Yeah, it's a terrible shame that he's putting the majority of his time and efforts into personal, creator-owned projects instead of corporate comics.
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Yeah, it's a terrible shame that he's putting the majority of his time and efforts into personal, creator-owned projects instead of corporate comics.
GrandHarrier
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Oh? Lopresti is on pencils on Future's End #4? Can anyone confirm if any of the Amethyst pages are his? I adored his work on her in Sword of Sorcery.
KoruptData
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Batman Eternal 8 was another fine addition to the weekly series. First 3 issues were an arc by Snyder and Tynion. Then the next 4 issues were one shots by each writer, showing off their piece of Gotham they are writing. Issue 8 kicks off small arcs again and this arc is my John Layman and it is off to a interesting start.
TetraxShards
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C.O.W.L.was G.O.O.D. Completely indebtted to Watchmen and Mad Men, but very readable and entertaining. I'm in for the first arc at least.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I'll check them both out! I've heard good things about Hawkeye in particular.
I'll look into Batwoman as well. I already have Batman on my pull list. Trying to get every issue, which is kinda hard. Court of Owls (I just got done reading the first trade) was really, really good. I liked how the panels were integrated into the story during a specific moment.
Thanks for the recommendation on these two as well! I'm always up for trying non DC/Marvel stuff too. I love Manifest Destiny (and it's awesome to not have a comic that's connected to a billion other comics).
shadyspace
Banned
Johnathan Hickman is a racist against comprehensibility
Most of my collection is digital. I simply want this in print. I'm not shy about giving Image #1's a blind purchase, either.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
We are talking about a newsletter. A newsletter. A newsletter in 2014. It's not like he is the EiC of Highlights or something important like that. A man who couldn't even last as long as a virgin on Moon Knight. I'm sure Supreme Blue Rose will talk about the human condition though....
Get mad about the thing you've never seen.
KoruptData
Member
Flash 31 was interesting. I still have no clue where this Future Flash thing is headed. They kind of explained a little in this issue but im still a bit confused. Still entertaining.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I hate Omnibuses but yes you should totally read Uncanny X-Force en toto, it is phenomenal comics.
Thanks! Great info. I might grab one of those TPBs sometime.
slightconfuse
Banned
Read the great darkness saga and go in blind it's better that way
I will not and cannot understand your hatred and resentment towards the man for not continuing with Moon Knight. How dare a successful writer only do a short preplanned work-for-hire stint. And then he has the balls to write a couple paragraphs a week to email his fans and tell them what he's up to?! What an asshole.
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
C.O.W.L #1 was so good.
KoruptData
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Loved Aquaman this month. The interaction with Swamp Thing in his environment was fun to see. My only experience with ST has been in JLD and that was not exactly around alot of plant life.
Supermanisdead
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Serpentine
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i only skimmed it but wow good art
So does that arc hold up well over all this time? Like, as someone who isn't currently a fan of Legion, will I still enjoy it even though I don't tend to like older comics too much?
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I strongly doubt it. If you're interested in the legion, do the Lightning Saga, Superman and the Legion and then Legion of Three Worlds. It's dope.
slightconfuse
Banned
Lightning saga was meh
Suoeam and the legom was good .
Suoeam and the legom was good .
Cool cool. Thanks.
Also, in that order? Like, Lightning Saga is a decent intro into Legion?
slightconfuse
Banned
Mark Waid or DnA's might be better . Lightning saga is more a JLA/JSA story
GrandHarrier
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Agree with this. Part of the appeal of Lightning Saga is having an idea of who the characters are.
I'd suggest one of these as an intro:
Legion Secret Origin
Elseworlds: Superboys Legion
Legion of Superheroes Volume 1: Teenage Revolution
I got super far behind and am powering through a May backlog.
Enjoyed the end of Forever Evil. Good set-up for down the road, but definitely had that typical GETEVERYTHINGDONESUPERFAST rushed thing that ever major crossover does in the last 10 pages. Still, less deus ex than normal. Or at least properly set up if you've read DC over the years.
Pretty disapointed in the Villians team as I feel they didn't do a whole lot with that dynamic that they could have. Felt more like LL and a bunch of tagalongs than a team book.
Not sure what to make of Doomed. Kind of wishing I had skipped Super for the next few months now.
Back to Batman Eternal.
Enjoyed the end of Forever Evil. Good set-up for down the road, but definitely had that typical GETEVERYTHINGDONESUPERFAST rushed thing that ever major crossover does in the last 10 pages. Still, less deus ex than normal. Or at least properly set up if you've read DC over the years.
Pretty disapointed in the Villians team as I feel they didn't do a whole lot with that dynamic that they could have. Felt more like LL and a bunch of tagalongs than a team book.
Not sure what to make of Doomed. Kind of wishing I had skipped Super for the next few months now.
Back to Batman Eternal.
All right, cool. Thanks guys. I'll add those to the IST wishlist and hopefully pick one up soon.
KoruptData
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I'm giving Futures End til issue 8. Issue 4 was not bad but I don't really feel it advanced anything. I'm not super excited for next weeks issue. It has a bunch of talent behind it, let's see if they can spread their wings.
I just read it and you're right. This issue was very boring, nothing happened. Stick with the X-Men and Miles, Bendis.
Freezasaurus
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Ha, me too. I flipped through #3 in the shop and didn't even bother buying it. This week's issue looked more interesting, but I'm not going to stick with a weekly series if every issue is going to be hit-or-miss.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Before reading Lightning Saga I knew of the Legion but didn't know much about them. IIRC, in LS they're kinda mysterious since this was their reintroduction to the DCU, including fixing Superman's own timeline so he was actually in the future with them. The three stories are a loose trilogy and it was certainly the most excited I'd been about the characters, excited enough to read the new 52 books when they came out.
Exactly.
Those four spots in my list can be put to better use than a mediocre weekly.
KoruptData
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So a new name, Sean Ryan is relaunching New Suicide Squad in July. This week released his setup issue, Suicide Squad 30. Nothing amazing happened in this issue. It did set up the new team a bit. It explained the politics that would be governing this new Suicide Squad. Sean Ryan's writing was clean and precise. No awkward dialog and just enough words to let the artist breath. I dig what I have read so far and with one of my favorite villains (Deathstroke) joining the group among Black Manta, Harley, Deadshot and others, I am really excited for this book.
When's the first issue of the new book? How was his Harley?
KoruptData
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First issue in July.
Harley was not in this issue. The 3 main characters were Amanda, Deadshot, and Manta. Amanda has lost most of her power. She is to blame by the US government for the events of FE. She is still in charge of the Suicide Squad but now the government knows about it and likes the idea and will now govern her to govern them. The missions will now be on an international scale. Deadshots role was minor but as comedic relief. He knows the system now and kinda laughs at it. Black Manta is a free man but he has no purpose in life. It seems like his desire to kill Aquaman has died. So far, he is the only member to openly volunteer for the team.
Okay, I've started my reread of Morrison's Batman. Just read the first couple issues of Batman and Son and I'm even more excited now to go back through this. This is the third time I'll have read Batman and Son now, and I've enjoyed it just as much if not more each time. So great.
All right, cool. Good to know. Thanks!
And besides having Legion in it, is the story really good on its own merits?
If I had to guess, you'll probably be able to get the omnibus for quite a bit cheaper in half a year to a year. That omnibus is way overprized. $100 MSRP for a 550 page book is incredibly steep. In the past, that kind of overpriced book has ended up being one of the clearance omnibuses. Unless you're super excited about it, I'd probably hold off a bit. At the very least, I can't see that book selling out anytime soon.
All right, cool. Good to know. Thanks!
And besides having Legion in it, is the story really good on its own merits?
If I had to guess, you'll probably be able to get the omnibus for quite a bit cheaper in half a year to a year. That omnibus is way overprized. $100 MSRP for a 550 page book is incredibly steep. In the past, that kind of overpriced book has ended up being one of the clearance omnibuses. Unless you're super excited about it, I'd probably hold off a bit. At the very least, I can't see that book selling out anytime soon.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Wow, Nightwing 30 was really, really, really stupid. Just have them talk, why do they need to kill each other at least 10 times? So many fatal blows and falls, so much blood. Comics are a medium where suspension of disbelief is at a high premium but that was about 4 pints of blood too far.
Also it loses many points for having Dick refer to himself as Bruce's son. There's only a ten year age gap at most, especially now in the new 52. That's brothers that is. The bit with Alfred was very sad though, poor bugger.
Mighty Avengers was actually good, way better than I was expecting. Ben was right, if you're enjoying Original Sin, def get this.
Also it loses many points for having Dick refer to himself as Bruce's son. There's only a ten year age gap at most, especially now in the new 52. That's brothers that is. The bit with Alfred was very sad though, poor bugger.
Mighty Avengers was actually good, way better than I was expecting. Ben was right, if you're enjoying Original Sin, def get this.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
This is how I feel exactly. Batman Eternal and Futures End are entirely mediocre.
Who gives a flying fuck about Firestorm. Seriously.
echoshifting
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TetraxShards
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We'll have to speed up development on the ComicsGAF Hive Mind.
Warning: Connection to the Hive Mind may cause you to purchase more books than you should. Actually, who am I kidding with that "may"?
sazabirules
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I'm going to wait until I finish Ennis' run before I get the Aaron omnibus.
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