Happenstance Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Right I need some suggestions. Im filling up my amazon wishlist as my family want to know what to get me. Ive added some graphic novels but I want some ideas that I might not have thought of myself so maybe some DC stuff, other or Marvel tpbs that are good but lesser known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Right I need some suggestions. Im filling up my amazon wishlist as my family want to know what to get me. Ive added some graphic novels but I want some ideas that I might not have thought of myself so maybe some DC stuff, other or Marvel tpbs that are good but lesser known. Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War Sinestro Corps War. Lol. Other than that, have you tried Thunderbolts? Secret Invasion era is pretty good...especially the first stint of Ellis' run. Erm, other than that....My minds gone blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Would you say Sinestro Corps War is a good place to jump on though, I mean my only GL knowledge is from the Justice League cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Would you say Sinestro Corps War is a good place to jump on though, I mean my only GL knowledge is from the Justice League cartoons. Yeah it is. All you need to know is (which you probably do know) The GLC are the space police, two GLs to every sector. Sinestro used to be a Green Lantern. He turned bad and made a yellow power ring. GLs are weak against Yellow (but can be overcome) Green is powered by Willpower. Yellow is powered by ability to instill fear. Its a fine place to jump on. Its pretty much where I did. Geoff Johns writing is just...god its so good. It really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Ok then thanks, i'll add that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Somewhat on-topic; I LOVE LEGO BATMAN! (the videogame) Such a laugh to play, and half the time I'm just waiting to get the awesome cutscenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 so yeah. Turns out Dave Gibbons was in Leeds yesterday doing a signing. Damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Okay, this is a bit of an out there theory. They've made several points in the last year or so about Menaces hair being completely attached, not budging and basically saying its not part of the costume. "He" has long ginger/red hair. And then we have Jackpot, who we are being lead to believe is Mary-Jane....maybe. Well anyway, I obviously can't explain why, but potentially I think Menace might be Mary-Jane. Like I said....pretty out there....and probably wrong, but possible. (In a retarded way) The twist in New Avengers was QUALITY. Its about the Hood. His hood is Dormammus! And Dormammus spoke to him in some magic mirror, so he looks to be getting his powers. (He was asking what the hood could do, after revealing some Skrulls, and then Dormammu comes in the mirror and says he'll grant him the powers of the dark dimension.) And it was in the middle of SI, so I wasn't expecting anything cool like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 so yeah. Turns out Dave Gibbons was in Leeds yesterday doing a signing. Damn I walked passed OK Comics on Friday and there was a queue of people and some guy signing, must have been him :P Although I was in a rush so had no time to stop and peek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Am I the only one who has found all of Secret Invasion really underwhelming so far? Im finding it hard to think of any moments that have really stood out and no particularly good twists. Also Reed Richards just magically coming up with a way to find out who is a Skrull and who isnt, they made such a big deal in the first few issues that the Skrulls couldnt be detected then with no explanation Reed finds a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Am I the only one who has found all of Secret Invasion really underwhelming so far? Im finding it hard to think of any moments that have really stood out and no particularly good twists. Also Reed Richards just magically coming up with a way to find out who is a Skrull and who isnt, they made such a big deal in the first few issues that the Skrulls couldnt be detected then with no explanation Reed finds a way. I wouldn't say it was sudden. Are you reading the tie-ins? The Skrulls are only undetectable BECAUSE of something that Reed came up with (the clone they made of him, they did various torturings/etc until he came up with the way for them to be undetectable) then in the first issue of SI he says hes come up with a way (as his clone did) and then gets shot in the face by Skrull-Pym. I do however agree its been a little lackluster. I do like elements of it...like the...erm. Wasp stuff. I hope she dies....that would be good to kill a founding Avenger. And apparently the last panel of Issue 8 shows where all the kidnapped heroes are. Which will be quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Oddly enough I think thats the only tie in I did read. Still it just felt too sudden to me. I guess the SI#8 rumoured bit would be interesting, hopefully they wouldnt take too long to follow up on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Oddly enough I think thats the only tie in I did read. Still it just felt too sudden to me. I guess the SI#8 rumoured bit would be interesting, hopefully they wouldnt take too long to follow up on that Doesn't look like they will.(but its Marvel...so who knows )...the January solicits looks AMAZING. Theres about 10 or so comics they can't show the picture to or give a blurb about under a "Post SI" section. Dark Avengers starts. I can't wait...the post SI stuff sounds better than the actual SI stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I think ive only seen the January Solicits for Spider-Man so far. I keep trying to get back into buying comics properly but its been hard so far. I think Brand New Day has sucked out the enjoyment of more than just Spider-Man for me these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Invincible/Astounding/Walking Dead are keeping it alive for me. Whenever I get an issue of any of them it just feels like SUCH a treat. And its not caked in advertising (only Image stuff, that I might actually want at the end of the issue) Instead of Iron Man pyjamas in the middle of a fight scene..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Boooo! Look. Iron Man is so gonna die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Bought Batman Legends vol.2 26 today, in an attempt to restart my Batman reading. Plus it's the perfect jump-on point, Batman RIP starts here, and has one of the Joker's Asylum stand-alones, and the beginning of a different Scarecrow arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just got finished watching the Iron Man movie again, damn I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Good week this week. Astounding Wolf-Man #9 Such a treat. Pretty much every other page there was guts falling out of someones belly. So bloody and gorey. Nice little Luke and Yoda on steroids relationship developing. Excellent as always. 9/10 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #whatever. Erm.....bit of a what the fuck. Right, Jackpot, build up a character for 10 months or whatever, and then in THE ISSUE THAT SHE starts to get interesting, just kill her. With a healthy dosage of "Drugs are bad mmmkay" yeah no thanks. Its a shame, because it actually wasn't bad. 7.2/10 Amazing Spider-Man #575 Hammerhead is really hard now. Liked the gang kid/his relative. It was a pretty nice and urbany issue. Also I get boners over Bachalos artwork. Hammerhead had particularly one good line of dialogue ~ Mr Negative - "I saved your life so you could do what you do best. Break things for me." Hammerhead - "I'll break anything you point me at. But a hammer can be used to build too." 8/10 Ultimate Spider-Man annual #3 I'd heard they were gonna have sex. They didn't they just talked about it. Not as controversial as they said it would be. Still good,....but when promised sex, I get sad when there is none. 7.6/10 Final Crisis #4 Flicked cos its kinda boring and I don't know who anyone is. Meh/10 putting the title of the issue at the end isn't cool or modern, its crap. And this weeks fucking pizza resistance.... Rage of the Red Lanterns (Final Crisis) #OS. *Orgasms up the walls* Anything I say would be a bit spoilerish...but it was FREAKING sweet. 9.2/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 As I mentioned in the Post Your Purchases thread I bought some comics this week: Got from my comic shop: Ultimate Spider-Man #127 Secret Invasion #7 Wolverine #68 Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 Amazing Spider-Man #575 On the way from Reed.co.uk Spider-Man/Black Cat #1-6 Set Ultimate Spider-Man #108-110 Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3 Im really enjoying Wolverine lately with the "Old Man Logan" series. Ultimate Spider-Man #127 was pretty good, nice to see Gwen again in it. Secret Invasion pretty much a fight issue but as ive mentioned before im not the biggest fan of this event so I hope issue 8 pulls it out of the bag. I havent read the rest from the comic shop yet and obviously the ones from Reed I will have to wait a few days but I got the Ultimate Spider-Mans for 99p each and the full Spider-Man/Black Cat series for £5.99 Just finished reading Amazing Spider-Man Annual Thought it was ok but nothing special really, I think you are right though about Jackpot Rez Bit of a pointless ending for her but I assume we will have another Jackpot before too long with the real one taking up the mantle. Oh and the drug messages do get very boring in comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I was thinking the other day, I would love Secret Invasion to end with the Skrulls actually winning. Then for the next few years it would be the heroes and villians fighting against them trying to retake Earth. Totally agree. Would be amazing, but probably isn't going to happen. You are so right though. So much potential. These "Embrace change" adverts are a bit weird etc. But yeah. I can't wait for Dark Reign. Dark Avengers, Secret Warriors, The Initiative (art by Humberto Ramos!!!) Slotts Mighty Avengers. God I cannot wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Its a shame that Marvel probably isnt brave enough to do it because it would be a brilliant mix up for their universe. It would bring in new villians while having existing villians working with heroes. You been reading Ultimatum so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Havn't read the first issue yet, so no. Just the lead up to it in Origins. Ima pick my stash up on Saturday. I'm not Loebs biggest fan though, however I am kinda hopeful for Ultimatum as it should give the UU the shake up and tightening that its needed for a few years. Also intrigued by how they are finishing X-Men and FF. Ultimate FF has been awful IMO (from around the issue 20 ish mark) and incredibly boring. Did you like Ultimatum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I quite enjoyed the first issue but I am cautious with it. I know Loeb isnt peoples favourite writer at the moment, especially with Ultimates 3. I am looking forward to seeing how it all ends though and where the X-Men and FF end up along with what the Ultimates line up will be. Any idea how many issues Ultimatum is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I quite enjoyed the first issue but I am cautious with it. I know Loeb isnt peoples favourite writer at the moment, especially with Ultimates 3. I am looking forward to seeing how it all ends though and where the X-Men and FF end up along with what the Ultimates line up will be. Any idea how many issues Ultimatum is? I thought it was 5....but I'm not actually certain. Its good to hear that you enjoyed it. Hopefully I will too. Ultimates 3 didn't happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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