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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I mean, I don't think it's even a big deal if they did want Steve back in time for the Captain America movie.

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    Spencer has been pretty honest about shit before, I would give him the benefit of the doubt

    Plus, dude would probably want a Steve Rogers book that sells huge right along side the film as much as Marvel since he gets royalties on trades and whatnot

    I don't think anyone ordered him to do it; but I do imagine someone at least had a conversation with him about it and he felt okay working it into his plans.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    Honestly I think people forget the creators want books to sell a shit ton just as much as Marvel does

    Skottie Young made a crazy amount of money (for comics) off of Rocket Raccoon because it went well above the usual sales threshold thanks to LootCrate and also did very well in hardcover/trade, Bendis joked that it would be his kid's college fund

    It is pretty easy for me to believe that creators would be just as aware of the sales potential and demand for big relaunches alongside films as the publishers and would want a cut of that

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    I think we're basically saying the same thing, Blank.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    I think we're basically saying the same thing, Blank.
    I wasn't disagreeing with you! I was just saying that people always say it is forced editorial demands when creators consistently say it isn't and the logical thing is that they are just as aware of the pattern as we are and want to make some money

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    I think the one Marvel title I'll get monthly is ANAD Avengers. Everything else besides Standoff and Civil War 2 will be trade but with a potential LASIK procedure soon I'll have even less spending money for comics.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    I think the one Marvel title I'll get monthly is ANAD Avengers. Everything else will be trade but with a potential LASIK procedure soon I'll have even less spending money for comics.

    Think how good those comics will look with your new laser eyes

  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    I think the one Marvel title I'll get monthly is ANAD Avengers. Everything else will be trade but with a potential LASIK procedure soon I'll have even less spending money for comics.

    Look on the bright side; your procedure might go horribly wrong and you get superpowers and then you won't need comics anymore! You'll be living them in real life!

  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    I think the one Marvel title I'll get monthly is ANAD Avengers. Everything else will be trade but with a potential LASIK procedure soon I'll have even less spending money for comics.

    Think how good those comics will look with your new laser eyes

    Laser eyes will burn the paper!

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    I think the one Marvel title I'll get monthly is ANAD Avengers. Everything else will be trade but with a potential LASIK procedure soon I'll have even less spending money for comics.

    Think how good those comics will look with your new laser eyes
    But then he will burn them with his new laser eyes

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Oh god dammit

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    There's just too damn many good comics to buy.

    I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!!!
  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    WW2

    Nah, in the movie, they've changed it.
    Oh, well, whatdayah know? That's super cool. I still think most of the film will be WW2 but I'm just guessing.

  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    wirehead26 wrote: »
    There's just too damn many good comics to buy.

    It's true! So read ANAD Avengers and Angela, then you're basically set.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Barry, you're a forensic scientist

    You are leaving fingerprints EVERYWHERE

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    What is all this shit

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    What is all this shit
    DC did a big special thing where they revealed concept art for Justice League and confirmed some stuff and had Wonder Woman footage and a new Suicide Squad trailer

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    I was agreeing to what the fuck was happening in those Flash images.

  • EtchwartsEtchwarts Eyes Up Registered User regular
    Finally watched that Suicide Squad trailer

    Hey, that thing has a real personality!

    I don't think I'll see it, but that looks like a movie someone made, instead of a grimdark piece of Cinematic Universe (tm) concocted in a lab

  • StraightziStraightzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User regular
    Properly pumped about Suicide Squad again

    Like they still could've picked a better song, but this was a big step in the right direction

  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    A better song? Or a more appropriate song? Choose wisely.

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  • BionicPenguinBionicPenguin Registered User regular
    I'm cautiously optimistic about Suicide Squad now.

  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    Here's concept art of The Flash showing you how his powers work! (while you're watching an episode of the hit series The Flash)

  • AtomicTofuAtomicTofu She's a straight-up supervillain, yo Registered User regular
    Agent Carter got off to a good start

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    It means we’ll have two Captain Americas. When Steve handed the shield to Sam, it didn’t come with any caveats. It’s his. Steve respects and admires what his old partner is doing, and wants him to carry on. There are enough problems out there, and enough bad guys, to keep both of them busy. They’ll have very different missions; Sam will continue fighting the battles no one else will go near, while Steve is faced with a resurgent threat from his past: Hydra is back, and stronger than ever.

    For me, it’s great, because I get to tell two very different kinds of Captain America stories. If you’re liking what we’re doing in CAPTAIN AMERICA: SAM WILSON, with a more topical, of-the-moment take, we’ve got a lot more of that coming your way; but if you’re looking for that classic, timeless version, the one that’s steeped in the Greatest Generation with Cap fighting the face of true evil, now we’ve got that for you as well. I think they’ll complement each other nicely.

    Man, I kinda wish it wasn't Hydra, since the very first issue of Sam's series made a point about how Sam and friends had worked tirelessly to make them a non-issue. I know that they're the villains for Steve and 'cut off one head' etc, but it still feels a bit soon.

    The flip-side is if Spencer is as creative with them as he has been with the Serpant Society.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    edited January 2016
    I'm guessing Spencer always planned for Hydra to not actually be dead since by the time Sam Wilson came out he had to have known he was writing Steve Rogers

    I am interested in seeing what he does with them. Especially if Zemo is still leading them.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    So on the ending of that Flash
    Kriesberg confirmed it is Reverse Flash from an earlier point in his timeline, before he got stuck in the past, who is now showing up.

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  • David_TDavid_T A fashion yes-man is no good to me. Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered User regular
    Is the Joker the bad guy in Suicide Squad?

    I mean... they're all bad guys, but is he the big, bad that the Squad is put together to stop? Because that might be the best way to use the Joker in that movie.

    Other than, you know, not using him.

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  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    AtomicTofu wrote: »

    Trailers hitting teh right buttons but I can't hep but notice the Girls seem to be taking backseat to the men.
    Gvzbgul wrote: »
    A better song? Or a more appropriate song? Choose wisely.

    Not really more appropriate a song about murderer begging for forgiveness and then deciding "You know what? Fuck that" and riding off on a riff of pure defiance.

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  • KingofMadCowsKingofMadCows Registered User regular
    David_T wrote: »
    Is the Joker the bad guy in Suicide Squad?

    I mean... they're all bad guys, but is he the big, bad that the Squad is put together to stop? Because that might be the best way to use the Joker in that movie.

    Other than, you know, not using him.

    It looks like it'll be a magical villain. There's that short scene in the subway with some monster destroying a train.

  • Diablo FettDiablo Fett Registered User regular
    David_T wrote: »
    Is the Joker the bad guy in Suicide Squad?

    I mean... they're all bad guys, but is he the big, bad that the Squad is put together to stop? Because that might be the best way to use the Joker in that movie.

    Other than, you know, not using him.

    by the look of it, all or at least most of the Joker stuff is gonna be relegated to flashbacks pertaining to Harley's background

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I'm guessing Spencer always planned for Hydra to not actually be dead since by the time Sam Wilson came out he had to have known he was writing Steve Rogers

    I am interested in seeing what he does with them. Especially if Zemo is still leading them.

    The first issue of Sam Wilson does specifically mention that they're decimated but not defeated, I didn't expect nor want them to be gone for good. They're Hydra, they're fantastic villains. But again, it feels a bit premature.

  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    However it turns out that suicide squad trailer was awesome

  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    So Iris was kinda great tonight?

    She was funny, charismatic, gelled with the cast very naturally, sound-minded

    So of course someone else had to be portrayed as unreasonable, and this week was Wally's turn

  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    'two more shall take its place' is literally like their whole thing

    I'm kinda amazed anybody thought they were really 'dead' tbh

    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    also w/r/t the suicide squad trailer, I think a lot of my enjoyment of it just comes from the music.

    and I mean, they get credit for picking the music but I think a lot of things would look good set to bohemian rhapsody

    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User, Moderator mod
    A dark souls comic got announced!

    Which made me realize I want to see what Migola would do with that setting more than anything

    yes hello this is relevant to my interests, is there a preview or any more information?

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
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    The Superior Foes of Spider-Man creative team is launching a book in April about criminals doing bad things badly and the cover features a Comedy Bang Bang reference so I am 100% buying this.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    That Anka touch up helps that costume, but it doesn't look good

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