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October 5, 2013 10:16 pm 'I bought this knowing it contained reprinted material originally published in the 70′s. I expected a lot of cheesy, dated, kid-friendly dialogue. What I got was a dark, gritty and often brutal story.' Um, ever hear of Steve Gerber's work like Howard the Duck, Omega the Unknown and Man Thing? Or the other muck monster, Swamp Thing? Conan the Barbarian? Manhunter? Master of Kung Fu? Denny O'Neil's Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow? The Spectre and the Shadow? Marvel's B&W magazine line (where these Star-Lord stories first appeared)? The 70s is when the Big 2 let things take a turn for the dark, topical, intelligent and violent, paving the way for Frank Miller, Alan Moore etc in the 80s.