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COMICS! |OT| July 2016. Everyone Loves A Hero, Everyone Loves You
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BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
That actually makes a lot of sense.
Something big's got to happen,
because she basically has no redeeming qualities at this point.
BKatastrophe
Member
Uncanny X-Men #10
So this was a strange end to the arc, but let's recap so I see if I can understand how this all works:
That sound about right? Because that shit was nonsense and the ending was even more nonsense. I know some books avoid previous runs, but this us just stupid.
Or am I just really stupid that I'm confused by this? Also,
So this was a strange end to the arc, but let's recap so I see if I can understand how this all works:
-Warren's wings begin to grow back, and despite him being tabula rasa'd long ago, he remembers them
-He goes to Genocide, leader of the current Akkaba, who promises to remove his wings and keep him from changing
-Warren then uses his healing powers (which he has) to masquerade as a priest
-Magneto somehow gets a hold of the "true" Archangel and uses it as a personal predator drone
-Magneto then, at some point, pretends to be Betsy and summons Archangel
-When doing this, a whole swarm of Archangels appears, because it turns out that the Akkabas were making an army of potential Apocalypses.
-Betsy helps Warren and the "true" Archangel fuse back together, since apparently they were separated somehow.
-Warren now has a church in his head
-He goes to Genocide, leader of the current Akkaba, who promises to remove his wings and keep him from changing
-Warren then uses his healing powers (which he has) to masquerade as a priest
-Magneto somehow gets a hold of the "true" Archangel and uses it as a personal predator drone
-Magneto then, at some point, pretends to be Betsy and summons Archangel
-When doing this, a whole swarm of Archangels appears, because it turns out that the Akkabas were making an army of potential Apocalypses.
-Betsy helps Warren and the "true" Archangel fuse back together, since apparently they were separated somehow.
-Warren now has a church in his head
That sound about right? Because that shit was nonsense and the ending was even more nonsense. I know some books avoid previous runs, but this us just stupid.
Or am I just really stupid that I'm confused by this? Also,
what were Mystique and Fantomex doing for Mags? I literally don't remember. They showed it during the Land issues, but that's probably why I don't remember
Their Rebirth issue is September 28th. The last issue of the current run is on the 14th. There's also a Raven mini is set in between the two.
echoshifting
Banned
Yeah I think that's the gist and yeah it was dumb and doesn't really hold up to even light analysis.
BKatastrophe
Member
Yeah I didn't understand anything. Shit was just happening. This was like some Kingdom Hearts bullshit, where a bunch of stuff happens, but because they're too busy being cryptic about it, you have no idea what the hell is actually going on because they haven't bothered to actually explain it.
Damn...
ViewtifulJC
Banned
^Damn, lost two cartooning greats today
whatsinaname
Member
That Jack Davis art seems familiar. I think he did a lot of work in MAD magazine.
BKatastrophe
Member
Yeah it's not a good book. The arc with Land on art was comprehensible, but Land's art made it way too boring. This arc has been less boring because of Lashley's art, but has been incomprehensible as far as writing goes.
What the fuck? Get your shit together, Bunn!
yeah, MAD started as an EC title and there's a fair amount of crossover between the EC horror artists and early MAD iirc (Davis being one of them)
Brianimaniac
Banned
I'm going to be selling some hardcovers in the next few days, and it'll all be priced to move at unreasonably low prices. I'm moving soon and need this shit out of my life more than I need money.
whatsinaname
Member
Noooo. Everyone's moving to Digital only. VanWinkle and I will be the only ones left.
BKatastrophe
Member
I've only been physical
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I just do digital for floppies. I still buy physical trades and collections unless there's a good sale digitally.
echoshifting
Banned
Action Comics 960: Things move forward juuuuust enough to keep this book on my list. Decent issue but I'm still close to dropping it.
ANAD 12: This is a really fun, creative fight but holy shit it does not make any sense at all if you don't know all about how
and they barely explained that over the last couple of issues. This is compounded by a couple major errors in the art and the fact that
Also, there is no discernible reason
Batgirl 1:
ANAD 12: This is a really fun, creative fight but holy shit it does not make any sense at all if you don't know all about how
the nega-bands work
the nega-bands just seem to disappear without a trace at the end of the issue.
Also, there is no discernible reason
for the Avengers to abandon their quest to find Sam's dad at the end of this story, their ship is fine, nobody is hurt, but they just pick up and haul ass back to Earth because reasons. I know it's because the book needs to get involved in Civil War II but it's dumb.
Batgirl 1:
Dropped.
Absolutely not. I would never willingly kill the narrative that you are a girl and my waifu.
Ms Freeze
echoshifting
Banned
ANAD Avengers 12:
I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of nega-bands and I was still confused by something: how is Vision able to switch places with Spider-Man in the first place? Doesn't the swapping have something to do with the last person who was wearing them?
Would they even work for an android?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
one of the worst episodes right there
BKatastrophe
Member
Yeah it was really out of place in the DCAU as a whole and ultimately amounted to nothing.
Which reminds me: I've been re-watching JLU (one of my favorite shows of all time), and I feel like there are "missing" episodes of the DCAU at times. "Dead Reckoning", for instance, mentions Batman helping Deadman solve his own murder. They do it so casually and nonchalantly, however, that I feel like it was supposed to be an actual episode of B:TAS. However there is no such episode.
A bummer, really.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Hal Jordan was really good, guys. I swear. Pls believe me
Tragicomedy
Member
Action Comics #960 - ★ - I've officially wasted $12 on this series. /kramerimout.gif
Batgirl #1 - ★★★ - Decent first book, with that Albuquerque art making everything pop. I don't really care for Batgirl as a character, and I've never been one to care about following multiple Bat family books, but this should appeal to Barbara fans. I'll likely stick around for at least one more. This book cost me three American dollars.
Detective Comics #937 - ★★★★★ - This is the Batman book you're looking for, even if it's not written by a trained CIA super assassin. Detective does what King don't. It only costs $2.99.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 - ★★ - It's a Green Lantern comic. It has rings and lots of pretty colors. I just started reading through the seminal 2005 run from Johns, and this feels like I've seen it all before.
$2.99.
Nightwing #1 - ★★★★ - I have a feeling this is going to be a fun book. Good clean up of what came with New 52 Nightwing/Grayson, while giving me a clear idea of where the book is headed. Cameos galore...this is a Bat book, after all. I happily paid $2.99 for this Dick.
Titans #1 - ★ - Terrible comic is terrible. This book suffers from a complete lack of direction, awful art, and the most shoehorned references to being "watched" and losing time and identity. It's bad, fam. Dropped. $2.99.
Wonder Woman #3 - ★★★★ - First "modern" issue that clicked with me. I like pretty much everything about this. I would prefer Rucka stick with the entire year one story instead of alternating, but this does keep the book fresh every two weeks. Art is magnificent, almost worth the two dollar and ninety-nine cent admission price all by itself.
Batgirl #1 - ★★★ - Decent first book, with that Albuquerque art making everything pop. I don't really care for Batgirl as a character, and I've never been one to care about following multiple Bat family books, but this should appeal to Barbara fans. I'll likely stick around for at least one more. This book cost me three American dollars.
Detective Comics #937 - ★★★★★ - This is the Batman book you're looking for, even if it's not written by a trained CIA super assassin. Detective does what King don't. It only costs $2.99.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 - ★★ - It's a Green Lantern comic. It has rings and lots of pretty colors. I just started reading through the seminal 2005 run from Johns, and this feels like I've seen it all before.
Green versus yellow. Same villain.
Nightwing #1 - ★★★★ - I have a feeling this is going to be a fun book. Good clean up of what came with New 52 Nightwing/Grayson, while giving me a clear idea of where the book is headed. Cameos galore...this is a Bat book, after all. I happily paid $2.99 for this Dick.
Titans #1 - ★ - Terrible comic is terrible. This book suffers from a complete lack of direction, awful art, and the most shoehorned references to being "watched" and losing time and identity. It's bad, fam. Dropped. $2.99.
Wonder Woman #3 - ★★★★ - First "modern" issue that clicked with me. I like pretty much everything about this. I would prefer Rucka stick with the entire year one story instead of alternating, but this does keep the book fresh every two weeks. Art is magnificent, almost worth the two dollar and ninety-nine cent admission price all by itself.
BKatastrophe
Member
Wait Tom King is in the CIA?
Tragicomedy
Member
At different points, his hands have been registered as deadly weapons with the CIA, KGB, and the YMCA.
Absolutely nobody will get that reference, and should take comfort that they don't.
Nobody ever believes me when I say that Jupiter's Legacy is some god tier comics. I haven't gotten to it yet!
Batgirl was...it was ok. I didn't even think that was Albuquerque's best art, and I own lots of Rafael Albuquerque art.
Chiaroscuro
Member
I got the digital trade of the first series free from comixology and really liked it. Most because of Quitely art. Miller is a great writer, but not a creator. What he does best is pick a concept and inject cool ideas and execution. Jupiter's Legacy is Kingdom Comes with even more violence (but it is good).
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
it looked like he phoned that shit it, tbh
You said it not me
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I honestly think Frank Quitely has never been better than he is right now. This is his most polished work
Pretty much. The work he's doing is phenomenal.
Edit:
So the first two pages of Ivar are awesome. This is the most I've ever read of a Valiant book.
Freezasaurus
Member
How were Batgirl and Hal Jordan today?
Batgirl was a solid 3/5. It just kinda starts like you've been following the book since the old run so that kinda put me off a bit. It's not amazing, but it's not bad either. It's not really ABQ's best art ether.
I think it will end up being a fun arc, but I wasn't as crazy about it as I thought I would be.
Serpentine
Banned
Pretty hyped for Greg Pak/Mirko Colak's western comic, Kingsway West. There's even a way to preorder online, which is cool (even though my shop isn't one of the ones that offers it - I'd do it all the time if my shop had online preordering)
It could definitely be fun. Not many bat characters have arcs in Asia
Yep and some of the characters are interesting like
Fruit Bat
Beautiful. I really liked the first trade of that when I read it. Would definitely like the deluxe edition.
Looks like a lot of fun!
Honestly it can't be worse than aquaman and I read like 4 issues of that.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
In terms of writing, I would put them at the same level of 'better than ok' to good. In terms of art, HJ > Batgirl
Brianimaniac
Banned
Not enough comics are about boning.
Well...not enough comics you would want to read are about boning.
Well...not enough comics you would want to read are about boning.
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