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COMICS! |OT| August 2013. The only time of year when everyone envies Bobby Drake.
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GhostRidah
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Really liked how the Thor arc ended,
im sad that King Thor is now gone, such a badass.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Anticitizen One
Banned
Is infinity stand alone or is it spinning out of what Hickman is doing in his avengers books because I lost track of that
Hypertrooper
Member
The core comics of Infinity are Avengers, New Avengers and the Infinity series. To understand Infinity, you have better read those.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I stoped around issue 6 of each cuz they were kinda boring. Maybe ill catch up.
Lord British
Member
I have a New 52 Batman question - I want to start reading it. Can I start from #1 and follow it through to the current issue without buying any other titles, or does it require me to read other comics to follow the narrative?
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Nah brah. Just read it.
Anyone else going to buy Sandman Overture special edition? Its supposed to come with special paper that makes word bubbles translucent, witch should be mandatory in every Bendis comic.
So far the main title has set the stage and other batbooks have grabbed the event coattails for tie-in issues. I've only been reading batman, the only things you miss out on are sideplots during Death of the Family event and some court of owls shenanigans. The heart of the story arcs are told purely through Batman though.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Dear Ron Wimberly,
Please just draw Mighty Avengers
ViewtifulJC
Banned
"pencilled by GREG LAND"
blast0rama
Member
That's a book I'd buy in a heartbeat. Instead...Land.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Holy fuckballs. Does anybody know if Wimberly is working on any personal books? Prince of Cats is dope as fuck but I haven't read anything of his since.
I really liked Infinity #1. Promising start to what could be a good Marvel event (is such a thing possible?!). Between this, New Avengers, and FF, I can now safely conclude that the main Avengers book being so dull and uneventful is entirely because of Spencer.
Saga was great, nice to read this book again. Thor concluded its Godbomb story wonderfully. Thought Batman was just kind of eh though.
Saga was great, nice to read this book again. Thor concluded its Godbomb story wonderfully. Thought Batman was just kind of eh though.
KoruptData
Member
Anybody else read Astro City 3? I have no clue where this going to go. Seems like the first one has had nothing todo with the last 2. The writing and the art has been good just seems like there is no direction.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
That's how Astro City works. Unless it explicitly says To Be Continued, it's a stand alone story. If it says "You are now leaving Astro City", that's it.
There's a connected continuity and mythology in the background, but that's not the main story.
EDIT:
MARVEL NOVEMBER SOLICITS!!
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=47327
MARVEL IS BACK WITH ANOTHER MADCAP MONTH OF MERRY MAYHEM IN THE MIGHTY MARVEL MANNER!!
EDIT EDIT:
AVENGERS ARENA SERIES FINALE
#HASHTAGFUCKTHISEARTH
La Maquinon
Member
Yeah, I haven't read #3 yet, but knowing about this different way of doing things adds intrigue to the series. If I hadn't been told about it, I would have dropped the book after issue one thinking it was all about this dad dude and the door. And then I would have missed issue two, which I loved. But I think they'd be wise to maybe include some kind of hint as to the series style in the opening pages, assuming they want new readers.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
omg
nic klein on captain america
buy a round of whiskey
all is forgiven
nic klein on captain america
buy a round of whiskey
all is forgiven
Spike Spiegel
Member
OMGLOL
YOU DUN GOOFED, BOOTH
YOU DUN GOOFED, BOOTH
KoruptData
Member
Thank you! Knowing that, it will be much more enjoyable. Like I said, it does have quality writing and art.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It's definitely worth seeking out the rest of the series. He takes the same approach throughout, and he's fleshed out a really deep mythology, all told from a ground level viewpoint. Like Marvels but longer and with weirder shit.
Dear Ron Wimberly,
Please just draw Mighty Avengers
Jesus. There's no fucking justice. Fuck land.
Mac the KNife
Member
Dear Ron Wimberly,
Please just draw Mighty Avengers
Whoa...
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Archer and Armstrong #12 was a cool read.
So many things teased, like Archer meeting the Harbingers and/or Bloodshot. Found it hilarious when Armstrong accidently killed that alien.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Just how long are they going to drag Superior out? Dude is so one note its tedious as all hell, and now they're even resorting to characters like Stunner coming back from the 90's and when Dr Octopus had reformed and become a good guy, thus not matching up with current era at all. Its also absolutely retarded Kaine couldn't pick up on Peter not being Peter, and we'll get that experience over and over while Carlie Cooper sits on her thesis for another calendar year. Pete is going to come back and have to move away and start a new life under the sheer crushing realisation that nobody really gives a shit about him and his personality to not notice.
Bleh. 2099 crossover will be good for the art at least.
Bleh. 2099 crossover will be good for the art at least.
KoruptData
Member
Honestly the annual solicit's got me a bit worried. It'll be funny to see everyone's reaction to Spidey rolling with the Sinister Six from now on.
Vermillion
Banned
I mean, the concept is kind of refreshing, but it comes at the cost of pretty much everyone not recognizing their friend has dramatically changed. Everyone who has been the closest to him - friends, family... people who are supposed to understand him on a deep level. And that is the dumbest part of the story. I mean, they could at least have the people who can't do anything about it get it. Like Kaine. Kaine would be like "ah, they wouldn't trust me." Instead, pretty much everyone is brain-dead to a degree that anyone would get suspicious in comics. Peter fucked up when he switched bodies "the Avengers wouldn't believe this! Body switching? How crazy!"
It would be nice to see the concept in a smarter way. Like in that issue of Avenging Spider-Man where they wanted to do a mental scan, but Ock guilted them out of it.
That wasn't in Avenging, that was in the main-line Superior title. I think I'd take your complaints to heart more if we didn't have Carlie onto Ock already and looking for proof or if MJ didn't pop up every so often thinking Peter's been acting odd. Your complaint is essentially addressed every other issue since #2.
Yost had them team up in Scarlet Spider and Superior Team-up.
At this point all Carlie needs is proof.
slightconfuse
Banned
Well #1 Spider-Man fanboy flash Thompson will punt an end to it
GhostRidah
Member
Lets gooo!
Edit: dammit spoiler tags don't work with images anymore?
Edit: dammit spoiler tags don't work with images anymore?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
dem thor spoilers
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Man Avengers AI is fuckin' boss.
Meanwhile, in Uncanny X-Force, Psylocke said "THIS IS OUR CLUBHOUSE -- NO BUSTERS ALLOWED" and Ramon Perez drew it.
So
YEAH
gonna keep reading Uncanny X-Force I think
Meanwhile, in Uncanny X-Force, Psylocke said "THIS IS OUR CLUBHOUSE -- NO BUSTERS ALLOWED" and Ramon Perez drew it.
So
YEAH
gonna keep reading Uncanny X-Force I think
Vermillion
Banned
No - it was Avenging. "The die is cast!" You're talking about the Avengers fiasco.
Carlie had to be told and then took so long to figure it out, and everyone like "huh, that's odd" isn't "that's not Peter." Fisk was the only one who said it outright "That's not the Spider-Man I know." Even if he doesn't mean it literally. MJ and Aunt May should know.
I've never liked it when the variant covers/regular covers have better artwork than what i get in the actual book, it's always annoying.
It would be more convincing if Slott wasn't so terrible with dialogue. I think the characterization is handled a hell of a lot better in Avenging/Team-Up.
I'm still willing to give this book a chance, even with Land. The art is going to hurt, isn't it? ;_;
Re: WatXM Annual!
Kid Gladiator is back! KID GLADIATOR IS BACK! ALL IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD!
So it looks like the Ultimate Ongoings are all cancelled and replaced with Cataclysm minis in November. Bleeding Cool also pointed out the Mighty Avengers solicit:
Looking very likely that the Ultimate Universe is about to be shuttered. It also seems plausible that Miles will end up in 616, possibly on Might Avengers.
Looking very likely that the Ultimate Universe is about to be shuttered. It also seems plausible that Miles will end up in 616, possibly on Might Avengers.
Didn't the solicit for Ultimate Spidey straight up say he was coming over?
Serpentine
Banned
Dear Ron Wimberly,
Please just draw Mighty Avengers
this Land shit makes me mad because that cover IS SO GOOD
you answered your own question.
I missed it the first time, but ya, it looks like it says that in the solicit for The Ultimates Last Stand #2.
I wonder how long he will last. Derivative characters created after 1980 typically don't have the best survival rates.
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