Serpentine
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When I was a young lad, I had The Batman. Needless to say, I grew up on Teen Titans instead
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COMICS! |OT| October 2014. Witches, wytches, and things that go GROOT in the night.
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pock3tmonster
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That's what I thought. I have a US iTunes account for content unavailable here and I was thinking it was totally going to be cheaper to buy Batman: TAS via that store front. Boy was I wrong; $29.99 a season on the US store. Mind, I'd be happy to pay that regardless. The quality absolutely speaks for itself, it's more than worth it even at that price, but $7.99 is insane.
pock3tmonster
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If CoD syndrome produces more titles on par with Arkham Origins, I'm okay with this. Still a better written game than City.
Confusion Illusion
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I was a young lad when Batman TAS debuted......damn, I'm old now.
I'm sure some one here grew up on Super Friends, though.
pock3tmonster
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Batman: TAS was my morning cartoon growing up too. I always get a nostalgia fix watching it now.
slightconfuse
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Grew up on batman spider man and x-men TAS.
Really loved x-men
Really loved x-men
pock3tmonster
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It has not aged well.
I have the dvds and it was such a chore, I had to force myself to finish it.Tyrant Rave
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Your new avatar is a masterpiece, Kipp.
You made the right choice. The Batman was garbage. I gave it a solid try, more than it deserved, but it just wasn't good. Teen Titans was cool, though. This also reminds me, was Beware the Batman any good? Is it still running? I feel so out of the loop all of the sudden.
Also, I was the right age to grow up on Batman Beyond, though I definitely caught plenty of other stuff too (and I'm rectifying whatever gaps I had with Justice League nowadays).
One more try on this in the hope it got skipped over in the early rush of the thread before giving up.
Serpentine
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Looks like Beware the Batman just wrapped up recently and won't be coming back. Huh. Came and went.
Sounds like Ultimate X-Men by Millar, and Ultimate Comics: X-Men by Nick Spencer (idk if that was good) and Brian Wood (same, but i've heard good things). Maybe Generation X? I have some of that stuff but yet to dive into the main series, but it sounds like what you're looking for
Confusion Illusion
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Now that I think about it, I was pretty committed to the whole Timm/Dini DCAU. From Batman TAS to JLU. That last episode of JLU felt like an end of an era to me.
I liked X-men too, but I agree with pock3tmonster. Watching it now requires some strong nostalgia vision or something.
Awesome, thanks. I've only read the first arc or so of Ultimate X-men (maybe just the first trade), but I feel like I've heard it eventually goes south? At the very least I feel like it's supposed to become a mess by Ultimatum or whatever, from what I recall hearing.
Also, since we're on the vague topic: I'm hoping most people in here know this, but Brave and the Bold is awesome and shouldn't be ignored. Definitely a different approach and not tied together with the DCAU stuff, but it's still amazing and deserving of a watch.
If even sillymonkey likes it, I already know I'm going to love it.
Hypothetical: What would happen if Birdie read a comic that sillymonkey said was the greatest comic ever?
The Multiverse would explode.
Serpentine
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I've only read the first 3 volumes of the Millar stuff (i dig em), but i've heard it only gets really bad during the Robert Kirkman run, and then probably til it ends. It actually ended around/after Ultimatum, and yeah, skip that shit. So, maybe not the whole run, but there's good stuff there and Millar heavily plays up the mutant/human relations.
pock3tmonster
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I couldn't agree more. It's definitely Batman at his best, after TAS. There is so much to love about Batman: The Brave and the Bold, but it's largely underrated. I loved the Injustice Syndicate two-parter, the Starro two-parter, the appearances of the original Batwoman (Katherine Kane) and Doom Patrol... so much of DC's history is a part of every episode.
pock3tmonster
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To celebrate the series premiere of the Flash, Comixology are running, pun intended, a week-long sale on everything Flash.
I'd avoid Rebirth and Johns' 2010 run, in favour of the New 52 series and a selection of issues from the original 1987 series. Johns' original Flash run is highly regarded, as is Mark Waid's. I'd definitely recommend checking both out if you're interested in quality Flash stories. Their issues are outlined as follows:
Johns wrote:
Flash #164-225
Waid wrote:
Flash #0 (not part of the sale), 62-129, 142-159, 162, 231-236 (not part of the sale)
I'd avoid Rebirth and Johns' 2010 run, in favour of the New 52 series and a selection of issues from the original 1987 series. Johns' original Flash run is highly regarded, as is Mark Waid's. I'd definitely recommend checking both out if you're interested in quality Flash stories. Their issues are outlined as follows:
Johns wrote:
Flash #164-225
Waid wrote:
Flash #0 (not part of the sale), 62-129, 142-159, 162, 231-236 (not part of the sale)
aussiedude08
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and it the most expected sale in recent memory, This weeks Comixology sale is Flash. They also have some collections on sale not just single issues.
BuddyJoeHooker
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Going to second Ultimate X-Men, read it from the beginning, go through Millar, Bendis, Brian K Vaughn respective runs and then just keep reading and you'll reach a breaking point where you'll come to hate it... sorry
It's when the new writer takes over during the March to Ultimatum
Also Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men run, and maybe Generation Hope which I haven't read, but heard good things.
pock3tmonster
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TouchMyBox
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But those prices are more expensive than the compendiums.
Freezasaurus
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TouchMyBox
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But you won't throw your back out trying to read these.
They'll come in handy when the zombie apocalyse does come about though.
And I am so happy about that. Gotten real tired of boring, invincible, unstoppable Joker.
pock3tmonster
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The 75 Greatest Marvel Comics Bundle for $74.99
The issues/contents are seemingly different to the Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus.
The issues/contents are seemingly different to the Marvel 75th Anniversary Omnibus.
pock3tmonster
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pock3tmonster
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But you won't throw your back out trying to read these.
That's how I feel about my DC One Million Omnibus.
Freezasaurus
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How is that? It's been tempting me for months, but I just don't know if I should pick it up.
pock3tmonster
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It made my wishlist purely on the back of Grant Morrison's writing pedigree. I had no context going in, or expectations and to be frank, I absolutely loved it. It took me some time to finish; given its size and weight, it limited when and where I could read it. The narrative is far easier to follow than Final Crisis, but still engaging and interesting. Some tie-ins don't add much to the main series, but many do. I feel as though the DC 1,000,000 future is completely fleshed out and developed over the course of this omnibus to the point that I wanted to read more stories about the future versions of the Justice League, Batman, etc. That's a credit to the creativity of Morrison and his vision for the story - I'm not sure how much control he had over the direction of the tie-ins, but it did feel as though he had a hand in many if not all of them.
If you don't want to commit to the entire omnibus all you really is the four issue miniseries and JLA One Million. I found those for like <10 bux at a local store.
I do! I'd honestly been trying to get into it for a while but only went balls deep recently with the Titan storyline in Dredd.
Any recommendations out of these?
LiveFromKyoto
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Invincible, unstoppable Joker has been dead* for more than a year.
*Yeah, I know. But still.
I think what I like the most about it is it's a weekly anthology. There's always something in it I enjoy reading even if I'm not so keen on some stories. I'm not a big fan of Stickleback or this other utterly forgettable thing they've just finished but I love the Kingdom and Ichabod. And there's always a Dredd. And the runs tend to be short.
Get Whet!
Yeah, for me those skips are Sinister Dexter (which is so dull, I can't believe it's apparently been running for like 20 years) and Brass Sun which I just couldn't follow. Also Slaine didn't work for me at all.
Dredd is always good and I liked the new Indigo Prime and both Jaegir strips a ton. One thing I find interesting is that the regular Dredd writers I associate with serviceable but uninteresting North American comics (Rob Williams and Mike Carroll) can really knock stories out of the park in 2000AD.
I like Sinister Dexter but it helps that I've been following the story for most of those 20 years (And my recent reread has refreshed my memory). Brass Sun isn't bad but the long gaps between chapters tends to mean I forget what happened. Slaine unfortunately has been a bit lost for a while now and I prefer the older stuff anyway (Horned God is a good read). I think he probably needs to take a break for a few years and come up with something more interesting.
I wish I could remember which issue it was in but there's an utterly hilarious Dredd story where a cit has an injured arm so it looks like he's giving everyone the finger. I snortloled my way through that.
I wish I could remember which issue it was in but there's an utterly hilarious Dredd story where a cit has an injured arm so it looks like he's giving everyone the finger. I snortloled my way through that.
A couple months ago during San Diego Comic Con, a new BPRD omnibus of the 1946-48 series was seemingly leaked or quietly announced with just a pic and no info or context. Well, it's coming next June.
Jedeye Sniv
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It's THE BEST. It will spoil you on gimmick months forever.
I feel like I should have read 2000AD as a kid but never did, and now the back catalogue is intimidatingly large and indecipherable. What's the current quality like? Who is it aimed at?
The only British comics I have is the run of Revolver from the 90s with Rogan Gosh and Morrison's Dare in it. I feel like a traitor to my people.
pock3tmonster
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I think it might have been your opinion that swayed me in the end. I remember reading one of your posts responding to a similar question.
It's aimed at us. It certainly hasn't been aimed at kids for a long time.
The back catalogue is large certainly but there's no need to read it. Just dip into a collection if something takes your fancy. A couple of issues ago in 2000AD was a fresh jumping on point (They do them now and again) where they time it so every story is a new one.
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