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[Parallax]

I just opened Saga #19 and couldn't stop laughing my ass off. I can't even continue it yet. I was not expecting that at all

Also, Invincible #111

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These past few issues have been filled with extreme deaths and the current issue wasn't an exception. I have a feeling that Eve will miscarry.

im gonna guess kill em all kirkman is at it again?

 

[Voror]

Slott's Spidey was his weakest work. His She Hulk is fantastic as is his Mighty Avengers.

Well, that's good to hear. I'll check out those collections they're releasing then.

Post some pics if you can please!

I can try. I think my sister has a camera that I may be able to use. Did you want specific shots?

 

[Zombine]

im gonna guess kill em all kirkman is at it again?

That is a good guess but that wasn't what happened

Spoiler

yes it was.

 

[diaspora]

They're marketing this as the lead-in to Spider-Verse, so I assume he gets plucked from 2099 to Spider-Verse and who knows what happens afterwards. Inter-dimensional Spider Corps Exiles led by Ock?

As for ASM2 and Silk:

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I'm getting the impression she's been a recluse ever since being bitten and has been living vicariously through Peter's exploits. The little detail about her stockpile of food makes me think that. Also handles why we're just hearing about her now.

What happens afterwards is that Horizon plucks him back to 616 and he loses his memories of what happened during his time out of time. =P

 

[Storm Chamber]

Slott's Mighty Avengers was terrible

 

[Owzers]

DCBS shipment incoming, i can't wait to read Forever Evil #7 and complain about...er....love it.

 

[Dave_6]

I can try. I think my sister has a camera that I may be able to use. Did you want specific shots?

Nah, nothing specific. I'm going to purchase it myself so I'm just wanting to see how it looks.

 

[echoshifting]

Slott's Mighty Avengers was terrible

Nah it was pretty good. Not a classic by any means but he injected a lot of personality into C-listers I didn't care about, he wrote a fun Hank Pym when it seemed like everyone at Marvel had forgotten how to do that, and the Scarlet Witch twist was great. I also thought it was nice that Cassie and young Vision were given a chance to be real Avengers. I was sad to see that book go and much of its cast funneled into Avengers Academy, which was legitimately terrible.

 

[Zombine]

Velvet #5 wasn't just a comic book. That was straight up classic literature. It was absolutely flawless. This is honestly the best thing Brubaker has ever written.

 

[Serpentine]

Yup, looks like issues 1-6 are being collected (COPRA: Round One), but it won't be out until September. I wonder how long it's going to take a collected 7-12 to be released. At this rate, 2015 maybe? Bummer. It's gotta be frustrating for him to have fans wanting to give him money but no way to facilitate a transaction. Digital issues seem like an easy solution to me!

yesssssssssssssssssss finally

 

[Messi]

Velvet #5 wasn't just a comic book. That was straight up classic literature. It was absolutely flawless. This is honestly the best thing Brubaker has ever written.

This is some next level praise. Rafa style praise.

 

[crimsonspider89]

Slott's Mighty Avengers was terrible

Nah it was awesome. Pure Silver Age fun. Plus Scientist Supreme Pym and cocky Pietro working together was awesome as was Cho and Herc's bromance.

 

[Voror]

Nah, nothing specific. I'm going to purchase it myself so I'm just wanting to see how it looks.

I'll see what I can do.

Nah it was pretty good. Not a classic by any means but he injected a lot of personality into C-listers I didn't care about, he wrote a fun Hank Pym when it seemed like everyone at Marvel had forgotten how to do that, and the Scarlet Witch twist was great. I also thought it was nice that Cassie and young Vision were given a chance to be real Avengers. I was sad to see that book go and much of its cast funneled into Avengers Academy, which was legitimately terrible.

Was this the one where Pym thought having Loki on the team was a good idea, which even Loki thought was weird?

 

[TetraxShards]

I really liked Avengers Academy. =(

 

[echoshifting]

Was this the one where Pym thought having Loki on the team was a good idea, which even Loki thought was weird?

....welllll yeah

I really liked Avengers Academy. =(

Might have just not been my thing, sorry Tetrax! I admit I struggle to get into teen books.

 

[Storm Chamber]

Nah it was pretty good. Not a classic by any means but he injected a lot of personality into C-listers I didn't care about, he wrote a fun Hank Pym when it seemed like everyone at Marvel had forgotten how to do that, and the Scarlet Witch twist was great. I also thought it was nice that Cassie and young Vision were given a chance to be real Avengers. I was sad to see that book go and much of its cast funneled into Avengers Academy, which was legitimately terrible.

So who tricked you and only gave you the second "season" of Avengers Academy, telling you it was the entire series?

The first half of AA was the best thing to come out of the Heroic Age

 

[echoshifting]

So who tricked you and only gave you the second "season" of Avengers Academy, telling you it was the entire series?

The first half of AA was the best thing to come out of the Heroic Age

You know, this rings true. I didn't really start to fall out with it until after Fear Itself. The AA FI tie-ins weren't even that bad.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Velvet #5 wasn't just a comic book. That was straight up classic literature. It was absolutely flawless. This is honestly the best thing Brubaker has ever written.

This is some next level praise. Rafa style praise.

Zombine, was it like the very first touch of a woman?

 

[Zombine]

This is some next level praise. Rafa style praise.

The illustration was incredible. Epting is a god. Makes Fiona Staples looks like a second grader doodling. The story is like Mad Men with Spies only things actually happen.

Zombine, was it like the very first touch of a woman?

Only softer.


Edit: I just came down from my Velvet high. American Vampire wasn't as great as it normally is. It felt disjointed.

 

[Freezasaurus]

I really liked Avengers Academy. =(

As did I. Not quite as much as Avengers Initiative, though. They were both really fun titles.

Velvet #5 wasn't just a comic book. That was straight up classic literature. It was absolutely flawless. This is honestly the best thing Brubaker has ever written.

I haven't read #5 yet, it's on my stack for later. But I've been loving Velvet so far. Such a well-written book.

 

[Storm Chamber]

You know, this rings true. I didn't really start to fall out with it until after Fear Itself. The AA FI tie-ins weren't even that bad.

What really tripped me out was, it was pretty much all Gage so I was just like, "what happened dude?"

 

[crimsonspider89]

So who tricked you and only gave you the second "season" of Avengers Academy, telling you it was the entire series?

The first half of AA was the best thing to come out of the Heroic Age

Yeah first season of Academy was godlike.

Second, just pretend it doesn't exist till final exam.

 

[Messi]

The illustration was incredible. Epting is a god. Makes Fiona Staples looks like a second grader doodling. The story is like Mad Men with Spies only things actually happen.



Only softer.


Edit: I just came down from my Velvet high. American Vampire wasn't as great as it normally is. It felt disjointed.

LEAVE FIONA ALONE

 

[Storm Chamber]

It's true though. Velvet is a gem.

 

[the_firewithin]

yup Velvet 5 was just fantastic just like the rest of the series

 

[Voror]

My shitty attempts to take pictures of my Annihilation Omnibus.

Sorry about the quality.

Edit: Okay, I have no idea what I did wrong here.

Edit 2: Got it.

 

[Serpentine]

I've only read the first half of AA. It gets bad? That sucks.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

What happens afterwards is that Horizon plucks him back to 616 and he loses his memories of what happened during his time out of time. =P

Not necessarily. Oh shit, as soon as time travel gets involved duplicate bodies become an option. Again, this leads to Spider-Verse, which is set after Peter's return.

 

[echoshifting]

Edit: Okay, I have no idea what I did wrong here.

You need to add .jpg extensions to the ends of the links inside the image tags

 

[TetraxShards]

I've only read the first half of AA. It gets bad? That sucks.

I can sort-of see the point the others are making. The Second Semester arcs are probably the weakest with some really strange villains. The AvX arc isn't great, but that gets a pass, because hey AvX. Final Exam is fucking great though, I'll defend that one to the grave.

 

[Voror]

You need to add .jpg extensions to the ends of the links inside the image tags

Got it. Used the wrong links.

 

[Zombine]

LEAVE FIONA ALONE

Hey man I've got love for Fiona! That page with the kiss in #19 is no joke. Epting just gets motion and the human form. I look at the art in Velvet and it's like watching a movie.

 

[echoshifting]

I've only read the first half of AA. It gets bad? That sucks.

Yeah :/ The cast more than doubles in size just after Fear Itself, then there's a Regenesis tie-in so we can toss X-23 in there too because why not, then there's a Runaways story followed immediately by a long AvX tie-in....crossover disaster before the new cast gets a chance to establish itself.

 

[Messi]

Hey man I've got love for Fiona! That page with the kiss in #19 is no joke. Epting just gets motion and the human form. I look at the art in Velvet and it's like watching a movie.

Shit on Quietly or Pulido then. Those are truly some ComicGAF villains .

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Guardians of the Galaxy 3000 coming this fall, no names attached yet.

Could be cool! I really liked the story Abnett did in the anniversary issue.

 

[sazabirules]

Got any pics of it??

I took some comparison pictures.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

How's the binding and paper quality for the Annihilation omni? I read a lot of complaints about the paper used in the Infinity omnibus.

 

[Zombine]

Shit on Quietly or Pulido then. Those are truly some ComicGAF villains .

Hey man Quietly's work on All-Star Superman is no joke. That's some quality art.

Pulido draws the best derp faces in the business.

My Fiona example was to show that this guys work is so legit it should humble even the best of artists, like Fiona.

Edit: After reading All-New Doop #2 let's just have Milligan fix all of the shitty events that Marvel thinks up in the future. Guy is like super glue and white out mixed together.

 

[echoshifting]

Just saw on Bleeding Cool that if you flip the AXIS image you can see some of the heroes associated with the event...

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Iron Man, Deadpool, Medusa and Storm

 

[ReAxion]

My Fiona example was to show that this guys work is so legit it should humble even the best of artists, like Fiona.

Are you saying Fiona isn't humble??? *opens enemies_list.xls*

 

[diaspora]

Not necessarily. Oh shit, as soon as time travel gets involved duplicate bodies become an option. Again, this leads to Spider-Verse, which is set after Peter's return.

Spider-Verse can take place after Peter's return and still end with Octavius getting pulled back by Horizon.

 

[Owzers]

Finished Lemire's first Green Arrow trade:

None of the people have any personality outside of the Count. The ending "reveal" of the trade seems like the crappiest crap as a first trade end. I had to google who this guy even is and

Spoiler

They are just transitioning the character from the Arrow tv show into the comics? How is that a thing?

Very underwhelming as a collection, the Count issues quickly put the rest to shame but i don't think they saved the trade overall, but made the series good enough to make me interested in possibly getting the next trade. The art also kept things interesting partly by itself. I hope Lemire does a better job on JL United.

 

[Zombine]

Are you saying Fiona isn't humble??? *opens enemies_list.xls*

Haha no not at all. Girl is literally in my top 10 list. If she's Vegeta then Epting is Goku. Both are strong but only Goku is over 9000.

Pulido is like Mr Popo.

 

[frye]

Regular Sunfire sported that look as a Horseman of Apocalypse - same time we got Gambit as Death. Guess he can just go back and forth whenever now.

X-schooled....

...dang

 

[Serpentine]

Yeah :/ The cast more than doubles in size just after Fear Itself, then there's a Regenesis tie-in so we can toss X-23 in there too because why not, then there's a Runaways story followed immediately by a long AvX tie-in....crossover disaster before the new cast gets a chance to establish itself.

I can sort-of see the point the others are making. The Second Semester arcs are probably the weakest with some really strange villains. The AvX arc isn't great, but that gets a pass, because hey AvX. Final Exam is fucking great though, I'll defend that one to the grave.

shiiiiii. that's unfortunate

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Spider-Verse can take place after Peter's return and still end with Octavius getting pulled back by Horizon.

Absolutely. Operative word being can.

 

[Messi]

Christ that first page of Saga, I just gasped in a room full of people and now I look like a weirdo.

 

[MartyStu]

Amazing Spider-Man 2

The fuck...

I think I am going to stay away from this book for a while.

 

[fauxtrot]

It's been so long since I've read Saga that I'm not even likely to make it through the newest issue tonight (gotta reread 1-18 first!) and that bums me out. I hope I don't see anything too spoilery before then!

 

[Zombine]

Christ that first page of Saga, I just gasped in a room full of people and now I look like a weirdo.

I looked at it for a second and then I got it.