Oh hey, yet another Marvel book that I'll be tempted to pull, now. lol
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Oh hey, yet another Marvel book that I'll be tempted to pull, now. lol
GrandHarrier
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SORRY. It's been awhile since I payed any attention to him.
I think it's understandable for some people to not really know much about him though. He can be kind of obscure unless you pay attention to the weird places that he shows up.
And... Sif? Really? Damn girl you a freak.
Sounds really dumb
GrandHarrier
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I'm just one opinion. Others obviously like him. So it's dependent on taste.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
BRB fucked GrandHarrier's bitch
praise be to based BRB
praise be to based BRB
GrandHarrier
Member
Has anyone read DC's "Cosmic Odyssey"? If so, how is it?
Serpentine
Banned
not sure if i'm ready to buy the whole JMS Thor run that i was planning on getting eventually, but Instocktrades only has one of the volumes soooooooooooo
crimsonspider89
Banned
Am I in opposite land?
How could someone hate the epicness that is BRB?
How could someone hate the epicness that is BRB?
In the next big event that is going to change everything forever.
The latest Journey into Mystery featuring Sif if you haven't read it already. Second trade should have all of BRB issues.
Also check out his origin, they're reprinting Simonson's run in trades right now. First trade has the BRB stuff. Started the show with a show stopper.
slightconfuse
Banned
JIM
also
also
Freezasaurus
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Maybe the face isn't the only part of horse anatomy he's got.
Read it 20 years ago. I didn't think it was anything special, but the art was interesting.
Spike Spiegel
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Fred Van Lente talks about taking over 'Conan the Barbarian' in March (Newsarama)
He sounds psyched to be doing it, and I'll be psyched to read it. Also, I'm happy that for his first outing he's doing a story that is not an adaptation of a published Howard story.
He sounds psyched to be doing it, and I'll be psyched to read it. Also, I'm happy that for his first outing he's doing a story that is not an adaptation of a published Howard story.
....that's not fair.
And Loki (2004)!
The story of Loki, Ruler of Asgard, as told by Loki (or possibly Rob Rodi) and illustrated by God of Thunder's Esad Ribic.
(It's also far better than Loki (2010), which I mistakenly purchased on Monday thinking it was this
)Zen_Arcade
Banned
BRB is the shit and you shouldn't listen to people who talk bad about him.
Tizoc
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Quick rundown of my readings of the week:
Megaman #30
Where the main Sonic book is slow, this series is at a fast pace. The art won't impress everyone, but the writing and characterizations in this issue were good. Metalman does not fuck around-
Transformers Dark Cybertron #1
Woah, Starscream
Mostly a set-up issue but I enjoyed it. Also I just now notice that Cyclonus' design may resemble a samurai.
Effin' Swerve though
YOU ARE LISTENING TO IT IN THE VOICE OF PETER CULLEN!
Yo where's that 2nd image from?
Megaman #30
Where the main Sonic book is slow, this series is at a fast pace. The art won't impress everyone, but the writing and characterizations in this issue were good. Metalman does not fuck around-
Transformers Dark Cybertron #1
Woah, Starscream
changes into his Armada design!
Effin' Swerve though
YOU ARE LISTENING TO IT IN THE VOICE OF PETER CULLEN!
JIM
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Yo where's that 2nd image from?
SpiderJerusalem
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ah yea guys go read that last Journey into Sif trade so they keep making...dammit
NUH UH!
NUH UH!
doniewhalberg
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I know y'all are having an exhilarating time discussing the character intricacies of good ol BRB but quick poll: How do we feel about Geoff Johns' first volume of Justice League (New 52) and do we feel this work represents his general style and quality of work?
Zen_Arcade
Banned
It doesn't have enough Beta Ray Bill.
Skip it, it's LAAAAAME
Those first 40 issues that Grant Morrison (and Mark Waid on fill ins)/Howard Porter did were absolute gold. I have all the single issues and I'm stil going to pick up the trades because I love that run so much.
So this week I picked up Detective #25, Green Arrow # 25, and Batman Black and White #3. Detective #25 was really just totally awesome, highly recommend to anyone who's a fan of Gordon. Green Arrow #25 was okay. It opened very sloppy, with Ollie just showing up out of the blue from the island and immediately being whisked away to Gotham within like a page of returning. I think it would have worked better if they did something like Ollie was on the boat back from the island and heard over a radio while he was on the boat that his mother was trapped in Gotham, and then busted ass to Gotham. Although I've yet to start it yet, Batman Black and White #3 has a really awesome cover and closes with a Dini story, so I've got hopes it'll be worth a read ;P
Freezasaurus
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I was thinking about trying that one out. I did try Revival, though, and I like that one a lot.
La Maquinon
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Fantagraphics is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund their 2014 Spring Season.
Lotsa good stuff available to backers. I missed the opportunity to get a signed copy of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey: Into the Deep Woods, but I snagged Buddy Buys a Dump signed by Peter Bagge so I'm pretty happy about that. I encourage you guys to check this out. These folks publish cool books.
Lotsa good stuff available to backers. I missed the opportunity to get a signed copy of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey: Into the Deep Woods, but I snagged Buddy Buys a Dump signed by Peter Bagge so I'm pretty happy about that. I encourage you guys to check this out. These folks publish cool books.
I am in the minority here because I like it (and have a signed copy of the hc to boot), but I'm also a huge Johns fanboy. It was a fun punchy story, but some of the characters ( Wonder Woman especially) are written nothing like they are in their solo books. It's nowhere near his best work though. If you want to see him hitting on all cylinders in the N52, check out the Shazam trade or his run on Aquaman. Otherwise read his early GL stuff (Rebirth through Sinestro Corps) or his Flash stuff.
doniewhalberg
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This is the part of the magic trick where I reveal I already read it
haha. After Glass Rebel mentioned that sale the other day I saw it was only like £1.50, which is an extremely inconsequential way of figuring out if you like a book enough to buy the trades, much better than buying a trade and not liking it, so I went for it. And I did not like it all all :/ I guess the plot itself and the art is exactly what you would have expected, so I wouldn't waste time critiquing that too deeply, I knew what I was letting myself in for, and I'm perfectly okay with what took place and how it looked. The dialogue though...hmm. Extremely exposition heavy, everyone making statements about themselves to each other without really conversing, and without really even sounding like themselves even. Outside Of Green Lantern years ago, I've never read Johns. I hear Johns is good people, he seems to get good reviews. The writing here seems atrocious though. So I asked to try and figure out if this was a purely me thing, or if this stands as a significant outlier in his work, because you'd think a guy who is so well received and works so many high profile books would have any kind of ear for the dialogue these characters would use, and be able to work plot details and character history into the plot without them stating it in blocks of quippy text to each other every time.
Just basically the dialogue and characterisation killed the whole thing for me. I keep hearing good stuff about forever evil, and he's really one of the few *great* writers I seem to have entirely missed (probably due to lack of independent work), but if this is how the guy writes, I don't really want to risk spending money on more JL beyond vol.1, Trinity War, etc.
The story is kind of forgettable, but the art is great.
The Johns/Lee Justice League comics read to me like they were trying to do what Morrison and Porter did on JLA (whose influence could also be felt in the Hickman Avengers comic a bit), but it's really bland instead of iconic outside that one moment where Batman unmasks in front of Hal Jordan and Hal goes "who the hell is Bruce Wayne!?" which is pretty great.
slightconfuse
Banned
Captian marvel is a red lantern.Wierd time for a marvel/ DC cross over
GrandHarrier
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Yes.
Also, looks like Green Lantern #28 and Red Lantern #28 are going to be a combined issue; 48 pages for $2.99. Sounds like they are intending it to be a jumping on point for people.
GrandHarrier
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I guess it isn't the first time something like this has happened. I mean, Sodom Yat and Mon-El both were Green Lanterns, Mon-El for only a short time, and they are Daxamites with Kryptonian level powers.
Still, I always find it weird when you take a S-class level powered character and give them a ring; Seems like overkill.Guess it's just a different power set.
I can only imagine this is a short lived thing; But it'll be... interesting, if it is an actual attempt at a new direction with the character.
Still, I always find it weird when you take a S-class level powered character and give them a ring; Seems like overkill.Guess it's just a different power set.
I can only imagine this is a short lived thing; But it'll be... interesting, if it is an actual attempt at a new direction with the character.
Green Lantern Mon-El was awesome, I never cared for Sodom Yat though.
They should have given Mera a red ring again.
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
damn wtf
also double dammit my wife is going to get to do her "here comes Supergirl always having her period on somebody" thing. DC makes it too easy for her. :/
With any luck, as soon as Guardians of The Galaxy gets here (and is hopefully a success) Marvel will finally bring back Rich, to prepare for the solo Nova movie. The proper Nova Prime needs a book ASAP.
I won't rest until that punk Alexander is forgotten about and killed. Let's see how his few fans like it when a favourite character is tossed like garbage and Marvel writers ignore him.
Also, even BRB can't get me to pick up a book that should have never existed.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
The story could be as bad as that art.
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