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Post by Gene on Nov 21, 2015 21:00:38 GMT -5
This is really, really good.
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Post by Gene on Nov 19, 2015 16:19:58 GMT -5
Personally I think this one is awesome, but it fits the current trend in the thread.
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Post by Gene on Nov 19, 2015 15:39:55 GMT -5
Cataloging some long boxes before I start resorting them and I came across these bad boys.
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Post by Gene on Nov 11, 2015 15:41:59 GMT -5
The two most boring words in all of comics: Hal. Jordan.
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Post by Gene on Oct 18, 2015 10:52:22 GMT -5
I liked the Convergence two-parter they did a lot. I'll be getting this one for sure.
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Post by Gene on Oct 16, 2015 22:16:19 GMT -5
Well, well, well. Look who's back and looking well groomed and hygienic.
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Post by Gene on Oct 16, 2015 19:53:23 GMT -5
Per Bleeding Cool, the following trades had been solicited ot the book trade (which has a longer lead time for ordering than the direct market) but not through Diamond, but have been cancelled before release.... In Shax's review thread we wondered who would want a Wild Dog collection, and the answer is probably not enough people since it got cancelled. Sucks that 2 Showcase collections are among the cancelled and the 80s Omega Men and Dr. Fate stuff. -M Me. I'm the guy who wants a Wild Dog collection.
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Post by Gene on Oct 14, 2015 20:00:08 GMT -5
Two issues in and I'm enjoying it so far. Young Dick's hallucinations echoed the sentiments of a lot of people that prefer the ultra-gritty take on Batman. I'm looking forward to reading a story that seems to be about reaffirming the need for Robin.
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Post by Gene on Oct 13, 2015 12:08:07 GMT -5
Jason Todd using "dick" as a pejorative really surprised me. I'm not a prude, but between that and a black character being called a "mouth-breathing monkey" in the last issue of Superman has me questioning DC's company direction right now. The dick thing isn't very new, but what issue was the mouth breathing comment from, I don't recall it. Issue 42 or 43. Whichever is the most recent.
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Post by Gene on Oct 13, 2015 9:21:51 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but I can't quietly abide all of this D-Man bashing that I see happening in this thread.
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Post by Gene on Oct 12, 2015 22:17:23 GMT -5
Jason Todd using "dick" as a pejorative really surprised me. I'm not a prude, but between that and a black character being called a "mouth-breathing monkey" in the last issue of Superman has me questioning DC's company direction right now.
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Post by Gene on Oct 8, 2015 19:36:51 GMT -5
The post-9/11 Marvel Knights Captain America book. Within two story arcs, it went from Cap symbolically avenging the victims of the attacks by beating "totally not Bin Laden, you guys" to uncovering a nefarious conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. government that retconned the events of Avengers #4. It says a lot that the best arc of the book used the cliché plot of "what if the Nazis won the war." I agree that that run started out terribly, but... this gives me the apportunity to mention my favorite Captain America writer ever, even better than Ed Brubaker : Robert Morales! Aftre those initial terrible issues from John Ney Rieber, Chuck Austen (and some Dave Gibbons issues I don't even remember) came Robert Morales of "Truth : Red White & Black", another incredible Cap story drawn by Kyle Baker. Starting with issue #21 and for 7 more issues, Morales crafted one of the most political Cap story ever and a great thriller, all with great Bachalo and Eddy Campbell artwork. This was probably the first time I read a Cap story I felt I could recommend to anyone who wouldn't be into superheroes. So that post 9/11 run had that great merit IMHO. I'll have to go back and look at those again. I remember not disliking them as much as the rest of the series.
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Post by Gene on Oct 7, 2015 16:22:24 GMT -5
The post-9/11 Marvel Knights Captain America book. Within two story arcs, it went from Cap symbolically avenging the victims of the attacks by beating "totally not Bin Laden, you guys" to uncovering a nefarious conspiracy perpetrated by the U.S. government that retconned the events of Avengers #4.
It says a lot that the best arc of the book used the cliché plot of "what if the Nazis won the war."
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Post by Gene on Oct 1, 2015 9:40:09 GMT -5
Superman #44 Batman Annual #4
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Post by Gene on Sept 29, 2015 18:37:14 GMT -5
So. Much. Red.
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