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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 9:50:28 GMT -5
The Bendis-era additions to the team don’t seem to fit at all.
Spidey isn’t a “team” player (agree that he would work with FF better, or possibly put him in a mentor role for the New Warriors back in the day).
Wolverine had zero business being anywhere near the Avengers, but he sells books and that’s the name of the game, so he got shoved in there.
I liked what Bendis did to raise Luke Cage’s profile in the MU, but he’s street-level, not cosmic-threat-fighting level.
The whole storyline with The Hood should have been against Defenders-level characters (Luke, Jessica, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, maybe Spidey, She-Hulk, Tigra, and Daredevil), not Avengers-level. That said, if you don’t have Iron Man, Thor, and Cap around (in some combination), are we really even taking about The Avengers? I know the team roster had changed time and time again over the years, but without one or two of those three on the team (and yes, I know Cap was part of it so they could do the whole Civil War storyline), it feels like Dr. Druid-era Avengers, a watered-down shadow of the team capitalizing on the name for recognition.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 13, 2021 9:39:55 GMT -5
badwolf, Season 4 was a real rip, wasn’t it? It felt like the writers finally figured out what they were doing and put together something really great. Seasons 5 and 6 are, in my estimation, good but not great. Certainly worth watching, but not up to the bar that S4 set. My wife and I just watched S7 E10 last night, so we have four more to go until the end. This season is close to S4 in terms of quality, as the writers appear to be having a lot of fun with what they were crafting. Going to be weird once we finish, but at least there are two more episodes of Hawkeye, and then S2 of The Witcher drops this Friday, so I’ll have something to keep me occupied around the holidays.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 9, 2021 16:42:35 GMT -5
The obvious answer to this question is "both".
Now, before things go all PornHub, I'm merely stating that these two girls, while being rivals, KNOW that Archie goes out with both of them without committing to either.
As such, if I want an evening at the county fair or a dinner of burgers amd fries, it's Betty, but if I'm craving something a little more upscale, I give Veronica a call, because they're both total babes and choosing between them is virtually impossible.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 8, 2021 20:44:11 GMT -5
Episode 4 was another strong outing for the show, particularly how it articulated the difference in how Kate sees Clint (both who he is and what he does) and how Clint sees those things for himself.
Big reveal at the end wasn't such as surprise with a little thinking, although it caused me to lose a bet with my younger daughter (I thought it wouldn't happen until Episode 5, while she was convinced it would happen in this one).
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Yo Joe!
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Post by The Captain on Dec 8, 2021 8:44:47 GMT -5
Thanks! I’ll have to look into those. Loved the Trimpe artwork on the series.
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Yo Joe!
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Post by The Captain on Dec 8, 2021 8:28:27 GMT -5
I know I could look this up myself, but are there any collections, like an Epic or whatnot, of the original G.I. Joe series from Marvel?
That was the first comic book I collected as a series, as everything before that had just been one-offs here and there. The first issue I bought off the newsstand (and yes, it was from the local newsstand, not an LCS) was #49 (with Destro and Dr. Mindbender hauling off a mummy so they could make Serpentor). I wound up going back and getting most of the beginning of the run (I bought some of the reprint digests and second printings when I couldn’t afford the first prints), and I collected the series up through about issue #110 or so. Sadly, I wound up selling most of these years ago.
Any insight would be appreciated.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 7, 2021 16:34:55 GMT -5
Wait... Larry Niven wrote a Green Lantern story??? Ganthet's Tales circa 1992. -M Somebody sent me this as part of the CCF Secret Santa Exchange a number of years ago.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 7, 2021 13:34:14 GMT -5
I got to meet Mr. Perez once at the Pittsburgh Comicon years ago. It was Sunday afternoon, and he had just jumped up on his table and was throwing out swag to the few remaining guests still gathered around. He had such an obvious passion for what he did and a love for his fans.
F$%& Cancer, for taking yet another of the good guys way too soon.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 6, 2021 21:31:41 GMT -5
Let's see how things have been going: shaxper , I've been waiting all week for this thread to pop up, as it's one of my favorite things to do on either New Year's Eve or New Year's Day. Buying GoalsThe only floppie I am actively searching in 2021 is Conan the Barbarian #14. The first Epic Collection has issues #1-13, and I have #15-115 in floppies, so I want to complete the circuit and then get down to reading. Decided to buy the first Conan Epic Collection instead, so I acquired this story but not this floppie. WINI play to buy 1 TPB of either Saga of the Swamp Thing (probably just the remaining three Alan Moore collections) or Hellblazer (I have a handful of these already) or a Marvel Epic Collection each month in 2021. Got the three Saga of the Swamp Thing books, have picked up about four Hellblazer trades, and have gotten three Marvel Epics, but I also have bought eight Sandman trades, so I'll call this a WIN Going to try to limit the $1/$2 bin books to maybe some Batman and Detective, but they have to be from the same general time period as the ones I already have. Not looking to get the whole run, just build around the stories I already own. Been pretty good on this, although I have expanded and grabbed some Amazing Adventures (with the Killraven stories) as well as some Jonah Hex and pre-Crisis Flash. That said, it's probably has been one of my smallest buying years ever.Reading GoalsAiming for another 1,000 this year, which I just barely made in 2020 (spent WAY TOO MUCH time playing video games in Q4 and only crossed the threshold on December 30). Just barely crossed the 625 threshold at the end of November, so this is almost certainly not going to happenSpecific books I want to read are: Amazing Spider-Man from #53 - 123, which is where my Epic Collections end. They will eventually publish the next edition, which will cover #124 - #140, and then I can read straight through to #400. Read through #85, then started reading Fantastic Four from the beginning. May pick this up in 2022.Conan the Barbarian, #1 - 115 - after I find a copy of #14 Read through #25, then got sidetracked by ASM and FFSaga of the Swamp Thing - the Alan Moore issues Read all of them!Hellblazer - going to be working on these from Delano issues as they come in Read every one of them I've bought, across Delano, Ennis, Ellis, and othersWonder Woman - I have the first four George Perez TPBs that I want to get through Have not gotten to this in 2021Daredevil - I plan to pick this back up from issue #65 and work through it as I did with Iron Man this year Have not gotten to this in 2021Reviewing GoalsAnother year went by without a post in my Captain America review thread. I'm hoping to revive this in 2021, but it's going to depend a lot on how busy my new job is. Nope. I have the desire but not the will right now. Maybe in 2022.That's it. Modest goals for 2021, as I feel I can achieve them and have a sense of accomplishment, rather than shooting for the moon and being disappointed.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 6, 2021 13:35:02 GMT -5
For as much as people talk about Heat Mizer and Snow Mizer, I don't remember that show at all. I'm sure I've seen it, but it doesn't elicit any memories, fond or otherwise.
Now, as for The Grinch, that song is a bop, as my daughters would say, and I have to agree. No matter how many times I hear it, it just doesn't get old.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 6, 2021 8:57:26 GMT -5
A few episodes into the fourth season now. I really like the Ghost Rider, but I wish they'd given him a realistic skull rather than one that looks like a mask. Should I know who Director Mace is? I felt like it was meant to be a big reveal but I had no clue. Have we even seen him before? No, Jeffrey Mace hadn’t been seen in the show before. He is less a big reveal and more a giant Easter egg. Mace was the original Patriot from Timely Comics in the 1940s, then was retconned into having been the third Captain America. My wife and I finally took the plunge and are watching Season 7 right now, as our younger daughter finished the series before all of us despite starting it long after we or her sister did. I’m enjoying the final season more than Five or Six by a large margin.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 5, 2021 11:58:48 GMT -5
shaxper, I've never read any of these books that you're covering here, yet I find myself loving your reviews of them, particularly from the historic perspective of what the different writers and editors were doing to Dick and Barbara. Truly the sign of a great thread if it can attract and keep the attention of someone with zero background with or affinity for the source material.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 4, 2021 16:24:47 GMT -5
Hmm, seems someone is lobbying for a lump of coal to arrive in the deserts of 'Zona. -M Why else is he ho ho hoing across the skies on Christmas Eve? 😊 Because Mrs. Claus is frigid?
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Post by The Captain on Dec 2, 2021 10:35:25 GMT -5
Episode 3 was released yesterday, and it continued the strong streak for the show. A couple of nice action sequences while also doing nice character work for Clint and Kate as well as for Maya Lopez.
Ending was a bit abrupt, but I’m sure that was done just to lead into next episode strongly.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 1, 2021 19:27:53 GMT -5
My shopping is done, but when I went to prep the package, I found my wife had used all of the packing tape. Will get things out this weekend once I have a chance to get to the store to pick up some more.
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