What do you guys think about Batman: Underground. I'm kinda wanting a batman book right now besides All-Star which I am just not enjoying. Has anyone read anything by that writer ever?
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What do you guys think about Batman: Underground. I'm kinda wanting a batman book right now besides All-Star which I am just not enjoying. Has anyone read anything by that writer ever?
Morrison's Batman is excellent. All-Star is Miller parodying... something.
What do you guys think about Batman: Underground. I'm kinda wanting a batman book right now besides All-Star which I am just not enjoying. Has anyone read anything by that writer ever?
We already discussed it in the Bat-Thread. Some are looking forward to it, others don't care. Munch hates it. There's a preview of the first issue up at Newsarama, not much to go on but it's something.
Yeah I stopped getting single issues for the most part for about a year because of money issues but now I'm picking them up again otherwise I would definitely be getting Morrison's Batman. He is my favorite writer but the only titles I continued to get was All-Star Superman, Ex Machina, Astonishing X-men, and All Star Batman (which I don't know why I'm still getting.)
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Nuh uh. I just think it, based on Tieri's past work, has the potential to suck. Plus it's a big event kind of book, so the chances of it sucking double. This rule even applies when a really talented writer's working on an event book.
For those who both love comic books and World Of Warcraft, Newsarama has a look at the first few pages of the WoW comic from Wildstorm, written by Walter Simonson and art & inks by Ludo Lullabi and Sandra Hope.
What do you guys think about Batman: Underground. I'm kinda wanting a batman book right now besides All-Star which I am just not enjoying. Has anyone read anything by that writer ever?
Owen: I fixed your link you dropped in the WoW chat thread (you just linked back to the thread you were linking in.)
Ahhh, that's why they were tossing out the 'fail' comments. Should have checked the post. >.<; Here I thought the comments were out of some 'comics...ew' feeling.
I'm not sure how to feel about WoW having a comic, and City of Heroes no longer having one. Mind you, the CoH ones kind of sucked other the one arc Troy Hickman wrote.
I'm not sure how to feel about WoW having a comic, and City of Heroes no longer having one. Mind you, the CoH ones kind of sucked other the one arc Troy Hickman wrote.
I'm not sure how to feel about WoW having a comic, and City of Heroes no longer having one. Mind you, the CoH ones kind of sucked other the one arc Troy Hickman wrote.
Wait, what?
The Top Cow edition of the comic ended with Issue 20.
No. It switched publishers once, then stopped being free (other than the online pdf), then went to only coming out every 2 months, and ended a few months back.
Damn. To be honest, I'd thought the comic would have been better off with (yet) another publisher, but I'm still a bit disappointed that it's cancelled completely. Oh well.
Hey dudes, the owner of the LCS I go to said something about how Ultimatum (the Ultimate universe crossover that Loeb is writing) is supposed to "destroy the Ultimate Universe". So I don't really believe it until I read this Newsarama article: http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=134675
Without jumping to conclusions and generally getting ready to bitch Marvel out, what could possibly be the the reasoning for "destroying" the ultimate universe? It's a pretty great universe, I think, and has plenty going for it. The only complaints I ever hear are how some of the writers are just remixing 616 storylines instead of coming up with ideas that havent' been done in 616. Another thing to think about is that this may be a line wide reboot, though why they'd do that when the main Ultimate books are doing reasonably well doesn't make sense to me either.
If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
It could be interesting if handled correctly (and I do get a secret thrill from the idea of something ending so I can have all of it on my shelf).
That said, I don't really want them to end. I really enjoy the Ultimate books, and they all have lots of potential for further development. I definitely don't want to see reboots everytime there is a new writer, that would get old really fast.
If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
All of this ground has more or less been covered by DC's Elseworlds line.
Damn. To be honest, I'd thought the comic would have been better off with (yet) another publisher, but I'm still a bit disappointed that it's cancelled completely. Oh well.
Yep, me too.
But, hey, at least someone is working on a television show for the game.
If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
All of this ground has more or less been covered by DC's Elseworlds line.
All the Elseworlds I've seen are basically one-shots, like Marvel's What Ifs. I don't really see a comparison to Ultimate, unless maybe the All Star books are taking place in the same universe.
If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
All of this ground has more or less been covered by DC's Elseworlds line.
All the Elseworlds I've seen are basically one-shots, like Marvel's What Ifs. I don't really see a comparison to Ultimate, unless maybe the All Star books are taking place in the same universe.
You've never seen Kingdom Come or Red Son?
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If it were going to end, I'd rather each of the titles get happy endings with epilogues showing what happens to Peter/the mutants/the Ultimates in the years to come than watch everything go off in a universe-wide bang.
Also, I liked this a bit.
If this is the case, then maybe my theory is correct- revamp the Ultimate Universe so therefore every time a new writer comes on board, they can create their own versions of certain characters. Spider-Man would be exempt, at least until Bendis leaves (on the day of the 12th of Never)
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
All of this ground has more or less been covered by DC's Elseworlds line.
All the Elseworlds I've seen are basically one-shots, like Marvel's What Ifs. I don't really see a comparison to Ultimate, unless maybe the All Star books are taking place in the same universe.
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Or Teen Titans past and present versus Doctor Light
Or heroes of the multiverse versus the Anti Monitor.
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So are the Titans like Ninjas, in that the more of them you fight, the easier it is to kick all their asses?
EDIT - The last two pages for the (3)Flash and Freedom Fighters previews need to be read first.
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Looks good to me.
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But it works. Thats all that matters.
We need more villain books. Heroes are so yesterday.
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We already discussed it in the Bat-Thread. Some are looking forward to it, others don't care. Munch hates it. There's a preview of the first issue up at Newsarama, not much to go on but it's something.
ASBR isn't a parody.
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It's something. After the last issue or two I'm pretty sure he's not taking himself at all seriously on it anymore.
Nuh uh. I just think it, based on Tieri's past work, has the potential to suck. Plus it's a big event kind of book, so the chances of it sucking double. This rule even applies when a really talented writer's working on an event book.
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Ahhh, that's why they were tossing out the 'fail' comments. Should have checked the post. >.<; Here I thought the comments were out of some 'comics...ew' feeling.
Let's Play Final Fantasy 'II' (Ch10 - 5/17/10)
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The Top Cow edition of the comic ended with Issue 20.
Without jumping to conclusions and generally getting ready to bitch Marvel out, what could possibly be the the reasoning for "destroying" the ultimate universe? It's a pretty great universe, I think, and has plenty going for it. The only complaints I ever hear are how some of the writers are just remixing 616 storylines instead of coming up with ideas that havent' been done in 616. Another thing to think about is that this may be a line wide reboot, though why they'd do that when the main Ultimate books are doing reasonably well doesn't make sense to me either.
Also, I liked this a bit.
It's only a matter of time before the Ultimate Universe becomes mired in its own continuity just like the 616 universe, thereby defeating part of its own reason for existing.
This idea, however, is perfectly sustainable and will never be subject to that fault.
That said, I don't really want them to end. I really enjoy the Ultimate books, and they all have lots of potential for further development. I definitely don't want to see reboots everytime there is a new writer, that would get old really fast.
The thing is, do you think serious readers (the ones who read for a long enough time to be able to deal with more than a year of continuity) are going to bother getting into the 2nd or 3rd Ultimate universes if it's all going to get wiped out and repeated every couple of years? Are we going to have to have origin stories for Spider-Man and all his villains every 5 years? Or will they skips origins and we'll just be getting wildly different versions of characters every now and then for no particular reason?
I don't think they can successfully run the Ultimate line on the basis of tons of new readers with a one-writer attention span.
All of this ground has more or less been covered by DC's Elseworlds line.
Yep, me too.
But, hey, at least someone is working on a television show for the game.
oh lord that could be so terrible
All the Elseworlds I've seen are basically one-shots, like Marvel's What Ifs. I don't really see a comparison to Ultimate, unless maybe the All Star books are taking place in the same universe.
You've never seen Kingdom Come or Red Son?