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| I've been reading a bunch but I feel like I just update on my normal drek. Predator Spidey is sweet. Hulk continues to be awesome. I finished the wolverine Capullo series. Here's some rando garbage. I love TMNT but Bebop and Rocksteady could be so much more than fucktards.  Normal Spawn stuff here.  I have the whole first volume of "Red Hulk". Thadeus Ross is bad ass. He continues to be.  This mag continues to captivate me. Maybe its my lack of war story reading or my like of Ennis.  Last but not least the first copy of Heavy Metal I bought to read. The fantasy and Sci-fi were things I don't typically read but the writing and artwork got me thru. Titty pick coming thru, delete if you want.  |
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| @HeinzDad what did you think of Wolverine Revenge? I liked it for the most part but wasn't sold on the ending. Glad you picked up that Lashley variant of Red Hulk. I thought was a good one. |
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| I liked Wolverine Revenge because it was a stand alone read. I’m not the biggest fan of”super hero” reads nor do I know very much about Wolverine or other X-men. Anytime I can get a 5 issue read and I don’t have to be all knowledgeable on back history I’ll take it. Especially if that read is Wolverine action. | ||
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Hello Darkness #10. There were a few interesting moments in this issue. A very meta story where Dan Abnett is the narrator for the artist Jeff Stokely who stars in the story. It was an entertaining take on a ghost story. Energon Universe FCBD 2025. I'm not going to pick up the new GI Joe series, but it does look like it has its moments as Clutch of the Joes takes the Autobot, Hound, to Matt Trakker of MASK fame. Matt helps fix up Hound and then him and Clutch ride off to investigate where energon comes from. There was a short TF and Void Rivals story as well.  Transformers #20. Megatron begins by beating up Astrotrain and then repairing Starscream just so he can really beat the shit out of him. The Aerialbots are brought back, and we seem to be heading towards a Megs vs Prime battle. I like it.  Rogue: The Savage Land #1-5. Set after Uncanny X-Men #247 and comes out somewhere around early 270s, Rogue encounters Magneto in the Savage Land and they end up rescuing Kazar from some restless fish people. Turns out Zaladane is being a real she-bitch and wrecking the Savage Land's environment in an attempt to take over and become a god. Rogue does not have her powers and Magneto's are on the fritz. There was a different artist for #4, but Zulema Lavina's art (#1-3, 5) was well done, and Tim Seeley's script does harken back to that Claremont era. All in all, a good read.      Robocop #7-15. Alan Grant ends his run after #10, with a guest writer for #11, and then Simon Furman comes aboard with #12. There were some interesting moments in this set of issues. OCP produces a vigilante reality show which irks Robocop, and then Robocop finds a rogue OCP factory where bystanders are kidnapped, lobotomized and turned into Robocops but without the humanity. Kind of a wild ride of a story. Furman brings a breath of fresh air and is trying to bring the series back to a bit more of a grounded state. Towards the end of Grant's run, there was a story with cloned dinosaurs. Lee Sullivan's art is wildly inconsistent even within the same issues.          |
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| @Studley_Dudley, are you back on board with Hello Darkness then? I thought issue 10 cancelled any shred of doubt I had. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad I enjoyed it as a whole issue more than some of the previous issues though I'm still waiting on that RL Stine story that was supposed to have started in #8. For now it will stay on the list. I think I read that the series got the green light to continue as an ongoing past #12. |
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Robocop #16-23. Simon Furman finishes his run (and the run in general) on Robocop. It was a mixed bag for sure, but there was good work between #16-20 where Murphy was able to let his human side override his programming, but it jumps the shark with the last three issues. During that, some cultural appropriation kidnaps Murphy's widow and kid and takes them to a Central/South American island nation. Murphy is sent in, and a battle ensues. The ending was rushed and sloppy leading me to think the license was about to expire.         Wild Dog #1-4 + Special. This strikes me as DC's version of the Punisher. Vigilante who suffers a personal loss at the hands of the Chicago Outfit so he takes lethal measures against crime. Set in the midwest, it actually is a fun ride even if it seems like a DC take on the Punisher. The Special picks up a little after the initial mini-series ends and finds WD taking on a job for the government. It was an entertaining read but nothing world shaking.      Red Tornado #1-4. After RT stops a tornado, things get a little weird for him. The public turns on him, his girlfriend starts nagging him to be better, and the Justice League tells him he is forbidden from doing superhero things. Turns out it is all a plan by the Construct to take over the world. The Construct is essentially a SkyNet type of super-computer who is using all the electronic signals on Earth to take over. Don't think too hard about it. Throughout the series, RT is appalled by how he is treated, turns his back on humanity, then comes to its aid when he realizes he is human. I wonder if Marvel would ever try to rip off a character who is an android struggling to determine what feelings and emotions are. Good art by Carmine Infantino with a script by Kurt Busiek.     |
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Batman: Full Moon #1-4. Christian Talbot (nice call back to the Talbot name from the classic 1941 Wolf Man film) is seeking care from Dr. Kirk Langstron aka Man-Bat at Wayne Pharmaceuticals in Gotham. He is seeking a cure to lycantrophy. Welp, the full moon comes out and he turns into a werewolf and wreaks havoc in Gotham for a couple issues and bites Batman who then also turns into a dog. The story shifts to Romania for the conclusion because why wouldn't it? In this continuity, Bruce and Zatanna are somewhat of an item which causes some petty jealousies with John Constantine. However, Zatanna and Constantine are fairly relevant to the plot. Writer Rodney Barnes does a good job providing internal dialogue for Talbot as a man who is tormented with his curse. It could have used another issue or maybe a little less carnage in Gotham as the ending was a little rushed. Stevan Subic's art was dark at times but also very fitting for the atmosphere of the title. Overall, a good read. The issues all came with what I think are protective white outer pages to protect the glow in the dark covers on them. The white protective covers can be removed but I left them on.    Juggernaut 1997 one-shot. Cain is hanging out in a small town and becomes embroiled in a sibling rivalry between D'Spayre and Spite. Spite attempts to bring Juggernaut under her spell to use him to fight off D'Spayre. Nothing particularly amazing in here, just an average tale for Juggernaut to sell an extra X-title in the mid-90s. Joe Kelly's script is ok, but Duncan Rouleau's art is an even more over the top spin on the mid-90s Marvel X-books style. It works at times with the supernatural stuff of D'Spayre, but doesn't really work as well with almost everything else in the issue.  Semper Fi #1-9. The issues follow along a family lineage through two stories per book. All nine issues were written by Michael Palladino with artists Andy Kubert and John Severin splitting time on the 'A' stories while Sam Glanzman takes on all of the 'B' stories. Wayne Vansant handles the final issue's 'A' story. The stories all take place during specific moments in the history of the Corps from its founding until the Lebanon Civil War. A well-done series and if you liked 'Nam, then this would be in that vein.          |
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I think I skipped a batch of floppies because I feel like I always post the same drivel. That's what I'm doing again today. I won't elaborate to much on the titles but I will elaborate on one thing. I'm only ordering once every 3 weeks or so and it's usually only 7-9 books. I wanted to cut back on floppies and thanks to the distributors and publishers dropping the ball I don't even have to try being frugal. When I first started ordering weekly from MCS in January there would be 12 pages of new releases every week, last week there was 6.              |
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Something is Killing the Children #42 and Undiscovered Country #31. SIKTC is continuing a flashback tale while UD31 is the final story arc for the series. This has taken way too long and quite frankly I've forgotten more than I remember.   Daredevil: Yellow #1-6. Continuing my foray into the "color" series, I read DD: Yellow. DD is narrating to Karen Page the early events of his life and career, including become DD. More of a character analysis than an action comic, this is a solid read even if it seems a little somber at times. Tim Sale's artwork is solid as usual on this entry in the color series.       Deathlok #1-4. This four-issue miniseries was written by Dwayne McDuffie with art by Gregory Wright and Denys Cowan. Following the death of the John Kelly version of Deathlok in Marvel Comics Presents #62, we're introduced to Michael Collins. He's a pacifist, family man, and computer programmer. Naturally, he is selected by a sleazeball and becomes the new Deathlok. With his programming knowledge, he rewrites the Deathlok code from within and initiates the no-kill policy. Excellent script and art featuring appearances from Sunfire and white Nick Fury. The themes of morality and humanity are front and center.     Black Panther: Panther's Prey #1-4. T'Challa is attempting to balance being the BP along with being the king of Wakanda. The villain, Solomon Prey, is transformed into a gargoyle-like creature and wants to barter vibranium for crack. BP is also looking to rekindle his love with Monica Lynne. There is a real emotional depth and maturity to quite a bit of this story. It is well done, even if I think it could have been dropped to three 48 page issues with no ads instead of four.     |
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| @Studley_Dudley, I thought hello darkness 11 was really good. I’m not sure the cave story was great but the process was. | ||
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| Definitely found the process of the tunnel painting as one of the more enjoyable behind the scenes stories I've seen. Yeah, the story itself was ok, but seeing how he did it was cool. If I read it right, there might be more tunnel comics coming at some point. | ||
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Fantastic Four: Big Town #1-4. Although described by the in-text that it isn't a "What If?" story, it most certainly is. Set at some point after the FF get back from space, Mr. Fantastic (as if anyone ever believed that name) has decided to use his scientific genius for the good of mankind. Big Town grows from what was old NYC and the technology that Reed along with giga-Chad Tony Stark and super-cuck Hank Pym go a long way towards building a utopia-like city. Dr. Doom assembles some ruffians including Namor, Hulk, Red Skull, and Magneto to throw some poop on the party. The ethical side of scientific progress is the main theme of the story.    Blaze of Glory #1-4. Set in Montana, a greedy corporate type is looking to take over the town of Wonderment and get the minerals the town sits upon. Reno Jones, Rawhide Kid, Kid Colt, some other kids star in this Sam Peckinpah-inspired version of Pale Rider meets the Magnificent Seven. John Ostrander pens a violent, revisionist tale of the Marvel Western heroes coming to the aid of Wonderment, while deconstructing some of the mythology of the Old West. Gritty, solid art by Leonardo Manco.     Apache Skies #1-4. A sequel of sorts to Blaze of Glory finds the Rawhide Kid teaming with Apache Kid's widow, Rosa. What starts as a simple revenge tale, takes a turn and involves rescuing Apache children from being shipped back east to become Anglicized. Ostrander and Manco team up again and the results are just as good as the previous series. Maybe this wasn't something I was used to reading so it held my attention, but Blaze of Glory and Apache Skies had been on my radar since seeing them a few years ago and they came out over 20 years ago.     |
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| A couple of current books from the modern pile that's about 2 months old, though my pull list is small. New History of the DC Universe - Essentially what I already expected it to be having read Waid and Javier Rodriguez' Marvel series of this before. It's great to see Waid tackle the current "total" history of the DC Universe, and some nice additions and surprises to see what starts to build that tapestry. I loved Jerry Ordway's pages, he still continues to impress with his versatility and draftsmanship. Todd Nauck's just okay, his faces always looks too similar to one another and just not my jam. Picked up both the Artgerm foil variant and the Chris Samnee covers.   Conan The Barbarian # 21 - This series continues to be one of the best monthly titles every month. Just in general, it's been great to see some of the classic Conan stories and some new twists come together with some great action and surprisingly brief but quieter moments from the Cimmerian. Roberto De La Torre's art throughout the series is breathtaking and effectively versatile regardless of story, though I wish he was able to do every issue because he's that damn good. Only cover left in store was the Dan Panosian cover variant, who has somehow become a completely different and killer artist than his earlier work.  |
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@CapCityComics, have you ever read Titan’s mag? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad Not yet! How is it so far? The main title gets pretty graphic already, I'm curious as to what the mag series does to differentiate? |
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| I enjoy it. It’s not on going though. There’ll be a story here or there that continues but that all. The story line you are reading crossed over in issue 3 or 4 of the mag? Was it Black Stone or something? | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad I blieve it was The Curse of the Black Stone. I think there was also a 4 issue miniseries crossing over Conan and other Robert E. Howard characters that came out late last year that may have bled into the magazine too. I assume the magazine has black and white art like the old mag series? I'll be sure to peruse the issues at the LCS on my next stop! |
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| I read the first 12 issues of Saga a while back as part of our book club. I liked it so I picked up the omnibus, and finally got to it over the weekend. Now I've read 20 issues, and it's still good. | ||
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| IDW shit canned Jason Aaron from TMNT after issue 12. I think Ive lost all hope for something nice. I feel like boycotting. | ||
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Astrobots #1-5. Simon Furman writing about large, sentient robots in space? Yes, please. The Astrobots are large, sentient robots used in the colonization of habitable planets for humans in the future. When a new group of colonists is ready to land on the surface, the robots in charge on the planet have different ideas and intend to keep their secrets and power. A series designed to sell toys, with beautiful art by Hector Trunnec. For all the smack I talk about getting away from new stuff, I added the follow-on series to my pull list.     Spider-Man: Friends and Enemies #1-4. Darkhawk loses some cosmic gems and a group of friends + two scumbags stumble upon them. The gems give the group powers, and the main scumbag has mind control powers which he uses to coerce the others into doing his bidding. Speedball, Nova, Darkhawk and Spidey have to swing in and save the day. The new group is dubbed the Metahumes and for introducing a gaggle of new folks, it didn't feel entirely forced. Entertaining read with interior art by Ron Lim, which is much better than his cover art for this series.     Marvel Spotlight v2 #1-5. The first two issues are a follow-on to Captain Marvel #62 with CM going fighting to save the Eternals on Titan. The next two issues are stand-alone while the #4 is an interesting tale of family honor. Some solid work thus far (anthology series can be spotty), and looking forward to finishing the rest of the series.      |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad I'm not familiar with the series, but it sounds like the writer replacing him is decent. Hopefully it works out if you stick with it. My guess is Jason Aaron costs too much to keep on the title and IDW isn't exactly an economic powerhouse. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Studley_DudleyThat sums it exactly via the vids I found. After the last 2 are printed a bound version will be made. I’d recommend it to any board member. My personal opinion as a professional idiot is that I’d pay a higher cover price for something like this and cram the rest of your drivel. Five total TMNT titles and they skimp on the legit series. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad That's IDW's MO. They'll ride a property into the ground if it sells decently. They did it with Transformers when they had the license. Started with three mini series, rolled into an ongoing, then two ongoing titles, the seasonal Spotlight issues, then at least two mini series every year until that license went to Image. By the time IDW soft-rebooted the series in 2019, the franchise was on life support and needed a creative reset. |
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Hello Darkness #12. No review b/c I already forgot what happened as I read it a couple weeks ago, but I think there was one or two good things in here.  Transformers #22. This is building towards #25 which will be Daniel Warren Johnson's last issue as writer. Creative team is trying some concepts out that may or may not be used later. Humans decide to help the Autobots and work on helping them lick their wounds as the Decepticons are working their way to them for a showdown.  Marvel Spotlight v2 #6-11. #6-7 present the origin of Star-Lord and it is a solid two issue story arc before moving back to Marvell for one issue and finishing out with three issues dedicated to Captain Universe. One thing I never knew was that Cap U is more of an entity that distributes itself to people. They get the power, then it goes when the task is complete, or the receiver becomes unworthy. Interesting concept.       My next review will come in the form of Secret Wars II (including the tie-ins). I feel I owe it to Shooter (RIP GOAT) to see what the love/hate is for the storyline because there does not appear to be a middle ground. |
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| Alright, here we go! Secret Wars II #1 + tie-in issues. I'll try to keep this to the main points. The Beyonder arrives on Earth and takes the guise of the Molecule Man before heading to LA. The Beyonder desires experience and what it means to be human. Once in LA, the Beyonder comes in contact with the X-Men, some New Mutants and the Avengers. The first issue of SWII is essentially the setup issue for what is to come. Some dorky TV writer is turned into Thundersword by the Beyonder and that is resolved in Iron Man #197. UXM #196 ties in a little bit to the Beyonder-Rachel dynamic, hinting that she'll be a part of this moving forward but hasn't really showed up since this initial meeting. The New Mutants and Cap tie-in issues just tie up some loose ends of from SWII #1.      Secret Wars II #2 + tie-in issues. Beyonder drops into NY looking for Reed Richards and has interactions with the FF, the Heroes for Hire and Spider-Man. I'm not going to lie, but Spidey teaches Beyonder how to take a crap. It was hilarious. Luke Cage tries to teach the Beyonder that money is amazing and worth gold. The Beyonder then turns a building into solid gold. The two Spidey issues tie-in with the ending of SWII #2 with Spidey dealing with the aftermath of the gold building. The FF issue really isn't necessary as Byrne was on a roll at this time with his FF run.     Secret Wars II #3 + tie-in issues. #3 is an interesting part. The cover doesn't lie. The Beyonder really does conquer the world. The Beyonder comes into a partnership with a mobster and learns the trade from him. He hordes into the Kingpin's territory and takes over the underworld followed by the world. My man was banging hookers and living his best life. Daredevil #223 is a direct tie-in to #3 as the Beyonder was attempting to retain Matt and Foggy as his personal legal representation to legally take ownership of Earth. Hulk #312 is a great issue on Bruce's childhood but not really necessary for the tie-in.     So far, I can see why this was a divisive event. It's definitely a different vibe than the first Secret Wars and some of the tie-in issues are more like cash grabs with the tie-in only being a few pages. I can also see how it interrupts the flow of the regular series storylines like in New Mutants and FF. Because of that, I would like to say how grateful I am for Shooter's mandate of recapping what happened in previous issues. It came in handy. |
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