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Honestly, there's enough crap in the Aaron WatX omni that it probably won't be worth it. It had a really bad dip in quality when the AvX tie-ins kicked in, and didn't really pick up again until The Hellfire Saga. Then it got 2 issues of Battle of the Atom (are they going to be included?)
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irlZaphod posted:Honestly, there's enough crap in the Aaron WatX omni that it probably won't be worth it. It had a really bad dip in quality when the AvX tie-ins kicked in, and didn't really pick up again until The Hellfire Saga. Then it got 2 issues of Battle of the Atom (are they going to be included?) Apparently so, since the listing for it says that it collects #1-42 and the Annual. Was Hellfire Saga actually good though? I went all the way through the whole Frankenstein Circus story before I stopped (just didn't get to the shop frequently enough), and just plain fell behind and then stopped. I guess that's pretty much why I've taken to just getting suggestions on books and going with Trades/HCs/OSHCs as opposed to singles. The exception to that pretty much being the $1 sales that end up happening on Comixology and such. Speaking of, I still need to read those issues of Thor I picked up during that New Years Sale.
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Jan 12, 2014 14:56
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The Hellfire Saga storyline in #31-36 was quite good, it wrapped up all the Hellfire Kids stuff which Aaron had been working on since Schism, unfortunately a lot of people stopped reading the book around the Frankenstein story.
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Jan 12, 2014 15:06
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Volfogg posted:Apparently so, since the listing for it says that it collects #1-42 and the Annual. The page count doesn't add up, so the event issues probably aren't included. Frankenstein's circus was definitely the low point, and I have general reservations about the overall pacing of the story (i.e. It often went loving nowhere), but WatX is probably still the best X-book in the last few years. Helps that the art is very consistent.
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Jan 12, 2014 15:07
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The Frankenstein story was way, way better than the AvX or BotA issues.
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Jan 12, 2014 15:12
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irlZaphod posted:The Frankenstein story was way, way better than the AvX or BotA issues. Nope! BotA was whatever, but the AvX issues were totally fine and focused on the characters more than the event. They're some of the best tie-in issues of any event in recent history as far as I'm concerned. The circus arc was just boring, pointless pap and didn't even have any particularly good character moments.
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Jan 12, 2014 15:28
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Hakkesshu posted:Nope! BotA was whatever, but the AvX issues were totally fine and focused on the characters more than the event. They're some of the best tie-in issues of any event in recent history as far as I'm concerned. They didn't make much sense for someone that wasn't reading AvX... Lots of stuff happened off page and every issues was "oh, this is happening now". But, that's the complaint of all event tie in books and it ruins titles for me (DnA's Guardians of the Galaxy had that problem going off track for six months during crossovers).
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Jan 12, 2014 19:00
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Uthor posted:They didn't make much sense for someone that wasn't reading AvX... Lots of stuff happened off page and every issues was "oh, this is happening now". But, that's the complaint of all event tie in books and it ruins titles for me (DnA's Guardians of the Galaxy had that problem going off track for six months during crossovers). I thought the crossovers killed the momentum of the book. I now have to decide if I want to make my own omnibus or spring for the official one.
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Jan 12, 2014 19:17
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Dammit. Are the Jonah Hex trades outta print now? I just started reading them and bought the first four for super cheep now they are all climbing in price. Such thin little things I don't like dropping more than $5 or so bucks them.
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Speaking of BotA, any chance someone picked up the OSHC or saw it and could tell me if it contains a digital copy? I know omnis don't but events tend to. I'm not interested in BotA but it would be nice if Infinity came with a digital copy.
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PelvicNerve posted:Speaking of BotA, any chance someone picked up the OSHC or saw it and could tell me if it contains a digital copy? I got mine in the mail today, & it doesn't, which sort of surprised me, given their recent track record. I guess it wasn't "big" enough...
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Managed to snag this on ebay for £2. The spine is still stiff so it hadn't even been read. Trouble is I don't have Volume One! I just couldn't let that deal go, so now I need to find a decent deal on Vol 1.
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Sundowner posted:Managed to snag this on ebay for £2. The spine is still stiff so it hadn't even been read. Trouble is I don't have Volume One! I just couldn't let that deal go, so now I need to find a decent deal on Vol 1. Is that a TPB or a hardcover? I'm sure I could find you a matching Volume 1 locally (Florida), but probably not quite as cheap as that.
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It's a hardcover. I'm currently watching a few auctions on eBay so I might have one by the end of the night. Knowing my luck, however, they'll all probably skyrocket past what I'm willing to pay just now. That said I appreciate your willingness to keep an eye out but I'm sure the cost of transit from Florida to Scotland will offset the potentially cheap price you'd find it for. :P
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If I have Avengers vol. 1-4 and New Avengers vol. 1-2, what's the best option for buying Infinity? I know there's a hardcover, but that seems to have a lot of the issues I already have collected in it.
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Buy the singles.
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Jan 17, 2014 09:07
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Already have them. Gosh, that was easy. Cheers.
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Jan 17, 2014 09:11
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The problem with getting both volumes of Hush is that you end up with Hush.
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Endless Mike posted:The problem with getting both volumes of Hush is that you end up with Hush. I was under the impression that people liked Hush?
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Sundowner posted:I was under the impression that people liked Hush? It is written by Jeph Loeb and drawn by Jim Lee. It is Loeb at his laziest with the obvious mystery and all his villains.
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Sundowner posted:I was under the impression that people liked Hush?
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redbackground posted:It's a The only good thing that came out of Hush is Winnick's Under the Red Hood.
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It was a bit of an impulse buy when I was at my local comic shop, but I picked up Volume 2 of the Ultimate TMNT hardcover. It is so nice. It is extra large, so you can see all the fine BW details. The paper is thick and crisp. All in all, I am impressed. I also grabbed, out of the discount bin, Volume 3 of "The Boys". I've always heard the " Hurf Garth Ennis HATES superheros" joke, and yeaaah, I can really see that now. Should I pick up the rest of the collection? Eventually, that is. I don't buy often. Slowly working my way through Trans metropolitan, Preacher, Sandman. I make it a christmas gift for the TPB of the new Dark Horse Conan series. They are pretty good.
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Johnny Aztec posted:I also grabbed, out of the discount bin, Volume 3 of "The Boys". I've always heard the " Hurf Garth Ennis HATES superheros" joke, and yeaaah, I can really see that now. Eventually? Yes. I would hold out for discount bin finds or the digital omnibu' For me The Boys is just outside my Ennis Top 5. Good, but not great.
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Diamond just had a Dynamite clearance sale, I nabbed all 5 slipcase editions of the Boys for $200.
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Dan Didio posted:If I have Avengers vol. 1-4 and New Avengers vol. 1-2, what's the best option for buying Infinity? I know there's a hardcover, but that seems to have a lot of the issues I already have collected in it. I'm actually looking at the Infinity omnibus right now and am a bit annoyed. As far as I can tell, it includes Avengers 14-23 and New Avengers 7-12. That's fine for New Avengers; I buy the first hardcover and I'm set. The first two hardcovers for Avengers only cover 1-12, though 
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Actually, Avengers World and The Last White Event only cover Avengers #1-11. Prelude to Infinity covers #12-17. So it's even worse if you want to thread the omnibus in there.
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That seems like really poor planning on Marvel's part, they're normally good about collecting stuff too.
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I was hoping they would collect all the pre-Infinity A/NA in one Omni and then the Infinity in another.
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Avengers will probably get an Omni waaaaaaay down the line. Look how long the Hickman F4 omnibus took.
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That didn't tie in so closely with a big summer event though. I was hoping that would speed it up a bit.
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So I'm an idiot and never bought the F4 masterworks 2 TPB and it's apparently out of print. Does anyone have a line on a copy or one they want to get rid of? I'm referring to the softcover with the black spine.
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Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam! series from the '90s has never been collected, has it? I'm tempted to hit the back issue longboxes and find a run to bind, but if Mike Grell's Green Arrow run can finally get a TPB, maybe there's hope...
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Hatter106 posted:Jerry Ordway's Power of Shazam! series from the '90s has never been collected, has it? I believe there is one trade beyond the graphic novel that started the run. Let's not fool ourselves though, that series will never see a full collection.
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Rhyno posted:I believe there is one trade beyond the graphic novel that started the run. Let's not fool ourselves though, that series will never see a full collection. Shut up naysayer! It will! It definitely will! It won't will it?
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There's a lot of DC series from the 1990s (which I understand are quite popular) that'll probably never be completely collected; the Five Years Later iteration of the Legion, Mark Waid's run on the Flash, Jerry Ordway's run on Shazam, Peter David's run on Supergirl and Young Justice. Meanwhile, Marvel has published omnibus editions of "The Crossing" and X-Force by Rob Liefeld.
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Metal Loaf posted:There's a lot of DC series from the 1990s (which I understand are quite popular) that'll probably never be completely collected; the Five Years Later iteration of the Legion, Mark Waid's run on the Flash, Jerry Ordway's run on Shazam, Peter David's run on Supergirl and Young Justice. There's a lot of stuff from the 80's (and I think extends into the nineties) that won't be reprinted due to the royalties agreement DC had in place with creators at the time. Basically, the money DC would have to pay the creators if they were to do a reprint is far higher than the norm and would likely make any collected edition unprofitable for them. They have done deals with some creators to scrap the original agreement and take a reduced rate for any reprints.
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Metal Loaf posted:There's a lot of DC series from the 1990s (which I understand are quite popular) that'll probably never be completely collected; the Five Years Later iteration of the Legion, Mark Waid's run on the Flash, Jerry Ordway's run on Shazam, Peter David's run on Supergirl and Young Justice. Outside of a Showcase Presents volume I doubt we're gonna see much in the way of LOSH reprints any time soon.
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