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[Tyree]

Try to find back issues of King City makes me sad.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Try to find back issues of King City makes me sad.

That's why you need to keep an eye out for indies early and often. Unlike the Disney and Warner Bros. crap it doesn't get a bottomless / generous print run so it's even harder to find after the fact.

I'm assuming you've already checked mycomicshop.com and milehighcomics.com already?

edit: Actually, I'm not sure if it would work - but have you tried contacting Graham himself? He's got an online presence. Not sure if he'd have copies to sell you, but it's worth a shot.

 

[Nesotenso]

It's the same writer Ultimate Spider-Man has always had. You don't think there's a chance it'll be good?

Bendis is usually hit or miss for me, though he was consistent on USM. Sara's art will be great definitely and she has come a long way since her stint on Runaways but I didn't like death of USM as I indicated in a prior thread and I don't want to read about a replacement Spider-man. Voting with dollars and all that.

 

[Tyree]

That's why you need to keep an eye out for indies early and often. Unlike the Disney and Warner Bros. crap it doesn't get a bottomless / generous print run so it's even harder to find after the fact.

I'm assuming you've already checked mycomicshop.com and milehighcomics.com already?

edit: Actually, I'm not sure if it would work - but have you tried contacting Graham himself? He's got an online presence. Not sure if he'd have copies to sell you, but it's worth a shot.

I stopped reading comic for about almost 2 years and this is the only thing I cant find that I want.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

I stopped reading comic for about almost 2 years and this is the only thing I cant find that I want.

Oh well.

 

[Ephemeris]

In Detective 881, when

Spoiler

James started saying he had something to do with what happened to Babs in Killing Joke

, I nearly shit my pants.

But then came the "Lol jk" and I was able to breathe again.

I would have allowed it if they made it canon.

 

[Rlan]

Reading up on Batman Inc via Wikipedia, I really wish the Marvel and DC universes put a mandate on leaving the time stream the hell alone. Batman flying though time? Superman and Green Lantern going through time trying to find him?

And on the Marvel side, Cable flying through time with Hope and all it entails. It just seems so unnecessary.

 

[Ivan A Nguyen]

Reading up on Batman Inc via Wikipedia, I really wish the Marvel and DC universes put a mandate on leaving the time stream the hell alone. Batman flying though time? Superman and Green Lantern going through time trying to find him?

And on the Marvel side, Cable flying through time with Hope and all it entails. It just seems so unnecessary.

I loved that run. Granted, I did read it all in trades so I wasn't waiting for the next issue, but a bleak future created after Bishop killed the earth was amazing. The condition that he could only jump forward, the "There's no one to help us" vibe, and the crossover with X-force got me back into Xmen comics.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I loved that run. Granted, I did read it all in trades so I wasn't waiting for the next issue, but a bleak future created after Bishop killed the earth was amazing. The condition that he could only jump forward, the "There's no one to help us" vibe, and the crossover with X-force got me back into Xmen comics.

Yes! I wish we could have seen what Cable was so afraid of when they hopped ridiculously far into the future.

 

[Foob]

Reading up on Batman Inc via Wikipedia, I really wish the Marvel and DC universes put a mandate on leaving the time stream the hell alone. Batman flying though time? Superman and Green Lantern going through time trying to find him?

And on the Marvel side, Cable flying through time with Hope and all it entails. It just seems so unnecessary.

well you're wrong and a dumb dumb cause both those stories were awesome

 

[bangai-o]

I loved that run. Granted, I did read it all in trades so I wasn't waiting for the next issue, but a bleak future created after Bishop killed the earth was amazing. The condition that he could only jump forward, the "There's no one to help us" vibe, and the crossover with X-force got me back into Xmen comics.

i was reading some bad reviews about that Cable, Lone Wolf and Cub storyline.

I was reading the X force storyline where all those villains were brought back to life for something insane, but than suddenly that storyline flipped over to a time travel arc where they had to hunt down Apocalypse, Cable was there bla bla, and then I switched back to Thunderbolts.

edit issue 3 batbooks

Batman

Detective

Dark Knight

 

[Ephemeris]

I love how the new custume finally clicks with me (my #1 preorder outfit in arkham city) and they changed it on me. Lol

 

[Ivan A Nguyen]

I was reading some bad reviews about that Cable, Lone Wolf and Cub storyline.

I was reading the X force storyline where all those villains were brought back to life for something insane, but than suddenly that storyline flipped over to a time travel arc where they had to hunt down Apocalypse, Cable was there bla bla, and then I switched back to Thunderbolts.

X-Force was forcibly pushed into time traveling by Cyclops. I didn't keep up with their story line, but they treated it like it was suppose to be important. In the Cable book, it was really great because of Bishop's single minded determination to kill hope. He poisoned the earth, and hundreds of years later he doomed the last surviving humans just for another shot at killing the girl. It's like he took the extended family of "Lost in Space" and murdered them all for their ship.

 

[Anticitizen One]

oh wow White Rabbit. I haven't seen her since "Reign of the Supermen" when she used to fight Steel.

 

[KidDork]

Anyone else not like Nightwings redesign, or more specifically the red on his costume?

I think the black on red looks great on Batwoman, but on Nightwing it just looks like they're trying to get the same pop with the colour scheme. And to hell with Grayson as Nightwing. He should be Batman forever.

I thought the first Spider Island was actually very fun. Usually these longer, cross-over buy-em-all-a-thons start off so dire and dramatic, and this surprised me.

Haven't read anything else new this week. Caught up on G.I. Joe/Cobra: Civil War. Love this book, and I was never a real Joe fan back in the Eighties at all.

 

[BlueScrote]

I think the black on red looks great on Batwoman, but on Nightwing it just looks like they're trying to get the same pop with the colour scheme. And to hell with Grayson as Nightwing. He should be Batman forever.

I thought the first Spider Island was actually very fun. Usually these longer, cross-over buy-em-all-a-thons start off so dire and dramatic, and this surprised me.

Haven't read anything else new this week. Caught up on G.I. Joe/Cobra: Civil War. Love this book, and I was never a real Joe fan back in the Eighties at all.

I was iffy on Spider Island at first, but I really like it in the mainline book. I think the difference between Spider Island and something like Fear Itself is that Spider Island is mostly self contained with a couple of miniseries popping up to support it, whereas fear itself worms itself into all the ongoings.

 

[bangai-o]

 

[Dysun]

I hadn't been into comics that much for the past 3-4 years but I recently read all of Batman RIP/Battle for the Cowl/Reborn and was interested in reading Blackest Night. What should I catch up on before I get into that, Tales of the Sinestro Corps and the other lantern colors I guess?

 

[Littleberu]

I hadn't been into comics that much for the past 3-4 years but I recently read all of Batman RIP/Battle for the Cowl/Reborn and was interested in reading Blackest Night. What should I catch up on before I get into that, Tales of the Sinestro Corps and the other lantern colors I guess?

Definitely Tales of the Sinestro Corps. Agent Orange is awesome because of Larfleeze. Rage of the Red Lanterns is also pretty fun.

Blackest Night is also a good read, but I haven't read anything else except the main Green Lantern book and Blackest Night.

 

[Penguin]

That's a pretty bad-ass cover!

 

[Spike Spiegel]

WONDER WOMAN #3
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO
Art and cover by CLIFF CHIANG
On sale NOVEMBER 16 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T

Hippolyta, the queen of the Amazons, has kept a secret from her daughter all her life – and when it’s revealed, Wonder Woman’s life will shatter like brittle clay. The only one more shocked than Diana by this revelation? Bloodthirsty Hera herself – so why is her sinister daughter, Strife, so eager for the truth to be told?

*sigh*

Please please PLEASE don't go down that road again, DC... the "Diana's origin isn't what we've been led to believe" road. Her origin is fine the way it is, don't start needlessly complicating matters for the sake of dramatic tension. Put another way: keep it simple, stupid.

I swear, if DC is pulling some tired bullsh*t like making Zeus her father, or Ares her father, or Hercules her father, I am calling up the shop and dropping this series the minute I hear about it... and I may not stop there, either.

 

[the chris]

*sigh*

Please please PLEASE don't go down that road again, DC... the "Diana's origin isn't what we've been led to believe" road. Her origin is fine the way it is, don't start needlessly complicating matters for the sake of dramatic tension. Put another way: keep it simple, stupid.

I swear, if DC is pulling some tired bullsh*t like making Zeus her father, or Ares her father, or Hercules her father, I am calling up the shop and dropping this series the minute I hear about it... and I may not stop there, either.

I think that DC hasn't had a clue what to do with Wonder Woman since Rucka's run and has just let any writer do what they want with her history.

 

[Spike Spiegel]

I think that DC hasn't had a clue what to do with Wonder Woman since Rucka's run and has just let any writer do what they want with her history.

It's funny - and I mean funny in a "oh god it's so tragic that I can't help but laugh to hide the tears" kind of way - that the characters DC thinks are in most desperate need of "help," are the ones that keep getting their origins and histories screwed with. So what does DC do? Why, keep right on screwing with their origins and histories of course!

 

[Satch]

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[notworksafe]

MARVEL
Releasing This Week

COMIC OF THE WEEK:

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[SUPREME1]

Batman

Badass.

 

[lightless_shado]

I have a comics related question to ask that's been bothering me: How is it that peter parker can stick to walls while wearing shoes? I think I saw him doing that in one of the Raimi movies and he was doing it in the Amazing Spider-man trailer.

 

[notworksafe]

He's not supposed to be able to stick to walls through shoes, but the power of Plot Magic makes anything possible.

 

[lightless_shado]

He's not supposed to be able to stick to walls through shoes, but the power of Plot Magic makes anything possible.

Maybe they'll explain how he does it in the movie instead of just leaving it up in the air like that. Like maybe he invents special sneakers or some shit that responds to pressure, so the harder he presses his foot on a surface the more likely it is to stick.

 

[Dan]

For me:
Transmetropolitan: Vol 10: New Edition (finally!)
We3: Deluxe Edition (never read it, very excited)

Did Paul Dini write anything in Gotham City Sirens: Vol 3? Or if not, was it good anyway?

I have a comics related question to ask that's been bothering me: How is it that peter parker can stick to walls while wearing shoes? I think I saw him doing that in one of the Raimi movies and he was doing it in the Amazing Spider-man trailer.

Well, how does he do it while wearing his regular costume?

 

[notworksafe]

Well, how does he do it while wearing his regular costume?

Supposedly he has little hairs on his feet that are able to penetrate cloth but not shoe soles. I believe that's the story anyway.

 

[lightless_shado]

Supposedly he has little hairs on his feet that are able to penetrate cloth but not shoe soles. I believe that's the story anyway.

Yeah I would assume that's how it is given how tight the costume is specifically around his limbs.

The ability works through thin layers of cloth, such as the fabric of his costume, but not through materials such as the soles of shoes. When Peter Parker needs to crawl without changing into the costume, he removes his shoes first.

Wiki. I think it would be cool to have a scene where he's inventing shit and special shoes would be one of those.

While I'm here, I'm thinking of getting into deadpool, does anyone know which books are must reads? or should I just go all out and try to start from the very beginning?

 

[notworksafe]

Deadpool isn't a book that is big on backstory. I say just jump in wherever and have fun with his wackiness!

 

[Spike Spiegel]

Okay, I'm off of work now and the Wonder Woman thing is STILL bothering me... Are they really going to turn Diana into "the female Heracles"? Is this what we can expect from the new DC Comics from now on? Because the symbolism of that cover coupled with the solicit text is incredibly damning, barring some last minute sleight-of-hand that I fear isn't happening.

 

[the chris]

I have a comics related question to ask that's been bothering me: How is it that peter parker can stick to walls while wearing shoes? I think I saw him doing that in one of the Raimi movies and he was doing it in the Amazing Spider-man trailer.

The ability works through thin layers of cloth, such as the fabric of his costume, but not through materials such as the soles of shoes. When Peter Parker needs to crawl without changing into the costume, he removes his shoes first.

It has also been explained that Spider-Man gives off some kind of static electrical field that allows him to stick to surfaces. Electro once negated his ability to stick by absorbing the static electricity in the area.

 

[ReiGun]

Anybody know any good comics related podcasts?

 

[evilpigking]

Another Non-Dini Zatanna? I'm about to rage quit this title until he comes back (which may be never).

 

[Penguin]

Anybody know any good comics related podcasts?

I don't know any good ones, but I can cheaply plug my own.

But hmm.. I love iFanboy.

 

[ReiGun]

I don't know any good ones, but I can cheaply plug my own.

But hmm.. I love iFanboy.

Hmmm, I see a couple on their site. I'll check em out. Thanks.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Anybody know any good comics related podcasts?

11 O'Clock Comics - General comic chatter and varied tastes.
Word Balloon - Interviews with writers and creators.
Aw Yeah! Podcast - Art, Franco, and Yokochips.
Sidebar - Interviews with artists.

 

[Satch]

Another Non-Dini Zatanna? I'm about to rage quit this title until he comes back (which may be never).

this is the last Zatanna issue anyway

shes not coming back for a solo ongoing in dcnu

 

[ReiGun]

11 O'Clock Comics - General comic chatter and varied tastes.
Word Balloon - Interviews with writers and creators.
Aw Yeah! Podcast - Art, Franco, and Yokochips.
Sidebar - Interviews with artists.

Sweet. Will listen to all of these. Thanks.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Sweet. Will listen to all of these. Thanks.

Happy to be of assistance.

Is this Zatanna issue drawn by that artist I'm in love with whose name I cannot remember?

I'll buy it for that alone. Screw it! That dude needs to draw more damn comics!

Man, Alex Toth Zorro strips are great. I love Zorro. Also funny to see how the civilian identity and secret identity is played up, and reflects the stock superhero secret identity tropes; but since Zorro is just a man you can't try to inflict the Kill Bill "Clark Kent is Superman's impersonation of a human."

No, dumbass. It's simply the secret identity trope and it's basic principle of disguising the hero.

I was thinking it would be interesting to do a story about a Superman type character, but with no secret identity. No life. Always doing good, and just the horrible state of mind he would be in from limited social interaction, and constant pressure to do good.

I'm sure somebody has done this, feel free to fill me in.

But not enough titties to get me motivated.

 

[bangai-o]

i actually just listened to my first comic podcast last night. It was Ifanboy. They were pretty cool. Much of the latest show was about Detective Comics.

 

[imoTEP12]

Another Non-Dini Zatanna? I'm about to rage quit this title until he comes back (which may be never).

Yeah, its been going down hill steadily but the next issue is the last for a while anyway.

 

[Jedeye Sniv]

I don't know any good ones, but I can cheaply plug my own.

But hmm.. I love iFanboy.

Seconded. I've been listening to the Pick of the Week podcast for years and it's great. The hosts are down to earth and funny, geeky without being embarrassing and it always sounds like a hoot. A great way of keeping current with whats going on across all books. Their video show is also a good resource for newbies wanting to know more about specific subjects.

I've been listening to the Comics Conspiracy with some guys from the geekbox and it sucks unless you're a brand new reader. They go to such lengths to say the most basic things, it gets so boring.

 

[Lombaszko]

Anybody know any good comics related podcasts?

If you're a DC fan then Raging Bulletts is a must. Usually just the two middle aged hosts on but they go so in-depth that they often talk about specific issues for 45 minutes to an hour. It's also optimistic to listen to because they only talk about books they are enjoying, which is most of them! The community is really nice there too, they take listener voice mails and have contests all the time. I even won a copy of All Star Superman!
I used to listen to the Comic Vine podcast but they would bash a lot of books and didn't talk about spoilers, so I dropped it.

 

[Dan]

I made some big orders over the last week:

* Akira: Vol 1
* Akira: Vol 2
* Akira: Vol 3
* Akira: Vol 4
* Akira: Vol 5
* Akira: Vol 6
* Animal Man: Vol 1
* Batman: Streets of Gotham: The House of Hush
* Battle Angel Alita: The Last Order: Vol 14
* Black Dynamite: Slave Island
* Blackest Night
* Blackest Night: Green Lantern
* Blackest Night: Green Lantern Corps
* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century: 1969
* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Vol 1
* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Vol 2
* Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: Vol 3
* The Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book 5
* We3: Deluxe Edition

That should keep me busy for a while...

Century: 1969 was crazy. I think I need to reread it with the online annotations by my side. I'm way less versed in that era than all the others that the book has dabbled in.

 

[Black_Stride]

^^
Is this part of Flashpoint im waiting for flashpoint to end before i really jump in, but id love see Flashpoint Captain Atom.


Power girl finally looking beautiful and tasteful....Yay! double Yay cuz the artist is African

 

[MisterHero]

http://io9.com/5823648/in-the-star-...hameleon-boy-will-compliment-each-others-ears

I don't know if it was posted but here is art for Star Trek and the Legion of Superheroes