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COMICS! |OT| March 2016. It's your job to be great.
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I'm hoping everything is new and old again.
This makes perfect sense now.
I'm willing to believe Rucka is on wonder woman. But I want marguerite bennett in there somewhere. Also Gail Simone on something.
Tragicomedy
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Daredevil Time!
Issue #41
Daredevil is still stuck in a time vortex! But his special abilities allow him to perceive a gap in the spacetime continuum, and our fearless hero leaps straight into it!
Before we can find out where the gap leads or what any of this means, we cut to Foggy and Karen. Foggy is whining about his ex-convict girlfriend being zapped into a different timeline. Karen ponders on how much she loves and misses Matt, a blind lawyer who has paid her almost zero attention over the past 41 issues...unless you consider lying to her about the existence of a twin brother who likes to sexually harass her. And yet here we see Karen, willing to die for Matt's sake!
Foggy goes to Central Park to, ummmm, reminisce about his girlfriend or something...ONLY TO BE JUMPED BY THE UNHOLY THREE! That's right, folks, Cat-Man, Ape-Man, and Bird-Man are back, and tougher then ever. But the ever-resourceful Foggy catches them offguard with his heretofore unseen ninja skills! A swift kick to the noggin'! Yet Foggy proves no match for the three supervillains, who capture him and take him to the Exterminator.
Okay, so this next section is just a mess. Daredevil jumps through the gap in the spacetime continuum and returns to downtown NYC, only to find himself slightly out of synch with the present. Stick with me here. Daredevil realizes that he is a split-second off the present timeline, and if he can catch onto a vehicle moving in the current timeline IT WILL PULL HIM INTO THE PRESENT. Which makes zero sense, since he cannot physically interact with anything in the world around him, given that he's not in the modern timeline. But here we go! He somehow attaches his club cable to a car, and it pulls him into the current timeline. Stop, Stan!
Daredevil heads over to the Exterminator's lair to face his nemesis and save Foggy Nelson! First he has to deal with the UNHOLY THREE, but if you haven't realized by now those clowns are a cakewalk, I don't know what to tell you. Daredevil also takes down the Exterminator, but uses the opportunity to fake the death of "Mike" Murdock. By now, even Matt has realized that his fictional twin brother is a giant dickhead, and thus he plants a battle torn Daredevil costume at the scene of the crime. Foggy and Karen buy it hook, line, and sinker! So long, Mike!
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Issue #42
In which Stan Lee introduces us to his newest supervillain masterpiece, the Jester! The Jester pretty much sucks. He looks like he stole Robin Hood's tights, and he attacks people with sleeping pellets and a FUCKING YO-YO.
Back at the law firm, Foggy and Karen are mourning the death of "Mike" Murdock, AKA Daredevil. They call Matt out on his callous attitude towards his brother's death. I mean, come on! Your fictional twin brother just died, dude! Show some love. Karen, who at this point has become the embodiment of every 1960s emotional woman stereotype that Stan Lee could think of, is crying over the loss of Mike/Daredevil. Because she loved him! Or Matt! I can't tell.
The Jester maintains a secret scrap book, titled "SCRAP BOOK," with a list of everyone who has ever wronged him in the past. Instead of cheering for him, they booed him! Now he wants revenge, damn it!
So the newly elected mayor of NYC is super corrupt, and he doesn't want a district attorney around that he can't control. Apparently, that includes Foggy Nelson, who up to now has appeared as a sniveling turd who would be easily controlled by just about anyone. But nevermind! The mayor decides to contact the Jester to take Foggy Nelson out of the picture. This guy is pretty sleazy. He offers the Jester $10,000 to take Foggy down, and the Jester is all about the money. Which is strange, in the sense that we've already seen the Jester rob the bank for a far larger sum.
The Jester pop Foggy in the face with his power Yo-Yo!
Daredevil comes to save the day, only to be foiled by MARBLES! Marbles are Daredevil's greatest weakness. The Jester escapes! This story is to be continued, except I don't know when! The next issue is teasing a Daredevil versus Captain America match up, so we'll see how that goes.
Issue #41
Daredevil is still stuck in a time vortex! But his special abilities allow him to perceive a gap in the spacetime continuum, and our fearless hero leaps straight into it!
Before we can find out where the gap leads or what any of this means, we cut to Foggy and Karen. Foggy is whining about his ex-convict girlfriend being zapped into a different timeline. Karen ponders on how much she loves and misses Matt, a blind lawyer who has paid her almost zero attention over the past 41 issues...unless you consider lying to her about the existence of a twin brother who likes to sexually harass her. And yet here we see Karen, willing to die for Matt's sake!
Foggy goes to Central Park to, ummmm, reminisce about his girlfriend or something...ONLY TO BE JUMPED BY THE UNHOLY THREE! That's right, folks, Cat-Man, Ape-Man, and Bird-Man are back, and tougher then ever. But the ever-resourceful Foggy catches them offguard with his heretofore unseen ninja skills! A swift kick to the noggin'! Yet Foggy proves no match for the three supervillains, who capture him and take him to the Exterminator.
Okay, so this next section is just a mess. Daredevil jumps through the gap in the spacetime continuum and returns to downtown NYC, only to find himself slightly out of synch with the present. Stick with me here. Daredevil realizes that he is a split-second off the present timeline, and if he can catch onto a vehicle moving in the current timeline IT WILL PULL HIM INTO THE PRESENT. Which makes zero sense, since he cannot physically interact with anything in the world around him, given that he's not in the modern timeline. But here we go! He somehow attaches his club cable to a car, and it pulls him into the current timeline. Stop, Stan!
Daredevil heads over to the Exterminator's lair to face his nemesis and save Foggy Nelson! First he has to deal with the UNHOLY THREE, but if you haven't realized by now those clowns are a cakewalk, I don't know what to tell you. Daredevil also takes down the Exterminator, but uses the opportunity to fake the death of "Mike" Murdock. By now, even Matt has realized that his fictional twin brother is a giant dickhead, and thus he plants a battle torn Daredevil costume at the scene of the crime. Foggy and Karen buy it hook, line, and sinker! So long, Mike!
-----
Issue #42
In which Stan Lee introduces us to his newest supervillain masterpiece, the Jester! The Jester pretty much sucks. He looks like he stole Robin Hood's tights, and he attacks people with sleeping pellets and a FUCKING YO-YO.
Back at the law firm, Foggy and Karen are mourning the death of "Mike" Murdock, AKA Daredevil. They call Matt out on his callous attitude towards his brother's death. I mean, come on! Your fictional twin brother just died, dude! Show some love. Karen, who at this point has become the embodiment of every 1960s emotional woman stereotype that Stan Lee could think of, is crying over the loss of Mike/Daredevil. Because she loved him! Or Matt! I can't tell.
The Jester maintains a secret scrap book, titled "SCRAP BOOK," with a list of everyone who has ever wronged him in the past. Instead of cheering for him, they booed him! Now he wants revenge, damn it!
So the newly elected mayor of NYC is super corrupt, and he doesn't want a district attorney around that he can't control. Apparently, that includes Foggy Nelson, who up to now has appeared as a sniveling turd who would be easily controlled by just about anyone. But nevermind! The mayor decides to contact the Jester to take Foggy Nelson out of the picture. This guy is pretty sleazy. He offers the Jester $10,000 to take Foggy down, and the Jester is all about the money. Which is strange, in the sense that we've already seen the Jester rob the bank for a far larger sum.
The Jester pop Foggy in the face with his power Yo-Yo!
Daredevil comes to save the day, only to be foiled by MARBLES! Marbles are Daredevil's greatest weakness. The Jester escapes! This story is to be continued, except I don't know when! The next issue is teasing a Daredevil versus Captain America match up, so we'll see how that goes.
BKatastrophe
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Red Hood. If there's anyone that can write good group chemistry, it's Gail Simone.
KoruptData
Member
Greg Rucka/Jason Fabok WW book. That's my guess.
Ugh she deserves better than this.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It reeks of the first book to be canned :/
Poodlestrike
Banned
Cyborg is still an ongoing though.
And Red Hood's had a book since the New 52 launched, lol.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Red Hood books
in 2016
in 2016
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I don't think she needs to be punished like that
Poodlestrike
Banned
And they have all ranged for average to dogshit
KoruptData
Member
Will Darwyn Cooke please do a DC book again please. Can we get him on the Flash? Hell he did a Catwoman run.
I agree but Catwoman was 8 years ago. That's kind of nuts.
I'd like a sequel to New Frontier. That one-shot he did way back when did nothing but whet my appetite for more stories in that universe.
BKatastrophe
Member
The most valid of points.
DC has no idea what the fuck to do with Roy and Jason, clearly. They also insist on having a book where Jason and Roy team up and, like it or not, it's happening again based on the Rebirth line-up that was posted a month or so ago. I genuinely want to like these characters and I feel that something interesting can be done with them, but Lobdell is not the one who's going to elevate them. One of the most crippling things about that book is its awful team chemistry, and Simone knows how to write that like a champ. Now, I don't care if it's her or someone else, but for the love of god get someone who can write good chemistry on a team book. The rest will follow.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Poodlestrike
Banned
Damn that's harsh from the man who loves Ann Nocenti.
Really, I've loved 'em all. Red Hood/Arsenal has been consistent dumb fun.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Poodlestrike
Banned
More people are reading Faith than Omega Men.
I doubt that very much.
Digital yo.
slightconfuse
Banned
The johns and JRJR action comics was pretty good.
Johns trying to make Ulysses into Superboy prime
Johns trying to make Ulysses into Superboy prime
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
January 2016
102 Faith #1 22,020
183 Omega Men #8 8,864
Pretty sure that digital argument cuts both ways.
I'll give you the dumb fun part. They are just kind of there. Nothing special.
I don't love Nocenti. I hate what she did to Catwoman. I just believe she is a better writer than what she delivered.
Comparing a #1 to a #8 loooooool lunchboxmcQ pls.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Why didnt you use faiths #2 numbers where it dropped 10k readers??
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Because there wasn't any Omega Men in February.
It wouldn't be because the number is much less impressive?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
It honestly wasn't. I should've used Bloodshot Reborn in the first place.
Wrath of the Eternal Warrior #3 is also ~8k
Good on Valiant then. Their books are selling a little bit more than one of DC's eternally struggling books.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Tyrant Rave
Banned
I wish Elektra Lives Again was on Comixology. I'm gonna end up ordering it off eBay at this rate :/
The worst part is that this is still cheaper than buying that omnibus reprint.
The worst part is that this is still cheaper than buying that omnibus reprint.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Good on Valiant then. Their books are selling a little bit more than one of DC's eternally struggling books.
Real talk, I was just ribbing. I love Omega Men. Poodle knows this. Those are just the numbers.
Have to finish this one. Its a pretty rough read, but I kinda like it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
The one where he uses an obese man to suffocate a giant Russian hitman.
Its the first time Ive noticed the Miller effect. My first thought after every issue is, wow, that was pretty meh but as more I think about it, I like it more and more.
It was the same with The Man Without Fear, Year One and TDKR.
The only book that didnt had this was Born Again, which has blown me away with every single issue. Cant wait when the Omni drops next month with it.
slightconfuse
Banned
Valiant has great writers but some generic ass artists
BuddyJoeHooker
Member
the omnibus is a fucked up version of it anyways so~
the first 8 months/year/year and a half of the 2012 Marvel Now was pretty good tbh
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Their house style is more on the late 90s swing of things, but there are a lot of artists in there with very distinct (and beautiful) styles - Kano, Rafa Sandoval, David Lafuente to name a few.
Top Cow announce Sunstone spin off series 'Swing' by Linda Sejic and Matt Hawkins.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...s-aphrodite-v-sunstone-companion-series-swing
Not sold at all. Wish they weren't doing it tbh.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/a...s-aphrodite-v-sunstone-companion-series-swing
You described "Swing" as a companion series to "Sunstone." How do the two books work alongside each other? And is this project you were posting about on Facebook earlier this week that involved lingerie research?
Yes! I do a lot of research on projects. Normally it's science stuff, but Linda ejić and I put together a pitch for "Swing" and started sending it around internally. "Sunstone," "Blood Stain" and "Swing" are all connected via an online game they play together. The characters don't know each other in real life, but they know each other virtually. It's not pivotal to any of the stories, but it's fun. "Sunstone" was such a runaway hit as a sexy, slice-of-life story that we started trying to come up with organic spinoffs or similar books that the same audience would read.
"Swing" is about a married couple who've hit the mid-life, two kids, ten-year marriage point. They've been having marital problems and are trying to regain that magical spark they had at the beginning of their relationship. They embark on a few things and eventually experiment with voyeurism and exhibitionism which leads them to try out swapping with another couple. It's a humorous, emotional look at a relationship where the couple loves each other deeply, want to stay together... but need something more.
Not sold at all. Wish they weren't doing it tbh.
Freezasaurus
Member
Those Red Hood books Marvel put out way back when were pretty good.
Freezasaurus
Member
Messi all about dat monogamy.