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COMICS! |OT| February 2013. How can it be called a "SUPER Bowl" when nobody can fly?
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Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Oh hell yes!!!! Im doing it tonight! My dream will finally be realized!!!
Affeinvasion
Member
Announcing Captain Pouches:
An ordinary muscle-bound competitive weight lifter who received a multitude of magical pouches from a mysterious gypsy salesman. At first our plucky yet perpetually dickish protagonist thought they were worthless because they only had the ability to store over-sized sci-fi machine-guns which he had no use for as an ordinary muscle-bound competitive weight lifter. That was until a rival competitive weight-lifter was horribly injured in a squatting mishap where he lost both of his feet--of course he blames Captain Pouches for this--and following a mental breakdown where he murders Captain Pouches's on again off again short-haired punk girlfriend, he becomes Captain Pouches arch-nemesis The Footless One. Swearing vengeance Captain Pouches finally accepts the burden of his gun-laden pouches in order to fight crime and the maniacal advances of the Footless One.
How could he refuse?
An ordinary muscle-bound competitive weight lifter who received a multitude of magical pouches from a mysterious gypsy salesman. At first our plucky yet perpetually dickish protagonist thought they were worthless because they only had the ability to store over-sized sci-fi machine-guns which he had no use for as an ordinary muscle-bound competitive weight lifter. That was until a rival competitive weight-lifter was horribly injured in a squatting mishap where he lost both of his feet--of course he blames Captain Pouches for this--and following a mental breakdown where he murders Captain Pouches's on again off again short-haired punk girlfriend, he becomes Captain Pouches arch-nemesis The Footless One. Swearing vengeance Captain Pouches finally accepts the burden of his gun-laden pouches in order to fight crime and the maniacal advances of the Footless One.
How could he refuse?
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Haven't read Savage Wolverine yet, but if #2 isn't a substantial improvement over the debut, it's getting dropped...hard.
On the positive side, new Thor: God of Thunder. FINALLY. Hoping I have time to read something before the Playstation Conference
On the positive side, new Thor: God of Thunder. FINALLY. Hoping I have time to read something before the Playstation Conference
Ok. Finally got my hands on Batman 17 and the new Batman Inc.
Batman 17...I liked the story, ultimately. I liked how it was done. I liked how they played it. It's just too bad they went with that fundamentally flawed premise that the
Batman Inc. I love this book. I love Damian Wayne. Total conversion. Notice how people write the father and son dynamic so convincingly, with real complexities, real cringe moments, believable emotions? (And how they lose that completely when they write about something else...) It gives me feels. Love that little guy. Used to want Tim to cut his head off with a sword, though. I love her too. Why Bruce chose Selina over her...I don't know. Except maybe for the fact that Selina isn't evil. I sometimes feel like she could have been turned, saved by Bruce's love. But hah. Probably not. She's properly completely mental. But I always had a thing for Talia. Goddamn what a good book.
I always imagine Damian's voice to be an actual young Middle Eastern kid. I can't decide if he has a British accent or not, but if they ever animate him, they better not fuck up and make him generic.
Batman 17...I liked the story, ultimately. I liked how it was done. I liked how they played it. It's just too bad they went with that fundamentally flawed premise that the
Joker wouldn't want to know. It's like...they finally pressed the button, when they called BS on why Batssss doesn't really kill Joker. But then they pull an improbable rabbit out of the ass when they put in that bit about Joker being so insane that he wouldn't even care to know who Bruce was. Goddamnit for that shortcut, from what might have been some really groundbreaking truth.
The Batman does love the Joker. He will save his life every time. He will destroy that weak little madman, and beat him within an inch of his life. But he will always deliver him to Arkham, to his own devices. He will always give the Joker another chance. Why? I have a few theories, but my thought on this is that they backed away from where they could have taken this. Too bad.
The Batman does love the Joker. He will save his life every time. He will destroy that weak little madman, and beat him within an inch of his life. But he will always deliver him to Arkham, to his own devices. He will always give the Joker another chance. Why? I have a few theories, but my thought on this is that they backed away from where they could have taken this. Too bad.
Batman Inc. I love this book. I love Damian Wayne. Total conversion. Notice how people write the father and son dynamic so convincingly, with real complexities, real cringe moments, believable emotions? (And how they lose that completely when they write about something else...) It gives me feels. Love that little guy. Used to want Tim to cut his head off with a sword, though. I love her too. Why Bruce chose Selina over her...I don't know. Except maybe for the fact that Selina isn't evil. I sometimes feel like she could have been turned, saved by Bruce's love. But hah. Probably not. She's properly completely mental. But I always had a thing for Talia. Goddamn what a good book.
I always imagine Damian's voice to be an actual young Middle Eastern kid. I can't decide if he has a British accent or not, but if they ever animate him, they better not fuck up and make him generic.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Congrats Rafa, Vibe #1 was sold out at my LCS!
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Just got home a little while ago, long day at work and I'm too damn tired to do any reading. Forgot today was PS4 announce day too.
They didn't order that many copies.
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j/k, I don't know how many copies they ordered.
Just got home a little while ago, long day at work and I'm too damn tired to do any reading. Forgot today was PS4 announce day too.
phazedplasma
Member
I'm having difficulty coming to terms with not hating Nova...
D
Deleted member 13876
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Newest Superior was great. Ock's ego is hilarious.
beyond_death
Member
I read Nova and I quite like it. I admit I was a bit hesitant, but I'll be buying issue 2.
Rastafarian42
Member
Sounds good hope I feel that way when I pick it up Tommrrow.
BlueScrote
Member
Batwoman this week was great. A nice end to the long-form arc. The final too pages were good too.
Reading it again, it wasn't that bad. It was sort of good. Not a whole lot happened but there is a lot of potential for telling a great story.
slightconfuse
Banned
Remender is going insane on captian america.
Enjoyed vibe alot, good set up
Avengers 6 was awesome glad we finnaly got the alphabet
thor was pretty rad
Enjoyed vibe alot, good set up
Avengers 6 was awesome glad we finnaly got the alphabet
thor was pretty rad
Freezasaurus
Member
Picked it up, gonna read it a bit later. Especially excited now that I know this god-damned arc is finally over.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Got Sullivans Sluggers in today! I didn't fund it through Kickstarter either.
slightconfuse
Banned
the wonder woman arc of batwomen is over.
yesssssss, now the book will get back on track!
yesssssss, now the book will get back on track!
EleventhDoctor
Banned
Saga 10
FUCK THAT SHIT
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm sure
The Will is going to jump out of the ship and save Lying Cat or something. I was pissed when they killed off The Stalk. They better not kill off Lying Cat as well.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Even without McGuinness, Nova was actually really solid.
Saga. Jesus Christ.
Daredevil.
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Saga. Jesus Christ.
Daredevil.
JESUS CHRIST
EleventhDoctor
Banned
Nova wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The cameos saved it for me.
phazedplasma
Member
Fuck nova was great. It guts me to say it. Can't wait for issue 2.
Been out all day only started to read through today's stuff.
JLA
JLoA 1
Green Lantern 17
Ok...onward!
JLA
Throne of Atlantis was fun and this issue closed it out perfectly. I actually kind of felt bad for Ocean Master at the end.
JLoA 1
Nice set up issue. Did a good job laying some groundwork and hinting at things to come. Pretty standard, nothing too mindblowing, but I'm definitely interested.
Green Lantern 17
Johns is going to go out big, I think. Early on in the 'Third Army' stuff it was a little too slow moving and really didn't come together well for me. Toward the end and with this issue it has picked up really well. Haven't felt this good about GL since the Sinestro Corps stuff.
Ok...onward!
Something to do with Scott worfing him while he was all Pheonixed up. Apparently it messed with all their powers.
Supermanisdead
Member
It was mentioned in one of the earlier issues of All New X-Men. (In the first 3 I think) All New and Uncanny are companion books so odds are you'll want to be following both.
It means that all of DotF took place between that issue of Inc and whichever one Damian dies in. It's kind of dumb/unbelievable but that's why you shouldn't think about it very hard!
Supermanisdead
Member
Wow, Nova #1 was actually..... great? I loved everything about it. Jeph Loeb, you surprised me!
slightconfuse
Banned
these nova reaction are making me want to read the book.
also im proably going to pick Saga up monthly when the second trade comes out
also im proably going to pick Saga up monthly when the second trade comes out
I might as well I guess. I always seem to get sucked back into X books no matter how hard i try to stay away.
Saga
Black Beetle
Avengers
Thor
Captain America
Hulk
Locke & Key
my heart hurts
Black Beetle
pitch perfect art, an interesting noir story and a fun internal monologue
Avengers
i hate slott for getting his shitty storytelling into my otherwise amazing hickman. shang-chi all day.
Thor
i was super interested how this was going to play out, and i'm glad this is how aaron is doing it. really compelling stuff, not to mention the gorgeous art
Captain America
As disappointing as UA is, remender is killing it on cap. loving the desolate, sci fi feel.
Hulk
where cap is a sci fi romp and thor is an epic story of the gods, hulk is just comics rock n roll. waid is writing an interesting banner, and a high octane hulk
Locke & Key
destined for all-time greatest comics lists the world over
EleventhDoctor
Banned
Yeah I know-everything is awesome this week. Avengers and Thor, man. That's quality stuff.
One other possibly interesting point about one of the containers in Vibe :
Krakkl from that particular Flash story was Wally West's imaginary friend.
Hi my name is Grant Morrison and I would like you to enjoy my new comic, Happy:
I didn't get this shit at all. Seemed like a premise wrapped in a comic that was written to sell a movie script.
Cunt. Cunt. Fuck. Fucker fuckfuck fucky fuck cunt. Cunt fucker fuck shit, fucking Happy, fucker cunt fuck. Fucky cunt? Cunt fuck!
I didn't get this shit at all. Seemed like a premise wrapped in a comic that was written to sell a movie script.
Just some quick scores for this week's books:
Injustice - 8/10
Nova - 6/10
Wonder Woman - 8/10
Deadpool - 7/10
Cap - 9/10
Avengers - 8/10
Hulk - 7/10
Black Beetle - 10/10
Thor - 10/10
Saga, Savage Wolverine, Daredevil and SSM later today. Great week so far. Not a bad book in the bunch, and some amazing ones. So glad I got back into comics.
Injustice - 8/10
Nova - 6/10
Wonder Woman - 8/10
Deadpool - 7/10
Cap - 9/10
Avengers - 8/10
Hulk - 7/10
Black Beetle - 10/10
Thor - 10/10
Saga, Savage Wolverine, Daredevil and SSM later today. Great week so far. Not a bad book in the bunch, and some amazing ones. So glad I got back into comics.
Mac the KNife
Member
Read through Glory this morning to clear out yesterday's Morning Glories disaster from my brain. It was fantastic, a great compliment book to Prophet. Between those two books something good finally came of Rob Liefeld's career.
Aaaw, man. I love Morning Glories. What in particular didn't you like? It's ridiculous, yes, but I love just how ridiculous it is.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Just curious, but did anyone's shop actually order a complete run of those flag covers? My LCS had the regular cover and my state's cover, but that was it.
And I still haven't read anything other than Daredevil #23, which is already shaping up as a strong contender for the most heartwrenching comics storyline of 2013. Reading that brought up unwelcome memories of being twelve years old and dealing with my late mother's
diagnosis.
phazedplasma
Member
Agreed, I barely read his dialogue anymore. I just dont care enough about Spidy Ock.
Face it Tiger..
Banned
Reading Avenger #6,
Noticed Shulkie is still on the avengers,
I love you Hickman & Marvel Editorial <3
but fuck you Jeph Loeb.. fuck you hard.
Ruining the Nova Corp with another class of low-tier Novas.
we already have low-tier Novas!
1. Centurion
2. Denarian
3. Millennian
4. Corpsman
5. Syfon Warriors
Noticed Shulkie is still on the avengers,
I love you Hickman & Marvel Editorial <3
but fuck you Jeph Loeb.. fuck you hard.
Ruining the Nova Corp with another class of low-tier Novas.
we already have low-tier Novas!
1. Centurion
2. Denarian
3. Millennian
4. Corpsman
5. Syfon Warriors
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