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Post by Talent Name on Sept 21, 2013 16:31:05 GMT -5
So Marvel's December solicitations are out and it seems that Inhumanity is another event. Why are they hoping straight into another one right after Infinity? Inhumanity is a spin off from the events of Infinity the mists the Inhumans got their powers from is unleashed upon the world and this is the results of it, speaking of Infinity I finally caught up on it
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 21, 2013 20:44:39 GMT -5
people on other sites are pissed about that I've never read Jeff Parker's stuff but I hope he's good I love Jeff's work. His Thunderbolts was great (to me, at least, I know others got turned off by the ongoing time travel storyline).
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Post by Talent Name on Sept 21, 2013 21:33:03 GMT -5
people on other sites are pissed about that I've never read Jeff Parker's stuff but I hope he's good I love Jeff's work. His Thunderbolts was great (to me, at least, I know others got turned off by the ongoing time travel storyline). That time travel stuff is thankfully over now its an interesting team of Red Hulk, Punisher and a few others and they are involved in the Infinity event as well. I was put off by the current team though
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 21, 2013 21:56:40 GMT -5
I love Jeff's work. His Thunderbolts was great (to me, at least, I know others got turned off by the ongoing time travel storyline). That time travel stuff is thankfully over now its an interesting team of Red Hulk, Punisher and a few others and they are involved in the Infinity event as well. I was put off by the current team though I've been a Thunderbolts fan since the beginning. Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley planted it firmly in my Marvel geek braincenter, and it never really stopped (well, except for the hiatus). I loved what Fabian Nicieza did with it after he took over and more especially after he brought it back from hiatus. LOVED that run. Was originally super-pissed when Fab was unceremoniously dumped from the book so that Warren Ellis could take over, but I gave it a shot and while it wasn't Busiek or Fab, it was really good. Christos Gage and Andy Diggle had very enjoyable brief runs, and I just loved Parker's interpretation of the team. This new book/team doesn't interest me at all. I gave the first three issues a shot, but it's not my Thunderbolts anymore. I even enjoyed the "Fightbolts" stuff more than this, if that says anything. Far as Parker goes, I think he could do well with Aquaman. He's at his best in quirky environments like T-Bolts and Agents of Atlas. I can see him fitting into Aquaman very well.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 21, 2013 21:58:20 GMT -5
people on other sites are pissed about that I've never read Jeff Parker's stuff but I hope he's good I love Jeff's work. His Thunderbolts was great (to me, at least, I know others got turned off by the ongoing time travel storyline). I really liked the Time Travel stuff. I hate what Marvel did to that book. for starters it meant more of Daniel Way writing Deadpool, and in the entire cast, only Venom has even a tenuous connection to the REAL Thunderbolts.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Sept 21, 2013 22:34:15 GMT -5
So Marvel's December solicitations are out and it seems that Inhumanity is another event. Why are they hoping straight into another one right after Infinity? Inhumanity is a spin off from the events of Infinity the mists the Inhumans got their powers from is unleashed upon the world and this is the results of it, speaking of Infinity I finally caught up on it A lot of titles are getting tie ins tho. Might as well be an event.
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Post by Legion on Oct 1, 2013 14:20:35 GMT -5
Not really that many, couple of the books of the people in the events, plus a few random minis, and Mighty Launches from out of it.
Marvel.com/redeem = INFAAANT2SY4 not sure if it is locked to my email or just a free for all code, but Marvel emailed me a free copy of Infinity #1 for playing Marvel:Avengers Alliance on Facebook, I already have it, so if anyone wants to give it a read, g4i.
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Post by Talent Name on Oct 1, 2013 16:44:27 GMT -5
What are everyone's thoughts on Infinity so far
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 1, 2013 16:59:13 GMT -5
well it's an event I'll give it that. I dunno, it's MUCH better than one of Bendis' Summer Snore Spectaculars, but Marvel's burnt me out so much on crossovers I'm having difficulty really caring.
Battle for the Atom's mostly a miss for me. Bendis has been doing good things and I LOVE that they retconned Magneto back into being Xorn (in one line of dialogue no less) but I can't help but feel it's another idiot plot where it's blatantly obvious the original 5 X-men should go back to their timeline and be mindwiped (if only to remove the forced Jean and Beast coupling). plus Bendis is still trying way too hard to check off his list of "forced ways to make Kitty Pryde MORE of a mary sue" with that "dual-wielding katanas" shenanigans (Nightcrawler's the only X-man who has any business dual-wielding anything). it's also yet another "X-men have to avert a bad future featuring another team of future X-men" story, as if that didn't get old 15 years ago. that said I dig that Jean's back (sorta) and Molly Hayes being a future X-men member (and NO future Wolverine in sight for once) is pretty cool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 20:49:46 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Coello on Oct 3, 2013 21:14:50 GMT -5
I wish George would have made a comic book sequel to Monkey Shines instead.
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Post by Jiren on Oct 3, 2013 21:24:50 GMT -5
I'm finally back to getting comics again after missing Villains month (getting them at a later date)
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Oct 4, 2013 5:13:13 GMT -5
I'm just relieved that at least Zero Year is resuming next week. Batman's first time in the suit. Year One was great, but I'm really getting into this new origin story.
Plus, there's a few Walking Dead books out next week as well. As well as a Tyreese special and a 10th anniversary edition of issue #1, there is the start of "All Out War" in issue 115. Hopefully this REALLY shakes things up, I feel like it's been a little too settled since Rick and everyone else ended up at Alexandria.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2013 18:29:53 GMT -5
So we now live in a world where Jughead is a zombie, thanks to Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Lovecraft's Necronomicon. ................
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 10, 2013 9:28:08 GMT -5
So we now live in a world where Jughead is a zombie, thanks to Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Lovecraft's Necronomicon. ................ one of these days a lot of energy is going to be wasted determining exactly when the inclusion of zombies stopped being funny/cool and just started being an annoying cliche.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 17:15:26 GMT -5
I'm saddened you think Jughead being turned into a zombie by Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the Necronomicon {Spoiler}and his dead dog Hotdog is annoying.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 17:20:35 GMT -5
Well, we're getting lots of Batman stuff starting in January, to celebrate his 75th:
- DETECTIVE COMICS #27, a 104-page book, with stories by Scott Snyder, Neal Adams, Dustin Nguyen, Francesco Francavilla, Paul Dini, Brad Meltzer and some dude named Frank Miller.
- after that, Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato (FLASH) take over the series.
- and a weekly series, BATMAN: ETERNAL, with writing credits being shared by Snyder, James Tynion IV, John Layman, Ray Fawkes and Tim Seeley.
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Oct 10, 2013 20:21:31 GMT -5
Well, we're getting lots of Batman stuff starting in January, to celebrate his 75th: - DETECTIVE COMICS #27, a 104-page book, with stories by Scott Snyder, Neal Adams, Dustin Nguyen, Francesco Francavilla, Paul Dini, Brad Meltzer and some dude named Frank Miller. - after that, Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato (FLASH) take over the series. Should be good. They did a good job on Flash. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING A ZERO YEAR TIE-IN!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2013 17:05:58 GMT -5
Breaking news: Guess what question isn't gonna be asked at DC panels anymore? {Spoiler}Stephanie Brown returns to DC Comics in the Batman Eternal series.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 11, 2013 17:23:12 GMT -5
Breaking news: Guess what question isn't gonna be asked at DC panels anymore? {Spoiler}Stephanie Brown returns to DC Comics in the Batman Eternal series. {Spoiler}she will die in the first issue! Not really... but would you put it past them?
Also I see what you did there -_-
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