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Reading The Apocalypse War. Not sure how there's going to be a Mega-City One....or even planet Earth after this one.

Is anyone else reading East of West? I finally picked up issue 6.

Just can't get into Infinity.

Rather read about the Wakanda-Atlantis war but it doesn't seem to actually be covered anywhere.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Just can't get into Infinity.

Rather read about the Wakanda-Atlantis war but it doesn't seem to actually be covered anywhere.

That would be in New Avengers, would it not?

 Goliath wrote:

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Just can't get into Infinity.

Rather read about the Wakanda-Atlantis war but it doesn't seem to actually be covered anywhere.

That would be in New Avengers, would it not?

Sort of. It's covered in a recap way that would make you think the main story is actually somewhere else but it isn't. I guess it's been interupted by the Builder War thing. This Infinity event is weird. It feels like is a world ending event that has come in and screwed up two other world ending storylines in Avengers and New Avengers. It's all muddled together and confusing. I wish they had left the Illuminati storyline out of it.

I'm interested in reading Suicide Squad. Any advice on where to start? I'm talking pre-new52 of course.

Anung's alive!

I started reading new 52 Suicide Squad and loved it. Got the first two graphic novels of it. Right up there with Red Hood and the Outlaws.

I'm reading the first TPB of Superior Spider-Man. It's pretty good, I'm going to pick up the next one.

timetowaste85 wrote:I started reading new 52 Suicide Squad and loved it. Got the first two graphic novels of it. Right up there with Red Hood and the Outlaws.

TBH I was looking into it and immediatly closed the book again when I saw Harley's new origin story. One of the reason I want to check the series out is to read something with Amanda Waller in it. You know, the real one.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Anung's alive!

Yeah, I kinda sorta just missed going on Dakka for a few... months. Painting progress has been very slow, but that should change soon.

 Anung Un Rama wrote:

timetowaste85 wrote:I started reading new 52 Suicide Squad and loved it. Got the first two graphic novels of it. Right up there with Red Hood and the Outlaws.

TBH I was looking into it and immediatly closed the book again when I saw Harley's new origin story. One of the reason I want to check the series out is to read something with Amanda Waller in it. You know, the real one.

KamikazeCanuck wrote:Anung's alive!

Yeah, I kinda sorta just missed going on Dakka for a few... months. Painting progress has been very slow, but that should change soon.

What's wrong with her origin? If I remember from the 90s correctly, she was a psychiatrist, fell in love with joker and went looney tunes. In this version she's a psychiatrist, falls in love with joker and goes looney tunes. And gets dropped in acid. That's the only real change, isn't it? And I prefer sexy Amanda Waller, not gigantic Amanda Waller.

I've been reading a few things from the New 52, but IMO "Joker throws Harley in a vat of accid" is the most stupid retcon of the whole reboot. It changes her from "Joker's crazy lover" to "Joker Girl".

And the awesome thing about Waller, at least the way I know her from the DCAU, was how she WASN'T like any other women in comic books.
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Since Season 3 of the Walking Dead, I've been reading the comics and loving them.

I'd love to see a graphic novel series to continue on from Stargate Universe. As a Stargate fan from SG-1 onwards I was gutted when SG:U was cancelled. Stargate was my Star Trek/ Star Wars.

timetowaste, you are very much mis-remembering the 90's.

The original origin story for Harley Quinn goes something like this; she is a psychiatrist, who eventually falls in love with the Joker and very much against his wishes becomes obsessed with him.

This is a strong willed and determined though misguided Harley Quinn.

The new origin story goes like this; she is a psychiatrist, whom the Joker tries hard to groom and woo, takes advantage of her, and drops her unwillingly in a vat of acid thus "creating" her.

This is a Harley Quinn that is nothing more than the aftermath of some crazy guy, who is a victim more than anything.

I may be going a bit nuts with it, but I've picked up the first three trades of Manhattan Projects in the past week. Really, really awesome. Was recommended by a local store's owner on his podcast/in person. Through the same podcast I also found Uber (got the first Hardcover trade), and the Prophet semi-reboot series. Which is also really, really awesome.

For those of us here in the United States, Barnes and Noble is doing a "Buy 2, get your 3rd free" graphic novel deal right now. There is apparently a "specific list" of eligible titles so I included that link.

It extends to both DC and Marvel though, going until January 2nd and is both in store or online.

Thanks Kan! I knew about the B2,G1 already, but didn't know how long it lasted. That's sweet news. My N52 collection is growing due to this plus being a member...

Appaerantly there's a huge X-Men crossover event happening: Battle of the Atom. Can anyone tell me which series I need to read so this makes sense? So far I'm reading All New X-Men (which keeps being superb) and the first trade of Uncanny X-Men. But if I'm not mistaken there at least two other X-Men series during Marvel NOW!.

IDW's Ninja Turtles are still amazing. One of the best series I've read all year.

Read the 2nd trade of Superior Spider-Man. How did I not hear of Cardiac before? The character's awesome.

 infinite_array wrote:
I may be going a bit nuts with it, but I've picked up the first three trades of Manhattan Projects in the past week. Really, really awesome. Was recommended by a local store's owner on his podcast/in person. Through the same podcast I also found Uber (got the first Hardcover trade), and the Prophet semi-reboot series. Which is also really, really awesome.

Yeah, I've been trying to talk up the Manhattan Projects since forever. Jonathan
Hickman is fast becoming one of my favorite writers.

 Anung Un Rama wrote:
Appaerantly there's a huge X-Men crossover event happening: Battle of the Atom. Can anyone tell me which series I need to read so this makes sense? So far I'm reading All New X-Men (which keeps being superb) and the first trade of Uncanny X-Men. But if I'm not mistaken there at least two other X-Men series during Marvel NOW!.

It is over now... and, like many Marvel Mutant crossovers, it is almost entirely forgettable, and if you read just the "Battle of the Atom" bookends, you'll probably be fine...

Battle of the Atom #1 will give you a little flow chart in the back too.

I only read All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men which is the main part of it but Wolverine and the X-Men is also a big part of it too.

I just finished Batman Knightfall arc. I remember when it came out that I thought Azrael was a cool looking character, so I went back and read all of it. Spoilers Bat's gets fethed up. I know, late to the party, but better then never I suppose.

Welcome to 2013 from 1993, Rip Van Winkle!

I know , I know. I bought the breaking of the bat when it first came out, but was never really a batman comic fan when i was younger so it had zero context to me, I thought Bane just beat him up, I didn't know to what extent Bane wore him down first.

....got to go, someone just told me superman died...lool

Hey Alphy, I just bought the Knightfall arc about a year ago myself, be nice to the man. Actually, that's the arc that got me reading DC comics-I haven't bought a Marvel comic since, and my DC collection has expanded greatly.

I read the 1st trade from IDW's Ghostbusters this week and really enjoyed it. The characters are spot on, you don't need another movie when you can just imagine Bill Murray's voice with that dialogue. The art style is a bit on the cartoony side but it serves the action well. It's also big with the overarching contiuity. The movies and the videogame are referenced frequently.
I hear it's getting quite bad in the later issues, but the first one was great and I can't wait to read more.

Devoured my 3 paperback collections of Green Arrow.
#1: The Midas Touch--really enjoyed it. Established Oliver as a douche which was important, and set up the ethos.
#2: Triple Threat--was interesting to see Oliver out of the city and in the wilderness.
#3: Harrow--the social crusader aspect shows up in force. Plus he gets made fun of by Green Lantern which was hilarious.

Been awhile since I've read anything "new"....newest was probably:

Inhumans
Ascension
Battle Chasers (--everything about this comic was pure awesome!)

Some of my favorite from back in the day....

Grendel Cycle
-- I was in a senior-level college English course, and a group of us wrote a 40+ page paper on this graphic novel! Got an A too

Superman: Peace on Earth

Kingdom Come
-- Alex Ross' paintings of the heroes is mind-blowing. After his vision of Superman et al. I can't picture them in any other way!

That's some pretty old stuff actually.

Thus, the quotations

I realized that it was definitely not new...like...within the past 10 years...lol.