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[Spike Spiegel]

Ahem... sorry 'bout that title, but nothing else this week really jumped out at me.

Diamond's Shipping List for April 27, 2005

FEB050244 BATMAN #639 $2.25
JAN050284 SUPERMAN BATMAN #19 $2.99
FEB053050 BATTLE VIXENS VOL 7 GN (OF 8) (MR) $9.99
FEB053061 GTO VOL 24 GN (OF 25) (MR) $9.99
FEB058469 RED SONJA CVR A #0 $0.25




Crazy BIG 2000x3000 pixel version of Red Sonja #0 cover

I didn't make it to the shop last week, and I may not make it this week either. Everything I'm interested in should be waiting in my pull folder, and I don't see anything else I'd have to snatch up off the rack. ...Say, was there a thread for last week's CBD? I don't remember seeing one. Did I miss something?

 

[FnordChan]

Quiet week on my end:

Sleeper Season Two #11
Wonder Woman #215
Ultimate Secret #2 (of 4)
Sgt. Frog Vol. 8

Sleeper will be excellent as always, Wonder Woman has been pretty decent lately, and Ultimate Secret will hopefully be an improvement over the slow-motion yawn-fest that was Ultiamte Nightmare. Come on, Ellis, I know you can do better than this.

Sgt. Frog will, of course, be entirely awesome.

Woo!

FnordChan

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

BATMAN #639 *hi jason!!*
DAY OF VENGEANCE #1 *hi spectre!!*
FLASH #221 *hi wally, hi capt. cold!!*
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5 *hi matter eater lad!!*
SUPERMAN BATMAN #19 * hi hypertime supergirl!!*
WONDER WOMAN #215 * hi supernintendo chalmers, er, i mean wonder woman!!*

 

[AniHawk]

Spoiler

I read Crisis on Infinite Earths and Superman/Batman Supergirl, and I still don't get how she's alive and well. Can someone explain it?

 

[nomoment]

BATMAN #639 - I can't believe I'm paying money for a Judd Winick book again
FLASH #221
HUMAN TARGET #21
SLEEPER SEASON TWO #11 (OF 12)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
DAREDEVIL #72
NEW AVENGERS #5

And no, I still haven't gotten a copy of The OMAC Project, yet. I actually went to three shops hoping to find it, but every single copy was sold out. I swear, this is the first time I haven't been able to get a comic during its first week of release. Dammit.

 

[Willco]

... Can I play?

AUTHORITY REVOLUTION #7 (OF 12) (MR)
HUMAN TARGET #21 (MR)
LOSERS #23 (MR)
SLEEPER SEASON TWO #11 (OF 12) (MR)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
NEW AVENGERS #5
ULTIMATE SECRET #2

Was Millar's Wolverine run worth picking up the trade?

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

WHERE?!

I call SHENANIGANS on you Spike Spiegel!

A new Sgt. Frog means I will spare your pitiful comic book thread! >:|

 

[DarienA]

Bah, there is only ONE TRUE RED SONJA!

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #639: I cannot believe this lame ass villan is back... ugh.
BATGIRL #63: Batgirl vs. Deathstroke.. I'm in... btw I'm not real cool with all the Batman impersonating Deathstroke has been doing lately... there's definitely going to have to be some consequences there...
BATMAN #639: If I wasn't such a Batman fan....
SUPERMAN BATMAN #19:So when's the Supergirl book start?
WONDER WOMAN #215: I'm surprising myself by still be interested in this book.
EXILES #63: I can't say I like Hyperions new look, but I am curious about this storyline.
NEW AVENGERS #5: Such a weird team lineup.. and hell.. nothing has really happened since the breakout... but I'm still curious to see where this group goes... but did the HAVE to be called the New Avengers? ugh.
SUPREME POWER #16: This has to be one of the slowest books I've EVER read.... and yet I'm still reading it...
X-MEN PHOENIX ENDSONG #5: Oh kill her again already...

Maybe:
RICHARD DRAGON #12: I'm surprised this book made it this far... a modern day martial arts character is just... boring... still I've been around mostly because of Lady Shiva... yummmm. Her portrayal in this book.. is different than I've seen her done in the Bat-verse though.
X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE #6: I just want to see the conclusion...

And let me just say I've been presently surprised at how much I've been enjoying the current Wolverine storyline, even if I think the art is hella bad.

 

[Tamanon]

I absolutely loved OMAC project and the potential it has laid out in the first issue. Will pick up Day of Vengeance also this week, and I think the new Flash comes out also, will pick that up also.

 

[citrus lump]

CAPTAIN AMERICA #5- porbably my last issue, just too blah.
NEW AVENGERS #5- love this title so far, but hate marvels idea of continuity.Wolverine
just showed up last issue, yet in the latest ASM hes a teammate

slow week makes my wallet happy

 

[shoplifter]

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5 (buy it jerks!)
FLASH #221
BATMAN #639
DAY OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 6)
BATGIRL #63

 

[MASB]

UNCLE SCROOGE #341
WALT DISNEYS COMICS & STORIES #656

 

[Spike Spiegel]

WHERE?!

I call SHENANIGANS on you Spike Spiegel!

A new Sgt. Frog means I will spare your pitiful comic book thread! >:|

As penance, I offer you news that the JPN Rumble Roses Official Guide is being offered at $22.99 in the new (May 2005) issue of Previews. If you haven't already, this may be your chance to pick up a copy.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Maybe if I can pay for it with drainbaby funds.

I'll see if I can swing it, but coming up with $20 free dollars these days is like finding the fucking holy grail.

I'm a few steps removed from a life of crime. >:|

 

[draven]

Hey, got a problem setting up bittorrent, and in dire need of help:

so I have bittorrent set up on my computer through my router by opening up the appropriate ports in my router firewall with my computer as the host computer. Now another person on the network wants to also use bittorrent, but it seems like only one computer can "host" an application. Is there any way to get them to also be able to get good download speeds using bittorrent at the second computer, even if I'm not using bittorrent at that time? Is there some way by using a proxy or something.

Thanks a bunch, in advance.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

i forgot to pick up legion of super heroes (sorry shoplifter) but i got it today. and OMAC project was good. *batman is such a jerkass* day of vengenace was sold out or something..... i'm waiting for villains united.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Hey, got a problem setting up bittorrent, and in dire need of help:

so I have bittorrent set up on my computer through my router by opening up the appropriate ports in my router firewall with my computer as the host computer. Now another person on the network wants to also use bittorrent, but it seems like only one computer can "host" an application. Is there any way to get them to also be able to get good download speeds using bittorrent at the second computer, even if I'm not using bittorrent at that time? Is there some way by using a proxy or something.

Thanks a bunch, in advance.

are you the anti-monitor? to answer an earlier question, the supergirl we are seeing is from hypertime and not the supergirl of "pre" crisis that died. this one is younger too.

 

[draven]

are you the anti-monitor? to answer an earlier question, the supergirl we are seeing is from hypertime and not the supergirl of "pre" crisis that died. this one is younger too.

Damnit, wanted to post a new topic and pressed reply in the last topic I was in.

Moral of the story: I suck at the internet

 

[8bit]

are you the anti-monitor? to answer an earlier question, the supergirl we are seeing is from hypertime and not the supergirl of "pre" crisis that died. this one is younger too.

Also, given the ending of last month's Superman/Batman (

Spoiler

Kingdom Come's Superman replaced by the pre Crisis Alan Moore retired version

) and the most recent JSA(

Spoiler

PowerGirl hitting a bump in the timelines in 1982, IIRC

) there's something weird going on in the timestreams anyway.

 

[Willco]

Hands down, both Sleeper and Human Target were the best issues to come out this week. HOLY SHIT. The ending to Sleeper just kills me, and I don't even know what's going to happen now. I mean, I have a feeling that

Spoiler

Holden is just going to kill himself now...

... but who knows?

As for Human Target, it kind of sucks it's gone, as the ending is just gut-wrenching. But if that's it, then Milligan went out with a bang.

 

[FnordChan]

I hadn't been to the shop in a couple of weeks and was thrilled to see this waiting for me on the shelf:

Genshiken is the painfully funny saga of a bunch of anime, manga, and video game geeks in college and the attempts of a decidedly non-otaku woman to cope with the group while dating a fanboy. Highest possible recommendation. No, seriously.

FnordChan

 

[AniHawk]

are you the anti-monitor? to answer an earlier question, the supergirl we are seeing is from hypertime and not the supergirl of "pre" crisis that died. this one is younger too.

I'm not up on the DCU lingo. Hypertime?

 

[nomoment]

Hands down, both Sleeper and Human Target were the best issues to come out this week. HOLY SHIT. The ending to Sleeper just kills me, and I don't even know what's going to happen now. I mean, I have a feeling that

Spoiler

Holden is just going to kill himself now...

... but who knows?

As for Human Target, it kind of sucks it's gone, as the ending is just gut-wrenching. But if that's it, then Milligan went out with a bang.

I wholeheartedly agree. Human Target was the best issue of the year! A total mindfuck issue, with an ending much like the beginning of the original Human Target mini-series by Milligan and Bukovic.

As for Sleeper, Brubaker is back. AFter six or seven lacklustre issues, I'm glad to see Brubaker is upping the ante and really, really dropping to bomb on Holden's world. I also wouldn't be surprised if

Spoiler

Holden killed himself

next issue. Heck, I don't see much else that he could do.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Thanks Spank.

I went to the comic shop today, a new one; and ordered the book. I figure in two months I can scrape together $25. Though I'm paranoid since my last comic shop, that I did business with for FOUR YEARS fucked me on that Street Fighter Eternal Challenge artbook. >:|

There was also a Savage Dragon there I didn't have, and some shitty AP book in the 50¢ bin I splurged on.

I also managed to obtain that god damned R.Mika gashapon toy! Hooray - it only took. . . 15 tries.

Can I interest anybody in random Capcom gashapon toys?! $1 each.

 

[tenchir]

Spoiler

I read Crisis on Infinite Earths and Superman/Batman Supergirl, and I still don't get how she's alive and well. Can someone explain it?

She IS Kara El, Superman's cousin in this DC Universe. The one that died in Crisis on Infinite Earths in just one of her incarnations. Remember that there were a bunch of Flashes, Supermans, Batmans, Wonderwoman, Green Lanterns, etc.... They all eventually merged into one... the same with Supergirl. It's just that this Supergirl is appearing now because her rocket malfunction and didn't land on Earth right after Kal-El earth landing that was planned originally. She was suppose to raise and protect Kal-El.

 

[lordmrw]

This week absolutely destroyed my wallet. I think I was fortunate that the new issue of Newtype sold out, otherwise I would have spent $60 this week.

ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #639
DAY OF VENGEANCE #1 (OF 6)
FLASH #221
SUPERMAN BATMAN #19
HUNTER KILLER CVR A SILVESTRI #2
INVINCIBLE #0 $0.50
CAPTAIN AMERICA #5
EXILES #63
NEW AVENGERS #5
ULTIMATE SECRET #2 (OF 4)
X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE #6 (OF 6)
X-MEN PHOENIX ENDSONG #5 (OF 5)
WIZARD COMICS MAGAZINE BATMAN MOVIE CVR #164
CASTLEVANIA THE BELMONT LEGACY #2 (OF 5)
DARKSTALKERS JOE VRIENS CVR A #5
RED SONJA CVR A #0

 

[CrystalGemini]

Bah, there is only ONE TRUE RED SONJA!

Everytime she is mentioned I can't help thinking about how she turned out: