Comic book thread ON!

[Burn]

Pretty quiet week for comics really.

Secret Invasion was lite. Two issues, one involving Asgard, the other, MORE backstory.

Big surprise of the week was the new member of (Captain Britain &) MI:13 ... extracted directly from Manhattan in the middle of a Skrull invasion ... BLADE! Didn't know he was British. Guess they needed to use the character some how, never imagined it would have been him though.

Marvel Apes just reeks of "trying too hard". I think it started off as a joke but someone high up said "make it serious, Marvel Zombies serious" ... so they did what they did. I too am just reading to see what happens, certaintly not because i'm enjoying it.

Thankfully this week also saw the wrap-up of the train wreck that was GeNext. That was one god awful mini-series.

Here's hoping for a big week next week.

[piratescratch]

Here's hoping for a big week next week.

Next week looks very promising.

I'm looking forward to the following:

Avengers: The Initiative #17 - best Avengers title hands down.
Captain America #42 - which will finally wrap up the epic behemoth that is the Death of Captain America saga.
Deadpool #2 - hey we didn't have to wait a whole month for next issue!
Ms. Marvel #31
New Avengers #45
Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man #2 - yeah sure first issue was pretty bad but I'll stick around anyway.
Thunderbolts #124
Wolverine: First Class #7
X-Force #7

[Eruntalon]

My third post on these forums since joining.

I'm currently trying to complete a Star Wars-oriented book and comic collection based on Pre Episode 1 and Post Episode 3 cannon (so nothing between the fictional years 32-31BBY and 10BBY) . I'm currently after anything that fits within the Star Wars time lines that I haven't listed here and which doesn't fit into this black area of Star Wars canon time I don't want to associate myself with.

If anyone has any Star Wars comics they are willing to sell me then they can let me know and I may/may not be interested in making a deal in order to complete my collection. I'm currently trying to hunt down Any of the issues which are in square brackets [], Any Empire/Rebellion/KotOR /Legacy/Rogue Squadron issues which I haven't listed, And the First Run of the series Crimson Empire.

My SW Comic collection as of 22/09/08:


<OLD REPUBLIC ERA - 25000ABY-1000ABY>
Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith - 0,1,2,3,4,5 - 1996 - 5000BBY
Tales of the Jedi: Fall of the Sith Empire - 1,2,3,4,5 - 1997 - 5000BBY
Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic - 1,2,3,4,5 - 1993/1994 - 3998BBY
Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising - 1,2 - 1997 - 3998BBY
Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - 1994-1995 - 3997BBY
Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - 1995 - 3996BBY
Tales of the Jedi: Redemption - [1]2,3,4,5 - 2001 - 3986BBY

KotOR - 0(flip with Rebellion 0),19,20,21,22,23,24 - 2006 3964BBY
Jedi vs. Sith - 1,2,3,4[5]6 - 2001 - 1000BBY

<RISE OF THE EMPIRE ERA - 1000BBY-0ABY>
Episode I: The Phantom Menace - 1,2[3,4] - 1999 - 32BBY
Bounty Hunters (4 pts): 1.Aura Sing - Truman - 1999 - 32BBY

Droids 1[2,3,4,5,6,7,8] - Manak - 1986/1987 - 10/6BBY
Han Solo: At Stars' End - 1,2,3 - 1997 - 2BBY
Boba Fett: Enemy of the Empire - 1,2,3,4 - Wagner - 1999 - 1BBY
Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire - 1997 - 1BBY

<A NEW HOPE - 0BBY/ABY>
A New Hope (Manga tr.) 1[2,3,4] - Hisao Tamaki - 1998 - 0BBY
Classic Star Wars (1-20): 1,2,5 - Goodwin/Williamson - 1992 - 0ABY?
Vader's Quest - 1,2,3,4 - Macan - 1999 - 0ABY
Empire (40 pts) - 7,16,17,18:0ABY /22:0.25ABY /19,21,23,24,25,26,27:0.5/0.6ABY
Rebellion - 0(flip with KotOR 0),1,2,3,4,5 - 2006 - 0.75ABY
River of Chaos - 1,2,3[4] - Simenson - 1995 - 2ABY

<THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - 3ABY>
Bounty Hunters (4 pts): 2.Scoundrel's Wages - Schultz - 1999 - 3.5ABY
Shadows of the Empire - Kenner Special - Wagner - May 1996 - 3.5ABY
Shadows of the Empire - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Wagner - 1996 - 3.5ABY

<RETURN OF THE JEDI - 4ABY>
Return of the Jedi (Marvel Specials) 1,2,3,4 - 1983/1984 - 4ABY
Mara Jade: By the Emperor's Hand - [0 - 0BBY]1,2,3,4,5,6 - 1998/1999 - 4ABY
The Jabba Tape - Wagner/Plunkett - 1998 - 4ABY

<NEW REPUBLIC ERA - 5ABY-25ABY>
Rogue Squadron - Handbook Vol.1 - 1998 - 4/5ABY
Rogue Squadron: Rebel Opposition (#1-4) - 1,2,3,4 - Stackpole - 1995 - 5ABY
Rogue Squadron: Phantom Affair (#5-8) - 1,2,3,4 - Stackpole - 1996 - 5ABY
Rogue Squadron: Warrior Princess (#13-16) - 1,2,3,4 - 1996/1997 - 4/5ABY

Shadows of the Empire: Evolution - 1,2,3,4,5 - Perry - 1998 - 4/5ABY
Classic Star Wars: The Vandelhelm Mission - 1995 - 4/5ABY

Rogue Squadron: Masquerade (#28-#31) - [1,2,3]4 - Stackpole - 5ABY
Rogue Squadron: Mandatory Retirement (#32-#35) 1,2[3,4] - Stackpole - 4/5ABY

Dark Forces: Rebel Agent - 1998 - 5/6ABY

Heir to the Empire - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Zahn/Baron - 1995 - 9ABY
Dark Force Rising - 1,2,3,4[5]6 - Zahn/Baron - 1997 - 9ABY
The Last Command - 1,2,3,4,5,6- Zahn/Baron - 1998 - 9ABY

Dark Empire I - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Veitch/Kennedy - 1991/1992 - 10ABY
Dark Empire II - special,1,2,3,4,5,6 - Veitch/Kennedy - 1995 - 10ABY
Empire's End - 1,2 - Veitch/Baikie - 1997 - 11ABY

Crimson Empire - Handbook Vol.2 - 1999 - 11ABY
Bounty Hunters (4 pts): 3.Kenix Kil - Stradley - 1999 - 11ABY
Crimson Empire II - 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Richardson/Stradley - 1998/1999 - 11ABY
Jedi Academy: Leviathan - 1,2,3,4 - 1998/1999 - 12ABY

Union - 1,2,3,4 -1999/2000 - 20ABY

<NEW JEDI ORDER - 25ABY-37ABY>

Chewbacca - [1,2]3[4] - 2000 - 25/26ABY?

<LEGACY ERA - 40ABY-150ABY>

Legacy - 0,1,18 - Ostrander - 2006-2008 - 137ABY
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Star Wars: Tales (1-24) - 1,5,11,15 - 1999-2005 (Various ABY/BBY)
Star Wars (Marvel) - 1,48,52

[hotaru_oz]

I got some Birthday Money in Advance so I decided to go to Pulp Fiction and Splurge a bit

I managed to aquire

All Hail Megatron # 3 - IDW

Forgotten Realms: Legend of Drizzt Book VII, The Legacy #3 of 3 - Devil's Due

Runaways #1 - Marvel

Sonic The Hedgehog #191 - Archie

Ultimate X-men # 89 to #97 - Marvel

World of Warcraft #9 and #10 - Wildstorm

World of Warcraft: Ashbringer #1 of 4 - Wildstorm

[piratescratch]

piratescratch on the Marvel comics for the week of September 24th.

Avengers: The Initiative #17 - Yeah! You are the best Avengers title! Another fantastic issue. We're still going through the Secret Invasion tie in but unlike most other titles Avengers: The Intiative still manages to be top notch. Quite a lot going on in this issue; Shadow Initiative along with Ant-man, we get to see a glimpse of Mutant Zero (time to throw out speculations on who she is), we see the Kill Krew and few of the first graduates cruising around America taking out Skrulls, and throw in a bit of Crusader and Fury for good measure. I always look forward to this title and next month can't get here any sooner.

Captain America #42 - We finally wrap up this epic arc. There's a few loose ends here and there (which will most likely be dealt with in the future) but all in all it's been an unbelievably awesome ride to the very end. I really like the final page (epilogue three), has that fantastic "horror movie mad scientist" vibe. I can't wait to see what's next for (Bucky) Captain America.

Deadpool #2 - Wow we didn't have to wait a month, just two weeks, and we already have our next issue of Deadpool. First issue was good but nothing special, second issue is better. Deadpool messing with the Skrulls, good fun. But the big clincher for this is the final page, oh hey ...
/SPOILER/Fury was behind this all along, how many cookie jars does this guy have his hand in!/END SPOILER/

Immortal Iron Fist: Orson Randall and the Death Queen of California #1 - One shots I tend to stay away from (most of them are usually Wolverine ones) but I decided to give this Iron Fist one a go. I'm glad I did. Enjoyable one shot starring Orson Randall (as opposed to Danny), it's sort of like those issues of Immortal Iron Fist that focuses on past Iron Fists. Nice clean art and colours, good writing and pace, not as action packed as other Iron Fist issues but there's some gun tooting towards the end. Iron Fist fans be sure to pick this up.

Ms. Marvel #31 - The Secret Invasion tie in wrapped up last issue. Sort of an interlude here, Carol just visits her estranged family. Something about ...
/SPOILER/her not having much time left and wanting to kill Norman Osborn./END SPOILER/
Besides that which we'll probably find out more about in coming issues nothing really happens here at all. You can skip this issue, just read the spoiler and you're set.

New Avengers #45 - Oh this looked promising when the preview pages hit the internet, dun dun dun how did the Skrulls deal with House of M? Hmm surprisingly well. Once again this is just filler, dissapointing filler at that. Skrull Jessica and Pym state the obvious, cut to big climactic House of M scenes, throw in a bit of Annihilation and there you go another wasted oppurtunity. I guess that's what you get for having your hopes up.

Secret Invasion: Amazing Spider-Man #2 - Okay first issue was just dreary crap. Second issue is more of the same, run away from the Super Skrull, throw a few punches, oh hey it's Harry and his girlfriend, run some more. There was however one highlight, another BND character drops in ...
/SPOILERMenace, I guess it would be nice to see him and Jackpot team up to take out the Super Skrull./END SPOILER/

Thunderbolts #124 - More Secret Invasion tie in, compared the the recently finished Ellis run this is pretty mediocre. It just feels like we've been through this already, just feels like this comics is going through the motions and nothing more. Sure it packed a lot of Skrull killing action but other than that, I'm just looking forward to this tie in to wrap up so we can get back to business.

Wolverine: First Class #7 - Wolverine: First Class is definitely getting better. Just love the Logan and Kitty duo. Argh this is a two parter though, so I'm eagerly awaiting the outcome of this story arc.

[Burn]

Are you reading Nova at all PS? Highly recommend it.

Nova's tie-in with SI continues as he pops home to check on his parents before rushing off to save his brother. Long story short, they try to jumpstart the Worldmind and end up (spoiler) RESURRECTING QUASAR!

Great to see him back.

Deadpool once again was great. Such a unique way of dealing with the Skrulls, what do you expect from DP though?

New Avengers continued to disappoint me with it's ongoing flashbacks. Yeah, you went through House of M, congrats. Can this title get back to the current time line?

Overall, still a pretty quiet week on the comics front. Nothing from DC this week involving R.I.P. which was disappointing.

[piratescratch]

Don't read Nova or any of the space/universe set Marvel series. Not really sure I can jump in, I've got very little knowledge on it.

Anyway I thought this week was ace, next week (Marvel wise) looks like a snooze, there really isn't anything great.

[Paul Agnew]

Sonic The Hedgehog

Good to see I'm not the only one here reading it. Shame however they've been held back indefinitely by the official distributors. Again.

[Ostybeef]

wow im starting to like this forum more and more.
good to see a comics thread!

after going through the last dozen or so pages i see you all have pretty good taste in comics!
ive been collecting comics for years, its my "main" hobby along with transformers, figurines and arcade etc

everyone seen the walking dead tv trailer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg46DWI_fCE
sorry if its already been posted

[gantz]

Hi Ostybeef

Love The Maxx avatar, I really need to find a figure!

Havent read much of The Walking Dead, does it stick close to the source material?