I don't think I will ever get tired of DC whipping out that pony, now someone explain it to me....again
It's literally what Brainiac does to the places he attacks. Stopping Brainiac, but not able to fix one of his conquests (the city of Kandor), is one of Superman's lesser-known but bigger failures.
I don't think I will ever get tired of DC whipping out that pony, now someone explain it to me....again
It's literally what Brainiac does to the places he attacks. Stopping Brainiac, but not able to fix one of his conquests (the city of Kandor), is one of Superman's lesser-known but bigger failures.
Oh I remember that, and I know that it was carried over to a particular city in Russia in this comic, and I know the emotional weight of that object, I just don't understand why he breaks down at the letter.
I don't think I will ever get tired of DC whipping out that pony, now someone explain it to me....again
It's literally what Brainiac does to the places he attacks. Stopping Brainiac, but not able to fix one of his conquests (the city of Kandor), is one of Superman's lesser-known but bigger failures.
Oh I remember that, and I know that it was carried over to a particular city in Russia in this comic, and I know the emotional weight of that object, I just don't understand why he breaks down at the letter.
Because Superman wants to protect everyone.
Luthor makes Superman realize that the extent to which he's going to protect everyone makes him no better than Brainiac - people need to be free to screw up and fail and to build things for themselves. At best, Superman is keeping humanity in an eternal adolescence. At worst, he's effectively keeping humanity in a bottle.
Once Superman - a good, ethical man - realizes that he's been a tyrant for decades, the realization breaks him.
Exactly as Luther calculated.
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I don't think I will ever get tired of DC whipping out that pony, now someone explain it to me....again
It's literally what Brainiac does to the places he attacks. Stopping Brainiac, but not able to fix one of his conquests (the city of Kandor), is one of Superman's lesser-known but bigger failures.
Oh I remember that, and I know that it was carried over to a particular city in Russia in this comic, and I know the emotional weight of that object, I just don't understand why he breaks down at the letter.
Because Superman wants to protect everyone.
Luthor makes Superman realize that the extent to which he's going to protect everyone makes him no better than Brainiac - people need to be free to screw up and fail and to build things for themselves. At best, Superman is keeping humanity in an eternal adolescence. At worst, he's effectively keeping humanity in a bottle.
Once Superman - a good, ethical man - realizes that he's been a tyrant for decades, the realization breaks him.
Exactly as Luther calculated.
I actually like the Lex Luthor: Man of Steel scene better:
Wow. Ok I've always gotten the bottle thing but only now do I get that the reason Lex can be the hero in Red Son is because in this universe he is right. The rumor help that Millar is said to have received from Morrison must be true. He's not this clever.
Is this thread dead? If it is, sorry, but I really like these threads because they point out comics I might otherwise miss.
Was going to nomination Iron Man: Hypervelocity since it's the Iron Man version of Macross Plus. It's really, really good. One the best single Iron Man stories I've read.
If Chuck Dixon brought Guns’n’Ammo to Punisher, Adam Warren is the guy who brings Scientific American and a fat folder of esoteric technology-related Wikipedia bookmarks to the superset. Iron Man: Hypervelocity is honestly probably the only Iron Man comic you need to read if you want an Iron Man story that fully engages with the character and the world he theoretically lives in.
Iron Man is theoretically a high tech hero, but his high tech is usually limited to what, a new kind of laser beam and an uglier suit? Warren and Brian Denham created an Iron Man story that actually used real-life technology to enhance Stark’s fake comic book tech. Repulsors are all well and good, but at the end of the day, they’re just a laser beam. Rockets in your shoes aren’t high tech, and neither is on-board radar.
Normal Iron Man putters around on his jet boots and sometimes uses his hands to adjust his trajectory. He’s essentially your generic airplane, or maybe an arrow. In Warren’s hands, though, Iron Man gained a new tool: high-speed thrust vectoring. It’s not a new technique by any means, but it is a fantastic visual and interesting to see. Boiled down, thrust vectoring is the act of changing the direction of your propulsion, Iron Man’s rocket boots, to instantly adjust his trajectory. When combined with propulsion from Iron Man’s palms, you suddenly have an Iron Man who doesn’t maneuver like a man at all. He’s infinitely more maneuverable and isn’t stuck on just a horizontal or vertical plane. The sky is his playground. Rapid fire direction adjustments means that dogfights suddenly aren’t just about your on-board computer screaming about some guy on your six.
Iron Man, or rather his suit, is an absolute terror. Fighting off both a massive SHIELD task force, and a group of ultra elite killer cyborgs.
For those who haven't been following Hellboy / BPRD recently:
Johann, good old ghost seance man, is now inhabiting what's likely to be his final "body": a World War II era exoarmor called the Sledgehammer. What does it run on you ask? Vril energy. What's Vril energy you ask? Remnants of the power of God from the creation of the Earth.
And now he's slugging it out with Ctuhulu spawn on an hourly basis.
I read Hypervelocity a few months back. For the most part it's really good, however it is very much a product of it's time. Stark is drawn as Pierce Brosnan and characters are forever ending their sentences with -yo, Jesse Pinkman style which is a bit jarring in 2016.
I read Hypervelocity a few months back. For the most part it's really good, however it is very much a product of it's time. Stark is drawn as Pierce Brosnan and characters are forever ending their sentences with -yo, Jesse Pinkman style which is a bit jarring in 2016.
I don't really think it's a product of it's time, that's just kind of how Adam Warren writes a good chunk of his dialog. It's definitely one of his archetypes; Major Havoc (from Empowered) is a good example.
I read Hypervelocity a few months back. For the most part it's really good, however it is very much a product of it's time. Stark is drawn as Pierce Brosnan and characters are forever ending their sentences with -yo, Jesse Pinkman style which is a bit jarring in 2016.
I just enjoyed technology being displayed as technology instead of magic, which is how most Iron Man stories use it.
Technology does really cool things really well, but reversing the polarity of the magnetic field does not cure cancer or make gravity turn off.
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My awesome moment was bringing my kids (10, 8, and 6) to FCBD and them being thrilled to pick out free comics.
It didn't hurt that one of them won a Superman statue for knowing which docking bay Han Solo parked in.
"He's sulking in his tent like Achilles! It's the Iliad?...from Homer?! READ A BOOK!!" -Handy
I do hope this thread continues. With the DC Rebirth i'm trickling back into comics and I was really sad to see that this thread has a years worth of content on one page.
I was kind of wondering about the demographic for comics like Darkwing and Scooby Doo. There's good stuff in there but it's nice to know a new generation is being introduced to them as well.
I'm sure you all remember the time when Guy Gardner became the sole, legal owner of our entire solar system, right? No? It happened back in the 90s not too long before Doomsday was running around smashing up things. One day, an advanced alien appeared in orbit without warning and started harvesting natural resources from the planet. The Justice League intervened and half of them were captured in minutes. When confronted by Superman, Maxima, and Guy, the mysterious alien had this to say:
With no hope of winning a fight against the alien's technology and no chance of getting aid from other worlds, Maxima and Guy devise a trick on the fly.
Satisfied, the alien leaves Earth peacefully with the fake space bucks. Only one issue remains ...
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I can't tell what I love more- the tiny skull zipper on the carry-on bag, or the second image's audacity to remove the skull from his chest, but leave the teeth.
I can't tell what I love more- the tiny skull zipper on the carry-on bag, or the second image's audacity to remove the skull from his chest, but leave the teeth.
If they had left the skull, the street surgeons would have known who he was immediately.
Makes perfect sense.
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Oh I remember that, and I know that it was carried over to a particular city in Russia in this comic, and I know the emotional weight of that object, I just don't understand why he breaks down at the letter.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
Because Superman wants to protect everyone.
Luthor makes Superman realize that the extent to which he's going to protect everyone makes him no better than Brainiac - people need to be free to screw up and fail and to build things for themselves. At best, Superman is keeping humanity in an eternal adolescence. At worst, he's effectively keeping humanity in a bottle.
Once Superman - a good, ethical man - realizes that he's been a tyrant for decades, the realization breaks him.
Exactly as Luther calculated.
I actually like the Lex Luthor: Man of Steel scene better:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
"Ride or Die" confirmed Dominic Toretto, as they took off to find the Dragon Balls in hopes of reviving their friend Sonic
(Okay, technically the title is "Archie Meets Predator" from Dark Horse Comics and Archie Comics coming spring 2015)
Santa Claus, nooo!!
Hey, what's this from?
I don't know what I love more, the Adam West Batmobile or the JLU watchtower.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
That might take care of that.
just don't show him the last pre-Rebirth Sinestro story
Was going to nomination Iron Man: Hypervelocity since it's the Iron Man version of Macross Plus. It's really, really good. One the best single Iron Man stories I've read.
http://4thletter.net/2010/07/6-writers-adam-warren/
Iron Man, or rather his suit, is an absolute terror. Fighting off both a massive SHIELD task force, and a group of ultra elite killer cyborgs.
Johann, good old ghost seance man, is now inhabiting what's likely to be his final "body": a World War II era exoarmor called the Sledgehammer. What does it run on you ask? Vril energy. What's Vril energy you ask? Remnants of the power of God from the creation of the Earth.
And now he's slugging it out with Ctuhulu spawn on an hourly basis.
And as for Liz?
She's doing fine.
I just enjoyed technology being displayed as technology instead of magic, which is how most Iron Man stories use it.
Technology does really cool things really well, but reversing the polarity of the magnetic field does not cure cancer or make gravity turn off.
It didn't hurt that one of them won a Superman statue for knowing which docking bay Han Solo parked in.
I was kind of wondering about the demographic for comics like Darkwing and Scooby Doo. There's good stuff in there but it's nice to know a new generation is being introduced to them as well.
With no hope of winning a fight against the alien's technology and no chance of getting aid from other worlds, Maxima and Guy devise a trick on the fly.
Satisfied, the alien leaves Earth peacefully with the fake space bucks. Only one issue remains ...
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If they had left the skull, the street surgeons would have known who he was immediately.
Makes perfect sense.