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COMICS! |OT| February 2014. Flowers? Candy? Please. Get that guy/gal an omnibus!
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Freezasaurus
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Well, yes. She was Batgirl. But she was Spoiler first. As for Catwoman, I really liked the Kingpin angle they're going with for her. Mostly because it changes the dynamic between them that we're used to. I'm definitely going to give Eternal a shot. We'll see how the weekly format goes.
La Maquinon
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Where Bold Stars Go to Die GN (Slave Labor Graphics)
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Rat Queens #5
Deadly Class #2
Umbral #4
Dynamite
Army of Darkness vs Hack/Slash #6 of 6
Legends of Red Sonja #4 of 5
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Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland #4 of 7 (IDW)
Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever #4 (Microcosm Publishing)
Look, Birdie, a new Valiant shirt
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Rat Queens #5
Deadly Class #2
Umbral #4
Dynamite
Army of Darkness vs Hack/Slash #6 of 6
Legends of Red Sonja #4 of 5
Other
Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland #4 of 7 (IDW)
Henry and Glenn Forever and Ever #4 (Microcosm Publishing)
Look, Birdie, a new Valiant shirt
BuddyJoeHooker
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(Remender's Week, double the Scalera) List
Dr_LawyerCop
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Read Unknown Soldier Vol 1 after hearing it discussed here a few weeks back. I liked it, but it's a pretty rough subject. Not sure I want to keep reading a book about a guy killing child soldiers. I understand what it's going for, but it's still not something I really want to think about. On the fence on whether or not I'll pick up vol 2 with my next instocktrades order.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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God damn... Magneto's Testament ;.;
La Maquinon
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Yeah, that's how I feel about it, too. The subject matter is too upsetting for me. I feel the same way, to a lesser degree, about Zero. Great, well done stuff that is too depressing for me to think about.
Cpt.Underpants
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American Vampire: Second Cycle #1 preview
dat boomstick
dat boomstick
That's kind of the rule of Ultimates. Anything with Spiderman = good.
So 2 out of the 3 new Ultimate books will be good!
doniewhalberg
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Oh yea man, it's fucking tough stuff. I think it's very compelling as fiction though, with the mystery of the soldier, and extremely eye opening when you realise how factual it's backbone it is. It's chilling and real.
I totally get that though. My girlfriend won't read King because something always bad inevitably happens to the children, and she can't handle the thought. For me, as long as it's done tastefully, it's fine. I can at least say you don't have to worry about anything distasteful in the run, but yea, it's one of the main things that's explored. Really horrible and sad.
I've noticed this, but the question is... why? Why can't everything be as good as Spider-Man?
Because no one gives as much of a shit about the UU as Bendis does USM. So you get Jeph Loeb coming in and ruining everything for everyone, while Bendis keeps Spider-Man away from the bad men.
Freezasaurus
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DC has been including that in all of their Vertigo books for a few weeks now. So psyched.
MHWilliams
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Because Ultimate Spider-Man is Bendis' baby. No one else has anything riding on it. Hell, in Cataclysm the closest we've gotten to an emotional moment for any other character is Ultimate Reed in the 616 Baxter Building.
They need writers who want to establish a concept and stay on it. Forever. Not jump when the main books come calling.
That sucks, I find the Ultimate Universe a lot more interesting, too.
I agree. Lots of good ideas, but I don't feel like they stick with them or are as developed when Bendis does Ultimate Spider-Man.
I read it vicariously through you, Messi.
Short list for me this week, thank Crom.
Guardians of the Galaxy 12
Mighty Avengers #7
Thunderbolts # 22
Anticitizen One
Banned
Honestly you really should start at Ultimate Spider-Man volume 1
I feel like they wanted to kill off the Ultimate line, but then saw a spike in sales and went fuck it.
MHWilliams
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Nah, Bendis hasn't gotten anywhere near an end for Ultimate Spider-Man and if anything, he telegraphed the New Ultimates with this last arc. At most, they were going to kill off everything but Ultimate Spider-Man.
shadyspace
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What's everybody's favorite Hellblazer run
BuddyJoeHooker
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Besides USM, is it really interesting?
ViewtifulJC
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Delano > Ennis > Milligan > Ellis > Carey/Jenkins >> Azzerello > Mina
Hellblazer #27 for best single issue
you don't have to do this
I always found BKV's Ultimate X-Men run really underrated.
La Maquinon
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I wouldn't say I'm hyped for it, but I'm thinking of giving it a try.
Bendis = Good writer of Ultimates.
Jeph Loeb = Bad writer.
Millar = Somewhere in the middle.
Yeah. I think you are the only person on the planet that's hyped for it.
BuddyJoeHooker
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I meant current releases.
I wonder if a new USM #1 can even break into the top 25.
Start from the very beginning. It's a fantastic comic, until it hits the Ultimatum "finale".
The big G would be a way to do it...
Ultimate Reed is best Reed. I said it.
I'm not hyped, but I'm going to give it a go, I liked the characters in the USM comics.
I agree with this.
Rrongfield
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You are not alone. I'll basically follow Cloak and Dagger anywhere, but in this case I'm genuinely hyped by the entire line up.
Freezasaurus
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I feel like that's what the point of Ultimatum was as well, then they were like "oh, wait!" I'm not really a reader of their Ultimate lines anyway, but I'd be getting annoyed at this point. Either kill it or don't. But don't keep playing up apocalyptic events in the Ultimate universe if you're just going to keep backpeddling when it comes time to pull the plug.
Future Foundation
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Nope. I'm in it for Cloak and Dagger, everyone else is just a plus.
I'm also interested in the new Ultimate Fantastic Four.
BuddyJoeHooker
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It being the last week of the month, I would try to put together another Pull List ranking list, but I've come up with a better idea.
At the end of next month I'll ask for the Pull List of what you pulled for March to make the process a lot more simpler. Also if you do the post your weekly list, I can probably keep up with that too.
Still thanks for making the first one happen, it was great to see what ComicGAF's most popular books are.
At the end of next month I'll ask for the Pull List of what you pulled for March to make the process a lot more simpler. Also if you do the post your weekly list, I can probably keep up with that too.
Still thanks for making the first one happen, it was great to see what ComicGAF's most popular books are.
BlueScrote
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Is there somewhere that has outlines/plot details of Sandman issue by issue or trade by trade? I'm about to start vol. 5 but It's been a while since I read vol. 4 (and even longer since I read vol. 3 which is actually plot related).
Edit: should have just checked wikipedia. The trade plot synopsis seem sufficient.
Edit: should have just checked wikipedia. The trade plot synopsis seem sufficient.
BenjaminBirdie
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Anyone not hyped for a Michel Fiffe book of any level of involvement has forgotten why comics are wonderful.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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OH MY GOD YES. I've missed American Vampire so much. So happy it's back.
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, it's been gone for too long. There were a couple of one-shots, but those were no replacement for the monthly.
Serpentine
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I'm hyped from the promotional image alone for some reason
I think i looked up the artist and IIRC he's good
Rastafarian42
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Breh's theres a 99 cent Uncanny X-force sale on Comixology thinking about double dipping.
slightconfuse
Banned
Hickmans ultimate seas pretty awesome .
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
What made me laugh about the issue was Catwoman talking about being a kingpin like it was a new concept when my mind immediately went to Spidey/Daredevil's kingpin and how it's not that original at all. Made me chuckle.
Back to last week's comics, what the gibbering fuck was Avengers World all about? #2 was the cool AIM issue with smasher, right? So wtf was this Shang Chi fight scene for $4 all about? Fucking waste of paper. Nothing happened. At all. How many pages wasted on ancestors? I was all aboard before but damn this pissed me off. At least with Shaolin Cowboy it was funny.
Winnie the Pimp
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With all that talk about ultimate Spiderman, and having never really read any Spidey comics before, would the Ultimate Spiderman Omnibus Vol.1 by Bendis be a good starting point then? It's like 80 bucks though ugh
Jedeye Sniv
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It (Ultimate Spiderman) is good for quite some time after as well. Ultimatum was a fakeout death for Peter - right after ultimatum (including the requiem issues which are two of the very best ult spidey issues) is when the series hits its real peaks with the Amazing Friends arc and the one two punch of La Fuente and Pichelli sharing art duties. It's golden all the way up until Peter bites it, and then it's still good afterwards.
I've seen you say a few times recently that ultimatum is the 'end' of USM but if you stop reading there you're a fool. Yes Ultimatum was shit and nobody should read it, but it really really helped USM. And USM is perhaps the most consistenly good comic book of the 21st century. I said it.
I thought that the Ellis/Millar runs of Ult FF were really great. Then it was poopysocks for a bit and then Hickman goes and makes Reed the greatest villain in the universe and it's awesome. So good.
Jedeye Sniv
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No becoz Omnibuses are for SUCKAS. Just buy the first trade and see if you like it. If you do, go buy vol 2. If you like vol 2, go buy vol 3. If you like vol 3...
Why would you spend $80 on a breezeblock that not only will give you deep vein thrombosis if you keep it on your lap but more importantly, you don't know if you'll like it.
Nah man, it has bombshell. I fucking love me some bombshell.
Also, i hear a lot of great things about Michael Fiffe, and one of these days i will acquire me some Copra
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