Talk:Archie Meets the Punisher/GA1

GA Review

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

Still waiting for Archie Meets the Hellblazer, but in the meantime I'll review this. Expect comments within a few days. JOEBRO64 12:17, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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)
• 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)

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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

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.

JOEBRO64 18:17, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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

@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. JOEBRO64 16:34, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

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

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. JOEBRO64 20:49, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

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

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

Seconded. This is good to go JOEBRO64 14:05, 22 August 2018 (UTC)