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Post by H-Virus on Aug 23, 2013 10:07:24 GMT -5
It really does seem like all of Marvel's comics in the NOW era (same can be said for DC as well) have to play some role in the grander scheme of the company's big event directives. The comics just being done for fun - like DC's digital first comics (most of which are starting to end, of course) - or with no real specific agenda that influence other books are becoming fewer and fleeting. tell that to Brian Azzarello. he pretty obviously gives 0 f***s about what anyone else is doing with Wonder Woman, and his comic's the better for it. as for Justice League of Canada, I am very much down for that. I liked most of the cast of the book, but Johns still hasn't given anyone a reason to give a damn about the book. his work these days, with the exception of Aquaman, feels mostly like he's just going through the motions and doing whatever books DC gives him whether he wants to write them or not (kinda like Bendis with Avengers, actually). as I recall it's implied that New 52 Booster Gold is Canadian, so maybe he'll be added to the book. I'm going to assume Stargirl's leaving, though, because All-american superteen doesn't exactly scream "people in Canada would love to have you represent them". I'd read a solo Stargirl book, but I can't imagine enough other people would.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 23, 2013 10:12:06 GMT -5
tell that to Brian Azzarello. he pretty obviously gives 0 f***s about what anyone else is doing with Wonder Woman, and his comic's the better for it. as for Justice League of Canada, I am very much down for that. I liked most of the cast of the book, but Johns still hasn't given anyone a reason to give a damn about the book. his work these days, with the exception of Aquaman, feels mostly like he's just going through the motions and doing whatever books DC gives him whether he wants to write them or not (kinda like Bendis with Avengers, actually). as I recall it's implied that New 52 Booster Gold is Canadian, so maybe he'll be added to the book. I'm going to assume Stargirl's leaving, though, because All-american superteen doesn't exactly scream "people in Canada would love to have you represent them". I'd read a solo Stargirl book, but I can't imagine enough other people would. she's one of Geoff Johns' pet characters so I'd imagine if she gets written out of JLC she'll show up somewhere else before long.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 11:01:31 GMT -5
tell that to Brian Azzarello. he pretty obviously gives 0 f***s about what anyone else is doing with Wonder Woman, and his comic's the better for it. as for Justice League of Canada, I am very much down for that. I liked most of the cast of the book, but Johns still hasn't given anyone a reason to give a damn about the book. his work these days, with the exception of Aquaman, feels mostly like he's just going through the motions and doing whatever books DC gives him whether he wants to write them or not (kinda like Bendis with Avengers, actually). as I recall it's implied that New 52 Booster Gold is Canadian, so maybe he'll be added to the book. I'm going to assume Stargirl's leaving, though, because All-american superteen doesn't exactly scream "people in Canada would love to have you represent them". I'd read a solo Stargirl book, but I can't imagine enough other people would. DC is currently publishing solo series for VIBE and KATANA. They have lasted 6-7 issues each. .......so the precedent is most certainly there for a STARGIRL solo series. And I could totally see them using Stargirl in the JLC series, especially if they're kicked out of the country and she's compelled (to team/friend loyalty) to follow...
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 23, 2013 13:19:37 GMT -5
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 23, 2013 13:23:17 GMT -5
I'd read a solo Stargirl book, but I can't imagine enough other people would. DC is currently publishing solo series for VIBE and KATANA. They have lasted 6-7 issues each. .......so the precedent is most certainly there for a STARGIRL solo series. And I could totally see them using Stargirl in the JLC series, especially if they're kicked out of the country and she's compelled (to team/friend loyalty) to follow... only if they change the stars to maple leafs, the blues in her costume to reds, and give her the power to make the world's greatest maple syrup. plus that way we won't get any canadian stereotype characters because she's already covering most of them. see, that's what I always hated about Alpha Flight. John Byrne created those characters, and he was Canadian himself. he had the chance to make the team NOT a joke about stereotypical canadian things, but no, he got lazy and now the only remotely famous Canadian superteam is a big joke. I mean, Wolverine has to be the ONLY Canadian-born superhero whose not based on any dumbass stereotypes. hell, even Northstar hews pretty close to the "french canadians are stuck-up jerks" stereotype.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 23, 2013 13:26:46 GMT -5
That.... Sure is something... I don't know what... But it's sure something...
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Post by Bishblast on Aug 23, 2013 13:41:35 GMT -5
Found some more current Hawkeye back issues on the cheap, today... slowly working my way up to date, while building a collection of the books at the same time (still haven't started 4, yet... and I read the #7 stand alone Sandy issue, months ago),but I'm loving what I'm reading so far.
Also, picked up one of the $1 reprints of Saga... have heard nothing but great things about this book, and I'm excited to start it out.
Picked up the first volume of the Y The Last Man trades... I've been wanting to read this one for over a decade but never ran across any of the early issues or tpbs at a price that I wanted to invest in. $4.50 for this one seemed like a steal, to me.
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Post by Legion on Aug 23, 2013 15:47:15 GMT -5
I actually really like the look here, but then I really like Rocafort. Wont get me to read new 52 stuff, but it's pretty
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 23, 2013 15:56:01 GMT -5
I like the look, but not for Lobo, looks like they're making his emo phase.
I wouldn't mind that as a look for a teenage version of Evan in Wolverine and the X-Men though.
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Post by Legion on Aug 23, 2013 15:57:34 GMT -5
I like the look, but not for Lobo, looks like they're making his emo phase. I wouldn't mind that as a look for a teenage version of Evan in Wolverine and the X-Men though. Wolverine and the X-Men is a book I really should like.......but the bloody Hellfire Teens make that impossible. Jason Aaron, either great or totally shit, no inbetween
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 23, 2013 16:37:05 GMT -5
Yeah it's a weird concept, but now they've developed a bit more it's improved. Now we're in the new Hellfire Academy it's got a lot better.
Though to be honest, hyper intelligent kids have always been around, it's just these ones are bad guy and rich.
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Post by Legion on Aug 23, 2013 16:54:44 GMT -5
Yeah, one hyper intelligent kid I can take, but when it's a group like that, no, I just cant get in to it.
Shaw needs to return , kill the stupid kid, and become headmaster of the rival school. I like the rival school concept, always have since they did it with the Hellions, but I just HATE Kade Kilgore and his crew
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Aug 23, 2013 17:09:11 GMT -5
If there's one, why wouldn't there be a few together? They're smart enough to find each other and the benefits of working together.
Kilgore's growing on me, though a 12 year old giving an, I'm guessing 16 year old a black queen outfit to wear is quite disturbing. Character development's coming in for them on this arc.
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Post by Legion on Aug 23, 2013 17:15:10 GMT -5
I gave up, so I'm not getting the development, but then I don't want it.
I dont like reading about super genius kids. I dont find it belivable. Had he been 16/17, sure, but 12? No, piss off, I just dont want to read about that, I cant buy in to it, and in a universe with big purple planet eaters if you're selling a concept I can't buy....there is something wrong.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 23, 2013 19:26:31 GMT -5
I'd buy it if he was supposed to be Super-intelligent or something, but he's not. he's just an absurdly smart kid whose smart in no believeable way. plus I just don't buy a bunch of non-powered little children as being even worth Wolverine's trouble. just send the little brat to sit in the corner and thik about what he did already, Logan. he's 12!
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Post by Legion on Aug 23, 2013 19:34:43 GMT -5
Not to mention that I could never see Victor or Raven taking orders from a bloody 12 year old.
Ever.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Aug 23, 2013 19:36:31 GMT -5
The money MAYBE but yeah.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Aug 23, 2013 19:37:56 GMT -5
I'd buy it if he was supposed to be Super-intelligent or something, but he's not. he's just an absurdly smart kid whose smart in no believeable way. plus I just don't buy a bunch of non-powered little children as being even worth Wolverine's trouble. just send the little brat to sit in the corner and thik about what he did already, Logan. he's 12! Yeah, that's my problem with the new hellfire club... no-powered children are supposed to be a threat to anybody? Yeah, one of them is pretty blatantly insane and they all have money... but ... really? Also... I can't believe Sabertooth would put up with any of their shit for more than 10 minutes before disemboweling them all.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Aug 23, 2013 19:43:16 GMT -5
I'd buy it if he was supposed to be Super-intelligent or something, but he's not. he's just an absurdly smart kid whose smart in no believeable way. plus I just don't buy a bunch of non-powered little children as being even worth Wolverine's trouble. just send the little brat to sit in the corner and thik about what he did already, Logan. he's 12! Yeah, that's my problem with the new hellfire club... no-powered children are supposed to be a threat to anybody? Yeah, one of them is pretty blatantly insane and they all have money... but ... really? Also... I can't believe Sabertooth would put up with any of their shit for more than 10 minutes before disemboweling them all. I'll give you that, too. Sabretooth's the LAST person who'd take order from a little kid, no matter how much money he was getting. he'd gut him based on principal alone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2013 21:28:53 GMT -5
That.... Sure is something... I don't know what... But it's sure something... Better or worse than this? This is what he looked like when he first appeared....
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