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COMICS! |OT| February 2013. How can it be called a "SUPER Bowl" when nobody can fly?
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Not being comparable to ASM #700 is a good thing. For one, unlike ASM #700, Batman #17 isn't fucking terrible. Wednesday we get in the ramifications. WHO'S GAME FOR AN INTERNET SLAPFIGHT I SURE AS HECK AM.
Vermillion
Banned
I meant it's far more... whelming.
Escape Goat
Member
And we're back to the status quo. Comics fuck yeah.
Auron_Kale
Member
...Yeah. That's that I guess.
Anyways, I'll probably pick up UXM and SA on Wednesday, or at least peek through SA to see if I really want to bother with it.
Anyways, I'll probably pick up UXM and SA on Wednesday, or at least peek through SA to see if I really want to bother with it.
Tawney Bomb
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Anti-climatic as hell :-/
Fear Itself: Secret Avengers. That is all.
Vermillion
Banned
I feel bad for those who don't want to be spoiled...
Considering there's fucking nothing to spoil!
Nah, there is, it's not big huge things but there is Stuff that is gonna be In Play in the next few Batman comics that I'm excited for after reading it. MORE WEDNESDAY, LET'S NOT GO THERE TODAY.
Secret Fawful
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I couldn't have put it better myself. I'll be sticking around for Snyder's apparent take on the Riddler that's coming up, according to that interview with him, just because I've been wanting a new Riddler arc for a long time. I liked what little of him Snyder wrote so far.
Spike Spiegel
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Moving things in a non- getting-terribly-close-to-someone-saying-something-they-shouldn't-about-Batman-#17-so-watch-it-guys direction, apparently Dr. Fredric Wertham was a big fat lying scumbag.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/11/dr-frederick-wertham-lied-and-lied-and-lied-about-comics/
Wait, we already knew that? Back to Batman #17 then.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/11/dr-frederick-wertham-lied-and-lied-and-lied-about-comics/
Wait, we already knew that? Back to Batman #17 then.
I feel like everyone's expectations were through the goddamn roof, to the point where you guys are losing sight of the fact that it's an extremely well executed thrill ride of an issue, which ultimately is the only thing that matters that I'm able to say because it's vague enough.
Honestly it was a good take on the Joker. It hit all the classic Joker notes
(It felt like a more mature TAS Joker)
It does look like there will be ramifications though. As far as everyone's relationships with Bruce goes anyway, his family may as well be dead. Even when Joker loses he still wins.
This is one of the few times I agree with you. After thinking about it, Snyder really did a good job.
have a decision to make. I can either get:
Batman: Court of Owls
Spawn Origins HC vol. 2
Punisher Max vol. 1
Venom
Berserk Vol. 1
Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 1
Infinity Gauntlet
or a combination of 2 of the following:
Preacher vol. 1
100 bullets vol. 1
Prophet vol. 1
Phonogram vol. 2
Uncanny Xforce vol. 2: Deathlok nation
Berserk vol. 1
Spiderman: Kravens Last Hunt
I don't know what to choose!
Batman: Court of Owls
Spawn Origins HC vol. 2
Punisher Max vol. 1
Venom
Berserk Vol. 1
Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 1
Infinity Gauntlet
or a combination of 2 of the following:
Preacher vol. 1
100 bullets vol. 1
Prophet vol. 1
Phonogram vol. 2
Uncanny Xforce vol. 2: Deathlok nation
Berserk vol. 1
Spiderman: Kravens Last Hunt
I don't know what to choose!
SpiderJerusalem
Banned
I like Carlie, MJ, Gwen, and that angry roomate Lawyer?
that Norah is neat too
she was awesome in that
I didn't peek but mine aren't. I'm still expecting it to be a big funny for Joker thing...can't wait I wish it was out tomorrow lol
that Norah is neat too
she was awesome in that
I didn't peek but mine aren't. I'm still expecting it to be a big funny for Joker thing...can't wait I wish it was out tomorrow lol
Fuck.
The fuck.
Off.
I bet you watch porn and turn it off before the money shot.
Anybody who read all the tie ins care to explain why
all the Batkids were so depressed at the end? What did Joker say/do to them in their books that made them all emo?
slightconfuse
Banned
you guys the real joker story Is in injustice anyway!
We don't know yet, that's explored in their own books. So we don't have the real money shot yet. This all isn't over.
Vermillion
Banned
When the comparison to ASM700 was made, I expected
something big. Cheapest way to "kill" the family ever
is that all of 100 bullets? if so go for the latter.
Well honestly Snyder's been more
about the psychological than the physical
So it makes sense he'd go this route
Phonogram and UXF. Nothing in your list will beat either of those.
even so, you get more bang for your buck with the second set
Secret Fawful
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It definitely wasn't as bad as people keep making out. It just avoided a ridiculous conclusion, and everyone wanted something big. It was actually really, really obvious in a Hitchcockian way. Hitchcock was a master at taking a story and making you look everywhere BUT the most obvious conclusion, which usually was the conclusion he picked. Everything Joker did at the end was a distraction from the real point, and most people wanted something big and crazy and shocking to be that point. And it wasn't.
Vermillion
Banned
Anyways, more importantly...
Scarlet Spider #14 this week!
Scarlet Spider #14 this week!
This is pretty much all you can say about it.
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Should be a good issue. Last one left off real crazy.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Dat Snyder Batman...hack work...
...the appeal of that series continues to escape me...it has to just be Capullo's artwork, I guess.
...the appeal of that series continues to escape me...it has to just be Capullo's artwork, I guess.
Spike Spiegel
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Looking over the DC solicits for April (not the New52 junk, I gloss over that section now), these trades caught my eye:
BATGIRL/ROBIN YEAR ONE TP
Written by CHUCK DIXON and SCOTT BEATTY
Art by MARCOS MARTIN, ALVARO LOPEZ, JAVIER PULIDO and ROBERT CAMPANELLA
Cover by MARCOS MARTIN and JAVIER PULIDO
On sale JUNE 19 • 424 pg, FC, $24.99 US
For the first time in one trade paperback, it’s the year one tales of both Robin and Batgirl, from BATGIRL YEAR ONE #1-9 and ROBIN YEAR ONE #1-4. See what happens when Robin dons his costume for the first time, then learn how Barbara Gordon transformed from ordinary citizen to costumed super heroine.
THE PROMETHEA OMNIBUS HC
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III, MICK GRAY and CHARLES VESS
Cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
Advance solicited • On sale SEPTEMBER 25
496 pg, FC, 16.25” x 12.25”, $150.00 US
The entire 32-issue run of PROMETHEA is collected in a single, extraordinary hardcover volume that spotlights the amazing artwork of J.H. Williams III, with each two-page spread in the series presented on single pages of this horizontally formatted collection!
Don’t miss this new collection of Alan Moore’s entrancing occult masterpiece, collecting the magical adventures of Sophie Bangs, an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York, whose life will be changed by her research into the mythical warrior woman known as Promethea!
CATWOMAN VOL. 2: NO EASY WAY DOWN TP
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Art by BRAD RADER, RICK BURCHETT, DAN DAVIS, CAMERON STEWART, MIKE MANLEY and JAVIER PULIDO
Cover by CAMERON STEWART
On sale JUNE 12 • 400 pg, FC, $24.99 US
In this new volume collecting CATWOMAN #10-24 and CATWOMAN SECRET FILES #1, The Black Mask, longtime foe of Batman, has his sights set on Gotham City’s East End to house his drug trafficking empire. When Selina Kyle discovers the Black Mask’s intentions, she declares war against his operation. Don’t miss the noir-style tales written by Ed Brubaker!
Freezasaurus
Member
I was quite enjoying the series up to this point. We'll have to see how the series goes with #18. But I'll say this, with shitty writing and cancellations, DC is getting very close to making Unwritten the only DC book I read.
How's vol.1 anyway?
Freezasaurus
Member
Looking over the DC solicits for April (not the New52 junk, I gloss over that section now), these trades caught my eye:
THE PROMETHEA OMNIBUS HC
Written by ALAN MOORE
Art by J.H. WILLIAMS III, MICK GRAY and CHARLES VESS
Cover by J.H. WILLIAMS III
Advance solicited On sale SEPTEMBER 25
496 pg, FC, 16.25 x 12.25, $150.00 US
The entire 32-issue run of PROMETHEA is collected in a single, extraordinary hardcover volume that spotlights the amazing artwork of J.H. Williams III, with each two-page spread in the series presented on single pages of this horizontally formatted collection!
Dont miss this new collection of Alan Moores entrancing occult masterpiece, collecting the magical adventures of Sophie Bangs, an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York, whose life will be changed by her research into the mythical warrior woman known as Promethea!
HOLY SHIT YES. I've been looking for a reason to pick up this series, but the older volumes seem out of print. So yeah, I'll bite. Especially if I can nab it for around $70-ish from Instocktrades.
Well, Dick, killed 2 or 3 friends, and dug up the bodies of tons of Haly Circus Members.
Barbara, he kidnapped her mom, cut off a finger, and forced her into some sort of marraige ceremony.
Damien, he forced him to fight who he thought was Bruce, to the point that Damien was willing to let "Bruce" kill him, rather than kill "Bruce"
Tim and Jason, I can't quite remember. I think he might have forced them to fight each other to save their respective fathers.
Barbara, he kidnapped her mom, cut off a finger, and forced her into some sort of marraige ceremony.
Damien, he forced him to fight who he thought was Bruce, to the point that Damien was willing to let "Bruce" kill him, rather than kill "Bruce"
Tim and Jason, I can't quite remember. I think he might have forced them to fight each other to save their respective fathers.
That Batgirl/Robin Year One is tempting, although the Robin book has fucking awful lettering for its captions. That era's boner for faux-handwriting fonts is inexplicable.
I think I've said it before but Batgirl: Year One is literally the only time Barbara is worth reading as Batgirl.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
That shit is all over the place in those otherwise-fantastic Milligan/Aparo 90s Batman stories
what the fuck, DC
Vermillion
Banned
Great reading. I highly recommend it.
creationtheory
Member
Snyder's Detective Comics run was much better than the current Batman run.
Kraven's Last Hunt is pretty excellent.
Spike Spiegel
Member
Yep, it really is. And the new edition is totally worth it, as Batgirl: Year One has been out of print for a while and used copies are ridiculously expensive.
We'll get into it Wednesday. SNEAK PEEK: You're wrong, and you're wrong. There's a whole bunch of money shots. And Capullo fucking killed it. MORE WEDNESDAY, SO I HOPE Y'ALL LIKE SLAPS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE SLAPMAGEDDON UP IN THIS PIECE. THE SLAPFIGHT TO END ALL SLAPFIGHTS.
I'll be tempted by Promethea. Alan Moore plus JH III's art? It's a steep blind buy, but it'll be damned tempting.
I'm totally grabbing Catwoman. I'm very glad they're continuing this reissue. First volume was out February 2012, so I was getting worried when it didn't get solicited for late 2012 or early this year.
BlueScrote
Member
You're both wrong, It's Sam Loeb.
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