{"id":1264,"date":"2010-10-01T07:16:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T14:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2010-10-01T07:16:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T14:16:46","slug":"reto-read-26-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/reto-read-26-feud\/","title":{"rendered":"Reto-Read #26 Feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"b18d58\">With years spent reading single issues here and there, juggling storylines of dozens of titles, I decided it was time to find a better way to read comics. So, it was off to the back issue bins armed with the longest want list you&#8217;ve ever seen! Putting together series after series and reading them in their complete goodness, I was reborn as the <strong>Retro-Reader<\/strong>!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/feud-4.jpg\" align=\"left\" title=\"Feud #1\" alt=\"Feud #1 by Mike Baron\"><b><u>Publisher<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics\/Epic-Comics-\/_i.html?_fsub=19879255&#038;_sid=13296653&#038;_trksid=p4634.c0.m322\">Epic Comics<\/a><br \/><b><u>Number of Issues<\/u><\/b>: 4<br \/><b><u>First Issue<\/u><\/b>: July 1993 ($2.50)<br \/><b><u>Last Issue<\/u><\/b>: October 1993 ($1.95)<br \/><b><u>Writer<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyredbaron.com\/\">Mike Baron<\/a> <br \/><b><u>Artist<\/u><\/b>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.grazingdinosaurpress.com\/pages\/mark\/home.html\">Mark A. Nelson<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><center><strong>*Warning! Plot Spoilers Below*<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Feud <\/em>introduces us to a world inhabited by four races of creatures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stokers &#8211; two-legged reptiles; weapons manufacturers\n<li>Kites &#8211; flying reptiles; artists; guano-producers\n<li>Skids &#8211; amphibians; fishers\n<li>Grunts &#8211; four-legged reptiles; slow-moving farmers\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe manipulative Kites capture the Skids&#8217; royal tadpole and frame the Stokers for the abduction. The Skids retaliate by unleashing a tidal wave against the Stokers&#8217; fortress. As the battle abates, the two races discover the Kites&#8217; subterfuge and their rulers have a meeting to discuss their next move.<\/p>\n<p>An unfortunate turn of events (driven by nature&#8217;s primal instinct) leads to the Stoker&#8217;s leader eating the Skids&#8217; queen! Meanwhile, the Kites recruit the Grunts in the war against the Stokers. It&#8217;s all out war (with some reservations and consideration given to each race&#8217;s economy and barter system) in this fun, light-hearted political thriller!<\/p>\n<p><b>The Bad<\/b>: n\/a<\/p>\n<p><b>The Good<\/b>: Baron puts together four distinct races of animals, all with their own personalities and pre-dispositions. Nelson has created some very neat-looking creatures with a great color pallete. It&#8217;s got a great mix of politics, humor and action!<\/p>\n<p><b>The Verdict<\/b>: The sheer audacity required to create an anthropomorphic political thriller like this is incredible. The very fact that Baron &#038; Nelson even decided to tackle a comic like this should be rewarded. But, the real reward goes to the reader: They pulled it off! Tons of humor and action keep this series moving along as you find yourself actually caring about these imaginary reptilian creatures. And, we haven&#8217;t even gotten to the mammals yet. The last page is a great set-up for a sequel &#8230; and I want more!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blogimages\/recommendometer5.gif\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><u>On Ebay<\/u>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22mike+baron%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Mike Baron<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=%22feud%22&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Feud<\/a> | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/CyberspaceComics__W0QQ_sacatZCyberspaceComicsQQ_sidZ13296653?_nkw=mark+nelson&#038;submit=Search&#038;LH_TitleDesc=1\">Mark Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With years spent reading single issues here and there, juggling storylines of dozens of titles, I decided it was time to find a better way to read comics. So, it was off to the back issue bins armed with the longest want list you&#8217;ve ever seen! Putting together series after series and reading them in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retro-read"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyberspacecomics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}