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COMICS! |OT| February 2014. Flowers? Candy? Please. Get that guy/gal an omnibus!
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Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Haha, I meant that your post made it sound as if Zero is done or on hiatus or dead. It's not!
Oh I can see how it reads like that. I just meant the first arc.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
The 'payoff' for that scene is about 86x worse in terms of bummage. It's handled ruthlessly but brilliantly..
Christ that page ruined my day.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
::swoons:: That Kot, man. For a book about a supersoldier, this book has so much depth in both the political aspect but also the emotional and, most importantly, none of it is boring.
I posted a link a few pages back with an interview with Kot at Multiversity Comics, it's well worth reading. He mentions that writing issue 9 brought him to tears, and considering his background and the fact it covers the Bosnian War in 93... yikes. That's gonna be a rough issue to read.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Its funny how different his Marvel interviews are from his Zero ones. Obviously he takes it all seriously, but Marvel one seem kinda light and laidback, this book's gonna be fun you guys...and the Zero ones are these huge, in-depth, personal peaks into his mind. Its an interesting contrast.
I hope you Winter Soldiers fans weren't looking for Bucky in Winter Soldier: The Bitter March, because it was really a Nick Fury/Ren Shen James Bond spy adventure! Not a bad trade-off
I hope you Winter Soldiers fans weren't looking for Bucky in Winter Soldier: The Bitter March, because it was really a Nick Fury/Ren Shen James Bond spy adventure! Not a bad trade-off
ImpassionateGods
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Do trades release later on amazon than everywhere else? I looked up Zero and amazon has the release date listed as March 4th.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Is it tying into the main Cap series, or just more of a
"before Ran Shen went bad"
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Going by the latest interview with Remender, it definitely will tie-in to the main Cap series, although Rick does a pretty good job of making his stuff new reader-friendly, even if its clear a lot of his ideas cross-pollinate. Apparently, the current Iron Nail kinda stems from the anger he feels over what happened at the end of the "Winter Soldier."
It's all connected and as "Captain America" and the "Winter Soldier" series are released concurrently with one another in the coming months they'll both sort of ping pong off of each other and tell a full story about who the Iron Nail is and ultimately set him up as somebody who is going to shatter Steve Rogers in a large way and change the status quo of this book and the Marvel Universe for quite some time to come.
I trimmed my list recently by dropping Hinterkind, Coffin Hill, All-New X-Factor, and Umbral.
Thankfully, Marvel Knights Spider-Man is over, so I have room for more.
I'm close to dropping Avengers A.I., All-New Invaders, and Batman '66. Furious and Skyman may be dropped if they don't have a quality second issue to keep me hooked. The Marvel Knights Hulk and X-Men should be ending soon, along with Cataclysm, so those will be off my lists soon.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Someone mentioned that the 2008 Unknown Soldier series is worth checking out? I remember when it was announced and completely ignored it as it didn't seem at all interesting at the time.
slightconfuse
Banned
sazabirules
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Comic stores always get trades a week or two ahead of online stores.
Generally Amazon gets books one week later than the Diamond dates. Sometimes longer for the smaller publishers.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
I'm so happy there's She-Hulk again
Freezasaurus
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Ha ha. That was probably my biggest complaint. I know Fantomex is French, but now he's suddenly a stereotype. XD
Also, what ever happened with the
three Fantomex characters running around
Psylocke now hates him so much
Anticitizen One
Banned
my library actually has the first volume. I'll check it out.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Fantomex got ratched up past 90s Gambit level, Marrow is going on about babies and music, Psylocke is just weirdly snarky, and the artwork makes the Yost X-Force era look full of personality and life.
I picked it up but have yet to read it. Will post impressions when I get around to it (maybe this weekend).
Also got Egos #2 and the art has become a bit more consistent. There were panels and pages in Egos #1 that was just a mess. Especially the last page of #1, the impact would have been greater had it not been drawn like something elementary school kids can do. Other than that, I'm enjoying it.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Welp, Batman 28 was shite. Great ad for that other Batman series I guess. Not a good interruption for Zero Year, but Capullo deserves as long as necessary to draw those incredible comics of his.
Well this was the complete opposite of what I was coming in here to say lol.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
I like Nguyen's art and Bluebird is kind of rad, but it felt more like one of Snyder's cohorts' backups that polluted most of his Batman run so far.
Like, it's paying full price for a sneak peek into something that is going to happen really fucking soon and interrupting his current storyline, which has been his absolute best, in order to give loyal readers this "present". Also, I don't particularly care about
Stephanie Brown
Oh well, more Zero Year next month!
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
My unknown soldier collection is supposed to be delivered tomorrow but I get the feeling the snow storm will delay it a day or two. 
I really want to start reading them.
I don't think it's a sale at all since Walmart has been selling them for $30. I think it's just competition dictating the price.
I really want to start reading them.I don't think it's a sale at all since Walmart has been selling them for $30. I think it's just competition dictating the price.
Freezasaurus
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The Compendiums are really thick TPBs. Heavy, too. But you get a ton of issues in each. I think there are like, four or five of the HC omnibuses at this point. Personally, I buy the regular hardcover volumes that each contain 2 of the regular trades.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Are the omnibuses that good though? Currently it's twice the price for half the amount of issues. That's a colossal gap in price.
Freezasaurus
Member
Are you talking about omnibuses or hardcovers? Currently, the series is released in like, four trade formats. Paperback, Hardcover, Omnibus and Compendium. The hardcovers are great, simply because Image puts out well-made hardcover volumes. There are some many of the regular tpb volumes out at this point that you're going to run into the same issue with shelving as you do when you have a bunch of binders next to one another. The omnibus volumes list for like, $100 each. Fuck that.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
What is UST?
I as looking at the omnibus because he said omnibus. The price gaps are crazy. $25 vs. $60 vs. $120 per ~1000 pages. The compendiums are super tempting.
Freezasaurus
Member
They're certainly a much more cost-effective way to catch up with the series. But if it's something you're going to want to re-read down the road, the regular deluxe hardcovers would probably be the best way to go. I have all 9 so far, and they're worth it.
IST = InStockTrades
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Yeah, I've never read or watched it so I don't know if I would ever read these again which makes these decisions frustrating.
Serpentine
Banned
It looked cool, i'm getting it when i hit the shop tomorrow.
nice, i'm gonna add it to my IST cart. First Complete Collection of Gillen's JiM is also out, gonna fill out this $50 quick
Marrow is back?
Yeah, she's in the new X-Force comic.
Lawyer Power Fantasy She-Hulk is kinda dope, I think? The best page was the splash with her going down the hilariously long hallway, which is a lesson in guiding the eye in unconventional directions. Pulido status: still greatttt
Freezasaurus
Member
Yeah, and she says "baby" waaay too much.
doniewhalberg
Member
X-Force spoiler/questionWhen did this happen lol? Aside from the terrible Fantomex, Cable is my biggest complaint. I dunno if its the art work or the writing but damn, what a way to ruin my favorite characterWho was the red head unconscious in X-Force, Hope?
I was kind of wondering what everyone would think of this. Gaf has a really good feeling about Spurrier right now and most seemed to react well to the art previews, but the critics went apeshit on this issue, much lower scores than I expected haha. Was everyone let down or is there a split between critic and customer?
Serpentine
Banned
I was kinda surprised i was alone in the "um guys this art does not look that good" camp on GAF when the previews came out. I don't plan on buying it for that reason alone, despite hearing good things from this Spurrier fella. although i hear the characterizations were terrible too, so there's that. I like Gambit and Fantomex, but they are not the same dammit
doniewhalberg
Member
That was my reaction to the previews too, and my thoughts haven't really changed. Now that it's all over and reviews seem to be confirming he stuck the landing, I'm definitely having a look at Legacy, maybe pick up the run in trade. Spurrier is getting a lot of hype these days and boom won't be releasing Six Gun Gorilla for another lifetime, so this might be my best bet to try his work out. That said, if I dug him, I'm not sure I'd follow onto x-force with that art, I really don't like it. That said, perhaps it matches the script and tone perfectly, who knows, but on face value, I really don't like the style ha.
To say Spurrier's Fantomex is old Gambit is a pretty inaccurate assessment of X-Force. He's old Gambit times a thousand. In a way I feel it kinda reverts back to his original characterization as the French thief who feels he can get whatever he wants and be the coolest guy in the room in the process, but turned to 11. It's not necessarily good, but it works as a wrinkle. It fuels funny dialogue and interesting character interactions, which is ultimately what it should be judged on.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I know that it's part of Eternal, my question is "where in Eternal does this take place?" because it's not part one, it's like it's a month or two into the run, in which case the start of the story is going to be about arranging their pieces so their in this configuration. Which means it'll be a bit predictable.
Yeah I felt pretty much like this too. tbh, I'd rather the book just had a delay till Capullo was ready and let Eternal play out at it's own pace.
If this really is #1 of Eternal and the series will pick up from here and continue at rocket pace with minimal expository bullshit telling us what we already know I'll happily stand corrected.
Honestly man, as a newbie I'd say just stick to fairly inexpensive paperbacks for a while. That way you can drop a series if you're not digging it and not have such a financial outlay right away. I don't want you getting burned out before you get started.
Also Omnibuses suck and are a plague on the industry.
Yeah I really enjoyed it its worth checking out.
And I've nearly finished the first volume of Morning Glories and I'm really enjoying it so far.
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