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 Doctor Mayavale!
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I FINALLY read LSH 268 -- the infamous Doctor Mayavale story. And... I LOVED it! 
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Bold Flavors
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So you like Ike, Stu? He always spoke fondly of you on this board 
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What STU, are you trying to get yourself banned again?  It didn't work for me, but I'm glad it spoke to someone! IMHO, when you combine a weak story with "later" Ditko art, it just isn't a very compelling book. And Mayavale himself was just a freaky dude to begin with...
Craig C.
- Time travel stories are told in chronillogical order.
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There was a thread here on good things about the Dr. Mayavale issue - Durlan proverbs (in Durlan!), Nura in bondage, the concept of a reincarnating villain, a few others. What did you love about it Stu?
Holy Cats of Egypt!
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What I really liked was the fine line it tread between being serious and being self-consciously cheesy.
The Legionnaires' involvement was pretty straightforward, and the discussion of reincarnation was a notch above the comic book norm, yet I can't imagine that the character design of the good doctor wasn't meant to evoke a giggle or two, as well as lines like the following:
"And Doctor Mayavale laughs for a full hour..."
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Another bonus is the old-school ads.
Who knew that Richie Rich's family got rich because Richie's dad sold Grit as a boy...?
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Ah, I'm glad you liked my story, my old friend!
And there's nothing like a good laugh to shake the cobwebs outta one's mind!
An hour of laughter a day keeps the Doctor in play, I always say!
I LIKE IKE!!
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Another bonus -- learning about some of the non-terran forms of martial arts mastered by Karate Kid, including Arcturian sli-tiia... and Venusian txrxvrx...
And, of course, Dream Girl demonstrating some good ol' fashioned Naltorian ass-kicking...
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Wheeling mists... >sniff<
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