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COMICS! |OT| January 2016. Didn't I promise? We're going home now.
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Schweinehund
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Pretty much all the heroes are returning to their usual self by the time BvS comes out. Rebirth is sounding like a relaunch so that would be a good jumping on point. If you want something now check out Men of Tomorrow by Geoff Johns or Superman Unchained.
E the Shaggy
Junior Member
You all know damn well its going to be Gwen Stacy.
Ock is already on his way back via Amazing btw.
I called this being related to a Spider-Man character and a reference to "Spider-Man No More". Ock would make the most sense, but there are obviously other characters that could possibly come back. I've seen some theories about this that could lead to an interesting story.
Brubaker's everything is good.
i remember his Uncanny X-men run breaking the combo for me.
La Maquinon
Member
I read the first issue or two. Didn't do much for me. I dropped it when I realized that Vasquez was off writing duties, which started around issue 3. I think he was just involved in getting the book off the ground and wrote the first issue and co-wrote the second. Something like that.
But I've (sadly) never seen the cartoon, so YMMV. I just bought it for Vasquez, as I'm a fan of his other works.
Also that last bit of Captain America with Agent Bravo and the Hydra Queen.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
There are some stretches of Cap where it's just dull and hard to get through. He's great overall, but he's been writing for so long, he's got his set of misses.
However, I've heard great things about his Batman.
I got the Trial of Captain America omnibus. Does that have good story arcs within?
Thanks guys. Actually, speaking of Brubaker, how does one approach his Captain America stuff? I'd love to go the omnibus approach (or maybe a cheaper option depending on what's out there), but is it all in print in that format/what would I need to get for a complete collection?
I'd go the MU route, ominbus collections, or Ultimate Collection vol 1 and 2 tpb and Death of Cap Complete collection....but even those dont' collect it all i think. I reallllllly didn't like the Captain America Reborn onwards story after issue #42.
MU it.
I own his entire run, but his Cap stuff after the "Trial" arc was pretty weak and didn't hold my interest. I'll probably get to it when I have time. My personal highlight of his run was the Bucky Cap stuff before Rebirth.
I read 14 comics today. Backlog is shrinking.
my name is ed
Banned
Reborn is another one of those Marvel events where they blew up what should have just been a hype arc in the book to an event and messed with what was working.
But yes Bru Cap prior to Reborn was hot fire. At least we got Hitch pages inked by Guice out of Reborn
edit: actually I would love to see what Breitweiser's coloring would have been like on Epting Cap instead of D'Armata.
My backlogs run deep and in many directions. Like, I just beat Tales of the Abyss on the PS2 today, and that's been in my backlog since that console generation, and I've still got just under 20 PS2 games left to beat, mostly long RPGs. Comics I'm still hopeful that I'll catch back up on though, as I continue to make steady progress through that, bit by bit. Still plenty left to go, though.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Are Suikoden 3, 4, or 5 in your PS2 backlog?
Confusion Illusion
Banned
I don't read much superhero stuff these days, but now that the Cassandra Cain Batgirl finally got a collected edition, it's time to finish reading them. I hope DC doesn't take there sweet time putting the rest of them out.
Bryan Hitch's art in Reborn was very hit or miss. He always had an issue with human anatomy, mostly torsos, but it really became apparent during this arc:
I think Winter Soldier goes easily pound for pound with the pre-Rebirth stuff. I actually lost interest around the Trial arc and the relaunch with Steve (the latter of which is a total whatever comic) but Winter Soldier has Butch Guice and (easpecially) Elizabeth Breitweiser killing it and it totally rejuvenating Brubaker creatively
choaffable
Member
Amen! Spider-woman with Pulido and Hopeless has been great comics. That's a team that knows how to play together, with Pulido doing some amazing things with layout. It's not flashy, but just so elegant in the way it conveys story.
As well, pregnant superhero is such a novel story and reminds me so much of my wife's pregnancy. Hopeless is playing it pitch perfect, never getting too sentimental or trying to write A Very Important Issue on Pregnancy - 90s Teen Sitcom style. Spider-Woman is great comics that needs more attention.
a million times yes to the edit
like Cap is probably the last time D'Armata is readable in any shape or form but Epting+Breitweiser woulda been the business
also: Hollingsworth on Lark and Aja in in the first Bru/Lark Daredevil arc because jesus that's the best writing in the entire Bendis/Maleev and Brubaker/Lark eras and D'Armata just butchers the art there
Yup, all of them. And 1 and 2 are on my PS1 classics backlog on PS3. I think I also may have picked up Tactics (though I'm not 100% on that one being there), and I believe I also have a copy of Tierkreis. So yeah, I own like the entire series and haven't touched it yet, so that's going to be a marathon at some point. Same thing for Wild Arms, though I'm not as certain I have all of those.
my name is ed
Banned
I agree it was uneven but it was due to Hitch getting hurried. He's a guy whose work needs a lot of refinement and a Marvel event didn't give him time to do so. Also part of it was due to Hitch changing up the size at which he drew at. He was drawing on some big ass boards which gave the book a bit of a fish eye look in places. Still, there was some greatness in it. I would read the hell out of a Hitch WWII book.
Who was it that said D'Armata sucks the life out of inks? I remember reading that somewhere. I can't remember the last time I saw D'Armata colors and thought yeah the colors are definitely not competing with the linework there.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Oh awesome! I was just taking a shot in the dark. Suikoden is my favorite series of all time. I used to play the the first two (along with RE2 and MGS) non-stop back when I was in high school. 3 and 5 were pretty great too. 4 not so much. Never played any of the spinoff games.
It saddens me that we're never going to get part 6.
They should give them a red mask and let him be an jerk.
i manage to read Thors #2 to keep up with my one a day comic schedule, it was okay, i'm not really invested in it and i don't like criminal case tv shows to begin with.
BKatastrophe
Member
I got a hold of Secret Invasion: Inhumans TPB. So once my pre-War of Kings Inhumans storyline will be complete. Then I can move on to the post-Realm of Kings/pre-Infinity stuff.
Cosmic Marvel is going to bury me. And just to follow the Inhumans, too.
I'm forever shaky to read anything by him at that point.
Cosmic Marvel is going to bury me. And just to follow the Inhumans, too.
Didn't he write Deadly Genesis?
I'm forever shaky to read anything by him at that point.
Posting this from the SW thread.
BossDarkseid
Member
Interesting, but somehow unsurprising it was the "office" at fault.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I'm not sure, I honestly haven't made it that far. I've been stuck in Red Menace.
whatsinaname
Member
Most of the early omnibuses are out of print. A set will take about $450-$500 to put together now I think.
Poodlestrike
Banned
We Are Robin #8: this was a very good book. Setting up a new antagonist (and probably a group of antagonists) to serve as an opposite to the Robins, both literally and thematically. Duke
and it's basically as you'd expect; heartwrenching stuff.
Oh, and we get a look at what the other Robins have been up to since the close of the Robin War, which was fun. Dax is struggling to make his own gadgets, which is a nice change of pace from most comic book clever types who rarely struggle on anything except high-science stuff, and even then only when it's the center of the plot. Izzy's family issues, Andre is angrier than ever, and Kiko struggling to text a boy. Fun stuff.
finally finds his parents,
Oh, and we get a look at what the other Robins have been up to since the close of the Robin War, which was fun. Dax is struggling to make his own gadgets, which is a nice change of pace from most comic book clever types who rarely struggle on anything except high-science stuff, and even then only when it's the center of the plot. Izzy's family issues, Andre is angrier than ever, and Kiko struggling to text a boy. Fun stuff.
Freezasaurus
Member
$500 for omnibi? That's silly money.
whatsinaname
Member
There are five in total I think. One does go for ~$200 though.
googleplex
Member
Extraordinary X-Men 006
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Storm has reached Captain America level of hypocrisy. Seriously. Fuck you Storm.
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They are still pussy footing around what "Bad" thing Cyclops supposed to have done off panel. And Once again Storm prove that she's the biggest hypocrite in the Marvel universe. By claiming once again that Cyclops "crossed some lines". Then sending Logan on that mission to kill Sunfire if she deems it necessary? WTF?
Storm has reached Captain America level of hypocrisy. Seriously. Fuck you Storm.
BossDarkseid
Member
Dick Grayson/Agent 37 gets the best spy songs.
edit: link dead
but today's Grayson....
edit: link dead
but today's Grayson....
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Suicide Squad Most Wanted: Deadshot & Katana was pretty good.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pretty good meaning worth 5 dollars?
Razgriz-Specter
Member
If you aren't just in it for Deadshot.
However I feel i'd be happier with it had I bought a physical copy instead.
Really liked the art for Katana's portion.
one more letter....
Freezasaurus
Member
Then it would be an entirely different kind of silly.
ThyMusicMan
Member
This would be awesome,, that's the only Spidey book I liked.
.. Spidey isn't really for me so much I guess
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Yep, Marvel has made me hate Storm.
That's so awesome! I love those letter pages.
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