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Moment of the Week - Harvest Edition (10/1/08)

smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Graphic Violence
So I only picked up Supergirl this week, not any really "moments" but since I did read her last couple of arcs this one was miles better. The reboot just feels "right." Hopefully it continues, hey I might even end up picking up the Superman books after this.

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The Superman books are awesome right now.

    Geoff Johns' Braniac arc has actually made me like Supergirl

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  • smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    So if I wanted to track down the issues how far back to I need to start?

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    #34

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  • smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    #34

    LOL, I meant for the start of John's run recently that's been so good or whatever

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars I think he means how far back should he go on Johns' Action Comics

    the answer is Action Comics #866, thats the start of the Brainiac arc. It's about 4 issues ago now? It's awesome and it also leads into the big Superman/Action Comics/Supergirl crossover thats starting soon.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    oh woops

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I only had 3 books this week: Batman, JLA, and Punisher War Journal.

    I've read the first two, and Batman was pure goodness all the way through.

    But I'd have to say my motw was in JLA, the page of alternate history
    Bruce Wayne becomes a cowboy themed vigilante named Paladin, that's sort of a Lone Ranger knockoff. AWESOME. I'd actually read a comic about Paladin, based solely upon the awesome costume design.

    Edit: Arrrgghh! Why are they still using that godawful artist on Punisher War Journal?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Matt Fraction has kind of a man-crush on Howard Chaykin.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Terror Titans was so fucking horrendous that I seriously considered giving up on DC entirely while reading it.

    It's literally representative of everything I hate about the last 5 years of DC Comics

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    Terror Titans was so fucking horrendous that I seriously considered giving up on DC entirely while reading it.

    It's literally representative of everything I hate about the last 5 years of DC Comics

    I just saw on scans_daily that McKeever offed Fever, of John Arcudi's Doom Patrol, one of my favorite under-appreciated comics.

    That fuck is, hand to God, never getting a cent of my money ever again. I'm tired of his shit.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Munch wrote: »
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    Terror Titans was so fucking horrendous that I seriously considered giving up on DC entirely while reading it.

    It's literally representative of everything I hate about the last 5 years of DC Comics

    I just saw on scans_daily that McKeever offed Fever, of John Arcudi's Doom Patrol, one of my favorite under-appreciated comics.

    That fuck is, hand to God, never getting a cent of my money ever again. I'm tired of his shit.
    that is only the smallest part of what I cannot fucking stand about this book

    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

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  • smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

    I thought Identity Crisis was suppose to be really good

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    smokmnky wrote: »
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

    I thought Identity Crisis was suppose to be really good

    Dr. Light the rapist.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    smokmnky wrote: »
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

    I thought Identity Crisis was suppose to be really good
    nope sorry

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I enjoyed Identity Crisis. Not to mention the after affects of the book are still being felt to this day.

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  • smokmnkysmokmnky Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    smokmnky wrote: »
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

    I thought Identity Crisis was suppose to be really good
    nope sorry

    What do you like? (just trying to see if our tastes are at all the same)

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    It is really good as long as you have no connection with the characters involved whatsoever.


    Although, I still love the Deathstroke fight. Outside of how Flash was handled.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Blankspace wrote: »
    It is really good as long as you have no connection with the characters involved whatsoever.


    Although, I still love the Deathstroke fight. Outside of how Flash was handled.
    no even then it was inherently stupid

    unless you mean that in the sense that they were DC Comics superheroes at all

    and even then it's still a shit excuse for a mystery

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I didn't read it as a mystery. I read it as a super hero book in which bad stuff happens and it takes the good guys a while to figure out why.

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I wish Ambush Bug: Year None was canon. It retcons Identity Crisis so
    Jean's motivation to kill comes from Bug telling her that Sue said she was "too career driven to satisfy the needs of [her] man."

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    We really shouldn't do this.

    It will only end in fighting and burned houses.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Futt Bucker wrote: »
    I wish Ambush Bug: Year None was canon. It retcons Identity Crisis so
    Jean's motivation to kill comes from Bug telling her that Sue said she was "too career driven to satisfy the needs of [her] man."
    Ambush Bug: Year None is pretty disappointing imo

    but that part was pretty funny

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    Futt Bucker wrote: »
    I wish Ambush Bug: Year None was canon. It retcons Identity Crisis so
    Jean's motivation to kill comes from Bug telling her that Sue said she was "too career driven to satisfy the needs of [her] man."
    Ambush Bug: Year None is pretty disappointing imo

    but that part was pretty funny

    I thought the first issue was good. Then the second was too "lol random XD" for me. but the third was about as good as the first.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Bloods End wrote: »
    We really shouldn't do this.

    It will only end in fighting and burned houses.
    man this is my favorite thing about GV

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I thought your favorite thing was the Saturday movie night/ orgy

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    most people do

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I don't even know who you are anymore.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Futt Bucker wrote: »
    I thought the first issue was good. Then the second was too "lol random XD" for me. but the third was about as good as the first.

    Yeah, the third issue was the best so far. The Super Turtle thing, poking fun at DC's legal troubles with Superboy, was worth a chuckle.

    But overall it's been pretty disappointing.

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  • Futt BuckerFutt Bucker CTRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Munch wrote: »
    Futt Bucker wrote: »
    I thought the first issue was good. Then the second was too "lol random XD" for me. but the third was about as good as the first.

    Yeah, the third issue was the best so far. The Super Turtle thing, poking fun at DC's legal troubles with Superboy, was worth a chuckle.

    But overall it's been pretty disappointing.

    Not to mention "I know, I'll go to the underworld and have the devil erase my marriage!"

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    is there a way to highlight something in google books?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    that is only the smallest part of what I cannot fucking stand about this book

    it is literally the worst thing DC has ever published

    well, next to Identity Crisis

    Followup: I e-mailed Sean McKeever stating my intention to never buy another of his books again, or otherwise support his writing, as well as praise for his Marvel work, and criticism for everything he's done at DC, and he sent me back a message which, given the circumstances, was pretty polite.
    Sean McKeever wrote:
    Hi, Colt.

    I strongly disagree with you about the quality of my writing, but you're
    certainly welcome to your opinion.

    For what it's worth, I was a huge fan of Arcudi's Doom Patrol and was
    ramping up to having Fever eventually join the Teen Titans. But at the end
    of the day, I'm merely a freelancer and don't get to make all the decisions.

    Anyway, do what you will.

    -Sean

    I have a hard time seeing how a character makes the jump from, "eventually join[ing] the Teen Titans," to having their brains splattered across the floor. Really, is there just some vindictive editor that, upon seeing an obscure character is still active, decides, "Oh man, we gotta kill that one," the writer's protests be damned?

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    well Didio is editing Titans...

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Well there you go I guess.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    munch you should read this bit about Identity Crisis

    it's awesome

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    Oh god Joker holy shit so creepy

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sars_Boy wrote: »
    munch you should read this bit about Identity Crisis

    it's awesome

    I've been meaning to get that book since you mentioned it a while back. I'll have to get it with my next Amazon order.

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Blankspace wrote: »
    Oh god Joker holy shit so creepy
    damn yeah

    this weeks Batman was awesome if a bit predictable
    although I guess Morrison said that it was right in front of our faces and he was suprised at all the outlandish proposals about the Black Glove

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    Seriously I just lost it at
    the tounge

    Holy shit oh god I am literally going "Huuuhlllughlll"

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  • Sars_BoySars_Boy Rest, You Are The Lightning. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    yeah

    also did everyone here know Jonah Hex is awesome?

    because holy shit it is awesome (I just found this out)

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    Yes, done-in-one western stories every month is the best

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