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The Comics News Thread - Thread Title Updated for DouglasDanger!

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    it will be interesting to see what happens at dc
    something is very wrong with the company and it is becoming more apparent each week
    i mean which editor let the countdown guys do whatever the hell they wanted and completely ignored grant morrison's final crisis outlines? you get grant morrison to write you main event, and do nothing to make sure the thing counting down to his event actually counts down to his event? are you really squandering an all-star creator like grant morrison? (personal opinion of his work aside, it is grant fricking morrison)
    how can wildstorm and cmx be such disasters? what the hell happened to vertigo? look at the things other little publishers are doing, like avatar or image or whatever-- non superhero books can sell?! why isn't DC capitalizing on some of that action?
    what the hell is going on?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Keith wrote: »
    he's east coast

    I figured I had a 50/50 shot of getting it right and just guessed.

    Curses.

    Munch on
  • RansRans Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    from a heroescon report on comicmix.com..
    Mark Waid, with an elbow from Larsen, revealed that John Byrne will be writing the Farscape book for Boom! Studios.

    please god no

    please.

    god.

    no.

    Rans on
  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Given Byrne's opinions of Larsen and Waid, I highly doubt he'll be working for either of them. Hell, he makes a six figure income just from drawing commissions of Marvel and DC characters.

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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 2008
    Q: What’s coming up in The Flash?

    Ethan VanSciver: “No comment” on what’s coming up, but the artist added, “I love the Flash, Absolutely love the Flash.”

    DD - How much?

    EVS - Enough to spend some time with the Flash.

    This would be cool if the art was the problem with Flash, but it's not.

    edit: oh apparently it'll be something with Barry

    go silver age!!!!

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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 2008
    Q: When will we see the Linda Danvers Supergirl again?

    DD : This month.

    What?

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    yeah that's what I said

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  • RansRans Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Given Byrne's opinions of Larsen and Waid, I highly doubt he'll be working for either of them. Hell, he makes a six figure income just from drawing commissions of Marvel and DC characters.

    oh, so it was an in-joke that i didn't get?

    i'm totally cool with that

    just not cool with Byrne going anywhere near Farscape

    Rans on
  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
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    Heroes Con always has the nicest incentive prints. They had a James Jean Fantastic Four print a few years back, too.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Rans wrote: »
    Given Byrne's opinions of Larsen and Waid, I highly doubt he'll be working for either of them. Hell, he makes a six figure income just from drawing commissions of Marvel and DC characters.

    oh, so it was an in-joke that i didn't get?

    i'm totally cool with that

    just not cool with Byrne going anywhere near Farscape

    Also, Byrne is too busy producing obscure continuity-porn STAR TREK:TOS books for IDW. That's probably the root of the joke, now that I think about it.

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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 2008
    someone get me that new frontier thing right now

    i am not kidding

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Signed and numbered, too.

    Anyhow, you can usually get them after the convention, either from Ebay or directly from http://www.heroesonline.com/index.htm. They've done overruns in the past, I'm sure they'll do them again this year.

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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 2008
    go get me one

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A tree fell on my truck a few days ago, so unless I can ride my check from State Farm to the convention, you'll have to find someone else. :(

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Byrne on Farscape makes me know the pain Keith must have known with Dixon off of Robin.

    In the words of the great Henry Jones Sr, this is intolerable.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    360 (an Xbox 360 magazine from UK) has an article along with new pics and info of the upcoming: Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe.

    The magazine introduces 2 new characters: Sonya Blade (from Mortal Kombat) and The Flash (from DC). Flash looking like like the classic Flash we all know (no details on who is behind the mask), Sonya looking to be a mix between her MK4/Deadly Alliance looks (beret, long hair/ponytail, white/short shirt, black pants/gloves).

    The new pics in the magazine also reveal some details:
    -Small traces of blood (for the ones still worried about "no blood")
    -Breakable aspects in the characters costumes (Scorpion's mask being broke by a punch in the face by Superman, revealing the skull under it)
    -Superman using his eyes-lasers.
    -Flash doing a "spin dash" (ala Kabal)
    -Scorpion using Teleport Punch

    Among other things...
    Scans are not allowed, neither links..so no pics here..hehehe..

    Also, the unofficial list of confirmed characters seems o be:

    DC Universe
    Batman
    Superman
    Robin (Tim Drake)
    Wonder Woman
    Flash
    Green Lantern
    Black Canary
    Hawkman
    Powergirl

    Mortal Kombat
    Sub-Zero
    Scorpion
    Kabal
    Sonya
    Jax
    Raiden
    Kitana

    There seems to be at least 20 characters in all, and the contracts seems to be for 2 games..so who knows..
    There also plans for downloadable content as in more characters and stages..

    There seems to be a collector's edition in the works (as Midway was polling a few weeks ago about what would you like to see on it: a comic, artbook, etc) and there also seems to be a comic in the works; acordding to The Realm of Mortal Kombat website (which were one of the firsts to break the whole MK vs DC rumor, along with the GAF poster):
    Originally Posted by TRMK.org:
    They discussed in the early stages that the MK Universe could be one of the 52 Earths that make up the DCU, but for legal reasons with Midway/DC/WB, etc, and other "complicated boring issues, not having anything to do with the game," this WILL NOT be the case. The way the 2 universes meet is finalized, but will only be revealed in Issue 1 of the comic. And plays out to a much better story anyway.

    The tie-in story is pretty much completed. There are still a few tweaks to be made, since a few game endings for different characters are a major story point in the comics. And each character's endings are being written by the DC team, with a ton of input from Midway.

    Said the comic will have a huge TWIST that no fan, DC or MK, saw coming.

    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11655588&postcount=1

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  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Powergirl? In a fighting game with costumes that can be "damaged."

    That might just work.

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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 2008
    oh my god robin is in it

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  • Caveman PawsCaveman Paws Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Tim Drake (Robin) at that!

    I only point that out since I've always liked Tim as Robin better than Dick. Dick's cool as nightwing and seldom do you see Tim get the limelight out of the actual comics... *ehem* so there you go.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Oh man Hawkman would be fucking awesome

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited June 2008
  • ServoServo Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    To add insult to injury, Marvel's Secret Invasion comic book was #1 in May, while DC's Final Crisis was only #2.

    that's a funny way of putting it. "only" number two! i guess deadlinehollywood.com is written by cobra kais

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    well its a pretty big deal when the first issue of your super summer mega event can't even take the top spot

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    It was the second issue of SI, though, meaning more people bought the first book in the series and thought it was worth following into the next issue than the amount of people who thought Final Crisis was worth looking at at all.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Remember the first issue of Infinite Crisis? That was some pretty good ish. By comparison.

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  • ZeromusZeromus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't really know how anyone could have expected the first issue of Final Crisis to sell more than the second issue of Secret Invasion.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Zeromus wrote: »
    I don't really know how anyone could have expected the first issue of Final Crisis to sell more than the second issue of Secret Invasion.

    Grant Morrison did.

    But yeah, from the start it seemed like Secret Invasion was the more accessible of the two.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    first issues always sell considerably more than any of the following ones

    it was a huge surprise for the 2nd issue of Marvel's big event to outsell the first issue of DC's big event

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  • The Muffin ManThe Muffin Man Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Powergirl? In a fighting game with costumes that can be "damaged."

    That might just work.
    See I can accept Superman under a red sun.

    Does Power Girl have that limitation?
    Also...how the fuck will they explain Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern being power down?

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I would think they just wouldnt bother to explain it because its a goddamned Mortal Kombat DC crossover

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Powergirl? In a fighting game with costumes that can be "damaged."

    That might just work.
    See I can accept Superman under a red sun.

    Does Power Girl have that limitation?
    Also...how the fuck will they explain Wonder Woman, Flash, and Green Lantern being power down?

    A wizard named Shang Tsung did it.

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm surprised they went with Power Girl and not Supergirl

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm surprised they went with Power Girl and not Supergirl

    Boobs.

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080621-HeroesDCNAtion.html
    Q: What’s coming after Geoff Johns and Jeff Katz leave Booster Gold? Will there be a new creative team named?

    DD: After Johns and Katz, there will be a two-issue arc by Chuck Dixon, but DC is holding off on announcing the title’s new team so as not to take anything away from the upcoming issue #1,000,000, in which a “major character” returns for good.

    Do you dare to dream, Munch?

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  • SalmonOfDoubtSalmonOfDoubt Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I bet it's going to be the Hourman robot.

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    PiptheFair wrote: »
    killing children would be hilarious
    Olivaw wrote: »
    HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE PENNY ARCADE FORUMS

    PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY

    AND THIS PENIS
    Man, I don't want to read about this lady's broken vagina.
    NotACrook wrote: »
    I am sitting here trying to come up with a tiered system for rating child molesters.
    cock vore is fuckin hilarious
  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    "I can't believe it. I can't believe I lost Ted a second time. If only we'd had another day; another hour."

    "DID SOMEBODY SAY HOUR!?"

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Do you dare to dream, Munch?

    Here's hoping. At this point I can only imagine it would be Blue Beetle or Michelle Carter, Booster's sister. Unless someone decides Booster Gold should reintroduce like, Bart Allen or Conner Kent or something weird like that.

    I'd kind of love to see Booster Gold permanently retitled Blue [Beetle] and [Booster] Gold.

    And Tyler the Hourman android is still in pieces on the workbench of Rex Tyler.

    Munch on
  • deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    #1,000,000 makes me think Martian Manhunter already

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I can't see them 'cheapening' the already cheap FC #1 Manhunter death by bringing him back so soon.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2008
    Yeah that ain't gonna happen

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