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Well the X-Men are all schismed up. That was one hell of a fight between Cyclops and Wolverine. Much harder to pick a side in this one than civil war. The point of contention is: is it right to use children to fight and kill in war if that war is one to stave of extinction?
...probably.
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So I was flipping though some old comics the other day, and I came across some of my old Aliens\Predator etc stuff. You guys ever read Batman vs Predator? I know team ups and movie crossovers and generally a sure-fire recipe for mediocrity, but it was a really awesome story. Great writing, art was by one of the Kuberts. I highly recommend it.
They apparently did 2 more of those, and each one was strongly in the crap camp I thought the first one would be. Avoid those.
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This is only sort of related, but it is part of the reason why I love comics so much.
An episode of Batman: the Brave and the Bold I'm watching... the opening short has batman teaming up with an axe-wielding Abraham Lincoln to fight off a power armored John Wilkes Boothe.
This is almost as awesome as robo-bear versus cyber-gorilla.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Melissia wrote:This is only sort of related, but it is part of the reason why I love comics so much.
An episode of Batman: the Brave and the Bold I'm watching... the opening short has batman teaming up with an axe-wielding Abraham Lincoln to fight off a power armored John Wilkes Boothe.
This is almost as awesome as robo-bear versus cyber-gorilla.
It's basically silver age wackiness combined with modern age sensibilities.
What the Adam West show could have been if it had a budget.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
"Batman: The Brave and the Bold", has three seasons, mostly awesome, light-hearted seasons though some of them were pretty dark (Emperor Joker, and the finale both come to mind)
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
The brave and the bold is fething awesome!!! I haven't seen most of season 3 yet, but I just loved the first two. There's a scene in the 2nd episode which desribes the show pretty well. After the opening scene where Batman teamed up with Plastic Man and Fire in Brazil to fight Gentlemen Ghost he and Plastic Man fly over the ocean in the Batwing (which can turn into the Batmobil, the batboat and a huge robot btw.) and Plastic Man says: Are you seeing what I'm seeing? Because I see gorillas. With laser guns. Riding Dinosaurs. Attacking that yacht.
On topic of crossovers: Just stay away from the Aliens/Predator/Witchblade/Darkness Crossover Overkill.
Automatically Appended Next Post: So, according to the DC Database, there is now 2nd part to Kevin Smith's Wydening Gyre. I understand why so many people hate it, but I'd still like to read how it ended. It was a really annoying cliffhanger.
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Anung Un Rama wrote:So, according to the DC Database, there is now 2nd part to Kevin Smith's Wydening Gyre. I understand why so many people hate it, but I'd still like to read how it ended. It was a really annoying cliffhanger.
Enjoyed the twist/blindside in Action Comics very much.
Struck me that this origin seems influenced by the old Superman cartoon, which is fine with me.
Works well and goes someway towards explaining the whole Kandor thing I guess.
Spoiler:
Is the white ghost reference a hint about Krypto and/or the phantom zone do you think ?
Swamp Thing and Animal Man both continue to be superb, verging on the Barker territory. The new villain in the former is especially creepy.
Also been reading Slaine : book of invasions, which features some gloriously wonderful and weird art from Clint Langley, well worth checking out if you get the chance.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
So I heard Wizard magazine is no more... what do people use now as price guides and lists (I've been out of comic book collecting for a while so there are probably a ton I haven't heard about).
So i had to dig out my issues of The Walking Dead for my lady friend who has taken a sudden interest because of the TV show. It was fun sifting through the strata of comic books and seeing the various titles that have come and gone and that I've picked up and dropped while I did it.
How do you guys store your comics? Bag & board? Just bag? naked? Do you use the standard issue "comic book boxes" and most importantly do you have them catagorized in any way? When I was younger I kept them sorted by title with dividers but I guess I gave up on that and just started throwing them in there willy-nilly. Now it's a just a giant super-powered mess.
Finally got my hands on the first Zatanna TPB from Paul Dini. I never was a big fan of the character, but I wanted to read it, since I'm a huge Dini fan. Zee seems a bit too powerful most of the time, but still enjoyed it.
Got a big pile here waiting for me:
Batman: Arkham City (also Dini ^^ )
Scott Pilgrim #6
Buffy Season 8 finale
Deadpool Classics 3
Thing is, Zatanna has a weaksauce weakness. She is only powerful when she is able to speak.
There are many, many ways to stop someone from speaking.
Heck I could do it with science! Anhydrous calcium chloride dust would do the trick, try breathing when your throat's had its moisture removed so that you're practically choking on your own dry throat.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
I was saying that in response to her apparently being too powerful lol
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Melissia wrote:I was saying that in response to her apparently being too powerful lol
Yeah, I got that. But a lot of things seem so easy for her. "Shield me from Death Ray" "switch places with that guy" "transform these girls into doves". Then her cousin shows up, who apperantly is less powerful, but can still teleport at will etc.
Thing is, she IS that powerful. Oh, she's no Phantom Stranger, but she's one of the most powerful magic users in the DCU...
She's basically the superman or wonder woman of the magic users segment of superheroes (Though perhaps a more fair comparison would be Captain Marvel-- perhaps she's the Batman?).
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
I picked up the third volume of Criminal, The Dead and the
Dying. This comic book series by Ed Brubaker is enthralling. It
keeps me coming back the way Azzarello's did with its grand
crime themes. And the stories all intertwine!
Fantastic stuff.
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"...he could never understand the sense of a contest in which the two adversaries agreed upon the rules." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
Green Lantern started last week AFAIK.... guess, once again, over here we'll have to wait and wait and then rely on ebay.
Time for another email to Warner about region 2 box sets.
... Aardman Animation Batman ?
Sure some of you saw the Jim lee redesign of Darkseid t'other day
which.. well.... It's Darkseid, as drawn by Jim Lee ? .... Should have stuck with the design in the early Morrison JLA run, that was a Darkseid to be a fear't of.
and in other news...
Beginning in February 2012, DC Comics will be launching BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED, a monthly print periodical which will collect chapters from various digital-first series. Releasing weekly, JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND and BATMAN BEYOND will come out as individual chapters prior to (and in conjunction with) the collected, 48-page monthly BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED print edition.
JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND is from the creative team of Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs, adding Batman (Terry McGinnis) to the team of superheroes to combat a Neo Goath-related enemy. And in BATMAN BEYOND, from Adam Beecham and Norm Breyfogle, McGinnis and Bruce Wayne face an onslaught of Jokerz – and the return of an old foe.
DC Entertainment has previously released digital-first series including BEYOND THE FRINGE, as well as the limited run of BATMAN: ARKHAM UNLEASHED and BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, which was recently collected in a hardcover release last month. BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED marks the first time that DC Entertainment is launching an ongoing series digitally ahead of its planned monthly print release.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh, and in other, good news
Good. Hope the felon has a deeply unpleasant time in jail, and I hope that Mr. Meyers enjoyed his trip.
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
I strongly dislike Mark Millar, to me, he comes off as a racist and his writing is generally pretty juvenile and heavy handed. He's like a poor imitation Garth Ennis.
Frank Miller is a nutjob. His latest works have been complete spank, so I'm not suprised he was ranting incoherantly at the Occupy crowd.
Young Justice is awesome though. It's the only DC comics thing I'm interested in right now.
Da Boss wrote:I strongly dislike Mark Millar, to me, he comes off as a racist and his writing is generally pretty juvenile and heavy handed. He's like a poor imitation Garth Ennis.
I hate him too. Everything he write must include sexual deviance of some sort. No body likes a good rape or incest more than Mark Miller. I got tricked one last time by Kick-Ass. I really liked the movie so I figured I'd pick up the book. What a piece of crap. The comic sucks compared to the movie.
Ha, I don't like either of them. I pointed it out because, like DaBoss said, this shouldn't be a surprise. If you pay attention to anything that Frank Miller writes (even the super popular Batman titles) his recent rant should not have caught you off-guard.
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Da Boss wrote:Young Justice is awesome though. It's the only DC comics thing I'm interested in right now.
Batman: Arkham City?
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I really enjoyed Mark Millars inital run on the Ultimates, but a lot of his comics seem to be very violent. I usually don't have problems with fictional violence in movies or games, but it always feels like Millar gives his artists some very specific instructions and the result makes me squirm a bit.
