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From: oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: The Masked Man
Message-ID: <509@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 00:38:24 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 00:38:24 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Feb-85 01:16:25 EST
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There is one advantage to picking up a series late, and this is when you
go to buy all the back issues of the comic, you can easily sit down and read
them in one sitting.  I had read rave reviews about THE MASKED MAN, but
never seemed to pick up ECLIPSE MONTHLY to read the stories.  I did pick up
MM #1 and found it to be quite good.  This caused me to pay more dollars then
I should have to buy issues 1 - 10 of EM.

Sitting down and reading the stories in one setting allows you to see how the
writer wanted you to see the character progress.  I found myself enjoying the
Spider-Man (in my day it was ALWAYS hyphenated) parody (there is one page full
of just sound effects as he swoops down on the criminals (whoosh), falls on the
pavement (plop), is grabbed by one of the criminals (yank) and has his chin
bounced on the pavement many times (whack, whack, whack).  VERY funny stuff.
This is also a human side to this that I find appealing.  Barney is a real
person who "loves" the Masked Man in the nice non-sexual sense of the word.
All in all an excellent comic.  Can anyone help me find the first appearance
of the Masked man, and how many more Monthly's I have to but to get me up to
all the current stories?  Any help would be appreciated.

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				OZ
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