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COMICS!!! |OT| February 2017 All You Need is Love (and Rockets)
- Thread starter Messi
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Sorry fam I have no plans to go back
Best team book ever apparently
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Berganza loves crossovers.
flaxknuckles
Member
Man I can't wait until lunch time. The preview for the issue already has me salivating. I wonder if DC greenlit this after they saw the bad response to the main JL title. Like they didn't want to fire Hitch for some reason and are just trying to refocus attention on another book.
Superwoman will be back on my pull list when they bring Lois Lane back to life. Supergirl has to be some next-level amazing shit for me to read it because I've always found Kara redundant. I might check Action out but I dunno, Lois & Clark was boring. Is Action way better than that run?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
How am I the only one here who read JLA:R?
This is crazy
This is crazy
Just finished Starman. Absolutely incredible. What a journey. And what an ending. Perfect pacing throughout this 80-issue series. Great dialogue and narration (dense yet quick and natural), captivating stories, and one of the most interesting group of supporting characters. I cared a lot about all of these people, and they were all so great in their own ways.
I've never really read a long series like this. One that felt like it had a plan from the beginning, a natural pace, with real character development and a real-time passage of time, and a definitive ending. So many things happened. Opal City so fleshed out it almost was a character in and of itself. It's also probably one of the least action-packed superhero runs I've ever read. It was way more focused on characters, moments, and motivations.
I'm rambling. But I literally just finished it, and I'm at a bit of a loss for words and coherency.
I've never really read a long series like this. One that felt like it had a plan from the beginning, a natural pace, with real character development and a real-time passage of time, and a definitive ending. So many things happened. Opal City so fleshed out it almost was a character in and of itself. It's also probably one of the least action-packed superhero runs I've ever read. It was way more focused on characters, moments, and motivations.
I'm rambling. But I literally just finished it, and I'm at a bit of a loss for words and coherency.
RepairmanJack
Member
Too early! I'm kind of interested in what's so great about it though. I've found most of the Rebirth #1 issues to be mostly inconsequential or retread.
flaxknuckles
Member
They aren't digital readers. We get those DC issues at 9pm the day before Wednesday. More people need to join the bandwagon.
I should have read it last night but I fell asleep cus I was super exhausted. And now I am foaming at the mouth.
MHWilliams
Member
1pm on a Wednesday!
CaptainofIndustry
Member
Why is detective comics $3.99? Talking about the digital copy. Is it a monthly series now?
48 pages.
#950 special so 48 pages
CaptainofIndustry
Member
Gotcha. Thanks!
RepairmanJack
Member
It's a oversized "Anniversary" issue apparently. The Anniversary part seems a little...weird.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Valiant Humble Bundle
Also, at the bottom, you can enter your email for a free Harbinger Renegade #1
Also, at the bottom, you can enter your email for a free Harbinger Renegade #1
How good is this bundle for someone who's never read a lick of Valiant?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
It has some stuff that carries on from the last HB, but there's a lot of stuff that's easily accessible like:
-Death-Defying Dr. Mirage
-Wrath of the Eternal Warrior
-Ivar, Timewalker
-Divinity
-The Valiant
-Bloodshot Reborn
-Imperium
-Ninjak
-Faith
Only order I recommend is reading The Valiant before Bloodshot
Tizoc
Member
Well looking at Wikipedia at least
Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol. 3 Softcover Daredevil vol. 3, #11-15, Avenging Spider-Man #6, Punisher #10 <This I have
Therefore I want to get the issues after it which would be-
Daredevil by Mark Waid Vol. 4 Softcover Daredevil vol. 3 #16-21
Followed by
Daredevil by Mark Waid, Vol. 3 Oversized hardcover Daredevil Vol. 3 #22-36
flaxknuckles
Member
I don't understand, why offer Volume 4 of XO Manowar and Harbinger and skip the first three volumes?
echoshifting
Banned
"What could make this book even less appealing than the return of the Phoenix Force
There must be someth-OH I'VE GOT IT"
There must be someth-OH I'VE GOT IT"
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
As I mentioned in my other post, it's the second Valiant Humble Bundle. The first was about 2 years ago. The first one had XO Vol 1-3, Harbinger Vol 1-3, A&A Vol 1-3, etc.
Any price over $0 is overpaying. Its basically Valiant stealing your money.
read Dr Mirage and Faith.
She surprisingly has fans.
Roland_Gunner
Member
Read Justice League of America Rebirth and it was a very good bring the team together issue with outstanding art from Ivan Reis. Don't think it really broke any new ground though.
I still don't understand how Lobo fits on the team if the concept is humans not gods. If they needed a heavy hitter on the team, Ray has light powers and those can be almost of OP as the speed force.
Had the same thought. I'm guessing now that we know her, we'll be seeing Kingpin do more of what he does best in a issue or two.
LordOfLore
Banned
Does anyone have a good Johns' Flash reading list?
echoshifting
Banned
Jessica Jones #5...hoooooly shit
This book is so fucking great
This book is so fucking great
It's not very complicated
The Flash vol 2: 164-225
Final Crisis Rogues Revenge 1-3
The Flash Rebirth 1-6
The Flash vol 3: 1-12
Flashpoint 1-5
That's every Flash comic he's ever written
Okay, so you're getting/have Vol 1-4 in paperback format, which (among other issues) includes Daredevil 1-21, and the Vol 3 OHC, which includes 22-36. I think I understand now. You WILL still need 1-18, 1.50, 0.1, and 15.1 from the re-numbering, which are included in these:
Daredevil by Waid and Samnee Vol. 4 OHC
Daredevil by Waid and Samnee Vol. 5 OHC
I've only read about the first 25 issues of Johns Flash run, but I had a question. Does the end of his Wally West run lead into The Flash Rebirth? Or is there some time that passes between the end of his West run and the Rebirth stuff?
Freezasaurus
Member
Do you know what is not great? An $8 ROM annual. Smh
LordOfLore
Banned
Thanks. The collections I've been buying were grouped with the old ones in the store that had their backs covered to prevent someone stealing them. I have everything up to #200 thus far it seems.
echoshifting
Banned
I passed on that bullshit
Edit: though I did buy the Klaus "annual" for eight bucks and that was wonderful
Volume 2 of the Flash ran for another 20 or so issues after Johns left. His last issue was in 2005 I think and Rebirth didn't start until 2009. Between the end of his run and Rebirth Barry's return was teased a few times before finally happening in Final Crisis.
To the best of my knowledge they haven't solicited a fourth and fifth volume to cover the last 25 issues of his Wally run.
LordOfLore
Banned
You getting it?
Wow, that looks great!
Oh okay, thanks. I guess I didn't consider when his Wally West run would have ended. Because I do remember Barry returning in Final Crisis.
Bought it on dcbs months ago.
Memento Mori
Member
I wish DC would reprint volume 3.
I think it means Human in though. Lobo is a heavy hitter, but he's pretty much your average guy outside of murdering his whole planet.
Shame that hitch is still on Justice Leagie because the two books actually compliment. Each other.
I wonder what mine would look like if I bought it.
WadiumArcadium
Member
Sounds pretty cool. Hopefully it's better than Vader Down. Apart from a few bits and pieces, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.