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ASK ME NOT, WHIPPY: THE THREAD (General Comics Questions Thread)

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  • tombomb666tombomb666 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2007
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

    It was Red Machine D, also known as Diamondback, also known as what the hell kind of comic question is this?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    We all know about Rip Hunter's little "No one can know my real name" thing. However, with him being a star of Booster's new series I'm betting that we're gonna find it out eventually.

    My theory?

    He's part of the Carter family line. Probably not Booster or Daniel, but one of their sons or grandsons.

    Anyone else have any ideas?

    I've been mulling over this idea that he is (surprise!) Ted Kord. And this isn't just me and my Ted Kord boner. He's a genius superscientist and skilled adventurer, and what better way to hide your identity than being legally believed to be dead? As for his appearance/voice, maybe it just changed over the years. A few broken noses here, a couple of cyborg implants there, a change of hair color, a beard, and the ravages of time and he's a totally different person. But what really gives me hope for the idea is just that Ted is one of the very few people in the entire DCU that would believe in Booster enough to entrust him with the survival of the multiverse. There were better, more capable also-ran heroes out there, but for some reason Rip trusted one of the most mocked and derided superheroes of the past few years to help him save all of creation. Plus, I just love the idea of Booster trying, and failing, over and over again to save Ted, only to finally find out that he did it a decade from now, and has been adventuring with him for years as Rip Hunter.

    Though I could have sworn that there was something in The Kingdom which heavily hints at Rip actually being Booster himself.

    Munch on
  • Bad KarmaBad Karma Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Munch wrote: »
    And this isn't just me and my Ted Kord boner.

    Don't try to lie. We all know it is.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Karma I laugh every time I see your sig/avatar combo. The squishy faces make me smile.

    Munch on
  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    It's possible, especially with Ted's seemingly major role in the series. It would make sense. Of course, it could also be the kid he saved, a carter, or some other twist.

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    So, I've been reading through Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow (which is absolutely fantastic), and at one point,
    Ollie goes to "an aspect of Heaven" and sees Jason Todd swinging around.

    This popped up a question in my mind that I guess is kind of trivial, but something I'm curious about, nonetheless. How old was Jason Todd supposed to be when Superboy-Prime altered history and brought him back from the dead? Was that supposed to have happened soon after his death, leaving a fair bit of time for him to be recovered by Talia, or did it happen closer to the events of Infinite Crisis?

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Zeromus wrote: »
    So, I've been reading through Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow (which is absolutely fantastic), and at one point,
    Ollie goes to "an aspect of Heaven" and sees Jason Todd swinging around.

    This popped up a question in my mind that I guess is kind of trivial, but something I'm curious about, nonetheless. How old was Jason Todd supposed to be when Superboy-Prime altered history and brought him back from the dead? Was that supposed to have happened soon after his death, leaving a fair bit of time for him to be recovered by Talia, or did it happen closer to the events of Infinite Crisis?

    Quiver was awesome. It went to every aspect of the DCU.

    I mean the fucking sandman.

    SANDMAN

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  • PantheraOncaPantheraOnca Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I think that what happened was that he died, x number of years passed, walls get punched, jason todd-as-not-clayface happened and jason todd was alive again, at the age he would have been had he not been killed.


    Does that make sense? I think it does, let me know.

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Zeromus wrote: »
    So, I've been reading through Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow (which is absolutely fantastic), and at one point,
    Ollie goes to "an aspect of Heaven" and sees Jason Todd swinging around.

    This popped up a question in my mind that I guess is kind of trivial, but something I'm curious about, nonetheless. How old was Jason Todd supposed to be when Superboy-Prime altered history and brought him back from the dead? Was that supposed to have happened soon after his death, leaving a fair bit of time for him to be recovered by Talia, or did it happen closer to the events of Infinite Crisis?

    Quiver was awesome. It went to every aspect of the DCU.

    I mean the fucking sandman.

    SANDMAN

    I just finished it.

    So, so, so fucking good; the writing was at a really impressive level.
    I think that what happened was that he died, x number of years passed, walls get punched, jason todd-as-not-clayface happened and jason todd was alive again, at the age he would have been had he not been killed.


    Does that make sense? I think it does, let me know.

    Yeah, that makes sense, though I'm not really sure what the Hush story has to do with it.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Munch wrote: »
    Karma I laugh every time I see your sig/avatar combo. The squishy faces make me smile.

    I'm already ready for a new artist on Flash

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  • tombomb666tombomb666 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

    It was Red Machine D, also known as Diamondback, also known as what the hell kind of comic question is this?

    It may tie into a fight somewhere down the line.

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  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

    It was Red Machine D, also known as Diamondback, also known as what the hell kind of comic question is this?

    It may tie into a fight somewhere down the line.

    I was on myspace, and that video of him falling off the machine was on the featured videos section. I had forgotten it completely, and it made my day.

    Now, on topic, exactly what is the reading order of Sinestro Corps War? I feel stupid asking this, but I bought the first special, and I didn't know where the war actually starts.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    all the involved issues have "part 1, 2, etc." on them

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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 August 2007
    Zeromus wrote: »
    So, I've been reading through Kevin Smith's run on Green Arrow (which is absolutely fantastic), and at one point,
    Ollie goes to "an aspect of Heaven" and sees Jason Todd swinging around.

    This popped up a question in my mind that I guess is kind of trivial, but something I'm curious about, nonetheless. How old was Jason Todd supposed to be when Superboy-Prime altered history and brought him back from the dead? Was that supposed to have happened soon after his death, leaving a fair bit of time for him to be recovered by Talia, or did it happen closer to the events of Infinite Crisis?

    Jason got buried, came back to life, dug his way to the surface, collapsed from brain damage, lived with hobos on the street, got taken in by Talia, trained, and then sent away

    So it was only a few days/weeks after he was buried

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Dex Dynamo wrote: »
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

    It was Red Machine D, also known as Diamondback, also known as what the hell kind of comic question is this?

    It may tie into a fight somewhere down the line.

    I was on myspace, and that video of him falling off the machine was on the featured videos section. I had forgotten it completely, and it made my day.

    Now, on topic, exactly what is the reading order of Sinestro Corps War? I feel stupid asking this, but I bought the first special, and I didn't know where the war actually starts.
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    all the involved issues have "part 1, 2, etc." on them

    Yep.

    But more specifically, thus far it's been: Sinestro Corps Special -> Green Lantern #21 -> Green Lantern Corps #14 -> Green Lantern #22

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    In the 90's there were a few "Alien" themed comics. I'm not sure whether they were all Alien VS Predator or not... But does anyone know if they were any good?

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Fallingman wrote: »
    In the 90's there were a few "Alien" themed comics. I'm not sure whether they were all Alien VS Predator or not... But does anyone know if they were any good?

    There were quite a lot more than a few. And I'm pretty sure they started sometime in the 80s.

    Look up Alien (or Xenomorph) in wikipedia and then find "in other media." Dark Horse has printed a crapton of Alien comics over the years.

    I'm sure some of them were good. There was a Mike Mignola one I keep meaning to find.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Aliens v. Superman(The first one) was pretty awesome.

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  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    There was Aliens vs. Stormwatch (from Wildstorm).
    They basically used it to kill off 90% of the team and end the book, which was a surpising amount of continuity effect from an Aliens crossover. But with Wildstorm rebooted they've brought them all back to life now anyways.

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  • ZoltanisZoltanis Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Is any new (god willing) DCAU stuff going to continue with Kevin Conroy as Batman? I know The New Frontier is using a different voice cast, but I thought that might be due to the fact that it's more of an adaptation of the original. Still, not him Batman is strange after all these years to pound his voice into the idea of the character for me (The Batman doesn't count).

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Zoltanis wrote: »
    Is any new (god willing) DCAU stuff going to continue with Kevin Conroy as Batman? I know The New Frontier is using a different voice cast, but I thought that might be due to the fact that it's more of an adaptation of the original. Still, not him Batman is strange after all these years to pound his voice into the idea of the character for me (The Batman doesn't count).
    As of now, no.


    and the DCAU just contains all of the Timm/Dini stuff, which is done. No more.

    The Batman, Teen Titans, LoSH and all of the DVD movies aren't DCAU.

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  • Dex DynamoDex Dynamo Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Zeromus wrote: »
    Dex Dynamo wrote: »
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    tombomb666 wrote: »
    I need a little help finding a video. Who was the former who broke his ankle dismounting a DDR machine. Red Machine Something? I was lurking when that first happened and I'm ashamed i cant remember my forum past.

    It was Red Machine D, also known as Diamondback, also known as what the hell kind of comic question is this?

    It may tie into a fight somewhere down the line.

    I was on myspace, and that video of him falling off the machine was on the featured videos section. I had forgotten it completely, and it made my day.

    Now, on topic, exactly what is the reading order of Sinestro Corps War? I feel stupid asking this, but I bought the first special, and I didn't know where the war actually starts.
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    all the involved issues have "part 1, 2, etc." on them

    Yep.

    But more specifically, thus far it's been: Sinestro Corps Special -> Green Lantern #21 -> Green Lantern Corps #14 -> Green Lantern #22

    Fuck, That's why I was thrown off. I didn't even look in GLC, just in GL.

    Also, I did see the 1st issue marker after I posted this. I'm dumb.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Zoltanis wrote: »
    Is any new (god willing) DCAU stuff going to continue with Kevin Conroy as Batman? I know The New Frontier is using a different voice cast, but I thought that might be due to the fact that it's more of an adaptation of the original. Still, not him Batman is strange after all these years to pound his voice into the idea of the character for me (The Batman doesn't count).
    As of now, no.


    and the DCAU just contains all of the Timm/Dini stuff, which is done. No more.

    The Batman, Teen Titans, LoSH and all of the DVD movies aren't DCAU.

    I thought Teen Titans was iffy. Being that it was produced by Timm and shared a few of the same voice actors.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Has anyone read Powerless? It seems pretty cool. Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan are the main characters, but they were never superpowered. However, Peter still clashes with Norman, Matt does battle with Fisk in the courtroom and Logan is still amnesiac and a wanderer.

    Powerless_1.jpg
    I may pick up the trade.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Bloods End wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Zoltanis wrote: »
    Is any new (god willing) DCAU stuff going to continue with Kevin Conroy as Batman? I know The New Frontier is using a different voice cast, but I thought that might be due to the fact that it's more of an adaptation of the original. Still, not him Batman is strange after all these years to pound his voice into the idea of the character for me (The Batman doesn't count).
    As of now, no.


    and the DCAU just contains all of the Timm/Dini stuff, which is done. No more.

    The Batman, Teen Titans, LoSH and all of the DVD movies aren't DCAU.

    I thought Teen Titans was iffy. Being that it was produced by Timm and shared a few of the same voice actors.
    Nope, it's been officially said that it's not in the JLUniverse.

    The producers joked that it was on Earth-T.

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  • ServoServo Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Has anyone read Powerless? It seems pretty cool. Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan are the main characters, but they were never superpowered. However, Peter still clashes with Norman, Matt does battle with Fisk in the courtroom and Logan is still amnesiac and a wanderer.

    I may pick up the trade.

    i actually thought it was really unsatisfying. the main character is actually this psychiatrist, not any of the actual superheroes, and...i dunno. it's just not much fun.

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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
    edited August 2007
    Servo wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Has anyone read Powerless? It seems pretty cool. Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan are the main characters, but they were never superpowered. However, Peter still clashes with Norman, Matt does battle with Fisk in the courtroom and Logan is still amnesiac and a wanderer.

    I may pick up the trade.

    i actually thought it was really unsatisfying. the main character is actually this psychiatrist, not any of the actual superheroes, and...i dunno. it's just not much fun.
    The psychiatrist is also the analog of Uatu.

    Fencingsax on
  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Munch wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    We all know about Rip Hunter's little "No one can know my real name" thing. However, with him being a star of Booster's new series I'm betting that we're gonna find it out eventually.

    My theory?

    He's part of the Carter family line. Probably not Booster or Daniel, but one of their sons or grandsons.

    Anyone else have any ideas?

    Though I could have sworn that there was something in The Kingdom which heavily hints at Rip actually being Booster himself.

    Don't recall. During 52, I was kind of hoping Rip would end up being Daniel, who was trapped in the time loop in Rip's lab.

    Squashua on
  • SquashuaSquashua __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Munch wrote: »
    Karma I laugh every time I see your sig/avatar combo. The squishy faces make me smile.

    I'm already ready for a new artist on Flash

    They spent time in far future or an alien world or something. You'd think they would have gotten the gap between that kid's teeth fixed.

    He looks like a super-steroid midget Dave Letterman.

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  • SentrySentry Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Servo wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Has anyone read Powerless? It seems pretty cool. Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan are the main characters, but they were never superpowered. However, Peter still clashes with Norman, Matt does battle with Fisk in the courtroom and Logan is still amnesiac and a wanderer.

    I may pick up the trade.

    i actually thought it was really unsatisfying. the main character is actually this psychiatrist, not any of the actual superheroes, and...i dunno. it's just not much fun.

    Agreed. Think of it like a rollercoaster... one that has a huge hill you climb up... and, seeing how big that hill is, you know the drop is going to be awesome... but, instead of a drop, the track just levels off... then it stops and you get out.

    That was Powerless for me.

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  • Sharp101Sharp101 TorontoRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I really liked it, although it was a little depressing.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Was that tease in JLA featuring Ultra-Humanite, Despero, and Degaton ever followed up on?

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  • Bad KarmaBad Karma Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Balefuego wrote: »
    Was that tease in JLA featuring Ultra-Humanite, Despero, and Degaton ever followed up on?

    I believe it was a small lead in / tease to the upcoming reformation of the Injustice League.

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  • ServoServo Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    Servo wrote: »
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Has anyone read Powerless? It seems pretty cool. Peter Parker, Matt Murdock and Logan are the main characters, but they were never superpowered. However, Peter still clashes with Norman, Matt does battle with Fisk in the courtroom and Logan is still amnesiac and a wanderer.

    I may pick up the trade.

    i actually thought it was really unsatisfying. the main character is actually this psychiatrist, not any of the actual superheroes, and...i dunno. it's just not much fun.
    The psychiatrist is also
    the analog of Uatu
    .

    i know, i just didn't want to give away the ending to a guy who wants to read it

    so, y'know

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  • smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    besides the hardcovers are the trades for runaways only the small digest format? or do they have full size ones as well?

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    its only hardcovers and digests.

    Get the Hardcovers, they are so worth it

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  • JoeUserJoeUser Forum Santa Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Hey anyone,

    Is The Kingdom worth getting? I liked Kingdom Come, but I don't hear great things about The Kingdom.

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  • bobgorilabobgorila Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I liked the Kingdom, but it wasn't all that.

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  • NinjaSquirrelNinjaSquirrel Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I have a friend who is trying to sell some of his comics and wants to know what a good online price guide would be for him to use as a reference. He is currently using http://www.comicspriceguide.com/ but has a problem in that one if his comics isn't listed. He has http://gjeanmarc.free.fr/vo/amazingspidermanv1/101.jpg the one on the right and can't find a price for it on the list or a listing of it on e-bay though he can find one for the color version and it's apparently worth a bit. If any of you guys know where we could find a price list that would include that or know about the price of it your help would be appreciated. He says he has a couple other spider-man and fantastic four comics that have covers like that too and can't find the prices.

    Also if anyone could tell me why the difference there it would be nice since he doesn't know and it makes me curious.

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