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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 7, 2016 12:57:21 GMT
The Eighth Doctor - A Matter of Life and Death Vol 1. Hardcover
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 9, 2016 12:06:39 GMT
Doctor Who - Supremacy of the Cybermen Issue #1
Sonic the Hedgehog - Megadrive One-Shot
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Post by kurumais on Jul 11, 2016 1:56:47 GMT
i read dc rebirth 1 i liked it steve rogers captain america 2 good recovery by spenser if predictable
sam wilson captain america 10 i was not a fan of this issue
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 11, 2016 11:19:52 GMT
Aliens : Genocide TPB
Aliens : Earth War TPB
Aliens : Mondo Pest
Aliens : Mondo Heat
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Post by kurumais on Jul 14, 2016 18:01:13 GMT
marvel and dc are revamping their line up of books AGAIN!! well dc rebirth is already underway and marvel's line will arrive after civil war 2 ends. didnt marvel and dc kust do this not that long ago post convergence and secret wars? well anything you are going to try?
mark waid and barry kitson are doing an avengers book that looks to be about cap's kooky quartet. cap, quicksilver, scarlet witch, and hawkeye. i still cant believe that was the lineup. the avengers have always been heavy hitters and some really big rosters since i started reading comics if so ill buy that
jeff lemire and mike deodato are doing a thanos book. im not sure about this one. i like the creative and i like the character but if you shine too much light on him and/or making him too vulnerable or relatable he loses his big bad of the marvel u mystique.
im a big fan of the creative team for slapstick a new character thats looks like an indy book wandered into the marvel u ill check out the number 1 but i suspect it will not be around long
the unworthy thor by aaron and olivier coipel
ill try a few more number 1s just too see the take on the characters but i dont have any intention of adding them to my pull list
daredevil im buying in trade
ill stick with my 2 cap books thiugh i wouldnt mind if nick spenser left
and ill add the champions to my pull list for my nephew he loves nova and at christmas ill hand what ive got
dc rebirth
i picked up wonder woman justice league and my favorite dc character nightwing rebirth issue but honestly im pretty much done with dc its been a long time since i enjoyed something from them we will see
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 14, 2016 18:21:06 GMT
Well to be fair to DC, Rebirth is them trying to rectify the mistakes the made with the New 52.
Btw are Grifter, Stormwatch and the other Wildstorm caharcters still part of the DC Universe now?
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Post by kurumais on Jul 14, 2016 23:13:19 GMT
Well to be fair to DC, Rebirth is them trying to rectify the mistakes the made with the New 52. Btw are Grifter, Stormwatch and the other Wildstorm caharcters still part of the DC Universe now? this is a big sticking point with me whiskey . DC has added so many other universe/publishers to their own but they never work out. the got the faucet comics in a lawsuit captain the big red cheese marvel being too much like superman in the late 60s early 70s. lets say 40 years and they have used him sparingly. then they got the charlton books and they actually did pretty well with them for a while. denny oneil's question ran a looong time. blue beetle and captain atom solo books didnt last long but they became some decent JLers especially beetle with his great bromance with booster gold. but that was in 80s and 90s. since then they took in the red circle line went nowhere though they had some decent ideas. the thunder agents great opening arc by nick spencer terrible and book killing second arc. thy have since relinquished the rights for both. then they took in the milestone imprint. milestone was its own thing under dcs umbrella a while back. it was largely black creators telling stories about black superheroes. some good stuff. they used xombie and static from that line in the new 52. but thats about all you can say about those characters. icon for intents and purposes was black superman. dc is traditionally a 1 superman kind of universe. see captain marvel above. he was never going to work in the dcu. so that was a waste. there are plans to relaunch milestone as it own universe/imprint again. now the jim lee verse. that lik all the rest was never going to work. DC fans arent looking to read wildcats and stormwatch in their U/ and fans of those books dont want to read those characters being low heroes on the totem in the DCU. doesnt anyone at dc notice that only 2 companies have had any kind of success at superhero books over the past 50 years and they, DC , is one of them, and the other traditionally outsells them. all these others cant keep a book afloat. why put them in an already crowded superhero universe? what was the last break out character for dc? harley quinn, but it took her 20 years and a few batman games and whole lot of cosplay to get there. and you think bringing in lower seller lesser known heroes is going to work? i was speaking to joe orlando the writer of midnighter, right as it launched and i told him that traditionally "foreign born" superheroes dont sell well in the DCU and asked him what he thought he had to do to sell dc fans on the book. well he completely dismissed my observation. his book went nowhere . it was low selling it entire run until dc finally pulling the plug on their only gay superhero to headline their own book. think about that with so many breathing down the big 2's necks to be more diverse dc had to end that book. if you are a midnighter fan why would want a pg13 version of a rated r character? one of the great things about him is how ridiculously violent he was. it was a marriage that was never going to work. personally i think dc fans want supes bats flash green lantern wonder woman the justice league and the batfamily and to a lesser extent green arrow and aquaman. every other book struggles. sometimes one or two catches fire and sells well but by and large since the 60s dc's bread and butter are those books.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 15, 2016 11:18:20 GMT
I do understand what you mean. I always prefered the likes of Team 7, Stormwatch, Gen 13, Wetworks and the like when the were part of Image. The stories worked so well. I was annoyed how quickly Grifter was wasted in Flashpoint lol.
I would love to see a Team 7 movie someday as an adapt of the first comic series
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jul 16, 2016 19:37:13 GMT
DC seem to be consolidating focussing on established characters and teams (reducing the number of titles but doubling to twice monthly on some series) continuing recent successes but leaving innovation to the non-DC Universe titles (Flintstones, Wacky Raceland,...) There are some new spin-offs (like the Chinese Super-man) and we'll have to wait and see if they last
I'm certain Jim Lee will be wanting to bring back his creations but I don't see it happening right now (except possibly as supporting characters or team members)
(And the 1948 lawsuit against Fawcett ended in 1953 when Captain Marvel was cancelled with low sales. DC licensed the character in 1973 so Marvel comics started publishing their own Captain Marvel series and have continued to regularly publish comics with that name in the title to prevent DC from publishing a comic with that title - DC continued trying to use the characters and bought the rights in 1991)
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Post by omega on Jul 19, 2016 7:49:09 GMT
Nightwing Rebirth #1 A good transition for Dick from his escapades in Grayson (leaving characters like Tiger and Midnighter to their own situations) to him returning to the title of Nightwing. His interactions with Damien are fun. Looks like the Court of Owls, under new management and new masks, will be the focus of the first arc.
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps Rebirth #1 Again, a great transition issue. Taking Hal from his situation at the end of Green Lantern #52 and launching him in a new direction is well handled. The cameos of other Lanterns, not just Green but also Sinestro Corps, Star Sapphire, Indigo, Orange and most excitingly White, promises much. I still have some concerns regarding all the characters this title will have to manage, but I'll wait for the Sinestro's Law storyline to start proper before judging. The fact it's lasting at least seven issues (based on the solicits for October) is slightly worrying, as well as making me wonder how the trade will work considering it'll also need to include the Rebirth issue. Outside of the collected events (Godhead is 17 issues), trades don't normally collect more than six or seven individual issues.
Main issue: the damn Snickers advert that takes up two full page spreads. It's not the lack of, but rather the advertising of Snickers that makes me cranky. The three pages advertising the new Wonder Woman line around this don't help either. The timing of some Rebirth issues could have been better handled, with some issues having asterisks saying to read issues that aren't released yet.
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Post by kurumais on Jul 21, 2016 18:08:46 GMT
i read nightwing rebirth it was ok it was a decent recap of where the character is now and where he goes next nothing exciting but an ok intro/jumping on point also justice league rebirth this was kind of a so so issue and even knowing the whole superman wackiness going in this is issue still made me think really? ou are going with that? the enemy in this issue was huge it dwarfed a city. and none of this felt epic. it does tell you where the league is right now and hints at what comes next.
then on impulse i picked up IDW's micronauts. not bad pretty good its a good looking book a little pricey at 5 bucks. it does a pretty good job drawing you in . but i must say the crew especially the captain reminded me of firefly. there is no ay culen bunn is getting around that. i picked this up hoping to give this to my nephew going into 2nd grade. it just doesnt quite make an all ages book. but i have plenty of other older kids i can pass it onto.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 22, 2016 12:11:04 GMT
DC - Rebirth #1 Intriguing story. I didnt really read much of the New 52, so dont know all the effects and such, but a well written story for Wally West. Although im a bit worried about the ending and how they are gonna fit in. Still no idea if the Wildstorm characters are still part of the DCU lol
Avatarex #1. Finally this has been released. I've been looking forward to this since FCBD, of which that issue was only about the first third/half of this issue. Cant wait to see what comes next
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jul 22, 2016 13:34:13 GMT
Fantastic Four #572
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Post by omega on Jul 22, 2016 22:24:35 GMT
DC - Rebirth #1 Intriguing story. I didnt really read much of the New 52, so dont know all the effects and such, but a well written story for Wally West. Although im a bit worried about the ending and how they are gonna fit in. Still no idea if the Wildstorm characters are still part of the DCU lol Midnighter makes an appearance in Nightwing Rebirth #1 after being a part of the Grayson series (his civilian identity exposed, Dick Grayson puts the Nightwing persona to the side and becomes a spy for Spyral) and is getting his own mini-series with Apollo.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 23, 2016 12:26:15 GMT
DC - Rebirth #1 Intriguing story. I didnt really read much of the New 52, so dont know all the effects and such, but a well written story for Wally West. Although im a bit worried about the ending and how they are gonna fit in. Still no idea if the Wildstorm characters are still part of the DCU lol Midnighter makes an appearance in Nightwing Rebirth #1 after being a part of the Grayson series (his civilian identity exposed, Dick Grayson puts the Nightwing persona to the side and becomes a spy for Spyral) and is getting his own mini-series with Apollo. Oh cool. What about Stormwatch, Grifter and the others?
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Post by omega on Jul 23, 2016 12:32:19 GMT
Midnighter makes an appearance in Nightwing Rebirth #1 after being a part of the Grayson series (his civilian identity exposed, Dick Grayson puts the Nightwing persona to the side and becomes a spy for Spyral) and is getting his own mini-series with Apollo. Oh cool. What about Stormwatch, Grifter and the others? Stormwatch and Grifter appear in Futures End, I'm not really familiar with other Wildstorm characters. Futures End is sort of like Days of Future Past meets Terminator, where Batman Beyond (based on the animated show of the same name) goes back in time to prevent a malevolent AI called Brother Eye from being developed. The core series runs for nearly 50 issues, so there subplots with other characters. It ran weekly starting in May 2014, with September giving all the DC titles a Futures End one-shot.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 23, 2016 12:37:43 GMT
Well there's characters like Gen 13, Deathblow, John Lynch (former commander of Grifter and Deathblow in Team7), Wetworks and plenty of others.
I always preferred them as part of Image comics anyway lol
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Post by omega on Jul 24, 2016 2:50:11 GMT
Well there's characters like Gen 13, Deathblow, John Lynch (former commander of Grifter and Deathblow in Team7), Wetworks and plenty of others. I always preferred them as part of Image comics anyway lol I've done some research and these are New 52 titles with Wildstorm characters: - Grifter - 17 issues 2011-2013, 2 trades
- Stormwatch - 31 issues 2011-2014, 4 trades
- Team 7 - 9 issues 2011-2013, 1 trade
- Voodoo - 13 issues 2011-2012, 2 trades
- Midnighter appears in Grayson as a recurring character, appearing most recently (and likely his last appearance with Dick for a while*) in Nightwing Rebirth #1. He'll be getting his own mini-series with Apollo later this year
I know for sure Grifter and Stormwatch appear in different storylines of the 2014 Futures End event. Grifter has a minor role in Flashpoint, which was the event the New 52 emerged out of. *Yes, I know how that may sound considering Midnighter's orientation and yes, the writers of Grayson were are well aware of this in how they wrote the interaction between the characters. To quote Midnighter: "I'd know that ass anywhere".
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 24, 2016 16:31:37 GMT
So many great characters wasted then by the looks of it and some fantastic storylines ignored from the Image days
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Post by aemiliapaula on Jul 24, 2016 18:34:59 GMT
Back to the future citizen Brown. Even better than the regular Back to the future.
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