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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 5, 2015 12:10:44 GMT -5
The Absolute Edition was a bit out of my price range. Even this one was pricier than I was expecting/hoping, but it's oversized, so it's a good compromise. Yeah, it's a really nice package, especially when you factor in the price. Plus, it collects the special that DC released when the animated movie came out. I'm not sure that's in the Absolute.
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 5, 2015 12:52:17 GMT -5
I finished The Complete Age of Apocalypse: Book Two and took it back to the library.
A few days ago, I was flipping through it and looking at the credits and seeing who the artists in the last few chapters were. And I got to the end and it said "To be continued."
Geez Louise! How long is this thing?
I looked it up and there are two more volumes. Ugh.
I wasn't sure I was going to get any more of the volumes when I found out it was continued. But by the time I had finished Volume Two, I actually do want to know what happens. The last chapter in Book Two (it was Gambit and the X-Ternals vs. the Shi'ar Imperial Guard) was actually pretty exciting! Gambit is not growing on me, but some of the others are, especially Jubilee.
However, my library branch does not have the next part but hopefully I can get it through inter-library loan.
I still don't think Age of Apocalypse is very good, but I can see that it is kind of addictive, and I can see how 1990s 12-year-olds (who wouldn't know any better) might think it was the best comic ever! (Kind of like why The Long Halloween is so popular.)
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Post by Hoosier X on Apr 5, 2015 16:17:25 GMT -5
I got three Hulk TPB's at the library yesterday. One of them was Marvel Visionaries: Hulk: Peter David, Volume 5.
I think I said earlier this week that I read Peter David's Hulk in the 1990s, but I don't really think it's very interesting anymore and on a couple of occasions when I started to re-read them, I lost interest pretty quickly. (I bought them for the art.) The Hulk is one of my favorites, but I like dumb Silver Age and Bronze Age Hulk, so I quit reading it about #330 or so. Then I got it sporadically during the early part of David's run and finally started buying it regularly during the period where Hulk was hanging out with the Pantheon. I probably had twenty or thirty consecutive issues of that.
But yesterday I was trying to decide what to get at the library and I came across Peter David's Hulk, Volume 5, and I decided to get it because it has the Countdown storyline. I have parts three and four and I have never read the first two parts. Now this is a pretty good storyline!
I read the first two parts (Incredible Hulk #364 and #365) today and this holds up pretty well! It's kind of like the movie D.O.A, only with the Abomination and the Hulk and the Fantastic Four.
And awesome Marie Severin inking!
Also, this is the period when the Thing was a woman! I always called her She-Thing, but she was Sharon Venture and she went by the name of Ms. Marvel.
Comics!
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 5, 2015 18:19:01 GMT -5
The Absolute Edition was a bit out of my price range. Even this one was pricier than I was expecting/hoping, but it's oversized, so it's a good compromise. Yeah, it's a really nice package, especially when you factor in the price. Plus, it collects the special that DC released when the animated movie came out. I'm not sure that's in the Absolute. The Absolute came out in 2006, and the movie didn't come out until 2008, so I would guess not.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Apr 5, 2015 22:55:18 GMT -5
I got three Hulk TPB's at the library yesterday. One of them was Marvel Visionaries: Hulk: Peter David, Volume 5. I think I said earlier this week that I read Peter David's Hulk in the 1990s, but I don't really think it's very interesting anymore and on a couple of occasions when I started to re-read them, I lost interest pretty quickly. (I bought them for the art.) The Hulk is one of my favorites, but I like dumb Silver Age and Bronze Age Hulk, so I quit reading it about #330 or so. Then I got it sporadically during the early part of David's run and finally started buying it regularly during the period where Hulk was hanging out with the Pantheon. I probably had twenty or thirty consecutive issues of that. But yesterday I was trying to decide what to get at the library and I came across Peter David's Hulk, Volume 5, and I decided to get it because it has the Countdown storyline. I have parts three and four and I have never read the first two parts. Now this is a pretty good storyline! I read the first two parts (Incredible Hulk #364 and #365) today and this holds up pretty well! It's kind of like the movie D.O.A, only with the Abomination and the Hulk and the Fantastic Four. And awesome Marie Severin inking! Also, this is the period when the Thing was a woman! I always called her She-Thing, but she was Sharon Venture and she went by the name of Ms. Marvel. Comics! Im not a Peter David fan nor a hater but #300-400 seem to be some of my favorite Hulk. The weakest point of those hundred issues is the two Hulks. After that, gray Hulk, and especially Joe Fixit persona could be the best Hulk. I like the Hulk after they merged again. I'm not a big fan of big dumb Hulk, but Strange banishing Hulk, those adventures were good. The Mignola covers help a lot too. I wish he had more interior art work in the story. Otherwise my Hulk is few and far between, more a collection of guest stars than buying the issues for Hulk. Though I did buy it a little more regularly when Liam Sharp was doing art chores in the early to mid #400's. I remember liking Countdown a lot on the first read, which I was lucky to have bought all four issues at once, but remember not liking the art. Though that's probably changed in my opinion (and I don't remember whose the artist) much like other art of early comics I read.
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 6, 2015 10:49:25 GMT -5
Yeah, it's a really nice package, especially when you factor in the price. Plus, it collects the special that DC released when the animated movie came out. I'm not sure that's in the Absolute. The Absolute came out in 2006, and the movie didn't come out until 2008, so I would guess not. Yeah, I flipped through it last night, and it said that this was the first time that the special had been reprinted. The special's not as good as the original series, but it does have its moments. My personal favorite is Rip Hunter telling people to lighten up about continuity and just enjoy the story.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2015 23:44:31 GMT -5
I'm reading through Jeremiah vol. 1 thanks to fanboystranger and thoroughly enjoying it. I have wanted to read this series since around 2008.
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 7, 2015 4:45:12 GMT -5
The Absolute came out in 2006, and the movie didn't come out until 2008, so I would guess not. Yeah, I flipped through it last night, and it said that this was the first time that the special had been reprinted. The special's not as good as the original series, but it does have its moments.
I liked it a lot. A regular comic set in that 'universe' would have been awesome. I loved that.
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Post by Spike-X on Apr 7, 2015 5:28:28 GMT -5
I'm right now reading Invisibles deluxe HC vol 2. And I thought the first one was weird. I think my brain is melting...
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Post by paulie on Apr 7, 2015 12:58:22 GMT -5
I'm right now reading Invisibles deluxe HC vol 2. And I thought the first one was weird. I think my brain is melting... I always though the Invisibles had a poor beginning and a poor ending. The in-between stuff was quite engaging but my brain was left melting as well. I'm a smart enough guy... why did I not get this?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 14:42:20 GMT -5
I'm right now reading Invisibles deluxe HC vol 2. And I thought the first one was weird. I think my brain is melting... I always though the Invisibles had a poor beginning and a poor ending. The in-between stuff was quite engaging but my brain was left melting as well. I'm a smart enough guy... why did I not get this? Because you hadn't read the material that Morrison was borrowing from/influenced by beforehand. A little knowledge about secret society lore, Terrence McKenna's theories, counter culture, Robert Anton Wilson's writings, the Invisible College, the body of myth surrounding the Templars, the Marquis de Sade, and a familiarity with Hermeticism, and it all makes perfect, sometimes even predictable sense. -M
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Post by dbutler69 on Apr 7, 2015 14:56:23 GMT -5
I recently finished my All-Star Squadron pickups (drat, no more!) so I'm on to other things.
I read Thor #248, which I'd bought randomly at a dollar bin. Great story, of course to be continued, so I used Marvel Unlimited (I don't like reading digital but what can you do) to read Thor #249 and it's of course to be continued in Thor #250, so I'll have to read that on Marvel Unlimited also.
I also read another random dollar bin pickup, Daredevil (vol.1) #104. And, that is to be continued also. The good news is I think I have DD #105 in one of my long boxes, so I don't have to rely on Marvel Unlimited.
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Post by paulie on Apr 7, 2015 17:23:37 GMT -5
I always though the Invisibles had a poor beginning and a poor ending. The in-between stuff was quite engaging but my brain was left melting as well. I'm a smart enough guy... why did I not get this? Because you hadn't read the material that Morrison was borrowing from/influenced by beforehand. A little knowledge about secret society lore, Terrence McKenna's theories, counter culture, Robert Anton Wilson's writings, the Invisible College, the body of myth surrounding the Templars, the Marquis de Sade, and a familiarity with Hermeticism, and it all makes perfect, sometimes even predictable sense. -M Makes sense now!
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Post by Polar Bear on Apr 7, 2015 18:10:34 GMT -5
I've actually been reading a lot of classic comics lately; I'm kind of back in the habit again.
-Shockrockets 1-6 (Buseik/Immonen). Great stuff. It's a shame there was never a volume 2 of this. -Secrets of Sinister House 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16. Lots of good stuff by Nino, Alcala, and Redondo. Of particular interest are #7, with "The Hag's Curse/The Hamptons' Revenge," which reads like a subconscious influence on a somewhat famous time-tripping Greyshirt story by Alan Moore, and #12, with a surprisingly creepy little tale called "August Heat" by W.F. Harvey and adapted by E. Nelson Bridwell that looks like something Warren Ellis could have written if he'd been constricted by the CCA. -Children of the Voyager #1-4 by Abadzis & Johnson, published by Marvel Frontier (UK). I'm surprised someone hasn't brought this back into print, because it's quite good, and it's really held up well. -Frankenstein #1 by Dell, 1963. Distinctly odd; a mishmash of the Karloff movie and King Kong (yes, the monster goes to NYC and hits something like Vaudeville). -Superboy #71, Action #265, World's Finest #144, Adventure Comics (starring Superboy) #229. Nothing spectacular; let's move on. -Switchblade Honey GN by Warren Ellis. I'll buy pretty much anything Warren Ellis writes. He may be mean-spirited at times, but he has more creativity than some counties I've lived in, and he sure can craft a sentence. (This may be a matter of taste, of course, but I'll at least say his writing lines up with my thinking pretty well.)
I'll try to post here more often.
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Post by fanboystranger on Apr 7, 2015 23:02:51 GMT -5
I've actually been reading a lot of classic comics lately; I'm kind of back in the habit again. - Children of the Voyager #1-4 by Abadzis & Johnson, published by Marvel Frontier (UK). I'm surprised someone hasn't brought this back into print, because it's quite good, and it's really held up well. I really like this series, glow-in-the-dark covers and all. I know Dover books is reprinting Paul Johnson's Mercy (written by JM DeMatteis), and this seems like the kind of series they'd be interested in. I'm not sure how the Frontier comics contracts were structured, but unlike Mortigan Goth: Immortalis and Dances with Demons, there are no Marvel Universe links in Children of the Universe. (Actually, I think there may be a passing mention in DwD, but not much more than that. That would be an interesting book to get back in print as it's early work by The Walking Dead's Charlie Adlard. Not as good as Children of the Voyager, which is probably as close as Marvel ever got to having a book like Sandman.)
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