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Mr Hootington posted:I just read both of the more recent Carnage miniseries by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain. Enjoyed them both and was wondering if there is any past stuff with Carnage (besides maximum and were he is torn in half) that is good. I see there is an arc in Scarlet Spider and Venom. I plan on reading those series both interest me. Superior Carnage was OK, as was Minimum Carnage (the Venom/Scarlet Spider one). Not as good as the Wells stuff though
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Opopanax posted:Superior Carnage was OK, as was Minimum Carnage (the Venom/Scarlet Spider one). Not as good as the Wells stuff though That is too bad. Since we are kinda on Spider-Man stuff where is a good jump on point? BND? Superior?
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Mr Hootington posted:That is too bad. Since we are kinda on Spider-Man stuff where is a good jump on point? BND? Superior? I haven't read Spider-Man proper for a while but Remender's Venom is good and Scarlet Spider is as well.
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Mr Hootington posted:I just read both of the more recent Carnage miniseries by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain. Enjoyed them both and was wondering if there is any past stuff with Carnage (besides maximum and were he is torn in half) that is good. I see there is an arc in Scarlet Spider and Venom. I plan on reading those series both interest me. Carnage: Axis is recent and amazing. As for old good Carnage stories... well, there was that one time the symbiote grafted itself onto Silver Surfer and became THE CARNAGE COSMIC, and the What If based on that incident, but other than that, not really. Maximum Carnage holds up better than its rep would suggest, but it's got problems.
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Aug 9, 2015 20:12
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Mr Hootington posted:Second does Marvel have any good writers who write good, fun superhero stuff that isn't completely dark? Someone like Giffen, Demattis, or (I had more until I had a brain fart). She-Hulk by Dan Slott and Charles Soule (two different runs) Superior Foes of Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Nextwave (and to a lesser extent, Moon Knight) by Warren Ellis X-Force and X-Statix by Peter Milligan X-Factor (Volume 2) by Peter David (the run that started around 2006, starring Jamie Madrox) New Avengers (Volume 1) by Brian Michael Bendis (the run that went from 2004-2010, which was the flagship book of the Marvel Universe that entire time, covering most of the big events but always adding comic relief) Immortal Iron Fist by Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker Defenders: Indefensible by none other than Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis And I haven't read them, but the current Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl are supposed to be good, fun superhero books as well.
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Aug 9, 2015 20:20
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Are there any series that star/prominently feature Polaris? Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are two of my favorite characters and now I'm curious about reading books with their less important sister. All I can think of is All-New X-Factor, which I liked.
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DrProsek posted:Are there any series that star/prominently feature Polaris? Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are two of my favorite characters and now I'm curious about reading books with their less important sister. All I can think of is All-New X-Factor, which I liked. Peter David's original run of X-force
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Aug 9, 2015 20:28
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bobkatt013 posted:Peter David's original run of X-force X-Factor. Started with #71 of the first series, which came out in 1991. The team was Havok, Polaris, Jamie Madrox, Strong Guy, and Wolfsbane. Unfortunately, you'll have to suffer through some terrible Larry Stroman art before a young Joe Quesada came on board with #87 (right around the time Quicksilver also joined).
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Jedi posted:There's plenty of EMS patches/shirts that have the Punisher skull superimposed over the Star of Life. There's not a That was a comic? I've only seen the movie.
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:X-Factor. Started with #71 of the first series, which came out in 1991. The team was Havok, Polaris, Jamie Madrox, Strong Guy, and Wolfsbane. Unfortunately, you'll have to suffer through some terrible Larry Stroman art before a young Joe Quesada came on board with #87 (right around the time Quicksilver also joined). Stroman's art has grown on me quite a bit. It's not your usual "superhero" style which appeals to me a lot more these days, then it did back in the 90's when the more mainstream style was over the top Liefeld or McFarlane. (Reading that makes me sound awfully pretentious, which isn't my intention at all.) It has been nearly 25 years, so it's not all that shocking that my tastes have changed somewhat. That run also has the best Quicksilver characterization. The issue where he's talking to Doc Samson about what it's like to exist as Quicksilver is phenomenal. EDIT: This page:  Skwirl posted:That was a comic? I've only seen the movie. It was a graphic novel released in 2009. It appears Amazon only has it via 3rd party sellers though. I sort of remember hearing that it was getting turned into a movie. I'll have to check it out. Jedi fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Aug 9, 2015 |
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Aug 9, 2015 21:00
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Is PAD's original X-Factor run actually collected? The Essentials stop right before his run starts.
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Jedi posted:
The movie was loving brilliant, I highly recommend it.
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Mr Hootington posted:I just read both of the more recent Carnage miniseries by Zeb Wells and Clayton Crain. Enjoyed them both and was wondering if there is any past stuff with Carnage (besides maximum and were he is torn in half) that is good. I see there is an arc in Scarlet Spider and Venom. I plan on reading those series both interest me. You should read Carnage USA (also by Wells) before Minimum Carnage (that Scarlet Spider/Venom arc you were talking about). Minimum Carnage is... just okay, but still decent I guess, and leads into his appearance in Superior Carnage, which is a good read.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys and gals. I'm adding them to my reading list. Is Superior Carnage the thing where he turns good?
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Mr Hootington posted:Thanks for the suggestions guys and gals. I'm adding them to my reading list. Is Superior Carnage the thing where he turns good? No, that's Axis
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Bizarrely the carnage \ deadpool mini wasn't too bad to me but it definitely makes deadpool look better at Carnage's expense if that makes sense.
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bobkatt013 posted:Peter David's original run of X-force Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:X-Factor. Started with #71 of the first series, which came out in 1991. The team was Havok, Polaris, Jamie Madrox, Strong Guy, and Wolfsbane. Unfortunately, you'll have to suffer through some terrible Larry Stroman art before a young Joe Quesada came on board with #87 (right around the time Quicksilver also joined).  thanks for the help! Yeah, a couple pages into #71 and that Stroman art is not doing the book any favors. The first subplot of the book seems to be Polaris' hair attempting to devour the rest of her body as she has lunch with Strong Guy and Madrox.
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Hakkesshu posted:Is PAD's original X-Factor run actually collected? The Essentials stop right before his run starts. Yep. There's four "X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David" trades. Not sure what their availability's like, though.
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As someone who loves Ironman from the movies but has never read any of the comics, what would you guys recommend?
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Wheat Loaf posted:Yep. There's four "X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David" trades. Not sure what their availability's like, though. Huh, I thought he'd written more than like 20 issues for some reason. They are OOP, but they don't seem rare, so I could probably track em down, thanks. Captain Theron posted:As someone who loves Ironman from the movies but has never read any of the comics, what would you guys recommend? Extremis -> Fraction's Invincible Iron Man is a good beginner combo, I think. Mostly because IIM is collected in really nice, inexpensive hardcovers.
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So they just put up Sub-Mariner: The depths on MU. I thought it was an interesting comic. They get the fact that Namor isn't human across pretty well with the art in it. Any recommendations on good comics with Namor?
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Captain Theron posted:As someone who loves Ironman from the movies but has never read any of the comics, what would you guys recommend? In addition to Fraction like Hakkeshu suggested, I'd recommend Gillen's run that comes afterward. Of course, there is a catch: the first couple of arcs have Greg Land art. If you can stomach that though, then it's quite good. Oh, and if you want to see zero heroism and just read Tony Stark: Super-rear end in a top hat, you can read Tom Taylor's Superior Iron Man.
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Hakkesshu posted:Extremis -> Fraction's Invincible Iron Man is a good beginner combo, I think. Mostly because IIM is collected in really nice, inexpensive hardcovers. I've done Ellis then skipping to Fraction a couple times and one of my all time favourite runs on a character. Can't say the stuff in between is bad, just didn't read it for some reason.
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hadji murad posted:I've done Ellis then skipping to Fraction a couple times and one of my all time favourite runs on a character. I too love Extremis and Fraction's Invincible Iron Man, and I'd say the run between the two is worth the read, though not as good.
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Can anyone tell me what comics deal with the whole ending to the superior spider-man thing? I think I remember a panel from a comic where Cage yells at him about it?
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HogX posted:Can anyone tell me what comics deal with the whole ending to the superior spider-man thing? I think I remember a panel from a comic where Cage yells at him about it? That's in Captain America and the Mighty Avengers. Any other fallout is in Spider-Man's own books. I seem to remember a page or something with Spider-Man calling the Avengers jerks for not seeing through Doc Ock's bullshit, can't remember what comic it was in though.
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TwoPair posted:I seem to remember a page or something with Spider-Man calling the Avengers jerks for not seeing through Doc Ock's bullshit, can't remember what comic it was in though. I'm picturing a really tone deaf variant on Avengers Annual #10.
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How has Wonder Woman been since Azzarello left? How has Scott Snyder's Batman been, I haven't read it in a while. Basically I want to give DC comics another chance and wanted to know what's good and whats worth catching up on.
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If you didn't know, most DC underwent a big reset at the beginning of June, after the end of their latest big event, Convergence. Superman and Batman both had major changes to their ongoing storyline, plus a lot of new books were launched and underperforming books were cancelled. For the most part, all the ongoings have #41 as the start of the new stories. The new books all have #1s, obviously. - Snyder's Batman is still getting its feet under it after the big changes, in my opinion. Other people like it more than I do. If you dropped off his run a while ago, it's probably worth reading the Endgame arc to see if the current setup interests you. It's a good arc. - The Finches' WW (the first arc after Azzarello) had a weak first arc. The last two issues have been a little more promising. I never liked the Azzarello run anyway, so Superman/Wonder Woman has been where I get my WW fix. - Superman is in the middle of a major crossover called "Truth" that touches all of the Superman books: Action, SM, SM/WW and Batman/Superman. It has been awesome. - Justice League started a major arc called Darkseid War with #40. I think it has also been awesome, although opinion on it seems to be more mixed. There are a bunch of other good ongoing titles. My favorites are Batgirl, Gotham Academy, Grayson, Prez (this one is highly recommended) and Catwoman (new author/creative direction as of #35). Flash and Green Lantern have been good too. Hope that helps.
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Thanks, I'll give them a shot. I'm going to a Con this afternoon for the weekend and I needed some ideas of what to grab. I'll admit though, I'm hesitant to grab Superman/Wonder Woman. Those two as a couple is one of those ideas DC pulls out every few years and I don't think it ever worked.
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For me, Omega Men, Midnighter, Black Canary, We Are Robin and Prez are the top boss new comics from the June launches. Dittoing Gotham Academy and Grayson. e: I also love the new Robin solo, but it's really a continuation of the previous 'Batman and Robin.' ee: SM/WW was actually pretty good under Charles Soule. Most of the run was crossing over with Greg Pak's Action Comics (the world's best comic) for the Doomed storyline. The current Tomasi/Mahnke run is sadly going a lot worse. eee: The Bombshells digital comic is a surprisingly great new thing. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Aug 14, 2015 |
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BigRed0427 posted:How has Wonder Woman been since Azzarello left? If you're not interested in Scott Snyder telling another(albeit much better than Death of the Family) Joker story then you can probably just skip to the issue with the robot batsuit on the cover. I also really liked Zero Year.
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Is there an origin comic on she-hulk, jennifer walters? Or was that part of a hulk comic series? I'm reading the new she-hulk series and I'd like to go back and read about her becoming she-hulk.
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I love the current Ms. Marvel run by Wilson and Alphona, what other comics would I enjoy? I quite like the art and the sheer joy Kamala has when she met other super people.
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toanoradian posted:I love the current Ms. Marvel run by Wilson and Alphona, what other comics would I enjoy? I quite like the art and the sheer joy Kamala has when she met other super people. Squirrel Girl.
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Try the recent She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Prez series for good time fun comics (Prez with bitter political satire as well.) We Are Robin and Gotham Academy are good youth driven books, if that's part of the appeal for ya, but they're not completely comedic. e: Also, Greg Pak's Action Comics, Matt Fraction's Hawkeye and Mark Waid's Daredevil. They all have joyful superheroing and fantastic art. ee: The new Doctor Fate seems completely influenced by Ms. Marvel with it's "Eastern" protagonist plus family focus. It's not quite that comic, but it's pretty decent and the art is real neat. Worth a try. http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/dc-sneak-peek-dr-fate-dc-comics-2015 Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Aug 16, 2015 |
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toanoradian posted:I love the current Ms. Marvel run by Wilson and Alphona, what other comics would I enjoy? I quite like the art and the sheer joy Kamala has when she met other super people. Runaways by BKV and art by Alphona.
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toanoradian posted:I love the current Ms. Marvel run by Wilson and Alphona, what other comics would I enjoy? I quite like the art and the sheer joy Kamala has when she met other super people.
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HogX posted:Is there an origin comic on she-hulk, jennifer walters? Or was that part of a hulk comic series? I'm reading the new she-hulk series and I'd like to go back and read about her becoming she-hulk. She debuted in her own series, Savage She Hulk in 1980.
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There's a free course on EDx called "POPX1.2x The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact On Pop Culture". It also comes with recommended reads. In case you can't see that without enrolling, here is the list for the first week. It was useful for me:quote:DC Comics
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