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A sufficiently high-tech invisible jet is indistinguishable from a magic lasso, I think.
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Endless Mike posted:A sufficiently high-tech invisible jet is indistinguishable from a magic lasso, I think. Especially if you use the one to strap wonder woman to the other in a sufficiently S&M pose for a cover.
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I've read the comics, the invisible jet is not only sentient but can become any other kind of invisible craft including a floating invisible sky palace. So there.
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May 3, 2017 21:51
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Hey guys, I hope you are filled with fear because after that last page my expression is the exact same as Tony's. [Tales of Suspense #48]
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Ghostlight posted:Hey guys, I hope you are filled with fear because after that last page my expression is the exact same as Tony's. Did Tony build an automatic Curly Defense into the suit in case anyone tries to go for the double fingered eye gouge
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May 3, 2017 22:42
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Nova #6 Context: Worldmind recounting Richard's time in the Cancerverse over the past few years.  A bit darker if you've read Star-Lord's recent mini, but amusing nonetheless.
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May 3, 2017 22:57
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 Not sure on the specific issue, but it's from the Kurt Buseik/George Perez run on Avengers Volume 3, which I remember being really good.
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May 3, 2017 23:36
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It's Avengers Vol 3 #29.
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I fuckin hate the "Magic and Technology are somehow in opposition" poo poo, it's up there with "Gods just get power from worshipers, man" to me. Good to know they did think of Zatanna though; she has always seemed a lot more street-level than Dr. Strange even if she has the same "is a wizard, Harry" power set.
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Nessus posted:I fuckin hate the "Magic and Technology are somehow in opposition" poo poo, it's up there with "Gods just get power from worshipers, man" to me. Good to know they did think of Zatanna though; she has always seemed a lot more street-level than Dr. Strange even if she has the same "is a wizard, Harry" power set. You should read iron man 149 and 150 as it's doctor doom and iron man in Camelot
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May 4, 2017 00:15
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I really like the "gods receive power from worshipers" trope because it's a good narrative device that explains why old gods may have faded away, allowing you to dispense with ones you don't want to use; provides a mechanism for introducing new gods that isn't "I guess she was born out of his forehead"; and allows you to scale individual power levels rather arbitrarily for whatever sort of story you're writing (Thor is the most powerful of the classical gods because neo-nazis exist).
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May 4, 2017 00:25
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Ghostlight posted:I really like the "gods receive power from worshipers" trope because it's a good narrative device that explains why old gods may have faded away, allowing you to dispense with ones you don't want to use; provides a mechanism for introducing new gods that isn't "I guess she was born out of his forehead"; and allows you to scale individual power levels rather arbitrarily for whatever sort of story you're writing (Thor is the most powerful of the classical gods because neo-nazis exist).
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May 4, 2017 00:34
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My library doesn't have it and it's not on Marvel Unlimited so I've never actually read it.
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May 4, 2017 00:40
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Phy posted:Did Tony build an automatic Curly Defense into the suit in case anyone tries to go for the double fingered eye gouge He does (in later issues, at least) have clear shields that will close down over the holes, and I think he caught one guy's fingers in them, but that also might have been a werewolf who definitely drew some blood first.
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purple death ray posted:Am I even in BSS right now? What is happening to reality This is the BSS created after Superboy Prime punched reality.
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Ghostlight posted:My library doesn't have it and it's not on Marvel Unlimited so I've never actually read it. It's not a comic.
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I always assumed it was since it only comic book geeks ever brought it up. Other than the new tv show, obviously.
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I would imagine a lot of us picked it up because we knew his comics, but we talk about it because it's really good. It seems to get about the same reverence in most of the geeky circles I overlap with.
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May 4, 2017 02:11
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Nah, American Gods is only pretty good. Great ideas, poor execution.
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Nessus posted:Have you heard of Neil Gaiman's "American Gods"........... Or Terry Pratchett's Small God's? Or both of their Good Omens?
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VanSandman posted:Nah, American Gods is only pretty good. Great ideas, poor execution. I want to argue with this, but it's been quite a few years since I last read it, so my memory is suspect.
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May 4, 2017 03:29
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bunnyofdoom posted:Or Terry Pratchett's Small God's?
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I've not been following the GOTG comics, do they at any point explain how or why Drax picked up his movie characterization?
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Movietization.
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dude's had so many completely different personalities that what's one more?
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He's been dead like 5 times or some poo poo, and used to be your average suburban white dude. Let him go a little crazy now and then.
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Ghostlight posted:I really like the "gods receive power from worshipers" trope because it's a good narrative device that explains why old gods may have faded away, allowing you to dispense with ones you don't want to use; provides a mechanism for introducing new gods that isn't "I guess she was born out of his forehead"; and allows you to scale individual power levels rather arbitrarily for whatever sort of story you're writing (Thor is the most powerful of the classical gods because neo-nazis exist). If you haven't, read Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.
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TheCenturion posted:If you haven't, read Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.  The Discworld books are all great, and Small Gods is one of the best.
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haitfais posted:It's not a comic. Actually
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Whoa, so does this mean Canary knows the secret? She had to be looking at him at the time. Gann Jerrod posted:In Guardians of the Galaxy Mission: Breakout!, the Guardians have to break out of a Is that a Super Buu monster? Man, Batista would be so great in DBZ now that I think about it.
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SonicRulez posted:Whoa, so does this mean Canary knows the secret? She had to be looking at him at the time. He'd be an awesome Nappa or Piccolo. And he's a big nerd too so he might be down.
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SonicRulez posted:Whoa, so does this mean Canary knows the secret? She had to be looking at him at the time. He probably waited until she blinked.
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Cabbit posted:I've not been following the GOTG comics, do they at any point explain how or why Drax picked up his movie characterization? Before that I think they were reverting him to his 90's era Space Hulk personality so it's a step up.
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TheCenturion posted:If you haven't, read Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.
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One note that may encourage reading from a practical standpoint. Aside from some cameos and references, Small Gods is entirely stand alone. So you don't need the novel series equivalent of "See X-Men #78" every ten pages. There, now it's tangentially tied back into comics chat.
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Nessus posted:These are excellent books, this does not mean the concept needs to ring eternal. People got sick of elves and poems in fantasy novels too. I suggested it because Small Gods is an amazing look at what 'powered by the belief of mortals' might work like in the real world, and an excellent meditation on what faith actually is, and how it interacts with the bureaucracies of large organized religions.
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TheCenturion posted:I suggested it because Small Gods is an amazing look at what 'powered by the belief of mortals' might work like in the real world, and an excellent meditation on what faith actually is, and how it interacts with the bureaucracies of large organized religions. And the banality of evil for what someone declares to be religious purposes.
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