I kind of hope they aren't bringing Peter Parker back, as Spider-Man at least. I really am enjoying seeing how Miles is coping with being Spider-Man.
Yea, I think it was a Korean guy that was in SHIELD custody.
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I kind of hope they aren't bringing Peter Parker back, as Spider-Man at least. I really am enjoying seeing how Miles is coping with being Spider-Man.
Yea, I think it was a Korean guy that was in SHIELD custody.
BenjaminBirdie
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whoa
Who was apparently killed by Hawkeye during the fight with Tony's older brother.
Father_Brain
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Christ, that sucks. I can only hope that similar creative differences don't prevent Williams' return to the book.
Father_Brain
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It's by the initial USM Vol. 3 creative team, the previous teaser featured both Peter's and Miles' Spider-logos, the book doesn't have "Ultimate" in the title, it refers to the "Marvel Universe" rather than Ultimate, and Bendis has been teasing some big event story involving Miles Morales for a few months now. It could still be some kind of fakeout, but right now, it does look like they've run out of ideas.
Ribbing aside, I'm not against the idea of a 616/Ultimate crossover as long as the story is good, and a Parker/Morales team-up has much better story potential than, say, Avengers vs. Ultimates.
It's by the initial USM Vol. 3 creative team, the previous teaser featured both Peter's and Miles' Spider-logos, the book doesn't have "Ultimate" in the title, it refers to the "Marvel Universe" rather than Ultimate, and Bendis has been teasing some big event story involving Miles Morales for a few months now. It could still be some kind of fakeout, but right now, it does look like they've run out of ideas.
Ribbing aside, I'm not against the idea of a 616/Ultimate crossover as long as the story is good, and a Parker/Morales team-up has much better story potential than, say, Avengers vs. Ultimates.
never forget.....
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I really wish they went into more detail about stuff like this. I like Reeder, but I didn't like that she was basically copying the stuff JHW did in the opening arc, so it just felt like a pale comparison.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Man I would kill for a Liberteens ongoing....
Oh and Aquaman is moving up in the world, number nine on the charts for Februrary!
Oh and Aquaman is moving up in the world, number nine on the charts for Februrary!
I am not reading the new book, but I am hoping for the opposite. I am not going to pick anything with Morales in it.
Why not? Morales has been an interesting take on the Spider-mythos so far.
It's by the initial USM Vol. 3 creative team, the previous teaser featured both Peter's and Miles' Spider-logos, the book doesn't have "Ultimate" in the title, it refers to the "Marvel Universe" rather than Ultimate, and Bendis has been teasing some big event story involving Miles Morales for a few months now. It could still be some kind of fakeout, but right now, it does look like they've run out of ideas.
Ribbing aside, I'm not against the idea of a 616/Ultimate crossover as long as the story is good, and a Parker/Morales team-up has much better story potential than, say, Avengers vs. Ultimates.
I thought the logos in the initial teaser were the Ultimate logos. Even if Peter is not back, I am guessing it will be confined to the Ultimate Universe.
Read Justice League # 6 on a whim to see if it is any good. It was really bad.
Dialogue is just cringe worthy .
I didn't like "Death of USM" and I don't want to read a book about a replacement Spider-Man.
He was killed off in Ultimate Avengers.
krypt0nian
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I loved Gates of Gotham so for me it's an upgrade. I loved Amy on Xanadu but her issue of Batwoman fell flat.
Well, that's your prerogative.
However, I will say I felt the same way "Ugh, another stupid replacement character that'll be undone in a year" just like they've done 100 times with Batman and Cap and Superman, etc.
However, this time is slightly different in that while those other replacements are clearly supposed to be inferior and make the readership want the original back, Morales isn't being written like that. He's fumbling, screwing up and NOT trying to replace Spiderman but rather keep up the good fight.
I haven't felt the need to see Peter again--which is a sign that the new character is actually being written as a CHARACTER and not just a rating stunt.
I feel a great book and tons of story possibilities were lost in the process. I have read USM from the first issue as a teen and it was the book I grew up with. Peter Parker is going to my favorite superhero no matter what universe and I don't like the idea of a replacement.
I don't disagree that Ultimate Peter Parker was great and the death was stupid. In fact I don't think any fan actually liked it as an end for the character--even the writing suggests it was a bit of a last minute mandate since Bendis was building up all sorts of plotlines (Gwen, Mysterio, Bomb girl in his school, etc) that were pretty much erased by his death.
I'm pretty sure that Peter's death was forced by the suits at the top in an attempt to revitalize the Ultimate line since Loeb pretty much wrecked it with Ultimatum.
That being said, I wouldn't allow myself to be too bitter over an obvious editorial overruling, since Bendis is trying his hardest to write Morales as a decent character and not a replacement.
Anticitizen One
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DC's editorial team really hates women
krypt0nian
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Things just don't work out sometimes. Who is doing issues 7 and 8 ? With all the delays you would think that they would be way ahead with pencils.
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That was such a great moment, even Greg Land's art couldn't ruin it no matter how much they tried.
Jedeye Sniv
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I may be alone in this, but I thought that the Death of Spider-Man was a brilliant story. Yeah, it was maybe a bit messy in terms of rounding up loose plot ends, but I think that was part of the charm. A lot of the heartbreak of Peter's death was all the things he didn't get to do and the abruptness of it all. He was living his life and then - boom, dead.
I thought the story was really well handled too, it was a really emotional read for me and I felt that hopelessness and the heroism of the character shine through in a way that rarely does in comics where writers are always talking about "what it means to be a hero" (which is such a fucking empty theme usually). It was unfair and frustrating in the very best of ways. And then the fallout, Aunt May's reaction at the funeral. Man, I've rarely cried so much as I had reading those few issues at the end of the death arc.
Ah, well yes, the aftermath itself was handled pretty well, with really well written reactions from the cast and the hero community.
I was referring to the sudden death story, which was pretty shoehorned, especially as it forced Osbourn back in with zero explanation.
lol you cried reading a comic book
i've actually cried while reading a comic book too
ViewtifulJC
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I cried reading Secret Six. Don't ask.
fredrancour
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lol you cried reading a comic book
i've actually cried while reading a comic book too
I re-read kingdom come last night. One or two manly tears were shed at at
Superman building the memorial in Kansas by himself
Was Reeder doing a 3 issue arc? Or was it longer and McCarthy is taking over early?
I hate artist/writer changes mid-arc so very much. Even Gates of Gotham, a five issue mini, didn't manage to remain consistent and had a couple artists come in for one issue.
ViewtifulJC
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It's been years, trying to remember. I think it was the third story arc. I remember Nicola Scott was still drawing it before they realized she was too good to be on a "B-tier" book like SS. They had really been building the weird father-daughter kind of relationship Scandal Savage and Bane had with each other, but it was cute and sweet in all the right ways. They would go out of their way to help each other, even if it meant sacrificing themselves in the process. Not to mention its just such a rare thing, a loving but completely platonic relationship between a man and woman in the superhero world.
There was this one scene where he bust in the room coming to help her after she was completely emotionally drained.
In the context of their relationship and the story so far, my eyes watered a little bit.
Now I miss Secret Six even MORE.
This is all i care about. Amy is ok but she is outdone by Williams' art.
I hate that they brought Barry back. So unnecessary.
BenjaminBirdie
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I don't know how anyone doesn't cry in All Star Superman #10 when he keeps Reagan from jumping.
Oh my god, I'm choked up right now, just thinking about it.
Also, Moz's last issue of Doom Patrol kills me every single time.
And of course, "So live" from Sandman.
The end of Preacher.
Hmmmm.
I know it's happened to me a bunch of times.
Oh my god, I'm choked up right now, just thinking about it.
Also, Moz's last issue of Doom Patrol kills me every single time.
And of course, "So live" from Sandman.
The end of Preacher.
Hmmmm.
I know it's happened to me a bunch of times.
ViewtifulJC
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Oh yeaaaaaah, that one got me too, how Cliff and Jane came full circle from the first issue. "Come in out of the rain"
And while you're here Birdie, Dan Slott just confirmed that there isn't gonna be a reboot on CBR. I know you hate the idea of a Marvel reboot, but its nice to keep hearing that, right?
The Take Out Bandit
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Hey, when you Nancies are done chatting about your synchronized menstrual cycles maybe we could talk about comics, right?
Bunch of nu-Wolverines up in this thread. >:|
Bunch of nu-Wolverines up in this thread. >:|
Where did he do that ?
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Well for me AC has been one disappointing issue after another so *shrug*.
In regards to JLA, I just felt there wasn't enough story there in any of the issues. I felt like the stuff with Cyborg (specially in issue 6) was just forced. I would have liked a little bit more story, a little bit more development for an arc taking up 6 issues. Mind you this is the first 6 issues of the BIG HUGE launch title for the new universe. I hope the next 6 issues have a bit more meat to them.
Urban Scholar
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Hey I heard something about 616 uni/ultimate crossover? Is this real life or just speculation?
ViewtifulJC
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Jedeye Sniv
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lol you cried reading a comic book
i've actually cried while reading a comic book too
lady, I cry all the time reading comics
currently reading Sandman, that gets me every few issues (Martin Tenbones!!). When I first saw the cover to All-Star Superman 10 I got a little bleary. WE3. The end of DC One Million with the green stuff in the sun. Actually, I think Morrison just knows how to tug my heart strings... but then there was Essex County, that was gutting, absolutely gutting. And Walking Dead when the bad thing happened. Pedro and Me. The end of Planetary. End of Starman. I KILL GIANTS, my god that book...So yeah... it's not just that I'm a giant wuss (which I am, and I definitely wear my heart on my sleeve), but I find it really easy to suspend my disbelief and engage emotionally in a good story. But then again music gets me like that too. Movies not so much, funnily enough.
HELL YES. Have not finished Preacher or Sandman yet, but I expect to be dragged through the emotional ringer. Hell, I just read the issue of Sandman about the 'boy' on the ship that sees Hob's Leviathan. I got teary at the end when she talked about having to give up her life on the sea. Gaiman is a master.
Eh... if you got hit by a bus tomorrow (god forbid), that would kinda be shoehorned into the narrative of your life too. If only we all got to die at the end of out character arcs, all neat like. As I say, that's one of the reasons I liked the death. If it weren't for the FUCKING OBNOXIOUS BANNERS it would have been utterly horrific and devastating.
ViewtifulJC
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I just don't know about this show, man. I like the art style more then Spec, but the early clips are so overly goofy and it seems content to put guest stars in constantly. I get that you couldn't in Spec because of licensing issues, but it almost seems like its gonna be a Marvel Team-Up show.
Yeah I would like singular focus on Peter's life with the guests like in the 90s show. The 4th wall breaking could get annoying it's overdone but the show writers wanted to do inner monologue Spidey tends to have differently.
Also this great article by Chris Sims about Spider-man and why he is the best
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/09/ask-chris-96-why-spider-man-is-the-best-character-ever-yes/
Hey GAF! I start started watch TV. What TV should I watch?
Snark aside, this is an insanely hard question to answer. What kinda stuff are you into? Got an interest in capes? Arty or mainstream? Porn for cowards with the boobs and stuff or keeping it classy?
Keeping it on the indie side, you may like Y The Last Man. It's a similarly themed apocalyptic road trip book but it has an end and is tight all the way through. A great read and a good 'beginner' level book.
Thanks!
ViewtifulJC
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