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redbackground posted:Someone fill me in on what exactly is going on in Waid's Hulk. Banner was shot in the head by some mysterious organization that also whisked him off so they could implant stuff in his brain. Banner hulked out and went on a multistate rampage with his brain flopping out. SHIELD managed to dehulk Banner and get his skull sewn shut.
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So I'm upset that the Free Comic Book Day GoTG had Captain Marvel on the cover, but she was not in the book. Agent Venom soothes the pain though.
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May 3, 2014 16:31
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The Rocket Raccoon FCBD book was good. Got my interest up for the series.
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May 3, 2014 19:13
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twistedmentat posted:So I'm upset that the Free Comic Book Day GoTG had Captain Marvel on the cover, but she was not in the book. Yeah that book seemed pretty irrelevant. The art for the main part was total garbage, and all it really came down to was Tony telling Flash he was going to space. Maybe a good jumping on point for new readers, as long as they can find the previous issue as well.
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May 4, 2014 15:43
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Flameingblack posted:I liked Arkham Asylum: Living Hell. Slott is completely capable of writing good stories, he just doesn't. I haven't read Silver Surfer, but I'm sure it's fine, people seemed to like his She-Hulk too. Just keep the man away from anything that's supposed to be serious
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May 4, 2014 15:56
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He hasn't written anything good since 2007 or so. Maybe he had a small stroke that went undetected, and the part of his brain that wrote Arkham Asylum: Living Hell died.
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May 4, 2014 17:47
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Lurdiak posted:He hasn't written anything good since 2007 or so. Maybe he had a small stroke that went undetected, and the part of his brain that wrote Arkham Asylum: Living Hell died. For a poo poo writer and a dumb premise, Superior Spider-Man has been surprisingly not-bad so far as I've read
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May 4, 2014 18:19
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:For a poo poo writer and a dumb premise, Superior Spider-Man has been surprisingly not-bad so far as I've read It began horribly and even the biggest fans on the board seemed to hate the last issue. The last Slott story I can say I completely enjoyed was New Ways to Die. Everything else I have reservations about.
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May 4, 2014 18:23
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:For a poo poo writer and a dumb premise, Superior Spider-Man has been surprisingly not-bad so far as I've read Not-bad is as good as it gets.
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May 4, 2014 18:23
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:For a poo poo writer and a dumb premise, Superior Spider-Man has been surprisingly not-bad so far as I've read Yeah but you don't understand. He's the worst person ever because people don't like his Spider-Man run. That makes him literal scum apparently.
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May 4, 2014 18:25
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notthegoatseguy posted:It began horribly and even the biggest fans on the board seemed to hate the last issue. New Ways To Die was hobbled by that dumb "Who Is Menace?" poo poo. I'm still enjoying Superior Spidey (just got to TPB #3 so maybe my opinion will change), but I do wish basically every Dan Slott Spider-Man story was written by Joe Kelly instead.
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May 4, 2014 18:26
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Waterhaul posted:Yeah but you don't understand. He's the worst person ever because people don't like his Spider-Man run. That makes him literal scum apparently. Yeah.
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May 4, 2014 18:40
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Waterhaul posted:Yeah but you don't understand. He's the worst person ever because people don't like his Spider-Man run. That makes him literal scum apparently. I think it's just silly to be completely dismissive to Slott.
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May 4, 2014 19:23
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I haven't read any new Spider-Man but I caught that Peter Parker is back, can someone summarize how the Superior storyline ended? Is Doc Ock gone for now or did he get a new body?
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May 4, 2014 19:42
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~If only we had a Spider-Man thread.~
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May 4, 2014 19:45
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Curious, how is the Ms Marvel/Captain Marvel series? I almost came close to picking up a few issues today, but been out of the loop in regard comics until I bought my Nexus 7 and been wanting to get some digital stuff to read.
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May 4, 2014 20:01
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SalTheBard posted:The Rocket Raccoon FCBD book was good. Got my interest up for the series. Haven't read it yet (the store I stopped by yesterday was out), but it's not from the same creative team as the new ongoing. Though the latter should be pretty good with Young writing and drawing.
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May 4, 2014 20:17
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Rirse posted:Curious, how is the Ms Marvel/Captain Marvel series? I almost came close to picking up a few issues today, but been out of the loop in regard comics until I bought my Nexus 7 and been wanting to get some digital stuff to read. Captain Marvel starts out with a pretty boring-as-hell time travel arc but quickly becomes great afterward. A lot of people don't like the first volume's "ending" arc, The Enemy Within, but I thought that was pretty okay too. Your mileage may vary, of course. Ms. Marvel is still in its early stages, but it's pretty good so far!
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May 4, 2014 20:52
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Rirse posted:Curious, how is the Ms Marvel/Captain Marvel series? I almost came close to picking up a few issues today, but been out of the loop in regard comics until I bought my Nexus 7 and been wanting to get some digital stuff to read. Captain Marvel is very uneven, but there are a few good issues sprinkled throughout. Not something I would rush out to buy. Ms. Marvel, however, has been really great so far. One of the best new books of 2014 along with She-Hulk (read She-Hulk).
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May 4, 2014 21:05
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I love Carol Danvers and she is my favorite hero out of any, and I really enjoy the books because of it. Though I really wish they focused more on Captain Marvel trying to truly be "Earths Mightiest Hero". One of the things that came out of House of M that was positive was Carol realizing she had the potential to be more than just backup Avengers muscle. There are parts of that, especially in the first volume between the time travel and enemy within arcs. Ms Marvel is great, its still in Origin Story mode, but its been really good so far dealing with both Kamala's life as an outsider and getting her powers. I'd call it closest to Spiderman in its tone like early high school Peter stuff.
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May 4, 2014 21:09
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Okay so probably grab the newest Ms Marvel series and the newest Captain Marvel then? Also when I was looking up the new Ms Marvel on Comixology, I noticed there was a "free Infinity version" of the first issue. Is this the first issue with animated frames and stuff?
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May 4, 2014 22:00
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Thanks for the clarifications on Elektra's backstory earlier.Hakkesshu posted:Ms. Marvel, however, has been really great so far. One of the best new books of 2014 along with She-Hulk (read She-Hulk). Also yeah, Ms. Marvel is good but it's my first comic book series so I have nothing to compare it against (other than the first issue of Elektra  ).
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May 4, 2014 23:10
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She-Hulk very much has a focus on lawyering in these first few issues. Who knows if that will change, but it begins with her starting her own firm and dealing with crazy superhero law poo poo. I think it was issue 2 that is all about her butting heads with Tony Stark's ruthless legal strike team.
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May 4, 2014 23:15
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It's also being written by Charles Soule who, on top of trying to take over Marvel and DC by writing every single book he can, is a successful and practicing lawyer.
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May 4, 2014 23:37
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Mecca-Benghazi posted:The description in the OP says She-Hulk is lawyering up. I don't know poo poo about She-Hulk other than she is green but I will read the hell out of lawyer superheroes; so far, is it a gimmick or is lawyering the focus of the series?
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May 4, 2014 23:45
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It's also illustrated in a style that's heavily influenced by 50s girl comics. Some folks find that off-putting.
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May 5, 2014 02:41
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SynthOrange posted:It's also illustrated in a style that's heavily influenced by 50s girl comics. Some folks find that off-putting. I don't think that's why people find Javier Pulido's art offputting.
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May 5, 2014 03:25
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:It's also being written by Charles Soule who, on top of trying to take over Marvel and DC by writing every single book he can, is a successful and practicing lawyer. I asked him how he found the time to do all of this stuff when I saw him at C2E2 and he simply said "I have an army of interns. An army." and went back to signing books.
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May 5, 2014 04:45
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I think he's an immigration lawyer, which is a largely administrative thing. For a more serious answer, he wrote up his strategy on getting poo poo done here.
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May 5, 2014 06:14
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I'm waiting for trades to come out for She-Hulk because I already have too many comics I'm keeping up with. But it looks really good! Captain Marvel is pretty fun so far. But its only a matter of time before KSD deploys some random unnecessary plot device. Maybe she'll have to go rehab in space because Star Lord gets her to drink(please don't do this). Ms. Marvel is like if Marvel bought the rights to an indie comic and let it run. Its a cool story, kinda light on action so far but very character driven.
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May 5, 2014 17:00
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I really doubt Kelly Sue DeConnick is going to resort to some cheap alcoholic stunt.
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May 5, 2014 17:45
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Dan Didio posted:I really doubt Kelly Sue DeConnick is going to resort to some cheap alcoholic stunt. She already gave us depowering brain tumors and amnesia back to back so I'm bracing for the worst.
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May 5, 2014 17:56
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coconono posted:She already gave us depowering brain tumors and amnesia back to back so I'm bracing for the worst. I doubt she will do this since she knows how inappropriate it is since she lives with an alcoholic
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May 5, 2014 18:47
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It's barely even amnesia too since she knows everything anyway.
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May 5, 2014 19:06
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Everyone's favourite new hot writer is now Marvel exclusive! http://www.comicvine.com/articles/marvel-announces-exclusive-agreement-with-sam-humphries/1100-148679/ Did you think it was Charles Soule? Silly you, it's SAM "Uncanny X-Force" HUMPHRIES!!!!!
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May 5, 2014 19:21
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Aphrodite posted:It's barely even amnesia too since she knows everything anyway. Besides, amnesia is a proud Carol Danvers tradition. She'll get it all back.
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May 5, 2014 19:22
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I've started reading Avengers: The Initiative and I hate it. It pisses on my ideal of what superheroes represent. Becoming a superhero should be a freely-made choice that is rare, bizarre and not entirely sensible. Here we have the government trying to mass-produce superheroes like sausages by press-ganging children, some of whom have no interest in being either a hero or a villain. Cloud 9 is a case in point.
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May 5, 2014 20:23
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Skip straight to the Boulder/Butterball issue. That is in the top five for best single issues of all time.
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May 5, 2014 20:34
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Baron Bifford posted:I've started reading Avengers: The Initiative and I hate it. It pisses on my ideal of what superheroes represent. Becoming a superhero should be a freely-made choice that is rare, bizarre and not entirely sensible. Here we have the government trying to mass-produce superheroes like sausages by press-ganging children, some of whom have no interest in being either a hero or a villain. Cloud 9 is a case in point. That's part of the point, really. Which isn't trying to get you to like it, if a message alienates the audience it's not handled well, but "wow, the people behind this are pretty hosed up" is a running theme.
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bobkatt013 posted:I doubt she will do this since she knows how inappropriate it is since she lives with an alcoholic She's an alcoholic too. I have to figure that of the list of things you think might go wrong with Captain Marvel, a relapse shouldn't be on it until such a time as DeConnick is off the book.
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