Support NeoGAF

[borghe]

Ok, been out of comics for about the last 3/4 of a year... and apparently the landscape has changed severely. Will explain some of the confusion and what I know of things

Avengers - When last I left our heroes, they just finished with Avengers Disassmebled (Avengers 500) and the future was unknown as to what was going to happen. Now I see GLA, New Avengers, whatnot. help.

Coutndown to Inifinite Crisis? What is it. It sounds like a new crisis like crossover (i.e. galactic/dimensional scale or whatnot) but looking at the five bajillion crossovers it sounds more like a Ultimate Secret War type thing (government, secret society, espionage)

House of M? No clue whatsoever what is going on with it.

X-books. I see some appear to be gone, some renamed, or whatever. When I left there were like 3 major x-books (X-Men, Uncanny, Astonishing) and a bunch of offshoots (DistrictX, Exclaibur, New X-Men Academy, etc).

What are your favorite Marvel and DC books right now. I have to scale back from what I was spending (upwards of $60/week after 20% discount) and which definitely means eliminating most independents (I was born and raised a Marvel Zombie and for the most part enjoy reading the big two stuff, even when it is just average). Just looking to see what some of the favorites from the big two are right now.

Will ask more questions as I think of them.

Oh, and was Green Lantern Rebirth any good? Is there any sort of expectations of the new Hal Jordan series?

 

[8bit]

Ok, been out of comics for about the last 3/4 of a year... and apparently the landscape has changed severely. Will explain some of the confusion and what I know of things

Avengers - When last I left our heroes, they just finished with Avengers Disassmebled (Avengers 500) and the future was unknown as to what was going to happen. Now I see GLA, New Avengers, whatnot. help.

Coutndown to Inifinite Crisis? What is it. It sounds like a new crisis like crossover (i.e. galactic/dimensional scale or whatnot) but looking at the five bajillion crossovers it sounds more like a Ultimate Secret War type thing (government, secret society, espionage)

House of M? No clue whatsoever what is going on with it.

X-books. I see some appear to be gone, some renamed, or whatever. When I left there were like 3 major x-books (X-Men, Uncanny, Astonishing) and a bunch of offshoots (DistrictX, Exclaibur, New X-Men Academy, etc).

What are your favorite Marvel and DC books right now. I have to scale back from what I was spending (upwards of $60/week after 20% discount) and which definitely means eliminating most independents (I was born and raised a Marvel Zombie and for the most part enjoy reading the big two stuff, even when it is just average). Just looking to see what some of the favorites from the big two are right now.

Will ask more questions as I think of them.

Oh, and was Green Lantern Rebirth any good? Is there any sort of expectations of the new Hal Jordan series?

GLA is a limited series from Dan Slott, and is more of a comedy. New Avengers is a new group comprising Spiderman, Spiderwoman, Wolverine, Sentinel, Iron Man, Captain America & a ninja guy.

Countdown to infinite crisis is pretty much unknown right now, but there have been hints and plots referring to it going on for about the past 2 years in DC. It's kind of started with Omac Project/Villians United/Day of Vengence/Rann Thanagar War.

House of M looks as if it's some sort of 1602/Elseworlds brought about by the Scarlet Witch with repercussions on the 616 Universe.

The X stuff looks likely to be heavily affected by House of M.

Favourite books are currently
JSA, Flash, Y The Last Man & Fables from DC.
The Punisher & Astonishing X-Men from Marvel.
Invincible & The Walking Dead from Image.

I enjoyed GL:Rebirth. I thought it did a pretty decent job of reinventing Hal.

 

[Tamanon]

I loved GL Rebirth, great art and good story. Bit cheesy near the end but it always will be with that type of story

 

[borghe]

thanks for the comments, keep 'em coming. also, when did Mark Waid leave FF, has it been any good since he left, and how is the new Legion of Superheroes book by Waid and Kitson?

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

GL Rebirth was better for what it accomplished than for the story itself. It starts out gret and fizzles in the last two issues.

 

[Mr Gump]

Eddie Murphy. Raw, Delirious. All the comic help you need.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Avengers: Avengers became New Avengers after the "Disassembled" storyline. Tony and Cap start talking "new team" around the same time that a big ol' supervillain prison riot/breakout takes place. They suit up and head down to the scene, some other heroes show up, together they save the day, and voila -- New Avengers. I'm not reading it, but it's definitely a hot seller right now.

GLA is just a miniseries, a 4-issue parody (sorta) of "Disassembled" featuring Milwaukee's mightiest superhero team, the Great Lakes Avengers! It's a funny book, if a bit morbid, that no Dan Slott or She-Hulk fan should pass up, and definitely worth at least a read to everyone else.

Countdown to Infinite Crisis: Infinite Crisis is DC's next earth-shattering, status quo -altering mega event that (good or bad) everyone will be talking about. Supposedly, they've been laying the groundwork on this one for a few years now, but things really kicked into high gear with the debut of Identity Crisis. Then came Countdown... (at $1 cover price), which set up four miniseries that (at least one of which) will lead into the Infinite Crisis: OMAC Project, Villains United, Day of Vengeance, and Rann/Thanagar War.

DC's been touting Infinite Crisis as "the single worst day in the history of the DC universe," and it's believed to revolve primarily around their "holy trinity": Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. Other than that, very little is known; we'll just have to wait another 3-4 months and see what happens.

House of M: Don't know much, other than the fact that it involves the Avengers, X-Men, and that wacky b*tch the Scarlet Witch. Not interested at all by this.

X-Men: Uncanny, Astonishing, and X-Men are still the primary X-Books; offshoots are the same, though they're going through another round of cancellations (Excalibur just got the axe). Astonishing is the hottest X-Book right now, but its erratic shipping schedule resembles that of the Ultimates v1. Can't say much else, as I haven't been paying a great deal of attention to the X-Men these days. Anything I am interested in (X-23, for example), I've elected to wait on a TPB (HC bundle with NYX, Marvel? Come on...) instead.

Oh, and Wolverine's going through some nutty sh*t in his solo series. Got brainwashed by Hydra, killed or captured a bunch of (B- and C- list) superheroes for them, got deprogrammed by SHIELD, and now he's mowing down Hydra's army of undead superhero assassins.

Current Selection: The only Marvel book I'm buying these days is GLA. She-Hulk's back in the fall, so I'll be onboard with that too. Spider-Man and the X-Men just don't interest me like they used to anymore, and outside of a random issue or miniseries I haven't bought much to do with either. The big push for House of M certainly isn't helping. I've lost all interest in the Ultimate line, too. Pretty sad for a guy who was exclusively Marvel back in the day.

With DC I've regularly been picking up Batman, JLA (and JLA-related titles like Classified and JL Elite), and Superman/Batman, along with the occasional single issue of titles like WW and GL: Rebirth. I'm also trying to keep up with the "Crisis" -related titles and storylines, though it hasn't been easy; OMAC Project is my main focus, but it's a constant sellout at my LCS. Things are only going to get worse as Infinite Crisis nears, too.

Oh, and Top Ten returns in August, so I'll be getting onboard with that.

Can't comment on GL: Rebirth, as I only bought the 1st and 5th issues. Nice artwork, though. I think I ordered Green Lantern #1 (out this week), but only for collector's purposes; I'm not much of a Lantern fan.