What comic books have you read today? Part two.19596
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I bid on a couple of the BVs but I haven’t won any. I did just win a lot of 20 Prince Valiant hardcovers on EBay that I am looking forward to digging into. I think they are supposed to arrive tomorrow! |
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| From December before I got busy with life. Sable #11-17. Some solid stories here with Sable returning to SE Asia and a story where West German art thieves are gunning for him. Ten issues left in this series and it is a solid follow-up to Mike Grell's original series.        Night Thrasher: Four Control #1-4. Probably a set-up for Night Thrasher's solo series that comes out not too long after the miniseries ends. In any case, it's a well-written tale by Fabian Nicieza, with some inconsistent art by Dave Hoover. Unfortunately, I kept thinking of Batman as NT's back story draws too many parallels. I will say I enjoyed the writing as it pertained to NT attempting to reconcile his business side with his role as a hero and his personal life. Again, well done but just couldn't get the Caped Crusader out of my mind when reading it.     Mephisto vs #1-4. Al Milgrom and John Buscema craft an interesting story where Mephisto is challenging some of the Marvel superteams to look for the right soul to take. Through the process, he collects Susan Storm, Jean Grey, and Rogue before setting his sights on Thor. Long story short, he wants the soul of a god and is able to exploit all the weaknesses of the groups he is going against to do it. More of a psychological take with its exploration of morality and good-evil. Recommend.     |
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I played ketchup the last couple days after I finally finished volume 1 of 100 Bullets. Here are a couple rando's.    Hellblazer concluded. I tend to forget that reading Constantine books one should go with the flow and not analyze everything prematurely. The answers always come at some point without spending so much time re reading to find them.  My normal Spawn goodness.     Incredible Hulk is legitimately my only Marvel title at this point. Boy, is it phenomenal, just give me this one title Marvel.   Aaron TMNT is still awesome.    DSTLRY mags.    I'm not so sure of those but these are continued reads I'll keep purchasing. The Spectragraph 4 is a conclusion that was a great story.    |
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Pardon me, I’m remedial, but this just cracked me up. |
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Pardon for defeating the purpose of this thread, but I plan to read my 3 month stockpile, since I will be home for a couple of weeks. Here is the first stack before I ran out of backing boards.                  |
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I’ve been spending a lot of time in the world of 1930s newspaper strips lately. Reading the Phantom from the beginning has been fun. I didn’t know that Lee Falk had originally intended the Phantom to be an idle wealthy playboy type of character. Shortly after the series started he got the idea for the undying jungle lord, with the mantle being passed down through successive generations and quickly rerouted. Very highly recommended. I have also been reading Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse from the beginning of his tenure. Fantagraphics has done an excellent job putting this collection together. The background material is amazing and the strips are Mickey at his best. For me, these strips represent the real Mickey: cocky, adventurous, daring, moving from one grand adventure to the next. Also highly recommended.  |
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Sable #18-27. The final ten issues of the series which ends on somewhat of a cliffhanger. There are two follow-up miniseries from IDW published in the mid-2000s which I am considering picking up. The overarching story is Jon's ex baby trapped him but deuced out because she disapproves of his lifestyle. The lesson is don't stop being who you are because some skirt wants you to be a soft beta bitch. Back to the content, Marv Wolfman takes off after issue 23 and Steven Kaye finishes off the series. The last three issues have a noticeable dip in the art quality. I enjoyed Julia Lacquement's coloring, but she couldn't save the visuals of the last few issues. For the most part, the series captures the spirit of Mike Grell's original series. If you like the first series, this will probably be up your alley.          Zatanna: Bring Down the House #1-5. Telling a story of Zatanna's childhood that impacts her present life, she finds herself having a stage show in Las Vegas while refusing to use magic. Eventually she has to fight a demon and lo, she uses magic again. The story isn't bad, the plot is relatively coherent, and the art is ok but fits the atmosphere of the story. The color palette is pretty cool in this series.      Spider-Man: The Arachnis Project #1-6. Spidey ends up in Washington DC when one of his former ESU professors has a student murdered. The prof ends up being involved with the Life Foundation and the Jury developing a cure for cancer based on some spider stuff. The story is well-paced with Andrew Wildman's art. Wildman's art is for the most part solid. I'm more familiar with his Transformers work so his designs with the Jury and anything mechanical was great. His Venom design was pretty bad but that's ok because Venom is kind of a lame character by this point in the 90s. Spidey fans might enjoy this.       |
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| The 1974 Iron Fist series. It's okay. Nice art. The story is mediocre. I can see why it was cancelled after 15 issues. Suffers from the 70s Stupid Villain Syndrome. Issues 14 and 15 are the best. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by DrWatson That seemed to be the MO with some of those BA series. Ms Marvel, Savage She-Hulk, Thing etc have their moments and some good character development but suffer from the D Squad villains showing up. |
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Spider-Man: Lifeline #1-3. A throwback art style by Steve Rude and a solid script by Fabian Nicieza highlight this three-issue series. Hammerhead is looking to use the Lifeline Tablet (apparently something from back in the early ASM run) to become a vessel of omniscient power. Curt Connors/Lizard is helping Hammerhead, albeit reluctantly. Entertaining and recommended read.   Nightcrawler v2 #1-4. Part of the Icons line from the early 2000s. Don't let the cool cover art fool you. The interior art is ass. Bad pencils, too heavy on the inks. What it lacks visually, it makes up for in story as Kurt is looking to stop a human smuggling ring. Refreshing to see a super-hero tackle a more grounded topic that one would think more suited for the Punisher.     Thing: Freakshow #1-4. It begins with a flashback sequence and some self-loathing in the present by Ben. He decides to leave the FF and ends up in MI vice NC by boarding the wrong train. He stumbles into a power struggle between the Kree and Skrulls and hijinks ensue. Definitely a more light-hearted entry into the Icons series.     |
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| I was slacking and didn't post my weekend reads because it was 26 books to scan. My highlights were Hello Darkness 1-6, the new Sabretooth series, and Hellhunters, the latter 2 being the marvel titles I'll continue. Hellhunters is written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, the writer of the current volume of Hulk. Which is awesome. I'm excited about this one. The low lights were Mystique 1-3, and the creep shows and epitaphs and suspense stories. Those are getting canceled. Here are Sunday thru today. These will catch me up until next week so I'll be onto 100 Bullets volume two until then.   This one really pisses me off. There were 6 issues for the year anthology style. This was the last one with all the stories coming to an end. Turns out one story was printed twice and one story had one page printed. Of course the story missing was my favorite and at 10 bucks a piece I feel like finding someone to bitch at.  These seem to be from across the pond. The cover price is in lbs and the writers have all been British except for Vaughn. I have really enjoyed them, especially for the price. It looks like we have two stories in each book so far.   |
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