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MotW 10/6/10: Sit your skinny, Pad Thai-eating ass down.
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Secret Six #26; there were more action-y moments in this issue, but I liked this one, because it's literally the first time I've ever found myself rooting for Amanda Waller.
Doom Patrol #15; the Chief goes mad with artificially-infused Kryptonian power, and disarms the entire world at superspeed. The team's forced to bring him down, with a little help.
There's also a revelation at the end of the issue, which if I'm reading it correctly, retcons the retcon that said Chief caused the team's accidents. Basically, he states that he allowed them to direct their anger towards him, rather than let it consume them. I'm not really sure how I feel about that.
R.E.B.E.L.S. #21; the rookie Lantern from Okaara takes on the Main Man.
Doom Patrol #15; the Chief goes mad with artificially-infused Kryptonian power, and disarms the entire world at superspeed. The team's forced to bring him down, with a little help.
There's also a revelation at the end of the issue, which if I'm reading it correctly, retcons the retcon that said Chief caused the team's accidents. Basically, he states that he allowed them to direct their anger towards him, rather than let it consume them. I'm not really sure how I feel about that.
R.E.B.E.L.S. #21; the rookie Lantern from Okaara takes on the Main Man.
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SO AWESOME.
BALLLDDDDDEEEEERRED!
Munch I was going to post that scene from SS #26, now I have to post these instead:
Klaws of the Panther #1, Maberry reminds us Shanna is more than T&A, she's a veterinarean and she and Shuri bet up AIM:
Chaos War #1, Hercules beats up Balder and gods (plus tennis time at Atlas HQ)
And Young Allies was much better than last issue, and looks like being ripped in half is the in thing this year:
Gravity was going to use Mortar to kill lil' Leader by suffocating him.
BOOM!
Gravity saves her, it was a nice scene between the two.
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Fantomex is turning out to be one of my favorite mutant characters. He just gets more and more badass the more we see of him.
His ship.
The only thing keeping me from Klaws of the Panther is well, Klaw. But I may pick it up in trade.
Does it feature T'Challa or is it a Shuri and friends show?
And Klaw only shows up at the last page this issue, the rest is Shuri and Shanna in the Savage Land. It's basically Shuri has got some anger issues after Doomwar, people always looking down on her (seems to be a jab at comic readers who don't like her as BP), her country is in tough time, and she's also a princess. She's trying to juggle all these things, and kind of taking it out on dinosaurs.
The book has some really good dialogue, where Shanna really shines. She mentions that she hasn't see Shuri since she was in braces and a training bra, and Shuri is kind of flustered with that. And Shanna also raised a velociraptor from an egg and named her Peaches. It's just a really good by the books story.
Seems like deus ex powers
I was flabbergasted when I saw it on the shelves
Got me a heaping helping of that Orc Stain now
This is not the Bitching thread so I won't go into a rant on the definition of deus ex machina and how the internet has ruined the term but: you're wrong.
I didn't realize it until I got to the store, but Fantastic Four: Ataque Del M.O.D.O.K.! #1 came out this week. It's the most recent in a series of collaborations between artist Juan Doe, and writer/cartoonist Tom Beland, who does the incredible True Story, Swear to God at Image. For anyone that's never read any of the one-shots these guys do, they're all stories that transplant the Fantastic Four to Puerto Rico, to have done-in-one adventures.
In the first, the Thing is hailed as a celebrity in a tiny village, which he returns to under a shroud of mystery once a year, for a giant festival in his honor. And then he fights Chupacabras. In the next, Spider-Man tags along with the family. In this one, Sue Storm and Reed Richards enjoy a romantic getaway, until it's interrupted by the presence of a Puerto Rican vigilante, and monkeys dressed in tiny yellow jumpsuits. Basically, it's awesome, and everyone should go buy it. Beland, as a guy that primarily writes romance, really nails the interactions between Sue and Reed, and Doe draws the Hell out of it.
Later, after the threat's passed, Sue asks her final question.
I really like the idea that for all the accolades and recognition Reed's genius has won him, there's really nothing more valuable to him than Sue's opinion of him.
Also, these two panels really made me want to see Doe and Beland do a Sue Dibny/Elongated Man series.
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It wasn't listed on the new releases so I was shocked when I saw the last copy of 5 sitting on the shelf when I went to pick up my books last night
No Young Allies 5 but I'll take Orc Stain 5 over that any day
oh god need it need it need it neeeeeeeeed iiiiiiiiit
Bahia de los Muertes was badical. This is obviously also badical.
Klaw was a good villain in his original FF appearances (Lee/Kirby), but Shooter turned the character into a whiny bitch during the original Secret Wars. That's how he's been written ever since.
oh yes it is very unimpressive to do such a thing in the 60s
The voice command thing was pretty cool, I admit, but I refer you to this wikipedia page. He might be a pioneer in the field along with scientists of NHK and Nippon Columbia in Japan, but it's not like he was decades ahead when he became the first digital pirate of classic rock.
I'm done, but that was an awesome moment, Munch
thanks for sharing, I wouldn't have even heard of that comic otherwise
But you, TeaSpoon? You're not.
Why, I'm tempted to share with you some moments from the truly awful Back in Quack, just to teach you a lesson.
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Anyway, that was a pretty good scene, I agree.
I'm sooooo disappointed, but unsurprised.
It could become my signature.
It's like the difference between the first generation MP3 players that held a couple dozen songs, and the iPod, which holds every song you could ever want to listen to. Sure the technology and end result is basically the same, but to the average geek off the street, the difference between the two is staggering.
And yeah, Back in Quack was bad. Not bad enough to talk about in the Bitching thread, but I expected a lot more of a book starring Howard the Duck and Spider-Man, written by Stuart Moore, and featuring a back-up with the Man-Thing.
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Any motw-- Orc Stain #5 is out! My shop never got issue 2, so things are bit confusing. It is awesome and crazy though, man it is nuts.
And I read MU vs Punisher #2. It was great. I'm not quite sure how Frank killed the Hulk, but I have a theory.
Venomous was cool, and Deadpool is funny in this book.
I can see myself reading this again and wanting to share it with people, so I guess the trade would be nice. I'm going to call my shop and tell them not to order the other issues.
And I have King City 11 and Fear Agent 29, but I haven't read them yet.
being an image title and a good one at that i'm always weary of it mysteriously stopping at some point. all you trade waiters best start writing letters if it goes under early...
The entire Frankencastle story will be collected in an over-sized format with the hardcover coming out next month at 40 retail. If you already have half the story you might be better off hunting down the remaining single issues.
Amazon has it for 27 dollars.
Yeah I know, I just thought you might be better off getting the single issues since you already have half the story. But the hardcover is a good deal right now as well, I just don't like to double dip between singles and collections.
posted in other thread motw was finding it and not knowing about it prior, then I read it, and it wasn't a motw any more.