BuddyJoeHooker
Member
That Spider-Verse HC is something like 25 issues. Looking forward to reading those miniseries I didn't bother to pick up.
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COMICS! |OT| April 2015. Everyone's burned out and looking for an excuse to quit.
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Based Marvel. Spider-Gwen is the premisse to have the people buy the Edge of Trade.
Maybe they correct the announcement, most of Marvels Vol. 1 Trades collect 6 Issues anyway.
Tizoc
Member
....but what if most of them are bad :V
Oh wow I have The Stories of Alan Moore TPB which features the Killing Joke with its original colors! Forgot I even had it haha.
Speaking of Killing Joke: Did or did not, Batman kill the Joker at the end? Some think he did because the light beam disappears in the last panel
Well it was meant to be left open-ended so readers could make their own conclusions, but DC chose to include TKJ into continuity without telling Moore. I guess the "canon" ending would be that Batman shared a laugh with Joker and then hauled him in.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Did every single one of you buy TDKSA from Amazon? It's out of stock.
I only preordered the TDKR/TDKSA Deluxe Edition :/
Baron von Loathsome
Member
No, I bought good comics instead.
Freezasaurus
Member
Oh wow I have The Stories of Alan Moore TPB which features the Killing Joke with its original colors! Forgot I even had it haha.
Speaking of Killing Joke: Did or did not, Batman kill the Joker at the end? Some think he did because the light beam disappears in the last panel
Nah, Batman just gave him a kiss ofc
TetraxShards
Member
I'm so disappointed this wasn't the Ramones or Distillers 60s theme versions.
Still pretty funny though.
EDIT: Or this, this is good too.
They're not that bad.
KoruptData
Member
My wife said she wants Sunstone out of her entertainment budget so problem solved.
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
Putting together a Spider-Man playlist is now on the to do list.
Should I put the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack on it?
Freezasaurus
Member
KoruptData
Member
At least someone has their priorities in order.
That's what marriages are about!
Oh wow I have The Stories of Alan Moore TPB which features the Killing Joke with its original colors! Forgot I even had it haha.
Speaking of Killing Joke: Did or did not, Batman kill the Joker at the end? Some think he did because the light beam disappears in the last panel
The whole set up of that scene is to leave it ambiguous.
BKatastrophe
Member
Yup, out of the three stories in the annual that's the one CM did.
But no alternate dimensions tho
Pretty sure everyone was like "Yeah. Seems about right."
LAAAAAAAA-oh wait that's just a smiley face.
Here you go, I removed all the crappy stuff from your list and made room for Sunstone.
TetraxShards
Member
I've been reading some comics so here are some brief ~thoughts~
- Beautiful Darkness
This was one of the most talked about books last year that I didn't get a chance to read. The back blurb sells it a bit short I think, calling it something like an “anti-fairy tale” -- which is technically true, but it's all in the execution. It sells you in the first 6 pages but it also lands the ending which was everything I wanted. Pretty phenomenal book.
- Copra: Round One
One of the most talked about comics of two years ago? A lot of the appeal and hype of this comic comes from the fact that it's basically Suicide Squad with the names filed off, so there's a lot of “oh shit, that's Fury and Count Vertigo and Ditko's Shade and Captain Boomerang and Deadshot and oh fuck, they're teaming up with Doctor Strange??” here. There's also the fact that it's in a traditional format: monthly, 24~ pages, and as a pamphlet, but part of the experience is knowing that it's all done by one dude on Etsy. What makes Copra special for me though is that it's a superhero comic that cares about action and fights, which sounds like nothing but it's much rarer than it should be.
- Justice League: Elite
Goood
- Some random Nocenti/John Romita Jr Daredevil issues
Weird, not all together there, but also really great in places. Daredevil post-Miller has often been either following his footsteps or running in the opposite direction but these comics show that it didn't have to be that way.
- Zenith Phase III
Talked about this a little but yes: good. The first two volumes feel like pastiches of better comics and while this is a pastiche too, there's a vitality to it that feels closer to what prime Morrison is like. Steve Yeowell is really good here. I've seen some of his recent stuff and it doesn't really excite me and I'm not too fond of his work on the previous Zeniths either, but it hits a sweet spot here.
Talk to me about these or whatever else cool things you've been reading!!
- Beautiful Darkness
This was one of the most talked about books last year that I didn't get a chance to read. The back blurb sells it a bit short I think, calling it something like an “anti-fairy tale” -- which is technically true, but it's all in the execution. It sells you in the first 6 pages but it also lands the ending which was everything I wanted. Pretty phenomenal book.
- Copra: Round One
One of the most talked about comics of two years ago? A lot of the appeal and hype of this comic comes from the fact that it's basically Suicide Squad with the names filed off, so there's a lot of “oh shit, that's Fury and Count Vertigo and Ditko's Shade and Captain Boomerang and Deadshot and oh fuck, they're teaming up with Doctor Strange??” here. There's also the fact that it's in a traditional format: monthly, 24~ pages, and as a pamphlet, but part of the experience is knowing that it's all done by one dude on Etsy. What makes Copra special for me though is that it's a superhero comic that cares about action and fights, which sounds like nothing but it's much rarer than it should be.
- Justice League: Elite
Goood
- Some random Nocenti/John Romita Jr Daredevil issues
Weird, not all together there, but also really great in places. Daredevil post-Miller has often been either following his footsteps or running in the opposite direction but these comics show that it didn't have to be that way.
- Zenith Phase III
Talked about this a little but yes: good. The first two volumes feel like pastiches of better comics and while this is a pastiche too, there's a vitality to it that feels closer to what prime Morrison is like. Steve Yeowell is really good here. I've seen some of his recent stuff and it doesn't really excite me and I'm not too fond of his work on the previous Zeniths either, but it hits a sweet spot here.
Talk to me about these or whatever else cool things you've been reading!!
Yeah it was pretty darn bad. Still entertaining. Just not the end the series deserved.
Some really bad fight choreography moments. A lot of pacing problems. Characters doing really really stupid things. Dat Talia final acting.
That's more or less the long and short of it.
Tizoc
Member
TetraxShards
Member
I'm not saying Rises was great, because it wasn't, but no film could have lived up to that hype especially after The Dark Knight.
I think we will see a bit of this with Age of Ultron as well, it just hasn't hit critical mass because no US release yet. It's also why Furious 7 is getting such a big bump, because the F&F movies are better than they have any right to be.
Maybe its good that we have this case with the secon part. People will keep now their expectations in check for Avengers 3 & 4.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/c2e2-marvel-ventures-into-secret-wars-warzones
Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra and Howard the Human. Marvel's newest and hottest Secret Wars stars.
Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra and Howard the Human. Marvel's newest and hottest Secret Wars stars.
Howard the Human.
TetraxShards
Member
Based Secret Wars.
Secret Wars starts next month?
This 50th Anniversary SHIELD Stuff sounds good, to. Also:
<3
At this point, with all the informations I have, I just assume that Earth 616 dies for the time the War rages on. And the winning earth just lives on. And of course it will be the universe we followed for 53 years.
A lot of stuff Ive heard feom authors hint to this IMO.
Otherwise I cant explain Rage of Ultron, too.
A lot of stuff Ive heard feom authors hint to this IMO.
Otherwise I cant explain Rage of Ultron, too.
Secret Wars starts next month?
This 50th Anniversary SHIELD Stuff sounds good, to. Also:
We get Dum-Dum back
TetraxShards
Member
As much as I'm looking forward to the final phase of Hickman's grand plan, the tie-ins are way more interesting to me at this point. Reading that article, it just got real to me that all this awesome stuff is going to be happening, and soon at that.
I would have loved to have sat in on the pitching process for all these minis.
Marvel: Fuck It, Just Print Everything
I would have loved to have sat in on the pitching process for all these minis.
Marvel: Fuck It, Just Print Everything
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Howard the Human?
A general cartoon animal world instead of Duckworld?
Someone knows their Steve Gerber.
TetraxShards
Member
We have to get the cosplayers involved!
Someone bribe Jessica Nigri to cosplay as Howard the Human!
Nah man
If the Russo's knock it out of the park with Civil War and it's action scenes I'll be hyped a bit more for Infinity War.
I buy every SW book anyway.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Cm Punk stealing the spot of a young comic writer.
Freezasaurus
Member
Guys, can we agree on a different abbreviation fof Secret Wars? SW has traditionally always meant Star Wars, which is how I'll always read it.
Its correct for booth possibilitys in my case anyway
Messi will always read it as Secret Wars.
TetraxShards
Member
The acronym "GOAT" confused me for years, until I realised it meant Greatest Of All Time. I was like "Why are you comparing this game to a goat?"
Baron von Loathsome
Member
And I thought I were alone.
TetraxShards
Member
Well, Disney is working with EA now.
Where my Battlefield: Secret Wars at?
Freezasaurus
Member
Works for me!
Seriously, though. SeW would be fine, just to differentiate it. Secret Wars is going to be a temporary flash-in-the-pan. Star Wars is forever.
Maybe only until his first MMA fight. I imagine he'll be in a coma after that.
TetraxShards
Member
If UFC are anyway clever, they'll match Punk against a can with a 0-0 or 0-1 record. Both Punk and UFC can make a lot of money if he can survive for 2 or 3 fights. Getting demolished would kill all that.
He'll probably still get creamed. He's 37, not a natural athlete, and riddled with concussion and other niggling injuries.
I think he forgot that us wrestling dorks loved him because he was a great storyteller, not because he won wrestling matches. He was never the same after they jobbed his record- setting reign to put over the Rock though.
my name is ed
Banned
SW>SW
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Unconfirmed Member
Maybe you should get into MMA.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pshaw, SW absolutely wrecks SW. Get out of here with that SW>SW crap.