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I just wish that the coloring was totally flat instead of it trying and failing to force shape and mass onto huge areas of no detail whatsoever (Gigantic Doom's chest and arms, the gatling gun, etc...).
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May 8, 2014 19:48
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Pretty poor use of gradients there, yeah.
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May 8, 2014 20:17
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I like what they're TRYING to do with the stylized art, but I'm not sure they're entirely pulling it off. The later posted panels look pretty good, the first appearance of the giant doom looks really bad.
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May 8, 2014 20:21
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Lobok posted:Who are these brave warrior-bards, challenging all to fight them? The music video of Take on Me, in the Marvel universe, is actually a metaphor for movie Thor. The attraction to a mortal woman. The journey back and forth between parallel worlds. The pipe wrench fights.
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May 8, 2014 20:23
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Oh, jeez, making J'onn a Black Lantern. That's a thing, yep.
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May 8, 2014 20:24
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theflyingorc posted:The later posted panels look pretty good, the first appearance of the giant doom looks really bad.
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May 8, 2014 20:25
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Redeye Flight posted:Oh, jeez, making J'onn a Black Lantern. That's a thing, yep.
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May 8, 2014 20:29
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redbackground posted:I just wish that the coloring was totally flat instead of it trying and failing to force shape and mass onto huge areas of no detail whatsoever (Gigantic Doom's chest and arms, the gatling gun, etc...). Yes, this is the biggest thing killing the art. I don't think the gradients were this bad in the previous issues.
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May 8, 2014 20:40
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Red posted:Ditto. It's just strange. I agree. This is one of the reasons I didn't like the whole AVX saga. Comics are a visual medium, if the art is bad, it doesn't matter how good the story is. For the record, She-Hulk seems pretty fun and interesting.
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May 8, 2014 22:51
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Ensign_Ricky posted:In JL8 news, Sinestro's still a dick. Sinestro was right. 
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May 8, 2014 22:57
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Fried Chicken posted:I still like the idea in 2099 that Doom is a legacy villain, that he takes a Kristoff like apprentice, raises them to be like him, and when he is weak he has the apprentice kill him and switch identities. I remember a great old What If? where Doom became Sorcerer Supreme instead of Stephen Strange. At one point Strange arrives looking to fix his hands and Doom chops them off and replaces them with metallic ones, and the Ancient One berates him for failing to recognize Strange's potential. Later Dormammu attacks the earth and Doom is mortally wounded stopping him - all the heroes of earth who consider Doom the most selfless and noble hero want to save him and he asks to be taken to Dr Strange who he claims is the only one who can save him. Strange - a success in his career but spiritually empty as a person - assumes that Doom wants him to try and fix his physical injuries but Doom says that he knows he is dying, and admits that he sensed the potential in Strange the first time they met. So now he wants Strange to take over as the earth's defender and be the new Sorcerer Supreme. Strange is confused, and then Doom hits him with the kicker as two Doombots arrive and physically restrain Strange and carry him off to a prepared machine that is going to empty Strange's mind and replace it with a copy of Doom's. The final caption is something along the lines of,"For Doom knew that the earth must always have a Sorcerer Supreme..... and it must always be Doom."
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May 9, 2014 00:15
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So literally the Superior Sorcerer Supreme? Content: I found this from Marvel Year In Review 1993, making fun of...well, the 90s.  WickedHate fucked around with this message at 00:40 on May 9, 2014 |
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May 9, 2014 00:22
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That sounds great. A good twist on the typical What If twist.
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May 9, 2014 00:23
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A Red Hulk? Pfft now that would just be silly.
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May 9, 2014 00:32
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I like how Marvel doesn't take itself too seriously. Did DC ever do these kinds of stuff?
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May 9, 2014 00:35
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Schneider Heim posted:I like how Marvel doesn't take itself too seriously. I'd like to point out that DC published Justice League International.
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May 9, 2014 00:46
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ImpAtom posted:I'd like to point out that DC published Justice League International. Also Formerly Known as the Justice League and I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League
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May 9, 2014 00:49
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goldenoreos posted:Also Formerly Known as the Justice League and I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League There's a story about the end of that series which I enjoy: owing to publishing delays, the last issue of Countdown to Infinte Crisis came out first; obviously, that series ends with Max Lord revealing that he was evil all along and shooting Blue Beetle in the head, so Kevin Maguire went back and redrew the last pages of I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League so it ended with Max and Ted sharing a friendly chuckle. Didn't one of those series also have a running gag about everyone thinking Sue Dibny was pregnant, then the issues in question ended up coming out after Identity Crisis?
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May 9, 2014 00:54
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Metal Loaf posted:Didn't one of those series also have a running gag about everyone thinking Sue Dibny was pregnant, then the issues in question ended up coming out after Identity Crisis?
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May 9, 2014 01:02
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Also Evil Mary Marvel in an evil black suit. And Batman spending his entire appearance cracking jokes.
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May 9, 2014 01:06
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goldenoreos posted:Also Formerly Known as the Justice League and I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League And then they went and threw the majority of the cast under a bus, did a bootlegger reverse, and then ran over them again. Sue Dibny died, Blue Beetle died, Elongated Man died, Mary Marvel... dying would have had more dignity, Captain Atom ditto, Maxwell Lord went evil, died. Metal Loaf posted:There's a story about the end of that series which I enjoy: owing to publishing delays, the last issue of Countdown to Infinte Crisis came out first; obviously, that series ends with Max Lord revealing that he was evil all along and shooting Blue Beetle in the head, so Kevin Maguire went back and redrew the last pages of I Can't Believe It's Not the Justice League so it ended with Max and Ted sharing a friendly chuckle. I think he actually said in an interview that was his little point of rebellion, that to him, that was who the characters would always be. Metal Loaf posted:Didn't one of those series also have a running gag about everyone thinking Sue Dibny was pregnant, then the issues in question ended up coming out after Identity Crisis? Yes. Alien Rope Burn fucked around with this message at 12:32 on May 9, 2014 |
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May 9, 2014 01:08
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Vengeance of Pandas posted:That wasn't what happened in Doom 2099 though, the real Doom had his memories tampered with by his partner at the time as part of their ongoing game. He then killed the poor sap who thought he was Doom. No, the thing I said happened in the 2099 Black Panther story
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May 9, 2014 01:39
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Fried Chicken posted:No, the thing I said happened in the 2099 Black Panther story Ah, I've not read that and I keep forgetting they did other 2099 stuff.
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May 9, 2014 08:26
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WickedHate posted:On the other hand, it's going to get awkward explaining Batwoman's further along the line. Hey, Punisher still manages to be a Vietnam vet. Always 'nam. They'll have to freeze him next to Cap for a bit if they want that to make sense soon.
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May 9, 2014 08:51
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Elfface posted:Hey, Punisher still manages to be a Vietnam vet. Always 'nam. They'll have to freeze him next to Cap for a bit if they want that to make sense soon. Didn't Rucka do a pretty good job of changing it for his run? Not that it matters, since it looks like Marvel has finished scrubbing every trace of Solid Castle from existence.
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May 9, 2014 08:53
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Punisher is an angel of death who has been reborn multiple times. He'll always be a 'Nam guy in the way that Magneto will always be a World War 2 guy.
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May 9, 2014 08:56
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Waterhaul posted:Punisher is an angel of death who has been reborn multiple times. He'll always be a 'Nam guy in the way that Magneto will always be a World War 2 guy. Thanks for reminding me that Sentry eventually became some kind of weird Comic Book Crazy because he was apparently literally a biblical angel of death. What was wrong with agoraphobic Superman? 
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May 9, 2014 09:06
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Alien Rope Burn posted:And then they went and threw the majority of the cast under a bust, did a bootlegger reverse, and then ran over them again. Sue Dibny died, Blue Beetle died, Elongated Man died, Mary Marvel... dying would have had more dignity, Captain Atom ditto, Maxwell Lord went evil, died. You know what I thought was the worst part about Countdown to Infinite Crisis? It starts off with them killing Blue Beetle. Okay, that sucks if you are a fan of Ted Grant. Or Ted Grant himself, I suppose. BUT...now we have a good starting point for a story. And now we get a really good "putting the band back together....for revenge" story. The 80's Justice League all agree to get back together, and it's being done fantastically. Booster is so annoyed at himself for not being there. Fire and Ice are broken up. And Guy, gently caress man he's ready for a fight. Hell, they even think about bringing back Max Lord not realizing he's the one responsible. This is fantastic stuff. They talk about wanting to capture the person responsible for killing Ted, but we know that when they confront the mastermind, he's going to be put into the ground. And the question is, who is going to do it? Who will cross the line. Will it be Booster, taking down the man who killed his best friend? Will it be Guy on the basis that one of his crew got whacked and you just DON'T mess with Guy or his friends? Will it be Fire, to remind everyone that long before she got her super powers she was a trained killer and someone not to gently caress with? Which member of the 80's League will be the one to get their hands on Max first? The answer is none of them. Max Lord is killed in the middle of a Crossover by loving Wonder Woman as part of yet another attempt by DC to justify her place as a number one headline character alongside Superman and Batman. Meanwhile the 80's League just get chumped while fighting OMAC's and Rocket Red dies...or something. I just hated that part of CTIC so much.
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May 9, 2014 09:45
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Cabbit posted:What was wrong with agoraphobic Superman? Agoraphobia, for one thing.
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May 9, 2014 10:33
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Alien Rope Burn posted:And then they went and threw the majority of the cast under a bust, did a bootlegger reverse, and then ran over them again. Sue Dibny died, Blue Beetle died, Elongated Man died, Mary Marvel... dying would have had more dignity, Captain Atom ditto, Maxwell Lord went evil, died. Shouldn't be a surprise, I suppose. I believe that Dan DiDio, for one, has said that JLI is his least favourite version of the Justice League, has he not?
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May 9, 2014 10:56
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The Question IRL posted:You know what I thought was the worst part about Countdown to Infinite Crisis? It says something about how long DC's been going downhill that you mix up Wildcat's name with Blue Beetle's. They're both Teds, both nonpowered humans, and both got screwed the gently caress over, though, so I guess there's a lot in common there.
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May 9, 2014 13:16
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Fuego Fish posted:It says something about how long DC's been going downhill that you mix up Wildcat's name with Blue Beetle's. They're both Teds, both nonpowered humans, and both got screwed the gently caress over, though, so I guess there's a lot in common there. You know what's funny? When I was typing out my post, I did mentally think "Ted Grant? Am I sure that's right. Maybe that's someone else, the Boxer guy. Maybe it's someone else. I should probably look it up." But then I just shrugged and figured that my point would still stand. I also had a similar moment when I was debating about if Booster Gold's name was John Michael Carter or if that was someone else.
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May 9, 2014 13:25
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It could have been worse. In my mind, "Ted" is inextricably linked with "Baxter". 
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May 9, 2014 13:29
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prefect posted:It could have been worse. In my mind, "Ted" is inextricably linked with "Baxter". Before or after he got turned into a mutant fly?
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May 9, 2014 14:28
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WickedHate posted:So literally the Superior Sorcerer Supreme? This has probably been mentioned before, but I always find it amusing when they give the Hulk a gun. As though his melee capabilities are insufficient for him to win fights.
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May 9, 2014 14:48
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Waterhaul posted:Punisher is an angel of death who has been reborn multiple times. He'll always be a 'Nam guy in the way that Magneto will always be a World War 2 guy. Basically, the end of his stint as an Angel of Death probably involved turning in resignation papers to Mephisto and going AWOL.
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May 9, 2014 14:50
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Cangelosi posted:Basically, the end of his stint as an Angel of Death probably involved turning in resignation papers to Mephisto and going AWOL. He worked for Heaven. Hence why he was an angel. Learn the lore!!!!
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May 9, 2014 14:51
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Schneider Heim posted:I like how Marvel doesn't take itself too seriously. There was a period that DC didn't take itself seriously. It was called the silver age.  (Source, an Action Comics issue that went to the UK for some reason.) I actually went looking for a Wonder Woman cover because Superman and Batman get all the crazy silver age cover love, but I saw that one and had to use it. Shockingly, most of the Wonder Woman covers I was finding were kind of creepy in retrospect. Wonder Woman thrusting a spear she's holding between her legs at a monster while tied up (actually, now I kind of want to google that entire phrase and see how many hits I get). Three Wonder Women about to make out with Steve Trevor. Teenaged Wonder Woman turned into a furry. Wonder Woman shoving a phallus into a dinosaur as she's out shopping in a mall. Teenaged Wonder Woman struggling with a tentacle monster that says he's going to own her. Most of these are consecutive months, by the way.
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May 9, 2014 14:59
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Random Stranger posted:Shockingly, most of the Wonder Woman covers I was finding were kind of creepy in retrospect.
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May 9, 2014 15:03
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