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COMICS!!! |OT| May 2017 - Every Empire Falls
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Yo those are way too cheap
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
oh man, it looks like Faith and the Future Force is going to be a lot bigger than just Faith, Neela, new robot dude, and Ank.
Freezasaurus
Member
So buy some. Or say you will and trick Zombeen into buying them.
Roland_Gunner
Member
This is the best cover Sale has done since coming back to Batman
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Okay, so I'm not crazy. I've actually been really digging this new Iron Fist series but nobody is talking about it.
Have you seen spoilers for the whole issue or just the last couple pages? I've seen the last three pages, but want to see the whole thing in context of the rest of the issue.
Yeah the last three pages. I guess you're right-we should wait to see the rest
RepairmanJack
Member
I look at those three pages and I feel like that Flash/Luther meme where he takes off the mask. I have no idea what this means...
yea. this is everything I wanted from an Ironfist book. full on mystical kung-fu.
I am giving luke a shot tomorrow.
The one thing I took from it is
Visually it could be a reference to the hand that appears in Crisis events.
I would be amazed if that's not the intent. Johns referenced that hand so much, you have to figure that it's going to be part of the story.
RepairmanJack
Member
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
this is a long white block that is not really relevant to the conversation but I felt the need to shitpost because blah blah blah
Also, did not know Deadpool vs Punisher was a Van Lente/Perez joint. I'll pick that up in trade a little down the line.
LordOfLore
Banned
The news to take from that is Jordie potentially being on two Legacy books and Rodriguez having something new.
There are some really good artists on unannounced projects.
LordOfLore
Banned
BOOM are going to resolicit JL/MMPR #5-6 for a later date. No way they're getting out #5 this month when #4 isn't even out yet.
Looks like a big artist Shavley idolizes is getting a big Mahvoo book, Avengers? Who's the artist guess?
Also, looks like Supreme is done, what a shock.
RepairmanJack
Member
Doesn't 4 come out tomorrow?
LordOfLore
Banned
Yeah, but #5 was set for this month before the delays hit. #4 was supposed to be out a while back.
Que Greg Land joke.
Ordered
Freezasaurus
Member
How many copies?
I only buy expensive art.
my name is ed
Banned
Read Blackest Night
Ivan Reis killed it but ehh. It came off as super cynical and try hard, especially in the beginning. The edginess of it seemed at conflict with the colors of the rainbow Lantern Corps. Like, I can't take the whole 'dead superheroes are being resurrected and are going to take over' as seriously as it wants me to when the solution is to get all the different coloredpower rangers Lanterns together.
That being said, it mostly does a good job of making things seem dire enough to make it enjoyable when the heroes eventually turn the tide. And yeah, Reis kills it.
liar
Ivan Reis killed it but ehh. It came off as super cynical and try hard, especially in the beginning. The edginess of it seemed at conflict with the colors of the rainbow Lantern Corps. Like, I can't take the whole 'dead superheroes are being resurrected and are going to take over' as seriously as it wants me to when the solution is to get all the different colored
That being said, it mostly does a good job of making things seem dire enough to make it enjoyable when the heroes eventually turn the tide. And yeah, Reis kills it.
liar
What happened Is Comics media is in a really bad place riight, and the site couldn't justify why its a separate site and not folded into Gamespot or Giant Bomb.
Comics Media doesn't translate well to video content the way film and Video games do.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Read through Green Lanterns vol 1. Not my favourite book ever, but I knew going in that the book started off rough, but with the recommendation that it has grown into a pretty great book and it was worth investing the time into. I've never owned a GL book before, and only read a few arcs of Johns' big run so I didn't really know how I would take to it in general.
The thing with this book is I really like the premise on paper. Two rookie partners, who can only recharge their rings together, who have polar opposite personalities and a lot to learn. This is a pretty great idea, and Humphries follows through on it to an extent, but there is a ton of hand holding. I appreciate it's a Rebirth vol 1 and some writers will write it as if it's the readers first ever comic, but there is endless reminders of who is who, what they can and can't do, what a Lantern is, and so on. When Humphries loosens up a bit, the two Lanterns can be really pretty likeable with interesting hangups, and he has a good ear for snappy dialogue between the two that can make things flow nicely but again, he needs to loosen up on the exposition. I did like the technique of the dueling thought boxes in many scenes, getting into the head of both characters at any given moment. I admire that there is no easy quick turn around for Jessica's anxiety and appears to be something the book is committed to exploring. The plot is quite straight forward, but it's conceived to introduce and test the lead characters' inadequacies and which I can get behind as an opening salvo. There's quite a bit of building towards the future and even see teasing in regards to the sister title.
Another problem, and to be fair it goes beyond this book, is how shakey the art got at times. I liked Robson Roche's parts well enough, but for 7 issues quite a remarkable amount of hands were put to paper to make the double shipping happen and unfortunately it does show in the mid portion of the volume. There's actually points where Simon's mask design changes in design and looks a bit rough as a result, that kind of thing.
Anyway. A decent if unremarkable start with some problems to be fixed. I'm willing to give it another shot purely because I already knew it was vol 2 I would be looking towards in the first place, but at least on my own end, having read only this vol I couldn't really recommend the book to folks who aren't already GL fans and confident they have a general interest in keeping up with the franchise, until I see myself that there is payoff for the effort.
The thing with this book is I really like the premise on paper. Two rookie partners, who can only recharge their rings together, who have polar opposite personalities and a lot to learn. This is a pretty great idea, and Humphries follows through on it to an extent, but there is a ton of hand holding. I appreciate it's a Rebirth vol 1 and some writers will write it as if it's the readers first ever comic, but there is endless reminders of who is who, what they can and can't do, what a Lantern is, and so on. When Humphries loosens up a bit, the two Lanterns can be really pretty likeable with interesting hangups, and he has a good ear for snappy dialogue between the two that can make things flow nicely but again, he needs to loosen up on the exposition. I did like the technique of the dueling thought boxes in many scenes, getting into the head of both characters at any given moment. I admire that there is no easy quick turn around for Jessica's anxiety and appears to be something the book is committed to exploring. The plot is quite straight forward, but it's conceived to introduce and test the lead characters' inadequacies and which I can get behind as an opening salvo. There's quite a bit of building towards the future and even see teasing in regards to the sister title.
Another problem, and to be fair it goes beyond this book, is how shakey the art got at times. I liked Robson Roche's parts well enough, but for 7 issues quite a remarkable amount of hands were put to paper to make the double shipping happen and unfortunately it does show in the mid portion of the volume. There's actually points where Simon's mask design changes in design and looks a bit rough as a result, that kind of thing.
Anyway. A decent if unremarkable start with some problems to be fixed. I'm willing to give it another shot purely because I already knew it was vol 2 I would be looking towards in the first place, but at least on my own end, having read only this vol I couldn't really recommend the book to folks who aren't already GL fans and confident they have a general interest in keeping up with the franchise, until I see myself that there is payoff for the effort.
TetraxShards
Member
I love GB, but Giant Bomb comics content would last about as long as Giant Thrones did.
A podcast would just be two hours of Jason going "I got this new Batman....it's so FUCKIN' GOOD! It just feels nice, man. FUCK."
Green Ninja
Banned
Old School but still classic:
Wonder Woman by George Perez Volume 1
Wonder Woman by George Perez Volume 2
Modern Greats:
Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 1
Wonder Woman by Brian Azzarello (6 volumes starts with Wonder Woman: Blood)
Most Recent:
Wonder Woman: The Lies
Wonder Woman: Year One
Out of Continuity but great as stand alone:
Wonder Woman: Earth One
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon
I'm Mexican
Megatron
Member
Thanks for the feedback. I gave her gp vol 1 for christmas. Not sure she has read it yet. Im going with the two rebirth trades and getting suicide squad free in the bn deal.
New Iron Fist series has been very solid. Great writing, art, and it's intriguing.
Just bought my first DC books because of the Barnes and Noble sale.
The haul:
The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice (Rebirth)
The Flash Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness (Rebirth)
Superman Vol. 1: Son Of Superman (Rebirth)
Superman Vol. 2: Trials of the Super Son (Rebirth)
All for $34.62 (free shipping and an extra 15% off code).
I hope these are decent books for someone who has never read any Flash or Superman. The descriptions made it seem as such.
The haul:
The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice (Rebirth)
The Flash Vol. 2: Speed of Darkness (Rebirth)
Superman Vol. 1: Son Of Superman (Rebirth)
Superman Vol. 2: Trials of the Super Son (Rebirth)
All for $34.62 (free shipping and an extra 15% off code).
I hope these are decent books for someone who has never read any Flash or Superman. The descriptions made it seem as such.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
I hope so too, I just got The Flash vol 1 and it's also my first Flash book, so fingers crossed! Super man's fine for new readers, I was a little confused on one specific point about a side character but even then it doesn't matter much. By and large it's pretty accessible.
Roland_Gunner
Member
Superman is one of the very best books out there. Flash less so, but I still enjoy it.
How are the Batman rebirth books compared to the Flash in terms of accessibility, story, and art?
Or, what are the two 'best' series in DC Rebirth for a total noob. I will read anything.
WadiumArcadium
Member
You'll get a mix of answers to that question here haha. Some people love it, some loathe it. I feel it's somewhere in the middle with a few great issues here and there. It's very accessible to new readers. King has done his own thing, you don't need to have read previous runs. As for the art, Finch and Janin have done the majority of it, with Janin being my preference. It's all been good though.
Freezasaurus
Member
If you buy two copies do you enjoy it twice as much?
I buy two of the things I enjoy a lot as people have destroyed my comics on loan before. Absolutely destroyed.
That spoiler is pretty tame depending on the context.
Brianimaniac
Banned
People shitting on stories based on out-of-context spoilers from books they aren't reading is lame.
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