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Post by dupersuper on Jul 29, 2014 20:30:48 GMT -5
I haven't read a lot of the Justice League comics. I just finished Morrison's run. Was Mark Waid's JLA good, too? Not Morrison JLA good, and Hitch kept falling behind on the art, but still very good. |
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 29, 2014 20:33:12 GMT -5
Before I drop 40$ on Dini's Detective run, did everyone here love it? I did: great done-in-one detective/villain stories. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2014 23:54:16 GMT -5
Can someone who's read Annihilation tell me how prominently Thanos is featured? Wiki lists 7-12 of his solo series being part of it, but those issues aren't in the omnibus.
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 31, 2014 3:57:20 GMT -5
Thanos the character plays a big part in Annihilation.
Thanos the series 7-12 though is not important to the story of Annihilation. It introduces some characters/places that will play a part in Annihilation, but that's it. (does the wiki per chance also list Drax 1-4 as part of it? The same goes for that series).
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Post by fanboystranger on Jul 31, 2014 8:42:01 GMT -5
Thanos the character plays a big part in Annihilation. Thanos the series 7-12 though is not important to the story of Annihilation. It introduces some characters/places that will play a part in Annihilation, but that's it. (does the wiki per chance also list Drax 1-4 as part of it? The same goes for that series). is included in the first Annihliation HC. It's more important for the series as it features Drax' transformation and introduces Cammi, Drax' companion. Those Thanos issues are far less important other than introducing The Kiln as the prison at the end of the universe. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jul 31, 2014 8:47:20 GMT -5
I thought the Kiln was introduced in Nova? I don't think I read the Thanos series, and liked Annihilaton quite a bit, so there you are  |
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Post by Dizzy D on Jul 31, 2014 9:09:47 GMT -5
Thanos the character plays a big part in Annihilation. Thanos the series 7-12 though is not important to the story of Annihilation. It introduces some characters/places that will play a part in Annihilation, but that's it. (does the wiki per chance also list Drax 1-4 as part of it? The same goes for that series). is included in the first Annihliation HC. It's more important for the series as it features Drax' transformation and introduces Cammi, Drax' companion. Those Thanos issues are far less important other than introducing The Kiln as the prison at the end of the universe. Drax may be slightly more important, but is still unnecessary to read Annihilation. Introduces a few characters/places: Thanos introduces the Kyln, the Fallen One and Screet, Drax introduces new Drax and Cammie, but all of them are easily understood from just reading Annihilation. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jul 31, 2014 11:37:49 GMT -5
I thought the Kiln was introduced in Nova? I don't think I read the Thanos series, and liked Annihilaton quite a bit, so there you are I think you're confusing the Kyln with Knowhere. Kyln is a prison. It's where the Annihilation wave bursts through. Knowhere is the detached head of a Celestial that holds a city perched at the end of the universe.
Basically, the end of the universe is a pretty vast area.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 12:07:20 GMT -5
Yeah, Drax is also listed as part of if on Wiki and in the omnibus. I just didn't want to get the omnibus if it was missing Thanos issues and they were important.
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Post by fanboystranger on Jul 31, 2014 12:09:20 GMT -5
Yeah, Drax is also listed as part of if on Wiki and in the omnibus. I just didn't want to get the omnibus if it was missing Thanos issues and they were important. Shouldn't have a problem without them. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 3, 2014 11:41:05 GMT -5
Until now,I was unaware of Classic Xmen having rewritten the original stories.I had read them when they were originally released and purchased Classic Xmen just for the John Bolton backup stories which were very poignant. I only skimmed thru the original story section and noted that they were the correct page count. The page counts of the first twenty-something issues are different than the original-story page counts, because the Classic reprints typically have 2-3 more, new, pages. I have the entire original Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men, but I've been picking up his original X-Men run in Classic X-Men instead both because they're cheaper and they have more material! Can't go wrong with more Claremont X-Men. Neither the new pages nor most of the backups are available anywhere else. |
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Post by Randle-El on Aug 3, 2014 15:32:40 GMT -5
I have the entire original Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men, but I've been picking up his original X-Men run in Classic X-Men instead both because they're cheaper and they have more material! Can't go wrong with more Claremont X-Men. Neither the new pages nor most of the backups are available anywhere else. I don't understand this statement. Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men was issues 94-279. Classic X-Men reprints Uncanny X-men issues 94-206. |
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 3, 2014 21:43:48 GMT -5
I have the entire original Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men, but I've been picking up his original X-Men run in Classic X-Men instead both because they're cheaper and they have more material! Can't go wrong with more Claremont X-Men. Neither the new pages nor most of the backups are available anywhere else. I don't understand this statement. Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men was issues 94-279. Classic X-Men reprints Uncanny X-men issues 94-206. I could be wrong about what Jasoomian means, but technically speaking, the series wasn't called "Uncanny X-Men" until #142. I mean, indicia-wise. |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 3, 2014 21:47:15 GMT -5
I have the entire original Claremont run on Uncanny X-Men, but I've been picking up his original X-Men run in Classic X-Men instead both because they're cheaper and they have more material! Can't go wrong with more Claremont X-Men. Neither the new pages nor most of the backups are available anywhere else. I don't understand this statement. Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men was issues 94-279. Classic X-Men reprints Uncanny X-men issues 94-206. Not clear on what you don't understand. He has the original run, but is opting to read the reprints in Classic X-Men. I assume that, when he gets to #207, he'll go back to the original issues. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Aug 3, 2014 22:12:06 GMT -5
I don't understand this statement. Claremont's original run on Uncanny X-Men was issues 94-279. Classic X-Men reprints Uncanny X-men issues 94-206. I could be wrong about what Jasoomian means, but technically speaking, the series wasn't called "Uncanny X-Men" until #142. I mean, indicia-wise. Correct. Classic X-Men reprints Claremont's X-Men run, with additional material. X-Men Classic reprints Claremont's Uncanny X-Men run with no additional material. |
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