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  • BDKiiing
    Best in the World
    • Jun 2008
    • 9334

    #2416
    Re: Comic Book Fans....

    Originally posted by Fresh Tendrils
    Also, do you guys still get physical books or have most people gone digital? I'm trying to find some TPBs (ie: Uncanny X-men Masterworks), but some of them are out of print and hard/impossible to find at a reasonable price.
    I only really read on going comics, never really go back and read anything that I don't already have. But I get physical monthlies from the comic book shop still. I go about every four or five weeks and pick up my copies that they put in my box for me. I'm reading 7 Star Wars titles, Spidey/DP, Walking Dead, the new Avengers series, and the Hunt for/Return of Wolverine series. Never have done digital before.
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    • Fresh Tendrils
      Strike Hard and Fade Away
      • Jul 2002
      • 36131

      #2417
      Re: Comic Book Fans....

      I'm almost done with the first volume of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and about 1/3 of the way through the first volume of JMS run on The Amazing Spider-Man.

      It's pretty cool to watch the turtles evolve gradually in the art as well as the characterizations themselves. Early on some things are set for the long-run (Raph's brash anger and Leo's unflinching leadership and loyalty), but it's interesting to see everything so raw. There's an issue where Raphael seems to be more inline with Mikey (who is still a relatively straight character) as he's showboating and gloating in a couple action sequences. I'm a little bit surprised by how quickly things have moved early on. The aliens are brought in with a quickness as The Shredder is "dealt with" early on and then of course inter-dimensional travel gets involved.

      Also, Casey Jones is a ****ing psycho.

      Spider-Man has been great. A good jumping on point that isn't a reboot or wastes time for origin expositions. The volume covers some pretty heavy ****, too. Peter/Spider-Man foils a school shooting. There's a resolution involving domestic abuse. The attack on the World Trade Center. I've been pleasantly surprised how morally heavy the story has been so far. The internal struggle of Peter is to be expected and I love the thought of him teaching a high school science class, but weaving those in with the greater scope of the world's current events is fantastic. It makes the character (and series) seem bigger than what he is normally portrayed as they reach out past the scope of the personal struggles to incorporate the bigger world he's living in.



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      • TripleCrown9
        Keep the Faith
        • May 2010
        • 23732

        #2418
        Re: Comic Book Fans....

        For anyone that read Dark Knights, The Batman Who Laughs is coming back in a miniseries starting in November.

        It's gonna be Batman vs BWL and his new partner, a Batman from the Dark Multiverse named Artillery Bats (in his universe, he shot Joe Chill after Chill shot his parents).

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        • SPTO
          binging
          • Feb 2003
          • 68046

          #2419
          Re: Comic Book Fans....

          "looks at image and groans" Well at least it's a different reality.


          Anywho i'm still chugging away on my great Batman history reread. (I don't know what I plan to be my cut-off date probably OYL but that's years from now in my reading) Right now i'm in (cover date) November 1981 so i'm in Gerry Conway's 2nd stint with the character right now. Some pretty interesting reading too.
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          • LowerWolf
            Hall Of Fame
            • Jun 2006
            • 12282

            #2420
            Re: Comic Book Fans....

            The rebooted Justice League Dark along with The Witching Hour crossover have been really good reads so far.

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            • TripleCrown9
              Keep the Faith
              • May 2010
              • 23732

              #2421
              Re: Comic Book Fans....

              The new big DC event Heroes in Crisis is a good read so far.

              Some really unexpected deaths in the first issue. At least I'm assuming they're dead.
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              • SPTO
                binging
                • Feb 2003
                • 68046

                #2422
                Re: Comic Book Fans....

                Originally posted by TripleCrown9
                The new big DC event Heroes in Crisis is a good read so far.

                Some really unexpected deaths in the first issue. At least I'm assuming they're dead.
                Wanna spoiler that info to me or better yet just send a PM if you want.

                Sounds like i might have to get back into the current product at least on the DC side.
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                • TripleCrown9
                  Keep the Faith
                  • May 2010
                  • 23732

                  #2423
                  Re: Comic Book Fans....

                  Originally posted by SPTO
                  Wanna spoiler that info to me or better yet just send a PM if you want.

                  Sounds like i might have to get back into the current product at least on the DC side.
                  I'm not sure who the killer is (obviously because there's been one issue) but so far...

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                  Again, I'm only pretty sure they're dead.
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                  • mestevo
                    Gooney Goo Goo
                    • Apr 2010
                    • 19556

                    #2424
                    Re: Comic Book Fans....

                    Writer says they're dead, dead. Which means nothing.

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                    • LowerWolf
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Jun 2006
                      • 12282

                      #2425
                      Re: Comic Book Fans....

                      Another death that I’m sure will stick.

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                      • TripleCrown9
                        Keep the Faith
                        • May 2010
                        • 23732

                        #2426
                        Re: Comic Book Fans....

                        Originally posted by LowerWolf
                        Another death that I’m sure will stick.

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                        Interesting! What did that happen in?

                        Speaking of deaths...this time on the Marvel side of things.

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                        • SPTO
                          binging
                          • Feb 2003
                          • 68046

                          #2427
                          Re: Comic Book Fans....

                          Originally posted by LowerWolf
                          Another death that I’m sure will stick.

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                          Said character will be back within a year
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                          • KSUowls
                            All Star
                            • Jul 2009
                            • 5900

                            #2428
                            Re: Comic Book Fans....

                            Any advice for getting into comics? I love Japanese Manga, but that seems much easier to get into than various marvel/DC stories. You start at page 1 and you go into it stops. The next one you read won't have any relation to the last.

                            There seems to be many moving parts and cross overs (at least that is my perception) in comics. Is it as simple as starting at Spiderman issue #1? Don't a lot of characters first appear in another comic? What about the different worlds that exist within those comics?

                            Googling this question wasn't overly helpful.

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                            • TripleCrown9
                              Keep the Faith
                              • May 2010
                              • 23732

                              #2429
                              Re: Comic Book Fans....

                              Originally posted by KSUowls
                              Any advice for getting into comics? I love Japanese Manga, but that seems much easier to get into than various marvel/DC stories. You start at page 1 and you go into it stops. The next one you read won't have any relation to the last.

                              There seems to be many moving parts and cross overs (at least that is my perception) in comics. Is it as simple as starting at Spiderman issue #1? Don't a lot of characters first appear in another comic? What about the different worlds that exist within those comics?

                              Googling this question wasn't overly helpful.

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                              Yeah everything is pretty connected for the most part. I was reading a comic once, and it had a "See Issue __ of ___" that referenced a comic from like 3 years ago.

                              The best thing to do is pick a character you're interested in, and start from the beginning of their most recent title. For example, you said Spider-Man. The current Amazing Spider-Man is only 8 issues deep, with the 8th actually coming out today. And he has a new series starting in February I believe, called Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

                              Something that could help you transition over (I'm not sure I don't read Manga) is there's actually a Batman and the Justice League manga.

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                              • LowerWolf
                                Hall Of Fame
                                • Jun 2006
                                • 12282

                                #2430
                                Re: Comic Book Fans....

                                Originally posted by TripleCrown9
                                Interesting! What did that happen in?
                                Witching Hour Part IV.

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                                Originally posted by SPTO
                                Said character will be back within a year
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                                Said character will be back next issue, I'm sure.

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