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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 8:28:45 GMT -5
I'm all for this shared Hasbroverse, but we don't really need shit that was unsuccessful the first time around to be part of it. You hush. They should find a way to bring C.O.P.S. and Visionairies into it as well. I thought Visionaries was part of the initial plan when they were bringing ROM and Micronauts in, but nothing so far. And I know COPS has the "unofficial" Joe connection (Hama wrote the cards, and....IIRC made one of the cops a relative/descendant of Beachhead?), but.....were they Hasbro too? *reads Wikipedia* holy crap, they were. I guess I was so invested in Joe at the time that, despite knowing it existed, COPS was really not on my radar whatsoever.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 8:55:48 GMT -5
Good grief, NEW SUPER-MAN is bringing back maybe DC's oldest character ever...
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Post by sternrogers01 on Feb 8, 2017 9:19:09 GMT -5
Superwoman {Spoiler}Holy moley, Pre-Flashpoint Lois is the mysterious hooded figure from previous issues, and it looks like she was N52 Lois the whole time as she claims Lana's situation is exactly what happened to her!
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 8, 2017 9:51:37 GMT -5
You hush. They should find a way to bring C.O.P.S. and Visionairies into it as well. I thought Visionaries was part of the initial plan when they were bringing ROM and Micronauts in, but nothing so far. And I know COPS has the "unofficial" Joe connection (Hama wrote the cards, and....IIRC made one of the cops a relative/descendant of Beachhead?), but.....were they Hasbro too? *reads Wikipedia* holy crap, they were. I guess I was so invested in Joe at the time that, despite knowing it existed, COPS was really not on my radar whatsoever. Visionaries is part of the Hasbro cinematic universe... somehow...
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Post by sternrogers01 on Feb 8, 2017 10:10:58 GMT -5
Visionaries was set on an alien planet wasn't it? Prismos, with the twin suns that went awol and caused the depletion of all technology...somehow.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 8, 2017 10:14:53 GMT -5
Visionaries was set on an alien planet wasn't it? Prismos, with the twin suns that went awol and caused the depletion of all technology...somehow. Yes, and now there is magic. and the person that gave the visionaries their magic is basically a massive asshole... I mean he seriously says to the "Bad guys" I know you people are evil as hell... here have superpowers... He should probably have been revealed to be a villain
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Post by sternrogers01 on Feb 8, 2017 10:52:00 GMT -5
Merklin=Jerklin. Image from Teen Jean Ongoing {Spoiler} Renew Your Vows was great. THAT is how you make a Peter and MJ argument look comfy. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Thought MJ saying Normie made her skin crawl was a bit out-of-character, is'nt Normie her godson?
And Annie has a codename, and it is'nt Amp, it's Spiderling. She wants to be called Spider-Girl, but Peter says it's already taken. Does this mean there's an Anya in the Vows 'verse?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 11:08:24 GMT -5
I thought Visionaries was part of the initial plan when they were bringing ROM and Micronauts in, but nothing so far. And I know COPS has the "unofficial" Joe connection (Hama wrote the cards, and....IIRC made one of the cops a relative/descendant of Beachhead?), but.....were they Hasbro too? *reads Wikipedia* holy crap, they were. I guess I was so invested in Joe at the time that, despite knowing it existed, COPS was really not on my radar whatsoever. Visionaries is part of the Hasbro cinematic universe... somehow... Oh yeah, that cinematic universe that (outside TF, which is seperate from the shared 'verse they put everyone else in) they've done nothing with....
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Post by Legion on Feb 8, 2017 11:42:25 GMT -5
Didn't people clamor for a Power Man & Iron Fist series for years? ......that didn't last too long. I feel like this is a general problem in comics, nothing is allowed to find an audience or build a strong foundation. This isn't a Marvel exclusive problem, either. I totally get doing a Luke Cage solo, but I'm not sure sacrificing the team-up book was necessary. In a world where some characters appear across half a dozen monthly titles, a couple appearances by Luke Cage shouldn't be thought as too many. It doesnt help when you have a book people were asking for, then you assign it to the cheapest new tumblr style cartoon artist you can find. Over stylisation fits some books, but not book you want to push mainstream. PM+IF suffered from that. What works for Squirrel Girl isn't right for everyone. On the one hand, good. I want to read books about the characters I like, not characters with their name but who aren't really them. On the other hand, no need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. If you have a new legacy character who is working, no need to revert them or limbo them. If the market can sustain both (Miles and Peter), or if they work in a team up book (Nova) - do that. No need for whole scale reboots/rebirths - DC have never understood this, Marvel have generally been better, but I do hope they aren't going to get sidetracked by the 6 mth success DC had, that has already dropped off. If Marvel want to get back to basics, they need to ditch the summer event for a year or two. Let some writers actually come in and build a story, build a character. Not have to stop their story half way to get sidetracked in to the latest shitty event. If you need events, do small 'group' events. And for the absolute love of all STOP RENUMBERING EVERY 6 MONTHS! If the book needs a new number 1 that often to stay above the cancellation line, it's not wanted. Drop it and move on.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 8, 2017 12:26:17 GMT -5
Super long Detective Comics this week, real good though. {Spoiler}{Spoiler} In a flashback, Tim points out that he has Dick and Jason fighting international and underground crime and a new team being trained like his own private Justice League. He asks Bruce why he's preparing for war.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 13:34:41 GMT -5
Super long Detective Comics this week, real good though. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} In a flashback, Tim points out that he has Dick and Jason fighting international and underground crime and a new team being trained like his own private Justice League. He asks Bruce why he's preparing for war. {Spoiler}Oh. So Tim's back? Was that this issue or very recently?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 13:42:14 GMT -5
I'm all for this shared Hasbroverse, but we don't really need shit that was unsuccessful the first time around to be part of it. You hush. They should find a way to bring C.O.P.S. and Visionairies into it as well. I'm actually okay with C.O.P.S. Being part of it, and I'd really dig more GoBots as well. Oh wait, I was supposed to hush.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Feb 8, 2017 13:46:17 GMT -5
Super long Detective Comics this week, real good though. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} In a flashback, Tim points out that he has Dick and Jason fighting international and underground crime and a new team being trained like his own private Justice League. He asks Bruce why he's preparing for war. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Oh. So Tim's back? Was that this issue or very recently? {Spoiler}{Spoiler} It was a flashback, Tim's still "dead".
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2017 13:46:35 GMT -5
You hush. They should find a way to bring C.O.P.S. and Visionairies into it as well. I thought Visionaries was part of the initial plan when they were bringing ROM and Micronauts in, but nothing so far. And I know COPS has the "unofficial" Joe connection (Hama wrote the cards, and....IIRC made one of the cops a relative/descendant of Beachhead?), but.....were they Hasbro too? *reads Wikipedia* holy crap, they were. I guess I was so invested in Joe at the time that, despite knowing it existed, COPS was really not on my radar whatsoever. Pretty sure it was Bazooka that was the father of one of the COPS. And since Bazooka is dead in IDW continuity, it would seem like there's a story there waiting to be told about someone wanting to honor their father and all that.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Feb 9, 2017 4:53:53 GMT -5
Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strip Ha, Ronan spots Peter and Rocket approaching him and wonders "who is this puny insignficent creature"..and then it turns out he's asking Rocket who Spidey is. Lenticular cover for Flash#21, the second part of "The Button" crossover with Batman CBR just released a "Worst Events In Comics History" article. Lots of interesting choices on this as well as some more obvious selections. I think the Spider-Man event selected as being even worse than One More Day is quite the eyebrow raiser, considering it's one of the few post-OMD success stories, but as someone who never liked the event, I love it when my concerns are somewhat validated. www.cbr.com/worst-events-in-comic-book-history/
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Post by Rolent Tex on Feb 9, 2017 9:29:48 GMT -5
I freaking knew Onslaught was going to be number 1...which sucks because it was the first major crossover I collected. It was basically a victim of Heroes Reborn which sucked hard. Thanks to that debacle, Spidey, Punisher, Green Goblin, Daredevil and other heroes that were in the damn area had to no show the final battle.
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Post by sternrogers01 on Feb 9, 2017 9:44:38 GMT -5
As I recall, there was a reason the Green Goblin no-showed, his suit was irreversably damaged in a Sentinal battle in the final issue of his series.
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Post by Jiren on Feb 9, 2017 9:54:18 GMT -5
Infinite Crisis & Death Of Superman?, Oh f*** OFF!!!!
Man this list blows, their was WAY worse than that some on that list.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 9, 2017 10:21:07 GMT -5
Their entry for Death of Superman has nothing to do with the actual story, just the impact it had on the industry.
And while Onslaught started as an interesting idea that got pretty lame, Heroes Reborn was easily a hundred times worse.
AvX and Fear Itself would have made my list easily.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 9, 2017 10:34:10 GMT -5
That list calls the Civil War crossover good. That list is Bullshit.
Also I go back and forth on Superior Spider-man... but in no way is it worse than One More Day or the Clone Saga in terms of seriously damaging the character.
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