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Post by Legion on Dec 26, 2014 10:05:00 GMT -5
The only problem for me with OS was the Nick Fury retcon stuff, the story itself was pretty good.
With Axis it was just a horrid hack writer writing crap and editorial mandates.
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 26, 2014 15:59:30 GMT -5
Original Sin did give us a bad ass Nick Fury quote I've killed... More times than I can count. I've burned worlds. Destabilised galaxies. Dethroned gods. And I did it without any of them even knowing my name. That's what it means to be the man on the wall. To be the invisible monster who keeps the other monsters at bay
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Post by PsychoGoatee on Dec 26, 2014 16:18:10 GMT -5
my eyes aren't great...... 9 bucks? It's bound as a trade paperback, not a floppy. It's really high quality, plus that's a good bit less than the price of three $3.99 comics. And much longer too. Pretty good deal I'd say.
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Post by rand0mzer0 on Dec 26, 2014 16:26:52 GMT -5
This is my first time posting in this thread so hi everybody!
I'm an infrequent comic book reader, started with the New 52 and then slowly tapered off from there. I'll be jumping back into the fold when the new Star Wars comic comes out next month.
My brother though, he is a HUGE comic book reader. For Christmas, these were the books I bought for him:
- Gotham Central: Book One - The Wake (which I do want to read) - Spider-Man: Blue - Daredevil: End of Days - Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Book One
Hope I can contribute to this thread on a frequent basis.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 21:22:01 GMT -5
my eyes aren't great...... 9 bucks? It's bound as a trade paperback, not a floppy. It's really high quality, plus that's a good bit less than the price of three $3.99 comics. And much longer too. Pretty good deal I'd say. It's a buck less than a lot of the $9.99 floppy books DC has been doing, which I think may've been the point of this price. But yeah, it's basically a mini TPB. And one of the 2 covers features original Jack Kirby art that IIRC he did for Larsen years ago.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 26, 2014 21:37:33 GMT -5
On Axis can you name a event that was worst
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 22:31:18 GMT -5
MILLENNIUM, 1980's DC.
I recall that one's ending falling apart something awful too.
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Post by andrew8798 on Dec 26, 2014 22:34:55 GMT -5
What happen in that one
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 23:06:36 GMT -5
MILLENNIUM was a GL-centric event, where the Guardians of the Universe left our dimension and had Earth's heroes gather up their replacements (people who were deemed "chosen to become immortal") from all over the world. And at the same time, the Manhunters (the red & blue robots who were the Guardians' original attempt, before the GL Corps, at a intergalactic police force) returned from obscurity to do evil things (of course), and it was revealed that they had been a cult on Earth in secret, infiltrating the DCU for years - so as a result, supporting characters from all sorts of different books (including Lana Lang, the Olympian god Pan, a Rocket Red who was hanging out with the JLA, and others) were revealed as Manhunters in disguise. They're eventually defeated, "once and for all," so these "New Guardians" were hyped up for months all over the DCU, and ended up getting a 12-issue series where, by the end, they themselves were replaced with a new group of Guardians...........who promptly never show up again, and the original little blue guys come back and things go back to normal. A giant 20 month waste of time, basically.
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 26, 2014 23:07:51 GMT -5
On Axis can you name a event that was worst Ultimatum
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Dec 27, 2014 0:03:53 GMT -5
On Axis can you name a event that was worst Ultimatum Ironically, both events end with the Wasp getting the short end of the stick. (Though, less severe in Axis' case than what happened to her in Ultimatum)
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 27, 2014 15:30:18 GMT -5
My issues with Ultimatum are as follows A) The brutality of the death of Janet B) It was caused by the incestual relationship between Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch C) The tit for tat death of the Blob D) The fact that Wolverine murdered a teenager who was under hypnotic control E) The LET'S KILL EVERYONE theme
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Dec 27, 2014 16:23:55 GMT -5
This is my first time posting in this thread so hi everybody! I'm an infrequent comic book reader, started with the New 52 and then slowly tapered off from there. I'll be jumping back into the fold when the new Star Wars comic comes out next month. My brother though, he is a HUGE comic book reader. For Christmas, these were the books I bought for him: - Gotham Central: Book One - The Wake (which I do want to read) - Spider-Man: Blue - Daredevil: End of Days - Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Book One Hope I can contribute to this thread on a frequent basis. Seems everyone else ignored you. Welcome buddy : D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2014 16:49:38 GMT -5
Really enjoying idws current TMNT series. The mutanimals are awesome. Especially mondo! Also, from a recent issue.... {Spoiler} Awwwww....
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Post by Legion on Dec 27, 2014 16:57:09 GMT -5
This is my first time posting in this thread so hi everybody! I'm an infrequent comic book reader, started with the New 52 and then slowly tapered off from there. I'll be jumping back into the fold when the new Star Wars comic comes out next month. My brother though, he is a HUGE comic book reader. For Christmas, these were the books I bought for him: - Gotham Central: Book One - The Wake (which I do want to read) - Spider-Man: Blue - Daredevil: End of Days - Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Book One Hope I can contribute to this thread on a frequent basis. Welcome to the thread
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 27, 2014 17:00:30 GMT -5
This is my first time posting in this thread so hi everybody! I'm an infrequent comic book reader, started with the New 52 and then slowly tapered off from there. I'll be jumping back into the fold when the new Star Wars comic comes out next month. My brother though, he is a HUGE comic book reader. For Christmas, these were the books I bought for him: - Gotham Central: Book One - The Wake (which I do want to read) - Spider-Man: Blue - Daredevil: End of Days - Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Book One Hope I can contribute to this thread on a frequent basis. Welcome to the thread, feel free to ask any questions and we may be able to help with answers
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Post by Friday Night SmackOwn on Dec 27, 2014 17:21:24 GMT -5
My issues with Ultimatum are as follows A) The brutality of the death of Janet B) It was caused by the incestual relationship between Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch C) The tit for tat death of the Blob D) The fact that Wolverine murdered a teenager who was under hypnotic control E) The LET'S KILL EVERYONE theme It gave me the awesomeness of Captain America fighting off legions of the undead and Spider-Man being a hero, but even that got overshadowed by the utter stupidity of everything else.
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Post by Talent Name on Dec 27, 2014 17:25:10 GMT -5
My issues with Ultimatum are as follows A) The brutality of the death of Janet B) It was caused by the incestual relationship between Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch C) The tit for tat death of the Blob D) The fact that Wolverine murdered a teenager who was under hypnotic control E) The LET'S KILL EVERYONE theme It gave me the awesomeness of Captain America fighting off legions of the undead and Spider-Man being a hero, but even that got overshadowed by the utter stupidity of everything else. Plus {Spoiler} Spider-Man's death was even retconned and Thor's death as well
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Dec 27, 2014 17:26:35 GMT -5
It gave me the awesomeness of Captain America fighting off legions of the undead and Spider-Man being a hero, but even that got overshadowed by the utter stupidity of everything else. Plus {Spoiler}{Spoiler} Spider-Man's death was even retconned and Thor's death as well Well it is a comic book, what did you expect?
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Post by Citizen Snips on Dec 27, 2014 17:32:34 GMT -5
This is my first time posting in this thread so hi everybody! I'm an infrequent comic book reader, started with the New 52 and then slowly tapered off from there. I'll be jumping back into the fold when the new Star Wars comic comes out next month. My brother though, he is a HUGE comic book reader. For Christmas, these were the books I bought for him: - Gotham Central: Book One - The Wake (which I do want to read) - Spider-Man: Blue - Daredevil: End of Days - Daredevil: Ultimate Collection Book One Hope I can contribute to this thread on a frequent basis. I thought The Wake was absolutely amazing for 8 issues, then slipped a bit in its last two. Its ending was a little wonky and out of nowhere but interesting. I think it actually would have benefited from another couple issues or at least a double-sized finale. Definitely worth a read, though.
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