The promise of great stories eludes me. I wanted so much more, spoiled by more recent comics, wanting back stories, glorious beginnings, and splendiferous space and alternate realities. What I got was strained stories that were rarely brilliant in idea, and never in how it was pulled off. It was very hard to get through the old art, as well.

(Waits patiently until a fanboy froths at the mouth at me).

When it's good, it's very good. When it's bad, as most of the early stuff is, it's really bad. I cannot believe I got through it all. I found myself rewriting it all in my head as I plowed through them, paraphrasing much, and drawing out others. It was hardly worth the effort, especially since so much of the work had been done for me in more recent attempts.

The joke is on me, though, because I'm planning on continuing the tales to get to the tantalizing glimpses of those old epic tales I had missed.
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