve the mystery. In the "Space Museum" tales, the father would show his son one of the objects on display and begin to tell the story behind it before challenging the boy to figure out how the object led to the story's resolution. And nearly all of the Adam Strange stories began with Adam catching the zeta-beam to Rann, which was facing some dire threat, which Adam would overcome just before being drawn back to Earth. -- JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12464833.post-39847038136356017262011-08-25T15:17:00.130-07:002011-08-25T15:17:00.130-07:00I ran into the same phenomenon while power-watchin...I ran into the same phenomenon while power-watching old Loony Tunes/Merry Melodies cartoons. I love those old 'toons, but I never noticed before how they only had three plot-lines. :DMr Blue Geneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063501076165238211noreply@blogger.com