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[Comics News] IV: The Voyage Home

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
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    YES

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Don't care who's writing that.

    Buying the first issue at the mininum.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Kyougu wrote: »
    Don't care who's writing that.

    Buying the first issue at the mininum.

    Fred van Lente, and it's starting in Fear Itself The Home Front in August, though there might be a full book if it does well

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited June 2011
    fuck yes Thunderstrike

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited June 2011
    definitely getting that, even if I only really know X-23 and Amadeus Cho (I know the other characters but haven't read much with them)

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Allow me to direct your attention to this Twitter thread involving @kierongillen

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    I really like the look of Wolverine's son's costume on the covers of the up coming Ultimate X-Men. Like an updated version of Wolverine's first costume.
    Furu wrote: »
    Kyougu wrote: »
    Don't care who's writing that.

    Buying the first issue at the mininum.

    Fred van Lente, and it's starting in Fear Itself The Home Front in August, though there might be a full book if it does well

    So, it's a team up rather than a bunch of separate stories for each character?

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Macro9 wrote: »
    I really like the look of Wolverine's son's costume on the covers of the up coming Ultimate X-Men. Like an updated version of Wolverine's first costume.
    Furu wrote: »
    Kyougu wrote: »
    Don't care who's writing that.

    Buying the first issue at the mininum.

    Fred van Lente, and it's starting in Fear Itself The Home Front in August, though there might be a full book if it does well

    So, it's a team up rather than a bunch of separate stories for each character?

    Yes. They're working as a team to stop Sin's mecha army from destroying Hawaii.

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Why would anyone want to destroy Hawaii?

    that doesn't make any sense

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    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
    Edcrab's Exigency RPG
  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Ringo wrote: »
    Why would anyone want to destroy Hawaii?

    that doesn't make any sense
    Dog the Bounty Hunter and meth, mostly.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Eh

    I want to be intrested in that series from the cover

    But it is hard

    I like Amadeus Cho but don't really care for any other character in that line-up, some more proactively than others.

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  • HenslerHensler Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Solar, Thunderstrike Jr. is awesome.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    His mini seemed alright but didn't massively endear me to him.

    The new Power Man seems to be the silliest of geese, X-23 I know little about, don't like what I have seen and don't particularly care for, and similarly I don't really know or care about Spider-Girl. As I said, Amadeus is the only person on that team who I actually want to read about, so I won't be picking it up.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Solar I still think you hating on Power Man when you didn't read the miniseries that is responsible for 50% of his character growth is very silly

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  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    It looks like the recent Carnage mini-series was popular enough for a sequel. According to the announcement, Spidey's getting help from more Avengers as Carnage goes on a road-trip to tear a bloody hole right across America.

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  • Magna InfernoMagna Inferno Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    That sure sounds like it could have been a cool arc the avenging spider-man!

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Full sales numbers for May 2011.

    Most of my favorite books are rock steady (X-Factor, Thunderbolts). Heroes for Hire is holding up around 20k, and could be saved by some tie-ins. On the other hand, Herc only received 17k orders for the second issue, a steep drop from the 38k of issue one. Which is a bummer, as that book's been slowly improving, since it got off to what I'd describe as a rocky start.

    Also, the Booster Gold Flashpoint tie-in increased sales by something like 5k, proving that there is no God.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Solar I still think you hating on Power Man when you didn't read the miniseries that is responsible for 50% of his character growth is very silly

    Yeah but I didn't read it because I basically lost interest in the character and any growth he might be having when I read that Shadowlands mini. Essentially the hook for the new Power Man didn't just fail to hook me, it actively made me want to avoid him, to the point where I am not reading a book with Iron Fist in it.

    Maybe I will check it out at some point, but honestly right now I have no desire to at all. One of the very few characters which actually evokes that response from me, to be honest.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    but he spends most of the mini doing very stupid things which everyone calls him out on before finally realizing he should probably listen to Iron Fist's advice since he actually knows how to be a superhero.

    Like you hate that he is an arrogant dick of a teenager when PM&IF is all about how that will never work out for him.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Yeah but I hate him so much that I don't even want to know about his character development

    You underestimate the power of my hate for the new Power Man Blank

    Seriously though like I said I might check it out at some point but I have no real desire to do so other than I want to see him get his head kicked in repeatedly. Preferably by Iron Fist and Luke Cage.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited June 2011
    I haven't been digging the Herc series too much

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    500 people stopped buying Detective Comics since last month, their mortgages better have been hanging on the additional $2.99 they saved to justify this action.

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  • GankGank Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    And an extra 4500ish people picked up Avengers #13, just cos it was a tie in, while FF #4 lost 6000? Damn.
    Owenashi wrote: »
    It looks like the recent Carnage mini-series was popular enough for a sequel. According to the announcement, Spidey's getting help from more Avengers as Carnage goes on a road-trip to tear a bloody hole right across America.

    Ha! I knew there was something Zeb Wells was doing at the moment that I liked! I've really been enjoying the new Carnage mini. I have renewed confidence in The Avenging Spider-man.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Keith wrote: »
    I haven't been digging the Herc series too much
    Yeah, I don't think it's as good as The Incredible Hercules, but it's an interesting take on the street-level hero. And since Jay Faerber's apparently never going to make Urban Myths an ongoing comic, Herc's the next best thing.

    Also, Joe Casey and Nathan Fox to take over Haunt.

    I know I said I was bummed to see Kirkman and Capullo leave the book, since I really do enjoy reading it, but holy shit that's a great team. Casey can really do gritty, sweaty, carnal stuff, as well as stories with a more cosmic bent, and Nathan Fox is a tremendous artist. Plus, they've already worked together on Zodiac, so hopefully they have a good creative rapport. My only worry is that Fox won't be able to handle a monthly book, as his style's a bit detail-intensive.
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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Neal Adams

    man

    just stop

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    I get that the man is an icon

    but his art has gotten really, really weird and his writing is even worse and man just let it go

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  • Magna InfernoMagna Inferno Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    I like that cover.

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  • LuxLux Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    I think that looks better than Batman: Odyssey. It's probably the inking and coloring.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Neal Adams

    man

    just stop

    I get that the man is an icon

    but his art has gotten really, really weird and his writing is even worse and man just let it go
    Besides Iron Fist and Wolverine, I actually think that cover looks alright.

    The composition's weird, but the figures are mostly alright.

    Munch on
  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Munch wrote: »
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Neal Adams

    man

    just stop

    I get that the man is an icon

    but his art has gotten really, really weird and his writing is even worse and man just let it go
    Besides Iron Fist and Wolverine, I actually think that cover looks alright.

    The composition's weird, but the figures are mostly alright.
    Wolverine looks fucking horrid

    and then he announced that he is working on a Wolverine project after this

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2011
    That cover must be greater than the sum of its parts, because I like it

    oh god what is Iron Fist doing

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    Sterica wrote: »
    I know my last visit to my grandpa on his deathbed was to find out how the whole Nazi werewolf thing turned out.
    Edcrab's Exigency RPG
  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    That weird angle of Miss Marvel really reminds me of Fletcher Hanks' work.

    Where is she going?

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    She's leggy, though. That's nice since she's supposed to be 5'11".

    But those motion lines around her arms are just ????

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    She's leggy, though. That's nice since she's supposed to be 5'11".

    But those motion lines around her arms are just ????

    5' 11" and most of it is lovely, lovely leg.

    Also yes I like that cover. It is bright and has exciting things happening on it. There's a bit of symbolism going on, which is good. OK so Iron Fist is flying, but Iron Fist is awesome and therefore I don't care.

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  • WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Iron Fist is using his ch'i energy as repulsors!

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Iron Fist, after his little trip to Ku'un Lun in IIM, can do a crazy amount of hardcore stuff. Flying is probably in there somewhere. In fact, it is, when he used that electromagnetic field to propel himself into that train filled with bombs.

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    My problem is, "Why are are Danny and Wolverine apparently attacking the hands and not the giant head behind them?"

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  • GankGank Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Cos they've played X-men vs Street Fighter, they know how this kinda shit goes down. ATTACK THE HAND!

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Maybe Wolverine has just slashed at his head from behind while leaping past him and missed or something who cares primary colours!

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  • CrimsondudeCrimsondude Registered User regular
    edited June 2011
    hahahaha

    Wolverine missed.

    Specifically Wolverine missed a giant demon head that is taller than him (although everything is taller than him).

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  • JyrenBJyrenB St. AugustineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2011
    Um...Wolverine is pretty clearly attacking the face AND has drawn blood. So he both hit and isn't attacking the hands.

    And Danny is coming up behind the head, he hasn't done anything yet but I don't really see the problem here. A cover of everyone punching one thing in the head doesn't actually look good at all, from a compositional standpoint.

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