Talk:Archie Meets the Punisher/GA1

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Reviewer: TheJoebro64 (talk · contribs) 12:17, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Still waiting for Archie Meets the Hellblazer, but in the meantime I'll review this. Expect comments within a few days. JOE BRO 64 12:17, 12 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox/lead

Listing both humor and comedy in the infobox seems redundant, I'd pick one or the other
- I agree that it's redundant, but that's done by the infobox parameter. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
~~Punisher mistakes all-American teenager Archie Andrews—"all-American" sort of sounds editorialized and colloquial IMO. If you disagree you don't need to do anything about this, but I'd remove it.~~
- Looking back at this, I don't think this is an issue actually.
Although the announcement was initially believed to be a joke—who believed the announcement was a joke?
- clarified. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Publication history

Archie Andrews first appeared as a backup feature in the adventure comic Pep Comics #22, published by MLJ Magazines in December 1941. The all-American teenager...—I think WP:ELEVAR might apply here. I'd change "The all-American teenager" to just "Archie" in the second sentence and relocate "The all-American teenager" the first sentence (I'm thinking something like "The all-American teenager Archie Andrews...")
- done. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Believe it or not, The Amazing Spider-Man #129 has its own article. I'd link to it
- Fascinating! I've added this crossover to the list of homages in that article. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The Punisher (Frank Castle) first appeared as an antagonist in The Amazing Spider-Man #129, published by Marvel Comics in February 1974. Fans found the murderous vigilante...—same thing as above. I'm thinking something like "The murderous vigilante Punisher... Fans found the Punisher interesting..."
- done. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any reasons Marvel stopped doing intercompany crossovers for a while? If there are, I think these would be worth mentioning in the background section. I know there were issues that led to an X-Men/Teen Titans crossover being shelved and JLA/Avengers getting stuck in development hell until 2003 but don't know if those are the reasons.
- I believe it came down to animus between Jim Shooter and DC heads. I suspect Shooter's involvement is the same reason Marvel never did a crossover with Valiant in their heyday. Image wasn't an appealing option for a few reasons. I'm not sure why a Dark Horse or Malibu deal didn't get worked out.

Plot

To get back at Archie for cancelling their date...—isn't this article supposed to be written in American English? "Cancelling" is British English; it just has one "l" in American (this isn't a biggie as it's a really common mistake, I just wanted to point this out)
- I think you've pointed that out to me before. I'll learn it one of these days... Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
No other comments here, pretty well-written and understandable and doesn't go into in-universe details.

Critical reception

Everything checks out here

Referencing

The referencing style seems inconsistent; there is a mix of {{citation}} and just text written in <ref></ref>. I'd be consistent in how you use citations
- I believe I fixed all of these. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I recommend archiving your sources: https://tools.wmflabs.org/iabot/index.php?page=runbotsingle
I'm not too sure if Dissecting Fiction is reliable, I can't find anything about staff/editorial policies
- removed. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Misc.

I think you should be consistent with how you call Punisher. Sometimes he's referred to as "the Punisher", other times as just "Punisher"
- I tried to watch this. I removed instances of the Punisher except where it's part of a title.
Image has fair rationale. I'd just add ALT text to the image
- Alt text added.

JOE BRO 64 18:17, 14 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You forget about me, Joe? Argento Surfer (talk) 15:10, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Argento Surfer, of course not! I've been reviewing two other GANs and have been trying to focus on one at a time (this was the last one I picked up). I'll finish this by tomorrow. JOE BRO 64 16:34, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No rush. I'll be offline until next Wednesday. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:19, 17 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I've done the review. Nothing major, just a few blips. This is a really interesting article, I'd heard of the oddball Archie crossovers before but never really knew the story behind 'em. Nice work. JOE BRO 64 20:49, 18 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've addressed everything. Let me know if anything else needs tweaking. Argento Surfer (talk) 13:52, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You've done a great job with this article dude!★Trekker (talk) 13:54, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. This is good to go

JOE BRO 64 14:05, 22 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]