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COMICS!!! |OT| August 2017 | Gwenpool's milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
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JordanDeGroot
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Guess its not all bad. Hmm I think that I'd rather pay normal prices and wait a few hours more though. Usually have to buy online and wait for a few days for my stuff anyway, my LCS is a few hours away from me and I can only make it on weekends when I can anyway due to work.
Sometimes on big releases I order it online, but then read the issue thorugh slightly dodgy means online anyway so I don't have to wait for it to arrive and for people to spoil stuff big before my issues are delivered to me. Guess knowing I've actually paid for it makes me feel less guilty ha. Thats my plan for Metal for tonight.
JordanDeGroot
Member
Wait the comic preview thing? I never realised they stopped doing it. I remember getting it years ago, but then this crazy thing called the internet started getting big.
Durrzerker
Banned
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Comic Book Day covers
It's almost as if he had no idea what the reveal would be in the first place.
Durrzerker
Banned
Also, Spider-Men II spoilers, but placing my bet now:
Taskmaster's gonna turn against older Miles. Dude never responds well to threats, and it's implied he's already annoyed with Morales when he mentions 'If he can't honor a deal, we have no deal'. I'm putting my money on him helping Peter/Miles later.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Man I wish Fox could have acquired the rights to Taskmaster from Marvel.
Why is miles still from the ultimate universe? In all my years reading comics when meeting stuff not retconning a character into the universe has always seemed to have problems down the line.
Keeping Maker who he was made sense, but it seemed like a smarter move to have miles always been in the 616.
Keeping Maker who he was made sense, but it seemed like a smarter move to have miles always been in the 616.
TetraxShards
Member
Dick move, buddy. Book is not even out a day.
I didn't think was a spoiler?
Haven't we known that Milee has retained his 616 memories for a while now.
Yes
I just got DCs Wednesday Comics out of the mail and boy, is it massive. The Sin City Book is a joke against it.
LOL!
Tasky doesn't give a FUCK about venom blast
MHWilliams
Member
It's not a spoiler.
They made it quite clear that Miles is from the Ultimate universe. Hell, Bendis himself has said that upcoming Jessica Jones will be all about the others outside of Miles in a similar situation.
"Spoiler" doesn't mean "thing I didn't know". Once a book is out, it's fair game. Even if you somehow missed it up until now, it was mentioned quite clearly in Spider-Men II #1.
flaxknuckles
Member
Metal was dope but I wish they showed the
fight.
Megazord
echoshifting
Banned
I didn't think Metal was going to live up to all the hype (I managed to avoid the spoilers), and it *still* managed to exceed my expectations. Wow.
Minor continuity question from the first half:
Sorry if you guys already worked this out, I've been dodging Metal posts all week
Minor continuity question from the first half:
some League member, can't remember who, makes a joke about Aquaman's harpoon hand shortly before they Voltron up...I thought that didn't happen in the n52/Rebirth universe. What's the story here?
Sorry if you guys already worked this out, I've been dodging Metal posts all week
I dunno I feel DC continuity is a mess.
Like they didn't know who Red Tornado or the Hawks were?
But Superman is back to being the post crisis version, so he should know.
Fuck knows, I try not to think about it.
LordOfLore
Banned
I didn't think Metal was going to live up to all the hype (I managed to avoid all the spoilers), and it *still* managed to exceed my expectations. Wow.
Minor continuity question from the first half:some League member, can't remember who, makes a joke about Aquaman's harpoon hand shortly before they Voltron up...I thought that didn't happen in the n52/Rebirth universe. What's the story here?
Sorry if you guys already worked this out, I've been dodging Metal posts all week
Technically a new world after Superman Reborn. It's not the most major retcon to the former N52.
echoshifting
Banned
Exactly, how could they not know those guys, but know about the other thing
LordOfLore
Banned
To be fair, I think Clark gave up on understanding the Hawks like 3 origins ago.
echoshifting
Banned
Well, I'm on Team Superman with that one
I think it's best to assume anything and everything is canon in DC unless you are told otherwise.
And even then, in universe there has been so much time and space fuckery, the DCU seems to exist in this endlessly maliable state.
Where everything is canon, but at the same time nothing is.
And even then, in universe there has been so much time and space fuckery, the DCU seems to exist in this endlessly maliable state.
Where everything is canon, but at the same time nothing is.
I think this is the only way to read them.
You'll go mad trying to work out what's canon and what isn't.
manfestival
Member
what should I be reading to catch up to the events leading up to secret empire? Also what are some good recent stories to read? I got some free time I need to kill
MHWilliams
Member
DC continuity is a mess right now. Superman alone muddies everything.
There's a new Etrigan mini starting in November!
https://www.newsarama.com/35971-the-demon-hell-is-earth-revives-classic-kirby-character.html
https://www.newsarama.com/35971-the-demon-hell-is-earth-revives-classic-kirby-character.html
Crimson_Echidna
Banned
Really, because I got the impression that
Peter actually knows more than he is letting on. The fact that he was so quick to change the subject and then waited until a day later to "verify" what he told Miles made me believe that he is intentionally trying to keep Miles from digging into his 616-self.
Or at least,
Pete's initial search of him is what actually triggered 616!Miles to drop completely off the grid.
DC stay styling on marvel when it comes to honoring Kirby.
I recently discovered Palmiotti said Harleys series is out if continuity. What kind of bull is that.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Same here, I have my own head canon
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
This comes up every once and a while, but it bears repeating.
If you're buying trades on comixology, check amazon first.
The Gwenpool volume that came out today is 50% off on Amazon.
If you're buying trades on comixology, check amazon first.
The Gwenpool volume that came out today is 50% off on Amazon.
BKatastrophe
Member
It doesn't make sense. Robin's a mantle and Harley isn't, so Harley and Nightwing being a thing doesn't fit in that way. Harley is only Dick's foil in the sense that they're both sidekicks on the opposite sides of things. There's nothing there in terms of thematic and/or character elements, unlike Batman and Joker.
It only makes sense if you're the type who believes every character that interacts with each other should be a romantic couple.
I chuckled, but goddamn do I hate those kinds of jokes.
I love continuity because I always think it's a fun thing to dissect and talk about (hours about Kingdom Hearts. HOURS), but I don't let it affect a story for what it is. I think I saw Bobby Roberts (I think, maybe someone else) refer to it as "continuity addiction" which seems to be a very common thing and a reason as to why people outside of comics can't bring themselves to get into them. People get so obsessed as to the order of events that they forget the events themselves. Losing the trees for the forest.
Gorilla Blade
Member
So, like, as a guy who's never been that into dc can somebody give a quick summary of whats up with the super books?
Did the cobtinuity changed aftrr rebirth or something(havent read in years)?
Superman's son? Asian superman? Superwoman? Superlex? Anybody wanna fill in?
Did the cobtinuity changed aftrr rebirth or something(havent read in years)?
Superman's son? Asian superman? Superwoman? Superlex? Anybody wanna fill in?
MHWilliams
Member
Superman Reborn changed everything. Prior to Superman Reborn, there were two Supermen/Lois Lanes. The younger New 52 versions, with the New 52 version of Superman dying before Rebirth. Then there was the Convergence Superman, who was essentially the post-Crisis version of the character who was allowed to move forward. He had married Lois and had a son, Jon. When New 52 Superman died, Post-Crisis Superman stepped up so the world would have a Superman, with his son eventually becoming Superboy.
Eventually, for some reason, it was revealed that both Supermen/Loises were two parts of the same people. They were merged and at that time the history's were merged. Superman and Lois were married, Superman never dated Wonder Woman, people have always known about his kid, most of the Morrison-era revamps of character/villain origins are gone completely. The problem is stuff that happened to New 52 Superman is sometimes tied to New 52/Rebirth versions of characters and DC has yet to hash out how that works now.
Superlex is still around. Superwoman is Lana Lang with essentially the electric Superman powerset. New Super Man is still around.
Gorilla Blade
Member
So its basically a new continuity? How did new 52 supes die?
And I wasnt asling if those charafters were still around, I want to know how they came about in the first place.
New 52 Superman absorbed too much solar energy and turned to dust.
New Superman was given his powers using energy from new 52 Superman solar flare power.
Before he died new 52 Superman zapped Lana and gave her electric superman powers
I found that all the Young Animal books benefited from trades to get the full appreciation for the stories. Mother Panic especially benefits from reading the first arc in one go.
Side note, with Doom Patrol, the Niles Caulder stuff was inexplicably hilarious to me.
All New GOTG: More than any other comic, this feels like something set up to transition fans of the films to readers. The beats hit the same pathos and excitement that the movies excelled at and feel almost like the same universe extended.
ASM Renew Your Vows: This is such a fantastic take on the Spider-Man mythos. Honestly, it's the type of book that I would expect DC to put out: completely disconnected from any crossovers or events, just doing its own thing with no help from anyone else. I hate that I expect it to get cancelled.
Astonishing X-Men: Why isn't this the main X book instead of Gold? I think the least interesting part of X-Men is the school concept, so the fact that this makes no mention of it is a plus. I also appreciate how it doesn't make super deep cuts that would cause confusion with new readers, as I'm somewhat unfamiliar with a lot of the characters. Top tier book.
Also, Rogue's outfit is dumb and I love it.
Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles would make a great movie. I can already see an incredibly tense long take of the dinner scene in my mind and I love it. This is by far the best issue of the arc and it reaches the heights I had initially expected. They don't even make reference to the dumb framing device. I wish this was an OGN. That would have worked so well.
Batwoman: I don't know what happening, but it sure feels like a tie in to Metal. I think old superheroes are an inherently interesting concept and old female action protagonists are super rare. I don't know what's happening but I am IN.
OH THIS IS NOT A METAL TIE IN AT ALL.
ASM Renew Your Vows: This is such a fantastic take on the Spider-Man mythos. Honestly, it's the type of book that I would expect DC to put out: completely disconnected from any crossovers or events, just doing its own thing with no help from anyone else. I hate that I expect it to get cancelled.
Astonishing X-Men: Why isn't this the main X book instead of Gold? I think the least interesting part of X-Men is the school concept, so the fact that this makes no mention of it is a plus. I also appreciate how it doesn't make super deep cuts that would cause confusion with new readers, as I'm somewhat unfamiliar with a lot of the characters. Top tier book.
Also, Rogue's outfit is dumb and I love it.
Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles would make a great movie. I can already see an incredibly tense long take of the dinner scene in my mind and I love it. This is by far the best issue of the arc and it reaches the heights I had initially expected. They don't even make reference to the dumb framing device. I wish this was an OGN. That would have worked so well.
Batwoman: I don't know what happening, but it sure feels like a tie in to Metal. I think old superheroes are an inherently interesting concept and old female action protagonists are super rare. I don't know what's happening but I am IN.
OH THIS IS NOT A METAL TIE IN AT ALL.
LordOfLore
Banned
Metal was cool but really felt like Dark Days #3. A lot of setup still.
That Kubert alt cover for #2 thats part of the preview someone posted above is fucking BOSS.
Astonishing X - The art was such let down for me after #1. I am not a huge Dedato fan. I am a huge Cheung fan. Story is still cool. Love a good SK story.
That was it for me this week. Grabbed Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne too.
That Kubert alt cover for #2 thats part of the preview someone posted above is fucking BOSS.
Astonishing X - The art was such let down for me after #1. I am not a huge Dedato fan. I am a huge Cheung fan. Story is still cool. Love a good SK story.
That was it for me this week. Grabbed Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne too.