The zatanna and power girl series before nu52 are great. Batwoman pre and post nu52 is also great.
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COMICS! |OT| April 2014. Truly, there is no shame in continuing to read awful comics.
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Shin Johnpv
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I don't think it could be Future's End since that is supposed to take place 30 years in the future.
GrandHarrier
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Jorge Jimenez on Superboy is great art. Sort of a semi-anime style but he has great attention to facial detail. Aaron Kuder is also doing some really interesting stuff with it. (
) It's probably slated for a cancellation / renumbering / relaunch but I've actually liked the recent Jon Kent arc. The hooks that suggest Kon will be the Superboy the Legion is based off of in this incarnation was such a heart breaking tease, followed up by the Legion Founder analogues Jon recruited.
Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes #1, I'm just saying, DC.
Edit: I thought this particular panel was really cute. A young Jon Lane Kent.
Really curious to see what all these other Superboys in Jon's mind are about.
Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes #1, I'm just saying, DC.
Edit: I thought this particular panel was really cute. A young Jon Lane Kent.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Need that last bit for the full effect.
Tyrant Rave
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Power Girl by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner is a lot of fun. They recently put out a trade collecting their entire run called Power Girl: Power Trip.
Batwoman is another good choice. You can start with Batwoman Elegy and jump right into the Nu52 stuff.
There's supposed to be that Zatanna and Black Canary OGN by Paul Dini next month as well.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Haha, that's actually awesome. This is from Superboy? Tell me it ain't still Lobdell's Superboy.Jorge Jimenez on Superboy is great art. Sort of a semi-anime style but he has great attention to facial detail. Aaron Kuder is also doing some really interesting stuff with it. () It's probably slated for a cancellation / renumbering / relaunch but I've actually liked the recent Jon Kent arc. The hooks that suggest Kon will be the Superboy the Legion is based off of in this incarnation was such a heart breaking tease, followed up by the Legion Founder analogues Jon recruited.Really curious to see what all these other Superboys in Jon's mind are about.
Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes #1, I'm just saying, DC.
Edit: I thought this particular panel was really cute. A young Jon Lane Kent.
TheKaeptain
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What's the Spiderman Family Business thing I see in stores? Is it good?
Rafa=FedKilla
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You meet Spiderman's sister.
GrandHarrier
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No. Forgive me if you know some of this but I'm also saying it for other peoples benefit: Superboy has had two incarnations (in the New 52). You had Kon-El, who is a clone based off of Jon Lane Kent, who is the son of Superman and Lois (from the future). Kon-El was created by Harvest, as a means of finding a cure for a disease that is slowly killing Jon Lane Kent. Kon-El was killed during the Return of Krypton storyline. Jon Lane Kent then impersonated Kon-El, joined the Teen Titans briefly, then took off to begin his war on metahumans.
So no, this isn't Lobdell's Superboy.
Wow I just read it. Damn he DID put the smack down on JMS.
Just that one. It was longer originally but Gaf ate the post, and I only felt like redoing Aquaman and Wonder Woman. Lol
Well...yeah. I said - or tried to say - upfront that my assessment is based entirely on the design. I'm sure whenever I finally sit down to read PAD Aquaman I'll enjoy it, but I'll still be like "what an awful design" the whole way through. lol
Man I still laugh when I think about that tweet. That was some Grade A, All-American ether. Never would I have thought you could take a man's soul with 140 characters, but Waid did it.
Thanks I'll look them up!
Coriolanus
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What's the consensus on the Punisher's Franken Castle arc nowadays? All I recall is reading the first issue after finishing Ennis' MAX run, seeing daken's work and thinking that it could never be good. Thinking of picking it up and giving it a proper shot.
Oh my God, those Future's End spoilers.
DC, you have to stop at some point. just... stop.
DC, you have to stop at some point. just... stop.
The end, though, with Batman Beyond and Old Bruce in an armored suit, ready to go back in time? That was fine. Just cut the rest and make a Beyond, time-traveling, old Bruce stops this bad future story. Please.
ViewtifulJC
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If you're ok with it completely different from your expected Punisher book and go in expecting comic book wackiness, you might enjoy it. Frankencastle fights jetpack samurais, nazi zombies, and the living embodiment of an Iron Maiden song. And Tony Moore actually draws most of it.
GrandHarrier
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Stop what? Doing Events? Not gonna happen. Events sell. And really, Future's End just seems to be a different take on the idea of OMACs which was done well before, imo. I don't understand what all the hand wringing is about without actually reading it.
Spike Spiegel
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Fraction/Chaykin produce an actual Satellite Sam "tijuana bible" as retailer incentive (Bleeding Cool)
For some reason I find that incredibly funny.
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For some reason I find that incredibly funny.
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Source (CBR)“I have long-dreamed of producing a piece of filth with Howard Victor Chaykin, my No. 1 international pornographer of choice,” Fraction said in the press release. “That we had a place in Satellite Sam where a classic Tijuana Bible could appear in both story and the real world as a special (‘special’thank you to retailers and readers that are on this dark little journey with us was the cherry on top.”
BenjaminBirdie
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I think it's less "stop events" and more "stop unimaginative comics".
It didn't work when Chaos War ripped off Blackest Night. It likely won't work when Future's End rips off Age of Ultron.
Daily. Hourly. Right to your brainly.
I'm not actually sure whether was cancelled or whether it just 'ended', but yes
I kind of miss it already, it was a consistently fun book and sometimes I just need one of those. And Nguyen's art was a fantastic fit. It was one of their digital first things, so the final issue was actually released back in December before being released in March.
There was a thanks for reading / goodbye post on the DC blog from the creative team around then too http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/12/17/dc-all-access-now-leaving-lil-gotham
BenjaminBirdie
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amazonk bought comixology
no idea what this means
amazonk bought comixology
no idea what this means
TetraxShards
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You should definitely redo the others.
Daredevil:
The Best - Frank Miller's Daredevil
Not to disperse all the great work by Gene Colan and Wally Wood before Miller, or from Bendis and Brubaker and Kessel and Waid and Samnee and Marcos Martin, etc after Miller. But it really is Before Miller and After Miller. Working with colleagues such as Klaus Janson and David Mazzucchelli, Miller transformed a perennially underachieving superhero into one of the most compelling characters ever seen in the sub-genre. A fully three-dimensional character and his wonderfully entertaining story that are one-part Eisner's The Spirit, and one part-Lone Wolf and Cub. This entry can also double as a Best and Worst of Eleketra, as with the rare exception of Zeb Wells, nobody else seems to have a proper handle on that character.
I've only read the Born Again story arc with Miller, but I think I preferred Bendis'. Bendis' run wouldn't have been what it was without Miller, but it clicked for me better. I was out to dinner with the family a few weeks ago, and I was visiting the comic shop next door. They were having a 60% percent off sale for various trades including Books 1 - 3 of Bendis' run on Daredevil.
Unfortunately I didn't have my wallet with me, and the sale was over by the next day.
We all kind of popped in the office.
I'm really excited about what comes next and really think all of you comic fans should be too!!!
A lot of fucking partying to be done tonight!!!
Everything is going to be okay and you need to accept your new Amazon overlords!
Way too much panic guys...
This is a really, really good thing.
flaxknuckles
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So Marvel digital comics will finally be sensibly priced and not cost $4 even after half a year has passed???? Awesome
EDIT: Not so awesome if we have to use Kindle software. Keep my comic books in their own app please
Shin Johnpv
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I don't know if he's their son in the typical sense. To me it more came off as Superman and Lois are his parents biologically speaking, but he was still created by harvest.
Whoa.
Party tonight, but tomorrow you start a timer system to make sure you deliver a digital comic to people every 30 seconds or you get a probationary warning.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I loved it, while the rest of the Punisher fans I knew hated it and thought me mad for liking it.
BenjaminBirdie
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It was the best. You were right.
I just got whipped for being on the forum and not delivering comics... Thanks
Affeinvasion
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What does this mean for DCBS and InstockTrades. IST has way better deals and shipping than Amazon. Are these companies separate but affiliated with Comixology or something else?
I think DCBS just had a deal going on with comixology, but DCBS is a retail comic store in Indiana that also has online pre-ordering ( what we use ), and runs IST.
choaffable
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On the Comixology website, the CEO does say they're keeping the apps separate...For now. In the near future, what I hope this means is that the Dark Horse catalogue will be available through Comixology. And also that the software that powers Comixology goes into the Kindle app so that illustrated children's books don't look so crappy.
echoshifting
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Dark Horse alone would make this terrific news
Yeah, David talked to us today and we've been told everything will be separate for now but who knows.
I couldn't agree more. I hate events.
ThyMusicMan
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Got my Fear Agent Library Edition from IST...
Fuckin eh this is awesome. What a beauty, super excited to check this out.
I Almost feel bad for only paying $29 for this book...
Fuckin eh this is awesome. What a beauty, super excited to check this out.
I Almost feel bad for only paying $29 for this book...
ALMOST..
Rrongfield
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I have this weird feeling I'm going to go broke with this. Comixology and Amazon are already consuming a large of my income. Imagine what they could do...together.
BenjaminBirdie
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Swear to god that's literally the only thing I care about.
ERIC, COME ON, MAKE IT HAPPEN
Dude, I'm just a low level guy.
Wish I could share more with you guys but NDA and all that stupid crap BUT I will say I really wouldn't be worried.
he handled it better than devin grayson did
TetraxShards
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This looks amazingly shite. I would be fine with it as a What If?-esque one-shot or even a mini, but a whole year of this? Lord no. I'm going to save my money and just assume the future did not end.
LOLLLLLLL.
I read it two days ago and REALLY liked it. It's super expensive for what you get though. Mark Waid for full-time Spider-Man writer.
Freezasaurus
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Messi feels persecuted.
Yes. I have all the trades of the Power Girl and Zatanna books. I read Batwoman up until Williams and Hickman left. But I have a strong urge to get back into it. I don't know why I left.
guys, GUYS! Superior Spidey preview...
Peter taking those three goons out with Aunt May on the phone.
That's another thing isn't it? Octavius never learned spider-fu.
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