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While I appreciate the effort, why do that when neither that Superman nor Doomsday are even in the N52? That should have been the AoS variant. Also nobody inks Jurgens like Brett Breeding did, Rapmund just doesn't do it for me.
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Rhyno posted:While I appreciate the effort, why do that when neither that Superman nor Doomsday are even in the N52? That should have been the AoS variant. Also nobody inks Jurgens like Brett Breeding did, Rapmund just doesn't do it for me. I'd like to hope that Adventures of Superman ends up outselling at least the Lobdell Superman book, if not Action Comics as well, so DC sees loud and clear people still dig the trunks. Hey, if DC can put Power Girl back in her old duds, maybe there's hope to slowly de-Lee-ify other costumes too.
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May 30, 2013 19:10
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I honestly don't mind Superman's current trunkless suit, but reading adventures of superman made me really think about how much I actually do miss the trunks. There is just something about them. This might seem weird but it almost makes him feel more friendly and whimsical. The current suit is kind of stale and makes him seen more angry or more serious. Maybe it's just my nostalgia showing, but there really is something that makes his classic suit work.
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May 30, 2013 19:16
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I already miss the jeans.
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May 30, 2013 19:47
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The_Rob posted:This might seem weird but it almost makes him feel more friendly and whimsical. The current suit is kind of stale and makes him seen more angry or more serious. Maybe it's just my nostalgia showing, but there really is something that makes his classic suit work.
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May 30, 2013 20:39
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Rhyno posted:While I appreciate the effort, why do that when neither that Superman nor Doomsday are even in the N52? That should have been the AoS variant. Also nobody inks Jurgens like Brett Breeding did, Rapmund just doesn't do it for me. The covers aren't in continuity. It's part of the 75 Years celebration promotion. There should've been an electric blue suit one. e: One has the old checkerboard top 
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May 30, 2013 21:52
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Honestly, I always kinda dug the Supermullet. It's not the traditional Superman imagery, but something about it just works, probably that it's evocative of Jesus. It works more in posters or covers than in real action, though; it looks all cool and floaty, but if the shot isn't one of Superman just being powerful and weightless and super, then it can look a little doofy. (It also wasn't a mullet, it's just long hair. A mullet would be Superman's normal 'do, but with the hair out back grown long) Clark Kent with long hair, on the other hand, is a whole different kettle of fish...
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May 31, 2013 18:50
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Rhyno, you just complained about continuity on a variant cover. Here is your cane, you cranky old bastard.
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^burtle posted:Rhyno, you just complained about continuity on a variant cover. Here is your cane, you cranky old bastard. Please, everyone knows to stay the gently caress off my lawn.
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Action 21 felt very rushed for obvious reasons, but it was still a pretty fun issue, and Daniel did the best art of his career in this all-too-short arc. A shame that the streak of interesting issues will probably be broken next month with Lobdell's fill-in arc (which, according to the ad in the back, is a separate story yet somehow ties into his H.I.V.E. storyline over in the other book). The backup feature, continuing from last month, remained confusing and terrible I wish Action would stay in the past for the main feature. We had 18 issues of Morrison writing Superman's backstory, and 3 issues of Diggle/Daniel filling in the year prior to what happened in Perez's run, and its all been infinitely more interesting than almost any of Superman's present-day adventures. Plus it seems you could mine a lot more stories out of "what happened the first time Superman met ___________?" than anything else.
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Jun 5, 2013 23:37
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Space_Butler posted:The backup feature, continuing from last month, remained confusing and terrible How is it confusing? I've found it quite enjoyable, not amazing but a cool sorta sci-fi action story.
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[quote="Space_Butler" post="""] I'd like to hope that Adventures of Superman ends up outselling at least the Lobdell Superman book, if not Action Comics as well, so DC sees loud and clear people still dig the trunks. Hey, if DC can put Power Girl back in her old duds, maybe there's hope to slowly de-Lee-ify other costumes too. [/quote] Ugh I hope that that's not the takeaway from that scenario if it happens. I may be in the minority here but I'll be quite happy to never see those stupid trunks again. Hated them ever since I was a child, and if DC hadn't gone overboard with the Electro Supes costume nonsense in 90's and instead just got rid of the trunks at that time I doubt they would have been around prior to the new 52.
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I don't love the trunks, but I do hate how he looks without them. Too much blue. The costume shouldn't look like its trying to be taken serious. Batman can work cause he's in shadows so much, but Supes should look kinda cheesy. He has a giant red cape and blue bodysuit anyways, fighting the cheese-factor just calls attention to it.
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Chinaman7000 posted:I don't love the trunks, but I do hate how he looks without them. Too much blue. The costume shouldn't look like its trying to be taken serious. Batman can work cause he's in shadows so much, but Supes should look kinda cheesy. He has a giant red cape and blue bodysuit anyways, fighting the cheese-factor just calls attention to it. The funny thing about the suit in Man of Steel is, in a production special they said it's the basic layer of armor that all Kryptonians wear and that's why red underwear doesn't fit the new aesthetic, but... shouldn't the most basic layer of any kind of full-body armor include groin protection? Some kind of chainmail-like briefs or some extra padding like the stuff around his torso would make perfect sense with that aesthetic, while it currently looks more like a stylized diving suit. For the first time in Superman history they have a logical reason for briefs and they didn't follow through with it.
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I don't miss the trunks. The Cavill suit gets it right. I actually hate the raised collar more.
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Cavill's suit has grown on me alot. Especially the S logo with the thick spine and flourishy serif. The New 52 suit's collar annoys me too. I liked the Earth 2 variation though. V 
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horsepeen posted:Cavill's suit has grown on my alot. Especially the S logo with the thick spine and flourishy serif.
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Looks like comixology finally added Lex Luthor: Man of Steel as part of their giant Superman sale: http://www.comixology.com/Lex-Luthor-Man-of-Steel-1-of-5/digital-comic/DIG004807 The rest of the sale: http://www.comixology.com/Superman-Unchained-plus-Sale/comics-collection/1257
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horsepeen posted:Looks like comixology finally added Lex Luthor: Man of Steel as part of their giant Superman sale:  Still spent about $30 on 99cent Superman comics.
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Wait, Off the Chain is $5!? Ugh, I think I'm waiting for the price drop if people suggest it being okay.
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Endless Mike posted:Wait, Off the Chain is $5!? Ugh, I think I'm waiting for the price drop if people suggest it being okay. I thought it stank. Snyder is weird. I can never count on which one of his books I'll like. I loved The Wake and today's Batman Zero Year issue but this did nothing. I thought the art was horrible, or at least loving spotty.  edit: Oh, and if you hadn't heard, DC are reducing after two months now instead of one. 
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Yeah I was not feeling unchained at all. That stupid poster pull out and 1 page interview should not make a book 5 bucks. The story itself felt really disjointed though. I will say I think this is some of Jim lee's best art in a while.
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McSpanky posted:The funny thing about the suit in Man of Steel is, in a production special they said it's the basic layer of armor that all Kryptonians wear and that's why red underwear doesn't fit the new aesthetic, but... shouldn't the most basic layer of any kind of full-body armor include groin protection? Some kind of chainmail-like briefs or some extra padding like the stuff around his torso would make perfect sense with that aesthetic, while it currently looks more like a stylized diving suit. For the first time in Superman history they have a logical reason for briefs and they didn't follow through with it. When I ran track in high school, we all wore underarmour leggings/tights, and we wore trunks over that so we wouldn't be showing an embarrassing bulge to our classmates and parents. People wouldn't think Superman's trunks looked ridiculous if it was more clear that they serve the function of not flashing Superdick over the 6 O'clock news. Just don't draw them as underwear briefs for God's sake, draw a pair of trunks over his blue leggings like any athlete would wear and people will understand what it's for immediately. Harime Nui fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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Teenage Fansub posted:Not looking forward to your bonus interview and dumb ugly foldout? Especially digitally? This is my first Superman comic ever, and they kick things off with some weird foldout that's hard to read and I'm afraid to lose. What the gently caress are they supposed to do with that when the TPB comes out? As for the actual comic itself...it's okay? I have no idea, to be honest, since this my first time reading a superhero comic and I really wasn't sure what to expect. The artwork looks like of weird and it's hard to get a sense of what the gently caress is going on sometimes. Maybe it gets better. We'll see next issue. Anyways, I'm currently waiting on the Superman/Batman comic to start. Maybe that'll be a better introduction to comics, but I'm kinda nervous after this first foray.
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QuantaStarFire posted:This is my first Superman comic ever Really? There's a fantastic Superman sale on at Comixology you should check out. Get All-Star Superman there to start with. http://www.comixology.com/Superman-Unchained-plus-Sale/comics-collection/1257
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QuantaStarFire posted:Anyways, I'm currently waiting on the Superman/Batman comic to start. Maybe that'll be a better introduction to comics, but I'm kinda nervous after this first foray. Thanks to the new movie coming up and the hype got me back into Superman. The new Superman/Batman is bound to be better then the last Batman/Superman and I need some new Superman.
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So did anybody manage to not get their Superman Unchained ripped to poo poo? Because mine is ripped to poo poo. And man what a terrible comic. I'm not really hype about setting Supermans next big fight against the Nuclearman with the loving Nagasaki bombing. Also, what the gently caress was with Superman giving drones an okay?
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The only thing that I found interesting about Unchained is how it actually shows Clark blogging instead of just self-righteously bragging about quitting the Planet. Now if only they'd cover how in the world he's paying his half of the rent, that'd be interesting. Maybe the "Unchained" part is going to kick in when Clark just goes full Superdickery, pins Jimmy to a wall and tells him "gently caress you Olsen, you're paying for everything from now on!"
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Isn't half of the blog gossip stuff from that Cat chick? He gets those ad bux. edit: From Superman a few months ago  Though who knows where Unchained takes place. Current Superman is only a day later than this, so it's not established that he'll take her up on it. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Jun 13, 2013 |
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The_Rob posted:I will say I think this is some of Jim lee's best art in a while. Which means its still poo poo. Under any other artist this could of been a fun starting issue but instead the line work makes the pages way to busy and even the giant stupid poster felt cramped, and the colouring seems like there was a sale on blue ink and DC weren't gonna turn that up. I actually found the story interesting enough to pick up the second issue (if it goes back to 2.99) even if the villain at the moment seems like evil Captain Atom.
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I'd have enjoyed the issue, and this storyline, a lot more if it made any kind of sense relative to what we've seen involving New 52 Superman's timeline. For example, Lois has gone back to being a street reporter in Superman, yet in this she's back to being super-editor of Planet media. This, despite Unchained clearly taking place at some point further than that since Clark has established his blogging. Plus, this whole "we've had a Superman working for us for 75 years" thing makes no sense given how absolutely terrified the US government was of a much, much, much weaker Superman in the early part of Morrison's origin run. And then there's the issue of Luthor's burns/scars suddenly gone now even though they're still over in Lobdells book. I really didn't want to be so nitpicky with this but there were so many things that didn't line up with the other books that it all became too significant to ignore. A shame, since the dialogue and character interactions were otherwise pretty spot-on. Space_Butler fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Jun 13, 2013 |
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So that interview they crammed in their to charge extra for was also in this years FCBD issue. I don't know why DC is so dead set on irritating the people who actually buy this stuff.
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Ugh that stupid poster is stupid and I hate it almost as much as I hate those stupid cardstock covers that are going to immediately get wrecked on a single re-read.
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I have nothing really against Jim Lee's art, but rushed deadlines have basically crippled whatever it was that was appealing about his work in the first place. It's absolutely awful and the worst work I've ever seen him put forth. Get him off this book, stat.
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New Supergirl was pretty fun. I picked it up because 20 was so fun, and also a Super book not written by Lobdell. Kinda bummed that I can tell Nelson is being foreced to write poo poo for the next Super book crossover. Oh, and Cyborg Superman looks so 90's I almost like ironically. Does that make me a bad person?
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Looks like Action Comics is going to be on my pull list. quote:Writer Greg Pak is turning into DC Comics go-to Man of Steel, and as of today artist Aaron Kuder will join the scribe as the regular creative team on flagship series "Action Comics."
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Yeah, I'll give it a shot.
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Jun 25, 2013 15:09
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Batman/Superman #1 ships tomorrow and if you're even slightly on the fence you should give in. It's the best looking comic I've read this year.
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Agreed. It's gorgeous and shows a lot of promise, and the symmetry between Clark and Bruce that's a hallmark of the Superman/Batman title is executed in a much less hamfisted way than usual.
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