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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 27, 2014 23:19:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure if that's sour grapes or the hilarious kind of petty. I'm leaning towards the latter though.
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Post by andrew8798 on Nov 27, 2014 23:22:04 GMT -5
Just think what they going to do with the X-men actors
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Nov 27, 2014 23:32:48 GMT -5
I'm not sure if that's sour grapes or the hilarious kind of petty. I'm leaning towards the latter though. Hilariously petty I think...
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 27, 2014 23:46:57 GMT -5
Just think what they going to do with the X-men actors I suppose making the X-Men turn into jerks during Axis is petty enough.
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Post by knightrider01 on Nov 27, 2014 23:52:41 GMT -5
Hell they have been trying to ruin the X-men since Morrison left. Or for some of you since Morrison took over.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 6:14:11 GMT -5
The PUNISHER writer went in Twitter and said it was just a cameo, and that they weren't killed off and he's looking forward to the movie.
.........either sincere, or a cover. Whatever. He works for Marvel so that blurs the lines quite a lot already.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 28, 2014 7:26:28 GMT -5
Hell they have been trying to ruin the X-men since Morrison left. Or for some of you since Morrison took over. that still irritates the hell out of me. he brought that book into the 21st century and they just threw it all out as soon as he left.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 11:41:52 GMT -5
Image is having a super sweet sale on Comixology right now LinkPretty much every title is a winner, but I'd recommend Rat Queens, Nailbiter, the Fuse and Sheltered.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Nov 28, 2014 12:15:14 GMT -5
Someone should write a book on the evolution of Image Comics. It's pretty amazing how they went from being driven by artists and the epitome of 90's schlock to being a home for writers and probably the most critically acclaimed publisher of the 2000's.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 28, 2014 12:27:29 GMT -5
Nothing remotely current, but I was able to pick up the Batman trades of Cataclysm and all 5 volumes of No Man's Land for less than 45 dollars on eBay.
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Nov 28, 2014 12:32:59 GMT -5
To be fair, the No Man's Land saga is one of the best Batman stories ever. Always worth a read.
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Post by dav on Nov 28, 2014 15:12:59 GMT -5
Yeah, has some great moments and the introduction of Cassandra Cain. Been after Cataclysm for ages though, have pretty every major story from Knightfall to No Man's Land aside from that one.
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Post by Talent Name on Nov 28, 2014 15:58:42 GMT -5
I bought Grifter both volumes for three dollars is it any good
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Nov 28, 2014 20:49:03 GMT -5
So a couple of months ago I stumbled across the Gen13 animated movie online. It was pretty mediocre over-all but it did get me interested enough to want to pick up some trades and read some more about these characters. Unfortunately every comic book store I went to only had trades of the Gail Simone reboot. Now I'm sure those are good stories in their own right (it is Gail Simone after-all), I really wanted something from the original continuity.
Last week I finally found something, Gen13:We'll Take Manhattan. And it kinda sucked. I never read a comic that tried so hard to not come off as pretentious that it actually came off as pretentious. Although Helspont and his Helspontmobile were awesome.
I'm wondering if it's worth trying to track down any more Gen13. And advice or suggestions?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 22:16:27 GMT -5
So a couple of months ago I stumbled across the Gen 13 animated movie online. It was pretty mediocre over-all but it did get me interested enough to want to pick up some trades and read some more about these characters. Unfortunately every comic book store I went to only had trades of the Gail Simone reboot. Now I'm sure those are good stories in their own right (it is Gail Simone after-all), I really wanted something from the original continuity. Last week I finally found something, Gen 13:We'll Take Manhattan. And it kinda sucked. I never read a comic that tried so hard to not come off as pretentious that it actually came off as pretentious. Although Helspont and his Helspontmobile were awesome. I'm wondering if it's worth trying to track down any more Gen 13. And advice or suggestions? Your best bet would probably be Gen13: Who They Are and How They Came to Be, which reprints their original 5 issue miniseries, by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell. I recall it being pretty decent. I always heard good things about Gail Simone's run, and it is something of a revamp of Gen 13 so you might not be completely lost. I bought Grifter both volumes for three dollars is it any good I heard the first few issues were decent, so the first trade should be readable. But then Rob Liefeld took over a few DC books - Grifter being one of them - and they all tanked, creatively and finanicially. So I suspect the second trade will....not be as good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2014 22:34:39 GMT -5
I'm still catching up since taking a break in July. I'm currently in September. I must say...the DC Future's End month is quite "meh." I'm looking forward to getting out of September and into the craziness of AXIS. Yay?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2014 17:39:19 GMT -5
Bleeding Cool is saying that Marc Silvestri will be drawing a Batman comic after the Convergence event.
Not BATMAN (Capullo's still contracted for 1 more year), possibly DETECTIVE (I'd heard Manapul was leaving in a few months)......and let's face it, probably not monthly for Silvestri. Kudos to him if he actually pulls it off, but like most announcements of him drawing a monthly, that never seems to last more than 2 issues...
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Post by Legion on Dec 2, 2014 14:05:02 GMT -5
The PUNISHER writer went in Twitter and said it was just a cameo, and that they weren't killed off and he's looking forward to the movie. .........either sincere, or a cover. Whatever. He works for Marvel so that blurs the lines quite a lot already. Or they aren't dead and we just randomly saw their origin story ready for their debut as the new cash in FF......
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Post by hotshotalex on Dec 2, 2014 16:50:19 GMT -5
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