Comic Book Fans....

[LionsFanNJ]

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I've stayed away from Siege because i've avoided most of the Dark Reign/Secret Invasion story that's been running through marvel the past 2 years or so.

Somewhat somewhat worried about this whole new "Heroic Age" that Marvel is headed starting this summer. Just wondering how it would effect Spider-Man (probably not at all due to The Gauntlet running all year) or the X-Men after the Messiah War. I'm assuming like the previous events it'll just cover the Avengers line and everything related. Marvel is re-booting the Avengers in the coming months with the big three back on the roster. (Cap. America, Iron Man and Thor)


BTW try reading Iron Man's monthly beginning with the end of the Secret Invasion story. Its been getting nothing but great press.

[Bornindamecca]

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Self promotion time!

Preview of the new Magdalena series by Ron Marz and yours truly.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=4462&disp=table

[LionsFanNJ]

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Nice. I Always liked The Magdalena character.

[Misfit]

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Nice sig, lol.

Yeah, Superhero Squad is off the hook. I love how they keep it almost universally 80's and 90's apparrel. Basically, if you bought all of those Marvel Universe encyclopedia mags back in the day and read em cover to cover...then this is your show.

Batroc the Leaper, SMH.

BTW heres another Icon I painted. I got a ton more, I'll shoot you some links when I put them together.

Seeing these just reminds me how awful it was when Hasbro outbid ToyBiz for the Marvel license. ToyBiz made some great looking action figures. Hasbro put out a few good ones but ran the franchise into the ground and now only produces those GI-styled ones.

[SPTO]

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Anyone been reading the Marvel Boy mini from Marvel? Pretty neat stuff by using a prestige character AND keeping it within the original time frame when the character was popular. Normally I don't like the fleshing out and "modernizing" the backstory of old characters but it works well here. I especially love the idea that Bob Grayson (Marvel Boy) was a real person in the real world and the comic books were his real life adventures done with creative liscence.

Also I know Chris Claremont isn't as good as he used to be but i've been reading the X-Men Forever title and I have to say it's damn good. It makes me want to check out Claremont's original run with X-Men which is a quite a feat as I have no real keen interest for the characters.

[cable guy]

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Marvel has two good series going on now, 'Fall of the Hulks' and 'Siege'. What do you all think?

List of events of the Marvel Universe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...arvel_Universe

I am really looking forward to Fall of the Hulks. I have a couple of different titles, but have been busy and havent been able to read em. I still need this months.

I am most lookin forward to the Second Coming. See if this was worth Cable's time! Or will it bring disaster instead.

[SPTO]

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What do you guys think of the three headed monster over at DC? DiDio as publisher, Johns handling the multimedia platforms for the DC properties and Jim Lee doing some other crap (I don't know really)

[LionsFanNJ]

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Lee is co-publisher with DiDio actually. Its good, but i don't think it will really change much in the overall storytelling of DC.

[Altimus]

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I'm loving the Batman | Superman set. On volume 5 right now.

[cable guy]

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Nice sig, lol.

Yeah, Superhero Squad is off the hook. I love how they keep it almost universally 80's and 90's apparrel. Basically, if you bought all of those Marvel Universe encyclopedia mags back in the day and read em cover to cover...then this is your show.

Batroc the Leaper, SMH.

BTW heres another Icon I painted. I got a ton more, I'll shoot you some links when I put them together.

That is real nice.

[LionsFanNJ]

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Bumping this because.....well.....this..

I get it....but i don't know WTF is happening after Second Coming with Spidey as an X-man...

[Bornindamecca]

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Anybody going to C2E2?

[SPTO]

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Spidey as an X-men?

NOOOOOOO....That means i'll actually have to read in continuity X-Books. DAMN YOU MARVEL DAMN YOU TO HELL!

(The Only X-Book I read is the out of continuity X-Men Forever)

[youvalss]

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I remember seeing some videos of the game "Spiderman: Web of Shadows". In the game, Spiderman lifts cars and throws them at enemies. I don't remember seeing these things in the comics or the older TV shows. Is it me or games go extreme and change the original character?

[Bornindamecca]

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I remember seeing some videos of the game "Spiderman: Web of Shadows". In the game, Spiderman lifts cars and throws them at enemies. I don't remember seeing these things in the comics or the older TV shows. Is it me or games go extreme and change the original character?

That's not extreme. Spiderman's official strength in the Marvel Universe was a bench press of ten tons at one point. They have unofficially dialed it back so writers aren't locked in boxes, but his general ability still ranges anywhere from 6-11 tons, depending on context.