MotW 2/20/13 - #### you, Brian K Vaughn

jkylefulton

I hate that I care about what happens to the characters in Saga.

Captain America #4 was amazing as well.

TexiKen

I think JKyle is referring to this from Saga #10, best character sad time:

Avengers #6, Captain Universe's origin, Superior Spider-Man can't be bothered with kids or illegal aliens, and your very own decoder for space builder gibberish:

Antimatter

but jkyle, shouldnt you be mad at James Roberts?

:rotate:

WiseManTobes

I can't find it now, but I know someone on these boards totally called the Blackveil reveal

as Nightmask

And I just wanna say, nice call, to whoever it was heh

Shadowhope

TexiKen wrote: »

I think JKyle is referring to this from Saga #10, best character sad time:

Avengers #6, Captain Universe's origin, Superior Spider-Man can't be bothered with kids or illegal aliens, and your very own decoder for space builder gibberish:

Regarding Saga:

Notice that the ship's silhouette looks like a heart being torn apart?

TexiKen

Indestructible Hulk #4, it brings even more sadness than Saga did. Second best NOW book behind Avengers:

ROB 3.0 might last the whole issue instead of 1 page and 5 pages, respectively.

Turambar

Superior Spider-Man #4. I really liked this scene

Also, final page reveal

Didn't care for the Massacre stuff, but the above pages are awesome
Camuncoli's art is much better now

Legba

Re: Saga

I take heart in the fact that just last issue The Will was talking about how hard Lying Cat was to kill.

Or maybe he was talking about how he couldn't bring himself to kill her. But I'm hoping for the former.

Elderlycrawfish

Technically it'd be Rob 7.0 (hulk mentions breaking the previous five plus the current)

Centipede Damascus

Captain Marvel #10, in which an old enemy makes an unexpected appearance:

Lawndart

To balance out the epic sadness that is the new issue of Saga, a moment of happy/awesome from Batwoman #17:

(perhaps somewhat spoiler-tastic happy/awesome, being a final page of a story arc and all)

Alternate title: DC Presents: Batwoman Vs. Orson Scott Card.

vagrant_winds

Lawndart wrote: »

To balance out the epic sadness that is the new issue of Saga, a moment of happy/awesome from Batwoman #17:

(perhaps somewhat spoiler-tastic happy/awesome, being a final page of a story arc and all)

Alternate title: DC Presents: Batwoman Vs. Orson Scott Card.

It was one hell of a way to end a 17 issue super long arc, after the Batwoman + Wonder Woman asskicking.

ManetherenWolf

Red Hood 17 was interesting for a DotF aftermath

So everyone ends up showing back up at the mansion eventually after ditching him in Batman 17. Except Batgirl. Confirmation that Nightwing and Starfire DID have a relationship (Not sure if thats been brought up in RH yet, havent been reading it), and Joker DID put some acid or something in Red Hoods mask, which triggered after he put it on again.

vagrant_winds

ManetherenWolf wrote: »

Red Hood 17 was interesting for a DotF aftermath

So everyone ends up showing back up at the mansion eventually after ditching him in Batman 17. Except Batgirl. Confirmation that Nightwing and Starfire DID have a relationship (Not sure if thats been brought up in RH yet, havent been reading it), and Joker DID put some acid or something in Red Hoods mask, which triggered after he put it on again.

It was mentioned that Dick and Starfire used to be together. She eve has a couple of his own uniforms.

And Dick didn't ditch Bruce in Batman 17. He was calling to say he arrived at the manor gate and Bruce assumed otherwise after everyone else flaked.

herojoe

Hellblazer #300. The last issue of my favorite comic. I'm really gonna miss it.

WiseManTobes

Green Lantern New Guardians was really good this week, and art was great!

Linked for size
New Guardians Double Page spread

BlankZoe

ManetherenWolf wrote: »

Red Hood 17 was interesting for a DotF aftermath

So everyone ends up showing back up at the mansion eventually after ditching him in Batman 17. Except Batgirl. Confirmation that Nightwing and Starfire DID have a relationship (Not sure if thats been brought up in RH yet, havent been reading it), and Joker DID put some acid or something in Red Hoods mask, which triggered after he put it on again.

Kinda hate that last bit.

The whole message of DotF was fucking with the Bat-Family without actually disfiguring or maiming them. Hence the whole fake-out with the faces.

Scarring/melting Jason's face goes against that and is also super dumb.

WiseManTobes

Blankzilla wrote: »

ManetherenWolf wrote: »

Red Hood 17 was interesting for a DotF aftermath

So everyone ends up showing back up at the mansion eventually after ditching him in Batman 17. Except Batgirl. Confirmation that Nightwing and Starfire DID have a relationship (Not sure if thats been brought up in RH yet, havent been reading it), and Joker DID put some acid or something in Red Hoods mask, which triggered after he put it on again.

Kinda hate that last bit.

The whole message of DotF was fucking with the Bat-Family without actually disfiguring or maiming them. Hence the whole fake-out with the faces.

Scarring/melting Jason's face goes against that and is also super dumb.

I don't think

There'll be physical scarring, it seemed more just reddish, from a close contact chemical spray, not a permanent thing. But I think he got mindwiped.

initiatefailure

WiseManTobes wrote: »

Green Lantern New Guardians was really good this week, and art was great!

Linked for size
New Guardians Double Page spread

My cousin got it, opened it up and closed it. He doesn't want to have to read the glc annual to see the battle between last issue and this one.

Werewolf2000ad

WiseManTobes wrote: »

Green Lantern New Guardians was really good this week, and art was great!

That last page was heart-breaking. I honestly thought for a second they were going to let it happen, then wham, it's Volthoom Is A Total Bastard time.

CorporateLogo

On the topic of Saga #10

Guess it's time to call him Dying Cat

UnbrokenEva

booooooooo

initiatefailure

Damn shouldn't have opened that saga spoiler.

Oh and I just checked to see when vol 2 comes out and amazon has volume 1 for $5.55, perfect forcing on your friends pricing.

WiseManTobes

Werewolf2000ad wrote: »

WiseManTobes wrote: »

Green Lantern New Guardians was really good this week, and art was great!

That last page was heart-breaking. I honestly thought for a second they were going to let it happen, then wham, it's Volthoom Is A Total Bastard time.

Ya, they really sucker punch you at the end. You are busy worrying they are gonna de-power Kyle or something, then BAM , first lantern is just a huge troll.

TexiKen

Daredevil #23, Matt's villains are the butt of jokes, and some damn good drama, the book feels much more like it did the first 8-10 issues:

Sinogue

CorporateLogo wrote: »

On the topic of Saga #10

Guess it's time to call him Dying Cat

Too soon!

Crimsondude

Oh, God. What happened in DD? I haven't read it since the Punisher/Spidey crossover (Don't laugh).

TexiKen

Foggy has cancer

Crimsondude

:-( :evil:

UltimateInferno

Green Lantern The first lantern attempts to alter reality with some interesting effects.

JLA #1 J'onn and Steve have a conversation

Ultimate Comics The Ultimates #21 Scorpio Revealed! Commander Crimson takes control of the Torch (which is another infinity Gem, there appears to be 8 gems/two gauntlets in the ultimate verse)

jkylefulton

Its kind of sad that the majority of DC's storylines revolve around this pseudo-Watchmen "We must police our heroes" nonsense.

ryven

martian manhunter doesnt seem too cuddly

UnbrokenEva

ryven wrote: »

martian manhunter doesnt seem too cuddly

He hasn't had any oreos all day and his blood sugars are a bit low.

TexiKen

Excellent segue for this delightful webcomic from this week!

Crimsondude

Those two are such brats. :rotate:

Gonmun

The look on J'onn's face when he does that though...lol

Darcsteel

If you're not reading JL8 you are missing out on something beautiful.
Read it from the beginning. he does an excellent job of translating the personas into grade school

The interaction between the heroes and villians on the school yard was sad and fun at the same time

Sinogue

Did Uncanny X-Force #2 come out this week or not? I certainly didn't see it at my LCS, and it should have been in my pull anyway. Marvel's website has it as a 2/20/13 release though. Did it get delayed, or did I just miss it this week?

Elderlycrawfish

Sinogue wrote: »

Did Uncanny X-Fo rce #2 come out this week or not? I certainly didn't see it at my LCS, and it should have been in my pull anyway. Marvel's website has it as a 2/20/13 release though. Did it get delayed, or did I just miss it this week?

Looks like its coming out next week?

Solar

So, this weeks moments

Saga was awesome. Obviously.

Nova #1 was... not so bad. It was okay. The art was lovely, Sam is an engaging character and though the continuity and so on is fucked as we know, I did like the raw elements of the story, a dead beat dad lost in his glory days, a kid who has to take responsibility to live up to it, and a family that loves each other but has it's own struggles. I thought that was cool. So I will keep reading, because I want to find out what happens to Sam. Also, Gamora has her old costume. I'm a terrible, awful person, yes, but I like that costume far, far more than her new terrible one. So that's cool.

Thor: God of Thunder was fantastic and I love how huge and epic it feels. The reveal of what happened in the cave was actually interesting and added a new element to Gorr. Really loving this book, one of the best of Marvel NOW, in part because of how great the art is.

Wonder Woman is one of the very few DC books I am still reading, and for good reason. Nothing to say that hasn't been said before, though the art is not by Chiang this issue which is a shame, as he was one of the best things about the new series.

X-O Manowar! Woo! I have been loving this series, and I also picked up the first trade of Harbinger which I thought was pretty cool as well. Valiant's restart is doing very well and I hope it continues to do so.

tehjester

So... Saga #10... You guys recommend and recommend and recommend to read this comic. So, I start to read it. I enjoy it. I start to care about the characters. About the story. The narrative. Then #10... that ending... ... ... ... ...