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COMICS! |OT| February 2013. How can it be called a "SUPER Bowl" when nobody can fly?
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MushroomSamba
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Really happy with how Immonen picked up JiM after Gillen's epic run. The art by Schitti is stellar. Sif is frickin' badass.
Has anyone read the Batman & Robin Annual? Is it worth picking up?
Has anyone read the Batman & Robin Annual? Is it worth picking up?
Grab it for the adorable factor alone.
Rastafarian42
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So I'm just going to avoid this thread when Batman 17 comes out wont be able to get it until that Friday.
Absolutely. "Haunted" is the best Iron Man story ever.
Tragicomedy
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Okay, Superior #2 was good. I'm on-board for a bit to see where this goes.
I'd avoid the major comics sites as well, you know those spoilers are gonna be everywhere.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Can't. I have a group project to present and a fucking tests my other three classes.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
I can't get over how bad of an issue Invincible 100 was. Kirkman is probably the only one who could not knock himself out of position as worst written issue of 2013. Your move brah.
Supermanisdead
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Holy fuck.
The Wolverine: Adamantium Collection HC includes:
· Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins and Adam Kubert
· Wolverine: Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith
· Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller
· Wolverine: Not Dead Yet by Warren Ellis and Leinil Yu
· Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo
· And unforgettable single issue stories by Larry Hama, Mark Millar, Dave Cockrum, Jim Lee and Kaare Andrews!
What the shit, Marvel. I need this.
The Wolverine: Adamantium Collection HC includes:
· Wolverine: Origin by Paul Jenkins and Adam Kubert
· Wolverine: Weapon X by Barry Windsor Smith
· Wolverine by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller
· Wolverine: Not Dead Yet by Warren Ellis and Leinil Yu
· Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo
· And unforgettable single issue stories by Larry Hama, Mark Millar, Dave Cockrum, Jim Lee and Kaare Andrews!
What the shit, Marvel. I need this.
the court of owls stuff was bad, but i can't help but feel super creeped out by this joker arc (in a good way)
Supermanisdead
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I gave up with Batman after the first Death of the Family issue. I just can't get interested in DC comics anymore. Last series I really liked was Geoff Johns' Teen Titans.
"Creeped out" isn't an emotion that registers with me at all, least of all in comic books. I thought issue 13 was pretty good and made it seem like Joker was just going to go off on a vindictive rampage but then after a couple impossibly boring issues this last one basically just turned into yet another torture room for Bruce to get trapped in. Maybe it would be more interesting if I were reading any of the tie ins, but just going off what is happening in the main book, this is just as bad as NotO.
GrandHarrier
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I really wonder what you guys are reading that is apparently so godlike as to diminish Night of the Owls and Death of the Family to such casual disregard and disdain.
And then I want to call bullshit.
And then I want to call bullshit.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
LOL Snyder Batman
Capullo is the only good thing about that shit
Capullo is the only good thing about that shit
I'm not sure how you can consider reading 17+ issues of a comic in the process of determining you don't like it "casual disregard."
but hes soooo good
BuddyJoeHooker
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It's kind of surprising to hear people hate on Batman when more than half will still buy the next issue.
Capullo's great. I even like Snyder. Just reading this Batman stuff has been compulsory. I get no pleasure from it.
Not "hating on" anything bro. It's just not for me. I don't care about Batman in general, much less seeing him put through the equivalent of a Saw film for 2 years. It's not the type of story I'm interested in at all.
Seems like the best course of action really. Leaves no doubt. Otherwise you're relying on everyone else being on top form with their spoiler tags. The posts will still be here when you come to the thread again
I'd give it a 6 or 7ish but i like the art and i am a sucker for hype so i'll keep reading. Its had some really good issues too, a few in the middle of court of owls when batman was getting batty, but issue #15 was particularly terrible. Time to read #16 now.
Walking Dead #106: Kirkman sometimes rivals Bendis with accomplishing as little as possible in a given issue, this was definitely one of those times where not much happens.
I'm buying Black Beetle and Batman almost exclusively for the art, neither has particularly spectacular writing.
What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuck? MSRP??
200 bux
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It's almost like he has a movie coming out or something
Freezasaurus
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That doesn't seem like $200 worth of content to me, though. You're paying for the fact that it's a massive book that won't fit on any bookshelf ever.
Supermanisdead
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But does it even include his greatest scene ever?
Well, yeah. This thing seems to be Marvel's attempt at entering the high-end art showcase hardcovers a la DC's Absolutes and IDW's Artist Editions.
The way they're just shoving a bunch stories that happen to feature Wolverine and that MSRP is super dumb tho.
they been in there before: x-statix, immortal iron fist, new x-men...
Not really. Absolutes and Omnibuses are different beasts.
I dunno - Marvel's omnibuses tend to be more for binding as many pages as humanly possible to sell at a relatively cheap price. I like them but they're a step behind Absolutes/AEs.
slightconfuse
Banned
Synders pacing on batman could be better. Seems he could have shorten his arcs
Oh man, is that true? I only have Absolute editions, but I was hoping to score the 3 omnibuses I mentioned at some point.
Not stopping anyone from splooging over Hickman's Avengers.
Hawkeye.
furiouslyalex
Banned
Agreed.
I really loved the first few issues of his arc and the one shot-ish stories between Owls and Death were great (the one drawn by Cloonan).
He really shines sometimes like when batman magnetized the subway car to stick all the metal face guys to it in issue 1?
I really loved the first few issues of his arc and the one shot-ish stories between Owls and Death were great (the one drawn by Cloonan).
He really shines sometimes like when batman magnetized the subway car to stick all the metal face guys to it in issue 1?
Oh, they're still good products (I have IIF and X-Statix myself) and honestly as far as page count goes, Marvel Omniboo tend to be better bang for your buck than Absolutes. It's just that the focus is on value rather than art.
furiouslyalex
Banned
I find the binding on Marvels Omnibuses to be much better.
This is a good example. Although DC said they were fixing that a year ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrMqu4s2Fg
This is a good example. Although DC said they were fixing that a year ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrMqu4s2Fg
Yeah, DC's non-Absolute/Deluxe hardcovers are straight garbage.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I got a few Absolutes, but only of stories I absolutely love(New Frontier, All-Star Superman, Dark Knight Returns, Ronin), otherwise for that price I'd get a slightly smaller but MUUUUCH bigger page count Marvel Omnibus.
This Dark Horse Fear Agent Omnibus is the shit too, though. It's about as big as an Absolute All-Star Superman for 1/3rd the price, AND 100 more pages
This Dark Horse Fear Agent Omnibus is the shit too, though. It's about as big as an Absolute All-Star Superman for 1/3rd the price, AND 100 more pages
Yeah, I dig the format but the price
age ratio is pretty absurd for those books and, like you said, very few (the ones you mentioned are pretty much it for me as well) are genuinely worth it. Who the fuck wants Absolute Blackest Night?ViewtifulJC
Banned
Absolute Top Ten comes out in April, might have to spring for that shit. Oversized Gena Ha, all those wonderfully detailed panels...
Supermanisdead
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I liked the Blackest Night rhyme at least. That story was a clusterfuck and I only read Marvel's "me-too" version called Necrosha.
GrandHarrier
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Eh. I liked Blackest Night but mostly because it dealt with some concepts I enjoy. I've always been a fan of the idea of people having to deal with someone they care about who isn't actually the person they think they are. Corruption of the self.
A good example of this would be DC Comics Presents: The Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 - 100-Page Spectacular - Legion of the Damned. Fucking love this story.
A good example of this would be DC Comics Presents: The Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 - 100-Page Spectacular - Legion of the Damned. Fucking love this story.
Yeah, I dig the format but the price
I would if it included the whole story, leaving the GLC issues out is very odd to me.
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