I know Loki is a woman now... but I did forget for a moment there when I read your post. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
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I know Loki is a woman now... but I did forget for a moment there when I read your post. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Just finished reading the Criminal: Bad Night trade. Brubaker and Phillips weaved together such a dark and multi-levelled thread. You have a general idea where the plot is moving but that's all you have. What happens as you progress through is that more and more layers are added to the characters and conflicts and at the very end of it, the whole book explodes in so many levels.
Brilliant and definitely one of the reads of the year for me. A pity this was this last volume of Criminal. Bru and Phillips make a great team. It's also a pity that there aren't more comics of this nature. You've either got the superheroes or the gratutious T&A or the gratuitious horror/violence which is pretty sad as Criminal reminds you how unique a medium comics is.
Just finished reading War of Kings #3.
Gladiator's finally grown a pair and has joined Lillandra to oppose Vulcan!
'BOUT TIME! :D
OMG! The original Thunderbolts are back!!!! F--- YEAH!!!!
who here is reading Dark Reign??? and if so, do you know why the hell no one, except for the heroes, knows Norman Osborn was/is the green goblin?????:mad::mad::mad::mad:
this whole thing is totally frustrating as hell, why dont people see that Norman is true evil?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
oh well, with Cap back, Im sure this wont last long :D
Maybe the Devil did it? (Seriously as a side effect of Brand New Day)
Norman's always denied, denied, denied it. I remember it being a plot point in "The Pulse" and the Mark Millar "Spider-Man" series.
that is a very valid point!!!
I over looked the whole BND crap. could not agree with it at all!
I hope the Dark Reign ends real soon!
dont get me started on Osborn......
oh, I want to!!! but guessing you're feeling the same as me towards him!
:mad: gggrrrrrrrr!!!!
But Norman doesn't deny his past, he's actually admitted to it and claimed that he was sick and that he's now better.
Evidenced in that he was put in charge of the T-Bolts and now H.A.M.M.E.R. He's the poster boy for redemption! He's also the guy who blew the brains out of the Skrull Queen.
You know ... Skrull Queen ... leader of the invading alien horde. Yeah, that's gonna give you some pretty big prestige points with the general public who were suffering at the hands of the Skrulls.
Plus he was able to pin the invasion on Tony Stark, you know, the guy who also forced the public through a nasty super-hero Civil War and then there was his involvement in what the Hulk did in New York.
Love him or hate him, I think they've done a pretty good job of building up Norman. Not just by "redeeming" him through the T-Bolts, but by making the general public (in the comics) suffer from mistakes caused by the super-heroes themselves.
But if you're sick of Norman, take a trip into space. War of Kings is just as good as Annihilation and Annihilation:Conquest. And if that doesn't tickle your fancy, well DC's doing that little thing called "Blackest Night". :D
oh yes i dont deny they did a good job building him up infact there doing a brilliant job of Osborn, its just after all these years of reading Spiderman comics and the coming and going of Norman Osborn and now hes back again *sigh* why cant he just DIE!!! but hey at least hes not plugging up the Spiderman comics like per usual :D
I have been tempted to have a look at the War of Kings i do like my Nova and the Annhilation series....
I was thinking Norman only came back a few years ago at the end of the Clone Saga. Then I realise that was actually more than 10 years ago. :o:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by loophole
good point. but dont forget the whole norman had twins with gwen stacey storyline, i know he didnt actually come back for that because it was all in the past but still...Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Why can't Norman Osborn just die?
You're asking that about a character from Marvel?
The same company that comes up with the convulted plot that Steve Rogers isn't dead, he's just doing a Quantum Leap through his life? :p
just wishfull thinkingQuote:
Originally Posted by Burn
i mean it could happen maybe.......:rolleyes:
Really look for the trades. I can't recommend those series enough. I had my doubts at the start given Marvel's track record with cosmic stuff but it's been nothing short of brilliant. My favourite series to date and one of the few on my pulllist. I used to read close to 40 comics a month (about 2 months ago actually) but now i'm down to 14 and converting to trade for the most part but Nova/Guardians of the Galaxy/War of Kings are all still on my pull list.Quote:
Originally Posted by loophole
EDIT:
Cheap lot:
The HCs of this cost ~$50 each, there were 3 for the 1st Annhilation series which would cost u at least $150. Then the 2nd lot of Annhilation (Conquest) HCs there were two which would be another $100. That's excluding the issues of Nova you also get which would be around $90 for three trades collecting those issues.
So yeap, a definite bargain.
I don't buy any comics these days, reading my Marvel stuff in the trades these days, but sometimes pick up some of the first issues of big events.
But I was in Classic Comics today to get some short boxes and I picked up the Necrosha X one shot to get an idea of that crossover.
I thought it was a pretty good comic, much better than the Messiah Complex or Skrull Invasion crossovers.
Part of me hates all the long dead characters being resurrected (and the rip off of DCs similiar storyline). But part of me likes that this series is remembering past continuity and characters and villains otherwise forgotten.
For those with Iphones, I found a new Marvel Comics app today which is basically allows you to purchase and read Marvel comics similar to the Comixology viewer.
You can download 11 free comics including Amazing Spiderman #546, Astonishing X-men #1, Captain America #1, FF #570 and more.
Not bad but can't wait when an Ipad hits our shores, then I'll be into virtual comics more.
I've often been quite vocal about how I've always been a Marvel fan and never DC as I see DC as more the 'caped' heroes that aren't as human and vulnerable as Marvel characters. Sure I love Batman and Superman movies but have never been drawn to the comics, but DAMMIT Geoff Johns! You've brought me in! Not all the way, just in to Green Lantern.
I read 'Rebirth' and 'Sinestro Corps War' a while back and got absolutely hooked, and last night I finished 'Blackest Night'. Just. Wow.
For a long-time Marvel devotee to name his new car 'Hal Jordan', that's saying something.
Im a long time DC fan and just dabble in reading Marvel stuff ( mostly it was just Psi force) and I wasnt into GL, more into Wonderwoman (George Parez and Loebs run) and JLA but yeah the great story telling which also explains some loose ends ( yellow impurity/ ring weakness to yellow) just made me a fan of the book as well. :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sleeve
Blackest Night, while it started out great, sadly went on about two months too long.
got the iron man comics from free comic book day plus transformers and resistance comics, very awesome
From Free Comic Book Day, I got Iron Man/Thor, and War of the Supermen.
Iron Man/Thor was a funny little oneshot. It reminds me of some old comics annuals I have, in that it's a short adventure that probably won't affect anything.
War of the Supermen was actually two stories, both prologues to a main series of the same title. It was very different in tone from Iron Man/Thor, which was much more light hearted, at least to me.
In the last few weeks I've read the 10 trades of Y The Last Man and thought it was a great read and would recommend it.
On to book 3 now, and will have the series finished by Thursday. :p Fantastic reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I'e been reading a LOT of new (to me) titles lately, and one I can't recommend more highly is 'Locke & Key'. It'll blow your mind. Very much looking forward to the tv series in the works.
I've never read Y Last Man at all though have had several people recommend it highly so it may be something I pursue..... I had been 'out' of comics for a few years and have recently gotten the bug again.
I have recently read the first 3 trades of Invincible by Image, I really enjoyed those.
Have also been reading a tonne of X factor, I usually enjoy it a hell of a lot.
Also collecting Wolverine (though as I collected his stuff since I was 12 I am sort of over him now, especially how Marvel puts him into everything these days), The Tick, Red Robin, Hawkeye & Mockingbird (thinking of dropping it though).
Half way through the trade of JSA: Return of Hawkman.... not liking it a lot just yet but maybe will get better when Hawkman actually returns lol
Y The Last Man is fantastic. Also, if anyone hasn't read Brian K Vaughn's run on Runaways, they're missing out. Maybe I just like a good, simple concept, but the whole everyone-thinks-their-parents-are-evil-sometimes,-but-what-if-your-parents-actually-were-supervillains is brilliant.
I thought the ending sucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
:confused: It's one of the great endings of any comic series ever! I even crie... ahem... I mean, I was all manly about then ending and then went out and drank beer and cooked dead animals on the barbecue and stuff. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by SamLoi888
hahaha nice comment......... it certainly does sound like a great read if it evoked such emotion, going to have to look into it. Is there only 10 trades to collect for the full story?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
I am wanting to get a lot more Invincible (in tpb's) at least the next 3 before I commit to another big storyline though.
Sup thread.
I have just finished the 'Punishment' arc, crossover between Daken and The Punisher, Franks revenge for Daken slicing him to pieces, that has got to be some of the most violent stuff I have ever seen.
just did some research on Y the last man, sounds very interesting, I can definitely see myself purchasing these 10 trades.... found a free preview of issue 1 so if that goes well anyway...
I was out of the loop with the whole dark reign stuff, marvel changed a hell of a lot in the 3 -4 years I stopped collecting, in all honesty apart from x factor they have pretty much lost me as a customer these days, I used to by most of my titles from them.
Glad to hear you enjoyed punisher/daken though (can't stand Daken myself).
I have heard the punisher is getting some great story arcs of late anyway, at least that is what my LCS owner has told me.
I HATE DAKEN! So beautiful seeing his faced get smashed around by Frank.
Punisher has been epic over the past 2 years, great stories and art, and more to come.
Marvel has chnaged so much...after being put through so many events and crap over the past 4-5 years, it really is becoming amazing.
The 10 or 11 tpb's of Punisher Max by Garth Ennis is the finest storytelling EVER published by Marvel. This is not an opinion but hard fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Rodimus
Another great series I've finished recently is 'Lucifer' by DC/Vertigo. Follows on as a nice spin-off from the acclaimed 'Sandman' series by Neil Gaiman.
aah so much stuff to try out since I have been out of the loop for a while. I appreciate the recommendation, was not a huge punisher fan back in the day but a great story can make most characters very readable.Quote:
Originally Posted by SamLoi888
Anyone here have thoughts on Wildstorm wrapping up? I think from what I read a lot of the titles will be rebranded as DC but if anyone else knows more would love to hear your take.
I used to be a massive fan of WildCATS comics and have a few figures too, was thinking of getting back on board with them but I think their next issue is their last (issue 30 I think). If DC starts them over I would be keen on that.
yeah: DAMN!
not that I have been reading any Wildstorm comics, but was very fond of 'em when I was a kid, Gen 13 etc.
here is an interview with Jim Lee
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=28458
I think it will be a while before any of them appear in DC titles as it was said "they need a break in what is a soft market at the moment".
If they do reappear I hope they don't get screwed over (mainly thinking of Grifter, Maul and Warblade here lol).
This Punisher is something special. Extremely violent, hardcore, yet in a way realistic, storyline. There's a plot running through nearly the entire run as well as the individual focus of each trade. It is truly an epic series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hot Rodimus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punisher_MAX
As for the Wildstorm stuff/universe I've only really enjoyed and collected 'The Authority' and 'Planetary' although I've got the occasional Wildcats or Gen13 single issue here and there(as well as the Gen13 cartoon movie).
I haven't cried like that since the ending of 'The Green Mile'. I was a mess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
And here's an interesting piece regarding the death of Wildstorm.