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Post by earl on May 27, 2016 19:36:51 GMT -5
Like many crossover events, I think the editors probably wanted a different story than perhaps originally intended by the writers. Second part of the story line plays into the whole Batjerk persona that isn't my favorite way to write Batman. It's better than War Games which I think was the next big Batman crossover, which isn't saying much.
In general, quite a bit of the Batman crossovers outside of No Man's Land for the most part you usually can skip past the main Bat titles as usually the plot of the Nightwing/Azrael/Batgirl/Catwoman/Robin etc. as those comics plot inevitably is Batman or someone asks them to go do something and the person is already dead or some other plot dead end ensues.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 28, 2016 6:52:38 GMT -5
I just read Kamandi 15-17. Man, those Kirby books were a feast to the imagination, as well as, the eyes.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 28, 2016 8:33:13 GMT -5
Been on a bit of a classic cosmic marvel kick after reading Ewing's Ultimates. Mostly been reading Rick Jones Captain Marvel, Power Of Warlock, and Nova
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 28, 2016 9:29:04 GMT -5
Been on a bit of a classic cosmic marvel kick after reading Ewing's Ultimates. Mostly been reading Rick Jones Captain Marvel, Power Of Warlock, and Nova Are you reading the Abnett & Lanning Nova? How much have you read? I have up to issue 20 or so. It was at a time I had to give up comics and had never finished it. I was kind of curious to see how the rest went if you've read that far.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 28, 2016 9:35:18 GMT -5
I read some of the newer Sam Alexander Nova (the one who lost his father) and that kind of got me to try and give the original Marv Wolfman Richard Ryder Nova a shot again.I really and truly want to like every title having to do with Marvel Cosmic because it kind of pains me when I don't. It's like I'm intentionally ingoring a piece of a much more "grander" puzzle
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on May 28, 2016 10:00:43 GMT -5
I never really got into Nova at all, solo anyway, until Annihilation. After that I started buying the solo series, which being DnA didn't surprise me I liked it. All I know of Sam as Nova is watching Ultimate Spidermam with the boys. Seems like an interesting character from the show. Works well as "friendly" competition for Spidey.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 28, 2016 10:11:20 GMT -5
Miles, Sam, and Kamala have amazing chemistry together, would love for the trio to have their own solo book ala Young Justice
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Post by Hoosier X on May 28, 2016 13:03:14 GMT -5
I just read Kamandi 15-17. Man, those Kirby books were a feast to the imagination, as well as, the eyes. OMG! I love Kamandi soooo much! Sometimes I think it was the best comic book of the 1970s! (And sometimes I think it's among the best comics EVER!) I completed the run a few months ago and I've been thinking of reading the whole series starting from #1. And maybe doing a review thread. I was going to say "#15 to #17 are some great issues!" But the whole series is great! I even like it after Kirby left, especially the adventure in Los Angeles where the coyotes are blackmailing Kamandi to appear in their movie. But this one does stand out as one of my favorite issues:
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 28, 2016 19:50:27 GMT -5
I never really got into Nova at all, solo anyway, until Annihilation. After that I started buying the solo series, which being DnA didn't surprise me I liked it. All I know of Sam as Nova is watching Ultimate Spidermam with the boys. Seems like an interesting character from the show. Works well as "friendly" competition for Spidey. I think Nova works best as part of the New Warriors... his solo book, while I love he character, just didn't work until DnA made it space opera. I can't stand Sam Alexander, though I admit he has pretty good chemistry with Miles and Kamala... he's ok as the loser friend they have to put up with.
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Post by Action Ace on May 28, 2016 21:43:19 GMT -5
so... much... Bob... Haney... World's... Finest I'm about to start the Dollar Comic Era, so the zaniness is almost at an end.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 29, 2016 5:47:09 GMT -5
so... much... Bob... Haney... World's... Finest I'm about to start the Dollar Comic Era, so the zaniness is almost at an end. Was it bad? I though Haney was revered.
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Post by Action Ace on May 29, 2016 13:19:48 GMT -5
so... much... Bob... Haney... World's... Finest I'm about to start the Dollar Comic Era, so the zaniness is almost at an end. Was it bad? I though Haney was revered. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good, but it's rarely boring.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 29, 2016 13:44:23 GMT -5
I'm about to start the Dollar Comic Era, so the zaniness is almost at an end. The "checkerboard" era of DC is probably my least favorite in the company's history. Not that I mind goofy, kitschy fun persay, but rather that so few did the humor aspect well outside of Plastic Man. I know that DC was desperately trying to court Marvel's booming sales figures, but it came off like DC was trying to be something they weren't, namely Marvel. I think they eventually got it down in the latter half in the bronze age, but not in the 60's Also been reading Silver Surfer #1 and I was kind of surprised it how Norman Radd's utter distain for Zenn-La's lack of "cosmic progress" resinates with my own current thought process
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 29, 2016 20:59:03 GMT -5
Found this (and a few others in the series) at Savers yesterday.... one of them has Dick Ayers on art.. in 1992, didn't know he was still around by then!
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Post by Confessor on May 31, 2016 5:30:20 GMT -5
I plucked a random Spider-Man issue out of my long boxes last night to read before I went to sleep, and the comic I chose was Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #35 from October 1979... What I didn't realise when I pulled it out of my collection, but was thrilled to realise when I cracked it open, was that this comic features the second appearance of one of my all-time favourite Z-list Spidey villians: the one, the only...Mindworm! This was a pretty solid, if unspectacular done-in-one story, in which the Mindworm seeks to exact his revenge on Spidey for beating him and generally ruining his life the last time they met. However, it had a nice and rather unexpected "they all lived happily ever after" ending that I really wasn't expecting. The artwork of Lee Elias was a bit on the wonky side, but Mike Esposito's inks tightened things up considerably and made it a much better looking comic than it might've been under another inker's hand. So, yeah...a mildly diverting read, with one of my favourite loser villains.
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