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COMICS! |OT| October 2014. Witches, wytches, and things that go GROOT in the night.
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ThyMusicMan
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I'm surprised I haven't heard much hype/talk about Fade Out #2 coming out today,,,
I am really looking forward to seeing where its going,, plus that type of book is definitely one of my favorite styles/setting/story.
"Golden-Age Hollywood noir"
I am really looking forward to seeing where its going,, plus that type of book is definitely one of my favorite styles/setting/story.
"Golden-Age Hollywood noir"
Baron von Loathsome
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Bucky Barnes and Guardians 3000 both look great, shame that I'll have to wait until the trades come out.
I take it that Abe Sapien's solo series is good? I just found out about it yesterday.
I take it that Abe Sapien's solo series is good? I just found out about it yesterday.
Anytime Johns writes the Rogues is good, and I really like his Shazam a lot. I liked the Diana scene because it wasn't a side of her we've really seen in JL yet, it's always nice to see her compassion and love for humanity.
As for your comment on the art, don't expect any earth shattering changes, Jason Fabok is basically David Finch Jr.
Fixed.
Freeza changed his name?
Shin Johnpv
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I'm like a week and a half behind on reading so I didn't vote this month, felt it would be wrong to do.
Where do you access this Data again? I'd like to see how much I posted.
Where do you access this Data again? I'd like to see how much I posted.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Spider-Gwen not making it to the top 3 is a travesty. I'm disappointed, ComicsGAF.
Anyway, Gotham Academy! NuBatgirl! TMNT/Ghostbusters! Edward Scissorhands! Thor! Sabrina! Even a double dose of Kamala Khan
This month is going to be great!
Gotham Academy is great! I'm looking forward to hearing more impressions.
Shin Johnpv
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Some how I didn't realize Earth 2 World's End was starting this month. So many weeklies. I just hope it moves at a better pace than Future's End does. I have a feeling future's end will read fine and be paced fine in trade format, but getting 4 - 6 pages of story per thread each week has it feeling like it's crawling.
You're all #1 in my heart.
Except you, Messi. You know what you did.
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pock3tmonster
Banned
I dropped Future's End for this reason. Batman: Eternal has maintained a much better pace as a weekly series for comparison, but I'm trade waiting both. World's End ties into Future's End right? Future's End deals with
the aftermath?
Trade waiting a weekly series must be a nightmare. I can't imagine how behind I'd be compared to people who buy floppies.
pock3tmonster
Banned
It's not bad considering DC's typical trade schedule; Batman: Eternal's first volume of two is released in December.
This and its very content rich. 21 Issues, never got a this big TPB before.
Shin Johnpv
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Batman Eternal has done a much much better job of it. I think it's because each team working on it seems to get a full issue themselves. Instead of 4 - pages per issue. I hope World's End handles things like Batman Eternal.
It's a possible tie in. I think World's End is supposed to be about the war everyone talks about in Future's End, though the Future's End outcome, and events that follow it, are just 1 of the possibilities.
Jedeye Sniv
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Just got my Absolute Batman and Robin in the post. squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Shin Johnpv
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Maybe not RIGHT after, but it's definitely after Death of the Family.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Definitely great value! I'll be on an extended flight to Japan not long after it releases. It's going to be the best in-flight entertainment.
Photos plz
I guess that makes me D Rose. I'm over paid, I underdeliver, and ultimately let down the team. I should be put down but nobody has the heart to do it.
Holy fuck, real talk looooool.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Would you recommend Absolute Batman and Robin to someone who loves the current on-going by Peter Tomasi? I already own the deluxe oversized hardcovers, but this question concerns my partner and his interests.
Escape Goat
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Why does the New 52 have to turn everyone in super models? Ugh.
pock3tmonster
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Future's End is five years later in terms of the current New 52 timeline, right? I read the first few issues of Future's End, but I don't remember exactly and haven't kept up with the event. I'm curious as to where World's End goes and what state it leaves Earth 2 in. As you said, Future's End is just one possibility.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I'm at work where there's no mobile internet at all
will upload a pic once I get back into civilization.It's beautiful though, finally I get some massive Phillip Tan art
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
That's a tricky question tbh. Probably not since it's the middle volume of Morrison's larger run, so without Batman and Son -> RIP for context a reader might be a little lost, especially the last arc with Doctor Hurt, that'll come out of nowhere without knowing about RIP. The other stories are pretty self contained little three-parters though, so it is digestible. Very different tonally from Tomasi.
Shin Johnpv
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That is correct, it represents one possible future 5 years from now in the current timeline.
pock3tmonster
Banned
Thanks, I thought as much. He's probably not ready for many of the weirder concepts and ideas Morrison explores in his texts either. Just nice having a second opinion. I might introduce him to the Black Glove first.
From my understanding...
Future's End is set five years later AND is about stopping an event thirty years later from happening. Only Batboy screws up gettting to the present and is stranded five years later after the event that ravages the world thirty years later has already started.
This is, of course, ignoring that in two Future's End books LSOH members are hanging around suggesting the world gets unfucked at some point and Batboy coming back is kinda pointless.
I think Worlds End is a prequel to the events that Future's End mentions happened between the present day and five years later. Like the early days of the E2-Apokalips war. My guess is Batboy winds up in the present day after FE ends and that future is completely eradicated.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I'd say it's an impossible future now they've spent all this time there. No way are the books going to match up to this in 5 years time. Nor should they. I sincerely hope the Earth 2 war goes down differently from how it's been shown in Future's End, a weekly series to see something that we already know about seems a bit of a waste.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Yeah, I'd definitely say that. IMO the Moz run starts off fairly innocuously and easy to get. It's not until the end of B&R (and the Return of Bruce Wayne) that it goes into full gear and asks a bit more of the reader.
That new edition that combines Bats & Son and Black Glove would be a great introduction to Morrison Batman. Obviously it's the beginning of his run, but it's also very new reader friendly.
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Yeah what Jedeye said.
ohhthegore
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hmmm Evil Ernie is back, this could be intersting. Can't wait for AVP and Predator this month
pock3tmonster
Banned
I truly hope Batboy IS left stranded in the present day. I know he technically is part of the mainstream DCU now, as of Future's End, but I want to see him interact with the present day heroes and villains, not those five years from now. I'd feel cheated if he disappeared following the end of the event and was not seen again. There needs to be some real consequences/lasting changes as a result of Future's End on the present day DCU, to make it worthwhile. I'd be happy if one such consequence/change was Batboy's transition to the present. I guess though, there might be some overlap between Batboy and Batwing making either obsolete.
Shin Johnpv
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You're just getting into semantics now. I see Future's End as a long What if/Elseworlds style story line. It's a possible future that could happen, but obviously isn't going to. It's them getting to toy with their own characters. I don't think any one assumed this is where the characters actually would be 5 years from now.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
What the flying fuck.
Bumping the page count, so the price follows suit.
pock3tmonster
Banned
I'll loan him my copy tomorrow and hopefully encourage him to continue with Morrison's run. He's not big on comics, but DC's New 52 was a great start for him. He's been reading Batman and Robin and Green Lantern Corps. He's also taken an interest in Atomic Robo and Tom Taylor's 'The Deep'. I'm hoping to use those as platform for more reading.
KoruptData
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That's dissapointing. I'm still getting it though. So I guess I'm the problem.
I just read Godhead on my phone and I will not be buying any more. It was kinda a mess that could be summarized in a few sentences.
Filthy Slug
Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase/ All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
Haha. Please somebody get Snyder an editor. Then again, I'll take all the Capullo art I can get, so I'm not even mad.
pock3tmonster
Banned
That's disappointing. Can you elaborate? I haven't read the issue yet but I had high hopes, I thought the ideas behind the event were interesting and took GL in a new direction.
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