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Next page, Superman explains why he was kissing another woman, turns out it was to save the world but there was no time to explain. I assume, anyway. Like when he laser-eyes presents from Jimmy Olsen, witholds water from Jimmy Olsen, makes Jimmy Olsen dig his own grave... it was all to save the world, you see, but there was no time to explain!
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Johnny Aztec posted:I think the humor would be increased if we knew WHY that was happening. Otherwise, I'm just confused. The Oracle of Delphi just told Wonder Woman the Justice League would be killed by a dragon, so she's incapacitating every League member so she can fight the dragon herself. This will work because even one person can represent the league, apparently.
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Jan 20, 2014 17:07
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Give Lex Luthor membership in the League and wait, I'd say.
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Jan 20, 2014 17:12
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Elfface posted:Next page, Superman explains why he was kissing another woman, turns out it was to save the world but there was no time to explain. I'm asuming it's an older issue, since Superman doesn't have his kryptonian battle armour on.
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Jan 20, 2014 17:19
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Went comic shopping yesterday, scored this baby out of the dollar bin: Because the cover was ripped, but my girlfriend is a conservation/restoration technician so she's going to make it all pretty for me  Also theres marks on Superman like someone traced him at one point. I'm hoping that some band in the 70s had Supes eating hamburgers as their logo, screenprinted on shirts and poo poo.
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Jan 20, 2014 17:19
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I'm reviewing Avengers: The Crossing over at my blog and came across this gem from Iron Man #322, written by Mr. Clone Saga himself, Terry Kavanagh, and penciled by a young James Cheung: I wish RDJ went around shouting "Iron Man in your FACE!" at people in those movies. My full review is here: http://thepouchfiles.blogspot.com/2014/01/review-iron-man-322.html (spoiler alert: it's slow-paced and borderline incomprehensible, yet still an improvement)
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Jan 20, 2014 17:19
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Were some of those poses taken from JoJo?
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Jan 20, 2014 17:24
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Question: My girlfriend really likes the X-Men cat cover that got posted earlier in this thread:  So these animal variant covers are Marvel.NOW but I don't uh what does that mean? Are they digital only or do I have to order it from Marvel's website or what's the deal with these guys? http://marvel.com/news/comics/2013/11/18/21532/take_an_exclusive_first_look_at_marvel_animal_variants
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Jan 20, 2014 19:02
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Retailers get them for ordering specific quantities of the standard issues. Ask your local retailer or check mycomicshop.com, midtowncomics.com or milehighcomics.com.
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Jan 20, 2014 19:22
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I talked with my LCS owner about this when the Skottie Young Infinity covers were announced, and from what I got from him, those covers are a pain in the rear end to get. You have to order more copies of the comic than you would normally need just so you have the opportunity order even MORE copies of the variant cover, that you probably also won't sell. Seems like a total racket, especially when he showed me the notice from Marvel that they were trying to dump the variant covers for AvX (which at the time was about a year old) for $1 apiece. You're probably better off just waiting and getting the issue online later for cheap.
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Jan 20, 2014 19:42
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Mo Tzu posted:The Oracle of Delphi just told Wonder Woman the Justice League would be killed by a dragon, so she's incapacitating every League member so she can fight the dragon herself. This will work because even one person can represent the league, apparently. ..really? Superman can be killed by a dragon, but Wonder Woman can't?
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Jan 20, 2014 19:45
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New Leaf posted:..really? Superman can be killed by a dragon, but Wonder Woman can't? A) Dragons are magical creatures. B) I don't think "Wonder Woman can't" is part of her thought process/intention, here; the implication is pretty clearly that since the Oracle says that the Justice League is going to be killed, she's making sure that (temporarily) the Justice League consists only of her, thus sacrificing herself to save the rest of them.
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Jan 20, 2014 19:47
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fatherdog posted:A) Dragons are magical creatures. Man, she should know enough Greek mythology to know that just means a dragon's going to break into wherever she stashed the unconscious members of the League and eat them while they're still out.
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Jan 20, 2014 19:58
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fatherdog posted:A) Dragons are magical creatures. It turns out that she actually is the only person who can survive, though. Like, it has fire powers that burns people because of the lies they tell? Or something? I don't know, she specifically says "Only I could withstand the dragon's fire," but I don't really remember why.
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Jan 20, 2014 20:15
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Brocktoon posted:I talked with my LCS owner about this when the Skottie Young Infinity covers were announced, and from what I got from him, those covers are a pain in the rear end to get. You have to order more copies of the comic than you would normally need just so you have the opportunity order even MORE copies of the variant cover, that you probably also won't sell. Seems like a total racket, especially when he showed me the notice from Marvel that they were trying to dump the variant covers for AvX (which at the time was about a year old) for $1 apiece. Really? Because for standard variants like the Lego covers the minimum to get most of them was 15 copies. And the Inifnity stuff was tiered, at 10, 15, 25 and 50 so at least some of the variants could be had easily. As for the variant dumps, you can never count on that because the covers people will actually want almost never make it into those sales. The biggest problem with variants is pricing them. I've had to rethink the entire structure of how I price them due to the massive over abundance of them. I mean every single book has a variant now and less than 1/10 of those are going to move for an elevated price (the whole reason you order them is so yuo can jack up the price to cover the cost of the additional books). DC are usually the ones who are cocks about it. They're require you to match the order ons some random other book in order to get a variant for Larfleeze or some other poo poo title.
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Jan 20, 2014 20:25
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Breetai posted:Doop is swiftly becoming my favourite Marvel comics in-joke, and it's amazing how well they're doing by taking goffy concepts like that and just running with them. Is that Doctor Bong in the front row? 
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Jan 20, 2014 20:27
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Dick Trauma posted:Is that Doctor Bong in the front row? Yep, and Hippo up the back.
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Jan 20, 2014 20:38
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Mo Tzu posted:It turns out that she actually is the only person who can survive, though. Like, it has fire powers that burns people because of the lies they tell? Or something? I don't know, she specifically says "Only I could withstand the dragon's fire," but I don't really remember why. The dragons breath burned the dishonest, I think, so Diana believed the only one who could stand against the dragon was the godess of truth. Superman might have, but the whole secret identity thing might have had him burned to a crisp too, so she played it safe.
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Jan 20, 2014 22:09
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McCloud posted:The dragons breath burned the dishonest, I think, so Diana believed the only one who could stand against the dragon was the godess of truth. Superman might have, but the whole secret identity thing might have had him burned to a crisp too, so she played it safe. In that case, it makes a bit more sense. Anyone with a secret identity would be hosed.
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Jan 20, 2014 22:27
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McCloud posted:The dragons breath burned the dishonest, I think, so Diana believed the only one who could stand against the dragon was the godess of truth. Superman might have, but the whole secret identity thing might have had him burned to a crisp too, so she played it safe. You'd think in that case she could just tell them 'hey, you're all going to be super vulnerable to this thing, but its main weapon can't hurt me at all. Better let me handle it.' And the various superheroes, presumably having a decent understanding of playing to their strengths would say 'yeah, okay, sounds like a plan.' Comic books 
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Jan 20, 2014 23:00
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She also lied to Superman about whey she called him there, so she should get burnt too.
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Jan 20, 2014 23:58
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McCloud posted:The dragons breath burned the dishonest, I think, so Diana believed the only one who could stand against the dragon was the godess of truth. Superman might have, but the whole secret identity thing might have had him burned to a crisp too, so she played it safe. For some reason I'm disappointed that they weren't recycling an early Legion of Super-Heroes story as the posts above suggested. Speaking of the Silver Age, here's some content. I call it "Wasting Good Story Ideas":  No idea where it's from, beyond "Silver Age Superman" I'm pretty sure this has been posted a thousand times, but this beauty here decorates my desktop:  Source is on cover. BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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Jan 20, 2014 23:59
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I'm pretty sure this has been posted a thousand times, but this beauty here decorates my desktop: This is probably my second favourite Superdickery cover (the first being the one with Jimmy and Aquaman in the desert).
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Jan 21, 2014 00:03
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:I'm pretty sure this has been posted a thousand times, but this beauty here decorates my desktop: But...Batman also has a code against killing (and a hatred of guns to boot)
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Jan 21, 2014 00:06
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Yvonmukluk posted:But...Batman also has a code against killing (and a hatred of guns to boot) Not always!  source: I don't have the exact issue, but it's somewhere from the 5th to the 10th Batman story ever, so like Detective Comics 35 or so. This is close to my favorite early Batman page. edit: My other 2 favorite things is that Batman initial just drives a red car with nothing special about it, and his girlfriend is just named "Julie".
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Jan 21, 2014 00:09
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Yvonmukluk posted:But...Batman also has a code against killing (and a hatred of guns to boot) Knowing the context ruins Superdickery (since the answer will most likely never live up to your expectations), but I think the explanation is that Batman has amnesia (from a conk on the head, obviously) and thinks he's a mob boss, and Superman's going along with it to prevent any actual harm from happening. Source on that is this thread, I think. Anyway, here's the cover mentioned above, AKA "Superdickery.jpg"  Source is on the cover, again. BravestOfTheLamps fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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Jan 21, 2014 00:14
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Yvonmukluk posted:But...Batman also has a code against killing (and a hatred of guns to boot) http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/07/gun-laws-and-batman.html
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Anyway, here's the cover mentioned above, AKA "Superdickery.jpg" I love this cover but I still find it a little hard to put into words exactly why I love it. I honestly think it's down to the inclusion of Aquaman.
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Jan 21, 2014 00:25
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Deadpool # 13 I know fourth wall jokes are low-hanging fruit for Deadpool, but   drat, I love me some stupid puns. 
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Jan 21, 2014 00:34
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Action Tortoise posted:Deadpool # 13 I love the shards of glass in Deadpool's afro.  Did he jump through a window or something?
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Jan 21, 2014 00:44
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Elfface posted:Next page, Superman explains why he was kissing another woman, turns out it was to save the world but there was no time to explain. If someone had God-like powers, the expansive perspective they provide and a utilitarian moral code, then pretty much every thing they do would seem dickish at an individual level. More importantly though  Lady Penelope #174, 1969  X-factor #26
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Jan 21, 2014 01:24
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 Astro City (2003) #2 Catching up on some oldies and very much enjoying Astro City so far. It's generally pretty serious so this sequence really cracked me up.
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Jan 21, 2014 04:46
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Knowing the context ruins Superdickery (since the answer will most likely never live up to your expectations), but I think the explanation is that Batman has amnesia (from a conk on the head, obviously) and thinks he's a mob boss, and Superman's going along with it to prevent any actual harm from happening. Superdickery era Superman always took the most circuitous routes to solve problems. Like the time Jimmy accidentally put his hand on a note Superman had written in indelible ink stating that Clark Kent was Superman (Superman was putting the note in a time capsule) and so Superman's solution was to make Jimmy think he had become a merman and had to live underwater, so nobody could read the writing on his hand. Superman keeps up this charade long enough for the ink to fade and then just lets Jimmy think the whole being a merman thing wore off.
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Jan 21, 2014 04:56
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Rereading Astonishing X-Men. I think most of this has been posted before, but it's been a while. Kitty finds Colossus being held/experimented on in a lab.  Later, they head to Manhattan to punch a big monster.    Astonishing X-Men #6 and #7
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Speaking of the Silver Age, here's some content. I call it "Wasting Good Story Ideas": To say nothing of the fact that the main point of that exchange is "stop asking questions, woman...now put on these heeled patent leather shoes!" ...makes you wonder if Marston ghost-wrote that book. Metal Loaf posted:I love this cover but I still find it a little hard to put into words exactly why I love it. I think Superman hates Aquaman for the reason that when you think of it, they're pretty much the same character, except Aquaman's a Mary Sue that can go back to his 'home' whenever he wants, and all he ever seems to do is work in ways to go "Captain Planet" about how everyone on land is loving up his living room. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Jan 21, 2014 |
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Jan 21, 2014 07:47
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The Incredible Hulk #172. Plans to capture the Hulk go incredibly well...  ...and despite yet another deus-ex de-aging and release from mystic prison, so does Juggernaut's fight with him 
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Jan 21, 2014 09:21
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I so want the next panel to be a flashback ending with "And that how Hulk get new salad bowl!"
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Jan 21, 2014 11:31
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Uthor posted:Rereading Astonishing X-Men. I think most of this has been posted before, but it's been a while. This was turned into a Marvel Knights animated comic and it is great - although the first 'series' is a little choppy. Unfortunately, as the last episode features a gigantic crossover between the X-Men, the Avengers and a host of others, here in the UK some sort of copyright/ownership bollocks prevents that episode from being distributed. So the big Marvel Knights box set I bought so I could see it all gets to the 'penultimate issue' cliffhanger... and just ends. I was screaming! (Thankfully, the whole thing is on Netflix if you can sign on as a US viewer.)
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Jan 21, 2014 14:09
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KayTee posted:This was turned into a Marvel Knights animated comic and it is great - although the first 'series' is a little choppy. loving regional rights issues! At least you guys got the complete Tick cartoon. Of the three seasons, they only released DVDs of the first two, cut out two of the episodes (one a parody of Mole Man (though most likely because of the inclusion of Cindy Crawford) and the other a parody of Galactus), and used the syndicated edits. The UK got a complete three season box set with the original edits and not missing any episodes.
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Elfface posted:I so want the next panel to be a flashback ending with "And that how Hulk get new salad bowl!" The eye/mouth holes would make it hard to eat salad though!
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