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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:46:41 GMT -5
I was reading through some of the older stuff on MC Unlimited and wondered. When was the last time they did a NUFF SAID!~ issue? NUFF SAID was basically a company wide silent issue gimmick. They'll never do it that widespread again, but there are every so often a silent issue here or there - for example, Hickman did one in FANTASTIC FOUR right after he killed a certain FF'er (though there's a line of dialogue on the last page) a few years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:48:32 GMT -5
Is Batman Knightfall any good?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 9:55:20 GMT -5
Is Batman Knightfall any good? The lead-up to Batman vs. Bane portion of KnightFall was well done, I thought. A giant gauntlet match where the final guy in it was responsible for the whole thing and just used the whole match to wear his opponent down to nothing before.........well......"KRACK!!" The aftermath of "KRACK!!" to Batman #500 part of KnightFall was ok, but all the stuff that followed #500 (2 or 3 different KnightQuest chapters, and the inevitable KnightsEnd) was, I thought, pretty ridiculous. Azrael was a weird chapter of the Batman story, IMO, even back then, and getting things back to normal was a relief.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Jul 27, 2015 10:56:46 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 27, 2015 11:16:02 GMT -5
Crimefighting in a wedding dress doesn't seem very smart
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2015 11:40:18 GMT -5
To go on a complete tangent, I've been reading through Hickman's Avengers run to catch up to all the Secret Wars stuff and I've come to the conclusion that the rivalry between Black Panther and Namor is possibly my favourite rivalry in comics ever.
The issues in which the Illuminati confront the Great Society and Namor does what the heroes cannot do is some of the best stuff I've ever read in comics. The stakes are huge and hinge on the actions of two Kings of fallen nations. The speeches Namor gives, especially when he rebuffs T'Challa's idea of mercy and throws it in his face, are some of the most dramatic and powerful moments I've read in fiction. Its pure Shakespeare, the duality and pure hatred of the two. I'm all caught up now and the conclusion we think we reach, and the undoing of it, is so perfect. I'd just want a book, an epic Game of Thrones style epic that explores and expands the relationship between the two. Its made two character who were pretty peripheral to me possibly the two characters I'm most invested in across comics.
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Post by Talent Name on Jul 27, 2015 12:12:51 GMT -5
To go on a complete tangent, I've been reading through Hickman's Avengers run to catch up to all the Secret Wars stuff and I've come to the conclusion that the rivalry between Black Panther and Namor is possibly my favourite rivalry in comics ever. The issues in which the Illuminati confront the Great Society and Namor does what the heroes cannot do is some of the best stuff I've ever read in comics. The stakes are huge and hinge on the actions of two Kings of fallen nations. The speeches Namor gives, especially when he rebuffs T'Challa's idea of mercy and throws it in his face, are some of the most dramatic and powerful moments I've read in fiction. Its pure Shakespeare, the duality and pure hatred of the two. I'm all caught up now and the conclusion we think we reach, and the undoing of it, is so perfect. I'd just want a book, an epic Game of Thrones style epic that explores and expands the relationship between the two. Its made two character who were pretty peripheral to me possibly the two characters I'm most invested in across comics. Also look at what Namor did to Wakanda twice
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Post by andrew8798 on Jul 27, 2015 20:57:54 GMT -5
This Week's Secret Wars books
1602: Witch Hunter Angela #2 Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #2 Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #3 MODOK Assassin #3 Thors #2 X-Men 92 #2
Another light week
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 11:51:26 GMT -5
^^ A week affected by those delays, I'm gonna guess. I also read a lot of Hickman's Avengers this weekend, and I have to say...........really was not a fan of it. Primarily, turning Steve Rogers into such a colossal bastard. I was expecting some reset button to be pushed after that 8-month jump (did that really happen? did I make that up?! it just didn't seem right) but, alas, the series ends with Rogers and Stark just beating each other stupid as the world literally blows up around them. I know Hickman tackled how "outdated" the idea of Captain America and his morals are as part of his development (or devolution?) of the character, but that part more than anything really left a bad taste in my mouth. At the end of it.....hell, halfway thru, I just said aloud "Just die already, Marvel Universe." I was pretty much done with it all. (And yet, there's that pile of Secret Wars and associated books sitting over there, next to it, waiting to be read.....THERES NO ESCAPE EVERRRRRRRRR)
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 28, 2015 17:37:51 GMT -5
^^ A week affected by those delays, I'm gonna guess. I also read a lot of Hickman's Avengers this weekend, and I have to say...........really was not a fan of it. Primarily, turning Steve Rogers into such a colossal bastard. I was expecting some reset button to be pushed after that 8-month jump (did that really happen? did I make that up?! it just didn't seem right) but, alas, the series ends with Rogers and Stark just beating each other stupid as the world literally blows up around them. I know Hickman tackled how "outdated" the idea of Captain America and his morals are as part of his development (or devolution?) of the character, but that part more than anything really left a bad taste in my mouth. At the end of it.....hell, halfway thru, I just said aloud "Just die already, Marvel Universe." I was pretty much done with it all. (And yet, there's that pile of Secret Wars and associated books sitting over there, next to it, waiting to be read.....THERES NO ESCAPE EVERRRRRRRRR) I'm a fan but I'll agree with you about one thing; Hickman's TERRIBLE at writing Captain America. he also made Beast a total hypocrite.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2015 18:43:47 GMT -5
^^ A week affected by those delays, I'm gonna guess. I also read a lot of Hickman's Avengers this weekend, and I have to say...........really was not a fan of it. Primarily, turning Steve Rogers into such a colossal bastard. I was expecting some reset button to be pushed after that 8-month jump (did that really happen? did I make that up?! it just didn't seem right) but, alas, the series ends with Rogers and Stark just beating each other stupid as the world literally blows up around them. I know Hickman tackled how "outdated" the idea of Captain America and his morals are as part of his development (or devolution?) of the character, but that part more than anything really left a bad taste in my mouth. At the end of it.....hell, halfway thru, I just said aloud "Just die already, Marvel Universe." I was pretty much done with it all. (And yet, there's that pile of Secret Wars and associated books sitting over there, next to it, waiting to be read.....THERES NO ESCAPE EVERRRRRRRRR) I'm a fan but I'll agree with you about one thing; Hickman's TERRIBLE at writing Captain America. he also made Beast a total hypocrite. I'd say Hickman's Beast seems.....better than Bendis' Beast. Hardly a ringing endorsement, but he seems more competent in Avengers than in ANXM. I read Secret Wars (everything so far) and.....it worked for me. I've been blissfully ignorant about the main story and I liked what I saw. Have been grabbing mostly first issues of the various SW series, to get s widespread taste of the event, as well as a few series based on various likes (Ultimate End, Ennis' monster book, Mrs. Deadpool, the zombie stuff, etc)...
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Post by DragonMasterP on Jul 28, 2015 19:40:51 GMT -5
For anyone with a lot of time on their hands, a while ago I found a site that places nearly every Marvel comic book (At least those that are in 616 canon) into chronological order with reviews. It's up to 1990 now: www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/If you've got the time, it's an interesting little site.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Jul 30, 2015 9:20:14 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2015 11:37:24 GMT -5
The Halloween themed variant cover of October's SINESTRO #16, by Karl Kerschl:
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Post by MC Blowfish on Jul 31, 2015 10:22:29 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 31, 2015 10:30:35 GMT -5
For the record I'm not against the Killing Joke cartoon coming out.
But Let's not act like it didn't treat Barbara pretty shittily.
I mean DC editorials response to Moore's asking if he could do it was "cripple the bitch" and that was supposed to basically be the end of the character full stop.
If Yale and Ostrander weren't so pissed off at her treatment that would have been the last thing Barbara had done of note, and from what I remember Moore has even called doing it a mistake.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Jul 31, 2015 12:12:31 GMT -5
For the record I'm not against the Killing Joke cartoon coming out. But Let's not act like it didn't treat Barbara pretty shittily. I mean DC editorials response to Moore's asking if he could do it was "cripple the bitch" and that was supposed to basically be the end of the character full stop. If Yale and Ostrander weren't so pissed off at her treatment that would have been the last thing Barbara had done of note, and from what I remember Moore has even called doing it a mistake. He confessed to comedian Stuart Lee a while back that KJ was one of the worst things he's ever written, but still thinks it's a masterpiece compared to modern day Batman stories.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Jul 31, 2015 13:53:01 GMT -5
The Obi-Wan issue of Star Wars, was freaking awesome.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Aug 1, 2015 13:23:08 GMT -5
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Post by sternrogers01 on Aug 4, 2015 15:43:18 GMT -5
Joe Quesada's variant for the concluding issue of Renew Your Vows
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