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  • JBH3
    Marvel's Finest
    • Jan 2007
    • 13506

    #1336
    Anyone reading Uncanny Xmen or Uncanny X-force? Thoughts?
    Originally posted by Edmund Burke
    All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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    • mestevo
      Gooney Goo Goo
      • Apr 2010
      • 19556

      #1337
      Re: Comic Book Fans....

      Originally posted by goh
      Didn't Marvel JUST reboot? Isn't that what Marvel Now is?

      The Saga related incident was...

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      Didn't really reboot, just had a lot happen that provided a reason to relaunch a number of books.

      It's hard to see them actually doing a reboot shortly after all these new established norms though. It's refreshing and a lot of these books are really good.

      Originally posted by JBH3
      Anyone reading Uncanny Xmen or Uncanny X-force? Thoughts?
      Loving Uncanny X-Men, maybe because they've used so little of that horrible new Cyclops uniform. This goes back to my mortality comments of Beast and Mr. Fantastic as their books relaunched... it's nice to see people not invincible and having problems. The problems with the powers of the Phoenix 5 and those they exposed the power of the Phoenix to are really interesting to me.

      Bought the latest X-Force, haven't read it yet. Probably get caught up tonight/tomorrow on this week's Marvel.
      Last edited by mestevo; 02-28-2013, 12:56 PM.

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      • SPTO
        binging
        • Feb 2003
        • 68046

        #1338
        Re: Comic Book Fans....

        Originally posted by JBH3
        Anyone reading Uncanny Xmen or Uncanny X-force? Thoughts?
        I'll be reading those two books sometime today/night. I'll give my thoughts on the current issues then. I'm liking Uncanny X-Men better though as the premise of X-Force isn't appealing to me though it's early days yet with only one issue out and needing to read the next one.

        The premise of Uncanny X-Men is quite strong though

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        • SPTO
          binging
          • Feb 2003
          • 68046

          #1339
          Re: Comic Book Fans....

          Uncanny X-Force is way too confusing for me. Maybe it's because I have little to no prior knowledge of the characters. I'll keep groping around with it and hopefully i'll understand it better.

          The latest issue of Uncanny X-Men was pretty good though Bendis has slipped back to some of his annoying dialogue habits with the new mutant teens. That said, I really liked the Cyclops/Emma Frost conversation at the beginning. That was very illuminating stuff there.

          Uncanny Avengers was also excellent though the scripting is trying too hard to be "epic" with so much context being explained via text boxes.

          Nothing else really stands out too much for me this week though i'm sad to see the grizzled take on The Punisher done by Greg Rucka is over. The main series was very gritty and shows that a "real life" Punisher could happen while the spin-off miniseries stretched things a bit what with him eluding capture from the Avengers while freeing his cohort until the very end when he DOES get captured.
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          • mestevo
            Gooney Goo Goo
            • Apr 2010
            • 19556

            #1340
            I just couldn't care less about the new mutants. It's been so long since there have been any that they feel like throw away characters that I'm waiting for them to kill off.

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            • JBH3
              Marvel's Finest
              • Jan 2007
              • 13506

              #1341
              Re: Comic Book Fans....

              I picked up GOTG 0.1 issue yesterday, never was much of a fan of this team and the idea of a furry gun-wielding racoon and a tree, but I must say the 0.1 issue was great and really connected me to Starlord.

              I am going to give this series a shot now and am excited for the #1 issue...
              Originally posted by Edmund Burke
              All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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              • mestevo
                Gooney Goo Goo
                • Apr 2010
                • 19556

                #1342
                The raccoon and tree are why I never really paid attention to the series... Really liked 0.1 and also liked the previous series more than I expected to when I spontaneously read the first few issues a couple months ago.

                Notice all the repulsor tech used in shots of the team since Stark is with them? lol.

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                • JBH3
                  Marvel's Finest
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 13506

                  #1343
                  Re: Comic Book Fans....

                  Originally posted by mestevo
                  The raccoon and tree are why I never really paid attention to the series... Really liked 0.1 and also liked the previous series more than I expected to when I spontaneously read the first few issues a couple months ago.

                  Notice all the repulsor tech used in shots of the team since Stark is with them? lol.

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                  I didn't notice that, but I am actually liking Stark being w/ them. I never picked up his Marvel NOW issues so reading the GOTG will give me a chance to get some Iron Man/Tony Stark.
                  Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                  All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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                  • SPTO
                    binging
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 68046

                    #1344
                    Re: Comic Book Fans....

                    Not gonna go on and on about the DCs this week except to say this, I don't usually like magical/fantasy stuff but i'm really enjoying Justice League Dark. The interactions between the characters seem very natural and I like the way the stories are being told. The current story that sees Constantine and the rest of the Dark League in a land that fights against magic is at its climax so i'm excited to see what will happen especially since a dying Madame Xanadu dropped some future knowledge about something Constantine will do.

                    Good stuff all around.
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                    "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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                    • JBH3
                      Marvel's Finest
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 13506

                      #1345
                      Re: Comic Book Fans....

                      So what did "Death of the Family" really accomplish?

                      Haven't started on the "Aftermath" issues yet. Just read Batman 13-15 over again and then read Batman 16 and 17. I bought the tie-in issues for Nightwing, Red Hood, B&R, etc... but after reading those through about 16 issues I just wanted to skip ahead to the finale.

                      I will probably pick up the "Death in the Family" hardcover when it comes out so I can read the entire story through and through...

                      As it stands now though, I more enjoyed the "Court of the Owls" then I did the dotf, and it's not even close....
                      Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                      All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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                      • SPTO
                        binging
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 68046

                        #1346
                        Re: Comic Book Fans....

                        Originally posted by JBH3
                        So what did "Death of the Family" really accomplish?

                        Haven't started on the "Aftermath" issues yet. Just read Batman 13-15 over again and then read Batman 16 and 17. I bought the tie-in issues for Nightwing, Red Hood, B&R, etc... but after reading those through about 16 issues I just wanted to skip ahead to the finale.

                        I will probably pick up the "Death in the Family" hardcover when it comes out so I can read the entire story through and through...

                        As it stands now though, I more enjoyed the "Court of the Owls" then I did the dotf, and it's not even close....
                        - Basically Joker is
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                        - Red Hood looks like he's in a dire situation
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                        - Not sure about Red Robin since I don't read Teen Titans
                        - Family shenanigans with Batgirl involving her brother.
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                        "Baseball is the most important thing that doesn't matter at all" - Robert B. Parker

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                        • JBH3
                          Marvel's Finest
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 13506

                          #1347
                          Re: Comic Book Fans....

                          Originally posted by SPTO
                          - Basically Joker is
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                          .
                          - Red Hood looks like he's in a dire situation
                          Spoiler

                          -
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                          - Not sure about Red Robin since I don't read Teen Titans
                          - Family shenanigans with Batgirl involving her brother.
                          Here's what I am hoping...We know the next major arc is "the City of Owls", so....

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                          Originally posted by Edmund Burke
                          All that is needed for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing.

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                          • LionsFanNJ
                            All Star
                            • Apr 2006
                            • 9464

                            #1348
                            With the way Snyder was gushing over it you would swear the next arc was the Riddler arc.

                            Also in other big bat story news in Batman inc #8
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                            Though the damn internet ruined that one.

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                            • goh
                              Banned
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 20755

                              #1349
                              Re: Comic Book Fans....

                              Originally posted by LionsFanNJ
                              With the way Snyder was gushing over it you would swear the next arc was the Riddler arc.

                              Also in other big bat story news in Batman inc #8
                              Spoiler


                              Though the damn internet ruined that one.

                              Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
                              I think the cover had more to do with "ruining it". How'd it go down anyway?

                              Death of the Family was a psychological death and win for Joker as they feel they can no longer trust Bruce after they found out he was holding out on them.

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                              • LionsFanNJ
                                All Star
                                • Apr 2006
                                • 9464

                                #1350
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