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Post by hondobrode on Jan 19, 2019 14:43:32 GMT -5
Why can't writers let some of these characters be kids instead of somehow making every non-adult a teenager ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 14:47:33 GMT -5
 Invaders #1.Written by Chip Zdarsky. Art by Carlos Magno and Butch Guice. After recent events in the Avengers Namor is once again an enemy of the surface world. His old friends in the Invaders will try and convince him not to go to war. Zdarsky has a nice hook with the original Human Torch Jim Hammond writing a book. He gets in contact with Capt America and how they decide to intervene and help Namor. Guice illustrates the WWII sequences and they are beautiful IMO. Magno does the modern day art and I'm not really a fan of his style. But overall I really like the concept and I like Zdarsky's writing and I love Guice's art so I can overlook Magno's art. 7/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 14:49:53 GMT -5
Why can't writers let some of these characters be kids instead of somehow making every non-adult a teenager ? Same reason they don't like writing stories with married couples...
1. A happy marriage is boring. 2. A life with kids is boring.
Single life is more interesting! Teens have drama!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 14:56:05 GMT -5
 Hawkman #8. Written by Robert Venditti. Art by Bryan Hitch. When Carter arrives at the remnants of Krypton he is "transported back" to Krypton's final moments and meets one of his his past-lives, Catar-Ol. However Krypton explodes before he can get the answers he was looking for... As others have said not much happens in this issue except we see a lot of elements from the Superman mythos about Krypton. I still like this title but Venditti does have some problems with decompression. And like @mrjupiter I would like some more backstory on these "new" incarnations of Carter. 7/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:04:19 GMT -5
 Fantastic Four #6.Written by Dan Slott. Art by Aaron Kuder. DOOM! GALACTUS! Ben's wedding is interrupted by Galactus' return to Earth which was orchestrated by Doom to make himself look like a hero. Slott has kicked this title into high gear with the wedding last issue. Kuder's art is a better fit on this title. It is similar to Art Adams and Frank Quitely. This issue was mostly a set up issue for this next arc but it was so FF-ish! 8/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:17:03 GMT -5
 Wonder Woman #62.Written by G. Willow Wilson. Art by Xermanico. I'm so conflicted. This arc started out poorly IMO. The writing was disjointed and the story slightly boring. Cary Nord's usually great art was not well suited to Mick Gray's inks. The story was slowly paced. But Wilson turned it around the this issue. The art was better. The story was more engaging. The conclusion hinted at a new direction. So I'm not sure if I want to continue this title. It might have been better as a 3 parter than a 5 part story. 7/10 this issue. 5/10 for the arc. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:21:40 GMT -5
 Conan #2. Written by Jason Aaron. Art by Mahmud A. Asrar. I thought I missed an issue when I started reading this. I'm not sure why Aaron chose to have an interlude style issue with the second part. It sort of derailed some of the momentum of the first issue. It was decent but was missing something that I "felt" in the first issue. Art was good. Hopefully this pacing won't continue. 6/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:27:14 GMT -5
 Detective Comics #996. Written by Peter J. Tomasi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza. Batman leaves the recently wounded Alfred in the care of Damian. He goes to Paris to find Henri Ducard. Ducard helped train Batman and is the next target of the "thing" trying to kill Batman's associates. Batman arrives in time...or does he? This is not an original idea but Tomasi is doing a decent job. It will all depend on what this "thing" is and how well he wraps up this arc, Mahnke's art is stunning as always. 7/10. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2019 15:33:33 GMT -5
 Amazing Spider-Man #13.Written by Nick Spencer. Art and Cover by Ryan Ottley. J. Jonah Jameson has made Spidey's life terrible over the years. However he has seen the error of his ways and has been trying to set things right. But he is paying a price. His life is a disaster... all because he is now supporting Spider-Man. I'm glad Spencer has redeemed himself (for me) with this series (and Archie) after his Hydra Cap story. Ottley's art style has been perfect for this book. 8/10. |
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Post by hondobrode on Jan 19, 2019 19:57:22 GMT -5
I think a kid would be a nice change of pace and would add extra tension as they're more vulnerable than a teen.
Lots of us fans are, or were, married. Lord knows there are times that's challenging as well. I've really enjoyed Clark and Lois being married, as well as the FF and Spidey.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 19, 2019 20:14:36 GMT -5
Detective Comics #996. Written by Peter J. Tomasi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza. Batman leaves the recently wounded Alfred in the care of Damian. He goes to Paris to find Henri Ducard. Ducard helped train Batman and is the next target of the "thing" trying to kill Batman's associates. Batman arrives in time...or does he? This is not an original idea but Tomasi is doing a decent job. It will all depend on what this "thing" is and how well he wraps up this arc, Mahnke's art is stunning as always. 7/10. I hate the whole, "destroy everyone close to Batman" story that Tomasi is doing here, and it pains me because I've loved Tomasi's take on Batman in the past. There's just nothing interesting at all in killing off a character's supporting cast for no other reason than to make the main character suffer. Sure, the fridgings may be some trick in the end...but at tat point who cares? I gave this a second try but this is dropped now. Grade: 0/10 |
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Post by senatortombstone on Jan 21, 2019 15:09:55 GMT -5
Hmmm, I don't think I ever read that story, or if I did I pleasantly forgot it as I really hate that whole great white hero trope. I have no problem with the Picts defending their lands against Aquilonian settlers, it's that only Conan can save them from the wrathful snake monster and that the message of Conan being accepted by the picts, refusing them and then finding civilization sour in his mouth while reflecting on the merits of the "savage" life just solidifies the notion that the Picts (and Native Peoples) are wholly other. Oooh, I suspect I will have toward Aaron's Conan the same reaction as toward Wood's, independently of the writer's storytelling ability. Conan acting as the Aquilonians' saviour agrees with his role in Howard's Beyond the Black River. But as saviour of the Picts? That flies in the face of what we know of all the people involved. First, the Picts are in full control of their land; be it the forest and its savage animals, its monsters and its demons, it is their country and they thrive in it. No way would they need help from anyone because a wrathful snake monster shows up, unless it's made clear that this is some menace that's alien to their land. Even if they did need help, they would never accept Conan (or vice-versa). Picts and Cimmerians hate each other to an irrational degree. Seeing the Picts as "the other" is however pretty much how Beyond the Black River (as well as The Black Stranger and Wolves Beyond the Border) would have it. That's because seeing another people as intrinsically different is a human trait that is widely shared, and one which has led to many terrible situations in our history. Aquilonians here are clearly the European settlers who treat non-Europeans as savages, basically sub-humans. What compensates a little is that in his essay The Hyborian Age, Howard shows that the Picts are, after all, just a people like many others. In the centuries that would follow the reign of Conan, they would play the role of the Wisigoths to Aquilonia's Rome and carve their own empire out of the decadent west. When it comes to racism in Howard's stories, we often come across racist characters or cultures... Not because Howard advocates racism in them but because it's such an important and ugly part of human history. I'm still not sure I'd like Aaron's take on Conan... depending on how you judge the following issues, I'll decide whether to risk getting the first trade when it eventually comes out (no LCS here to test the book!) I thought it was just okay. It really did not feel like a Conan story, but more like one of the non Roy Thomas issues of SSoC in which the stories used Conan and Hyborian Age skins to tell non-Conan and non-Hyborian Age stories. Also thought it was somewhat heavy handed. There are no other books that I am reading, so I will continue to buy the book and the other titles when they come out. |
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Post by bran on Jan 23, 2019 17:48:19 GMT -5
Conan 2 is like half prequel/pastiche to 'Beyond the Black River', and half free-adaptation. Studios these days just love words like 'soft-reboot' and 'safe-remake'. Can't say I'm a fan of if it but perhaps that's the way to introduce Conan to young readers. So if they like it - they can go ahead and get that mighty nice box-set. Why 'Beyond the Black River' works so well it's that atmosphere of claustrophobia (thick so you can cut it with the knife) and slow pacing that builds towards crescendo of immanent attack. No one can stop it, not even Conan - he can save some settlers along the way and provide reconnaissance info, at best. In order for story to work - Picts have to be the absolute dread.
If you assume humans are intrinsically good, and then under that assumption 'humanize' Picts, God bless your heart you are enlightened peacemaker, but you have no story. As they say in Saga - You can be a peacemaker or a writer - you can not be both. Would love to see Garth Ennis take on the Conan. One sweet little mini-series... :-)
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 23, 2019 22:31:05 GMT -5
Detective Comics #996. Written by Peter J. Tomasi. Art by Doug Mahnke and Jaime Mendoza. Batman leaves the recently wounded Alfred in the care of Damian. He goes to Paris to find Henri Ducard. Ducard helped train Batman and is the next target of the "thing" trying to kill Batman's associates. Batman arrives in time...or does he? This is not an original idea but Tomasi is doing a decent job. It will all depend on what this "thing" is and how well he wraps up this arc, Mahnke's art is stunning as always. 7/10. I hate the whole, "destroy everyone close to Batman" story that Tomasi is doing here, and it pains me because I've loved Tomasi's take on Batman in the past. There's just nothing interesting at all in killing off a character's supporting cast for no other reason than to make the main character suffer. Sure, the fridgings may be some trick in the end...but at tat point who cares? I gave this a second try but this is dropped now. Grade: 0/10 I didn't hate it as much as you did. Not quite. Still, it's fairly awful. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jan 23, 2019 22:35:51 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #62.Written by G. Willow Wilson. Art by Xermanico. I'm so conflicted. This arc started out poorly IMO. The writing was disjointed and the story slightly boring. Cary Nord's usually great art was not well suited to Mick Gray's inks. The story was slowly paced. But Wilson turned it around the this issue. The art was better. The story was more engaging. The conclusion hinted at a new direction. So I'm not sure if I want to continue this title. It might have been better as a 3 parter than a 5 part story. 7/10 this issue. 5/10 for the arc. I have been conflicted on WW since Robinson left. (Although nothing has been as bad as Robinson's run … how could it be?) I liked #51 to #55 a lot. And then The Witching Hour … it had its moments but it was mostly not very good. And I liked the latest storyline well enough to keep reading. |
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