It hasn't even been two years since those runs started though it kinda feels longer. I could see Spencer potentially leaving, but Bendis probably has some stuff planned that he hasn't gotten to for both Tony and Riri.
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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls
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RepairmanJack
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I was gonna say I actually like Omega Men just slightly better than Vision but barely.
I agree. I don't know if King is a great fit for Batman but I'm still really liking what he's doing. During I am Suicide and Rooftops I was really down on that book.
I gotta catch up on Tom King's Batman, I stopped at the end of that Gotham sibling arc. While it was a pretty good run, I'm not the biggest fan of when other superheroes, besides the Batfamily, show up in Batman comics and especially not when they have superpowers. I like when it's just centered around Batman and him fighting villains that are in his power range.
There are plenty of people who don't think King's Batman is one of the best ongoing books.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Was America's cultural roots shown in the vengeance mini?
young animal+Hannah barbara is already the best thing on the market next to Image
I mean if you call it crap then yea
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
it's almost like you don't read a certain publisher...
valiant ?
I thought it was crap. Really fucking let down by it tbh because I like his other work.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
yessir. closest thing, in spirit, to a creator-owned superhero universe.
fair enough
I don't make cash flow like that to invest in another universe. Sale wait indeed.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I like it a lot, too, especially the second arc. Just saying.
You really don't have to invest in an entire universe. The latest stuff all runs on its own.
BrightLightLava
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The only thing that they really wrote about her backstory was "boobs" as far as I can remember.
Freezasaurus
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If we're being honest, I think that Valiant's stock would go up if they got some artists that were more than just serviceable. Besides the guy doing XO, I mean.
I'm glad you are enjoying it. I get nothing from hating on it. I hope y'all enjoy it.
Valiant is a superhero universe too far for me as someone who is deep into current marvel and DC
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Hmmmm well then Sejic
Brianimaniac
Banned
What's a reading order for X-O Manowar, including any crossovers or relevant events that may have happened?it's almost like you don't read a certain publisher...
you need to make a OT. I have no idea how to get into Valiant.
I totally suggested a valiant OT in the past day or so
Man, speaking of Valiant, I'm bummed. I bought the Harbringer Deluxe awhile back, intending to read it as standalone, and a guy told me that reading Bloodshot alongside it is pretty much required. So I stopped reading one issue in and haven't gone back. That was over six months ago.
Man, I just want to read stuff that reads well standalone.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
I feel like General Zod is the most re-designed character in comics. I swear, he looks radically different every time he shows up.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
They're mostly pretty good, except maybe CAFU.
You can go in for one series, or go in for several. You invest as much as you want.
XO Manowar #1-18
XO Manowar #19-22 sequenced with Unity #1-4
XO Manowar #23-25
XO Manowar #26-29 sequenced with Armor Hunters #1-4
XO Manowar #30-50
XO Manowar (2017) #1-
You can pick up any #1 or vol 1 and not be lost. XO Manowar (2017) is a good starting point with no background required. Secret Weapons is coming up next month. They have a handful of really good entry points in the form of miniseries - The Valiant, Faith, Savage, Britannia, Ivar Timewalker, Generation Zero.
I don't know how to tell you this because you've been tormented for 6 months by it, but this person is straight up wrong lol. I read through Harbinger without reading Bloodshot and nothing of value was lost.
sounds great.I should see if CMX unlimited has any of the new stuff like they do for some marvel series.
Brianimaniac
Banned
Flipping through some of these Vader issues and then the Aaron Star Wars stuff where Larroca came on, I'm not sure I even want to bother catching up on any of this.
I don't know how Marvel tolerates art that bad, or how they would have the balls to submit it to Lucasfilm for approval. And then someone at Lucasfilm actually did approve it. Fuck both of those companies for selling $3.99 comics that look like that.
I don't know how Marvel tolerates art that bad, or how they would have the balls to submit it to Lucasfilm for approval. And then someone at Lucasfilm actually did approve it. Fuck both of those companies for selling $3.99 comics that look like that.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
You might as well finish this first story arc.
So I'm thinking about getting the Avengers/New Avengers by Hickman run in OHC. All of them can be had for a pretty affordable price and it would actually be about $40 cheaper than buying the two eventual omnis if the omnis DON'T include Secret Wars, or about $15-20 cheaper than the omnis if they do end up including Secret Wars. I could see it going either way, but the extra plus sides of going the OHC route is I'd be getting it earlier, and OHCs are easier to read.
Let me know if this is roughly the way to read it in OHC format:
-Avengers Vol 1
-Avengers Vol 2
-New Avengers Vol 1
-Infinity (will be buying issues on Comixology to avoid double dipping)
-Avengers Vol 3
-New Avengers Vol 2
-Time Runs Out
-Secret Wars
Ugh, figures. He's a huge reading order fanatic, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
Let me know if this is roughly the way to read it in OHC format:
-Avengers Vol 1
-Avengers Vol 2
-New Avengers Vol 1
-Infinity (will be buying issues on Comixology to avoid double dipping)
-Avengers Vol 3
-New Avengers Vol 2
-Time Runs Out
-Secret Wars
Ugh, figures. He's a huge reading order fanatic, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I'm so out of the loop and confused.
So, Dan Slott's and Allreds silver suffer had a vol 3 paperback last year yet Silver Surfer 11 is out today. Did they reboot to 1 again?
So, Dan Slott's and Allreds silver suffer had a vol 3 paperback last year yet Silver Surfer 11 is out today. Did they reboot to 1 again?
Brianimaniac
Banned
Marvel does this repeatedly with almost everything.
Yup. Secret Wars.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Thanks for clarifying. Yeah this is bizarro. People praising Surfer 11 and I keep thinking there's a joke I'm missing .
Brianimaniac
Banned
Some books had more than one #1 in the same calendar year. Spencer's Ant-Man had three #1 issues in a row, and it wasn't a joke (Ant-Man Annual #1, Last Days of Ant-Man #1, and The Atonishing Ant-Man #1). You would think that was a gag, but that was just their publishing being out of control.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
RE: Bug
How much of this is old stuff versus new stuff? I know next to nothing about the New Gods out side of the Scott Free stuff from Johns Justice League run and that Metatron is the guy in the chair.
How much of this is old stuff versus new stuff? I know next to nothing about the New Gods out side of the Scott Free stuff from Johns Justice League run and that Metatron is the guy in the chair.
BKatastrophe
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I want to read comics
But I'm so fucking tired.
More like a slight bumper to bumper
But I'm so fucking tired.
But it took place waaaay before Spider-Verse
That took too long
More like a slight bumper to bumper
Bendis planning stuff he hasn't gotten to doesn't mean he'd actually get around to it.
How long has he been planning the robots/martians?
Well I mean we're just now getting Spider-Men 2 lol.
Brianimaniac
Banned
And Defenders. The last page of his New Avengers run was Luke talking to Jessica about having a new idea for Heroes for Hire, and Bendis just said recently that this Defenders book is what that was, and he's only just now getting to it.
He's been hinting that shit with CW2 as well.
Yeah, it's been going on since like 2009.
Hell, he didn't even touch half of the stuff he teased in his X-Men run. You can't say he got cut short by Secret Wars because his entire run was decompressed as hell.
Wheb SpOck was in 2099, it was the direct prologue to Spider-Verse. The two issues were even released after ASM 1
Brianimaniac
Banned
Something fishy was going on with the way his X-Men run ended. I don't know if we'll ever know what happened, but he clearly wasn't done.
BKatastrophe
Member
I'm pretty sure he was done. Just no one followed up on it. He was pretty much just dragging out ANXM and his UXM came to a fine conclusion.
I think he stopped caring early into the run. The way the first big arc fizzled out with
"Oh by the way Dark Beast out of nowhere was messing with your powers and now he's dead LOL"
While the quality is questionable, Bendis actually did a lot with the Avengers. Disassembled to Siege completely shook things up.
Now his Guardians run was on the other hand...
MHWilliams
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Bendis isn't a closer. Great pitch and concept guy, but his endings are rarely satisfying. He does do things during his runs.
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