Storm Chamber
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Considering her new 52 output, it might be Lasers
COMICS! |OT| September 2014. Means well, but is easily distracted and can get lost.
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Considering her new 52 output, it might be Lasers
Storm Chamber
Banned
Just know that Lasers and everything after doesn't matter
thank you
Freezasaurus
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Of that, I have no doubt. I'll still read the three issues they manage to get out before the book gets canned.
indigo-cyclops
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Done. Haven't read either before, should be fun.
The Incal is fantastic! Let us know how the new printing is.
What happened. Why is Gail not good now. Her old stuff is fantastic. She also does fantastic one offs (Batgirl Annual #2 and Batgirl Future's End #1). Did something change? Is dc still fucking with her creative. I read somewhere she wanted to do a fun Batgirl and they made her do the grim dark version.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
May she's just having a momentary slump
or its all DC's fault
I really loved the first volume. Trade waiting the second one which I think is next month.
Late to the party but I've read punisher #10 and quite happy with it. Issue 6 and 7 wore me down with Frank being repeatedly beaten and captured, and it got a little samey. Now that he's in prison I like it, they should have jumped to that straight away instead of stretching it out.
TheDarkKnight774
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It's a good book but she needs to let go of the reoccurring joke that Sonja is always horny and looking to get laid but she's smelly so keeps getting turned down. Funny joke at first but I swear she uses it every issue
It should be the same as the previous two Classic Collection printings.
TheDarkKnight774
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I wish DC would come out with a MU like app. For a decade I've been more a DC guy and I'd love to catch up on old batman runs and comics from the 60s-80s. I've spent today just reading old iron man comics with David Michelinies run. It's dated but a ton of fun. About to kick into the demon in the bottle run which I've never actually read. I'm also always surprised how much more time it takes to read older comics. They were very dense in words and plot!
And the covers for these late 70s comics proudly boast "still only 35 cents!" Hah!
And the covers for these late 70s comics proudly boast "still only 35 cents!" Hah!
BuddyJoeHooker
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Tyrant Rave
Banned
I played Arcana Heart and sat in a lobby for ten minutes because no one plays it
At least we have Persona this week....
So much money spent this week lol. Smash on Friday. I'll have to collect PSN ID's.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
DC gonna do a Secret Six reprint anytime soon?
Freezasaurus
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I'd be surprised if they didn't, but I haven't heard anything yet. I own all of the original trades, so it doesn't really make a difference to me. At this point, it would only serve to remind people of how much better the original series was.
Why does Rogue have to go and kill Nightcrawler like that :/
TerminalDogma
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Yeah I'm kinda worried about how much money I'm gonna be spending this week. There's a decent amount of comics I wanna pick up, Winter Soldier Guardians 3000 and Thor, Edge of Spider-Verse as well.. Also interested in the Magneto TPB (mind you I've pretty much only been picking up Low and Rocket Raccoon, and now the Edge of Spider-Verse stuff. Just got around to reading Gwen Stacy and Aaron Aikman today and they were both pretty cool! Bummed Gwen won't show up again until Spider-Man 9 did it say? Lame).
In addition I just ordered the X-Statix omni, and I'm planning on Smash on Friday. I'm also pretty damn tempted to go and buy Shadows of Mordor on my PS4 since I've got like 8 bucks in credit on PSN. Trying to convince myself not to do that, no way I'd be playing both Mordor and Smash at the same time, just don't have the time. I'm also pretty sure I'll be able to get Mordor for at least 40 bucks come Black Friday, doubt I'll get any deals on Smash.
In addition I just ordered the X-Statix omni, and I'm planning on Smash on Friday. I'm also pretty damn tempted to go and buy Shadows of Mordor on my PS4 since I've got like 8 bucks in credit on PSN. Trying to convince myself not to do that, no way I'd be playing both Mordor and Smash at the same time, just don't have the time. I'm also pretty sure I'll be able to get Mordor for at least 40 bucks come Black Friday, doubt I'll get any deals on Smash.
Freezasaurus
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So did they drop the price of American Vampire back to $2.99? Because that's what Diamond is saying.
Freezasaurus
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The new one, not the old one. The old series is the GOAT.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
No Miller Time this Sunday?
Storm Chamber
Banned
If it's not an omnibus, they can keep it
It's Simone returning to a group she defined and made into DC's best ongoing for three years. There's no way this can go wrong.
It's not like Batgirl where everything was based on the fundamentally awful idea of returning Barbara to the role.
There's plenty of ways it can go wrong, starting with the fact it's not even the same team.
Freezasaurus
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This. I mean, rumor is that Talon is on the team. I don't even know what to make of that.
Okay sure Deadshot and Bane are a tragic lost, but it's Catman and Black Alice written by the only person to ever write them well, and you know Ragdoll, Scandal, and Jeannette will be back in some way. Given how she redefined and personally created, respectively, both Catman and Black Alice, I doubt she'll significantly alter them.
I'm not the biggest Birds fan, but I liked the relaunch.
ViewtifulJC
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I've been away slacking on the Miller front lately...well time to make up for it with pure, unfiltered Millerism
You got the great perspective on the staircase here, spiraling upwards and leading into the next page. The 6-panel grid decompresses the moment, building tension. It EXPLODES on the next couple pages, wisely choosing panels that covey lots of movement and action while only being two shots per page(Sin City was originally part of the Dark Horse Presents anthology, so he was short on page space), two shots each for faster page reading, faster pacing. There's a pause with multiple panels per page again, which makes sense in the context that Marv just stopped his momentum by catching himself on the banister. Running again, thin panels getting closer, tighter and then...KASHH! A great bout of movement frozen in time, due to an excellent usage of negative space and Marv jumping right to left(instead of the usual reading of left to right) holds our attention on the page instead of rushing into the next page. This is a splash page, this counts, this has impact. This is sequential storytelling.
Storm Chamber
Banned
Yeah, this was when it all got creatively sour for her.
If I'm brutally honest, the tail end of her original run wasn't all that great either but that was the only real bad spot about it.
Freezasaurus
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I don't think her writing has been bad lately, but it's just not at the same level where it once was.
I'm hoping, but doubting.
Serpentine
Banned
Early next year, bigger trades are coming
Red Sonja has been great, and the recent Futures End issue of Batgirl just as much. Leaving Megalopolis is among her best work in years, as I've heard from friends.
Freezasaurus
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FE Batgirl was good, as was Sonja. But I have to admit to losing interest during the second Sonja arc. I'd say it's hard to predict the quality of Secret Six based on her current work.
CBR's Comics Should be Good blog has been counting down the Top 75 Most Memorable moments in Marvel history for the past few days. They have currently released the picks for #21-75, and so far the list is almost anti-recent Marvel. I counted 4 moments from the last 15 (possibly 20) years of Marvel comics. Two were from Morrison's New X-Men (Genosha's destruction, and the Magneto reveal), One was from Civil War (Spider-man going Public), and One was from House of M ("No More Mutants"). Somehow I doubt the top 20 will be much better.
EDIT: Forgot about the Winter Soldier reveal.
EDIT 2: Whoops, and ultimate Peter dying. I am bad at counting
Still 6 moments in 20 years, when all of these events are pulled from a little over 50 years is pretty low.
EDIT: Forgot about the Winter Soldier reveal.
EDIT 2: Whoops, and ultimate Peter dying. I am bad at counting
Still 6 moments in 20 years, when all of these events are pulled from a little over 50 years is pretty low.Serpentine
Banned
They're just all in the top 20, like Cap standing up in Age of Ultron
#1 will be Hank Pym going down on Janet while he's Ant Man sized.
wait...what?
TheDarkKnight774
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I can't think of many recent events that would qualify. Only Thor kneel from infinity pops in my head but not that high.CBR's Comics Should be Good blog has been counting down the Top 75 Most Memorable moments in Marvel history for the past few days. They have currently released the picks for #21-75, and so far the list is almost anti-recent Marvel. I counted 4 moments from the last 15 (possibly 20) years of Marvel comics. Two were from Morrison's New X-Men (Genosha's destruction, and the Magneto reveal), One was from Civil War (Spider-man going Public), and One was from House of M ("No More Mutants"). Somehow I doubt the top 20 will be much better.
EDIT: Forgot about the Winter Soldier reveal.
EDIT 2: Whoops, and ultimate Peter dying. I am bad at counting
Future Foundation
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CBR's Comics Should be Good blog has been counting down the Top 75 Most Memorable moments in Marvel history for the past few days. They have currently released the picks for #21-75, and so far the list is almost anti-recent Marvel. I counted 4 moments from the last 15 (possibly 20) years of Marvel comics. Two were from Morrison's New X-Men (Genosha's destruction, and the Magneto reveal), One was from Civil War (Spider-man going Public), and One was from House of M ("No More Mutants"). Somehow I doubt the top 20 will be much better.
EDIT: Forgot about the Winter Soldier reveal.
EDIT 2: Whoops, and ultimate Peter dying. I am bad at counting
I think these were fan-voted, though I would like to know what the potential choices were.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
IIRC, they pretty much just let people email in whatever they want.
whatsinaname
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Ugh, so punchable.
And this is an odd problem I am having. Sometimes I can't figure out who the text bubbles belong to. That could be Tony, Spiderman, Maria Hill or Hawkeye.
Baron von Loathsome
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Considering some of the moments are Vision joining the Avengers, Kitty calling Prof X a jerk, and every other page of Born Again, I can think of some to throw in there. Future Franklin's "To Me, My Galactus" moment in Hickman's FF. Nova finishing off Annihilus in Annihilation. Fantomex killing kid Apocalypse in the initial Uncanny X-Force story arc.
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