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Post by bran on Jan 6, 2019 5:33:07 GMT -5
Conan the Barbarian #1.
So for anyone interested there is in Savage Sword #8, Roy Thomas's rendering of Conan's death. It's called 'Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian' and it's pretty great.
No actual events - instead there is Lin Carter song (of the same name, it's adaptation of the song) accompanied with art (no balloons). Basically Conan charges towards death with eyes wide open, fully aware that's the end, and with no regrets whatsoever. That's a bad*ss way to go. Now how it technically went down, it's left to our imagination. SSC covers were not always great, but this one is (Brunner):  Now here in contrast it's the opposite - stabbed in the back (after he conveniently takes off his armor, and the chain-mail, in the middle of a battlefield full of mortally wounded enemy soldiers, due to back problems...) I don't think these children killed him, it looks more like typical Marvel gimmick. If they did, meh whatever. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 6, 2019 19:25:06 GMT -5
Conan the Barbarian #1.
So for anyone interested there is in Savage Sword #8, Roy Thomas's rendering of Conan's death. It's called 'Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian' and it's pretty great.
No actual events - instead there is Lin Carter song (of the same name, it's adaptation of the song) accompanied with art (no balloons). Basically Conan charges towards death with eyes wide open, fully aware that's the end, and with no regrets whatsoever. That's a bad*ss way to go. Now how it technically went down, it's left to our imagination. SSC covers were not always great, but this one is (Brunner): Now here in contrast it's the opposite - stabbed in the back (after he conveniently takes off his armor, and the chain-mail, in the middle of a battlefield full of mortally wounded enemy soldiers, due to back problems...) I don't think these children killed him, it looks more like typical Marvel gimmick. If they did, meh whatever. Yeah, I don't think the kids killed him either but I wasn't bothered by the armor thing as it felt suitably barbarian to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 22:26:27 GMT -5
Terrifics #11: I enjoyed this issue as is spotlights each team member and from what we see in their personal lives, why they need to be a team. I felt sad for Plastic Man. Poor Metamorpho... despite having his fondest wish granted, he’s still not happy. No doubt Phantom Girl will find a way back to earth to escape her duties on Bgztl. And then, the Terrific doppelgänger we see towards the end of the book! Didn’t care for the interior art, but still an excellent issue.
8/10
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2019 23:39:41 GMT -5
Archie 702: so glad to see a story that features Reggie and a mystery involving his family. The book is like the perfect combination of the tv show and elements of several eras and themes of Archie Comics. I love Archie and Sabrina together. I laughed out loud at Cheryl’s comment to Josie and the Pussycats about playing new stuff, ha! The art is gorgeous. Almost has an animated feel and Sauvage has an eye for teen fashion. The colors are perfect in 80s pastel tones. I think it’s well known I’m a huge Archie fan and this isn’t just lip service, if you have the opportunity, check out this book!
10/10
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 6, 2019 23:45:22 GMT -5
Conan The Barbarian #1Written by Jason Aaron Art by Mahmud Asrar Summary: After a hard day of slaying in the fighting pits Conan finds himself seduced by a strange woman...who turns out to be a witch!
Plot: With his excellent Thor the Barbarian stories I had no worries about the quality if Aaron's Conan, but even I was pretty surprised with how great this book was. Although it's a new number one and it is very accessible to anyone not already familiar with Conan, it still felt like something that was part of a much larger story and striking that delicate balance between new and old was truly stunning to see. While the plot device of one villain over different time periods has been used by Aaron in the past it really fits well with Conan, whose stories tended to jump around under Howard's own pen, so as long as every story isn't some generations spanning menace I think we'll be okay.
Art: I loved how scarred Asrar's Conan looked, you could really believe he was a battle hardened veteran here.
Grade:9/10 “Fighting pits”? As in the Milius movie but nowhere in Howard’s work? Dread! This creepy feeling that makes the hair on the nape of my neck stand up is dread!!! It's not that bad, don't worry  So my daughter, bless her soul, grabbed the book for me at Newbury Comics when she was out shopping, after knowing I was sad my LCS failed. The fighting pits were not a slave thing.. it was clearly Conan's voluntary occupation. He's in Zamora, so I think you could pretty easily fit the story in after 'Tower of the Elephant'. The art is great, if a bit graphic for my tastes. Aaron uses the same device he does in Thor, with a framing sequence of old Conan remembering a story of his youth, yet telling one set in that time is well (much like 'Name of the Wind') It works well, but I hope it doesn't happen EVERY time. Overallm an encouraging start. I'm off to read the prose bit and the author and the fact that it mentions a upcoming novel! edit: So the prose piece is by John Hocking, who wrote a pastiche novel called 'Conan and the Emerald Lotus' that he meant to be the first of a trilogy because he didn't like the other early 90s stuff (I assume he's talking the Robert Jordan? I read one of those in horror and skipped the rest).. .apparently he has a 2nd book done, but it never got published when the rights holder changed.. and he's hoping to get it back going.. 20+ years later... interesting. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 7, 2019 10:11:53 GMT -5
“Fighting pits”? As in the Milius movie but nowhere in Howard’s work? Dread! This creepy feeling that makes the hair on the nape of my neck stand up is dread!!! It's not that bad, don't worry So my daughter, bless her soul, grabbed the book for me at Newbury Comics when she was out shopping, after knowing I was sad my LCS failed. The fighting pits were not a slave thing.. it was clearly Conan's voluntary occupation. He's in Zamora, so I think you could pretty easily fit the story in after 'Tower of the Elephant'. The art is great, if a bit graphic for my tastes. Aaron uses the same device he does in Thor, with a framing sequence of old Conan remembering a story of his youth, yet telling one set in that time is well (much like 'Name of the Wind') It works well, but I hope it doesn't happen EVERY time. Overallm an encouraging start. I'm off to read the prose bit and the author and the fact that it mentions a upcoming novel! edit: So the prose piece is by John Hocking, who wrote a pastiche novel called 'Conan and the Emerald Lotus' that he meant to be the first of a trilogy because he didn't like the other early 90s stuff (I assume he's talking the Robert Jordan? I read one of those in horror and skipped the rest).. .apparently he has a 2nd book done, but it never got published when the rights holder changed.. and he's hoping to get it back going.. 20+ years later... interesting. I thought the prose piece was decent, and while I'm not sure it interested me enough to go all in and buy a novel by him I love that it's included in this book as it really gives it a classic feel that I love. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2019 14:35:40 GMT -5
Action 1006: the art by Ryan Sook is absolutely perfect. A nice blend of the darker side of Metropolis and the optimism of Superman. Great colors too compliment this stylish looking book.
The story left me kind of blah. Lots of subplots going on but nothing really gets resolved. The ending sets up the next arc which will seemingly feature more organized crime. Nice to see the car from Action 1. The splash page was funny (the gossip reporter’s desk)
5/10
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bran
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Post by bran on Jan 23, 2019 15:50:11 GMT -5
Conan the Barbarian #1.
So for anyone interested there is in Savage Sword #8, Roy Thomas's rendering of Conan's death. It's called 'Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian' and it's pretty great.
No actual events - instead there is Lin Carter song (of the same name, it's adaptation of the song) accompanied with art (no balloons). Basically Conan charges towards death with eyes wide open, fully aware that's the end, and with no regrets whatsoever. That's a bad*ss way to go. Now how it technically went down, it's left to our imagination. SSC covers were not always great, but this one is (Brunner): Now here in contrast it's the opposite - stabbed in the back (after he conveniently takes off his armor, and the chain-mail, in the middle of a battlefield full of mortally wounded enemy soldiers, due to back problems...) I don't think these children killed him, it looks more like typical Marvel gimmick. If they did, meh whatever. Yeah, I don't think the kids killed him either but I wasn't bothered by the armor thing as it felt suitably barbarian to me.
Nah that's not the point, Conan has to be stabbed in the back so the plot is concocted to reach 'the event', these things shouldn't be so obvious.
These "event-driven" plots (so character's actions are constructed to justify 'the end event') is exactly what's wrong with last 2-3 seasons of Game of Thrones (after they ran out of the original material) - they are just moving characters like pieces on the chest-board. I think it bothers people because the first 3 seasons were the _exact_ opposite, you have no idea what comes next. Also main character becomes 'precious' to other characters as if they are supporting cast in his story. (Of course they should consider themselves as main characters in their lives.)
Now here in Conan 2 we have kids again who monitor Conan throughout his life or something (..since he is the main character).
So yeah, not great but I'll remain optimistic, Marvel is there for a long haul, release-frequency is phenomenal, it's nice that they recognized Thomas's seminal run, art is good, so we'll see.
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 27, 2020 5:38:08 GMT -5
The Immortal Hulk #11.Story by Al Ewing. Art by Joe Bennett. Well that was a weird creepy issue yet deeply spiritual. Ewing takes us through Hell or at least the Hulk's version of hell. It is weird. Creepy. Disturbing. And yet what nailed it for me was Ewing's narrations. Those gray toned pages where Ewing describes Hell were really well done. Of course Bennett excels at bringing Ewing's visions to life with awesome art that shows the horrifying and grotesque. This title keeps getting better. I like how Ewing changes direction a little to keep the horror aspect going and not let us become numb to it. 9/10. My Silver Medal for this week. Yeah, I really love how metaphysical Ewing got here in this issue; his ruminations on what exactly Hell was in a universe that actually has a firey planet populated by red, goat horned people was really something worth chewing on. I also really liked the brief reflection on the value of anger, especially in relation to gender and race...all together it was just really fascinating stuff. And as much as I love Bennett's art here I think the real hero here was Paul Mounts; the colors he chose and how they set off the abstract thoughts from the on-goings of the Hulk were really stunning yet subtle. I agree with both of you except for a couple of things:
- The fight scene seemed gratuitous (not that any of you mentioned it)
- I don't agree with equality being sought trough mimicking bad behavior, instead of eradicating it (king of a trend nowadays).
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Post by shaxper on Dec 27, 2020 8:19:07 GMT -5
I misread and thought this was for next week already!
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 28, 2020 3:40:53 GMT -5
I'm a little behind.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 28, 2020 8:04:58 GMT -5
It's all good, I hope you keep reading Immortal Hulk, it's a fun ride! |
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 28, 2020 10:10:34 GMT -5
Oh yes, as I said in a previous post, best Marvel title as of January 2019 (this is my pull list): - Amazing Spider-Man #13 & 14
- Avengers #12 & 13
- Black Panther #8
- Captain America #7
- Conan The Barbarian #1 & 2 (2019)
- Daughters of the Dragon #3
- Dead Man Logan #3
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2019)
- Immortal Hulk #11 & 12
- Jessica Jones - Purple Daughter #1
- Marvel Comics Presents #1
- Punisher #6 & 7
- Thor #9
- Wolverine - The Long Night #1
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Post by thwhtguardian on Dec 28, 2020 10:12:29 GMT -5
Oh yes, as I said in a previous post, best Marvel title as of January 2019 (this is my pull list): - Amazing Spider-Man #13 & 14
- Avengers #12 & 13
- Black Panther #8
- Captain America #7
- Conan The Barbarian #1 & 2 (2019)
- Daughters of the Dragon #3
- Dead Man Logan #3
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2019)
- Immortal Hulk #11 & 12
- Jessica Jones - Purple Daughter #1
- Marvel Comics Presents #1
- Punisher #6 & 7
- Thor #9
- Wolverine - The Long Night #1
I really loved Marvel Comics Presents, I wish they had kept that going, and the Long Night was a great book too. |
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Post by Ozymandias on Dec 28, 2020 10:31:47 GMT -5
We'll see about Marvel Comics Presents, the story that picked my attention was the Namor one. A pity it can't be "the" bridge between the Golden Age and FF#4 (seeing how the character was still being used in the 50's).
Some say Long Night isn't part of 616?
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