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Endless Mike posted:Remender's Uncanny X-Force Why do I always forget to recommend this?! Probably because I have it digitally, so I don't see it on my shelves when I look.
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Hey thanks for the suggestions guys. Put them in my queue. I decided to read Agents of Atlas first and that is a couple of good series. The Thing and X-Static will be next. I see they have almost all of Daredevil at this point, so screw it will read it all after X-Static. I am said that they do not have all of the old Thunderbolts or some golden age stuff. The Golden Age is my jam. Stuff is bananas.
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Jul 29, 2015 01:09
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I got caught up on Grant Morrison's Nameless. It is Morrison as gently caress and I love it, can't wait for more. It's a mashup of Armageddon and Event Horizon mixed in with occult and reality warping that only he really understands. It might seem dense and  as hell but honestly if you have EVER read any of Morrison's other stuff, Superhero or no, this isn't that hard to follow. A lot of the same ideas he plays with in other places are here.This reminds me that I never got that far into The Invisibles. I gotta fix that. Also, heres something I was thinking about. If you wanted to introduce someone to Grant Morrison's stuff, what would you recommend? Also, I wanna give a recommend to Southern Cross. Another horror in space book. More of a mystery and a whodunit than the cosmic horror in Nameless.
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Jul 29, 2015 01:24
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BigRed0427 posted:Also, heres something I was thinking about. If you wanted to introduce someone to Grant Morrison's stuff, what would you recommend? We3 I generally don't like Morrison because his stuff is either impenetrable or completely stuck up its own rear end, but We3 is just a really simple story told in a very creative way. Even Quitely is in top form compared to his superhero comics which I also find extremely unappealing. Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 01:32
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We3 is absolutely his most accessible, otherwise either his X-Men run or All Star Superman, but even Superman took me a couple reads to really get into
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Jul 29, 2015 01:36
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BigRed0427 posted:Also, heres something I was thinking about. If you wanted to introduce someone to Grant Morrison's stuff, what would you recommend? Doom Patrol, always Doom Patrol. Usually, Morrison's stuff is excellent but kind of... unbalanced? He's really good at writing weird (Invisibles), action (JLA), and meta-commentary (Multiversity). but most times these elements come at the expense of the others. I think Doom Patrol hits every one of these points, and hits them well. It's really, really good. Plus, it's his best character work, I think. His X-Men is astounding, but half of the reason is because it's working from inside the super-hero genre in the first place. So Doom Patrol wins out as an intro recommendation because it's excellent comics and you can jump into it from any background, comics or not. It's like Gaiman's Sandman in this way.
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Jul 29, 2015 01:38
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Mr Hootington posted:Hey thanks for the suggestions guys. Put them in my queue. I decided to read Agents of Atlas first and that is a couple of good series. The Thing and X-Static will be next. I see they have almost all of Daredevil at this point, so screw it will read it all after X-Static. With x-static start with x-force 116 as that's the start of the run
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Jul 29, 2015 03:01
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Hakkesshu posted:We3 Yes, I dislike Morrison immensely, but WE3 is amazing on every level.
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Jul 29, 2015 07:57
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BigRed0427 posted:Also, heres something I was thinking about. If you wanted to introduce someone to Grant Morrison's stuff, what would you recommend?
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Jul 29, 2015 08:11
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While I love We3, Animal Man is the Morrison 101 I would give.
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Jul 29, 2015 13:20
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The first Morrison I ever read and one of the first comics I ever read was Invisibles. Don't start there. Honestly I'd say read his X-Men run (or his JLA one if you're willing to go outside Marvel) because those are his most "normal" comic book runs whereas, say, Animal Man is a lot about more meta aspects of comics and the act of creation as an artist. Also I've never read We3 because I'm sure he kills the animals at the end.
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Jul 29, 2015 15:00
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zoux posted:Also I've never read We3 because I'm sure he kills the animals at the end. I literally just finished reading WE3 and you are only 33% correct, surprisingly.
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Jul 29, 2015 15:03
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The We3 ending is surprisingly positive considering how completely full of despair the rest of that book is
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Jul 29, 2015 15:10
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It would totally depend on who I'm recommending to of course, but you really can't go wrong with Doom Patrol. If they're more versed in superhero comics, I'd definitely throw JLA (or maybe start with JLA: Earth 2 as a solid standalone story) or AllStarSupes at them.
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Jul 29, 2015 15:13
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Okay can someone help me with the spider-man read order? I just finished all 100+ of the Ultimate Spider-man. But now there's other spider-comics, one with parker still alive, one with Miles and Parker is dead and I'm trying to figure out what goes first? Edit: In the Ultimate one, he drowned in the giant tsunami, but now he's back and he and MJ broke up? I must be missing a series I think. Deep Thoreau fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 20:41
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HogX posted:Okay can someone help me with the spider-man read order? I just finished all 100+ of the Ultimate Spider-man. But now there's other spider-comics, one with parker still alive, one with Miles and Parker is dead and I'm trying to figure out what goes first? Ultimate Spider-Man 1-133 Ultimatum: Spider-Man Requiem 1-2 Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (Vol 1) 1-15 Ultimate Spider-Man 150-160 Miles Morales: Ultimate Fallout #1-6* Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man (Vol 2) 1-28 Spider-Men 1-5** Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man 1-12 There's some annuals and stuff in there too. *Miles only shows up in UF #4, but the other issues deal with Peter's friends and family. There's other stories in each issue intended to set up the rest of the Ultimate Universe that was relaunching at that point. **This runs roughly concurrent to UC:SMv2 11-15. There's no particular read order here. Endless Mike fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 21:12
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Endless Mike posted:Peter Parker: Alright, so I think I'm at ultimate Comics: Spider-Man at this point, but it still went from him being dead to him being alive? Like He was pulled out of the rubble, and was dead. Then it was his funeral and stuff. Now he's alive again and dating the blond girl? I'm so confused. edit: Vvv welp. Comics. Deep Thoreau fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Jul 29, 2015 |
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Jul 29, 2015 21:28
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HogX posted:Alright, so I think I'm at ultimate Comics: Spider-Man at this point, but it still went from him being dead to him being alive? Like He was pulled out of the rubble, and was dead. Then it was his funeral and stuff. Now he's alive again and dating the blond girl? I'm so confused. Yep. Don't worry, you didn't actually miss anything.
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Jul 29, 2015 21:32
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HogX posted:Alright, so I think I'm at ultimate Comics: Spider-Man at this point, but it still went from him being dead to him being alive? Like He was pulled out of the rubble, and was dead. Then it was his funeral and stuff. Now he's alive again and dating the blond girl? I'm so confused. Did you read the Requiem issues? I think that might at least cover him not being dead. I forget. There's definitely a time skip after that.
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Jul 29, 2015 21:44
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Senor Candle posted:Yep. Don't worry, you didn't actually miss anything.
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Jul 29, 2015 21:48
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Some time ago this thread recommended I read Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men after Grant Morrison's run. Looking over that now, it seems Warren Ellis took over the series after Whedon left. I'm a big fan of Ellis, is his run worth it? I'm thinking it's also safe to ignore the rest of Astonishing X-Men after Ellis leaves?
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Jul 29, 2015 22:08
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redbackground posted:That seems awfully unsatisfying. I just meant that there wasn't issues they missed, I'm pretty sure Bendis goes back and covers some of the missing time though. It's been a while since I've read it.
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Jul 29, 2015 22:10
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Cyphoderus posted:I'm a big fan of Ellis, is his run worth it?
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Jul 29, 2015 22:12
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Oh wow. Would you mind elaborating on why it's so bad?
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Jul 30, 2015 01:13
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Part of it is "how do you follow that act?" and part of it is because it is really bad.
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Jul 30, 2015 06:25
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Cyphoderus posted:Oh wow. Would you mind elaborating on why it's so bad? It's just incredibly boring.
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Jul 30, 2015 08:26
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The writing is boring at best, and really obnoxious at worst. There's an entire issue that's nothing but sex jokes. Ellis didn't seem to bother to write for the characters at all.
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Jul 30, 2015 15:41
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Thanks for the heads-up, guys. Ellis' Thunderbolts is around the same time, right? Is that one worth it?
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Jul 30, 2015 16:47
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Cyphoderus posted:Thanks for the heads-up, guys. Ellis' Thunderbolts is around the same time, right? Is that one worth it?
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Jul 30, 2015 16:49
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Also his run on Secret Avengers is really good.
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Jul 30, 2015 16:50
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Ellis' Thunderbolts might be my favourite book he's done for Marvel, it's fantastic.
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Jul 30, 2015 19:04
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LLooking for some recommends based on what I've finished so far 
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Aug 1, 2015 02:04
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Dark Knight Returns Transmetropolitan NEXTWave Thor God of Thunder Bendis' Daredevil Uthor fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Aug 1, 2015 |
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Aug 1, 2015 02:07
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The Pulse Daredevil by Bendis or Miller Fantastic Four by Hickman Moon Knight by Ellis Maybe Animal Man by Morrison?
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Aug 1, 2015 02:13
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Wildcats by Joe Casey (since you liked Planetary and Authority): starts with Wildcats Vol. 2 #8-28, then Wildcats 3.0 #1-24. Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (but start with the prequel miniseries, Point Blank #1-5) Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris, and Peter Snejbjerg Hawkeye by Matt Fraction and David Aja DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke Y The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra Immortal Iron Fist by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, and David Aja Top Ten by Alan Moore and Gene Ha X-Force (#116-128) and X-Statix by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred
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Aug 1, 2015 03:18
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Good stuff. Thanks guys
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Aug 1, 2015 11:40
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Is there anything between Annihilators: Earthfall and Bendis' GotG?
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Aug 1, 2015 13:22
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Brocktoon posted:Is there anything between Annihilators: Earthfall and Bendis' GotG? There's an arc in Avengers Assemble written by Bendis where the movie Guardians (plus Bug, who was probably still in the movie script at that time) show up to help fight Thanos. It's not good.
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Aug 1, 2015 15:00
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Vorik posted:LLooking for some recommends based on what I've finished so far Side note, if you come back - how do you treat comics in Goodreads? Just trades/"estimate" omnibuses based on individual comics you've read/etc.?
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Yep that's correct. Seemed like the easiest way, and it makes for a cleaner looking list too.
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