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COMICS! |OT| July 2015. Okay for everyone, unless you're a DC or a Spider-Man.
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WadiumArcadium
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Vader Down #1 cover released too. It's basically the promo image they released when it was announced.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yes, I finished it. Those last few issues were brutal as hell. How could Morrison just leave this team in shambles like that? Jesus.
Doom Force was the ultimate cherry topper. Straight Liefeld rips, the Scratch with utensils in one hand, Shasta, that chick that turns into a mall. My God.
I'd love to buy something Ramona but ugh too expensive for my blood. Thanks to you though I'm going to buy a Ramon Villalobos X-men piece.
WadiumArcadium
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They've been appearing in Rebels recently and that's set before A New Hope.
Tie Advanced are nothing special either, am I right?
Thats actually a really shitty thing they did.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
The Inquisitor had a prototype Tie Advanced if I'm not mistaken.
TheDarkKnight774
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That has to be the most forgotten big movie ever. I saw it and I keep forgetting it actually came out this year. It was so disposable
Tizoc
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FINALLY
http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-43-idw-2015
All things considered being chased by a planet isn't really that big a deal, just the least interesting thing one would expect to happen while on that crazy space ship.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-43-idw-2015
WadiumArcadium
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The Advanced just became the TIE Bomber in the end. Vader basically had to have a cooler looking ship than the normal TIE pilots.
lol wow that's the first time I've ever seen Monica's apartment recreated in a comic before
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
lol that movie was awesome
So, let me talk about Justice League 3000. Read volumes 1 and 2, and I definitely enjoyed them. There's just something fun about them. Though there were a number of... dicey spots. Not to say they ruined things, but they were definitely distracting.
The one kind of frivilous but weird thing is that volume 2 is like 2 issues short of the relaunch to 3001, though I don't know if that matters. Just seems a little odd, but not a huge deal. As for things that are spoilers,
Which isn't to say I don't love it or it isn't totally my type of book. And I absolutely want more. But I feel like it definitely has some issues too...
The one kind of frivilous but weird thing is that volume 2 is like 2 issues short of the relaunch to 3001, though I don't know if that matters. Just seems a little odd, but not a huge deal. As for things that are spoilers,
the HUGE one is that the "Terry is the evil mastermind" thing has yet to be properly explained, and it's been long enough since the reveal that I'm half wondering if they didn't know themselves and just did it for the twist. Like, how exactly did he form the Five and why are they all listening to him? And equally important, why the hell did he spend all that time making the Justice League and having them fight against the Five? Then there's the whole thing with Locus, and ESPECIALLY whatevers going on with their unwritten Golden Age level moral stupidity. Like, the Five are insanely powerful and have inslaved half of the universe or whatever. And Locus is pretty much godlike power and obliterates them in their first meeting (though she is thought out worse and worse in each subsequent "fight"). But when they sucker punch her and knock her out, they don't even discuss the possibility of killing her, they just leave her there to be woken up and immediately a huge threat again. And then again the second time, though I beleive they may not have had the chance that time. And then the third time, they... put her in magic super coma with the others? How is completely shutting her down, brain and all, with the hopes that it'll be forever, any different than killing her? Like, I'm not usually bugged by the "why do they stick so firmly to the no killing" thing, but here it's just an insanely poor decision that's dooming a large chunk of the universe with no possible hope of an imprisonment or anything that's not, again, essentially death, but with the chance of being broken free to screw up the universe again. Oh, and then they actively suggest and follow through on "their word" of just letting Terry go to, again, ruin like half the universe. The book could've just had it so that it was somehow Terry forcing them to let it go, and it would've resulted in a more effective seeming villain and less questionable heroes. In a similar note, can't help but feel it would've been way, way more powerful having the moment you first see a "volunteer" of the regeneration be when they have to revive Teri, rather than just having it as another notch in the "Terry is evil, guys" belt. As for smaller things: like I said, Terry still isn't explained at all, but Kali also doesn't feel like she fits with the godlike powers of the others, and I totally thought she was an underling at first. And Teri kind of going from super genius without perfect morality to naive teen sidekick learning the ropes doesn't feel quite right, though I'm willing to write that off as the "thing wrong with the regeneration process", or maybe just too much Barry in there.
Which isn't to say I don't love it or it isn't totally my type of book. And I absolutely want more. But I feel like it definitely has some issues too...
I thought so too. I just feel bad that I may have overhyped it. It does have a few problems that seem to bother people.
I'm quite tied between this issue being amazing or a bit self indulgent.
It does feel like getting the core plot going again might be a good idea.
WadiumArcadium
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It has it's problems but I still enjoyed it. I've only watched Ant-Man and Ultron once but I preferred Ultron personally.
It's pretty much a perfect film version of a general Marvel crossover event, warts and all
Shin Johnpv
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New Star Wars and Sex Criminals today right?
whatsinaname
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I think it was in this thread. Not sure. Here's the link.
http://toobusythinkingboutcomics.blogspot.com/2015/07/from-bubbles-to-boxes-shift-from.html
Decided against getting a page and sent an order for this http://www.felixcomicart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=9390&ArtistId=571&From=Title
I love his interior work but the one I wanted is sold out
http://www.felixcomicart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=12230&ArtistId=571&From=Title
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Yes to both
Also saw God Hates Astronauts and Manhattan Projects are out today, I'm sure Tim is happy!
Freezasaurus
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For all the good it did him.
Yeah pretty much all the pages with the og xmen on them are gone.
whatsinaname
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Ted Cruz lists Rorschach as one of his favourite superheroes...
Baron von Loathsome
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Why am I not surprised.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Its always amuses me when people celebrate Rorschach or legitimately think he's cool.
Gonna put some of this blame on Snyder, who probably DOES think Rorschach is just the bee's knees
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Is it because he's an anti-hero? And kinda crazy?
Baron von Loathsome
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He's pretty clearly a right-wing character.
I'll have to keep a look out for when he puts pages up for issue 2 that or shoot them an email and see if I can get him to do a companion piece of Emma to go with Scott.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
The Archie Horror titles are the most frustrating thing in comics, I think. They are utterly amazing, but the wait between issues is torturous and you forget what happens in the story between releases.
KoruptData
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TetraxShards
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I'd go with Freeza here.
I like the Crime Syndicate, Morrison's version was great.
Infestation.... Mars Attacks..... and Kabuki is the book you forget?
This is partly my fault, but I don't know what Kabuki is. It sounds like mangoo though.
Simply Sarah
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It makes me so sad. It has been a fantastic run.
Poodlestrike
Banned
He's Ditko's Randian Question with a different coat of paint.
Around con times if you sign up for their newsletter felix sends out an email telling you who is doing con commissions. You dont need to be at the con to buy one and felix will ship it out.
TetraxShards
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Weren't all the Watchmen characters based on Charlton Comics characters?
Coriolanus
Banned
This is a thing that spoke to me.
Simply Sarah
Member
Yes, because the original plan was to actually use them.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
God, my comics collection looks sad as fuck compared to everyone else's.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah. It's kinda crazy to think about, looking back
Rorsach=Question
Nite Owl = Blue Beetle
Dr. Manhattan = Captain Atom
Etc.
TetraxShards
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I barely have two shelves (as in, two shelves of one bookshelf) of physical comics. I've embraced the Glorious Digital Future without even realising it. I just don't have the space, really.
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