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COMICS! |OT| October 2015. ...Are just something we do while the patch downloads.
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Poodlestrike
Banned
Doctor Dinosaur is best dinosaur, so fair 'nuff.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
is there an anad thread? i feel like OT would really welcome these fresh and exciting new ideas.
also, in iron man?
also, in iron man?
that thor panel is my everything
All this ANAD hype! Even some for Contest of Champions!
I always believed in you, Al.
There was one for the initial announcements of ANAD no point in bumping it now imo.
I always believed in you, Al.
There was one for the initial announcements of ANAD no point in bumping it now imo.
TetraxShards
Member
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
A clear case where quantity will fool you. Those 62 pages are padded with side stories for characters nobody cares about, or so I've heard.
Simply Sarah
Member
The hype here is making me wary. I mean, all this excitement over Slott Spiderman? I suppose I'll need to see all of this for myself this evening.
Why do you hate Anna Maria?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Green Arrow #45 is a book that exists. I think I'm gonna drop the line, it's just not holding my interest. Overly self-serious dialogue, decent-to-mediocre art (there were a few snatches of brilliance here and there, but the overall product is very middling), and decidedly weak plotting has me tuning out. It's a shame, 'cause I really dig Eiko. Ah well.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
"nobody" is a bit of stretch
it sums up the spidey universe like the rest of today's big issues do
Oh, well, that's a different thing altogether. I haven't read anything about the book quality wise.
echoshifting
Banned
I wouldn't say they are characters nobody cares about. ASM #1 is the Avengers 0 book for Spider-Man, but it's a better deal imho because more than half the book is the first issue of the flagship title. The rest are preview stories from the new Spidey books. There are five:
Spider-Man 2099, Silk, Spider-Woman, Web Warriors and Spider-Man (Miles)
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Ok, I'd like to amend that to "padded with side stories". That's just fact, right?
whatsinaname
Member
Maybe those extra pages will make you care for the characters where you previously didn't.
Either way, will read in 6 months.
Well, that's not always a bad thing, though.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
No, but it's certainly questionable when you're pricing something at $6.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Damn 1602 is a very pretty book.
this set of spidey books seem to intermingle with what Slott is doing in Amazing so I don't really mind. I could have done without Web Warriors though but then that's the point of the backups for these things to try and get you interested in something you might not have otherwise tried.
KoruptData
Member
Batman Beyond has turned into one of DCs best books. The way it has tied in Futures End, Convergence, and present day continuity, it's one of the few books that takes present day DCU into account.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
not really
padded implies they shouldn't be there or that they're an excuse for the higher price
the price is higher because there are more stories
you're phrasing belies a cynical view of the facts
a more objective view is that "there are 60+ pages of comics, thus the comic costs $6."
echoshifting
Banned
Literally laughed out loud at
in Iron Man.
I disagree.
$4 for a normal Marvel comic book, standard page count. An oversized issue is typically $5, and ASM #1, itself, is oversized by 10+ pages. So we're talking about a dollar for 5 extra stories which have generally been pretty entertaining so far (I haven't finished them yet). That's a pretty good deal to me.
Thor's cameo
I disagree.
$4 for a normal Marvel comic book, standard page count. An oversized issue is typically $5, and ASM #1, itself, is oversized by 10+ pages. So we're talking about a dollar for 5 extra stories which have generally been pretty entertaining so far (I haven't finished them yet). That's a pretty good deal to me.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
..."it's 62 pages and it has side stories".
Are we getting closer to an accurate description?
I am not comfortable paying $6 for the content in that comic. I would feel more comfortable paying $6 if it were 62 pages of ASM and not ASM & Friends. That's all I'm trying to say.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
that makes me sad
Poodlestrike
Banned
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
It's honestly sucked for me since lemire left. It's a shame too because that was hands down my most looked forward to comic reach month.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Honestly, the writing is still about on par with Lemire, IMO. It just doesn't have Sorrentino's astonishing art to carry it any more.
Speaking of less than astonishing art, Green Arrow Annual is kind of a mess. Some panels look like more like poorly cel-shaded 3D than anything else, and the story is kind of all over the place. I think I would've much preferred it if they took a break from serious stuff and just did an "Ollie and Emiko attend a Halloween parade, things get crazy" story. As is, the social justice message is kind of dull.
Yeah if you have no interest whatsoever is the "Spidey Universe" you'd be better saving your money then. Everything seems to be tied together that I'm sure we will get another Spidey crossover next year.
If you like Anna Maria at all trust me you want to be reading this book.
Anna Maria is Silk's partner in crime.
If they give Anna powers and a costume. I will forgive them.
Anna Maria is my favorite non Miles Spider-Man character.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I'm on team "I wouldn't pay $1 for 100 pages of ASM".
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Well, hold on a second. That initial statement was poorly phrased on my part to begin with. I am interested in the Spidey universe, but I rather check out those books separately from this. I don't want it stuffed into another book.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I actually bought the damn thing. Stop giving me crap guys. 
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Wait, it's solid? I'd written it off since I feel like I heard the first issue wasn't so great, plus it apparently chucking Terry aside doesn't really sit well with me.
Edit: Did it completely throw away Batman Beyond continuity, btw? Or does it still tie into that?
but this is the book that is setting everything up surely you'd prefer to spend $6 once to get a sense of where they are going than spend money on 4 or 5 separate books and find you don't like 3 of them. I mean reading this has already confirmed I'm not going to be getting Web Warriors so that's money saved on my end.
I actually bought the damn thing. Stop giving me crap guys.
oh lunchbox
echoshifting
Banned
Do you would rather pay 2.99 or 3.99 each fir those stories instead of having them in this book?
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Yeah, you guys are jerks!
Fine, fine. We shall see how I feel about it after I read it.
Well, I do this anyway when I don't have a preview for a book.
Fine, fine. We shall see how I feel about it after I read it.
Well, I do this anyway when I don't have a preview for a book.
i am definitely done buying Slott spideys monthly, have been for awhile and the relaunch didn't persuade me, all spidey books are relegated to MU for now.
KoruptData
Member
First 2 issues were slow but 3-5 have been fantastic. It really is a delight to read every month.
Just read Tomasi's first Detective Comics and really enjoyed it. It was classic Tomasi from Batman and Robin. The script was genuine to every character. Wasn't a hack job in the slightest like his Arkham Knight stuff.
echoshifting
Banned
So far (based on what I've read) it's just Iron Man, but it's a doozie.