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The Star Trek/Green Lantern crossover is a little paint by numbers - everyone meets under confused circumstances, a big bad rallies the heroes together, some quips are made comparing/combining aspects of both series, everyone becomes friends. I didn't dislike it, but it was definitely comfort food. Having said that, it did set the stage for continued adventures really well, and there's a new Trek/Lantern crossover in the works, so if you're interested, may as well dive in through a sale.
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The Year Four/Mission's End stuff was pretty good, and feels like a solid middle ground between the original show and modern story telling and social attitudes. The Mirror Universe mini was also pretty fun, mostly for poo poo like how Mirror Kirk got his magic spy/murder machine on to the Enterprise in the first place. And the Gold Key stuff is great because of how off-the-wall it can go, being as almost no-one involved knew anything about the show to start with.
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Which specials and annuals are part of the Batgirl of Burnside run?
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Annual #3. There was also this: https://www.comixology.com/Batgirl-Endgame-1/digital-comic/202542?ref=c2l0ZS9saXN0L2Rlc2t0b3AvZ3JpZExpc3QvSXNzdWVz which is an event tie-in, but a cool almost dialogue-free one-shot story that stands on it's own. Not on sale, though.
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Valiant collections sale on Comixology For those uninitiated to Valiant's universe: you can pick a series and comfortably follow it all the way through with hardly any narrative bumps in the road. Have fun! Some nutshell asides, though: X-O Manowar gets better the longer it goes. Definitely written with a longview in mind. Quantum & Woody and Ivar, Timewalker are the funniest series and can pretty much be read on their own. Q&W, combined with Archer & Armstrong, leads into the excellent limited crossover The Delinquents. Rai will lead you directly to Valiant's current event, 4001 A.D. Harbinger Wars, Armor Hunters, and Book of Death are best read via their Deluxe Editions so that all the relevant issues are packaged together and in the originally published order. Don't read Harbinger without also picking up Imperium. Dead Drop is skippable. Shadowman has some neat supernatural ideas going for it, and David Baron's colors shine during his contributions later on, but as a series it's surprisingly dull compared to the rest of Valiant's output. Divinity and The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage can be read on their own and are freaking fantastic.
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Does Imperium grow out of Harbinger or something? I've been getting into Valiant (very) slowly, but I'm still in 2012-2013 because I'm buying all the deluxe HCs for stuff like X-O, Bloodshot, and Harbinger and reading them one at a time. Still haven't figured out how (or if) all the slightly newer series like Ninjak, Imperium, Unity, etc. tie in to the original series. Also, I have read very little Valiant, but that Divinity collection for $5 is a steal. One of the best miniseries I've ever read.
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Imperium stars the villain from Harbinger, Harada. Ninjak: Ninkal is an OG character, and thus pops up here and there in team books/crossovers and issues of X-O and such, but his series is a batmanish spy techno action thing and can be read independently of everything else. It's like, one of my favorite ongoing comics ever and has been since it started but requires no fitting in aside from the fact Ninjak is ever present in crossovers and team stuff like The Valiant/Book of Death. Unity was the team book, and started because Harada (the bad guy from Harbinger) wanted to take on X-O manowar, they then went off and did their own thing so it sort of sprung out of XO. Disclosure, I never read anything other than the tie in issues of Unity, and apparently so did everyone else because it got cancelled for lack of sales afaik but I heard it was good.
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Is any of the single issue stuff worth getting in the Suicide Squad sale?
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Teenage Fansub posted:
For anyone who didn't click, there are some great non-Suicide Squad stuff in there too. Like Azzarello's Joker, and Morrison and McKean's Arkham Asylum.
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I have some of that Nova run because it was an awesome Cosmic run, what else is essential in it?
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hadji murad posted:I have some of that Nova run because it was an awesome Cosmic run, what else is essential in it? Which Nova run?
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lifg posted:For anyone who didn't click, there are some great non-Suicide Squad stuff in there too. Like Azzarello's Joker, and Morrison and McKean's Arkham Asylum. I honestaly didnt know Azzarello's Joker had fans
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Sinners Sandwich posted:I honestaly didnt know Azzarello's Joker had fans I'm still shocked that people like Arkham Asylum.
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Just some sales I noticed on Comixology. Nathan Edmondson sale until the 7th https://www.comixology.co.uk/Nathan-Edmondson-Sale/page/11747?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA The Activity is pretty good and Dancer is okay. Not read the rest though. There's also a one day sale on Harley Quinn books, though it does overlap with the recent Suicide Squad sale. https://www.comixology.co.uk/Harley-Quinns-Greatest-Hits-Sale/page/11722?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA Jason Aaron collections sale https://www.comixology.co.uk/Jason-Aaron-Collections-Sale/list/12460 I've got Thors and the new Thor, not read any of the rest though
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Sinners Sandwich posted:I honestaly didnt know Azzarello's Joker had fans Uthor posted:I'm still shocked that people like Arkham Asylum. Both are very good
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Anime_Otaku posted:Jason Aaron collections sale Weirdworld and Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine are good. Thanos Rising is not. Uncle Boogeyman posted:Both are very good People keep saying that and I don't understand.
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Uthor posted:People keep saying that and I don't understand. Reading Morrison's annotated script helps with Arkham Asylum. As gorgeous as Dave McKean's artwork is on its own merits, it doesn't always really communicate what Morrison was going for. I think in terms of ultradark Batman graphic novels of the late '80s, it blows Killing Joke out of the water. As far as Azzarello's Joker, you might just have to be a fan of Azzarello.
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I'm a fan of Azzarello when he sticks in his lane, which is crime comics and noir-ish stuff. When he wanders out of that into traditional superhero stuff I generally roll my eyes at it.
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JoshTheStampede posted:I'm a fan of Azzarello when he sticks in his lane, which is crime comics and noir-ish stuff. When he wanders out of that into traditional superhero stuff I generally roll my eyes at it. Joker is definitely more crime/noir oriented (it's basically your standard "low-level criminal starts climbing the ladder of organized crime and gets in way over his head" story), but I actually like him and Bermejo's Lex Luthor graphic novel even more.
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Arkham Asylum's great but Azzeralo Joker feels really try hard, art's great dont get me wrong but among like 20 other images in the book the one of Heath Ledger inspired Joker crying on Harley's lap surrounded by pills and alcohal is really tasteless to me
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I'm a big fan of Azzarello's Joker. It's too nihilistic for anything I'd read an ongoing with, but it was perfect for a one-shot. His Joker exists in a really weird sweet spot, he's a man who's both a street-level criminal and a wholly unstable agent of chaos.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I think in terms of ultradark Batman graphic novels of the late '80s, it blows Killing Joke out of the water. This may be the faintest praise ever heaped upon anything.
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IDW crossover sale, I have no opinions on anything since I've never read any of them: https://www.comixology.co.uk/IDW-Crossover-Sale/page/11765?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA Grimm Fairy Tales sale, read a bit of this, it's cheesecake fluff but not too bad: https://www.comixology.co.uk/Grimm-Fairy-Tales-Sale/page/11773?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA The Runaways sale: This is the Marvel Monday sale this week. Unfortunately it's single issues only so I'm not going to get anything but the series is pretty great. https://www.comixology.co.uk/Runaways-Sale/page/11759?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA Anime_Otaku fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Aug 8, 2016 |
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Transformers vs. GI Joe (not to be confused with GI Joe/Transformers) is totally worth getting (issue 13 is the last, so the full series is there - Volumes 1 and 2 get you up to issue 9 and looks like it'll save you $1 over buying the singles) and I'm gonna take a chance on Mars Attacks Judge Dredd since it's written by Al Ewing. Don't buy Zenescope stuff, dummy.
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I can't imagine Rocketeer / The Spirit being bad.
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Rocketeer/Spirit is good, but the story's extra fluffy (like most crossovers). Mars Attacks x Popeye is the best issue from that set. Full stop. Old-school style and played completely straight.
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Dark Horse Bundle. Some new stuff, a lot of old, the saddest The Goon story written. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/dark-horse-30th-anniversary-comics-bundle
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Comixology sales: Thor 50% off today, 12th of August, only. It's 2007/11 Thor and 2011?The Mighty Thor. Single issues only. https://www.comixology.co.uk/Thor-Sale/page/11839?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA Outcast sale until the 15th.  INCLUDES CEshttps://www.comixology.co.uk/Outcast-Sale/page/11845?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA James Tynion IV sale https://www.comixology.co.uk/James-Tynion-IV-Sale/page/11846?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvc21hbGxDYXJvdXNlbA Brian Wood Sale https://www.comixology.co.uk/Brian-Wood-Sale/page/11827?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA Anime_Otaku fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Aug 12, 2016 |
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Anime_Otaku posted:Comixology sales: Has Outcast gone full kirkman yet?
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Cerepol posted:Has Outcast gone full kirkman yet? No idea what that even means. I was just happy to see a Comixology sale that includes CEs as well as single issues.
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Jeff Lemire sale, up to 75% off until the 22nd https://www.comixology.co.uk/Jeff-Lemire-Sale/page/11834?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA I'm kind of tempted by Justice League Dark, I only have a passing familiarity with Constantine and Zetanna though. Also kind of wondering about Animal Man, on one hand his power seems really goofy but when he's turned up in event books he's seemed pretty good. Teen Titans volume 1 for £4 might be worth a look, also worth noting is that they have volume 2 coming before the sale ends, though it's probably not going to get a price drop immediately. Edit: Ninja'd
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Animal Man is a dazzling horror comic. It's much more effective than his run on JLD.
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Is anybody else having trouble with the Comixology iPad app being really slow to open and access your books (just sits on loading with no covers shown), if it gets past the logo screen at all? I'm using an iPad, the one with the 8 pin connector.
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Yeah it's much worse on my iPad.
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Pre Secret War Runaways CEs are on sale until the 22nd with almost 2/3 off. https://www.comixology.co.uk/Runaways-Sale/page/11933?ref=c2l0ZS9pbmRleC90YWJsZXQvbGFyZ2VDYXJvdXNlbA
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Marvel Monday sale is half off Fantastic Four (1961-1998) https://www.comixology.co.uk/Fantastic-Four-1961-1998-125/digital-comic/338137?ref=c2l0ZS9saXN0L3RhYmxldC9ncmlkTGlzdC9saXN0MTI1ODU Doesn't really appeal to me if I'm honest.
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