Serpentine
Banned
sounds dumb as heck*
*haven't read any jl/forever evil comics in a year
*haven't read any jl/forever evil comics in a year
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COMICS! |OT| January 2014. Another year of nothing will be the same ever again. EVER.
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And you all said Otto in Peter's body was a dumb idea.
umberhulk2
Banned
Really digging this. It's brings fresh content and aesthetic to post appocalypse.
The world gets decimated by a chain reaction of of natural disasters. Ninth Wave is marine eco direct action group and they decide to stay and live on the fleet of boats after the world goes to shit. The book begins after The Massive gets separted from The Foundation. Told from the latter's perspective and its presumed The Massive is out there somewhere, roaming around the ocean. Brian Wood typically sucks with endings in my opinion, but I feel like hes working to a goal here.
Really good but disapointing. The timing of some of the exposition is just weird in the ending was a little bullshit. Snyder is really good with creating vulnerable situations but sometimes he leads them into solutions that are kind of cheap. Still, highly recommended though.
Really digging this. It's brings fresh content and aesthetic to post appocalypse.
The world gets decimated by a chain reaction of of natural disasters. Ninth Wave is marine eco direct action group and they decide to stay and live on the fleet of boats after the world goes to shit. The book begins after The Massive gets separted from The Foundation. Told from the latter's perspective and its presumed The Massive is out there somewhere, roaming around the ocean. Brian Wood typically sucks with endings in my opinion, but I feel like hes working to a goal here.
Really good but disapointing. The timing of some of the exposition is just weird in the ending was a little bullshit. Snyder is really good with creating vulnerable situations but sometimes he leads them into solutions that are kind of cheap. Still, highly recommended though.
The Wake isn't even close to over. It's at the half-way point dude.
umberhulk2
Banned
I never said it was. I was talking about the ending of the trade.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
They should release it as a complete book and not halves like that. It seems like it would be confusing, and would be perfect fir a single volume treatment.
I wish I was in charge of tpbs and hc collections. I know what would work.
umberhulk2
Banned
I'm honestly disapointed that its only going to be two trades long.
BoosterDuck
Banned
that's what she said
pock3tmonster
Banned
Not so much. Lex Luthor has been President (working with many heroes and teams) and played hero before Bendis' 'Dark Reign' arc. I'm excited for this regardless. Johns is at his best when he is writing villains and the inclusion of Captain Cold, alongside Lex Luthor on the Justice League could be fun.
Where is the Flash, Green Lantern (Baz or otherwise) and Superman? I was hoping to see Simon Baz join the big leagues as *the* Green Lantern while the regulars are off-world.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Oh that's way better then. Regurgitating old DC ideas rather than stealing wholesale from Marvel
I'd say Forever Evil has been incredibly predictable so far ad I can see exactly where it's heading. Even Lex being on the 'league' isn't a surprise at all - they were teasing this months back, and it's a logical, obvious place for the story to move to.
And then at the end, the heroes will win. Spoilers.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Oh that's way better then. Regurgitating old DC ideas rather than stealing wholesale from Marvel
I'd say Forever Evil has been incredibly predictable so far ad I can see exactly where it's heading. Even Lex being on the 'league' isn't a surprise at all - they were teasing this months back, and it's a logical, obvious place for the story to move to.
And then at the end, the heroes will win. Spoilers.
Everything is regurgitated to some end, that doesn't mean that it will play out the same.
Teasing and foreshadowing Lex's membership on the Justice League should be expected. Otherwise, how else would his sudden appearance on the team be explained? Of course it's going to be predictable in that sense.
Wonder Woman and Aquaman are seething on that cover. Hatin' on Lex cause he shining.
doniewhalberg
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Interesting to hear your thoughts man. I actually liked DMZ and Northlanders and couldn't ge tinto The Massive volume 1 at all. I found it really boring. Somehow he manages to think out some really good interesting locales and potentially interesting characters then write a plot that goes nowhere near exploring them. I honestly got the feeling he'd came up with a really great concept for the world, then had no real idea of an actual story to tell about that world. Even if the book was just about exploring that world and seeing the effects of the changes he'd made, but it really barely does that. Most places and situations are shirked for the characters sitting around talking to each other, and not getting very far.
Just my opinion though man, and I'm glad you liked it. Are your feeling just based off of volume 1 or have you read further? I'd be interested to hear how volume 2 compares.
Also I LOVED The Wake part 1. Felt it read perfectly as a volume. The book does a really good job of telling a simply aliens/mountains of madness type tale of discovery of the unknown and descending into horror in its own right, while simultaneously doing what's he done with American Vampire; tying real life scientific ideas with folklore, history, religious ideas, and of course fiction all together to build his *discovery* and what it could explain.
It sounds like I'm just saying the opposite of your thoughts haha, but really, glad you shared. The Massive is a book that gets surprisingly little chat around here.
He's from KY, and for awhile at least, lived in our neck of the woods and shopped at Comic Book World.
umberhulk2
Banned
They're not all that opposite. I really liked The Wake. Just had super high expectations.
also i love Northlanders. liked channel zero too.
Memento Mori
Member
It makes sense for Superman not to be there considering he looks nigh-on identical to Ultraman. The general public probably don't want to be reminded of Ultraman for a while.
Memento Mori
Member
They'll have just seen Lex save the world defeating the Crime Syndicate- Norman Osborne syndrome.
Future Foundation
Member
Has JL United been mentioned yet?
ThyMusicMan
Member
This is one of my favorite books. Love Francavilla,, I actually bought two #1 issues for the cover (reg francavilla and 2nd printing variant Francavilla)
Tizoc
Member
I've ignored the Valiant books for a long time, really need to start reading them along with Sweet Tooth.
Also need to catch up on Green Arrow >_>;
Just herad about Nameless recently, looking forward to it.
WHAT IS TAKING THIS BLASTED BOOK SO LONG?!?!
X-Statix is so good, but the feels man, it's what stops me from reading it again T^T
Yup, but we can all agree
It may be a worse case scenario of the author 'losing his touch' for lack of a better term @_@
Truth be told though, with PAD, you just gotta give it time, maybe come back after reading TPB #1 of the series?
Quicksilver appeared in the previous X-Factor book, but I forgot some of the stuff he did during then. Last thing I recall him doing in was...recovering his mutant powers @_@
Also need to catch up on Green Arrow >_>;
Just herad about Nameless recently, looking forward to it.
WHAT IS TAKING THIS BLASTED BOOK SO LONG?!?!
X-Statix is so good, but the feels man, it's what stops me from reading it again T^T
I read Chew Vol 6: Space Cakes. That ending was brutal. General spoilers plus ending
I loved that the entire book was about Toni and Co while Tony recovers. Poyo is a boss.
That ending is really gruesome with the collector removing Tonis limbs and breaking her neck
Chew is fantastic.
Yup, but we can all agree
Tony, PLEASE fuck his shit up with extreme prejudice
Well I didn't like the new X-Factor #1 myself, but his older work is really good are must reads.
It may be a worse case scenario of the author 'losing his touch' for lack of a better term @_@
Truth be told though, with PAD, you just gotta give it time, maybe come back after reading TPB #1 of the series?
Quicksilver appeared in the previous X-Factor book, but I forgot some of the stuff he did during then. Last thing I recall him doing in was...recovering his mutant powers @_@
Yeah, it's the same book that was initially announced as JL Canada. The team is Animal Man, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Stargirl, Supergirl, Adam Strange, Hawkman, and an unrevealed brand new character. The first two arcs will deal with Rann and Thanagar.
doniewhalberg
Member
Huh. I actually really like the look of All New Invaders, the preview looks better than I expected. Not sure about Robinson though. His detractors usually complain of too much exposition, which is a pet hate. I'm interested though, Pugh's art looks nice too.
doniewhalberg
Member
Whaaaa. IDW have announced a 24 comic book by Ed Brisson and Michael Gaydos. It's questionable how good they can make it since they'd have to play in the confines of the show's history etc. but just those two on a spy book, sounds like a great idea in itself.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Yes. Dini is still an excellent storyteller and has a deep love for the women of DC, especially the magical ones.
ALSO, Captain Cold is on the Justice League. Captain motha'fuckin' Cold...is on the Justice League. More importantly, Geoff Johns is back to writing him. Man, this is the best comics news.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
This dampens the rumors of ajohns writing a Lutjor ongoing. Good.
Not only is he writing Cold again, but he's writing a Capt Cold who isn't a metahuman. That change to the Rogues angered me to no end.
GrandHarrier
Member
I see you too realize the danger that metahumans represent to society. Would you like to come to a meeting where we can discuss this further???
Hmmm... I dunno, do you have any literature I could peruse?
Tizoc
Member
Must
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a peak
Otherwise great reads this week it seems, gonna catch up on Secret Avengers, and Megaman comic X3
Rrongfield
Member
...What!?
I'm not sure I like it, but if someone can make something awesome out of this, it's Roberts.
GrandHarrier
Member
I was never a huge Rogues fan (not that I didn't like them, I just wasn't a superfan) so the changes to them didn't really bother me. But I do recall going to ECCC with a good friend who is a MASSIVE Rogues Fan mine and we made a point to go see Brian Buccellato at his booth; My friend was real happy to meet him, nice, charming, friendly. THEN THE QUESTIONS. He, in a polite way, was kind of grilling him about why they went with stuff like the meta change, choices for particular versions of the Rogues. It was amazing to watch. To his credit, Brian was amazingly nice about it, albeit a lot of his answers were evasive as you might expect.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
GurufX abaolutely ruins Steve Pugh's art on All New Invaders. Just disgusting.
Nova Prime
Member
So Wally West is coming back and it looks like Barry Allen might not be in the JL anymore... coincidence?
I recently bought Avengers: Red Zone. Enjoyed it far better than any of Bendis' Avengers arcs.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I was interested in that book, too
fuck
If I was Buccellato I'd be all like "Lobdell made me do it!" or "It was all Lobdell's idea!"
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
You sir, just made me even more happy today, 'cause I somehow forgot about that. Now how about putting on the parka for old times' sake.
I'd be curious to hear what your friend had to say on that guy's awful run on Flash and the Rogues. From what I've read of his Rogues (a bunch of the Flash issues and the first Rogeus Rebellion issue) they've got no real personality and he's stripped them of the things that made them interesting, i.e. that they're simple, blue-collar dudes with a code who earned their spot on the team by proving themselves, and by mastering their weapons, and by acting as a damn team. None of this comes through with Brian and Manapul's run, and the character's aren't furthered, psychologically or story-wise, in any way, shape, or form.
Either way, I hope your friend is rejoicing over Johns' genius move right here.
HAHAHAHA
For some odd reason i seem to have awish to live in a box because i keep throwing money at Marvel, well and DC....
New TPB's:
Superior Spider-man: No Escape
Batman: The Court of Owls
Batman: The City of Owls
Batman: Night of Owls
Avengers Vol. 1: Avengers World
Avengers Vol. 2: The Last White Event
Avengers, Vol. 3: Prelude to Infinity
Hawkeye Oversided HC
Really? Why?
doniewhalberg
Member
Have any of you guys spotted the interviews that have been cropping up with Steve Orlando for his new book at Image, Undertow? The artwork is incredibly striking (by Artyom Trakhanov). Book sounds pretty sweet too, could be a cool thing. I haven't read anything by Orlando though, so jury's out obviously.
If this is the kind of stuff I saw DC puttin gin Aquaman, I'd be all over it.
That's a pretty incredibly tpb pick up list there Nihilo. Let me know what you think of the avengers stuff, I'd like to read them at some point. Love dat owls stuff of course, and hawkeye is great too.
If this is the kind of stuff I saw DC puttin gin Aquaman, I'd be all over it.
That's a pretty incredibly tpb pick up list there Nihilo. Let me know what you think of the avengers stuff, I'd like to read them at some point. Love dat owls stuff of course, and hawkeye is great too.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Why not? Geoff Johns loves the characters and writes them well, so why not let him have some fun and shake up what's been a mostly mediocre Justice League run.
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