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Superhero/Espionage: Can Bendis Pull It Off?

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    Yeah, but he doesn't have his lightsaber anymore.

  • wwtMaskwwtMask Registered User
    What was up with that evil Black Knight that was in Hudlin's first arc on Black Panther?? He used Black Knight, Radioactive Man, and Rhino and not a one of them acted like how I thought those characters were....I think he even changed R.M's ethnicity.

    That wasn't the same Radioactive Man as the one in Thunderbolts.

    When he dies, I hope they write "Worst Affirmative Action Hire, EVER" on his grave. His corpse should be trolled.
    Twitter - @liberaltruths | Google+ - http://gplus.to/wwtMask | Occupy Tallahassee
  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    There's more than one Radioactive Man in the MU? I never even heard of Chen Lu Radioactive Man until I started reading the New Thunderbolts re-launch so my knowledge on that might not be the best.

  • FencingsaxFencingsax Registered User regular
    "Look out behind you, Radioactive Man!"


    Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
    get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
    have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
  • wwtMaskwwtMask Registered User
    I think Hudlin either made up another Radioactive Man or used a little known character.

    When he dies, I hope they write "Worst Affirmative Action Hire, EVER" on his grave. His corpse should be trolled.
    Twitter - @liberaltruths | Google+ - http://gplus.to/wwtMask | Occupy Tallahassee
  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    So... I set up a couple of "Recommended" lists for ongoings and completed series in the first post. Anyway, I just remembered that I read something a few months ago about a graphic novel called Left on Mission, and I was wondering if anyone read it and could say something about it.

    Also, The Circle. Any good?

  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Chen Lu has been around since the 60s

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    Anyway, I just remembered that I read something a few months ago about a graphic novel called Left on Mission, and I was wondering if anyone read it and could say something about it.

    i actually flipped through that at the shop a little while ago. it didn't compel me enough to buy it, but that's hardly a really valid review.

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Chen Lu has been around since the 60s

    I don't deny that I had just never heard of him until he showed up in New Thunderbolts #4 I believe. When I was first into comics, age 5-11, ALL I read were the 5 Spider-Man titles that came out at the time. Then I was out of comics from ages 12-20. From 20 until now I've been reading a whole shit ton of stuff. Chen-Lu was originally an Iron Man villain wasn't he? If that's correct then that would explain alot considering the only times I read the Iron Man ongoing was the Avengers Disassembled tie-ins, Civil War, and World War Hulk tie-ins.

  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    also, I notice that the op now recommends "madame mirage" as a good spy title. i'd check it out, if every issue didn't feature chesty la rue busting out of her girdle on the cover. is it really any good?

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Servo wrote: »
    also, I notice that the op now recommends "madame mirage" as a good spy title. i'd check it out, if every issue didn't feature chesty la rue busting out of her girdle on the cover. is it really any good?

    You don't pick up the book BECAUSE it has epic boobs?

  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    correct.

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Well that's just wrong...LOL

  • FencingsaxFencingsax Registered User regular
    The epic boobs are actually kind of a plot point.


    Because 9% think it's too high, and shouldn't be cut! 9% of respondents could not fully
    get their arms around the question. There should be another box you can check for, "I
    have utterly no idea what you're talking about. Please, God, don't ask for my input."
  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Chen Lu has been around since the 60s

    I don't deny that I had just never heard of him until he showed up in New Thunderbolts #4 I believe. When I was first into comics, age 5-11, ALL I read were the 5 Spider-Man titles that came out at the time. Then I was out of comics from ages 12-20. From 20 until now I've been reading a whole shit ton of stuff. Chen-Lu was originally an Iron Man villain wasn't he? If that's correct then that would explain alot considering the only times I read the Iron Man ongoing was the Avengers Disassembled tie-ins, Civil War, and World War Hulk tie-ins.

    He was a member of the pre-Ellis Thunderbolts too

    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Chen Lu has been around since the 60s

    I don't deny that I had just never heard of him until he showed up in New Thunderbolts #4 I believe. When I was first into comics, age 5-11, ALL I read were the 5 Spider-Man titles that came out at the time. Then I was out of comics from ages 12-20. From 20 until now I've been reading a whole shit ton of stuff. Chen-Lu was originally an Iron Man villain wasn't he? If that's correct then that would explain alot considering the only times I read the Iron Man ongoing was the Avengers Disassembled tie-ins, Civil War, and World War Hulk tie-ins.

    He was a member of the pre-Ellis Thunderbolts too

    Ummm yeah. I'm aware of that which is why I mentioned the first time I ever saw him was in New Thunderbolts #4 which was the pre-Ellis Thunderbolts series.

  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    The epic boobs are actually kind of a plot point.

    Indeed they are. Her appearance is actually a counter-trope.

  • motorfireboxmotorfirebox Registered User regular
    yeah, Mme Mirage is freaking fantastic. re: gratuitous fan service, even if it were gratuitous rather than actually being a plot point, it's worth pointing out that it's definitely non-standard fan service. i mean, she's wearing a floor length evening gown, as opposed to the usual fan service uniform (a few strategically-placed postage stamps, strings optional).

  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    She should fight naked.

    That'll show 'em!

  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger Registered User regular
    That kind of gratuitous fan-service actually pushes some people away from books.

    I play games on ps3. My PSN is DouglasDanger.
  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    Fair enough.

    It's also Paul Dini.

  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    That kind of gratuitous fan-service actually pushes some people away from books.

    Some people also tend to really get on their moral/stuck-up high horse WAY TOO MUCH when it comes to their HOBBIES!

  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    That kind of gratuitous fan-service actually pushes some people away from books.

    Some people also tend to really get on their moral/stuck-up high horse WAY TOO MUCH when it comes to their HOBBIES!

    well, that may be, but i don't necessarily approve of the way women are often portrayed in comics and the only real thing i can do about it is vote with dollars and try to support comics i feel agree with my estimation of how women should be portrayed (manhunter, for example) and avoid cheesecakey fanservice comics as best i can. if you think i'm being too stuck-up or moralistic by doing so, well i don't know what to tell you then.

    i genuinely don't mean this in an insulting manner, but you are the guy with the sig full of power girl's tits, so i'm not sure we're going to agree on this issue anyway.

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Eh probably not. We should get back to the espionage talk before Crimson yells at us.

  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    hey, crimson does what i say!

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    Oh yeah, moderator status and all that ilk. So Crimson, what are your thoughts on the current Suicide Squad series? I've read 1-6 and I'm having a good time.

  • ServoServo Super Moderator, Moderator, ClubPA mod
    oh shit, i totally forgot to get like the last three issues of that. i loved the first three and then just totally forgot about it, i guess. hope they've still got some

    what i liked about it was that it was basically exactly like reading an old issue by ostrander, in a good way. he just picked up at the same pace.

    speaking of which, when is that showcase presents suicide squad collection coming out? it was solicited for like last november but then they pulled it and now it's just "tba". that sucks, because i fucking want that book.

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  • ZombieAsumaZombieAsuma Registered User
    I could have swore that they made an announcement canceling it....don't hold me to that though.

  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    I'm still working on collecting other books that I haven't even gotten to Suicide Squad. Which is admittedly lame, but as far as I can tell I can get the last few isues of it, or get trades of Checkmate or Q&C. Or something Marvel, which is admittedly my first look, although I think I've caught up. This is also partly my own list, which is part of a broader "What do I need that I missed?" list I'm still putting together, and constrained by the fact that I'm already probably getting too many new books.

    So, short answer: I'm getting to it.




    EDIT for 4-9:

    Updated the Recommended list, and the title to reflect the discussion we had in Comic News about whether Bendis can pull off some of this superhero/espionage stuff with Nick Fury and some others during SI and Spider-Woman post-SI; and at the level of Brubaker or Rucka.

    I think the art panels from MA #12 look cool, but words play a big part as well.

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