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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 20:28:57 GMT -5
I picked up Original Sin 0-3 a little while ago and got around to reading them now. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them. I ordered 4-5 right away. I usually dislike big events but Aaron is a greet writer with some crazy ideas. I'm going to have to check out some more of his stuff. Any recommendations from him would be welcome. Definitely his Punisher Max run 1-22  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 3, 2014 20:53:13 GMT -5
I picked up Original Sin 0-3 a little while ago and got around to reading them now. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them. I ordered 4-5 right away. I usually dislike big events but Aaron is a greet writer with some crazy ideas. I'm going to have to check out some more of his stuff. Any recommendations from him would be welcome. Scalped is a good neo-noir crime book. Particularly if you've lived near Indian country. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 3, 2014 20:55:42 GMT -5
Aaron's Thor is most excellent as well. I also finally got around to reading the 1st 2 issues of Southern Bastards, and it really good... it's got a vibe similar to Justified (the TV show), but with more BBQ and football  |
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 3, 2014 21:14:42 GMT -5
this week's comics
1. SUPERMAN UNLEASHED #7 ***1/2: It's two big fight scenes, but they're glorious! It also has one of my favorite Wonder Woman scenes of all time
2. EARTH 2 #25 ***1/2: Sometimes I think, "Can we just give these heroes a nice planet to protect and get rid of the main DC Earth?"
3. BATMAN '66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET #2 ***1/2: Ty Templeton is socking it out of the park in every panel and a new villain is one the scene
4. ACTION COMICS #33 ***: This may be my favorite Lana Lang since her Insect Queen days looooooooooooong ago
5. TINY TITANS: RETURN TO THE TREEHOUSE #2 ***: Last month Brainiacs, this month Bizarros, including Duckzarro!
6. GREEN LANTERN #33 ***: Hal gets called dim and tosses out ethnic slurs. He also seems to save the day, but wait the worst is yet to come!
7. BATMAN/ SUPERMAN #12 ***: It was all right, but it was another side trip to Earth 2
8. AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #4 **1/2: This would be Adlai Atkins favorite comic book
9. JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #8 *1/2: Flash #3 arrives, I think she'll last at least four issues
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 3, 2014 21:19:39 GMT -5
this week's comics 1. SUPERMAN UNLEASHED #7 ***1/2: It's two big fight scenes, but they're glorious! I don't understand how Batman's not dead... |
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Post by Action Ace on Jul 3, 2014 21:29:49 GMT -5
this week's comics 1. SUPERMAN UNLEASHED #7 ***1/2: It's two big fight scenes, but they're glorious! I don't understand how Batman's not dead... He downed a can of spinach before the fight. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 22:33:15 GMT -5
I picked up Original Sin 0-3 a little while ago and got around to reading them now. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed them. I ordered 4-5 right away. I usually dislike big events but Aaron is a greet writer with some crazy ideas. I'm going to have to check out some more of his stuff. Any recommendations from him would be welcome. Scalped is a good neo-noir crime book. Particularly if you've lived near Indian country. It's one of my favorite complete stories in comics, although it does start off a little slow. Finishing the series definitely pays off, and you should be hooked by issue 10 or so. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 3, 2014 22:47:32 GMT -5
I didn't like what I saw of Aaron's big Thor story at all. It felt very average to me, as far as the story was concerned, and I found his take on the mythology very unimaginative and completely at odds with the way I think that kind of material needs to be handled. Great art by Bianchi, though.
The more I look at the artwork sample from that Doctor Strange Avengers Annual the more I think I might have to read it in spite of my lack of enthusiasm for the current version of the character.
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Post by Randle-El on Jul 4, 2014 0:33:02 GMT -5
Finished reading this week's pile of comics. Thoroughly enjoyed Southern Bastards #3. Didn't think this would be the type of title I would like, but I decided to pick up #1 on a whim anyway and I'm so glad that I did. Honorable mentions also go to Lazarus #9 and The Woods #3. Great stuff.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 4, 2014 0:43:09 GMT -5
this week's comics 1. SUPERMAN UNLEASHED #7 ***1/2: It's two big fight scenes, but they're glorious! It also has one of my favorite Wonder Woman scenes of all time 2. EARTH 2 #25 ***1/2: Sometimes I think, "Can we just give these heroes a nice planet to protect and get rid of the main DC Earth?" 3. BATMAN '66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET #2 ***1/2: Ty Templeton is socking it out of the park in every panel and a new villain is one the scene 4. ACTION COMICS #33 ***: This may be my favorite Lana Lang since her Insect Queen days looooooooooooong ago 5. TINY TITANS: RETURN TO THE TREEHOUSE #2 ***: Last month Brainiacs, this month Bizarros, including Duckzarro! 6. GREEN LANTERN #33 ***: Hal gets called dim and tosses out ethnic slurs. He also seems to save the day, but wait the worst is yet to come! 7. BATMAN/ SUPERMAN #12 ***: It was all right, but it was another side trip to Earth 2 8. AQUAMAN AND THE OTHERS #4 **1/2: This would be Adlai Atkins favorite comic book 9. JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #8 *1/2: Flash #3 arrives, I think she'll last at least four issues As a result of the bombshell variant covers, I bought my first and probably last Nu52 superhero books last month. Action and Superman/Wonder Woman were both part of a Doomsday story that seemed pretty decent. Wonder Woman was.. okay... but I had no idea what was happening or who it was happening to, as it seems to be near the end of a long storyline. Maybe it was good, but for a new reader, it's impossible to even guess. Superman/Batman #12, meanwhile, was total nonsense. Not only did I not understand most of what was happening, I very much don't want to know, because it seemed terrible. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jul 4, 2014 4:48:28 GMT -5
***Uncanny X-Men Spoilers***I just read that the reason Cyclops, Emma, Magneto and Illyana are now stuck with screwed-up powers is not a post-partum reaction following the loss of their Phoenix powers, but is the result of an infection by nano-sentinels. I must say that's a very welcome plot twist; just the kind that seems to say "this was planned from the start" and not "we're making it up as we go along". I could never quite understand why the Phoenix power would have messed up the X-Men's powers, since it never did so with all the other transient hosts it visited over the years. I couldn't understand why the effect would be delayed for a few weeks either; after all, neither Magneto nor Cyclops seemed to notice anything was amiss after AvX until they busted Emma out of jail. Their assumption that the problem must be due to their recent experience was quite logical, though. (Now I wonder if they're the only five mutants affected, and if so... why?) I might just have to buy the next collection! Back in X-Factor, Jean had lost her telepathic powers when she woke up, so the Phoenix messing with a mutants powers was not unprecedented. But at the time, Jean had not been a Phoenix host; the two had just had a brief conversatio...WHAT AM I DOING? Am I defending the continuity of the awful, awful, awful idea that is X-Factor??? Please shoot me now! |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 4, 2014 5:23:44 GMT -5
Back in X-Factor, Jean had lost her telepathic powers when she woke up, so the Phoenix messing with a mutants powers was not unprecedented. But at the time, Jean had not been a Phoenix host; the two had just had a brief conversatio...WHAT AM I DOING? Am I defending the continuity of the awful, awful, awful idea that is X-Factor??? Please shoot me now! Yeah, but that has been re-retconned since and in current continuity (where Bendis X-Men takes place), Jean *was* the Phoenix. (and if they just had a conversation it would make even less sense that Jean had lost her telepathy. Damn mutants, always losing their powers as if they were car-keys.) |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 4, 2014 7:34:45 GMT -5
1. What's the deal with Superman: Unchained? Is it an ongoing, or will it end when Snyder and Lee are done with their story?
2. What's the verdict on Wonder Woman by Azzarello? It seems that people either think it's the best run since Perez(the only extended WW run that I've ever read) or that it's a monstrosity that destroys the core concept.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 4, 2014 8:45:06 GMT -5
Wonder Woman is the only title currently at main DC worth a damn. (Ok, unfair, I'm not reading a lot of other titles at DC currently). Though I have to say that Cliff Chiang's artwork is the biggest reason I love this series.
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Post by Randle-El on Jul 4, 2014 9:42:14 GMT -5
1. What's the deal with Superman: Unchained? Is it an ongoing, or will it end when Snyder and Lee are done with their story? 2. What's the verdict on Wonder Woman by Azzarello? It seems that people either think it's the best run since Perez(the only extended WW run that I've ever read) or that it's a monstrosity that destroys the core concept. Unchained is done after issue 9. Never thought Lee would stay on past the first year as he seems to be primarily a "launch artist" for DC, but figured Snyder would be in for the long haul. |
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