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COMICS! |OT| August 2014. Infinite universes, or just fifty-two? Thanos.
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ViewtifulJC
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That's the funny thing to me. His Superman Adventures run is so good. Clever, exciting, accessible, morally upstanding; the prototypical ongoing for the Man of Steel. My favorite issue was actually the one where Bruce Wayne got kidnapped by the Mad Hatter and was gonna shoot him on Live TV unless Batman showed up, revealed his secret identity, and gave him his cowl(hat collector, don't you know). Course WE know Bruce is Batman, but dramatic irony and all that. So Superman has to fit-in with Gotham scare tactics, which he's no good at.
But eventually Supes does say the day, in a totally Superman kind of way once they track the escaped Hatter to the sewers
Superman, who loves everybody even the psychologically troubled, understands and appeals to their wants and needs in a non-violent humanistic manner. What a smart and compassionate way to resolve this situation! No edgy fisticuffs or dark angst here, just a really well done superhero book by a writer who clearly understands the traditions of how these things work.
He doesn't have to try so hard if he doesn't want to.
Tyrant Rave
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Mass_Pincup
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Hi ComicGaf ! I'm a complete newcomer in the comic world and I thought that my trip to NYC at the and of the month would be a good moment to start but I have a few question.
What's the best place to buy comics in NY?
What are the best run for a beginner who are available in Hardcover? I'm interest in Spidey, X-men, Batman, JLA, Avengers, Green Lantern and Flash but other recommandation are welcome.
Thanks.
What's the best place to buy comics in NY?
What are the best run for a beginner who are available in Hardcover? I'm interest in Spidey, X-men, Batman, JLA, Avengers, Green Lantern and Flash but other recommandation are welcome.
Thanks.
It wasn't?
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
No I mean, like it was up to #37 or whatever and now its back to #6
TheDarkKnight774
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Marvel is obsessed with #1 issues.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Don't know about shops but for starter kits let's see. I can recommend a lot of stuff but I'll try to boil it down to a couple runs that are either their definitive run or easy to get into. Also check out instocktrades.com for the best online prices out there.
Spider-man: ultimate spiderman by Bendis (the first volume with Parker)
X-men: astonishing xmen by Joss whedon
batman: Year one and/or The Long Halloween
JLA: give the first trade by Grant Morrison a try
avengers: hm not sure. Maybe Busieks Avengers Assemble?
green Lantern: geoff Johns is the a great run. Start with GL rebirth
flash: Again Johns run is great. start with blood will wonderland trade or blood will run
Superman: All star superman by Morrison. Secret identity (alternate timeline story) or maybe For all seasons.
Tyrant Rave
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For good starter books, try out Hawkeye by Matt Fraction (you can get two paperbacks or an oversized hardcover) and Batman by Scott Snyder (just start at volume 1). For Spider-Man you can really just start with Superior volume 1 without any issues. Green Lantern start with Secret Origin and just work your way through other trades by Geoff Johns.
I also recommend Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Despite the title, it has nothing to do with Spider-Man and you don't really need any prior knowledge to have fun with it. It's a comedy series about the current "Sinister Six" (there's only five of them) and it is absolutely hilarious. Two paperback trades out right now.
Mass_Pincup
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they seem to come out during big comic cons and black friday/christmas. It's been awhile since they had one for an annual discount which is what i want, last one was for a month.
TheDarkKnight774
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They've done a couple this year. There was one in Feb or so and one a couple weeks ago. I'm sure they'll do another at some point. But I'm not sure when or if this year
cablenathan
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Hot Toys are like a drug. I remember my first hit...that was about 25 Hot Toys ago. It's a slippery slope...but a beautiful one at that. There should be a HotToysGaf.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
There is figuregaf
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I'd love to see the collection!
I actually love his work on The Ultimates and Marvel Knights: Spider-Man, but this... Wow
The Ultimate Red Skull Arc was shit, anyway.
Well, Red Skull did almost throw his own baby daughter off a cliff in 616 (and slaps her a ton), but Millar's Ultimate rapey thing sounds terrible, even for The Skull.
But it did annoy me to no end how much they nerfed him in The First Avenger, surprised nobody ever questioned Feige or Markus and McFeely about that. We got no looks at his racist, and xenophobic nature in the movie, the guy is supposed to be terrifying scum, something that Brubaker nailed but the MCU so far won't tackle (don't get me started about him not being Hitler's right hand man and more of a hardcore Nazi). When he comes back in the movies, it'd be really interesting if they approach the essence of the character- besides being an intelligent egomaniac, he is some of the worst that humanity has to offer.
indigo-cyclops
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My haul for the week of 8/6, friends:
Marshal Law #1-6 (VG) - Can't believe I found the entire run. Love Kevin O'Neill's style.
Veil #2 - Eager to see where this goes...
Low #1 - Highly anticipated, after all the great feedback from everyone in this thread.
Squidder #2 - I've yet to start the series but always love Templesmith's unique style.
Grayson #2 - This one really surprised me, hooked me.
Sweets #4 - at least have #1-5 in floppy now. Need moar!
Imperial #1 - this one...well I knew it was a new series coming out, but I opened it and the art bored me to death. So let's hope it is compelling story-wise.
Marshal Law #1-6 (VG) - Can't believe I found the entire run. Love Kevin O'Neill's style.
Veil #2 - Eager to see where this goes...
Low #1 - Highly anticipated, after all the great feedback from everyone in this thread.
Squidder #2 - I've yet to start the series but always love Templesmith's unique style.
Grayson #2 - This one really surprised me, hooked me.
Sweets #4 - at least have #1-5 in floppy now. Need moar!
Imperial #1 - this one...well I knew it was a new series coming out, but I opened it and the art bored me to death. So let's hope it is compelling story-wise.
GrandHarrier
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Yeah. I also know that Shin follows it too. Praises about how wonderful Batman Beyond and Justice League Beyond have been can't be sung loud enough. If you enjoyed the DCAU at all, you really should be reading it, because it continues the spirit of the show perfectly.
Dick
beating the shit out of Bruce
Freezasaurus
Member
That should be the pull quote on the cover of the trade.
Except it probably won't be true by that point.
I still haven't figured out how to order from ami ami.
Freezasaurus
Member
Haven't read it, but I did read a write-up that complained about a lack of diversity, as everyone in the comic, everyone is white.
Where do you get stuck?
Tyrant Rave
Banned
It's pretty straightforward if you use paypal
Well, I don't really get it. Do I just use paypal? Does paypal convert the money to $? It's just strange to me.
Yep, Paypal automatically converts yen to dollars.
cablenathan
Member
I subscribe to figuregaf, it's a lovely place.
I have recently moved house, so my collection has yet to find a way to be appropriately displayed. I could learn a lot from your collection which I was admiring earlier!
Freezasaurus
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Paypal or Credit Card will automatically convert the money to JPY. Paypal lets you select the form of payment when you send money. You'll receive an email when the order is ready for payment. This occurs either later that day (around 8-10PM EST) if the item is in stock, or whenever the item arrives in stock if it's a pre-order. From there, you'll log into your AmiAmi account and finalize payment and shipping options. If you want to edit those options beforehand, there's an option to do that on your main account page.
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, some people do that. But in most cases, you're paying a decent amount more than the item list price.
Freezasaurus
Member
There are a few UK-GAF people over in FigureGAF. I would ask one of them. I think Samurai_Heart lives there.
One of the best out there.
I'm not saying hot toys should make a Hipster Batgirl figure. But hot toys should make a hipster Batgirl figure.
I'd buy it.
Rrongfield
Member
Chew is life.
doniewhalberg
Member
Hnng. Looking at the preview on cbr, I really want to get into the goon one of these days, just buy it all. One of the last few things I've read nothing of, there's tons of and that I really want to read.
I have the newest arc to read so 2 issues and poyo then I am finally caught up. But I agree, Chew is life. Each book has been a delight.
Gonna start getting the hardcovers I think.
Hot Toys is too busy with Arkham City Batman to listen to this request.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
The one downside to digital comic reading for me is I'm so easily distracted. Having ADD doesn't help but when I can quickly hop onto the internet with the first random thought in my head slows down progress. It's hard to shut everything else out
whatsinaname
Member
Now that my deluxe volumes are here (which are gorgeous btw), I have started reading Fables again. I had forgotten how enjoyable the first few volumes were.
Right now it's just Batman. I'm expecting Harley next.
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