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Post by Outrajs on Jul 28, 2017 12:18:16 GMT -5
World domination doesn't necessarily mean evil in the non-traditional sense. Why do they want to rule the world? Do they want to make it their version of better? And just because they don't subscribe to modern definitions (or modern for their times) of right and wrong and good and evil that doesn't necessarily make them evil....misguided maybe. Evil and good are pretty human constructs.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 28, 2017 4:59:42 GMT -5
The bad guys in comic books can run the gamut from silly and fantastical to downright ruthless and evil...and beyond. But how many (if any) are villains because they woke up one morning and said "I want to be a villain today"? Do they all have a backstory that gives them a reason to be bad?
Do villains know they are villains at all? Do they think they are on the side of right and our protagonists the bad guys? (I know this is running into the existential, but the thought is still there.)
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 28, 2017 4:31:23 GMT -5
DC: Wonder Woman Powergirl Fire & Ice (the Justice League duo)
Marvel: Captain America
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 28, 2017 4:27:25 GMT -5
From what I have discovered so far, the infinite earths storyline just seems like DC hitting a cheap reset button. Like it had painted itself into a corner so they just said..."Okay, do-over." Was there any other way they could have handled it?
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 27, 2017 18:36:44 GMT -5
I thought this might make an interesting topic, while at the same time keeping it clean. How many of you have bought a comic, simply because the girl drawn on the cover was sexy in some way? Be honest.Here is an example, I remember buying this one in the 80's. I remember in the story, the girl ends up wearing an outfit kind of like Slave Leia in JEDI but it was red and silk I think, and this was DC doing it too. Anyone else want to share their sexy Comic book cover story? Here is a question....are we talking "sexy" or "slutty"? Are they the same thing? Nothing wrong with it...they are visual books after all.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 27, 2017 18:29:26 GMT -5
Someone I know recommended Avengers 41 - 55. He said it encompassed the Kang War? He also called it "awesome" which is a term I have never heard him use. Anyone want to weigh in on this one? Is it really that good?
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 26, 2017 8:00:19 GMT -5
I have to come at this from the perspective of someone who used the MCU to get back into comics in general and Marvel specifically. I love research. I fell in love with the characters in the movies so I started going back and looking at the comic books. A comic book can go on and on with any given topic. A movie can't. A comic engages your imagination. A movie can't. A comic expands. A movie condenses. A movie will never live up to a book in any form (comic or otherwise). However, a movie can capture attention and break down points for new fans easier and more accessibly.
The books are a pure form and should always have their place. But the movies (idiot cousins of books as they are) have their own place as well.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 14:01:48 GMT -5
When I was a little kid, 8 or 9 years old, Comic books were a luxury. I didn't have that many, and maybe only owned a handful until I was a teen and was able to buy my own. The ones I did have were etched in my memory as I had them stashed at my grandmothers house or in my desk at home and I'd read them over and over. Sometimes I'd just "look" at them and make up my own script to go along with the visual story telling. I recently was able to grab a couple of these online after some searching, (ex: keyword "She-Hulk kisses Hawkeye") Avengers 222 and Brave and the Bold 190. It was amazing thumbing through these issues again, every panel brought a jolt of recognition and memories flooding back. The funny thing is that now I have context for the Avengers story I didn't have a kid, the importance of why Pym was in jail, knowing who Yellow Jacket is, snickering at this ad-hoc Masters of Evil. Beautiful stuff. The D&D strip at the end almost gave me a heart attack, as I wouldnt get into that hobby for several more years and had completely forgotten about that "weird hobbit comic". This whole experience to me is how great this hobby is, sweeping epic story lines and characters notwithstanding, and how cool it is to just hold an old comic from your youth in your hands... Books of any kind can do that...but comic books not only bring back our literary past, but our visual as well. I was not a huge comic book reader when (I think it was) Darkseid killed Superman, but I remember going to the Fantasy Shop in St. Charles, waiting in line for like 3 hours, and getting the limited 2 copies per person with my group of friends. We bonded over comic books. Our artist friend made all of us jean jackets with our favorite group painted on the back and we were nerds together. Going back today and looking at my Wonder Woman comics as she progressed through the ages or watching Power Girl come into her own bring memories back to my heart and a tear to my eye.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 13:53:14 GMT -5
Forget the comics, dude! Get out there and get utterly debauched. Oh, trust me...if it was my last night on Earth, one of the LAST things I would be doing would be reading comic books! But I would probably be with a bunch of comic book readers!
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 7:15:59 GMT -5
Anyone else on this forum get a real sense of joy, pride, whatever you want to call it,that they were introduced to the Marvel heroes in their truest form? In the comics? I dont mean to sound like the cranky old man. But i see all the hoopla etc. surrounding the MCU AND DCCU and just feel good that i didnt need CGI etc to love these characters. Admittedly, when I was younger Marvel was the enemy, but I completely agree with the point. Our characters were alive because our imaginations made them so. They sounded like we wanted them to. CGI is great and all. It may help spark a revival. But they will never replace OUR heroes.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 7:11:10 GMT -5
The range and scope of not only types of comic books, but the tastes of the readers on this forum is outstanding...and astounding!
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 7:08:26 GMT -5
This one is easy....Avengers #144! I had never read a Marvel book until this past Sunday!
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 24, 2017 7:03:55 GMT -5
If a superhero can fly a cape makes sense. It makes them more aerodynamic by removing the curves from the body and replacing it with a relatively straight line as it floats above and behind the character. Ground based characters have no real need for the cape other than just looks. May I propose an experiment? Run across a field with a stick held up in the air. The run back with a flag tied to the stick. I bet you that you will find the drag caused by the flag fluttering and flapping will make the process a whole lot harder on the return journey. EDIT: Better still. For the first leg run with the flag furled. Then you won't have any weight difference on the two journeys. It's a good hypothesis but the parameters are wrong. Flight, in a person, isn't necessarily based on strength. It could be...but it could also be based on a gravitational power. It could be based on a magic force. On any number of things really. Second, if it were flying as in an airplane, air molecules bunch up underneath the wing. They glide over the top. That is how lift is created. A cape would provide the proverbial wing for the molecules to bunch under.
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 23, 2017 14:29:07 GMT -5
I am creating a list of comics I MUST read. Not series, but individual comic books. They can, of course, be part of a series but in general I. Looking for specific editions. So if I was dying tonight, what comic book do I need to get in before the sun comes up?
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Post by Outrajs on Jul 23, 2017 14:27:01 GMT -5
I guess I have to ask what exactly makes it a classic? But I just finished Avengers #144 this morning. That was my first issue of The Avengers, thought I did get hold of #141 pretty quickly, trading with a friend for I think) Spider-Man #151. Why is it a classic? George Perez art, Patsy Walker as the Hellcat, the Squadron Supreme story thread, the Kang thread (with Thor, Moondragon and Two-Gun Kid!). I still remember Patsy asking the Beast (and Cap, I think) to turn around while she puts on the Hellcat costume and then the big panel where she announced she's the Hellcat! I haven't read that comic for 20 years at least. And after that I didn't miss an issue of The Avengers until about #290. It's Capt and Iron Man. But I was told she was like a character I was role playing and they had thought I based my character off her. So they gave me a copy (Thanks Jeff!) And I LOVE her!
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