Comic Book Discussion Thread Vol. 10

[punkmother]

Excellent. Two of my favorite Wolverine stories.

wolverine is gay.

 

[DangDaGawd]

Has anyone read Secret Six by Gail Simone? The premise intrigues me, but I'm hesitant to read a comic written by a woman because I'm sexist like that.

It's awesome. You'd never know it was written by woman just by reading it imo.

 

[punkmother]

the secret six is good.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Uncanny X-Men has been awesome. Right now they're starting a Illyana in Limbo arc that looks very cool. I've never been a big fan of the Limbo storylines but this one includes Dormmamu! so I'm pumped.

The artwork and stories in this series, as well as All New X-Men have been great.

I'd also like to say I'm loving the Avengers book. They've been very patient building this arc and the new characters are exciting.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Looks like Marvel is having another Digital Fire Sale. Up to 34 Avengers related issues for 0.99 cents/ea.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

Looks like Marvel's Big Summer Cross-Over has been announced, and it ties into the Avengers series I just mentioned.

The biggest comics event of the year kicks off this summer as Marvel presents INFINITY from writer Jonathan Hickman plus artists Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver! Now get for things to get even more epic with this first look at Marko Djurdjevic's movie poster style variant cover to INFINITY #1!

With the Avengers, Thanos and the Inhumans front and center, Djurdjevic's masterpiece offers the tip of the iceberg as far as the reach INFINITY will have across the Marvel Universe and out to its furthest reaches!

Get more info about INFINITY here, replay the live chat announcement with Hickman, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and Senior VP - Executive Editor Tom Brevoort and get your first taste this Saturday, May 4, with FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: INFINITY!

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/story/20558/first_look_marko_djurdjevic_covers_infinity#ixzz2Rut0HHN5

http://marvel.com/news/story/20558/first_look_marko_djurdjevic_covers_infinity

Just so there is no confusion, that is a movie-style comic book cover! There isn't an animated movie coming out.

 

[minute bull]

What's that girl's name from SEINFELD who looked different under different lights?

Shailene Woodley looks like she can't defend against southpaws.

 

[prod2821]

that looks and sounds terrible, I hear Age of Ultron is one big meh! but I hear Superior Spider-Man is good, might check that out

 

[SnapTheLankyGuy]

I can't recommend Thanos Quest and Infinity Gauntlet from the early 90's enough, along with Annihilation through Thanos Imperative from 2007-2010ish, for those of you interested in the off earth events in the marvel U

I can't help but be skeptical of Bendis writing the space books now though, compared to Abnett/Lanning and Keith Giffen, and of course the great Jim Starlin!

 

[Anung Un Rama]

This sounds terrible?

Earth has been marked as an “Avengers World”, protected by Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and more from the deadliest threats facing humanity. A powerful and destructive race is on a collision course with Earth and the only thing in their path is the Avengers! But even Earth’s Mightiest Heroes realize the one hope of defeating this dire threat is to unite every great hero across the cosmos…because only with a united Avengers Universe is there any chance of survival!
With our heroes at the other end of the universe, who is left to protect Earth? Enter Thanos, the galaxy’s most ruthless threat and an unparalleled force of brutality who brings order to the chaos of life through murder. The greatest threat to the Mad Titan’s work—and perhaps the universe’s greatest hope—is something he created leaving no world safe. Earth’s last hope may lie in the hands of a man who can level cities with a single whisper: Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans. But can the fearsome leader of a race hated and feared by his world, lead his people against Thanos? If they fall, so does the Earth—and the entire universe with it.

http://marvel.com/news/story/20387/welcome_to_marvels_infinity

Yeah, Blackbolt vs. Thanos sounds terrible....

Another cover:

 

[Anung Un Rama]

I haven't read any Age of Ultron. I was pumped for it but the reviews were so terrible I avoided it.

Haven't picked up any Spidey in a while, I have to go back, back, back, waaaaay back to catch up proper.

 

[Ocean Chief]

that looks and sounds terrible, I hear Age of Ultron is one big meh! but I hear Superior Spider-Man is good, might check that out

Superior Spider-Man is the only SM comic I've ever read and I'm enjoying it. I'm also reading Scarlet Spider which I think is even better. It's a lot of fun.

 

[punkmother]

I can't recommend Thanos Quest and Infinity Gauntlet from the early 90's enough, along with Annihilation through Thanos Imperative from 2007-2010ish, for those of you interested in the off earth events in the marvel U

I can't help but be skeptical of Bendis writing the space books now though, compared to Abnett/Lanning and Keith Giffen, and of course the great Jim Starlin!

i thought thanos quest was pretty retarded. it made the elders of the universe look like jamaican bobsled team. infinity gauntlet on the other hand was entirely epic.

it's too bad civil war was going on at the same time as annihilation. annihilation was a superior story in every single way imaginable. it also had one of my favorite moments in comics.

 

[punkmother]

I can't recommend Thanos Quest and Infinity Gauntlet from the early 90's enough, along with Annihilation through Thanos Imperative from 2007-2010ish, for those of you interested in the off earth events in the marvel U

I can't help but be skeptical of Bendis writing the space books now though, compared to Abnett/Lanning and Keith Giffen, and of course the great Jim Starlin!

starlin's death of captain marvel is the greatest cosmic tale of all time.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

starlin's death of captain marvel is the greatest cosmic tale of all time.

Bold statement.

If you’re gonna compare a Cosmic Tale, you compare it to every other Cosmic Tale ever written…that wasn’t written by Jim Starlin.

DoCM is one of my favorites as well.

I think the Dark Phoenix Saga is right up there, too.

 

[Saint Of The K]

http://marvel.com/news/story/20387/welcome_to_marvels_infinity

Pretty tired of the "here comes another almost unstoppable threat from outer space", with powers to dethrone gods but we know it's gonna fail and no Avenger will be killed in the battle.

Been reading "Fables" for a while now, around issue #66, I like it a lot.

 

[Rob Battisti]

i thought thanos quest was pretty retarded. it made the elders of the universe look like jamaican bobsled team. infinity gauntlet on the other hand was entirely epic.

it's too bad civil war was going on at the same time as annihilation. annihilation was a superior story in every single way imaginable. it also had one of my favorite moments in comics.

I mean I liked annihilation but superior story in every way imaginable? Civil War was deeper and had a bigger array of consequences.

 

[punkmother]

I mean I liked annihilation but superior story in every way imaginable? Civil War was deeper and had a bigger array of consequences.

civil war deeper? it was a shallow, contrived piece of white washed shit that tried to draw on the emotions of the real civil rights struggle. it was also poorly planned, written and executed. it had a shot at being a good arc based on the tagline, "who's side are you on?" but then they turned iron man into a lunatic bent on hunting down his own friends like animals. i doubt a single reader was rooting for the pro-registration side - meaning they completely missed their mark. and the consequences are irrelevant and are, in fact, an indictment on the storyline considering some were almost immediately retconned away (spider man/aunt may).

 

[Ocean Chief]

Read the last three issues of Green Arrow and they were great. I was told the issues prior to those three were pretty terrible so I didn't even bother reading them.

 

[Rob Battisti]

civil war deeper? it was a shallow, contrived piece of white washed shit that tried to draw on the emotions of the real civil rights struggle. it was also poorly planned, written and executed. it had a shot at being a good arc based on the tagline, "who's side are you on?" but then they turned iron man into a lunatic bent on hunting down his own friends like animals. i doubt a single reader was rooting for the pro-registration side - meaning they completely missed their mark. and the consequences are irrelevant and are, in fact, an indictment on the storyline considering some were almost immediately retconned away (spider man/aunt may).

Well I liked it!