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COMICS! April 2012 |OT| It's a new month? Already?!

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Escape Goat

Escape Goat

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New X-Factor. Yay! Heres recap page for people not in the know.

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Preview is here - http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=12080
 
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TheDarkKnight774

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Jedeye Sniv said:
I may be a total Morrison whore, but if you want a great Batman and Robin story and want to be introduced to Damian, read #1-3 (or the first trade) of the previous Batman and Robin series. It's brilliant and at least 400% better than the current series.
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I think the first arc of B&R is my favorite thing that Morrison did with Batman.
 
Escape Goat

Escape Goat

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MC Safety said:
The Isolationist, the bad guy who has the power of every mutant on Earth ...

You don't say.
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Hes actually a pretty cool villain.

The Isolationist possesses the abilities of all living mutants on the planet or approximately two-hundred different mutant power sets. This would place him among the most powerful beings in the Marvel universe, although it is unclear how much he is hindered by his telepathy.

He has displayed the use of eye beams, ice beams, teleportation, steel skin and superhuman strength, and telepathy.

His abilities weaken the further he is away from mutants, though his ability of telepathy remains strong enough to disturb him even when he is in isolation. He has a weakness and inability to control his telepathy, and constantly hears the thoughts of people around the world.

Using a power he copied from Forge's technological-knack mutation, the Isolationist has created advanced devices including a teleporter and a lifelike robot.

Weaknesses

He is unable to shut off his overwhelming mind-reading powers, even with his isolation and the use of pills, thus causing him constant misery as he reads the minds of people simultaneously throughout the world, forcing him to ingest large amounts of painkillers and depressants to dull his senses. The addition of a telepath close to his proximity is particularly disturbing to him.

His powers also create a mental block that prevents him from directly using his powers against mutants; as a result, while he can put them in situations that might kill them- such as when he created a portal to send X-Factor to the arctic regions where they would eventually freeze to death- he cannot simply destroy a mutant's mind with his telepathy or tear them apart with his physical strength.
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Rafa=FedKilla

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I don't know how Lindelof expects to write Batman when he can't use unused Beastmaster scripts like was doing with Lost. I'm a print guy, but I would love it if DC and Marvel used it to keep Blue Beetle and Nova around.
 
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Mistouze

user-friendly man-cashews
MC Safety said:
The Isolationist, the bad guy who has the power of every mutant on Earth ...

You don't say.
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He appeared in the series earlier, sooooo that's supposed to make sense to the regular readers. "Oh that dude is coming back?"

Bad Teh Hamburglar, you spoiled me! I'm reading it on the MCDU thing! (and it rocks, methinks)
 
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ViewtifulJC

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Yeah, Remender said his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants would be a big one, and this seems pretty legit. The Omega Clan, Sabretooth, the Shadow King, Mystique, and two of Remender's new bad guys The Skinless Man and AoA Blob. I think Lady Deathstrike is coming back into the story as well, possibly as the leader.

Marvel solicits got leaked out on BC, and I think all the teams are right, 'cept funny enough UXF, which is completely wrong, lol.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/04/13/marvels-july-solicitations-whos-kitty-pryde-seeing-now/

-AvX is still rolling on, I have no idea where this story is going, and I like it. I hope they don't spoil too much of it.

-First Dustin Weaver, now Daniel Acuna doing two issues of UXM? Please, keep Greg Land in a vault somewhere and lock away the key, Marvel. And again, I love that we're using all the X-men villains, Mr. Sinister is one of the last big ones they still have around and Gillen is doing some nice work with him.

-Hmm, the first non-Bradshaw/Bachalo-drawn issue. Molina has a similar style, so he's fine for a one-shot thing. I wonder who that is? Colossus? Iceman? Grown-up Genesis!?

-Art Adams, you are shameless, bro. Also, Black WidowxHawkeye? Is that the secret romance!? Bucky is gonna be pissed!

-Khoi Pham fill-in on Scarlet Spider!? Didn't they JUST do a fill-in two issues ago!? Goddamnit, Wacker.

-Scott Eaton on Captain America? Dropped

-Michael Lark on Winter Soldier? Awesome

-This Captain America team-up book Bunn is writing seems pretty fun so far, by the solicitations. Seems more adventurous and interesting then the decompressed tales Brubaker is doing.

-So I guess the new Iron Man is...Tony Stark? What a shock!

-Renato Guedes on Inc. Hulk? Bad. Kraven the Hunter? Good

-Alan Davis bringing ClanDestine back!? SUPER GOOD

-I love the DD cover, the way the barbed wire makes a radar sense around his head.

-Julian Tedesco on UXF for two issues? Sure, as long as Dean White is coloring it. Still waiting on Jerome Opena to come back, though, but I think this story has four more issues after this and they do plan on double shipping it a bit. TomB confirmed he was coming back, and that's the important thing!

-This Wolverine stuff is pretty damn annoying. Cullen Bunn starts his run, but wait hold the phone stop the presses, after his first story arc and this one-shot/filler thing, Loeb/Bianchi come in to do this story nobody gives a fuck about for five issues about how Sabretooth came back. Who cares!? He's back! And if you really care, couldn't it have been a mini-series so it doesn't derail Bunn's run for months? Ugggggh, just awful scheduling.
 
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LiQuid!

I proudly and openly admit to wishing death upon the mothers of people I don't like
I'm still in denial. I don't think Remender is going to kill Fantomex.
 
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kswiston

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Surprised there was no talk about Secret Avengers this week (unless I missed it)

Spoilers:
I sort of saw the "Ant Man is a mole for the father" reveal coming. I am interested to see whether he was a plant all along (he has been with the Avengers, and previously the Thunderbolts, for some time now), or whether he was switched for a machine during the course of this arc. Either way, not a huge fan of O'Grady as Ant Man so I am sort of ambivilent to his fate. I didn't clue in to the fact that this was the same Father from the World in Uncanny X-Force until he mentioned being killed by Deadpool.

I like the way Remender is connecting plot points between his three ongoing books. It's a nice bonus for those of us reading UXF, Secret Avengers and Venom, but it is done in a way that you don't need to read all three.
 
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-Mikey-

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The cover of The Walking Dead #100 is out in the wild. There is a chance it has a massive spoiler on the front or else it's just alluding to what could happen that issue. Pretty fucking dumb.
 
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parrotbeak

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-Mikey- said:
The cover of The Walking Dead #100 is out in the wild. There is a chance it has a massive spoiler on the front or else it's just alluding to what could happen that issue. Pretty fucking dumb.
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I heard that it was posted but I've avoided seeing it so far. I've been pretty good about avoiding future covers.
 
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Parallax

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ep85 said:
Who's a thief? Who has an accent? Who charms women? Who wears a trenchcoat?

And who's getting a solo while the other one's gonna die?

Boom.
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That's a damn frostburn right there. Its like icy-hot
 
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LiQuid!

I proudly and openly admit to wishing death upon the mothers of people I don't like
Gambit's already a fucking low rent Gambit.
 
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ViewtifulJC

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Fantomex is more of a high-class Gambit. Gambit if he was actually cool and didn't have goofy purple armor or speak in bad French slang

kswiston said:
Surprised there was no talk about Secret Avengers this week (unless I missed it)

Spoilers:
I sort of saw the "Ant Man is a mole for the father" reveal coming. I am interested to see whether he was a plant all along (he has been with the Avengers, and previously the Thunderbolts, for some time now), or whether he was switched for a machine during the course of this arc. Either way, not a huge fan of O'Grady as Ant Man so I am sort of ambivilent to his fate. I didn't clue in to the fact that this was the same Father from the World in Uncanny X-Force until he mentioned being killed by Deadpool.

I like the way Remender is connecting plot points between his three ongoing books. It's a nice bonus for those of us reading UXF, Secret Avengers and Venom, but it is done in a way that you don't need to read all three.
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I called the plot twist soon as I saw that final page reveal, but I'm still interested in seeing where it all goes. Remender seems to have cut out a little hole for himself in the MU, and I'm glad to be a part of it.

In other news, Avengers Assemble #2 pretttttty much confirms Bendis is going cosmic. CBR forums and MultiversityComics do a lot of the puzzle-connecting, and it also explains why Marvel has been so big on Nova and hyping up the cosmic side. To which I say, GOOD. I don't read Cosmic Marvel, so the further Bendis can get away from the books I care about, the better.
 
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purnoman3000

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America's Got Powers was more enjoyable than I thought it'd be, always liked Hitch's art. Also at 2.99$ for 36 actual story pages, it's like 2 issues, good value.

Tried Millar and Gibbons new series, Secret Service. Did not like, last time i'm fooled by Mlllar into thinking i'd start enjoying his writing again.

Last issue of non-J H Williams illustrated Batwoman i'll buy. The story is confusing, jumping all over the place, not plotted or scripted well. Enjoyed the first arc and his art would singlehandedly redeem and save the current arc, he's that good. As it is, maybe I don't enjoy her art style or there was something behind the scenes, but this fill-in by Amy Reeder is atrocious.
 
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Parallax

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purnoman3000 said:
Tried Millar and Gibbons new series, Secret Service. Did not like, last time i'm fooled by Mlllar into thinking i'd start enjoying his writing again.
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read red son, and i liked it. tried wanted and liked it until the final pages where millar couldnt help himself but to shit on the readers. gave kick ass a try and it boiled down to the same damn issues wanted had. i decided to never give that fucker my money again.(and after hearing how nemesis ended, im glad i didnt.)
 
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I'd be way more comfortable with Bendis writing Nova than Loeb.
 
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Rafa=FedKilla

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BenjaminBirdie said:
I am. Pak's Astonishing story that introduced them was boss as the bossest Lost episode. Your fave!!!

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Nice one brah.


And anyone new to comics or likes to trade wait, your local library is a good source. And for even better selection use the interlibrary loan to get even more goodness. The more you know.
 
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kswiston

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Cosmic Marvel was among the best Marvel stuff a few years ago, but I haven't been keeping up with it lately. I still need to read the last half of the Nova series, and almost all of Guardians of the Galaxy. I was keeping up with the crossovers until Thanos Imperative, but I haven't read anything past that.

I don't see how Bendis will be a good fit for Cosmic Marvel though. I enjoy his take on street level characters like Luke Cage, but he has been pretty horrible at writing the more powerful characters in the Marvel U. I don't want a book with Silver Surfer, Ronan, etc using Bendis-speak.
 
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ViewtifulJC

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Ryan Stegman is leaving Scarlet Spider for Fantastic Four, replaced by Khoi Pham

Words cannot express my displeasure at finding out this information, so here are some gifs to help describe my emotion:

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DonasaurusRex

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kswiston said:
Cosmic Marvel was among the best Marvel stuff a few years ago, but I haven't been keeping up with it lately. I still need to read the last half of the Nova series, and almost all of Guardians of the Galaxy. I was keeping up with the crossovers until Thanos Imperative, but I haven't read anything past that.

I don't see how Bendis will be a good fit for Cosmic Marvel though. I enjoy his take on street level characters like Luke Cage, but he has been pretty horrible at writing the more powerful characters in the Marvel U. I don't want a book with Silver Surfer, Ronan, etc using Bendis-speak.
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The two guys that orchestrated the awesome that was cosmic marvel are working on...new mutants and a few other projects. They really did have a good run espcially with GotG and the Annihilation wave.
 
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kswiston

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DonasaurusRex said:
The two guys that orchestrated the awesome that was cosmic marvel are working on...new mutants and a few other projects. They really did have a good run espcially with GotG and the Annihilation wave.
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Ya, I think they were also doing a book or two at DC. However, none of those caught my interest.

Annihilation was Marvel's best crossover of the 00s in my opinion. Some of the later cosmic crossovers were pretty good, but none of them came close to that first one.
 
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BlueScrote

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ViewtifulJC said:
-This Wolverine stuff is pretty damn annoying. Cullen Bunn starts his run, but wait hold the phone stop the presses, after his first story arc and this one-shot/filler thing, Loeb/Bianchi come in to do this story nobody gives a fuck about for five issues about how Sabretooth came back. Who cares!? He's back! And if you really care, couldn't it have been a mini-series so it doesn't derail Bunn's run for months? Ugggggh, just awful scheduling.
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I don't know what deal Loeb made with Mephisto to keep getting work in comic books. I swear everything post child-death has been awful. And you're oh so respectful naming a new Nova after your son.
Can't wait for the new nova to be kill off to make way for the return of Rider
 
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kswiston said:
Cosmic Marvel was among the best Marvel stuff a few years ago, but I haven't been keeping up with it lately. I still need to read the last half of the Nova series, and almost all of Guardians of the Galaxy. I was keeping up with the crossovers until Thanos Imperative, but I haven't read anything past that.

I don't see how Bendis will be a good fit for Cosmic Marvel though. I enjoy his take on street level characters like Luke Cage, but he has been pretty horrible at writing the more powerful characters in the Marvel U. I don't want a book with Silver Surfer, Ronan, etc using Bendis-speak.
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He can write stoic characters when he needs to. I'd trust him more to write a decent Richard Rider than I would trust Loeb. Rider's sort of quippy anyway. But yeah the new Nova will probably wreck any chances of getting a lot of Rich screentime any time soon.
 
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Mifune

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I know it's like universally reviled and all, but I gotta admit, I loved Final Crisis. It's the kind of superhero Morrison batshittery I haven't seen since his JLA days. (In fact, I might just dig out some of those old issues and bask in the crazy.)

I got to the end of the last issue and immediately started reading #1 again. Something tells me this whole series might work better for the casual DC fan, honestly. Worked for me anyway.
 
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Parallax

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Mifune said:
I know it's like universally reviled and all, but I gotta admit, I loved Final Crisis. It's the kind of superhero Morrison batshittery I haven't seen since his JLA days. (In fact, I might just dig out some of those old issues and bask in the crazy.)

I got to the end of the last issue and immediately started reading #1 again. Something tells me this whole series might work better for the casual DC fan, honestly. Worked for me anyway.
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You have a few final crisis allies here, so you're not alone.
 
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ViewtifulJC

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Mifune said:
I know it's like universally reviled and all, but I gotta admit, I loved Final Crisis. It's the kind of superhero Morrison batshittery I haven't seen since his JLA days. (In fact, I might just dig out some of those old issues and bask in the crazy.)

I got to the end of the last issue and immediately started reading #1 again. Something tells me this whole series might work better for the casual DC fan, honestly. Worked for me anyway.
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I love it, too. Absolute Final Crisis comes out later this year, with 7 new pages from Morrison/Mahnke. Couldn't hurt, because I think #7, as spectacular and emotional KABOOM BIFF BAM POW GIANT VAMPIRE GOD TASTE A THOUSAND SUPERMAN LASERS THE END OF THE WORLD BUT ONLY JUST THE BEGINNING, it couldn't hurt to have a few more pages for clarification!
 
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purnoman3000

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ViewtifulJC said:
Ryan Stegman is leaving Scarlet Spider for Fantastic Four, replaced by Khoi Pham

Words cannot express my displeasure at finding out this information
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His work on Scarlet Spider is fantastic, i'll probably drop it after he leaves. I'm glad he's going to a book I read though





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fredrancour

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Mifune said:
I know it's like universally reviled and all, but I gotta admit, I loved Final Crisis. It's the kind of superhero Morrison batshittery I haven't seen since his JLA days. (In fact, I might just dig out some of those old issues and bask in the crazy.)

I got to the end of the last issue and immediately started reading #1 again. Something tells me this whole series might work better for the casual DC fan, honestly. Worked for me anyway.
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Lies. Final Crisis was great.
 
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