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COMICS |OT| September 2016. Comics Should Be Good.
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LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
wait... people are still reading Marvel?
Marquez draws a very attractive Ulysses. I noticed this too.
Yep, they have lots of great titles just like all the other companies.
echoshifting
Banned
I'll be god damned before I take this shit from a Valiant fan
Freezasaurus
Member
That would be great. Her book starts in December, doesn't it?
Bigger question, where did the red markings on his face come from? I would swear he didn't have those last month.
echoshifting
Banned
Medusa just wanted to paint his handsome face
What if I told you that Bendis has a secret weapon that he has that can fix things with and that no one has used it since Bendis last used it?
We know she isn't dead. She appeared in the first issue of Dr Strange (in the background)
Eva is going to fix this.
He was training with Karnak. All the people at his tower get them.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I don't much like Marvel, but we need to unite to keep those uppity Valiant types down. Damn vermin.
Freezasaurus
Member
By dropping Ulysses into the Jurassic period just in time to be a T-Rex snack.
Marvel knew there would be a lot of orders for Champions so they made it a $5 issue with extra pages. Deadpool is basically the book where Marvel tests a bunch of things out.
Whats worse is that the Deadpool book is actually good and these $10 issues disturb the flow and none of them have been any good.
The last $10 issue actually seems to have done decently well due to the crossover thing. I expect this one do worse though lol. I just skip the Deadpool issues like.
echoshifting
Banned
Yeah that "crossover" thing was super terrible iirc
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I bought it and it was so eh. Such a letdown and then you feel ripped off knowing you could have bought an image trade for the same amount.
Didn't kill any goodwill from me. I am enjoying it and continue to enjoy the other books in the line. I don't mind the issue or two of tie ins as it hasnt been handled all that badly imo. Still some great stories to read.
If its destroyed goodwill for others I understand. But not me.
Freezasaurus
Member
Road to ComicGAF Civil War 3 Starts Here!
echoshifting
Banned
I couldn't be less happy with the way things are going in CWII but there are still plenty of books I love. There are plenty of quality Marvel books on the shelf right now that aren't even doing tie-ins.
I'm still catching my breath from this week's Vision.
These come out in 2 weeks. NOW branded and only one of them is $5. The rest $4. So they aren't doing it.
NOW CAGE #1 $3.99
NOW CHAMPIONS #1 $4.99
NOW DEADPOOL AND MERCS FOR MONEY #4 $3.99
NOW DOCTOR STRANGE #12 $3.99
NOW JESSICA JONES #1 $3.99
I think they handled Panther differently as they had gotten a big name in Coates and the movie was hot news at that moment and they knew they would have lots of eyes on the book so they charged $5.
Freezasaurus
Member
Every #1 from Marvel is $5. So it's good you're expecting it.
Not true.
Wait hold up wtf? You telling me marvel 2.0 starts next week? I am so lost. I thought I had more time
But listen let it be known I will pick up every #1 from this relaunch except the dead pool related goons.
Tragicomedy
Member
In a world where All Star Batman is a Rebirth title selling for $4.99, I'm not surprised to see Champions feature "extra" pages and cost more.
I'll also not be reading it until it pops up on MU in six months, but there you go. Marvel gives me options.
I'll also not be reading it until it pops up on MU in six months, but there you go. Marvel gives me options.
It's only for certain books "flagship" books. All of the ongoings starting in December for example, are $4.
It starts in two weeks.
Yeah, I wish there was a DC Unlimited. Even Valiant has subscription options and they are much smaller.
Freezasaurus
Member
It will be. Ulysses saw it.
I mean if you're interested in the general vibe of what comic book forums are like, yeah.
Thing is 99% of those suck. Caring about companies as a whole is stupid unless you're afraid McFarlane is going to somehow siphon a ton of money to use to make a big budget Spawn movie and drag down Image.
PRESTIGE FORMAT....or so they told me.
Ok thank you. I really need to catch up on Thor, doctor strange, and ultimates.
I am most likely dropping moon knight. Will pick up Sam Wilson to replace it
I don't have time for Image books, i have Marvel Unlimited reading to do.
Also, i contributed to Mockingbird being canceled and probably Trump being president soooooooooooooo... Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
Sam Wilson is a good read and I need to catch up on Ultimates as well.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
ok, gentlemen, it really was a joke. But truth is, I am extremely butthurt because CW2 affected almost all of my favorite books, and I was pulling a fair amount of books before it started. Vision is the only one that I'm still reading at this point. I did not enjoy the way tie-ins were handled, or how the event was handled.
Anyway, I was just having a giggle. I wasn't trying to start anything here. I apologize.
I'm actually the opposite with the tie-ins lol, but I understand why people may not like it.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
uhhh what?
As a comic book AND professional wrestling fan, I'm real good about powering through general shittyness.
And as a comic book AND professional wrestling fan in 2016, I have plenty of alternative options that I didn't have just a few years ago.
Silly post. Just silly.
Yes I am. I am just used to saying "pull" when it comes to what I read every month.
I was just answering you m8.
I don't mind it touching some books as its not that involved and is usually a mention or two of the conflict or a character has to go fight and thats it. Its over in 1 or 2 issues. I wish it didn't happen but it wont stop me picking up stuff like Spider-Woman or Spider-Man or Power Man and Iron Fist.
Huh. So I watched the never-officially-released Fantastic Four movie from 1994 with some friends and... well, of course it was bad, but scary enough... I think it still may have managed to be the best of the Fantastic Four movies ever made, just because the bar set by the rest is so very low. It's also... kind of oddly much more accurate to the comics in a lot of ways, it felt like, outside of making what was obviously the Mole Man into "the Jeweler". Like, it starts with Doom and Richards in college, and even has that creepy age difference with Sue that is a thing in the comics, IIRC.
The interesting thing is that Monsters Unleashed won't be tying into any ongoings and will instead be doing what ASM and X-Men are doing now with CW2 and seem to be just as optional.
The Sam Wilson tie-ins are good too.
I told you we would reject this name change.
Freezasaurus
Member
I was actually pleasantly surprised by CW2 up until today's issue. The first four issues were solid. #5 was just gobbeldygoook.
I believe you. People of color seem to be handled wth care over at marvel.
Every name that you've ever had sucks.
World of Wakanda #1, Also $5. Marvel getting that Coates paper.
I'm expecting Mosaic to be legit, though the first issue is $5 and "oversized" because Marvel was/is pushing it as a flagship book.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
ANAD started off great, and CW2 was pervasive enough to affect many titles, so no, I don't think it's silly. I will probably pick those titles I loved back up after CW2 ends.
I don't get the big deal. Should I call someone silly every time I hear them trashing Valiant when they've never read a single issue from the publisher?