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COMICS! |OT| July 2013. Celebrate liberty with the ultimate patriotic superhero.
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I can't answer that for sure but I did read JLD and I really, REALLY liked it a lot. So it's worth reading (at least in the beginning) for a while.
CalhounBurns
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Irredeemable/Incorruptable on sale at Comixology. Worth getting?
Yes
Great books.
Irredeemable is whacky fun despite it getting crazy towards the end.
Incorruptable is okay if you have the extra money, but it felt small compared to Irredeemable and not interesting enough to make up for the lack of scale.
fredrancour
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Up to the point I read, not in the slightest.
TetraxShards
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Irredeemable is really good, Incorruptible less so. IIRC they cross over near the end, so you may want to buy the last few issues of Incorruptible if you're getting Irredeemable.
There seems to be an American Vampire sale on right now. I'm gonna have to get me some of that.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
No, nothing like either. At the end of the day, it's still a superhero comic. Despite involving vertigo characters, it doesn't inherit any of Vertigo's literary qualities. Not saying it's bad, just don't go into it expecting Sandman or Lucifer.
Check out Mike Carey's The Unwritten if you're looking for something more akin to Sandman/Lucifer in terms of quality.
SpiderJerusalem
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yea I still like Justice League Dark but I was hoping for it to be more uh...vertigoish
Freezasaurus
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Yeah, but how many comics have a sidekick named Jailbait?
GrandHarrier
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Why would you wish for something to sell sub 10k, that's just mean.
I kid, I kid.
But that's what would happen.
avengers23
Banned
I'd been out of comics for a while, but I got a bunch of books today: Prophet v2, Hawkeye v1, Saga v1 and v2, Ragemoor, and Godzilla: Half Century War. Looking forward to seeing what's going on in comics outside of the general wheel-spinning in DC's and Marvel's books.
And I'm going to check out Justice League Beyond in Comixology, which sounds pretty good.
And I'm going to check out Justice League Beyond in Comixology, which sounds pretty good.
La Maquinon
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Have you read Prophet vol. 1? I just ask because the first arc of that is, in my opinion, quite spectacular.
Hey, I have question ComicsGaf. I need to get a collection (one book, likely) for an 18 year old nephew in-law. I don't know him all that well but when he was a kid he loved the Flash and would pretend to be him. As an adolescent he was into Dragonball Z and these day he plays a lot of Halo and other FPS. I'm told he also quite enjoys stories that concern religion, good versus evil in that context/world. It's kind of a puzzle, I know, so I'm asking your help. If anything about this kid jumps out at you and you can think of a good rec, please let me know. I'd love to get him something cool, and maybe get him (back?) into comics while I'm at it.
All of the Beyond books are good. Well maybe not Superman Beyond, but the other two are great.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Auperman Beyond is great. The artist would never be able to draw again with his right hand after an accident so he worked as a bus driver and now he can draw left handed.
Wait what? That's pretty impressive.
Read this as "Aquaman Beyond" and thought I missed an announcement or something. lol
I'd read the shit out of an Aquaman Beyond book.
Does it have to take place in heavnen/hell/whatever? Daredevil: Born Again isn't explicitly religious, but it owns forever
also maybe the Season of Mists collection of Sandman which introduces Lucifer.
Aquaman Beyond would be amazing.
GrandHarrier
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Freezasaurus
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Punk Rock Jesus.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Final Crisis. Honestly. Massively good versus evil, crazy ridiculous universes ending fight at the end, a great Flash moment. It's great.
KoruptData
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Been watching Comic Book Men on netflix. Its enertaining.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Does anybody here buy prints or anything? I would love to buy some Williams art from Batwoman for my wall or anything from Hawkeye,
Freezasaurus
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Art prints? I'd fucking love to if I knew where to get them.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Yeah. Is that a thing?
Freezasaurus
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Sometimes. I know DC had some on their online shop for a while. But I don't know where one would go for a big selection. Or, you know, ones that don't cost $350 like all the shit on the official Star Wars site.
It really was, I was pleasantly surprised. I fully expected to hate it. I like that the villains are getting some love, it's a lot more interesting than another book about a team of heroes. It's always fun to get some stories from the bad guy's perspective.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Ah, well. It's a beautiful dream.
Freezasaurus
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Nope, found some stuff. Punched "Marvel art prints" into google. First result is allposters.com.... They actually have some nice ones (Iron Fist!), bunch of different price-ranges. I went there on my tablet because I'm paranoid about going to new sites on my PC, but it looks like they have some neat stuff.
For our anniversary this year my wife bought me two original pages (penciled and inked) from Green Lantern: New Guardians from when Tyler Kirkham was on the book. Have them framed and hanging up.
WanderingWind
Mecklemore Is My Favorite Wrapper
Nice find, man. Just for fun though, use their search for "Batwoman." Lol
A kindred soul
Haemolacria
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The last time I read any Spider-Man comics featuring Shocker (which, I guess, was back in 1999 or something like that), he was portrayed as a badass. I was surprised, when he was such a wuss in this one
Winnie the Pimp
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Interest piqued in Batman Inc. but as stated earlier, maybe i should read some Batman & Robin first right?
Did you guys mean the New52 version (Patrick Gleason) or another one though?
Did you guys mean the New52 version (Patrick Gleason) or another one though?
Brianimaniac
Banned
Morrison's Batman work should be taken as a whole, and that goes back further than just Batman & Robin.
The pre-New52 run by Grant Morrison is the one that's particularly important to the continuity, and obviously to Morrison's entire run. I hear Gleason's work is good fun though.
The 3 Morrison trades of those are:
* Batman Reborn
* Batman vs Robin
* Batman & Robin Must Die
But really, it's probably best to just read the whole Morrison run, because Batman & Robin starts to really tie into Final Crisis and The Return of Bruce Wayne, and those tie into what came before, etc.
A Serious House doesn't play a part in Morrison's big run, but it's fantastic in its own right.
Batman Incorporated, Vol. 2: Gotham's Most Wanted (New 52) will be the final trade, and will arrive at the end of November.
BuddyJoeHooker
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^Hah, I was just about to post the reading order also
I would suggest going back further to the first appearance of Damien Wayne in Batman & Son.
I would also recommend Tomasi's Batman & Robin but it doesn't have any impact on what is happening in Batman Inc.
I would suggest going back further to the first appearance of Damien Wayne in Batman & Son.
I would also recommend Tomasi's Batman & Robin but it doesn't have any impact on what is happening in Batman Inc.
Freezasaurus
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So I stopped by the comic shop after work yesterday and picked up the first three issues of The Movement. I'd say it's a surprisingly good book, but then it is being written by Gail Simone, after all. I'm on board for the time being. Kind of makes me wonder if I should start reading Batgirl again. Yay comics.
Brianimaniac
Banned
Tomasi does consistently good work, but it's always a tie-in to something else. Even when his work ends up being better than the "big" books it ties into, it doesn't generally stand alone well.
GrandHarrier
Member
Simone is hitting her stride at the moment so I'd say that Batgirl is good, right now, but I'd suggest picking up the Ventriloquist issues (#20-21) to judge for yourself.
If you are enjoying The Movement, and aren't getting Green Team, I think you might also like it. It's scratching a few of the same itches.
Beautiful art, lame stories.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Well crap, that is WAY too much for me right now to catch up on... I guess i'll just have to skip Batman Inc. then
Since i am kinda new to comics, it's hard to find a series that you are interested in but do NOT need a whole encyclopedia of previous knowledge to enjoy/get most of the references...
next question though: What is a good way to get into Green Lantern? I read that GL: Rebirth might be a good starting point and then Secret Origin, followed by the rest of Geoff John's stuff?
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