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COMICS! |OT| December 2015. Let's save the world, you and me, together. Ready?
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Yep.
Kid Kamikaze10
Member
Yo... Squadron Supreme #1.
Robinson is a jerk for that. All of that. I thought
was going to be bad, but he really upped it to eleven.
And craft wise, really really bad.
Robinson is a jerk for that. All of that. I thought
Namor's death
And craft wise, really really bad.
Tizoc
Member
Schweinehund
Member
My tastes are fairly limited since I haven't really expanded beyond DC or the Big two.
Rick Veitch
Ivan Reis
Jason Fabok
Neal Adams draws my definitive Batman.
Curt Swan just embodies the silver age for me. Best Superman.
Gary Frank isn't so far off though. I'd love to see him continue his work on Shazam, if not Superman's ongoing.
There's a lot of great artists out there, it's so hard to choose. I also like Alex Ross but mostly doing cover work, his interiors are still good but they don't have a lot of motion to them. I also need to pick up more Doc Shaner, his take on Billy was excellent.
Rick Veitch
Ivan Reis
Jason Fabok
Neal Adams draws my definitive Batman.
Curt Swan just embodies the silver age for me. Best Superman.
Gary Frank isn't so far off though. I'd love to see him continue his work on Shazam, if not Superman's ongoing.
There's a lot of great artists out there, it's so hard to choose. I also like Alex Ross but mostly doing cover work, his interiors are still good but they don't have a lot of motion to them. I also need to pick up more Doc Shaner, his take on Billy was excellent.
Poodlestrike
Banned
You know that's the truth.
Batman & Robin Eternal #11 was a fun book. We get Cassandra Cain's backstory here. Orphan apparently has more autonomy than I thought. And next issue is probably gonna be seriously trippy.
I'd also like to again commend the writers for really selling the idea that Batman really would consider going through Mother for an heir. It's not gonna happen, but seriously, any other character and I could believe it no problem.
Tawney Bomb
Member
Anyone here read Wayward? I want to love that book, but I think I'm done after 10 issues. It just isn't doing it for me.
Not according to Secret Wars.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Secret Wars is Doom as God of a world he made himself out of the fragments of a giant pile of worlds, not a conquest.
Totes different.
Totes.
BKatastrophe
Member
But The Flash was so booooooring
No one wants this.There's a new Alpha Flight book coming?
These guys?
My favorite? Forever Evil. I also liked Infinity a lot. Does War of Kings count? Because then that takes the cake for favorite (Vulcan getting blown away by Black Bolt gets me every time).
My most disliked? Let's see...Inhumanity was a big bowl of nothing. Just tie-ins, though largely inoffensive. Age of Ultron was a boring collection of nonsense and ultimately nothingness (I still don't know what continuity it changed). AvX was just a masterclass in character assassination with Cyclops. World War Hulk, while it has some dope spreads, is ultimately super boring. Incredibly few entertaining fights. Ultimatum is mean-spirited garbage. And Atlantis Rising? It's not bad. Not terrible. It's bookended nicely, but the middle is a mess.
Ultimatum is my least favorite. At least the rest have some redeeming moments. Ultimatum really doesn't.
Pretty much.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
My favorite event is Secret Wars.
My least favorite event is also Secret Wars.
Secret Wars is the only event I've read.
My least favorite event is also Secret Wars.
Secret Wars is the only event I've read.
TetraxShards
Member
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Thanks but no thanks Marvel!
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
My favorite event is, unsurprisingly, The Valiant.
My least favorite event is Trinity War.
My least favorite event is Trinity War.
BossDarkseid
Member
Oh it was, but Manapaul does a good Kirby tribute act for the New Gods stuff and I think he + Buccelato work so well together on purely the art side of things.
Yep. Pretty strong too, I also liked
the insinuation that Mr Miracle delayed their honeymoon so he could go save the universe
Yeah she doesn't make it through unscathed. I loved that they had her react like a normal person when the world's collided. Loved that book and especially Verity.
TetraxShards
Member
Events?
If JLA/Avengers counts, that's easily my favourite. Busiek and Perez at the peak of their powers, and probably the last appearances of the classic rosters for both teams considering Identity Crisis and Avengers Disassembled were less than a year later. Still hoping for a reprint someday, my battered UK reprints are showing their age.
It's probably aged terribly, but I have a lot of nostalgia for Onslaught as well. It was the first event I followed as it happened, I got into X-Men when the "Who is the X-Traitor?" stuff was at its' peak (literally every letter in Essential X-Men at the time had a crazy theory).
Bonus UK cover:
That really, really takes me back.
I'm also a big fan of Crisis on Infinite Earths, just because the death of The Flash really hit me hard as a kid, and I wasn't even a big DC fan. Barry Allen's sacrifice was perfect, I honestly wish they'd never brought him back.
I've been catching up on the Judge Dredd Mega Collection as well, lots of events there. The Apocalypse War is my favourite (it gets namechecked in Anthrax's song about Dredd, "I Am The Law" which is probably why), with Day of Chaos (which is a sequel, 35 YEARS LATER!) a close second.
And as far as Transformers, most of the UK book from 86-89 or so is one giant event, but the beginning (Target: 2006) and the finale (Time Wars) are so damn great. They've aged, like a lot, but kid me ate it up with a spoon. There's a story in one of the Annuals, "Altered Image!" where Megatron meets Galvatron to help set up Time Wars (it's where they decide to join forces) that's probably one of my favourite stories ever and it's only about eight pages, and most of it is a retelling of the first half of The Transformers: The Movie (which is canon to the UK comics, because reasons).
Least favourite is Secret Invasion easily. A lot of it is my own fault. I was huge into the Battlestar Galactica remake at the time, and I expected a similar story to the Cylons but with Skrulls. This was not that story. Shame, because that #1 is actually so good but it's squandered pretty quickly. The number of tie-ins was absolutely ghastly as well.
If JLA/Avengers counts, that's easily my favourite. Busiek and Perez at the peak of their powers, and probably the last appearances of the classic rosters for both teams considering Identity Crisis and Avengers Disassembled were less than a year later. Still hoping for a reprint someday, my battered UK reprints are showing their age.
It's probably aged terribly, but I have a lot of nostalgia for Onslaught as well. It was the first event I followed as it happened, I got into X-Men when the "Who is the X-Traitor?" stuff was at its' peak (literally every letter in Essential X-Men at the time had a crazy theory).
Bonus UK cover:
That really, really takes me back.
I'm also a big fan of Crisis on Infinite Earths, just because the death of The Flash really hit me hard as a kid, and I wasn't even a big DC fan. Barry Allen's sacrifice was perfect, I honestly wish they'd never brought him back.
I've been catching up on the Judge Dredd Mega Collection as well, lots of events there. The Apocalypse War is my favourite (it gets namechecked in Anthrax's song about Dredd, "I Am The Law" which is probably why), with Day of Chaos (which is a sequel, 35 YEARS LATER!) a close second.
And as far as Transformers, most of the UK book from 86-89 or so is one giant event, but the beginning (Target: 2006) and the finale (Time Wars) are so damn great. They've aged, like a lot, but kid me ate it up with a spoon. There's a story in one of the Annuals, "Altered Image!" where Megatron meets Galvatron to help set up Time Wars (it's where they decide to join forces) that's probably one of my favourite stories ever and it's only about eight pages, and most of it is a retelling of the first half of The Transformers: The Movie (which is canon to the UK comics, because reasons).
Least favourite is Secret Invasion easily. A lot of it is my own fault. I was huge into the Battlestar Galactica remake at the time, and I expected a similar story to the Cylons but with Skrulls. This was not that story. Shame, because that #1 is actually so good but it's squandered pretty quickly. The number of tie-ins was absolutely ghastly as well.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Events, let's see... best has to be Final Crisis. Basically perfect. Full of grandeur and madness.
Worst (that I've actually read to completion) is probably Age of Ultron. What a mess.
Martian Manhunter #7 is kind of blowing my mind. I'm not sure what else to say about it because there's a few twists here that were absolutely NOT forecasted so I'm a little reluctant to talk about it. It's very good.
This was not the right time for a change in artists, though. Definitely not the right time. Ronan Cliquet does a perfectly adequate job, but Barrows has this amazing handle on how Martians are "supposed" to look. They're all kinda chubby cheeked here.
Worst (that I've actually read to completion) is probably Age of Ultron. What a mess.
Martian Manhunter #7 is kind of blowing my mind. I'm not sure what else to say about it because there's a few twists here that were absolutely NOT forecasted so I'm a little reluctant to talk about it. It's very good.
This was not the right time for a change in artists, though. Definitely not the right time. Ronan Cliquet does a perfectly adequate job, but Barrows has this amazing handle on how Martians are "supposed" to look. They're all kinda chubby cheeked here.
Good thing they're not writing Justice League and are just doing art and colors!
That entire sequence made me smile. All I need now is a scene of
Barda and Wonder Woman kicking ass together
MuddyDonut
Member
DD run was awesome. Made me realize DD has been consistently good for a very long time. Hopefully it stays that way.
BossDarkseid
Member
Indeed.
One bit that I liked was Kalibak's internal monologue, all of 2 lines, about
For my father. For Darkseid!
Which somehow, although it was nothing major, made him seem much more interesting to me other than a slugger who doesn't really do a lot on his own.
BKatastrophe
Member
Schweinehund
Member
I read all the events in a weird way, basically when I started reading DC I made the mistake of reading them off the bat. I read IC without the lead ins, FC made no fucking sense, CoIE was actually not so bad, & Blackest Night without reading John's run. Sinestro Corp War & 52 (if we're counting that as an event) I think was the best event for just jumping right in.
My favorite is still Infinite Crisis (not counting 52) with the lead ins (starting with Identity Crisis -> Prelude to IC/Omac Project -> Sacrifice -> Villains United/Day of Vengeance -> Crisis of Conscience -> Infinite Crisis itself). It showed the DCU falling apart, a commentary on Golden/Silver age vs Modern Age, a tribute to COIE, and the league coming back together. Also Superboy Prime is worth the price alone.
Least Favorite is Armageddon 2001, but I haven't read a lot of the 90's & 80's events. I still have to read DC One Million. I don't see a lot of talk about Day of Judgement, which I liked, if only for Etrigan.
My favorite is still Infinite Crisis (not counting 52) with the lead ins (starting with Identity Crisis -> Prelude to IC/Omac Project -> Sacrifice -> Villains United/Day of Vengeance -> Crisis of Conscience -> Infinite Crisis itself). It showed the DCU falling apart, a commentary on Golden/Silver age vs Modern Age, a tribute to COIE, and the league coming back together. Also Superboy Prime is worth the price alone.
Least Favorite is Armageddon 2001, but I haven't read a lot of the 90's & 80's events. I still have to read DC One Million. I don't see a lot of talk about Day of Judgement, which I liked, if only for Etrigan.
BossDarkseid
Member
Holy shit I completely forgot about SCW, don't know how.
Then I adjust mine to Infinite Criris/SCW tied for first place, for me.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Ha ha okay no but seriously how is Darkseid War anything but some kind of ridiculous obnoxious Crisis-tier event.
Shit is getting realer than real.
Oh, and it's also extremely gorgeous. Manapul putting in WORK.
Shit is getting realer than real.
Oh, and it's also extremely gorgeous. Manapul putting in WORK.
BossDarkseid
Member
Fabok replied to my tweet saying he's back on art duties with #47...
I want Fabok to have a long run on the book and maybe stick around as long as Johns does but Manapaul is a different but excellent artist.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Fabok is great, but seriously some of the stuff Manapul did this issue was on a whole 'nother level. There's a line in the beginning about a "new Odyssey," he captures that feel extraordinarily well.
American Alien #2 was, as expected, dramatically different than the first, but still very very good. It's not charming (well, it's a little bit charming at the end), it's violent and brutal. It's the other side of the coin of Superman coming of age. It's fully of hesitancy and uncertainty in the best ways, the ways that make you feel and understand what the characters are going through.
Only complaint is the art. Generally quite good, it could get a little tough to tell who was who and what was going on in some panels. Only really an issue when
that one woman took that guy hostage. No clue who he or she was or why she's put a knife to his throat.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'll take "events I never ever ever ever expected to see placed on a similar tier" for 500 Alex.
BossDarkseid
Member
This is probably looking for a particular atom in an ocean but is any Comic-Gaffers from the UK/south east/epsom in particular going to see Star Wars tomorrow?
Haha
So let me see if I understand what happened in Uncanny X-Men 600.
If so... that's really something.
Scott creates his own school with blackjack Frost and hookers Magneto. He recruits mutants, gives them a cause to believe in, makes everyone around him believe in him. Then eventually after Eva threatens him, he takes the opportunity to break all of the trust and likability among his students that he's built by kicking them out- so they turn to his "rival" the Jean Grey School with Storm, so now all mutants are under one roof. He manipulates their antagonism against him by making his presence known in DC through cerebro and all of the mutants show up to confront him. There he takes the opportunity to make his grand speech to show how you can have all the mutants in one place and they can stand there just being people like anyone else; and thus he fulfills Xavier's dream.
If so... that's really something.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Gotham Academy is the new freebie on CMX.......
https://www.comixology.com/Gotham-A...s_day_7&tid=s151216_12 Days_Free_comics_day_7
https://www.comixology.com/Gotham-A...s_day_7&tid=s151216_12 Days_Free_comics_day_7
Freezasaurus
Member
I will be so good that I'll pretend not to even know what Star Wars is.
Pretty much. Cyke was right.
What the fuck is Star Wars?
Hope everyone who hasn't tried this awesome series will read this.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Everybody who hasn't checked it out, do so.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I would but then I'd have to drop it once Robin War starts. So I really don't see the point.
BTW, for anyone else who might be more current on Loki, in The Mighty Thor #2,
Loki has both horns on his crown, but when he was outside the multiverse with Verity in the last issue of Agent of Asgard, one horn was broken and he was a God of Stories, not a God of Lies. Unless the guy in the mighty thor now is the Old Loki that young loki was feuding with?
Dont worry, I wanted to leave anyway