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From Zero to Hero-ic Age: Dark Reign is OVER, WE WON!

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    summertime moo-moos?

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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    pfft I got dignity

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I do most of my comic shopping online, because fuck pants, thats why.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    But wouldn't the sand be everywhere?

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Oh it is, but at least I have my freedom.

    Freedom from pants.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I am kind of wanting to pick between Atlas, which I have no real background on and had a kind of weak 'this-is-definitely-just-a-soft-relaunch' thing going on, and Thunderbolts which has a brand new fresh start with a new team and status quo that I could probably get into more easily.

    Suggestions?

    I read Parker's short lived Exiles run last year, and I loved it, so I want to follow at least one of his books.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Just stick with Thunderbolts (which really was new reader friendly, that's how you do it), pick up the first trade of Agents of Atlas and see if it floats your boat. I can't really recommend the new stuff right now, you could just trade wait.

    If you never read X-Men First Class, give it a go. The same with Mysterius: The Unfathomable.

    He's going to get more work very soon, he has to.

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    I am kind of wanting to pick between Atlas, which I have no real background on and had a kind of weak 'this-is-definitely-just-a-soft-relaunch' thing going on, and Thunderbolts which has a brand new fresh start with a new team and status quo that I could probably get into more easily.

    Suggestions?

    I read Parker's short lived Exiles run last year, and I loved it, so I want to follow at least one of his books.
    Personally, I'd lean more towards Thunderbolts. It had a better first issue, and honestly, if you're going to invest yourself in a book, it should probably be one that's likely to be around or more than a year.

    Munch on
  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    also man-thing

    I cannot stress this enough

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    also man-thing

    I cannot stress this enough

    quite

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Man-Thing sounds like a nickname for penis.

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Man-Thing sounds like a nickname for penis.

    bet you love that he had a series called Giant-Size Man-Thing

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  • GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Damn, missed it by that much.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So you're saying a Giant Size Man-Thing that is covered in vines that look like veins burns things that are afraid of it?


    .....there's something there for a sex psychology paper, I just know it.

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    But if you touch the Man-Thing and are unafraid, you'll be fine.

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  • GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm never afraid of a man-thing... But i do get a burning sensation from them...

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm just waiting to hear that someone deeply enjoyed Giant-Sized Man-Thing.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I love dicks














    no, wait

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  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    50814097106.4.GIF

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Letting a slime monster into a high school? Good grief, that's even more disturbing.

    And Man-Frog is obviously slang for a clitoris.

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Check that out, in the bubble. Howard the Duck. There's a hero we could have used during this whole Siege business.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Check that out, in the bubble. Howard the Duck. There's a hero we could have used during this whole Siege business.

    Too busy fighting zombies in alternate realities with Machine Man

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    TexiKen wrote: »
    Letting a slime monster into a high school? Good grief, that's even more disturbing.

    if you read the story, it's actually very damn good
    Manny avenges the death of a high school student

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I picked up the new Avengers and Secret Avengers and enjoyed them both.

    Though I did not enjoy the JRJ art in Avengers, I like some of his stuff but it looked weird in this for some reason

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  • cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
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    1 page from perfection.

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  • FuruFuru Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I picked up the new Avengers and Secret Avengers and enjoyed them both.

    Though I did not enjoy the JRJ art in Avengers, I like some of his stuff but it looked weird in this for some reason

    He draws women's faces really weird

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  • GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Furu wrote: »
    Bucketman wrote: »
    I picked up the new Avengers and Secret Avengers and enjoyed them both.

    Though I did not enjoy the JRJ art in Avengers, I like some of his stuff but it looked weird in this for some reason

    He draws women's faces really weird

    Word furu, word. They look like junkies or men.

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Spider-Woman's hair looks retarded.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Steve Rogers kind of looks like a 70s-80s porn cop with his hair, and it becomes a lot more extreme with JRjr and Alan Davis's styles.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    There is nothing wrong with the JRjr 80's hair.

    You should see his Matt Murdock from his DD run, it was absolutely bitchin'. Man the 80's were so great.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So Hawkeye and [strike]Moonstone[/strike] Mockingbird #1, was it streets ahead or streets behind?

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  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    It was considerably better than a tired Community-borne catchphrase!

    Munch on
  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Munch don't insult Community or catchphrases therein!

    .......that's streets behind.

    But H&M (ha!), is it basically Marvel Green Arrow/Black Canary, minus the amazons?

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  • Witch_Hunter_84Witch_Hunter_84 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    TexiKen wrote: »
    So Hawkeye and [strike]Moonstone[/strike] Mockingbird #1, was it streets ahead or streets behind?

    It was pretty good I think.
    They're trying to start the series off by reintroducing some tension between Bobbi and Clint , just something for them to overcome right out of the gate. They also have them being set up to showdown with Crossfire and a new Phantom Rider.

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    If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten in your presence.
  • MunchMunch Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Yeah, I thought the first issue was good. You get a good sense of Hawkeye's personality, as well as how he's grown, get to see the titular heroes beat up bad guys, Dominic Fortune guest stars to out-asshole Clint, the two Caps pop up, one villain's introduced and a new one's created, and Mockingbird's counter-terrorist organization gets a little screentime, also setting up some future conflict between her and Hawkeye.

    It felt like it really opened with a lot of action, with interesting characters and plots being set up. And McCann managed to make the main characters' repartee fun to read. Oh, and the art's really awesome. I'd definitely recommend it to anyone that likes Hawkeye.

    I'm not sure that opening with a story that recalls Mockingbird's rape is really the best way to open a Heroic Age story, but aside from that I really liked it.

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  • spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Well, rape and murder are all the rage in the new comics, I guess.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    So Young Allies #1, a good first issue. Toro kind of feels like he should have been from Africa given his origin, but the word for bull in Somali probably doesn't sound as cool as Toro does.

    Arana wasn't annoying, Gravity was cool and should totally become Punisher Jr., Firestar was fine but seemed to be too young, at least in how Baldeon's drawing her, and Bucky was cool.

    The Bastards of Evil are really annoying and kind of bring up the point that even if this is the Heroic Age, the punks deserve to die because while they're basically a parody of villains that seemed more in place a few years ago. It's just in trying to show the extremes between young hero and young villain, McKeever is really making the point that just beating them up and putting them in jail won't solve anything, so what do you do instead? (the answer is have Gravity crush their heads in).

    A good first issue though, I'm dropping Iron Man and Uncanny and replacing them with this title.

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  • wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Huh, I just found out Marvel's 2009 FCBD issue will be put in the main Siege hardcover coming out next month. You know we never did find out what happened to the Twilight sword but maybe it will show up in a future Avengers story.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Or maybe Secret Avengers with Ares coming back to totally cut Mars in half with a sword and axe, and then Valkyrie's all holding on to his leg while he poses for an Iron Maiden cover with Eddie.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    TexiKen wrote: »
    Or maybe Secret Avengers with Ares coming back to totally cut Mars in half with a sword and axe, and then Valkyrie's all holding on to his leg while he poses for an Iron Maiden cover with Eddie.

    Awesome. This needs to happen.

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