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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2022 20:44:55 GMT -5
I'm also kind of conflicted on how I feel about Conway's run, having just finished it. Yeah, reads like a "greatest hits" version of Thor with no real direction and the occasional interesting idea that isn't well executed, but Buscema on art makes up for it
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2022 20:26:51 GMT -5
So, been on a bit of a Thor binge ever since some kindly members here pointed me towards some starting place for the series. Honestly, it kind of makes me upset and even a bit angry that I never gave the series a proper chance up until recently given how much I enjoyed Alan Moore's "Horus: Lord Of Light" from 1963 as a younger man I don't think that I can fully place my finger on what I like about it the most. Maybe it's the shakespearean pageantry? Maybe it's the lore? Maybe it's Kirby at his peak? Or maybe it's all that and more?
So come thee, my faithful friends, and let us discuss the world and majesty of Thor!
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 16, 2022 20:06:36 GMT -5
I always had the inkling that the tape would somehow catch the comic itself, stick to it, and would tear it if I tried to peel it off
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 15, 2022 21:22:58 GMT -5
This just arrived in the mail today: Hope that photo conveys what a monster of a book this is: at just over 1,300 pages, it's as heavy as a brick too. Looking forward to finally reading some of this Milestone material, which is something from the 1990s that I regret missing. It's definitely on my "need to buy" list with a bunch of others. Mostly want it for Hardware. Haven't been too impressed with the revamp of Milestone
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 14, 2022 18:33:20 GMT -5
Read Thor #231-#239 Okay, so with the whole "Runestaff quest", I have a question With Sif giving her life essence away to save Jane Foster, does that technically make Jane a God or is she still human?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 14, 2022 8:17:17 GMT -5
Someone made a really good Star Trek TNG cartoon based on the old Star Trek animated series
Also, as an added bonus, here's a really great fan-made continuation of TOS; Star Trek Continues
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 13, 2022 10:16:16 GMT -5
As for the latest episode I was a little bumbed by just how poorly Mark tried to convince the other gods that Harrow was bad especially after Khonshu said they would have to have solid proof. I get it, they needed to fail in order for the story to keep going but it felt pretty shallow and contrived. I agree, but I think the show would have fallen apart at the seems if Harrow was put away. I mean the gods should have known that Harrow had a definite bone to pick with Khonshu regardless of how sympathetic he was to Marc/Steven's dilemma That aside, the very existence of a court of Egyptian gods with their own avatars out in the world was a fun addition to the mythos of Moon Knight and its definitely something I'd love to see the comics pick up on. In Bemis' run, they did have something like that where an prisoner becomes the avatar for Rah
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 12, 2022 17:37:22 GMT -5
I thought something similar! So, who should dethrone Roman Reigns? My choice would be Drew McIntyre.
Still too early for Cody and I heard Brock is booked for Backlash...
I'm tired of Roman at the top but the gimmick is still red-hot and the merchandise sells....
How would that look though? By that I mean Cody, the face of AEW since it's inception, winning the belt off of Roman
Also, enough with Brock vs Roman! It's got to be getting stale even for the booking team at this point. But who else is there to face that has main-event potential?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2022 19:38:04 GMT -5
Been mowing through Thor like a buzzsaw (while the low-points of Thor might not be the grand visage of comic excellence that it once was, there's still not much like it).
Thor #229 and #230 have stuck out the most. Some pathological fiend is striking at the hearts of men and one such Olympian. My only grievance is that so far we have no culprit other than some black mass of flesh
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2022 18:32:52 GMT -5
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind Volumes 1-3 (collecting chapters from 1996-1997 in English)
My interest in Jojo only goes so far as the end of Battle Tendency. I think that Shaman King had a more interesting way of handling stands by actually giving them personality
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 11, 2022 18:29:54 GMT -5
I'm interested in seeing how this ties into the MCU overall, as I doubt they do it as a stand-alone (NOTHING Marvel does is a stand-alone). It's not really a Multiverse thing, so maybe it's a Marvel Horror thing with Blade, Werewolf by Night, etc. I read some interview recently with I think the director (or someone on the staff) that said that they were going for an "Iron Man 1" feel where it's bound to be interconnected at some point, but just alone in it's own little world for now
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 10, 2022 9:05:57 GMT -5
Everything now isn't as good as when I was young. Didn't we literally have a thread dedicated to the fact that nothing was as good when you were 12?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 10, 2022 8:26:52 GMT -5
Stumbled across some laughably bad home-grown chuck e. cheese/showbiz pizza clones
Apparently Dimes N Critters was burned down for the insurance money
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 9, 2022 18:52:46 GMT -5
The Grey Gargoyle and the Absorbing Man are top tier villains with great power sets. How did they ever get beat ? Because where's the fun in a villain that's impossible to beat?
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Post by Batflunkie on Apr 8, 2022 9:36:56 GMT -5
So the second episode was kind of intense. Only grievance that I had was {Spoiler: Click to show} how the Mr. Knight persona was made out to be a joke
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