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Post by Batflunkie on May 1, 2016 8:13:17 GMT -5
Watching "Future Shock! The Story Of 2000 AD" really reinvigorated a passion for 2000 AD that I haven't had since the Dredd Trifecta arc ended. Been reading through Progs 1973-1977 and one newer serial that's caught my eye is Aquila, which sort of reads like Sony's God Of War series meets Hercules The Legendary Journeys (i.e. a historical, though a bearing loosely interpreted version of reality that straddles the line of fact and fiction, sword and sorcery book)
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Post by String on May 3, 2016 19:18:51 GMT -5
Let's see here.....
Steve Rogers gets revitalized during the Avengers Standoff event and now looks a little more like Chris Evans as a result.
In the last few issues of Daredevil, Matt Murdock bears a little more resemblance to Charlie Cox.
Meanwhile over in Mighty Thor, the younger Loki bears some characteristics of Tom Hiddleston.
Which came first, Sebastian Stan made to look like the Winter Soldier or Bucky Barnes made to look like Stan?
If you 'hear' Downey Jr's voice in the dialogue then Bendis now has a near-perfect rendition of his Tony Stark.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 3, 2016 20:08:51 GMT -5
Let's see here..... Steve Rogers gets revitalized during the Avengers Standoff event and now looks a little more like Chris Evans as a result. Steve getting the super solider serum sucked out of him and turning older than hell made no sense to me, though on the positive side we got a pretty decent run of Falcon as Cap's replacement, so it's not all bad |
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Post by Dizzy D on May 4, 2016 3:52:16 GMT -5
Let's see here..... Steve Rogers gets revitalized during the Avengers Standoff event and now looks a little more like Chris Evans as a result. In the last few issues of Daredevil, Matt Murdock bears a little more resemblance to Charlie Cox. Meanwhile over in Mighty Thor, the younger Loki bears some characteristics of Tom Hiddleston. Which came first, Sebastian Stan made to look like the Winter Soldier or Bucky Barnes made to look like Stan? If you 'hear' Downey Jr's voice in the dialogue then Bendis now has a near-perfect rendition of his Tony Stark. The Loki thing is funny: he was made to look like Tom Hiddleston in Young Avengers, then during Loki Agent of Asgard he was changed to definitely *not* look like Hiddleston when he became God(dess) of Stories. |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 4, 2016 7:57:26 GMT -5
Just got done reading the new Punisher #1, which is filled with classics such as "Does that gun got historic significance or something? That the gun that killed Lincoln?" and "Don't be the guy that brings a concrete block to a gun fight."
It's obvious here that they're trying to revive the Ennis version of the character, they even brought back "ol' sameface" himself, Steve Dillion, to do the artwork
One of the reasons why I never particularly cared for the Punisher is because it's never really all that sure if it should be totally serious & played completely straight or ridiculous to the point of being a flat out parody of big, dumb action movies
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Post by Dizzy D on May 4, 2016 13:24:37 GMT -5
Moon Knight #2 was really, really good. Writing is great, but the artwork was spectacular. Short spoiler-ridden recap:
I like that Lemire doesn't dwell on the "Is he crazy or not" part. Marc doesn't believe them, points out that mental hospitals like this no longer exist anymore, Konshu appears to him and explains everything, Crawley also sees guard for who they really are > Conclusion: yeah, this isn't right, we're out of here.
So Mr. Knight returns, the gang is back together (Yay, Frenchie! Missed him in #1.) None of them doubts Marc or their own sanity, let's move this plot forward.
Next: Mummies!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 14:05:34 GMT -5
Moon Knight #2 was really, really good. Writing is great, but the artwork was spectacular. Short spoiler-ridden recap: SPOILERS (we don't have spoiler-tags here, right? I like that Lemire doesn't dwell on the "Is he crazy or not" part. Marc doesn't believe them, points out that mental hospitals like this no longer exist anymore, Konshu appears to him and explains everything, Crawley also sees guard for who they really are > Conclusion: yeah, this isn't right, we're out of here. So Mr. Knight returns, the gang is back together (Yay, Frenchie! Missed him in #1.) None of them doubts Marc or their own sanity, let's move this plot forward. Next: Mummies!
END SPOILERSWe do [ spoiler ] [ /spoiler ] eliminate the spaces so it works like this... hit quote if you want to see the code as typed correctly -M |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 4, 2016 15:20:25 GMT -5
I have been waiting for 4001 A.D. #1 with baited breath for almost a year and I was not disappointed at all. The book opens with a beautiful old world calligraphy painting recapping everything that's happened up to Rai #12 and continues on from there. I am absolutely ecstatic about the direction Rai and the event itself is headed.  |
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Post by berkley on May 4, 2016 15:33:07 GMT -5
The black and white artworks looked so much more interesting I was disappointed with the colour pages that make up the bulk of the preview.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2016 20:05:49 GMT -5
Micronauts #1 by IDW. Bunn introduces a new mix of characters along with such favorites as Acroyear, Microtron, and a Biotron. Karza looks as imposing as ever. We get some bare details of the conflict being set up here but the interaction between the newbies is fun. The art is pretty good. Off to a decent start, now looking even more forward to IDW's upcoming ROM series. Picked this up today and quite enjoyed it. It's not your father's Micronauts (i.e. it doesn't take it's cues from the Marvel series) but it is an interesting set up, a fun cast of characters, and nothing out of line with the toys as I recall them before Marvel shaped their backstory. I even liked the slight nod to the fact the toys had interchangeable parts when at one point the horde of robot adversaries started to rebuild themselves from the scraps of other destroyed robots and one of the characters cried out-watch out they're everchanging and rebuilding. I'll have to try to make sure I pick up the issues as they come out for a while to see if it maintains the fun atmosphere. -M |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on May 6, 2016 9:19:53 GMT -5
Extremely minor spoilers for Hellboy in Hell here... On the first page of the issue, a few demons are having a discussion and mention someone called "Shax". Perhaps they were talking about shaxper ?  |
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Post by shaxper on May 6, 2016 9:34:50 GMT -5
On the first page of the issue, a few demons are having a discussion and mention someone called "Shax". Perhaps they were talking about shaxper ? Uh-oh. Secret's out... |
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Post by The Captain on May 6, 2016 21:20:33 GMT -5
Moon Knight #2 was really, really good. Writing is great, but the artwork was spectacular. Short spoiler-ridden recap:
I like that Lemire doesn't dwell on the "Is he crazy or not" part. Marc doesn't believe them, points out that mental hospitals like this no longer exist anymore, Konshu appears to him and explains everything, Crawley also sees guard for who they really are > Conclusion: yeah, this isn't right, we're out of here.
So Mr. Knight returns, the gang is back together (Yay, Frenchie! Missed him in #1.) None of them doubts Marc or their own sanity, let's move this plot forward.
Next: Mummies!
Agree completely. I will be reviewing this book for another site next week, as I'm really encouraged by Lemire's first two issues on the title. |
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Post by Action Ace on May 7, 2016 13:28:35 GMT -5
On the first page of the issue, a few demons are having a discussion and mention someone called "Shax". Perhaps they were talking about shaxper ? Uh-oh. Secret's out... Shax is the Sir Simon Milligan of Demons.  |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 12, 2016 9:04:37 GMT -5
Been reading Captain America volume 4, alias Marvel Knights Captain America, and it's a very solid read. Obviously, the Iraq War was a driving force behind this volume, but it never really feels like it's entirely at the forefront as Cap seems more concerned with "the war at home".  |
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