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Rhyno posted:It's been decades since then. Prior to SW wasn't he pretty much at peace with the Hulk? B: He had literally acquired said peace at the start of Indestructible ("Hulk as a chronic disease") after failing the billionth time and resigned himself that there's no cure, like a cancer patient going into hospice. C: At the end of that storyline, he turned into Maestro. So I don't know if his "at peace" is the kind of "at peace" that would make him unlikely to tell Clint to put him down. Again, I'm on Unlimited time, but it looks like one of the few bright spots in CW2 that not only is Clint having trouble with having put an arrow through the eye of a good friend even if it was what he wanted but it's also becoming clear he was being at least somewhat duped as to the imminent danger of Bruce hulking out.
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It just felt like another instance if Bendis breaking a toy someone else had spent a lot of time playing with. CW2 was pretty much Bendis ruining popular characters.
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In Silver Surfer: Requiem, the Surfer is dying. The cosmic shell inseparably fused to his body is breaking down, and it's taking him with it. At the end of the four issue out of regular continuity miniseries, it happens. He dies. Spoiler alert. No resurrection. No last minute save. From the very beginning to the very end, Norrin Radd's days are numbered, and every single page belongs here.  
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Feb 6, 2017 17:05
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I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying. Shut up!
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:
Oh man I love this comic so much. This is from the one where Batman is beating himself up over not being able to save a dude and Superman is all 'I can literally move mountains to save people here but I'll never actually feel like a part of this world and I can't bring mine back' and the whole first chunk of what should have been a generic team up comic is actually a really soft moment where Batman and Superman just kinda be vulnerable with each other. The team up itself is also great because it actually plays off that and leads to a genuinely sweet ending. It was one of the first team up comics that was played straight I ever read and it stuck with me forever. It's really worth getting if you're into the whole batman/superman dynamic If I have my timeline right this was the start of the whole 'Batman and Superman are two sides of the same coin' storytelling device being a major DC theme, too, but I may be wrong there. I think it says a lot both in favor of this and about how poo poo BvS was when three panels from ages ago do what Snyder thought the whole Martha thing was doing so much better.
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WickedHate posted:In Silver Surfer: Requiem, the Surfer is dying. The cosmic shell inseparably fused to his body is breaking down, and it's taking him with it. At the end of the four issue out of regular continuity miniseries, it happens. He dies. Spoiler alert. No resurrection. No last minute save. From the very beginning to the very end, Norrin Radd's days are numbered, and every single page belongs here. That's a real dick move unless Norrin Radd's going to shift into a subjective eternity so he can absorb the knowledge claimed to be there.
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Feb 6, 2017 22:40
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biracial bear for uncut posted:That's a real dick move unless Norrin Radd's going to shift into a subjective eternity so he can absorb the knowledge claimed to be there. I assume it just sort of slides into his brain naturally. There's another part where he shares the power cosmic with Mary Jane(Spider-Man asked, cuz it was her birthday) and then the entire world, and it's described as like, everyone being aware of everything on an inconceivably profound level, so there's a bit of minor omnipotence going on.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:That's a real dick move unless Norrin Radd's going to shift into a subjective eternity so he can absorb the knowledge claimed to be there. "Here is the sum total of human knowledge. Please enjoy it for the 5min you have left"
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Infinitum posted:"Here is the sum total of human knowledge. Please enjoy it for the 5min you have left" Well, if that's the problem, keep in mind we're talking about a magical artifact created by Dr. Strange that he says "will merge with you, will always be with you" so presumably it becomes a part of his very soul and will be with him him into the afterlife.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:14
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A number of those people have been to the afterlife, they assume he will have time.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:20
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Requiem is really good. Best thing JMS ever did.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Requiem is really good. Best thing JMS ever did. I re-read this every so often, I can never get through the last issue with a dry eye. It's just so beautiful. 
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Requiem is really good. Best thing JMS ever did. I'm fairly sure that it was released to aid in promoting "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", which is pretty amazing that this diamond came out of that pile of offal.
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LashLightning posted:I'm fairly sure that it was released to aid in promoting "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", which is pretty amazing that this diamond came out of that pile of offal. no way is that true, is it? That's a great example of a side thing far outlasting the thing it's meant to support then
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Not only is Requiem JMS' best work, it's also probably the best Silver Surfer story ever published, and I can say that while throwing no shade at Jim Starlin.
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Infinitum posted:Post more Requiem I wanted to, but it's like, every page, you seriously just gotta buy it and read it for yourself, it fuckin rules.
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Lurdiak posted:Not only is Requiem JMS' best work, it's also probably the best Silver Surfer story ever published, and I can say that while throwing no shade at Jim Starlin. Better than the Stan Lee/ Jack Kirby stuff?
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bobkatt013 posted:Better than the Stan Lee/ Jack Kirby stuff? Ok, maybe not better than THE ULTIMATE COSMIC EXPERIENCE, but that's some of Kirby's best art ever, and Stan Lee also at the top of his game. Requiem takes a respectable 2nd place behind that. Infinitum posted:Post more Requiem Lurdiak posted:Silver Surfer: Requiem is a 4-part Marvel Knights out-of-continuity mini-series by J. Michael Straczinsky and Esad Ribic. In this story, the Silver Surfer learns that he is dying, and the comic focuses on all the people he touched and the lives he saved, and gives a very hopeful, uplifting message for a story about death. It's also one of the comics I've read that captures the sensitive and compassionate quiet majesty of the character better than anything else. I could pretty much put the whole comic here, but instead I'll focus on a particular moment from issue 2.
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I just checked Comixology and if you don't mind digital the you buy the digital graphic novel of all 4 issues for $6.99.
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Lurdiak posted:Not only is Requiem JMS' best work, it's also probably the best Silver Surfer story ever published, and I can say that while throwing no shade at Jim Starlin. Nah, Best Silver Surfer is the Stan Lee/Moebius team up. Requiem is a close second.
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Lurdiak posted:Ok, maybe not better than THE ULTIMATE COSMIC EXPERIENCE, but that's some of Kirby's best art ever, and Stan Lee also at the top of his game. Requiem takes a respectable 2nd place behind that.
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Is Denzel Washington going to have to settle this argument now?
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Just read Requiem last night and holy cow, it was as good as y'all said. Thanks for the recommendation.
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requiem is one of the few comics I've read that made me actually cry. Like not 'tear up' but I literally cried while reading it. I understand that's mostly because I'm a goddamn emotional wreck on a good day but still, not a lot of comic books do that to me. It's real loving good and I'm not even a huge Silver Surfer guy or anything.
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Lurdiak posted:Ok, maybe not better than THE ULTIMATE COSMIC EXPERIENCE, but that's some of Kirby's best art ever, and Stan Lee also at the top of his game. Requiem takes a respectable 2nd place behind that.
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Duke Igthorn posted:I don't mean to ruin the moment but I'm about to anyway
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Obviously, their briefly omnipotent minds are able to subconsciously do whatever it was their doing as long as it wasn't an act of evil.
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The power cosmic is a hell of a drug.
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Duke Igthorn posted:I don't mean to ruin the moment but what about people driving? Or pilots landing or taking off? Surgeons or firefighters or literally anyone on Earth without five minutes to sit quietly with blank looks of absolute horror on the faces? You the kinda person what demands an explanation for Superman being able to fly, aint'cha.
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If you haven't been reading Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, you really should be. Not only is it one of the funniest and intelligent comics out there, Squirrel Girl is such sunny and upbeat hero. She sees the good in everyone and prefers to talk out conflicts rather than resort to violence. She's become best buds with Galactus, reformed Kraven, and in the latest issue changes Rhino's life for the better. She's stopping him from robbing a store while testing out her new glider suit + jet pack (Flying Squirrel). He grabs her, and then he starts falling and this happens.
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I just love how Ryan North writes her so much. MY DUDE.
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Please don't do this in this thread again, thanks.I'll contribute something to counter that.
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flosofl posted:If you haven't been reading Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, you really should be. Not only is it one of the funniest and intelligent comics out there, Squirrel Girl is such sunny and upbeat hero. She sees the good in everyone and prefers to talk out conflicts rather than resort to violence. She's become best buds with Galactus, reformed Kraven, and in the latest issue changes Rhino's life for the better. She's stopping him from robbing a store while testing out her new glider suit + jet pack (Flying Squirrel). He grabs her, and then he starts falling and this happens. I'm fine with the writing in her book(indeed Squirrel Girl is probably my favorite character in the current MU), but I really wish they'd get a better artist, Henderson is one of the worst artists at Marvel right now Luckily she gets some good moments over in New Avengers and USAvengers as well
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Rhyno posted:I just love how Ryan North writes her so much. I don't see you as a grumpy middle aged comic book shop employee. I see you as a Unycorn.
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flosofl posted:If you haven't been reading Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, you really should be. Not only is it one of the funniest and intelligent comics out there, Squirrel Girl is such sunny and upbeat hero. She sees the good in everyone and prefers to talk out conflicts rather than resort to violence. She's become best buds with Galactus, reformed Kraven, and in the latest issue changes Rhino's life for the better. She's stopping him from robbing a store while testing out her new glider suit + jet pack (Flying Squirrel). He grabs her, and then he starts falling and this happens. "The Unicorn? That's a Russian guy who shoots laser beams out of his helmet!"
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drrockso20 posted:I'm fine with the writing in her book(indeed Squirrel Girl is probably my favorite character in the current MU), but I really wish they'd get a better artist, Henderson is one of the worst artists at Marvel right now Disagree. She has a style and it's cartoony and blocky which is fine for the tone of the book. There's no lack of artistic skill there, just efficient decisions about how she wants to communicate the feel of the comic.
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Android Blues posted:Disagree. She has a style and it's cartoony and blocky which is fine for the tone of the book. There's no lack of artistic skill there, just efficient decisions about how she wants to communicate the feel of the comic. It's mostly an issue of how doughy her faces are, if she could be more consistent with them I imagine less people would have issues with her art
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WickedHate posted:I don't see you as a grumpy middle aged comic book shop employee. I see you as a Unycorn. I'M NOT MIDDLE AGED YET
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