Durrzerker
Banned
I have, yeah. I've read everything Laura's been in. And I think ANW handles her well, with the exception of her villains.
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COMICS!!! |OT| January 2017 This is the Dawning of the Age of Apocalypse
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I have, yeah. I've read everything Laura's been in. And I think ANW handles her well, with the exception of her villains.
BumblebeeCody
Member
^^^ Will do!
Been listening to these while at work.
Dunno if it was shown in the UK but I was 2 years old anyway when it came out. Really interesting for background noise.
Stan Lee is awkward as heck at times.
Been listening to these while at work.
Dunno if it was shown in the UK but I was 2 years old anyway when it came out. Really interesting for background noise.
Stan Lee is awkward as heck at times.
Nice! Well I look forward to reading ANW in 6 months (screw that stupid MU delay).
Marvel needs more memorable new villains as a whole. It seems these days it's tough to get a multiple writers to use a recent bad guy. Also, a lot of the old ones still need redesigns.
Most writers either want to use the classics or create their own.
Yeah, it's very understandable. But classics can be made from multiple people taking a turn with a character.
BumblebeeCody
Member
I thought the Sisters were a nice set of characters that developed Laura but it felt like something was missing as a whole.
Durrzerker
Banned
Yeah. Laura and Gabby are great in ANW, it just doesn't have a strong nemesis yet.
Laura's gold in every issue though: http://le-grouch.tumblr.com/post/155127238844/i-dont-know-what-possessed-to-pick-up-all-new
Art looks good and I'm all over anything Spurrier-written. I like the sounds of him having lots of ideas for stories too. I always wanted to read a longer-form series from him like 60-70 issues (I know sales probably won't allow anything near that number).
LordOfLore
Banned
Square sure loves over-the-top padded armor.
Freezasaurus
Member
Their pricing has gone completely bananas with that series.
BKatastrophe
Member
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #6
And so the first arc concludes with a big fight that feels kinda whatever. It's a strong conclusion, but it feels unfulfilling, and of course the book can't take a break for even a minute before we get a set-up for the next plot. A plot point that wasn't difficult to see coming and shouls surprise exactly no one ever. A decent book lost some of its goodwill with me.
Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #1
I realize I'm extremely late to the party, but these issues have been burning a hole in my backlog and I'm finally getting to them. This issue was a lot of fun. Good action, dialogue, pacing. It does a good job of setting up without being bogged down or feeling contrived. I'd ask questions, but there's four more issues to read. I'm really curious
. Seems like a lot of history that I'm not attuned to.
And so the first arc concludes with a big fight that feels kinda whatever. It's a strong conclusion, but it feels unfulfilling, and of course the book can't take a break for even a minute before we get a set-up for the next plot. A plot point that wasn't difficult to see coming and shouls surprise exactly no one ever. A decent book lost some of its goodwill with me.
Justice League vs. Suicide Squad #1
I realize I'm extremely late to the party, but these issues have been burning a hole in my backlog and I'm finally getting to them. This issue was a lot of fun. Good action, dialogue, pacing. It does a good job of setting up without being bogged down or feeling contrived. I'd ask questions, but there's four more issues to read. I'm really curious
as to why Max Lord refers to those villains as "forgotten"
Freezasaurus
Member
I would read a solo book about the big waifu in the back.
That's not Elsa!
Marvel said we would get an ongoing spinning out of MU a long time ago.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
He's left us until we Make Roman Look Strong Again.
give this man an Oscar for this performance
LordOfLore
Banned
New Art Academy! Hardin this time.
Looks interesting. Will wait for reviews
ANW could've easily been a forgettable and uninteresting outing, but it's turning out to be one of my favorite current books. You're not really dealing with any kind of deep reflections or anything, but it's a lot of fun and a great character, well written, taking up the mantle.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Was just listening to the iFanboys talk about the Wasp book. It sounds fun. Plus that Elsa art. Gonna give it a shot when it hits MU.
Durrzerker
Banned
Pretty much this. Inhumans vs. X-Men is also pretty good so far, though I'm dreading the inevitable Inhuman comeback issues.
whatsinaname
Member
Starting Starman Omnibus Vol. 5. That cover under the dust jacket! :O
[IG]http://i.imgur.com/EzBQOcy.jpg[/IMG]
You've been making quick progress with this series. Difficult to put down isn't it?
You've been making quick progress with this series. Difficult to put down isn't it?
Indeed it is! I'm adoring it. It's the perfect "legacy" book. It's a love story to superhero lineage and I'm enjoying every second of it.
Of course I took that four day break to read Superior Spider-Man, though.
Indeed it is! I'm adoring it. It's the perfect "legacy" book. It's a love story to superhero lineage and I'm enjoying every second of it.
Of course I took that four day break to read Superior Spider-Man, though.
It's pretty much a perfect run and one you can revisit every couple years and it's just as fresh as the first time you read it.
Yeah, kinda wanna know her story, too.
my name is ed
Banned
Freezasaurus
Member
Looks like Gamora had a baby with Goldar from Power Rangers.
Starting Starman Omnibus Vol. 5. That cover under the dust jacket! :O
GORGEOUS
Serpentine
Banned
Ales Kot: The spiritual sequel to ZERO is approved. Script #1 is written and with the artist and the publisher.
god with Wolf making itself scarce and not really being about Now and The Future and Fiction anyway, I've been dying for a new Ales Kot book that goes deep in it
I'm in day one, would've been regardless, but, to confirm, I am in day one, for sure
flaxknuckles
Member
Clone Conspiracy 4:
Peter owned
Peter owned
Ben in this issue with that speech. And then Ben turned into a straight-up supervillain and tried to have Pete killed permanently O_O. okkkkkk. I really wonder how Slott's gonna redeem Ben for his solo book after this.
Manmademan
Member
Durrzerker
Banned
oh I dunno...I'm kinda feeling this guy
If you read my whole post you would have seen I specifically mentioned Golden Skull as a good exception.
my name is ed
Banned
For an indie book with a new artist every issue it had consistent impactful and consequential action
Manmademan
Member
If you read my whole post you would have seen I specifically mentioned Golden Skull as a good exception.
I missed that part, my bad. Your broader complaint is correct. These younger versions of legacy heroes have no rogues gallery and at best end up "borrowing" from their parent book or digging into the marvel D list.
However- there is some progress.
Logos
I saw you called out Sam-Cap, but his book has been pretty solid. There's been a few callbacks to old Cap villains (flag smasher, serpent society), but Spencer has done a pretty good job setting up Keane and the Americops as a pretty big nemesis in that book. They aren't pushovers and there's no obvious way to deal with them head on.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Vol. 10 of Batman is just a bunch of one shot stories along with the final Snyder issues. DC was greedy as fuck. Vol. 9 should have been the conclusion.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Glad you're loving it. It was one of the key books that made me really appreciate the DC deep cuts and the power of legacy in comicsIndeed it is! I'm adoring it. It's the perfect "legacy" book. It's a love story to superhero lineage and I'm enjoying every second of it.
Of course I took that four day break to read Superior Spider-Man, though.
Freezasaurus
Member
I'm in. I was interested in the last series but it was almost done at the time and lololololol at catching up on that many issues.
flaxknuckles
Member
His costume still looks bad.