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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 16, 2019 19:32:38 GMT -5
Wonder Woman #76
The Amazons have been discovered! Hopefully, we can now move on to some stories that don't involve "fixing" Wonder Woman's confusing chronology.
It looks like the Cheetah will be playing a big role in DC's "Year of the Villain" event, and that would be great if I wasn't so bored with Rebirth's version of the Cheetah.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 16, 2019 19:50:37 GMT -5
Captain Marvel #9
Spider-Woman guest stars! That's cool because I like the way that many of the Marvel super-hero women are friends and frequently show up in each other's magazines.
What's not so great is that Tony Stark seems to be a supporting character. Which isn't a problem in itself, I just got kind of tired of Tony Stark in the Marvel Movie Universe and - for some reason - being INDISPENSABLE to the new Spider-Movie-Verse, as if Spider-Man is some kind of marginal cultural product that needs Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D to hold it up and keep it on its feet.
And Carol is still feeling a little sick and being stubborn about getting it checked out because this has been a FASCINATING subplot/character trait for almost ten years.
Generic monsters aren't helping much.
And while I'm on the subject of why I wish I had quit buying this series, too many characters have the same voice. A lot of wise-cracking is going on. It's like the write thought of a bunch of witty things for everyone to say and just didn't have the heart to edit some of it out because it's tiresome when every single comment is a joke.
I try to buy one Marvel comic every month and I ended up sticking with Captain Marvel because my other Marvels got cancelled and Captain Marvel wasn't so bad when it started. But this issue was kinda boring. I might start picking up The Amazing Spider-Man and quit Captain Marvel as soon as this storyline runs out.
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Post by Hoosier X on Aug 16, 2019 20:02:16 GMT -5
Catwoman #14Selina is off on one of her capers without realizing that the real prize is … her! I liked this a lot, especially the surprise guest! You'll never guess who steps in to give Selina some much-needed help at a crucial, life-saving moment. The art is really nice. I'm not quite so enamored of the writing because I would think Selina would have known she was the real target much earlier. But the surprise guest more then evened up the score.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 18, 2019 14:45:31 GMT -5
Doctor Strange #17 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Barry Kitson  It's a shame this series is ending in 3 issues. I've just started to get into Doctor Strange comics, and I thought I would start with the newest run. Mark Raid is also maybe my favorite comics writer. I seem to like whatever he comes up with. In any case, I felt like he was on a roll from the start here. I binged through the issues the last few days, and I was captivated most of the time even as a novice Strange reader. Kitson is also a great penciller that came on during the second half of this run. I liked his stuff on JLA: Year One. The jump off here of Strange losing his magic powers, and taking off to the cosmos in search of ways to restore them appealed to me better than I thought it would. I'm anxious to go back, and read Lee and Ditko's run, but I'm already reading X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Don't think I can handle reading 3 books of Lee's scripts all at the same time. |
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Post by The Captain on Aug 18, 2019 15:08:22 GMT -5
I haven't participate in this thread for a while, but I bought FIVE comics this week (that's a lot for me; some weeks I don't get anything) and I wanted to stop by and say a few words about all of them. I haven't bought Spider-Man regularly since the late 1980s and I haven't picked up brand-new Spidey off the racks since the early 1990s. But I saw this cover and thought it looked interesting and picked up my regular comics … and then went back and added The Amazing Spider-Man #27 to the stack. I love the villains and a super-villain team consisting of all women was certainly intriguing. Female versions of old-timey male characters has been a thing for a while, and I have no objections, as long it's well-done and not too contrived. And this issue of Spider-Man worked very well for me. A little humor, a little action, a little revenge accompanying the profit motive, these elements all helped make this a pretty good second chapter of an ongoing storyline. It was nice to see Aunt May doing something (starting a facility for the homeless) instead of just forgetting her meds, washing Peter's socks and having heart attacks. It was nice to see somebody making an effort to give Boomerang a personality. He's been around since the 1960s, running around in Tales to Astonish wearing one of the Silver Age's silliest costumes but you hardly noticed because he was drawn by Bill Everett. And I'm having trouble remembering ever having an opinion on him. The current characterization is definitely a step in the right direction. The best thing was the members of the Syndicate. The Beetle, Electro, Lady Octopus, Trapstr, Skorpia and the White Rabbit are an awesome team and I loved the way they worked together to beat Boomerang and Spider-Man and then focused on the mission. I want to see this bunch again, and I might start reading Spider-Man again if the creators can resist the urge to bring back Norman Osborne again or revisit the Clone Saga. I had no idea Lady Octopus was a thing outside of Into the Spiderverse(which I loved) anyone know if this is her first "real" appearance or if there are others? Nope, Lady Octopus has actually been around almost since the time I stopped collecting ASM on a regular basis. My last issue is #400, and she debuted just a few months later in ASM #406:  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 18, 2019 16:05:29 GMT -5
I had no idea Lady Octopus was a thing outside of Into the Spiderverse(which I loved) anyone know if this is her first "real" appearance or if there are others? Nope, Lady Octopus has actually been around almost since the time I stopped collecting ASM on a regular basis. My last issue is #400, and she debuted just a few months later in ASM #406: Interesting, I might have too look into that as I loved her in Into the Spiderverse |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 18, 2019 16:07:16 GMT -5
Doctor Strange #17 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Barry Kitson It's a shame this series is ending in 3 issues. I've just started to get into Doctor Strange comics, and I thought I would start with the newest run. Mark Raid is also maybe my favorite comics writer. I seem to like whatever he comes up with. In any case, I felt like he was on a roll from the start here. I binged through the issues the last few days, and I was captivated most of the time even as a novice Strange reader. Kitson is also a great penciller that came on during the second half of this run. I liked his stuff on JLA: Year One. The jump off here of Strange losing his magic powers, and taking off to the cosmos in search of ways to restore them appealed to me better than I thought it would. I'm anxious to go back, and read Lee and Ditko's run, but I'm already reading X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Don't think I can handle reading 3 books of Lee's scripts all at the same time. Ditko on Strange is definitely a sight worth seeing so I absolutely suggest picking it up but I also really liked Jason Aarron's run on Strange too which came right before Waid's. |
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 19, 2019 14:32:47 GMT -5
Doctor Strange #17 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Barry Kitson I'm anxious to go back, and read Lee and Ditko's run, but I'm already reading X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Don't think I can handle reading 3 books of Lee's scripts all at the same time. I liked Waid & Kitson on Legion of Super-Heroes so I hope to get around to their work on this... thanks for letting me know it exists! One introduction for Ditko era Strange might be the four issues of Doctor Strange Classics that came out in the early-mid '80s which collects a complete story from the backs of Strange Tales. It introduced Dormammu and Clea.  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Aug 19, 2019 14:57:44 GMT -5
Doctor Strange #17 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Barry Kitson I'm anxious to go back, and read Lee and Ditko's run, but I'm already reading X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Don't think I can handle reading 3 books of Lee's scripts all at the same time. I liked Waid & Kitson on Legion of Super-Heroes so I hope to get around to their work on this... thanks for letting me know it exists! One introduction for Ditko era Strange might be the four issues of Doctor Strange Classics that came out in the early-mid '80s which collects a complete story from the backs of Strange Tales. It introduced Dormammu and Clea. That's how I got into Strange so I second this. |
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 19, 2019 19:56:06 GMT -5
Doctor Strange #17 Written by Mark Waid Penciled by Barry Kitson I'm anxious to go back, and read Lee and Ditko's run, but I'm already reading X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Don't think I can handle reading 3 books of Lee's scripts all at the same time. I liked Waid & Kitson on Legion of Super-Heroes so I hope to get around to their work on this... thanks for letting me know it exists! One introduction for Ditko era Strange might be the four issues of Doctor Strange Classics that came out in the early-mid '80s which collects a complete story from the backs of Strange Tales. It introduced Dormammu and Clea. So is it just a complication of reprints? Maybe just the important ones? |
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Post by beccabear67 on Aug 19, 2019 21:16:36 GMT -5
Doctor Strange Classics reprints the stories from Strange Tales #130 (March 1965) to #141 (Feb. 1966).
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