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Askin' Questions, Gettin' Answers: The Thread For General Comic Book Questions
DJ Eebs
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Hey folks, in this thread you ask general comic questions that don't merit a thread of their own. Like, "when was the last time Spider-Man had a bath in a comic"
That is a bad example.
That is a bad example.
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What's the longest story Mary Jane Watson got?
mr. sinister came from circumstances and is now a total douche
I find it funny and terrible that there is another volume of this already written that is going to come out no matter how badly volume is received. I can understand Marvel not wanting to massive delays on one of their flagships again, but would it not make more sense to get one volume done, release it and then see how it received before commissioning or whatever the next volume?
In less words, Ultimates 3 is so bad I would sooner step on dogshit than put the issue down over it and step on the issue, and there is an entire volume waiting to be dumped upon us like a deep bucket full of vomit, offal and rotted sheep placenta.
I mean why not get one of the volumes complete, fling .... er release it that on the unsuspecting public first. See how it released. Then if it things turn out well, sign Loeb to exclusive and have him write the next one.
Jesus, it was only one issue. Shut up already.
In unrelated news, I just finished the first three trades of The Exterminators and it's pretty fucking rad. This leads me to the following questions:
- When is the next trade out
- How much of the comic is only available in singles? I think the 3rd trade only goes up to #16...
- Does it stay this awesome, because I may have to switch to following it in singles, expense be damned!
Anally.
I think they are labeled as seperate because A. pretty sure Ultimates 4 has someone else on art and
B. they are going to be bridged by Ultimatum
Wow, that's almost as good as the time my drama teacher in high school re-enacted the entire (original) Star Wars trilogy in 4 minutes.
I should have a column where all I do is explain complex comic stories in a paragraph or less. Like the opposite of the life of Reilly.
Please do!
Speaking of which, it took me months (with long gaps in between), but I enjoyed reading the entire Life of Reilly.
So lengthy explinations work as well.
I would assume that they had bullet-proof costumes in the past, but now everyone uses the weapons Cable and Bishop did in the 90s.
edit: And comics are shipping on Friday this week because Diamond needs a 2 day holiday for New Years.
I think it's safe to say New X-Men is over.
There are rumours of some kind of "Young X-Men" book or something coming down the pipeline though.
Fantastic. I love Nightwing, I always picked up random issues and never really had a clue what was going on. Any others on the more obscure side of DC?
Paul Dini's Detective Comics is great, but unfortunatley there seem to be frequent fill-in arcs from other writers.
Green Lantern is probably the best book DC has at the moment, you should go back and read the Sinestro Corps War since it's arguably the best event of the last few years and will set up everything you need to know about the GL ongoing for the next couple years.
JSA is super awesome but will probably be tying into Countdown soon so I dunno about that.
Can't think of much else off the top of my head, Teen Titans and Birds of Prey (which used to be two of my faves) just recently changed creative teams so I cant reccomend them.
Simone's Wonder Woman looks like a lot of fun but it's only 1 issue in so far.
I recently trimmed down my DC pull list quite a bit thanks to Countdown.
I got the trade for Christmas and it was simply wonderful.
besides the entire series of mary jane <3s spider-man?
she was in a really good valentine's day comic last year where peter gave her his old web shooters so she could play practical jokes on the human torch along with her husband.
hah, i gave that trade for christmas, and it is excellent.
s-santa??
The correct answer is Blue Beetle. Early issues are good, but when Rogers takes over as the sole writer, it really takes off and is somethign I'd call the equivilent of DCs Spider-Man and not the retarded Spider totem / OMD crap that's going on right now, but the classic "everything that made Spidey great" stuff.
Checkmate is good as well, but pretty damn hard to get into unless you go back to the start.
Catwoman has been incredible ever since Brubaker restarted that series, but, sadly, it looks like editorial mandate of having her in Salvation Run will more than likely kill any enjoyment I have left for the book.
If you know anything about 52, and even if you dont, Booster Gold is a great series that's about 5 issues in. One of the funniest comics I've ever read.
While Sinestro Corps War was awesome, you'll never be able to get all the issues, so I'd just grab the trade whenever it comes out (Feb I think). So, while picking up Green Lantern seems like a no brainer, it would actually be pretty difficult to get into if you're coming in fresh. Worth the effort to try though as it's great.
It was ugly and boring.
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The Sensational Spider-Man annual was pretty awesome also. It centered on a guy she knew when she was living in Hollywood trying to convince her to turn Pete in while one of Pete's friends is trying to convince him not to turn himself in to spare Mary Jane and Aunt May.
Matt Fraction wrote it, and he definitely seems to have a real good grasp on Spider-Man. I really hope he gets a good long run on a Spidey title at some point.
I don't know what kept me from this book for so long, but I bought the hardcover and oh man
Is this still prevalent, aside from special runs or one-shots? Looking at Marvel's website it seems that the only 616 spider-book is ASM, but it's hard to believe that they slashed five lines.
Moreover, given that I want to avoid the current stupidity in the 616 Spidey continuity, what's a decent book for someone just getting back into it? Pick up Ultimate trades or Spider-Girl or something?
Read Ultimate Spider-man and thank me later.
Ultimate Spider-Man is the best take of the character I've ever read so thats the best place to go for awesome Spidey stories.
As for the crossover thing, it's nowhere near as prevalent now as it was in the 90s. Most "events" now get told in thier own seperate mini series which the ongoing titles tie into in someway, but the main story is all in the same place.
Thats not to say it never happens, Sinestro Corps War was told across both Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps and the current Messiah Complex story is crossing across all 4 X-titles, but those are both huge stories that have been in the works for awhile.