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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 19:57:13 GMT
I have recently purchased Marvel Comics' massive 'Werewolf by Night' omnibus. It's in colour throughout, printed on glossy paper, in hardback and cost a fortune! But it is worth every penny. And - considering it was original published in the 1970's - still stands up very well today, like most of Marvel's horror output at the time.
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Post by randomjc on Feb 9, 2016 20:04:45 GMT
Yes, having read right through the 90s, I remember it well - everyone was going mature to capture some of that Spawn money . I think that solely marketing to teens and Gen-Y was the case 10-15 years ago but the kid-oriented book market has seen a big rise rise since then. Both my local comic book shops have decent sized kid sections, from the Midwest In Panels documentary I saw on youtube, that seems to be the case in the US too and books like Tiny Titans, Sonic, Disney Adventures and Superman Family Adventures have outsold some big, adult-oriented titles in recent years and they were never marketed at teens at all. Sure, they're much more niche but comics aimed at white teen boys to young adults with disposable income have been their chief income for a lot longer than just going back to the 90s. I think there's a sizeable base there for kid books. Geoff Johns has noted that though big blockbuster comic book movies don't see comics selling more issues generally, they DO in kids books sales. There are loads of kids comics out there so they must be more profitable than you'd have guessed or they'd be off the slate. My point wasn't that there need be more, it's that Star Wars is a property that should have them, absolutely. It lendss itself to the format very easily. Perhaps it's just some of the terrible books I've been reading. (Damn you Dan Slott!) I love those kids books, TINY TITANS! But I know I'm an outlier. My worry for kiddy Star Wars is that it would be flippant and do whatever they want, and it not be "canon". I'm weird. Marvel are keeping quite a tight rein on the books so far. Most are set within a few years of each other. They're very much making their own mini-movies set near to the other films. The mini-series format is working very nicely so far and the Vader book is some of the best Star Wars ever. This being comics though...let's see how long that'll last. If I get a whiff of renumbering, I'll officially panic To defend renumbering, I think Star Wars is perhaps one of the few you could do it for, as long as there is a change, don't just start Star Wars at #1 and not really change it from #15. Make it a Solo book, or a Leia book, or at least change writers/artist team. (Examples, not wishes) Star Wars never had 900 plus issues that DC can pretend Action Comics never had.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 20:04:54 GMT
I have recently purchased Marvel Comics' massive 'Werewolf by Night' omnibus. It's in colour throughout, printed on glossy paper, in hardback and cost a fortune! But it is worth every penny. And - considering it was original published in the 1970's - still stands up very well today, like most of Marvel's horror output at the time. Sound wonderful! I love those big, honking omnibus editions - I've got the first 3 Claremont Uncanny X-Men ones in that format. They really aren't cheap but they ooze quality. I'd also love some of those DC Absolute editions but I think I'd struggle to pick one up! HUGE!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 20:16:29 GMT
Marvel are keeping quite a tight rein on the books so far. Most are set within a few years of each other. They're very much making their own mini-movies set near to the other films. The mini-series format is working very nicely so far and the Vader book is some of the best Star Wars ever. This being comics though...let's see how long that'll last. If I get a whiff of renumbering, I'll officially panic To defend renumbering, I think Star Wars is perhaps one of the few you could do it for, as long as there is a change, don't just start Star Wars at #1 and not really change it from #15. Make it a Solo book, or a Leia book, or at least change writers/artist team. (Examples, not wishes) Star Wars never had 900 plus issues that DC can pretend Action Comics never had. I think the renumbering thing gets silly when it's done as often as it has been the past decade- do you remember when New 52 launched? They started Dark Knight at #1 again...we'd only had #2 the month before! Renumbering after 2 issues...jeeze-louise. At least some of the recent renumberings have been good stories - Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel and Daredevil #1 in the past few months have been great. In fact, Silver Surfer is one of my fave books of the past few years and it's by Dan Slott, funilly enough after you mentioning him, whereas his Spiderman run has been some of my least favourite Marvel in decades. Deadpool, as always, has mocked the renumbering trend a few times with a whole series of #1s in a row, and a few years ago picking arbitrary random numbers for issues.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 20:24:40 GMT
I have recently purchased Marvel Comics' massive 'Werewolf by Night' omnibus. It's in colour throughout, printed on glossy paper, in hardback and cost a fortune! But it is worth every penny. And - considering it was original published in the 1970's - still stands up very well today, like most of Marvel's horror output at the time. Yeah, I got that Omnibus at Christmas, it's great. As a fan of the 70's Marvel horror titles it was a lovely nostalgic trip down memory lane with Jack Russell, and a lot of stuff I'd never seen. The Werewolf by Night omnibus now sits nicely next to the three Tomb of Dracula volumes on my shelf... All great books for buildng up the muscles in your arms while reading them!
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Post by randomjc on Feb 9, 2016 20:36:08 GMT
To defend renumbering, I think Star Wars is perhaps one of the few you could do it for, as long as there is a change, don't just start Star Wars at #1 and not really change it from #15. Make it a Solo book, or a Leia book, or at least change writers/artist team. (Examples, not wishes) Star Wars never had 900 plus issues that DC can pretend Action Comics never had. I think the renumbering thing gets silly when it's done as often as it has been the past decade- do you remember when New 52 launched? They started Dark Knight at #1 again...we'd only had #2 the month before! Renumbering after 2 issues...jeeze-louise. At least some of the recent renumberings have been good stories - Silver Surfer, Captain Marvel and Daredevil #1 in the past few months have been great. In fact, Silver Surfer is one of my fave books of the past few years and it's by Dan Slott, funilly enough after you mentioning him, whereas his Spiderman run has been some of my least favourite Marvel in decades. Deadpool, as always, has mocked the renumbering trend a few times with a whole series of #1s in a row, and a few years ago picking arbitrary random numbers for issues. The DC renumbering with the new 52 at least made sense to do across the board. (And I'm curious, how close are we to Action Comics 1000, I wonder.)
Marvel I think despite it's love of #1s tends to change the story's direction or creative team with each #1. Really they just put out Mini/Maxi series now, perfect fit for trades.
And don't get me started on Spider-Man. Dan Slott or Marvel. They love his money, but hate him, so very, very, much.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 18:52:25 GMT
I have recently purchased Marvel Comics' massive 'Werewolf by Night' omnibus. It's in colour throughout, printed on glossy paper, in hardback and cost a fortune! But it is worth every penny. And - considering it was original published in the 1970's - still stands up very well today, like most of Marvel's horror output at the time. Sound wonderful! I love those big, honking omnibus editions - I've got the first 3 Claremont Uncanny X-Men ones in that format. They really aren't cheap but they ooze quality. I'd also love some of those DC Absolute editions but I think I'd struggle to pick one up! HUGE! They aren't cheap at all, but I don't regret getting the ones I have (Werewolf, Frankenstein and Man-Thing) at all. As an aside, artist Mike Ploog, who pencilled all three of the above at one point, has had a 300+ page 'artography' omnibus released via the Kickstarter scheme. My copy arrived today and is absolutely, ridiculously wonderful. I truly think he is the greatest comic strip artist there has ever been, and his body of work is incredible. Well worth looking at - it is called 'The Art of Ploog'.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 18:54:37 GMT
I have recently purchased Marvel Comics' massive 'Werewolf by Night' omnibus. It's in colour throughout, printed on glossy paper, in hardback and cost a fortune! But it is worth every penny. And - considering it was original published in the 1970's - still stands up very well today, like most of Marvel's horror output at the time. Yeah, I got that Omnibus at Christmas, it's great. As a fan of the 70's Marvel horror titles it was a lovely nostalgic trip down memory lane with Jack Russell, and a lot of stuff I'd never seen. The Werewolf by Night omnibus now sits nicely next to the three Tomb of Dracula volumes on my shelf... All great books for buildng up the muscles in your arms while reading them! I am very envious of your 'Tomb of Dracula' purchases. I missed the boat on those releases sadly. Now they are out of print and only available at HUGE prices. I'd love Marvel to reprint these classics. I also recommend the 'Man-Thing' omnibus, which has been re-released as a softback and is brilliant!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 9:53:54 GMT
Captain America: Civil War Prequel #0 - It's all about Cap's pursuit of Bucky/The Winter Soldier but it also seems to imply Crossbones - just a henchman in Cap 2, will be a major villain in the Civil War film. It's not great - we only get some small insights into the characters - Bucky is breaking free of his conditioning and struggling to come to terms with his murderous past, Cap is worried that he'll let the country down by focusing on Bucky ahead of new threats and Crossbones is out for revenge on Falcon, Cap and any ex-SHIELD members because...reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 11:33:20 GMT
Arrow - Dark Archer Parts 1-3
So, this was included in one of my DC packages (digital only) and I assumed it was going to be Green Arrow but it's actually based on the Arrow tv series.
It's actually written by John and Carole Barrowman which is odd as the voice they have for Merlyn is more Captain Jack than anything from TV. It's OK - we find out there was another ancient sect - The Hidden - that Merlyn was a member of before he joined the League. It's set between Series 3 and 4 of the show and if you're a fan of the more mystical side of the Arrowversse it's recommended.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 11:56:21 GMT
Darth Vader #16
After the rather wonderful Vader Down arc that spanned this and the main Star Wars book, this is part one of a new arc called The Shu-Torun War. It's ggreat. As with the best of this series there's a real hatred between Vader and The Empreror. Palpatine keeps sending potential new apprentices to kill Vader who he views as being weak and old. Vader will not go gently...
Added to that Vader's "companion" was captured by the rebels last issue and here he sets all your fave bounty hunters on her as she knows how much he's gone behind The Emperor's back so he can't allow her to talk.
I love this book so much. Great series. Kieron Gillen's writing and Salvador Larocca's art make it seem so cinematic.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 12:56:42 GMT
Agents Of SHIELD #1 and #2 So, this is weird. It's written by Marc Guggenheim who's the co-creator and head writer of Arrow and Legends Of Tomorrow. He has done some Marvel but has always been very much a DC guy. So it's funny that the Arrow guy gets to adapt another tv series-comic. Except he doesn't... This is like a What If story - not the tv show. The team from Season 1 are all there but they're different. May and Fitz are the ones ready to get together with Simmons nothing to do with Fitz. Deathlok and Mockingbird are on the team (in costume) from the start, Quake is just there - no Inhumans stuff. But they do answer to Coulson, SHIELD didn't fall, Phil still has Lola..so it does copy much of the show. Then there are the things the show couldn't do - Tony Stark plays a big part. The Iron Man armour design was stolen and leaked online so there's someone with his tech out there. The Pentagon has had plans stolen by this fake Iron Man and it turns out these plans were failsafe on how to bring down EVERY superhero (we see Spidey and Daredevil). Now for anyone who knows comics, this is a massive, massive copy of Tower Of Babel - one of the great JLA stories. A bit cheeky of Guggenheim to steal it so obviously. Coulson gets to fly the Fantastic 4's Fantasticar though so....WIN! What this is trying to do, basically, is take the tv series and fit it into existing 606 continuity and it doesn't really work. Existing fans of SHIELD comics like me will not find this an exciting team dynamic and a dull iteration of the book wheras existing tv fans (also like me) will not find this similiar enough to the screen characters to actually care about what happens to the team. Why bother adapting it, giving it the same name, making the actors likenesses figure in....just to essentially reboot the series anyway? Regardless - the main reason to read, as the main reason to watch the show - is Phil Coulson. So cool. So badass.
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Post by omega on Feb 14, 2016 23:42:16 GMT
Ten of the eleven surviving titles all the way back when the New 52 started will be getting special variants cover for the May releases, for issue #52. The variant will be based the cover on issue #1 of the respective title.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 0:27:01 GMT
The first issue of Dark Knight: Master Race a few months ago had 53 variant covers. FIFTY THREE.
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Post by omega on Feb 15, 2016 2:16:16 GMT
The first issue of Dark Knight: Master Race a few months ago had 53 variant covers. FIFTY THREE. Now that puts some of the Titan comics to shame. It might have been the Twelfth Doctor #1 where there were at least 15-20 variant covers. Now it's usually just two variant covers, a photo cover and a more stylised one.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 2:31:27 GMT
The first issue of Dark Knight: Master Race a few months ago had 53 variant covers. FIFTY THREE. Now that puts some of the Titan comics to shame. It might have been the Twelfth Doctor #1 where there were at least 15-20 variant covers. Now it's usually just two variant covers, a photo cover and a more stylised one. A friend of mine, Neil Slorance, has done a couple of Titan Who variant covers as well as doing all the one page funnies at the back of the 12th Doctor books too But yeah, 53 variants and why? Because it's Dark Knight Returns Part 3 and there are some serious collectors of that particular line - and of any Frank Miller Bat-books. There won't even be room in the eventual trade paperback to show all the variant covers at the back of the book, as is standard.
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Post by omega on Feb 15, 2016 2:51:21 GMT
Now that puts some of the Titan comics to shame. It might have been the Twelfth Doctor #1 where there were at least 15-20 variant covers. Now it's usually just two variant covers, a photo cover and a more stylised one. A friend of mine, Neil Slorance, has done a couple of Titan Who variant covers as well as doing all the one page funnies at the back of the 12th Doctor books too But yeah, 53 variants and why? Because it's Dark Knight Returns Part 3 and there are some serious collectors of that particular line - and of any Frank Miller Bat-books. There won't even be room in the eventual trade paperback to show all the variant covers at the back of the book, as is standard. With the New 52 the main variant is shown the page after the cover of the issue in the TPB. If there wasn't a variant it's a black and white version of the cover. Green Lantern: New Guardians only had one variant cover in all 40 issues (issue #28 specifically, showing Kyle and Carol all steampunk with a White Power Battery). I bet some people will be tempted to use their color pencils for TPBs collecting the January 2016 issues, the month where the variant was an adult color page. It's kind of a shame that Titan don't collect the one page funnies in the THB (they don't do paperbacks). Hopefully the collected Four Doctors includes the ones from #1 and #5, which are actually plot relevant. At least at this point there aren't so many issues they've released that it's a huge chore to collect the back-issues, and the separate lines don't share a plot or characters.
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Post by randomjc on Feb 15, 2016 16:34:41 GMT
I'm going to have to yell at davygallagher. Thanks to him talking about buying single issues, I went out and got the issues after the end of the Trades I have for Darth Vader and Star Wars. (Read vol 1 yesterday, and it was great.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2016 17:02:47 GMT
I'm going to have to yell at davygallagher. Thanks to him talking about buying single issues, I went out and got the issues after the end of the Trades I have for Darth Vader and Star Wars. (Read vol 1 yesterday, and it was great.) Shout away It's so great that they've given these books to guys like Waid and Gillen - we're getting great stories by serious writing talent. The Vader book in particular is just stunning. When I see people say "I wish that one of the anthology Star Wars movie was a Vader one" I think "We've got the most cinematic Vader story going on right now in the comics!". Vader and Palpatine working against each other...just a great idea.
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Post by randomjc on Feb 15, 2016 17:32:53 GMT
I'm going to have to yell at davygallagher. Thanks to him talking about buying single issues, I went out and got the issues after the end of the Trades I have for Darth Vader and Star Wars. (Read vol 1 yesterday, and it was great.) Shout away It's so great that they've given these books to guys like Waid and Gillen - we're getting great stories by serious writing talent. The Vader book in particular is just stunning. When I see people say "I wish that one of the anthology Star Wars movie was a Vader one" I think "We've got the most cinematic Vader story going on right now in the comics!". Vader and Palpatine working against each other...just a great idea. The scene in Vader when he learns of Luke, it was brilliant, it made me want to watch the prequels again, which is not something I ever felt id really want to do. It is good to see the seeds of Vader's breaking from Palpatine. That being said, it is very good that Vader isn't being humanized, per se. He's got character, but I don't feel sympathy for him at the moment. And I'd be worried about that in a solo film. I'd much rather have Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan solo film.
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