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TexiKen
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T-Bolts #142, good fight issue with a super hella sad ending:
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Still holding out hope there's some Norse healing balm that will fix everything next issue.
Green Lantern #52.
Holy Shit.
What happened in GL #52? I can't get to the store until Friday.
Sinestro goes crazy with shooting off a lot of white light.
The avatars of the emotions Johns tries to tie into biblical stuff which doesn't work because he didn't read the Bible.
Red's Avatar is a bull, Orange is a snake (which Johns tries to make the snake from the Garden of Eden, bwuh?), Compassion's avatar is an octopus.
Nekron guts Sinestro.
John and Kilowog kill Xanshi by blowing up the dead planet's heart (?)
Sinestro gets reborn thanks to the white light, in a quick way to clean his slate so Johns can rehab him after this event (that's what it reads like)
I think one of these scenarios lends itself well to a character getting patched up, and one doesn't.
But I was a really big fan of What If the Punisher Became Captain America? as a kid, which featured an injured Steve Rogers getting outfitted with robotic limbs. So I may be biased.
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I have a big response to this, but it belongs in the bitching thread, so I will direct your attention there for my reply.
Edit: As a side note, the 2 page spread in GL52 of all of the emotional entities was pretty awesome. Mankhe really outdid himself on the art in this issue.
The "Abuse" big man is actually an orphan who was saved by Batman from Scarecrow, who jacked him up with Venom, but the venom didn't leave his body, so he can make himself big and strong at will. The kid, Colin, is checking up on the location where the dead kids float into the river and runs into Damian who is checking it out, and they get caught by the guy who is rounding up kids for Zsaz. Damian breaks free and this:
I enjoy your posts 70% more now that I image Pierce Hawthorne reading them. Well done, sir.
Edit: To clarify, Kick-Ass is really nothing more than gore-porn, and a comic that advertises itself as being more over the top just doesn't interest me.
"Confirmed."
the raddest
that is the beauty
no one can be a bigger jerk than USAgent
Nemesis was pretty good:
Edit: This weeks T-Bolts was also my favorite of the week. Finally Paladin ad Ant-Man choose a side, and it's the one that:
Is it me or does Spidey look a little off on that first page?
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
Deadpool fakes Spider-Man's death so that Hit Monkey goes to pay his respects at the funeral, but who's in the coffin?
Spidey was a loser this whole arc, what a loser. Loser.
Theory:
Ugh, you're probably right.
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"You had me at 'Screw Pym.' "
I see people gushing about GL. I didn't get a chance to go to the store yesterday, but to be honest I'm only really looking forward to Scalped and Thor.
Oh, and re: USAgent
What if your name was Buckminster?
Because then you get to call yourself Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire?
But there do seem to be alot of lately Jims in the MU in addition to Barnes there's Wolverine War Machine and Hellfire(Secret Warriors) just to name a few
I'm pretty sure Kick-Ass made a pretty good job of making Kick-Ass look like S#@$
It's part one of a two-parter about Shunka--Red Crow's right-hand man--as he travels to Michigan to send a message to his equivalent to stop cockblocking entertainers from visiting the Prairie Rose casino (The Potowatami version of Red Crow calls it a shithole in the middle of nowhere; like that's ever stopped anyone from performing at a casino that offers them $40,000 and travel expenses, which is why Jay Leno performed at the second-worst Indian casino in this state even though the fictional PR casino is a hundred times nicer. Whore's a whore.). But that's over and done and the meat of the story is when Shunka helps him muscle the ex-governor/chief to keep him from putting on a gay pride parade on the rez. Hijinks ensue, death happens and the last two pages are just awe-inspiring at the thought of what kind of mayhem will go down in #37.
It's a great issue. There are some interesting things we learn and realize about Shunka, some supporting characters who really move the story along, and a great scene where the ex-governor is describing how various Native peoples used to treat "alternative" sexuality--which is even more fascinating than what little he mentions, but that's another discussion--before the Spanish "fixed" the ones in the west and meso/latin America. I cannot emphasize enough how great this book was, and if you aren't reading Scalped already then you are a silly goose. And if you're trade waiting this, then you're in for a treat.
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Keith, how does it feel to be internet-famous among a niche audience? That being those that use the internet, read comics, and listen to podcasts that are quasi spin-offs of comic blogs?
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