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| Rid 6531th Post
 
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|  "The New Comic Books Thread" , posted Sun 3 Apr 01:04:
I decided to make another one, for the comic book fans here. I've been reading scans, buying some of the books, and invading a friend's house to keep up to date.
Age of Apocalypse 2005 is a kinda weird event, the writing quality has been poor (Yoshida isn't as good as Marvel thinks), and while I like (love) Bachalo's artwork, most people don't, and he got some hideous inkers in the mddle that aren't helping. The Handbook was full of mistakes and gave info that wasn't on the books (Handbooks collect SEEN events, don't add nothing new), and the introductory one shot had the only thing worse than 90's art: people trying to draw like in the 90's.
The New Avengers was good after all, Spiderman is shining, the dialogues are fun, it's almost as good to make me forget the Dissassembled crap. Not like I'll miss the dead ones...
Young Avengers is the most retarded concept I've seen in a while, but I've read the first two issues and it's very very fun! I hope it keeps like this. Captain America is having a very well written saga that hopefully won't bomb in the end. Iron Man is pure Ellis joy, but comes out once every... too many months.
Ultimates is more of the same, just with more (good) character interaction. I like Ultimate Thor a lot, I hope they do something interesting with him. I would love to see that he is not mad and his brother IS Loki, but I doubt that at this point. Ultimate X-Men reads... like X-Men, there's no reason to follow an alternate version if it's a lot like the regular one.
Ultimate Nightmare was too decompressed but will make a great volume, and has a very very rewarding last issue. Ultimate Secret looks like more of the same. Ellis is God so don't complain. He's doing a wonderful work at Fantastic Four too, with his clever pseudoscience and the adventurous feeling that the F4 need.
Wolverine Enemy of State/Agent of SHIELD is a plain and fun story so far, with lots of violence, and Romita Jr's beautiful artwork. Uncanny X-Men is Claremont, like it or hate it (I like it) with Alan Davis art (and that's always great). Astonishing X-Men's second saga isn't living up to the clever writing of the first one, but at least is classic superhero writing, something the X-Men was needing lately.
DC Comics... the new Crisis is running, so don't get attached to any character because it will probably die in a stupid way in a title that has nothing to do with your character.
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| shin ramberk
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|  "Re(2):The New Comic Books Thread" , posted Sun 3 Apr 04:56
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DC Comics... the new Crisis is running, so don't get attached to any character because it will probably die in a stupid way in a title that has nothing to do with your character.
Well, I know "my" favorite character won't die. I picked up Countdown to Infinite Crisis this week. It's a good read, though the ending is VERY dark.
I also picked up the first Age of Apocalypse TPB--only to learn that the inscription on the cover "The Entire Saga" is misleading: there are going to be 4 more volumes, and the first volume cost $30. EEK!
Still, I'd like to pick up the Onslaught story arc--if it gets collected.
It might be $30 and the entire saga may cost you $120 + tax, but believe me, its worth it. There is a reason that Marvel is pushing a 10th anniversary on this storyline. Its one of the best storylines they ever put together. Probably my favorite x-men storylines. Certainly one of the best.
Its one of those storylines that is so great, you remember what you were doing when you first read it. I remember, I was a sophomore is high school. And I'd walk to the nearby comic book shop every week during lunch period in the winter time to get me some age of apocalypse. it was real good stuff. Still is. I'm getting these volumes even though I have most of the series in single issues.
Go buy the new Warlock series by Marvel. It is good support this title!
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| exodus 2511th Post
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| "The not-so-new manga post by exoduuuuuuuse" , posted Sun 3 Apr 06:04
I don't read US comics anymore (cured my addiction) so I'll talk about newly translated manga I've read. My girlfriend and I have been treating Borders Books like a library and just going in and reading manga for an hour or so. She's a super lady. Anyway...
Ororon - good stuff. I like clean manga like this, and it has lots of curious action, and a psuedo-loli love affair between a 130 year old man and a 15 year old girl.
Alichino - cool, gothy, but very nice. It's about wish-granting demons, and those who would thwart their soul-stealing ways. I love the art style, and the dialogue doesn't suck. Also clean looking, but more flowy, and less 'one piece' than ororon.
Et Cetera - about a chinese girl who goes on a quest in the wild west with a gun that absorbs spirit animals. And there's a preist who's OMG MYSTERIOUS. It's like Trigun without all of the social commentary, jokes, and interesting stuff. pretty much crap!
I'm still pissed that ADV can't fucking translate Azumanga properly, and on top of it, they can't even spell correctly in english.
XXX Holic - I've been following this, and it's clamp, so yeah. I likes it. Not so shoujo as some of their other stuff, and has a sexy witch lady as the star.
Wish - mmmm, I love clamp. This series is cool so far, but I've only read half of #1.
If anyone has any questions about these, or other things I could find, lemme know. I'm in there once or twice a week.
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| Sano 1665th Post
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| "Re(1):The not-so-new manga post by exoduuuuuu" , posted Sun 3 Apr 10:45:
Hurray! Another comic book thread!
Probably the funniest thing that happened in Marvel in February was Northstar dying three times in the same month! In Age of Apocalypse, he was evil and was killed by Wolverine. In Wolverine, he was... killed by Wolverine. Of course the Wolverine story involves him killing people so they can be brought back to life evil so he's just evil now, not dead. And then in X-Men the End, he was... killed by Wolverine. PSYKE! Actually someone blew up the mansion and Northsar sheilded Cyclops and died. Anyway, I found his three deaths very funny since they were so close to each other, LOL!
Age of Apocalypse - I'm very happy that they've introduced Psylocke in AOA reality. She never appeared in the original version because Joe Mad and Lobdell hate her. I always figured that she was one of the brains of murdered psychic Mutants Apocalypse used to control one of his computers back in the original version. Oh well, guess not. I kind of wish they didn't just up and say no, this reality was not wiped out, it continued somehow and just wrote stories that took place in that universe before it was wiped out. But, we'll see how things turn out. So far I'm enjoying it.
X-Men - Psylocke now has super stregnth, no explanation given yet. Okay...
Castlevania - Picked up this comic. Still can't figure out why they are basing this story on the first Castlevania Gameboy game no one played or remembers. Found it odd when Christopher Belmont looked at Curse Castle and suspected nothing was going on, because the castle is supposed to... rebuild itself upon Dracula's return in the games! Maybe in the comic it rebuilt itself gradually. Anyway, it was nice seeing some of the classic Belmonts in the Belmont hall and I liked Dracula's ressurection, that's how I always pictured it would look in Simon's quest. The art's not so hot, but I'll stick with the five issues and see what happens.
Street Fighter comic stuff - After issue 14 the series is going to go on a hiatus and relaunched under the title 'Street Fighter II' and start over with issue 1. The SF book is surprisingly being outsold by Darkstalkers! Wow! Anyway, with another issue 1, here's udon's way of re-energizing the SF series.
Editor Erik Ko says that Capcom has big plans for the San Diego Con. Sadly, I hear there's a rival convention going on at the same time so all hotels are booked up the wazoo.
Ryu and Chun-Li forever!
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| CrazyMax 408th Post
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| "Re(1):The New Comic Books Thread" , posted Mon 4 Apr 06:06
I'm trying to read AOA, but like was said, it's been poor writing wise. Also Bachalo even though he's a favorite of mine, his storytelling sucks. Especially with lots of action. Trying to figure out what was going on in the 1st issue with Wolverine, was like some bizarre art/memory test.
I really like Doc Frankenstein, I especially loved the foreword by Wachowski Bros. explaining what comics should be. They are so right!
Young Avengers, still undecided. I'm really hating this unofficial Marvel rule of making all stories so they fit in trade paperbacks. When you realize how they putzed around in the first issue the whole beginning of the issue is on Daily Bugle reporters and not the title characters, and they're exposition adds nothing so it's pointless , it kills your desire to read the books as they come out.
Ultimate something or whatever came out this week, with Steve McNiven artwork which is a must get. Also intros Capt. Marvel to the Ultimate verse, and he's as creative as the new Marvel Boy was. Tight. But you also know it's going to be a dragged out story to make a trade.
I will admit Crisis did shock me. Not for the ending, but for the ramifications it will bring to one of the big characters, and to how well it portrayed what it must be like to be a 'C' level superhero in the DC verse.
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| Rid 6540th Post
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| "Re(4):The New Comic Books Thread" , posted Tue 5 Apr 05:22
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Thanks, Rid. But this brings up something else. I recall seeing Colossus. This has to have been a flashback, right? AoA Cyke, Havok, Iceman and Colossus are still dead, right?
Yes, the first special on this AoA 2005 event had some "flashback" stories telling things about the characters that don't add too much to the story. The dead stay like that. Well, not Husk, but that's explained. And not Jean Grey, but imagine that will be explained. I hope.
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"Re(2):The New Comic Books Thread" , posted Sun 3 Apr 02:47
