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Lurdiak posted:Please do not ruin my love of Alpha Flight by comparing them to webcomics. Order of the Stick is good! ...when you read story arcs all at once, anyway. The author has a habit of doing long derails to the main plot that are pretty good when it's all said and done but is absolutely grueling in the meantime.
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TenCentFang posted:According to Wikipedia, he found a random baby in an alley, adopted it, and then it died of AIDs, so he came out to raise awareness. I have no idea why he's jumping, although if dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, I wanna reclaim it. He's jumping because he's fighting a homophobic supervillain who wants to kill back alley AIDS baby because the gays. Look, it's Scott Lobdell, if you're expecting something good, you're in the wrong loving place.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:36
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The only stuff I ever remember about Alpha Flight is that Box got weirdly complicated.
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Sep 8, 2017 23:41
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What's complicated? A fat Goon with no legs and bad hair has a mutant help build him a dumb, lovely looking robot suit for him to superhero in, gets jealous when his girlfriend's dead ex comes back in the bod of a hot, dead demigoddess, gets himself a new set of legs made from dead flesh, goes nuts, fuses with a Tetsuo style monstrosity just in time to see his mutant pal turn his dumb, lovely robot suit into a badass 90s mega morphing mechsuit that shits over anything Tony Stark ever made for breakfast before finally dying an ignomious death. Simples!
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Sep 9, 2017 00:48
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wasn't box part of beast's science club?
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Sep 9, 2017 00:49
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Alpha Flight may not have been the Avengers, but when they were good, they were very, very good. Scaramouche posted:I always thought shaman was a neat character though Lord knows not much was done with him Same here. I love American Indians (even Canadian ones), and I love magic. It was always frustrating that Shaman kind of sucked. 
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Sep 9, 2017 00:54
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Senior Woodchuck posted:He's jumping because he's fighting a homophobic supervillain who wants to kill back alley AIDS baby because the gays. I thought (and granted it's been many years) that it was that he was fighting a Royal Mountie guy who was upset about infant AIDS victims getting all the public sympathy while gay AIDS victims suffered a lot of stigma, because his gay son had died. Northstar comes out to him to start a dialogue, and he's jumping and snarling while doing so because it was still a pretty bad comic.
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Sep 9, 2017 01:04
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Kalli posted:Oh it wasn't anything so dramatic. Well, I get that he'd be mad but uuuh... saving the entire world from death at the cost of a single guy would probably just leave me depressed, not wanting to punch stuff.
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Sep 9, 2017 14:40
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TenCentFang posted:According to Wikipedia, he found a random baby in an alley, adopted it, and then it died of AIDs, so he came out to raise awareness. I have no idea why he's jumping, although if dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, I wanna reclaim it. If dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, Wolverine has got to be the gayest character ever.
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Sep 9, 2017 15:24
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Grendels Dad posted:If dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, Wolverine has got to be the gayest character ever. Well... 
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Sep 9, 2017 15:49
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Grendels Dad posted:If dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, Wolverine has got to be the gayest character ever. Does this mean Batman and Robin are super gay as well? First I'm hearing of it.
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Sep 9, 2017 16:04
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evilmiera posted:Well, I get that he'd be mad but uuuh... saving the entire world from death at the cost of a single guy would probably just leave me depressed, not wanting to punch stuff. That's because you're not a superhero.
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Sep 9, 2017 16:31
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Grendels Dad posted:If dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, Wolverine has got to be the gayest character ever. James Howlett, Former Governor General of Dominion of Canada and Viceroy of Her Majesty's Expedition To Shangri-La, agrees: 
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Sep 9, 2017 18:09
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Chinston Wurchill posted:On one hand I really have no interest in the Inhumans, but on the other hand I really want to read this Ryan North Lockjaw backup.  I went for it. The backup stories are only two pages, but they're cute. The main story is okay despite my relative unfamiliarity with Inhumans, and as someone else mentioned the art is very good.
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Sep 9, 2017 18:12
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 Yep, those signatures are apparently real.
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Sep 9, 2017 23:20
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Grendels Dad posted:If dramatic proclamations while leaping through the air was a gay stereotype, Wolverine has got to be the gayest character ever. Psylocke, too.  Does she use he telekinesis to levitate butt-first?
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Sep 10, 2017 00:41
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Lobok posted:Does this mean Batman and Robin are super gay as well? First I'm hearing of it. What, you never read Seduction of the Innocent?
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Sep 10, 2017 00:43
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Selachian posted:What, you never read Seduction of the Innocent? Has anyone ever tracked that book down to read it? It comes up in every history of comics.
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Sep 10, 2017 01:50
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A Strange Aeon posted:Has anyone ever tracked that book down to read it? It comes up in every history of comics. It's remarkably boring. I've always thought that as dumb as it was, he was kind of a geek culture scapegoat when the real dicks were DC for using the controversy to support the code and gently caress over EC Comics.
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Sep 10, 2017 02:10
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Say Nothing posted:Psylocke, too. It hurts the eyes. I miss waifish British Psylocke.
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Sep 10, 2017 02:22
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Say Nothing posted:Psylocke, too. That panel always reminds me of that thing where rabbits can break their backs by jumping too hard running from a predator.
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Sep 10, 2017 02:51
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TenCentFang posted:It's remarkably boring. I've always thought that as dumb as it was, he was kind of a geek culture scapegoat when the real dicks were DC for using the controversy to support the code and gently caress over EC Comics. Yeah, I love EC and the code was written specifically to kill them by disallowing the words Weird, Horror, Terror, etc., it ruined most of their lines.
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Sep 10, 2017 03:35
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Gay Wolverine, that reminds me. For anyone who doesn't know, it is all intentional.
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Sep 10, 2017 03:37
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Was it a 'see if anyone would notice' kinda thing?
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Sep 10, 2017 03:43
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Cassa posted:Was it a 'see if anyone would notice' kinda thing? Greg Rucka on tumblr posted:Please note the placement of the beer bottle.
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Sep 10, 2017 05:02
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Help, I don't get it I'm dumb. Is there something weird about the beer bottle he's holding? Is the joke that he's holding it in front of his crotch so it kinda looks like he's touching himself if you squint?
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Sep 10, 2017 05:07
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Ariong posted:Help, I don't get it I'm dumb. Is there something weird about the beer bottle he's holding? Is the joke that he's holding it in front of his crotch so it kinda looks like he's touching himself if you squint? It's right above Wolverine's crotch, implying an erection.
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Sep 10, 2017 05:11
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Wolverine's been around a long time. Long enough to assume he got experimental at least once.
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Sep 10, 2017 05:53
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Ariong posted:Help, I don't get it I'm dumb. Is there something weird about the beer bottle he's holding? Is the joke that he's holding it in front of his crotch so it kinda looks like he's touching himself if you squint? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsHg0Oo2FEk&t=49s Except replace gun with bottle
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A Strange Aeon posted:Has anyone ever tracked that book down to read it? It comes up in every history of comics. Sure. My public library had a copy back in the day. It's mostly interesting for the array of lurid panels Wertham excerpts, some of which can be pretty over the top when you consider this was the era when comics were still considered for kids... 
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Lobok posted:Wolverine's been around a long time. Long enough to assume he got experimental at least once. Yes. They called it Marvel Comics Presents: Weapon X. Barry Windsor Smith did it.
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Sep 10, 2017 07:05
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evilmiera posted:Well, I get that he'd be mad but uuuh... saving the entire world from death at the cost of a single guy would probably just leave me depressed, not wanting to punch stuff.
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evilmiera posted:Well, I get that he'd be mad but uuuh... saving the entire world from death at the cost of a single guy would probably just leave me depressed, not wanting to punch stuff. It's been a long time since I read it, but did he actually save the entire world from death, or did he just stop Nefaria from escaping after he'd already been beaten?
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Sep 10, 2017 13:11
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Ariong posted:Help, I don't get it I'm dumb. Is there something weird about the beer bottle he's holding? Is the joke that he's holding it in front of his crotch so it kinda looks like he's touching himself if you squint? Also maybe that finger circle game that the naked nightcrawler is doing? (Bad cheeseburger nsfw link ref - http://cheezburger.com/7939558912)
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Sep 10, 2017 13:57
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Can't believe we would have to spell this out, but - - Nightcrawler is obviously naked - Wolverine's gaze is crotch level - Aforementioned beer bottle erection placement - The position of the two and the camera angle is a classic porn cover setup
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TenCentFang posted:It's remarkably boring. I've always thought that as dumb as it was, he was kind of a geek culture scapegoat when the real dicks were DC for using the controversy to support the code and gently caress over EC Comics. Should've seen what they did to CC Comics.
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Pacra posted:Can't believe we would have to spell this out, but - My favourite part of that cover is Esad Ribic's “And nobody at Marvel noticed!” response when Greg Rucka asked him about it.
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Sep 10, 2017 21:42
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I mean... other than the beer-bottle-erection, it just looks like Wolverine is grumpy. "Oh fer... Kurt, you can teleport between the shower and yer bedroom. I KNOW you're doing this on purpose for me taking the lord's name in vain."
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Sep 10, 2017 23:37
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If your erection levitates 2 feet away from your body seek medical attention. I mean if Ribic says it was intentional pretty hard to argue that, but I'm really not seeing it
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Retro Futurist posted:If your erection levitates 2 feet away from your body seek medical attention. I mean if Ribic says it was intentional pretty hard to argue that, but I'm really not seeing it It's symbolic, man.
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