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COMICS! |OT| November 2016. Wilde for comics, 2 Hickman books this month.

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BKatastrophe

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CAGE! #2
This book is far too insane to properly process. It legitimately feels like Black Dynamite levels of ridiculous. Acid trips, too. Shit's bonkers. But in a fun way. I'm enjoying this, but it's not exactly a lasting impression.

I got nothin' else.

The Mighty Thor #13
Pretty cool issue. Some decent action, but mostly a lot of talking. The real fight doesn't happen until the end and that gets cut short to be saved for the next issue.

Also made me wish I'd read Aaron's God of Thunder run before this, since I feel like I'd get more out of
the League of the Realms
. Still felt fine without that run in my back pocket (but comic continuity oh nooooooo!).

Book's still bangin'
 
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Donniewahlberg

Banned
BKatastrophe said:
The Mighty Thor #13
Pretty cool issue. Some decent action, but mostly a lot of talking. The real fight doesn't happen until the end and that gets cut short to be saved for the next issue.

Also made me wish I'd read Aaron's God of Thunder run before this, since I feel like I'd get more out of
the League of the Realms
. Still felt fine without that run in my back pocket (but comic continuity oh nooooooo!).

Book's still bangin'
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The
League Of Realms arc
was alright, that was probably the least interesting part of that whole run so you're not missing too much. The whole rest of it however...:D
 
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TropicalFish

Member
Why on earth did I sleep on Warren Ellis' Astonishing X-Men run for this long I loved it. Wish Armour was featured a tad more (loved her mini story in Ghostboxes 2) though since she felt like a Jubilee stand-in but other than that the over the top action and beautiful art slayed me.

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RepairmanJack

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Finished the first arc of Morrison's Doom Patrol. I liked where it started and what it was building but it seems to rush to the finish in one issue sort of out of nowhere. I'm hoping Crazy Jane gets some kind of rules established to her otherwise she's just going to seem like a really cheep get out of plot card with every story. It just seemed weird how the last issue had the Chief confronting someone to figure out how to destroy the fictional town and at the same time Jane is able to suddenly figure it out while inside the town.

The first issue of the next story was absolutely amazing though and instantly had me craving to read more. Cliff running around telling people that everything they do is ok because they're super heroes and Larry giving his female body's fiancé a hug and asking him not to get blood on the coat and then him just showing up and walking right into danger when Cliff and Jane find the Butterfly Collectors 'world'.

That single issue had me more excited and jumping in than the previous issues. Absolutely loved it.
 
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Vyer

Member
Is that post about Marvel games in the MvC thread true? I know people were once debating the idea that Marvel was cutting X-Men and FF stuff because of the MCU, but the equivalent of a ban in new games kind of makes that debate moot, doesn't it?
 
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Roman

Member
RepairmanJack said:
Finished the first arc of Morrison's Doom Patrol. I liked where it started and what it was building but it seems to rush to the finish in one issue sort of out of nowhere. I'm hoping Crazy Jane gets some kind of rules established to her otherwise she's just going to seem like a really cheep get out of plot card with every story. It just seemed weird how the last issue had the Chief confronting someone to figure out how to destroy the fictional town and at the same time Jane is able to suddenly figure it out while inside the town.

The first issue of the next story was absolutely amazing though and instantly had me craving to read more. Cliff running around telling people that everything they do is ok because they're super heroes and Larry giving his female body's fiancé a hug and asking him not to get blood on the coat and then him just showing up and walking right into danger when Cliff and Jane find the Butterfly Collectors 'world'.

That single issue had me more excited and jumping in than the previous issues. Absolutely loved it.
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If I remember correctly, Morrison's Doom Patrol starts out slow (comparatively) and gets better and better with every arc! I'm kind of envious you get to experience it for the first time.

I have only now looked at the actual text in the X-Men Gold and Blue creative team announcement, and oh man.

“Magneto is the oldest enemy of these X-Men. This was the first ‘evil mutant’ that they battled way back in X-Men #1. And now here he is taking on this mentor role with them,” Bunn told IGN. “That immediately raises a lot of questions. Why would these X-Men be working with him? What is he trying to accomplish now? Do they feel that he’s changed his ways? And that really is what I was excited about. It opened up a lot of really interesting questions for us. There’s some mystery involved in terms of why the X-Men are working with him and what they’re trying to accomplish. There’s a little bit of intrigue there because knowing Magneto, you know he’s got ulterior motives. He’s Magneto. The original five X-Men aren’t stupid. They know this. And maybe they have some ulterior motives of their own.”

As for Jean’s new position as team leader, Bunn explained to IGN, “Jean is really the catalyst for bringing them all together… I kind of feel like readers of X-Men have always felt that Jean was supposed to be the leader of the team. And now Jean is definitely taking the leadership role in this group.”
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Is Bunn even familiar with this franchise? Is he aware Magneto leading young mutants isn't an original idea at all? What are these 'mysterious questions' this is opening up? There's a cloud wandering around killing mutants.

Was anyone actually asking for young Jean to lead a team?

This sounds horrendous. At least Guggenheim's explanation of his Gold team premise sounds interesting. However, it's Guggenheim.
 
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RepairmanJack

Member
Roman said:
If I remember correctly, Morrison's Doom Patrol starts out slow (comparatively) and gets better and better with every arc! I'm kind of envious you get to experience it for the first time.

I have only now looked at the actual text in the X-Men Gold and Blue creative team announcement, and oh man.
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I didn't really think it was moving slow the first arc, it more felt like Morrison just changed his mind on what he wanted to do and he just decided to end the first arc as soon as possible to move on. It was probably for the better, I'm just glad I had read the next issue right away.
 
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Tyrant Rave

Banned
RepairmanJack said:
Finished the first arc of Morrison's Doom Patrol. I liked where it started and what it was building but it seems to rush to the finish in one issue sort of out of nowhere. I'm hoping Crazy Jane gets some kind of rules established to her otherwise she's just going to seem like a really cheep get out of plot card with every story. It just seemed weird how the last issue had the Chief confronting someone to figure out how to destroy the fictional town and at the same time Jane is able to suddenly figure it out while inside the town.

The first issue of the next story was absolutely amazing though and instantly had me craving to read more. Cliff running around telling people that everything they do is ok because they're super heroes and Larry giving his female body's fiancé a hug and asking him not to get blood on the coat and then him just showing up and walking right into danger when Cliff and Jane find the Butterfly Collectors 'world'.

That single issue had me more excited and jumping in than the previous issues. Absolutely loved it.
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You'll really enjoy The Painting That Ate Paris I think. It should be the next arc and it's super good.

One of my favorite things about the run is the oneshots mixed inbetween the longer arcs. Lots of fun issues!
 
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Roman

Member
Tyrant Rave said:
You'll really enjoy The Painting That Ate Paris I think. It should be the next arc and it's super good.

One of my favorite things about the run is the oneshots mixed inbetween the longer arcs. Lots of fun issues!
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I second this.

RepairmanJack said:
I didn't really think it was moving slow the first arc, it more felt like Morrison just changed his mind on what he wanted to do and he just decided to end the first arc as soon as possible to move on. It was probably for the better, I'm just glad I had read the next issue right away.
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I'm relatively sure it will seem slow in hindsight when you're done with his run.

Either way, if you're enjoying this, I definitely recommend his Animal Man. It was so ahead of its time it hurts.
 
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BKatastrophe

Member
TropicalFish said:
Why on earth did I sleep on Warren Ellis' Astonishing X-Men run for this long I loved it. Wish Armour was featured a tad more (loved her mini story in Ghostboxes 2) though since she felt like a Jubilee stand-in but other than that the over the top action and beautiful art slayed me.

tumblr_lkdaenYLrC1qzk5tao1_500.gif
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Ghost Box and Exogenetic are pretty fun. I have to say they can be a little too funny and jokey where I felt it should have been heavier. Regardless they are pretty dope. Have yet to read Xenogenesis, but I'll get there. Way's run killed my momentum a little bit
 
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Messi

Member
Maybe Gail Simone will talk about her image book Crosswind before teasing more books. It's only like 2 years late at this point.
 
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Owzers

Member
Lashley said:
I've bought 3 3DS' and sold each one. At least this time the 2ds will be worth fuck all if I want to sell it

plus, its pokemon themed
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Is this why you buy comics too?

I rewatched Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and liked it more than remembered, bumping that random 5/10 to a 7/10. Now that i downgraded my cable package and lost Starz/Encore, i plan to finally give my meager blu ray collection a rewatch.
 
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Messi

Member
RepairmanJack said:
If Clean Room is cancelled you have to imagine something is going on with Vertigo. Clean Room and Babylon are the only books from Vertigo that I can think of and neither are really selling great are they?
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Lucifer is vertigo also.

I'd guess Gail knows what's up and Rich doesn't.
 
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Tyrant Rave

Banned
GAMEPROFF said:
I am gonna link you all leaks so far:
http://marvelmasterworksfansite.yuku.com/topic/27743/Upcoming-DC-collections?page=75

Nothing that much standing out for me tbh, but a couple of nice Deluxes already
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Stephanie Brown Batgirl collection!!! Get on that guys, it's good stuff. Also see a Silver Age Doom Patrol Omnibus which is also very good. I'm glad I was able to get those old DC Archives Hardcovers for a good price at least.

Been reading some more Hitman and this comic is so wonderfully fun. I just got down with that arc with Green Lantern which was hilarious. Tommy teasing Kyle constantly was gold.
 
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Donniewahlberg

Banned
Lashley said:
Just bought a 2ds & Pokemon Sun bundle. Need my Pokemon fix.
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Awesome! We have a 2ds in the house (we have more 3ds than people at this point), I like the form factor, it's reaaally comfortable to hold. If they did an xl equivalent with a nicer finish that would be my 3ds of choice probably. I don't take my 3ds anywhere so the slate shape is no prob. Game is great!

RepairmanJack said:
If Clean Room is cancelled you have to imagine something is going on with Vertigo. Clean Room and Babylon are the only books from Vertigo that I can think of and neither are really selling great are they?
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AmVamp when it actually ships hah. Still waiting on those Gaiman curated sandman books to surface, although if that happens, I doubt it would be *vertigo* at this point
 
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