BlueScrote
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Are you seriously complaining about spoiler tagged spoilers?
notworksafe
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Sounds like you ruined it for yourself.
Also that statue is pretty nice but once again I'd feel like too much of a weirdo for buying one. The Phoenix Bishoujo would probably be the only one I'd pick up. Maybe the Christie (from Tekken) one too...
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Avenging Spider-Man #5 is just the cutest damn thing, and I didn't think I'd be saying that about a superhero team-up book.
krypt0nian
Banned
GIFFEN AND JURGENS ON A SUPERMAN BOOK?
AW YEAH!
In one issue, they have made me a believer. This feels right again.
AW YEAH!
In one issue, they have made me a believer. This feels right again.
Thanks. I thought I read that FF #16 was a beginning of a new arc?
Supermanisdead
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X-Men Legacy is boring. I miss Mike Carey.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
AvX #1 is out there, at your local store. And perhaps other places.
I hear it's pretty good. So I hear.
I hear it's pretty good. So I hear.
DonasaurusRex
Online Ho Champ
hmm only saw 0 AVX was the usual prologue trash.
Man the ending of this UXF arc got real heavy real fast and seemingly abruptly. All in all good story, but I'll have to reread it to see if the crazy end was built towards previously. It seemed to come out of left field but I did go through this entire arc cursing the hell out of its art and probably missing a lot of nuance in the story because of it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The last issue has a lot of really good ideas, both with the driving plot and all the character moments. The dramatic conclusion is the best I've read all week so far.
But damn, that artwork. So glad that's over, and next issue is some Phil Noto goodness.
But damn, that artwork. So glad that's over, and next issue is some Phil Noto goodness.
It constantly (and even doubly so now that he's on Secret Avengers) surprises the hell out of me that Remender can squeeze as much amazing characterization out of his books which are all (including Venom) covert ops, action filled books, full of characters that are either seemingly shallow, or kind of well-worn property by this point.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yeah, he can say so much about a character in a page, a panel, or just a sentence. An exchange of words between teammates. He's only got 20 something pages, but based on this issue alone, the way he builds up to it is brilliant. The flashback really works in the context, showing the three as family, and that last line Jamie says is a really crucial, thematically. Then there's that page with Jamie and Brian talking, joking, working together. It's such an easy, real chemistry there, between two people who have gone VERY different ways in their lives but they are Braddock brothers through it all. Remender gives you a reason to care about these characters, so when he drops the big hammer at the end, you really feel it, and there are real stakes and repercussions for their actions.
So yeah, like I said, the book is still great in the way UXF always is, but that artwork man...
So yeah, like I said, the book is still great in the way UXF always is, but that artwork man...
I thought Tocchini was going for something, making Otherworld seem, well, otherwordly. But oooh boy did it ever get in the way of readability sometimes. And that's a cardinal sin of sequential art. At least Remender knows his shit and can do the super awesome characterization stuff to make it all palatable.
WascallyWabbit
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It's the epilogue to the one that just concluded
It's more like the end of the previous arc, but it covers the arc pretty well and the ending is awesome.
So, I missed that, All-Star Western and Secret Avengers. Please remind me to never go buy comics while tired and hungry ever again.
Get back to your damned store, right now. Jimmy the god damned lock if they're closed. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
The covers for this arc and scott synder forced me to buy singles. I wasn't disappointed.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Just the opposite. AFAIK this next couple of months will just be Hickman wrapping up the entirety of his run. So, terrible jumping on point really. The good stuff has happened, now this is the meat of the fallout. Great if you've been reading this whole time, not so much if you haven't.
WascallyWabbit
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DIGITAL!
Actually, I may just have purchased Secret Avengers twice, because Comixology decided to get all busted on me. I am hecka pissed.
e: there we go, i'm gonna get my remender on now see ya in a bit gaf.
e: oh shit. okay, that was worth accidently paying 3.99 twice.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The epilogue that came out this week is pretty great, too. Great character moments for the whole cast, even Galactus.
Spike Spiegel
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Ditto to what everyone is saying about FF #16. That ending was just... whoa.
The Take Out Bandit
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1. I didn't know you were a Dragon fan.
2. I didn't invite you over! >:O
Sounds like you ruined it for yourself.
Also that statue is pretty nice but once again I'd feel like too much of a weirdo for buying one. The Phoenix Bishoujo would probably be the only one I'd pick up. Maybe the Christie (from Tekken) one too...
If only the buttboys on the Tekken team would stop being racist against big jiggling titties in their games. The Soul team should teach them a thing or two in between the no-taste daisy chain that is the Tekken team buggering each other.
God damn it IDW!
I bought another duplicate issue of the fucking Transformers because they keep doing second printings with new covers and throwing me off. >:O
Futurama #60
Spaceman #5
All Star Western #7
Bloodstrike #26
Avengers Spidermang #5
Then I fished (HAW) two of the Wonder Woman Retroactive books out of the dollar bin. LUCKY DA!
Tawney Bomb
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The wait between issues of Morning Glories is such a drag. Liked 17, just wish it didn't take 30 days per issue.
The Take Out Bandit
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God damn it!
Gotta draw some shit on these sketch covers and make money.
Or try.
I know somebody out there would there be interested in Squirrel Girl Vs. Cable. Hit Monkey Vs. Deadpool. And Red Hulk / Red She-Hulk Vs. Hulk / She-Hulk.
Must. . .
Stop. . .
Being. . .
LAZY!
Gotta draw some shit on these sketch covers and make money.
Or try.
I know somebody out there would there be interested in Squirrel Girl Vs. Cable. Hit Monkey Vs. Deadpool. And Red Hulk / Red She-Hulk Vs. Hulk / She-Hulk.
Must. . .
Stop. . .
Being. . .
LAZY!
notworksafe
Member
A comic shop opened up in my miserable small ass town, and everything that is good in me is telling me that I should support one of the few things this shit hole has going for it.
That said...
..I haven't followed comics since the Age of Apocalypse series (Which I am told is actually being done again? Irony?) Anyway, I picked up Schism and Re-Genesis... and, well.. I thought it was bad. Keeping in mind I am coming into the X universe almost completely blind now, but it just seemed like cheap, shoddy writing. Like, fanfic bad.
So, I ask: What should I pick up? I read that Whedon did a run on X-Men, should I start there? Help me ComicsGAF, you're my yadda, yadda.
That said...
..I haven't followed comics since the Age of Apocalypse series (Which I am told is actually being done again? Irony?) Anyway, I picked up Schism and Re-Genesis... and, well.. I thought it was bad. Keeping in mind I am coming into the X universe almost completely blind now, but it just seemed like cheap, shoddy writing. Like, fanfic bad.
So, I ask: What should I pick up? I read that Whedon did a run on X-Men, should I start there? Help me ComicsGAF, you're my yadda, yadda.
notworksafe
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Uncanny X-Force, Wolverine & the X-Men, X-Men Legacy = Good
X-Anything else = Bad
Whedon = Always overrated
X-Anything else = Bad
Whedon = Always overrated
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Tip: don't read events, they usually suck due to editorial mandates and rushed deadlines. Instead, read Wolverine and the X Men, it's amazing. I've read a handful of x books over the years and this is one of the best books I've ever read.
Morrison and Whedon's run are also great fun and good 'beginner' runs.
Edit: if you have fond memories of AoA, definitely read Uncanny x-force, it's all based from that series and it rocks.
TheDarkKnight774
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Whedon's run on X-men is a good one to pick up. Its fun, easy for people to pick up that haven't followed the x-men in a while to get, and it has great art.
Cpt.Underpants
Member
American Vampire #25 - It's awesome
I agree about whedon.
krypt0nian
Banned
My Book of the Week!
Well, alongside Giffen/Jurgens Superman and the jaw droppingly cool, FF!
IrishNinja
Member
X-Factor wants a word.
Hillzagold
Banned
Would it look weird on my shelf to have vol. 1 of a trade in paperback and vol. 2 in hardcover? S.H.I.E.L.D. if anyone is wondering what I'm actually getting.
notworksafe
Member
It can talk to the hand.
Hillzagold
Banned
What is so great about X-Factor? I always see people mention how good it is, but I've read two or three issues and never noticed anything impressive about it.
Ongoing superhero soap opera. For 60+ issues by the same writer and not tied much to what happen in the rest of the X-Books.
#1 isn't any better.
I had some chaps come into the shop yesterday claiming that some stores are already selling issue #1, so if anyone can't wait head to a mom and pop they might be selling it.
You're forgetting X-Factor which is probably one of the most consistently great X-books out there.
I wouldn't say Whedon is overrated, I have the Omnibus of his Astonishing run and it holds up pretty well outside of the "Breakworld"? stuff.
Book of the week for me this week is FF which continues to be amazing, Also picked up DMZ Vol. 11.
Spike Spiegel
Member
I actually liked Avengers vs X-Men #0 and am not getting the comment about it being "the usual prologue trash." It did a nice job of (re)introducing the two character-candidates to readers, showing where each is coming from at this moment in their lives. Wanda is feeling so vulnerable and small and utterly despised right now, so unsure of herself and her place after being gone so long; and Hope is full of confusion and frustrated anger -- but like Wanda, she too is unsure of how she fits into the grand scheme. This wasn't a setup book in the traditional sense, it was a character-driven piece.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I agree. The big centerpiece scene with Wanda was incredible.
It's a Marvel Event though, so everyone will hate it and I'll be doing the backstroke by myself in its awesomeness.
I have faith in the Marvel crew to deliver an amazing event just underwhelmed at the moment with what I've read.
Joe Kelly is doing an event at Midtown Comics Downtown location on saturday with Quesada and someone else. I would attend if I could just to see if I could get my Deadpool issues signed but NYC Comic Gaf should check it out.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I can see why Secret Avengers didn't show up on a lot of lists for this week. The cover would have killed anyone who saw it.
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