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09-23-2016, 02:54 PM | #1 |
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All things discussing about Marvel comics here, bad good whatever just keep it civil
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09-23-2016, 03:51 PM | #2 |
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Okay ... here goes ...
I started collecting in the 80's, read my way back through the 70's, gave the 90's a try but false notions of my own adulthood combined with a lot of both written and drawn testosterone and clones made me abandon Marvel comics halfway through the 90's. Then came everything after the whole Y2K thingamabob and Marvel managed to hook me back in. Throughout all those years, Marvel has made some wonderful and some very wrong stories. But the selection has always been broad enough for me to scratch my own personal itch. Granted, being a north-western European, employed, married man with three wonderful daughters and no ties (beyond the obvious media intake) to the US, will colour my perspective on what I am about to write. What the &^%$# is going on? Whenever I read about "the state of comics" it inadvertently ends up being a heated discussion in which terms like "PC" or "social justice warriors" get thrown around. Absolute honesty: I had to look them up and was very very surprised they were meant as negative remarks. Is this a recent thing to which I am just these past few years getting exposed to? Or did I just completely miss these sentiments, sheltered as my life has been? I did not notice an outcry when the new Spider-Woman was introduced as Arana? Or when the crippled Doctor Blake was replaced by the flashy Eric Masterson? Or when James Rhodes took over from Tony? And to me, the Marvel Universe has always been a place of great empathy, flaws and struggles to do the right thing. To err and learn from the experience. Anywho, would like to learn from you all. Last edited by daetrin; 09-24-2016 at 10:26 PM.. |
09-23-2016, 09:58 PM | #3 |
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Well right now the only really good books I'm reading are Vision and Moon Knight. Vision is just great, that's all I have to say about it. Moon Knight on the other hand is really crazy and weird which works because of the character but if you don't know your Moon Knight lore then it's probably too crazy. So it's not as great as Warren Ellis' run last volume but still good in its own way. I feel like these solo led title series are tending to be better to me than the team books because they aren't slowed down or muddled for events or to collaborate with other titles. There are still good team books out there like I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Ultimates (which I'll start picking up soon) but then every other team book I hear mixed things from story to story thanks to cross-title stories or events interfering with what was already happening.
I'm also really hoping that the Nova teases are for Richard Rider's return because Sam is getting boring fast. This entire latest volume has just been retreading the same story from his introduction. "What's Sam Nova up to this issue? Oh he's still looking for his dad... again... some more." I'll just add my voice (again) to the group of people who think that Civil War II isn't good and just seems really dumb all the time. I also really don't like the recent Iron Man "adventure" he took up wherein he finds out that the Starks actually just adopted him and his real parents were just schmucks. His mom is a British radio host and his dad was a grunt for SHIELD who of course turned out to be a HYDRA double-agent and was then killed by Tony's mom for being HYDRA. Why?!?! Again I ask, why? It was never a thing before that Tony Stark wasn't his parents' child and now that they decided to make it a thing the "reveal" they gave us sucked and doesn't even factor into anything. It's not like we learned his parents were other heroes or even villains which could somehow play into his Iron Man persona. Nope, just schmucks. What the hell was Marvel thinking? Shit like this is why I don't like it when Bendis is writing.
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09-25-2016, 09:44 PM | #4 |
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So I started reading the Claremonet/Lee Volume 2 Omnibus and all I can say is that the comics feel weird to me now. I mean, I grew up with them being done like this, but after spending the last few months reading the earlier Claremont stuff, the artwork just feels out of place in the way the panels are done. Hell, half of the time they don't even feel like there are any panels, just large images that have dialog placed in an order that wants you to guess what order to read the bubbles in. Not only that, but it seems like every third page has some female character in some strange pose that shows off her assets in one way or another. Also, I just noticed something, Psylocke is now Asian. Or rather, I never knew she was British before now, and in the Fall of the Mutants and Inferno she didn't look very Asian. Now she is suddenly full blown Asian. WHAT?! How is that even possible? Did someone travel back in time and change the race of her parents?
Okay, issues wise, so far they have been pretty good. The stuff with Iceman and his girlfriend in Japan was all right. The Savange Land adventures of Magneto and Rogue was awkward because one minute Rogue's powers worked, then they didn't the next, and then they started working again when it was convenient to the plot. And of course we have Magneto who seems to have some sort of love relationship with her and just out right kills again. Something just seemed off about the way this entire scene was executed. Now the Skrull Shi'ar ordeal was interesting to read, but I'm surprised it took Claremont like 8 years to conclude that. Deathbird took over the empire in the third Omnibus, which covered the stories from 82 and 83, so I expected that plotline to have been concluded well beforehand. I guess it was nice that it hadn't though, since I got to read about the end of it. It was interesting, but those generic yellow and blue costumes need to go. What were they thinking? I forgot about those ugly things. I remember getting a Wolverine toy as a kid in that costume and I hated it even then. Anyway, Jubilee is even more despicable in the comics than she was in the cartoon. In fact, now thinking about it, the cartoon gave Jubilee Kitty's personality and I can see why given how much of a little shit she is here. She feels like the precursor to the comments section on Youtube. Currently, I'm reading the X-Factor issues that deal with Apocalypse stealing Nathan away. That baby can never catch a break. It's been enjoyable so far but I do not know any of those mutants working for Apocalypse outside of Tusk, at least as far as I can remember. Not a fan of Jean being stripped down of her powers just like Rogue has. Did something happen between these issues and Inferno that I don't know about with them losing their powers?
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09-26-2016, 09:48 AM | #5 |
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I started reading late 90's into the 2000's. Pretty much stopped 5 years ago though when everything really went a bit wonky.
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09-26-2016, 01:08 PM | #6 |
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Completely agree with you, Kain. (Oh, and it sounds like you're missing an Omnibus, where Psylocke coerces the X-Men to go through the Siege Perilous and each character undergoes a memory wipe and transformation (the story where Betsy is turned into an Asian Hand ninja))
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I reread Claremont's run a couple of years ago, and for me X-Men started to go downhill after Fall of The Mutants. I know the Outback "era" is hugely popular, but the stories majorly flopped after that. Nothing happened story-wise, with most characters appearing in and out of issues with nothing to do. Madelyne went from a fascinating character to a psychotic ex-wife in the space of about six issues, Polaris was character assassinated repeatedly, the Brood returned with no consequence, and Marc Silvestri's art deteriorated very quickly.
To be honest, after reading Fall of the Mutants, Inferno, and where I am currently in this Claremont/Lee Omnibus, I feel like issue 175 may have been the perfect ending for the series. Of course, if it had, then Mr Sinister and Apocalypse would not exist and they are two of my favorite Marvel villains period, but from a story point of view, it seems like things go out of control as the series got closer to issue 200. That doesn't mean I won't buy any more omnibuses after Volume 3 nor if they were to reissue all of the oversized hardcovers to the crossovers, but 175 feels like that could have been THE END. Quote:
It does become apparent that Claremont was slowly running out of ideas, or at least less well-written ones, and after Bob Harras replaced Ann Nocenti as the editor, everything was thrown out of the window in favour of pleasing the artist over the writer. By the time Jim Lee came along, Claremont was a dead man walking.
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09-27-2016, 02:43 PM | #7 |
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So I have completed the Chris Claremont run of X-Men stories in my Omnibus.
First off, the rest of the X-Factor story that dealt with Apocalypse was pretty good. Poor Nathan just could never catch a break at all. Well, it is nice to know how it goes on to become Cable now. The Dark Riders were not really all that impressive as villains though. Next up, the Shadow King storyline, which I highly enjoyed for the most part. There were clearly things talked about in here that happened in the issues I can't get right now, but the main story made sense. Although, when did Xavier meet Legion? This seemed to be the first time the X-Men themslelves met him, and Charles was off with Lilandra for a while, so that left me a tad confused as to when there was even time for them to meet. I gotta be honest though, this whole thing felt like it could have been the series finale. Everything just feels so complete with the X-Men all back together, Lilandra is back in charge of the Shi'ar Empire, etc. It just seems like if someone really wanted to stop reading the series, that would be the perfect place to do it. Anyway, X-Men 1-3 were... not what I remembered. First off, the whole thing of Magneto's genes being played with was just down right stupid, stupid STUPID!! I don't care if they kind of retconned it in issue 3, it was a dumb idea to begin with. Also, where did Guido and Jubilee just disappear to? Did they stay on Muir Island? Did Claremont just forget about them (Not that I mind not having Jubilee there)? The artwork in some areas looked beautiful, but then in others it was kind of distracting and hard to tell what was going on. It also seemed to lack some of the exposition that would have been needed to explain what the panel is displaying. Then you have the overly complicated uniform Nick Fury is suddenly wearing. Also, the ending to issue 2 felt very rushed since the X-Men just change sides at the drop of a hat without there being an explanation until the next issue. It made those last two pages very hard to read and follow. Oh, and I really wish they had the letter pages in this book because it would have been interesting to read whatever they had to say about Claremont leaving the series as they had done in the past with Byrne and Cockrum. I mean, he wrote the series for 16 years, that was probably an entire page in itself. Well, we'll see where things go from here if my love for the comics I grew up on is just because of nostalgia or if they really were terrible.
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I'll just add my voice (again) to the group of people who think that Civil War II isn't good and just seems really dumb all the time. I also really don't like the recent Iron Man "adventure" he took up wherein he finds out that the Starks actually just adopted him and his real parents were just schmucks. His mom is a British radio host and his dad was a grunt for SHIELD who of course turned out to be a HYDRA double-agent and was then killed by Tony's mom for being HYDRA. Why?!?! Again I ask, why? It was never a thing before that Tony Stark wasn't his parents' child and now that they decided to make it a thing the "reveal" they gave us sucked and doesn't even factor into anything. It's not like we learned his parents were other heroes or even villains which could somehow play into his Iron Man persona. Nope, just schmucks. What the hell was Marvel thinking? Shit like this is why I don't like it when Bendis is writing. It's not ruining my enjoyment of the Marvel comics I read thankfully, but I really want it to end.
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09-28-2016, 01:04 AM | #9 |
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The last Marvel book I picked up was the first Ant-Man trade where Scott started his own security business (which I thought was a really solid idea) around the time the movie hit theaters and really enjoyed it. I need to get the current ones since I read that there's a new Giant-Man introduced.
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09-30-2016, 09:32 PM | #10 |
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Well I just finished the Claremont/Lee Omnibus I was reading and can I just say that the final issues were utter dog shit?
First off, the Omega Red story. This one was not bad despite Andrea Strucker's Powergirl costume's boob window kept changing directions. Sometimes it was a triangle pointing downward, sometimes it was pointing upward. The worst was when it changed on the same page. I did enjoy learning a bit more of Wolverine's origin despite it feeling like there was something I missed in the issues I wasn't able to read. Omega Red is just as cool a villain as I remember. Maverick was as lame as ever though. Never been a fan of him. Finally, it would have been nice if Wolverine had explained why he was back in the yellow costume. Everytime the X-Men had a costume change in the comics before they always made some type of comment on the new look, so to not have one here was kind of lame. Then we have a story that is supposed to develop Gambit, but then Ghost Rider comes into play and it turns out the Brood is involved. WHAT THE ************************************************** ****!!! Not only did Ghost Rider feel completely out of place, but the Brood felt forced in as if the writers needed some last minute plot twist. Heaven forbid it couldn't have just been a backstory for Gambit. Also, it was utterly pointless to have Bishop in the first part, acting all high and mighty about how he is never going to let Gambit out of his sight, only to have him just gone for the other three issues. What happened to never letting him out of his sight? I also don't buy that the Brood were able to impregnate Ghost Rider. Another aspect that felt like they needed to force in a reason to have a battle between him and the X-Men. So during this story we learn Gambit is married and meet his wife, upsetting Rogue, only to conveniently kill her off by the end of the arc because that means they couldn't continue their romance with Rogue any longer. Oh, and did we really need to have Cyclops drooling over Psylocke? He ditched his wife and son for Jean and I'm suddenly supposed to believe he is attracted to Psylocke? NO!!!! It doesn't work that way!!! However, I can get look past these awful issues because the next final two parter was probably the worst X-Men stories I have read over the last few months. Not only do we get Mojo (I HATE MOJO!!!), but half of the story feels rushed and it comes out of nowhere. Yeah, sure, they showed Longshot leading a rebellion a few issues ago, but this seems like I missed an entire story arc while the Brood and Ghost Rider stuff was happening. It is also weird that these issues were only 15 pages long instead of the normal 22. It should have just been an annual story or something. The last big page was really stupid as during the last panel they say they should celebrate, next page is this double page spread of the standing there in a pose. What happened to the celebration? Overall, I am so glad to have gotten this book despite its miscomings. Sure, Claremont's run might have lasted a little too long as the late stuff didn't feel up to par with his early stuff, but the stories I read never felt this disjointed. Even my disapointment with issues 146-150 pale in comparison to the poorly written stories that came to pass in this book. On one hand, I really feel the wedding of Scott and Madelynne in 175 could have made for a great ending point. On the other hand, the storyline with Deathbird's rule over the Shi'ar Empire would have been left incomplete, which wasn't completed until like 277, which lead directly into the Shadow King plot that was clearly being built up for some time. Therefore, 280/X-Factor 60 feels like the true end to the series because all plot threads are closed. Next up, my very first mutant crossover series, X-Cutioner's Song.
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10-03-2016, 03:36 PM | #11 |
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I read through X-Cutioner's Song today and overall, it was a decent story. It wasn't as amazing as I remembered, but it wasn't as bad as I was fearing. The worst part of the series was Jae Lee's X-Factor artwork because my god, none of that even matched the art throughout the rest of the story. Did he even look at what Bishiop and Cable wear? Or did he just go off and make up his own looks for them? There were a few panels of his I did like, especially when Cyclops and Jean were on the moon, but for the most part, he was unfit to do the art for this crossover if he wasn't going to make it match up with the other three series.
Stryfe remained pretty bad ass and this was the storyline that made him be one of my favorite villains when growing up. It was pretty cool finally understanding his whole plight and why he wanted revenge. Unfortunately, there didn't seem to be very much in the way of a story here though. It was just one action scene after another and having the different teams battle each other came out very forced. There was really no reason for this thing to be 12 issues long (well 13 with the epilogue) as it could have been half of that. Overall, it was nice to reread this thing after 24 years, but it was not the 'OH MY GOD THIS IS SO AWESOMELY BADASS I LOVE IT!!!!" type of story I thought it was. Nevertheless, it was entertaining, if nothing else. On to Age of Apocalypse.
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I need both Spidey and X waves, which is funny because until this year, I had no desire to own any X-Men characters. Now, X-Men is back at the top of my favorites. Speaking of which...
So I have begun to read Age of Apocalypse and finished the Legion Quest story. I wish there had been a little backstory as to when Legion regained consciousness since the last time I saw him he was in a coma, but whatever. For the most part, it was an interesting read and it was most certainly funny to be reading it before and after Flash had aired last night. I did not realize that Gaby was Legion's mother. WOW!! No wonder he is so messed up. Anyway, that four parter was a good but the Cable story that comes after that sort of takes place between those events was garbage. It added nothing important, there were a lot of inconsistencies (Angel is wearing blue and white in the four parter, but he is wearing red and white here, and also he never comes to visit Jean and Scott), and it seemed way more convoluted than it needed to be. I also felt it took away from the impact the ending of X-Men 41 made. I did also read X-Meh Alpha, the story that pretty much launches the whole series and it was good. It pretty much just gives a brief look at the way the entire world is. It kind of just felt like a generic post-apocalypitic world that has been done to death. Of course, there isn't much to go on right now, so I'll be back when I have read through more.
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I need both Spidey and X waves, which is funny because until this year, I had no desire to own any X-Men characters. Now, X-Men is back at the top of my favorites. Speaking of which...
So I have begun to read Age of Apocalypse and finished the Legion Quest story. I wish there had been a little backstory as to when Legion regained consciousness since the last time I saw him he was in a coma, but whatever. For the most part, it was an interesting read and it was most certainly funny to be reading it before and after Flash had aired last night. I did not realize that Gaby was Legion's mother. WOW!! No wonder he is so messed up. Anyway, that four parter was a good but the Cable story that comes after that sort of takes place between those events was garbage. It added nothing important, there were a lot of inconsistencies (Angel is wearing blue and white in the four parter, but he is wearing red and white here, and also he never comes to visit Jean and Scott), and it seemed way more convoluted than it needed to be. I also felt it took away from the impact the ending of X-Men 41 made. I did also read X-Meh Alpha, the story that pretty much launches the whole series and it was good. It pretty much just gives a brief look at the way the entire world is. It kind of just felt like a generic post-apocalypitic world that has been done to death. Of course, there isn't much to go on right now, so I'll be back when I have read through more. |
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So I am halfway through Age of Apocalypse (it's taking me awhile to get through it since I've been busy with Halloween stuff) and wanted to post my current thoughts on each book.
X-Men Alpha - A decent set up for the series. Gives a good backstory to let us know how this world works. No complaints. Astonishing X-Men - The two issues I have read have been quite enjoyable. An interesting take on the series and the artwork is probably the best of the book. Amazing X-Men - Not as good as Astonishing and outside of Sabertooth, no one is really all that memorable. The artwork seems to be hit or miss at times too. Generation Next - Easily the worst stories in this universe. The art work looks like horse crap and the story makes no sense whatsoever. Not to mention it is hard to tell anything that is going on and it feels like there is a story missing. Why are Illyana and another girl scared or some dude in the shadows? Who is that dude? What is it? Why did he get on a bus to eat people? God this thing blows hard. Weapon X - The first issue was very good while the second got a tad convoluted. Jean just ups and leaves him and then he decides he has to kill her only to not do so. Oooooooooooooooooooooookay... Xcalibur - Has been quite enjoyable thus far. Love the focus on Nightcrawler and that the Savage land is a haven at this point in time. The Morlocks being pirates was odd and the writing felt off in the second issue. They rescue the refugees from suffocating just to drown them? HUH?! Gambit and the X-Ternals - This has been great thus far. It is interesting to have a team having to go after the Mkron Crystal and getting to see an X-Men interference free Sh'iar. Factor X - I'm liking the story behind Scott and Alex and I think reading Claremont's run beforehand has really helped with this aspect. Love the dynamic and how Alex is a jealous brat that is just itching to take his brother's place. Also cool to see what things would have been like had they not been taken away from Sinister at the orphanage. X-Man - My favorite of the entire series. I've loving this version of Cable despite it not making sense for him to still exist and the development of his powers. All in all, some of the stories have been really well done while others not so much. As I said, Generation Next sucks ass while X-Man is my favorite. Love what the are doing with Nate and Sinister. One of the most interesting things for me though is Multiple Man being an entire cult. That is a pretty interesting idea. I won't say I am blown away at this point as I thought I would be, but this original Flashpoint is an enjoyable read for the most part. I am looking forward to see how this develops further.
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So I am halfway through Age of Apocalypse (it's taking me awhile to get through it since I've been busy with Halloween stuff) and wanted to post my current thoughts on each book.
X-Men Alpha - A decent set up for the series. Gives a good backstory to let us know how this world works. No complaints. Astonishing X-Men - The two issues I have read have been quite enjoyable. An interesting take on the series and the artwork is probably the best of the book. Amazing X-Men - Not as good as Astonishing and outside of Sabertooth, no one is really all that memorable. The artwork seems to be hit or miss at times too. Generation Next - Easily the worst stories in this universe. The art work looks like horse crap and the story makes no sense whatsoever. Not to mention it is hard to tell anything that is going on and it feels like there is a story missing. Why are Illyana and another girl scared or some dude in the shadows? Who is that dude? What is it? Why did he get on a bus to eat people? God this thing blows hard. Weapon X - The first issue was very good while the second got a tad convoluted. Jean just ups and leaves him and then he decides he has to kill her only to not do so. Oooooooooooooooooooooookay... Xcalibur - Has been quite enjoyable thus far. Love the focus on Nightcrawler and that the Savage land is a haven at this point in time. The Morlocks being pirates was odd and the writing felt off in the second issue. They rescue the refugees from suffocating just to drown them? HUH?! Gambit and the X-Ternals - This has been great thus far. It is interesting to have a team having to go after the Mkron Crystal and getting to see an X-Men interference free Sh'iar. Factor X - I'm liking the story behind Scott and Alex and I think reading Claremont's run beforehand has really helped with this aspect. Love the dynamic and how Alex is a jealous brat that is just itching to take his brother's place. Also cool to see what things would have been like had they not been taken away from Sinister at the orphanage. X-Man - My favorite of the entire series. I've loving this version of Cable despite it not making sense for him to still exist and the development of his powers. All in all, some of the stories have been really well done while others not so much. As I said, Generation Next sucks ass while X-Man is my favorite. Love what the are doing with Nate and Sinister. One of the most interesting things for me though is Multiple Man being an entire cult. That is a pretty interesting idea. I won't say I am blown away at this point as I thought I would be, but this original Flashpoint is an enjoyable read for the most part. I am looking forward to see how this develops further. |
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The best Marvel book I've read this year was The Ultimates mini-series, very cosmic & ..hmm.. "Meta" (if this means something). Reminds me of the Authority series from Warren Ellis but within the Marvel Universe. Also, I liked the relatively new characters I never saw b4, The Blue Marvel & America Chavez. There's a sequel coming & I'm really looking forward to read it.
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The best Marvel book I've read this year was The Ultimates mini-series, very cosmic & ..hmm.. "Meta" (if this means something). Reminds me of the Authority series from Warren Ellis but within the Marvel Universe. Also, I liked the relatively new characters I never saw b4, The Blue Marvel & America Chavez. There's a sequel coming & I'm really looking forward to read it.
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So I started reading those Bendis Uncanny books I got for a few dollars and maybe it wasn't such a good idea to read a series that came out like 20 years after Age of Apocalypse. I can't follow this for crap. There are just way too many changes that it doesn't even feel like an X-Men comic. So Cyclops dumped Jean and is now in love with Emma... does Emma not know that Scott ditched his son and wife for Jean? Magneto working for Shield while pretending to be an X-Men (not like that has ever happened before). Oh, and they apparently have had their powers weaken... sure why not. Prof X is dead again? Yeah, that'll last. Also, where are Storm, Rogue, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Kitty? They don't even make any mention of them. Illyana got her powers back and is an adult again, cool I guess. Where is the fun? Everything seems to be taking itself super serious and the artwork is horrible. Where is the color? I can't even tell sometimes which character is talking.
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These arrived today (along with some JoJos manga I ordered for my g/f for Xmas (not pictured for obvious reasons)):
I was just looking through them and couldn't believe how outstanding the artwork is. Since I've been reading Spider-Man and Doctor Strange from that era I am used to there really being 6-9 panels on each page, not full blown giant ones that take up more than half a page, leaving room for only like 2 more panels. WOW!!
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I'm currently doing Amazing spider-man, spider-man 2099, Venom and Old man logan. those are the only series i personally feel are worth the current prices Marvel is selling at.
i recently dropped Moon Knight and daredevil. while i liked both Marc Spector's constant inner battle with his multiple personalities was gettine repetitive. don't get me wrong i still like the character himself, however the series was getting blah to me. so i stopped. Dareedevil i also liked it, however it wasn't doing enough for me for the 3.99 price tag any longer. Marvel has been really letting me down. however there is talk of them returning things to normal once again. no more gender, enthicnity, abd or sexuality swaping. possibly then things might get good again. til then im just sticking with said titles above. |
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I just read recently all of Jokers Asylum, and I have just started The New 52 Batman and Robin. Damien Wayne is my favorite Robin, such a punk. Lol.
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full on Spider Gwen and Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider. Scarlet Spider is very extreme Jackel was going to Waterboard a Woman with boiling Water (that's gotta hurt)
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