Do you read comics other than Indiana ones?
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Junior Jones
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Violet Indy said:Wasn't Tron a Disney movie?
Yeah. There was also a video game sequel: TRON 2.0
The comic picks up where the video game left off, so there's a bit of a gap for those of us who have only seen the movie. But there's a full text page in the first issue to get us up to speed on what has happened before.
Supernatural
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The Raven Comic Book Thread
I ran a search and looked through several pages to see if this had been done before and all I came up with was a New 52 thread.
So here's to hoping this become a popular comic book thread.
I know you comic geeks are out there.
I ran a search and looked through several pages to see if this had been done before and all I came up with was a New 52 thread.
So here's to hoping this become a popular comic book thread.
I know you comic geeks are out there.
Violet
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All right, I'll play. I'm currently reading/collecting:
Green Hornet (incl the early 90s comics by NOW as well as the current main line)
Batgirl (New 52)
Darkwing Duck (yes, I know this finished but I always have to wait till the con shows up as the comic store here doesnt carry that title along all the other Disney/Boom studio stuff)
Ducktales
Futurama on occasion
Wonderwoman (on occasion)
Avengers Versus X-Men (Guess who's gonna get their copy signed by Michael Bendis next week!!)
Green Hornet (incl the early 90s comics by NOW as well as the current main line)
Batgirl (New 52)
Darkwing Duck (yes, I know this finished but I always have to wait till the con shows up as the comic store here doesnt carry that title along all the other Disney/Boom studio stuff)
Ducktales
Futurama on occasion
Wonderwoman (on occasion)
Avengers Versus X-Men (Guess who's gonna get their copy signed by Michael Bendis next week!!)
indyclone25
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i stopped collecting star wars comics a few years ago and the last comics i bought were the new star wars errant venture series i have picked up the first three books (haven't read them yet) just waiting for some new indiana jones books ?
The Drifter
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The only comics that I collect are Dark Horse's Conan, and Marvel's Conan. I have been wanting to collect the old EC Comics such as Tales From the Crypt. Speaking of TFtC, my wife told me that as a teen her family moved from Alabama to North Carolina, while there the first day she found stacks and stacks of old Tales From the Crypt comics. I asked her why didn't she keep them so I could have them now, and she said that she let her step-mom throw them out! GRRRRR
Supernatural
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Just wanted to bring up the slew of layoffs taking place in Marvel.
They haven't had a book in the top ten sales chart since the New 52 launched. That's eight months ago.
People figure since Disney has deep pockets, they'll save Marvel.
That hasn't happened yet.
In fact, I'm willing to bet Disney doesn't even care. I'm sure they just bought Marvel for the movie properties. Most of which they don't even have access to.
By the way, I'm reading about a dozen titles from the New 52.
Nightwing being one of my bigger faves.
They haven't had a book in the top ten sales chart since the New 52 launched. That's eight months ago.
People figure since Disney has deep pockets, they'll save Marvel.
That hasn't happened yet.
In fact, I'm willing to bet Disney doesn't even care. I'm sure they just bought Marvel for the movie properties. Most of which they don't even have access to.
By the way, I'm reading about a dozen titles from the New 52.
Nightwing being one of my bigger faves.
JuniorJones
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Supernatural said:
Don't you mean DC and Warners? Nightwing being Dick Grayson, the original Robin? A DC character?
Supernatural
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JuniorJones said:
No, what I meant was that since DC's New 52 launched, Marvel has been having a hard time breaking into the top ten.
Then I mentioned that one of my current favorites is DC's Nightwing.
Sorry if I didn't make it clear.
Le Saboteur
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Moedred said:
Teehee. I have all of the original issues. Still waiting on a new issue, though. Monkey Boy Cho swore up and down he'd have more out last Wonder Con, but I haven't seen anything. Well, there is the Lazy Sunday Collection that purports to have previously unpublished material so we'll see...
I have the following titles piled up to read:
Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
Xenozoic Tales
Locke & Key
Uncharted
Quatemain
I've met Frank Cho, Scott McCloud and Michael Jantze (he and Bill Amend started at Lucasfilm).
Cho and Jantze left newspaper comics too soon to be noticed widely in my opinion.
Le Saboteur
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Inspired by a marathon of Batman: The Animated Series over the holidays, I thought I would see what else is going on in the world of animated superhero cartoons. Not much it turns out. Oh, there are things out there like Young Justice & Green Lantern, but nothing like the early the nineties when it seemed like every major player had their own teevee show.
While browsing around, I did find out about Ultimate Spiderman. From the guys @ Man of Action Studios (Ben 10, Generator Rex) and the legendary Paul Dini, the show should be something to write home about, right?
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Well, no. It really isn't. It's bright, shiny, and wonderfully animated, but that ain't Peter Parker. And Aunt May? Yeah, she ain't thirty-five. If you remember the Teen Titans and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a lot of the series will be very familiar. All the popular heroes make an appearance, too! So far: Thor, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Wolverine, the Incredible Hulk, and Captain America (sort of).
The Spider-Ham reference is hilarious.
Even more villains appear! To wit, The Frightful Four, Sabertooth, Dr. Doom, Norman Osbourne, Taskmaster, Mesmero, Batroc the Leaper, The Living Laser, Flash Thompson, Doctor Octopus, Loki, and the seminal Venom. They all look pretty great, but the stuff with Venom is exceptionally well done.
Rounding out the cast are a teenaged: Nova, White Tiger, Iron Fist, & Luke Cage (aka Power Man). Together they (and Spider Man) are a quasi-superhero team based on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s now famous helicarrier.
I've seen about half of the first season so far, and it's... entertaining. While I'll probably keep watching, I'll need to remember that it's not really Spider Man.
In other comic book news, the Mighty Thor has been tasked with hunting down Frank Castle. Should be... fatal for somebody.
While browsing around, I did find out about Ultimate Spiderman. From the guys @ Man of Action Studios (Ben 10, Generator Rex) and the legendary Paul Dini, the show should be something to write home about, right?
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/blqtSGHfFlc?list=SPK5HARgNfgj84jKtf90lanMiuZfj6ywY6" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Well, no. It really isn't. It's bright, shiny, and wonderfully animated, but that ain't Peter Parker. And Aunt May? Yeah, she ain't thirty-five. If you remember the Teen Titans and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a lot of the series will be very familiar. All the popular heroes make an appearance, too! So far: Thor, Nick Fury, Iron Man, Wolverine, the Incredible Hulk, and Captain America (sort of).
The Spider-Ham reference is hilarious.
Even more villains appear! To wit, The Frightful Four, Sabertooth, Dr. Doom, Norman Osbourne, Taskmaster, Mesmero, Batroc the Leaper, The Living Laser, Flash Thompson, Doctor Octopus, Loki, and the seminal Venom. They all look pretty great, but the stuff with Venom is exceptionally well done.
Rounding out the cast are a teenaged: Nova, White Tiger, Iron Fist, & Luke Cage (aka Power Man). Together they (and Spider Man) are a quasi-superhero team based on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s now famous helicarrier.
I've seen about half of the first season so far, and it's... entertaining. While I'll probably keep watching, I'll need to remember that it's not really Spider Man.
In other comic book news, the Mighty Thor has been tasked with hunting down Frank Castle. Should be... fatal for somebody.
Le Saboteur
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So, I just finished reading through a twelve page thread on who would win between the updated Black Panther and the original Spider-Man. My head hurts. In case you didn't know, the updated Black Panther has a vibranium weave in his new suit that, like Captain America's shield, absorbs all vibrations in the vicinity and any kinetic energy directed at it. Plus, he has enough gadgetry now to make The Batman think he's compensating for something.
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has his webbing (which has held the likes of the Hulk and Iron Man), his spidey-sense, super-human agility, speed and endurance, and can bench press around fifteen tonnes.
Oh, the inanity of it all!
Anyway, I recently delved back into picking up single-issues after several years of trades only. Trades typically end up on my regular bookshelves while the single issues end up in the requisite white box. Does anybody else have a preference for one or the other? I normally prefer to have the entire story-arc in one compilation, but there's some interesting books coming out that I'm curious about and I'd like to be current with them.
Though, I'll probably continue picking up The Walking Dead in trade format unless the series continues ad infinitum. There's only so much that one can do with the story before it becomes derivative.
Also, I just read that the X-Men are relaunching yet again. This time around they're going to be an all-female team. Yep, all women!
The roster this time around includes Storm, Jubilee, Psylocke, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, and Rachel Grey.
Check out Wired.com's article over here.
Excelsior!
Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has his webbing (which has held the likes of the Hulk and Iron Man), his spidey-sense, super-human agility, speed and endurance, and can bench press around fifteen tonnes.
Oh, the inanity of it all!
Anyway, I recently delved back into picking up single-issues after several years of trades only. Trades typically end up on my regular bookshelves while the single issues end up in the requisite white box. Does anybody else have a preference for one or the other? I normally prefer to have the entire story-arc in one compilation, but there's some interesting books coming out that I'm curious about and I'd like to be current with them.
Though, I'll probably continue picking up The Walking Dead in trade format unless the series continues ad infinitum. There's only so much that one can do with the story before it becomes derivative.
Also, I just read that the X-Men are relaunching yet again. This time around they're going to be an all-female team. Yep, all women!
The roster this time around includes Storm, Jubilee, Psylocke, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, and Rachel Grey.
Check out Wired.com's article over here.
Excelsior!
indyclone25
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i just got done reading the new comic book "Superior Spiderman" liked the story but hated the artwork. plus i know that doc ock taking over peter's body won't last to long but , that was one stupid story line too.
Le Saboteur
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The above post and the remainder of this post below the image contains spoilers. Regular musings will continue after the second image.
Spoiler tags, companero! Not everybody has read the current story arc; or, may have only heard about it in passing. I personally thought they would leave the reader in suspense for a couple of issues at least. But such is the problem with Marvel today -- they go careening from event to event without much regard to anything aside from the bottom line.
Sad really. I like some of the changes/updates/whatever to the suit, but I'm still up in the air over the whole premise. I suppose I'll remain interested until Dan Slott's self-aggrandizing trip finally gets under my skin.
Maybe Helheim will tempt you? It has Undead Vikings after all! Hard to go wrong with Norse mythology.
indyclone25 said:
Spoiler tags, companero! Not everybody has read the current story arc; or, may have only heard about it in passing. I personally thought they would leave the reader in suspense for a couple of issues at least. But such is the problem with Marvel today -- they go careening from event to event without much regard to anything aside from the bottom line.
Sad really. I like some of the changes/updates/whatever to the suit, but I'm still up in the air over the whole premise. I suppose I'll remain interested until Dan Slott's self-aggrandizing trip finally gets under my skin.
The Drifter said:
Maybe Helheim will tempt you? It has Undead Vikings after all! Hard to go wrong with Norse mythology.
Le Saboteur
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Hit Monkey
Really? No wonder Marvel has had such a difficult time attracting readers since DC's New 52 initiative.
Detective Chimp is infinitely better.
Really? No wonder Marvel has had such a difficult time attracting readers since DC's New 52 initiative.
Hit Monkey Origins said:
Detective Chimp is infinitely better.
Le Saboteur
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Do you remember Cadillacs & Dinosaurs? Or Xenozoic Tales, the comic the series was based on? If not, go seek it out immediately!
For those of you still with us, please read on!
Found this @ my local comic shop yesterday. Where Cadillacs & Dinosaurs mashed up a post-apocalyptic world, classic Detroit Steel, and dinosaurs, Half Past Danger draws its inspiration from classic pulp adventures! Nazis, femme fatales, and white-knuckle excitement team up with not so traditional elements -- like ninjas and dinosaurs!
And that's just the first twenty-seven pages. There's plenty of potential for high adventure in the subsequent four issues, and it's only limited by the creators' imagination. It should be one heck of a ride.
Stop by the book's official site for a full ten-page preview!
For those of you still with us, please read on!
Found this @ my local comic shop yesterday. Where Cadillacs & Dinosaurs mashed up a post-apocalyptic world, classic Detroit Steel, and dinosaurs, Half Past Danger draws its inspiration from classic pulp adventures! Nazis, femme fatales, and white-knuckle excitement team up with not so traditional elements -- like ninjas and dinosaurs!
Half Past Danger Synopsis said:
And that's just the first twenty-seven pages. There's plenty of potential for high adventure in the subsequent four issues, and it's only limited by the creators' imagination. It should be one heck of a ride.
Stop by the book's official site for a full ten-page preview!