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zoux posted:Ugh. What is Jeph Loeb's deal? He's 13 years old. He thinks shock is good enough and doesn't need a good story to accompany it.
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zoux posted:Ugh. What is Jeph Loeb's deal? A bunch of very bad poo poo happened in real life and it kinda broke him.
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May 15, 2014 00:54
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I'm a huge Samurai Jack fan. Are the IDW books that take place after the series worth buying?
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May 15, 2014 04:59
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MeatwadIsGod posted:I'm a huge Samurai Jack fan. Are the IDW books that take place after the series worth buying? Absolutely. I think it does a pretty good job of capturing the feel of the show.
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May 15, 2014 14:20
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Any good Flash comics? (Wally West or Barry Allen; doesn't matter which)
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May 15, 2014 18:49
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radlum posted:Any good Flash comics? (Wally West or Barry Allen; doesn't matter which) Mark Waid's run is pretty great. His Return of Barry Allen is a classic. Also Geoff John's first Flash run with Wally is pretty good. Just stop at around 200 as it soon turns into crossover town.
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May 15, 2014 19:13
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Instead of reading Ultimates 3 and Ultimatum, read Ultimate Edit over on 4thLetter.
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Got back into reading comics again after getting a Nexus 7, and while I got Marvel Unlimited, I am a bit overwhelm on what to read. Going with my brother suggestion I started reading Hawkeye which I am loving, with Wolverine and the X-Men, Deadpool, & X-Statics on my queue. I mostly just interested in more humorous books from Marvel or stuff like What If. I already bought Nextwave and the new Ms Marvel book from Comixology, so I am a bit at else to read from Marvel Unlimited.
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May 16, 2014 04:46
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Make sure you read X-Force #116-129 before X-Statix.
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May 16, 2014 05:06
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If Superior Foes of Spider-Man is up there, read it. Dan Slott's She-Hulk.
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May 16, 2014 05:11
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Gillen's Young Avengers run is great.
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May 16, 2014 05:24
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Also I'm going to say check out Peter David's X-Factor v3, at least the first 30 issues or thereabouts. The beginning of that run has some of the funniest, most charming superhero comics I've read.
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Rirse posted:I mostly just interested in more humorous books from Marvel or stuff like What If. I already bought Nextwave and the new Ms Marvel book from Comixology, so I am a bit at else to read from Marvel Unlimited.
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Soonmot posted:If Superior Foes of Spider-Man is up there, read it. Dan Slott's She-Hulk. Slott also did an excellent Spider-Man/Human Torch mini, "I'm With Stupid".
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May 16, 2014 15:35
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Waid's current Daredevil run has some really funny parts. And some really not funny parts as well, so I'm not sure if it's what you're after.
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May 16, 2014 15:44
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Rirse posted:Got back into reading comics again after getting a Nexus 7, and while I got Marvel Unlimited, I am a bit overwhelm on what to read. Going with my brother suggestion I started reading Hawkeye which I am loving, with Wolverine and the X-Men, Deadpool, & X-Statics on my queue. Matt Fraction's FF (not Fantastic Four, though that isn't bad, just not as funny) and Defenders, also the Defenders miniseries written by Giffen, DeMateis and drawn by Maguire is fun. Ultimate Fantastic Four, written by Warren Ellis (I think it's issues 6 or 7 through 18) are pretty good too. And the Wolverine / Spider-Man mini by Jason Aaron.
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May 16, 2014 21:37
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I'm trying to get into Batman and I would like to read Batman stories where he isn't the giant piece of poo poo from DKR, any recommendations?
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Uznare posted:I'm trying to get into Batman and I would like to read Batman stories where he isn't the giant piece of poo poo from DKR, any recommendations? Batman '66 Batman Adventures Batman and Robin Adventures Batman: Gotham Adventures
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May 16, 2014 23:32
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How about the comic version of Batman and Son? http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Son-New-Edition/dp/1401244025/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400279229&sr=8-1&keywords=batman+and+son It's the start of Grant Morrison's amazing run. If you keep reading for a few trades past that, Dick Grayson takes a turn at being Batman and it gets really fun. e: And after that it turns into Batman Incorporated, which is about a world wide network of bat heroes Bruce establishes and teams up with. It's great.  There's a Bat-cow. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 23:50 on May 16, 2014 |
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May 16, 2014 23:35
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Batman also kind of owns in Grant Morrison's JLA. Morrison made him even more Batman-y when contrasted with the rest of that group. It's something special.
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You can probably trace the "Batman is ultra-paraonoid and has strategies to defeat all his friends" trend that's still popular to Waid's subsequent "Tower of Babel" story arc (it's much older than that but I think Waid's story was what solidified it).
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May 17, 2014 01:33
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Batman Black and White has a huge range in style and tone and might be worth looking at.
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Help me goons! I'm looking for a cool, modern fantasy comic. I've already read The Unwritten (most of it), Locke & Key, the Invisibles and Fables. A bit of Hellblazer. I like all of those, but I'm open to more suggestions. Mainly I just want something similar to the Dresden File book series, or the World of Darkness rpg's. If it's finished, or pretty long, even better! edit: hell, also requesting anything kind of high-fantasy, the more colorful and silly, the better. VVV Those look pretty good. I wasn't thinking about anything like Saga but now that I know about it, I'm pretty interested, thanks! Hugoon Chavez fucked around with this message at 16:04 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 15:42
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Demon Knights and Joe the Barbarian are good. Those fit? Saga? Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 15:55 on May 19, 2014 |
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May 19, 2014 15:51
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Does Rat Queens count as modern? It's set in a fantasy world, but it seems like more of a contemporary fantasy world with, like, cell phones and hipsters and stuff.
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Hugoon Chavez posted:Help me goons! I'm looking for a cool, modern fantasy comic. I've already read The Unwritten (most of it), Locke & Key, the Invisibles and Fables. A bit of Hellblazer. I like all of those, but I'm open to more suggestions. Hellboy.
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May 19, 2014 19:10
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Hakkesshu posted:Hellboy. Also BPRD
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Hugoon Chavez posted:Help me goons! I'm looking for a cool, modern fantasy comic. I've already read The Unwritten (most of it), Locke & Key, the Invisibles and Fables. A bit of Hellblazer. I like all of those, but I'm open to more suggestions. Sandman, Lucifer
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So what run should I read as someone completely new to comic books? Just pick one and go? As of now I'm going to read the original run of Deadpool, for pretty much no reason other than I know of that character. Any better suggestions?
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icantfindaname posted:So what run should I read as someone completely new to comic books? Just pick one and go? As of now I'm going to read the original run of Deadpool, for pretty much no reason other than I know of that character. Any better suggestions? That' super open ended. Why are you reading comics? What do you hope to find? What sort of fiction to you enjoy in general? Do you want super heroes? Funny stuff? Grim&Gritty? Like a character from a movie or cartoon (If you like Deadpool, the new series by Poshen and Duggan is really fun.)?
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The new Deadpool is excellent especially the Tony Stark and White Man stuff.
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icantfindaname posted:So what run should I read as someone completely new to comic books? Just pick one and go? As of now I'm going to read the original run of Deadpool, for pretty much no reason other than I know of that character. Any better suggestions? For superheroes, the Marvel and DC books since 2011 & 2012 have been on (mostly) new reader friendly volumes and they're all pretty young still, so you can pick a character and go back to their book's last #1. Plus, most are on some of their best runs in ages (some are definitely not, ie. Iron Man, Justice League) Thor: https://www.comixology.com/Thor-God-of-Thunder/comics-series/9009 Batman: https://www.comixology.com/Batman-2011/comics-series/6644 Deadpool: https://www.comixology.com/Deadpool-Vol-4/comics-series/9014 etc. If you're into digital, Marvel has a subscription service which would be the cheapest way to try stuff out. https://marvel.com/comics/unlimited edit: Deadpool was in the absolute best team book in years, Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force. Read the poo poo out of that! Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 10:24 on May 20, 2014 |
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icantfindaname posted:So what run should I read as someone completely new to comic books? Just pick one and go? As of now I'm going to read the original run of Deadpool, for pretty much no reason other than I know of that character. Any better suggestions?
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I'm pretty new to superhero comics and would appreciate some suggestions. I've just started reading Thor: God of Thunder and am loving it, any comics a bit like that kicking around? Also, the X-Men comics seem pretty good but honestly the sheer number of them is a bit intimidating. Are there any particularly good runs to start off at?
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I would tell you to look into East of West, the second most  book that I've read recently after Thor.I also really liked Slaine: The Horned God. It has painted artwork like the side of a van. The story focuses on Celtic themes, which have a bit of a different slant than Norse myths or typical western stories, but I dug it. There's also a lot of good Conan stuff out there. But, A LOT of Conan stuff is out there. This is a good place to start. With X-Men, start with Grant Morrison's New X-Men. Uthor fucked around with this message at 14:14 on May 20, 2014 |
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May 20, 2014 14:12
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I'm actually a big celtic folklore nerd so I'll definitely look up Slaine, thanks buddy.
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Saki posted:I'm actually a big celtic folklore nerd so I'll definitely look up Slaine, thanks buddy. Warning, all I know of Celtic lore is from that book. I hope it's not all wrong and offensive!
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You might dig Brian Azzarello's current Wonder Woman series which is all about her extended family of deities and their in-fighting.
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Saki posted:Also, the X-Men comics seem pretty good but honestly the sheer number of them is a bit intimidating. Are there any particularly good runs to start off at? The original Chris Claremont run with Dave Cockrum and John Byrne handling the art is probably the "definitive" version even if it might come off as being a bit dated. New X-Men by Grant Morrison is pretty good as well. I personally enjoyed Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon, though I'm not sure if it might rely too much on what Morrison did in his series. There's "deep cuts" obviosuly, but if you're just beginning with the X-Men those are probably the "greatest hits".
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icantfindaname posted:So what run should I read as someone completely new to comic books? Just pick one and go? As of now I'm going to read the original run of Deadpool, for pretty much no reason other than I know of that character. Any better suggestions? The Ultimate universe is pretty good for that kind of stuff. Brand new separate continuity so you don't have to know any backstory. That's pretty much how I got into superhero books and look at me now! Saki posted:I'm pretty new to superhero comics and would appreciate some suggestions. I've just started reading Thor: God of Thunder and am loving it, any comics a bit like that kicking around? Also, the X-Men comics seem pretty good but honestly the sheer number of them is a bit intimidating. Are there any particularly good runs to start off at? If you are an adult coming to comics with mature storytelling sensibilities the old stuff is going to drive you nuts. Claremont's stories are good but the dialog is atrocious, repetitive and extremely expository. If you want to get into X-men stuff as a new adult reader, I'd recommend starting with Morrison's New X-Men or Whedon's Astonishing X-Men runs.
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