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Post by Warmonger on Jun 30, 2016 11:06:55 GMT -5
Don't care for Lapham either aside from his early work on Stray Bullets.
I bought the first trade of that 'Ferals' werewolf comic that he wrote a little while ago. Was basically nothing but tits and (really) over the top violence. Nothing particularly interesting.
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Post by antoine on Aug 23, 2016 6:35:39 GMT -5
I got the full cable run from 1993 and X-man in a huge lot a bought a few years ago.
Didn't read them yet, and now I need space.
Are they worth keeping, to be read in a couple years, or should I just get rid of them right away?
I don't really have time right now to sample a few issue, with the new baby and the other daughter who requires a lot of time.
thanks!
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Post by Dizzy D on Aug 23, 2016 7:11:53 GMT -5
X-Man: only the Steven Grant issues are interesting and those are the final few of that series. So that's #63-75. Maybe the first 4 issues if you ever want to read the Age of Apocalypse story.
Cable: I quite liked the Robinson/Casey/Ladronn issues on it. The Weinberg issues had an interesting premise and I loved Tischmann/Kordey's run. (Those runs are #48-70, #79-96 and #97-107). Tastes may differ of course.
I'd give those at least a read. You may not like them, like I said tastes may differ.
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Post by antoine on Aug 23, 2016 7:17:43 GMT -5
X-Man: only the Steven Grant issues are interesting and those are the final few of that series. So that's #63-75. Maybe the first 4 issues if you ever want to read the Age of Apocalypse story. Cable: I quite liked the Robinson/Casey/Ladronn issues on it. The Weinberg issues had an interesting premise and I loved Tischmann/Kordey's run. (Those runs are #48-70, #79-96 and #97-107). Tastes may differ of course. I'd give those at least a read. You may not like them, like I said tastes may differ. Alright, you convince me Dizzy D! I have a hard time giving away comics I haven't read yet, so if at least one person liked them, I'm going to keep them to read some day. I just need to find more comics to give away! thanks a lot |
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Post by coinilius on Aug 23, 2016 7:45:17 GMT -5
There was a Steven Grant/Charie Adlard X-Man short story in an issue of X-Men Unlimited as well if you want (slightly) more of that X-Man run.
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Post by String on Sept 1, 2016 13:20:24 GMT -5
What's the general consensus on the 80s DC title Arion?
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Post by Snikts and Stones on Sept 1, 2016 14:09:22 GMT -5
John Byrne's Next Men vol. 1 '92-'94... While he was doing this, I had just gotten into comics, marvel only, mostly x-titles, and he was already a legend. I still haven't gotten to it.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 1, 2016 19:50:55 GMT -5
What's the general consensus on the 80s DC title Arion? I remember liking it alot, but it doesn't take much for me to like Sword and Sorcery comics. Like many of them, it started out really strong, then peters out towards the end when they change stuff. That reminds me, Arion was involved in one of the better DC retcons.. I should go post that in the retcon thread  |
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Post by berkley on Sept 11, 2016 22:22:35 GMT -5
Green Lantern: I didn't realise that Gil Kane had been the artist right from GL#1. Is the art good from the start, or does he take a while to develop his classic style? I'm not expeting much from the stories, because I've never liked the writing in the DC comics of the 60s, for the most part.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 22:47:38 GMT -5
John Byrne's Next Men vol. 1 '92-'94... While he was doing this, I had just gotten into comics, marvel only, mostly x-titles, and he was already a legend. I still haven't gotten to it. It was OK. It wasn't his best work & it wasn't his worst either. It had similar themes to other comics in the 90's. Heroes created in a lab, couldn't control their powers, etc. I always liked Byrne better when he only did plot & pencils. |
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Post by Spike-X on Sept 12, 2016 1:56:59 GMT -5
I'm not expeting much from the stories That's good! |
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Post by MDG on Sept 12, 2016 8:30:49 GMT -5
Green Lantern: I didn't realise that Gil Kane had been the artist right from GL#1. Is the art good from the start, or does he take a while to develop his classic style? I'm not expeting much from the stories, because I've never liked the writing in the DC comics of the 60s, for the most part. His basic style is the same, but becomes more fluid and extreme through the 60s--characters thrown backward, up-the-nose shots, floating heads, etc. I think this is true is a lot of artists in the 60s--Infantino, Kirby, Ditko, Sekowsky, Toth, Kubert--where their stylistic "tells" become much more prominent and obvious. Later on, when Kane starts inking himself, his style doesn't change, but the art starts to look much different because of his technique of using markers and not varying line weight much. |
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Post by Gene on Sept 18, 2016 22:26:51 GMT -5
Has anyone read the Charlton Hercules series? I like what little bit I've seen of the art, but Charlton could be pretty mercurial with the quality of their books.
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Post by bor on Sept 19, 2016 2:01:22 GMT -5
Looking for advice on whether to start ROM (Original series from marvel)
I know I like comics from the period and while I would prefer a collected edition considering how hard these issues are supposed to be to track down,it does seem like something I would enjoy. Anyone with the experience on how the series is to read that can advice me one way or the other?
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 19, 2016 23:07:10 GMT -5
My brother read ROM and I'd read it as well.  It wasn't until years later that I really, really got to like it more.  Underrated Sal Buscema art and story by Bill (Micronauts) Mantlo.  Rom has kind of a cult following, deservedly so. A really good, mostly self-contained series.  Marvel had him interact with quite a few Marvel characters, including Torpedo, Henry Gyrich, Forge, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Captain America, Wolverine, Galactus, Sasquatch, Namor, Dr Strange, Rogue, Gremlin, Snowbird, Quasimodo, Shaman, Kitty Pryde, Vision, Storm, Ursa Major, Vanguard, Marrina, Darkstar, Moondragon, Gargoyle, Valkyrie, Seaweed Man, Sir Denis Nayland Smith, Destiny, Pyro, Avalanche, Black Jack Tarr, Nick Fury, Blob, Leiko Wu, Mole Man, Mr Fantastic, Human Torch, Tigra, Thing, Angel, Terrax, Ant-Man, War Machine, Clive Reston, Professor, Hawkeye, Mystique, Scarlet Witch, Wonder Man, Iceman, Beast, Spider-Man, Shang-Chi, Arabian Knight, Captain Britain, Starfox, House of Shadows, Space Phantom, Jack of Hearts, Digger, Living Tribunal, Beta Ray Bill, Landslide, Devastator, Xandarian Worldmind, Awesome Android, Powerhouse, Comet, American Eagle, Dum Dum Dugan, Black Knight, Kala, Hercules, Mockingbird, Daredevil, Parnival Plunder, Thor, Hulk, Invisible Woman, Diamondhead, Mad Thinker, Adora, Nova, Thinker, Ego, Jarvis, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, J. Jonah Jameson, Captain Marvel, Cyclops, Iron Man, Protector, Tanak Valt, Luke Cage, Metal Master, Peregrine, Shamrock, Missing Link, In-Betweener, Spectrum, and the Beyonder.  You probably already know, but IDW has Rom now is has integrated the character into their Revolution (Hasbro) universe.  Haven't read it yet, but I will later when it goes on sale.     |
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