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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 14, 2015 13:36:44 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever read Night Force. October seems appropriate. Worth digging out? Yes, definitely. I think the original Night Force is the best work Marv Wolfman has done in comics, and it also features some of Gene Colan's finest art. It was very much ahead of its time, which is probably why it only lasted 14 issues. The '90s series is also very good, although the multiple artists don't present as much of a consistant style. I wasn't too fond of the semi-recent mini, but it had an interesting premise and Tom Mandrake art. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2015 14:35:39 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever read Night Force. October seems appropriate. Worth digging out? I liked the first 2 series (the first more than the second). The third was full of potential but ultimately fell down under its own weight. -M |
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Post by spoon on Oct 25, 2015 13:39:28 GMT -5
I'm planning to watch the Jessica Jones series coming to Netflix, but I've never read any comics featuring her. What are your opinions on Alias, The Pulse, or anything with her? What TPBs would you recommend? Thanks!
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Oct 25, 2015 14:57:51 GMT -5
I only read Alias back then. It was quite fresh, but nothing fantastic either, just good soap opera within a superhero context, qute on the dark side though. It's typical Bendis, so heavy on dialogue with some awkward storytelling. The artwork is mushy in a good way, but again, nothing mindblowing there. Basicaly, it's a nice solid and consistant read if you have nothing else exciting to read. That said, even if I bought and read Alias from start to end, I didn't feel like following The Pulse.
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Post by Crimebuster on Oct 25, 2015 18:54:23 GMT -5
Haven't read Alias, but she features prominently in New Avengers, and that series you should probably track down, tear up into small pieces, set on fire, and then piss on.
So, not recommended by me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 19:10:43 GMT -5
I only read Alias back then. It was quite fresh, but nothing fantastic either, just good soap opera within a superhero context, qute on the dark side though. It's typical Bendis, so heavy on dialogue with some awkward storytelling. The artwork is mushy in a good way, but again, nothing mindblowing there. Basicaly, it's a nice solid and consistant read if you have nothing else exciting to read. That said, even if I bought and read Alias from start to end, I didn't feel like following The Pulse. Pulse is not good at all...you should follow crimebuster's advice on it and burn them all. |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Oct 25, 2015 20:02:09 GMT -5
Yes, but you guys are Avengers fans, aren't you?  |
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Post by spoon on Oct 25, 2015 21:22:54 GMT -5
Haven't read Alias, but she features prominently in New Avengers, and that series you should probably track down, tear up into small pieces, set on fire, and then piss on. So, not recommended by me. You're saying I should mitigate the damage of lighting it on fire by extinguishing the flame with urine, right? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2015 21:30:05 GMT -5
Yes, but you guys are Avengers fans, aren't you? Avengers fan? Yes. New Avengers? Hell No. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 25, 2015 21:58:35 GMT -5
I only read Alias back then. It was quite fresh, but nothing fantastic either, just good soap opera within a superhero context, qute on the dark side though. It's typical Bendis, so heavy on dialogue with some awkward storytelling. The artwork is mushy in a good way, but again, nothing mindblowing there. Basicaly, it's a nice solid and consistant read if you have nothing else exciting to read. That said, even if I bought and read Alias from start to end, I didn't feel like following The Pulse. If you're not big on Alias, there's not much worth tracking down. The Pulse was very weak for its premise, and not really worth reading unless you're into the wider mega-story that Bendis was trying to tell around his Secret War. The Avengers issue during Civil War illustrated by Coipel is worth reading, but that's about it. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 25, 2015 22:02:33 GMT -5
Yes, but you guys are Avengers fans, aren't you? ceased publication when Chuck Austen took over writing, and it was not renewed until Al Ewing started Mighty Avengers. There's a good ten year gap where there were no Avengers comics.  |
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Post by spoon on Oct 25, 2015 22:08:40 GMT -5
I only read Alias back then. It was quite fresh, but nothing fantastic either, just good soap opera within a superhero context, qute on the dark side though. It's typical Bendis, so heavy on dialogue with some awkward storytelling. The artwork is mushy in a good way, but again, nothing mindblowing there. Basicaly, it's a nice solid and consistant read if you have nothing else exciting to read. That said, even if I bought and read Alias from start to end, I didn't feel like following The Pulse. If you're not big on Alias, there's not much worth tracking down. The Pulse was very weak for its premise, and not really worth reading unless you're into the wider mega-story that Bendis was trying to tell around his Secret War. The Avengers issue during Civil War illustrated by Coipel is worth reading, but that's about it. But how is Alias itself? Would you recommend that? |
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 25, 2015 22:16:50 GMT -5
If you're not big on Alias, there's not much worth tracking down. The Pulse was very weak for its premise, and not really worth reading unless you're into the wider mega-story that Bendis was trying to tell around his Secret War. The Avengers issue during Civil War illustrated by Coipel is worth reading, but that's about it. But how is Alias itself? Would you recommend that? Yes, Alias is great. I think it's a pivotal title in how women are presented in commercial superhero titles. Jessica Jones is a remarkably complex character, and the strength of the title is that sometimes you wonder why she behaves in the manner that she does. You know her, but you don't completely understand her... until the final arc. Then that revelation will break your heart-- it's not what you think-- but you'll want to follow the character wherever she appears. (Unfortunately, there's little worth following after Alias.) I think there's a strong argument to be made that Alias is the best ongoing book that Marvel has put out in the past 25 years. (I'd go with Milligan and Allred's X-Force/X-Statix myself, but Alias is on the short list .) |
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 27, 2015 8:28:21 GMT -5
Haven't read Alias, but she features prominently in New Avengers, and that series you should probably track down, tear up into small pieces, set on fire, and then piss on. So, not recommended by me. Not to be confused with the most recent New Avengers by Hickman which had no Jessica at all. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 27, 2015 10:50:24 GMT -5
Haven't read Alias, but she features prominently in New Avengers, and that series you should probably track down, tear up into small pieces, set on fire, and then piss on. So, not recommended by me. You're saying I should mitigate the damage of lighting it on fire by extinguishing the flame with urine, right? I'd save the urine and just let them burn. It's not even worth the piss. |
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