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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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Good. Happy for Marguerite
Power Man and Iron fist #12
Walker is putting in work with this current arc. I love this street level stuff. He made Tombstone a force to reckon with. action panels and that 2 page spread was just gorgeous. I think the book is bouncing back nicely after CW2
Also the events of jessica jones will be crossing over into the next issue. Danny has to calm down Cage.
Walker is putting in work with this current arc. I love this street level stuff. He made Tombstone a force to reckon with. action panels and that 2 page spread was just gorgeous. I think the book is bouncing back nicely after CW2
Also the events of jessica jones will be crossing over into the next issue. Danny has to calm down Cage.
whatsinaname
Member
Coming from someone who really disliked Bendis' GOTG run, I see no reason to be pessimistic about The Defenders. From what I've read (Alias) and heard (Daredevil and Luke Cage), he's written lots of great material for the members of the team.
Freezasaurus
Member
She seems to have a better grasp on the character than a lot of other writers.
Schweinehund
Member
Disappointed in the lack of JSA swag out there. I already have enough nerdy shirts though haha.
Anyway Claremont's X-men run is getting better. Currently
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How much of Claremont's run should I read? I was only planning to read up until the end of byrne/cockrum's participation then jump ahead to Morrison's run.
Anyway Claremont's X-men run is getting better. Currently
Kitty was just introduced, X-men were kidnapped by the hellfire club
How much of Claremont's run should I read? I was only planning to read up until the end of byrne/cockrum's participation then jump ahead to Morrison's run.
She's that way for a lot of female characters
hipsterpants
Member
Not sure who does the art but you at least need to get through the Brood Saga which IMO is the best part of Claremont's run. Nothing past that arc really reaches those heights.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
nigga you NEED to read all of it
but for the time you could jump ahead after that
They sell porno in stores tho...zenescope exists.
Its closer to smut, they also sell tasteful smut books like Sunstone. Also great. But yes Saga is wonderful.
GLA: Wow, was not expecting it to go there, even after I recommended it for younger audiences...eh.
Right now, it's a commentary on team hero books and it's fun.
PM/IF: I was expecting more bite to the ending but I assume that's what Street Magic is for.
Silk: One more issue til Ford comes back...art is good, Mattie is written well and it feels like everything is coming up Cindy...and then it reminds you it's a tie in.
Ms. Marvel: When GWW has post a warning online for younger readers, yeah...
This is gonna be a really interesting arc. It's about cyber harassment.
Yep. And right now, it's haunting.
Right now, it's a commentary on team hero books and it's fun.
PM/IF: I was expecting more bite to the ending but I assume that's what Street Magic is for.
Silk: One more issue til Ford comes back...art is good, Mattie is written well and it feels like everything is coming up Cindy...and then it reminds you it's a tie in.
Ms. Marvel: When GWW has post a warning online for younger readers, yeah...
This is gonna be a really interesting arc. It's about cyber harassment.
Yep. And right now, it's haunting.
If you think about it, it makes total sense. A born leader.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
unbeatable squirrel girl gives me hope that comics can still be good
whatsinaname
Member
So, quick question for you all. Is there any ongoing run that you would put up there with your GOATs?
nope
Nah. But, of course, for me I feel like I have to look at a run as a whole, which automatically disqualifies books that are still ongoing.
echoshifting
Banned
No safe bets. The most obvious nominees are East of West and Lazarus, but it isn't hard to imagine either of those books never getting a proper ending
Sticking the landing is really, really, really important
Edit: that said, I am reading a great many comics that are fucking fantastic in a wide variety of genres. I am a happy comic fan.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
How is East of West so far? I was reading it for a while but dropped it after 14 issues.
echoshifting
Banned
The third year just started and things have gotten pretty crazy. The first year has a lot of setup...things start to move forward in the second year.
It's a tricky book, very dense. A huge cast of characters and you really can't afford to forget any of them. I feel it keeps getting better as it goes along, but I have loved it from the beginning so take that as you will.
Doesn't hurt that every issue is drop dead gorgeous.
I've been thinking about reading through the first two years again and taking my own notes. It's one of my favorite books.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
So it's another Hickman book then. I might check out the rest of the series when I get money or when a sale on ComiXology.
echoshifting
Banned
Oh yeah it's his most Hickmanest book
Except maybe BMM
Edit: no, I was right the first time, it's East of West. Such a huge cast
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
That is saying a lot about the series.
MikeBreezy92
Member
I hope the writer hasn't completely ejected a lot of the Blud mythos because I loved his job at the police, the apartment complex, Clancy just to name a few.
if 14 issues didn't convince you then the rest won't.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I was convinced to read it but I needed a break from it and forgot.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
It's great
ahh. gotcha. there hasn't been a bad issue yet.
ShadowSwordmaster
Banned
I like what Hickman did with this weird alternate history.
I plan to get back to it in two weeks.
No, although it's tough to say in the moment.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
Yep yep yep. So good. There's one thing that
Monkey Joe
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
That is about it. Moon knight(2016) has extreme potential to best the run. So there's thatYou should read more books
Tizoc
Member
JC when the fuck you gonna read transformers mtmte series?
You want to find the best writer to pick up marvel's xmen? James roberts is your man, and his mtmte run is his resume
Also where's my next redking issue of kaijumax?
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
MHWilliams
Member
Lies. The most Hickmanly book is Manhattan Projects, it's just a sporadic publisher.
BKatastrophe
Member
After taking breaks here and there, I finally finished Person of Interest. Top 10 show, no contest and one of the best superhero shows I've seen.
Either way it's still a better book than Higgins' run, and that's all we can ask for.
It wouldn't have been good anyways. Way isn't a good writer. In fact, he's a bad writer.
What from?
I massively agree. Rise of Raptor gave me hope and redeemed every issue I had with the entire book prior to it. I hope this arc has a similar redemption at the end, because if it does, then Seeley being able to completely break Dick down as the character people think he is and build him back up into the character he actually is and has been, is actually quite genius and I think I've talked myself into loving the book more than I did.
Either way it's still a better book than Higgins' run, and that's all we can ask for.
Oh this brings up so many questions...
echoshifting
Banned
Now we must define Hickmanliness to make sure we're talking about the same thing. I'm talking about his tendency to approach stories like an architect, building an elaborate frame and then filling it with rooms.
By this measure, I consider Manhattan Projects one of the least Hickmanliest of his books, because it progresses much more like a normal story, expanding in scope at a fairly normal rate and utilizing characterization and plots that feel like they sprang organically from each other during the process of writing the book.