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The weirder N52 books were great. I even enjoyed OMAC.
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Didn't the Nu52 Green Arrow series get a pretty quick revamp after nobody cared about the new characters/setting they introduced?
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Feb 5, 2020 22:27
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By Lemire, if I’m not mistaken.
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Feb 5, 2020 22:28
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I was at #17 or so if I remember right. But it went through several writers and artists before that.
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Feb 6, 2020 05:04
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Rhyno posted:I was at #17 or so if I remember right. But it went through several writers and artists before that. Then when he left they got arrow creators to write it but they left quickly and everything they did was ignored (bringing in Felicity)
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Feb 6, 2020 05:30
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Yeah the post Lemire stuff is dire. But then Rebirth GA is so much fun.
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Feb 6, 2020 05:57
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Yeah GA is one of the few titles that was inarguably improved by going from the New 52 status quo to the Rebirth one
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Feb 6, 2020 09:22
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:Yeah GA is one of the few titles that was inarguably improved by going from the New 52 status quo to the Rebirth one Yet they kept the same writer
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Feb 6, 2020 14:36
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He said in an interview they basically let him go nuts with Rebirth.
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Where did the term “flat scan” to refer to humans came up in X-Men comics? I mean more “why flat scan” than what issue number.
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Feb 17, 2020 23:32
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Vincent posted:Where did the term “flat scan” to refer to humans came up in X-Men comics? I mean more “why flat scan” than what issue number. The Sentinels and various later villains could scan people to detect if they were Mutants or not, as can Cerebro. Probably has to do with that.
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Feb 17, 2020 23:41
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Vincent posted:Where did the term “flat scan” to refer to humans came up in X-Men comics? I mean more “why flat scan” than what issue number. Even though you didn't ask for issue number, it was X-Men #1-3 (note: not Uncanny X-Men, the one that came out in the 90s with all the covers that sold a bajillion copies); the Acolytes were the first ones to use the term, IIRC. While the term is never explicitly explained, I presume it refers to the kind of scanning that a Sentinel or Cerebro or other mutant-detecting thingamabob does, where if the results of said scan were printed out on paper a mutant's scan would have jagged lines indicating, like, the presence of an X-gene or some kind of energy or whatever, while a non-mutant human's scan would simply be a flat line. It was the '90s, what can I say.
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Feb 17, 2020 23:49
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I liked that it evolved into "halfscan" as an insult to wimpy mutants.
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Feb 18, 2020 05:13
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Does 90s X-Factor get good at some point (the classic Cable led group; I guess it does get good once it becomes X-Statix)?
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Feb 18, 2020 12:33
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radlum posted:Does 90s X-Factor get good at some point (the classic Cable led group; I guess it does get good once it becomes X-Statix)? Cable never led X-Factor; you're thinking of X-Force I thought it actually got semi-decent right around the time everyone thought Cable was dead after the X-Cutioner's Song crossover and while it had its ups and downs after that point, it was almost always a more fun and interesting book than it ever got credit for
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Feb 18, 2020 12:36
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Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men really grew on the book as they were going through it. It seems to explore a lot of emotions... through gunfights.
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Feb 18, 2020 12:37
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I always liked Adam Pollina's art on X-Force.
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Feb 19, 2020 00:16
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Does Japan and other non english countries read Marvel and DC comics like we do? I know stuff does get translated like Gwenpool or Spider-verse but are there like fanscans of like West Coast Avengers or Alan Moore Captain Britan?
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Feb 19, 2020 00:56
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Does Japan and other non english countries read Marvel and DC comics like we do? I know stuff does get translated like Gwenpool or Spider-verse but are there like fanscans of like West Coast Avengers or Alan Moore Captain Britan? A lot of big two books get official translations, at least in Europe and SouthAmerica, and then there's stuff like Batmanga and a Mexican Spider-Man book that diverged from the main continuity when Gwen Stacy died. Don't know about fan translations.
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Feb 19, 2020 01:39
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The big 2 have a real fairly prominent presence in France from what I saw. Nothing like the Franco Belgian BD, but still there’s tons of big 2 stuff (indie stuff too). Based on what I see on Izneo, feels like anything notable gets officially released at least digitally.
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Feb 19, 2020 02:06
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Does Japan and other non english countries read Marvel and DC comics like we do? I know stuff does get translated like Gwenpool or Spider-verse but are there like fanscans of like West Coast Avengers or Alan Moore Captain Britan? There used to be a company called Editorial Vid that basically had a monopoly on foreign comics for most of the 90s and early aughts here in Mexico. They published and translated DC, Marvel, Image and some Darkhorse comics, but the selection was tiny, usually only the big titles from each company and the big events/crossovers. After they imploded around 03-04, most of the people who was invested in comics just imported them from the US or read scans from the spanish editions. Around 2005, Marvel started to release official comics in the country again via Editorial Televisa. They started slowly, but with time, they covered most of the big titles and more importantly, they were much more consistent than Vid (and their comics were cheaper). After the success of the Marvel line, Editorial Televisa introduced the DC comics line in 2012, starting with the New 52. Around this time some other companies took notice and started to publish official translations of other american publishers (but to be honest, it's mostly manga). I think that the best thing about this renaissance it's that they made comics available to the masses again. Televisa has a big distribution network, so it's pretty common to find comics at the supermarket and convenience stores. There still exist a scene dedicated to translate almost every comic that cames out (also of notice is the fact that lot of people really hate spanish translations since they use a lot of regional slang), but they are mostly dedicated to manga now. Lencho fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Feb 19, 2020 |
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Feb 19, 2020 05:20
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Senior Woodchuck posted:I always liked Adam Pollina's art on X-Force. His run is criminally too short and hampered by Jeph Loeb.
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Feb 19, 2020 05:44
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Hey, I think this is the best thread to ask this but sorry if it's not, I'm trying to find a specific page from a comic. The easy part is that it's a specific Batman thing. It's a page where Bane basically holds his hand in front of his head so that it covers the top part of people's faces and, in doing so, just sort of walks around Gotham like that and is able to figure out that Batman is Bruce Wayne from just Bruce Wayne's chin and mouth. I could have sworn this happened early on in one of the Knightfall issues but I think I'm missing it, it might have been in a regular issue of Detective Comics right before that started. I checked and it doesn't seem to be in "Knightfall 0" either.
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Feb 19, 2020 15:03
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Lencho posted:Some brief history about the last couple of decades of comic publishing in Mexico: The best thing about comics in Mexico was that Gwen Stacy was so popular that they had her not die in Amazing Spider-Man #121.
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Does Japan and other non english countries read Marvel and DC comics like we do? I know stuff does get translated like Gwenpool or Spider-verse but are there like fanscans of like West Coast Avengers or Alan Moore Captain Britan? Quite a bit gets translated into british Bystander "Oi, govna someone's half inched the crown jewels!" Spider-Man "Fevin little scrote I'll bash his noggin in."
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Feb 19, 2020 22:32
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bessantj posted:Quite a bit gets translated into british Man I'd do that job. Vulpes get marvel on the phone for me.
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There’s a biographical manga about a book shop employee and one of his responsibilities is to stock the American comics section (he notes that these books are bigger and heavier than manga) so I guess they do become translated, but mainly the TPBS. I used to do fan translation for cape titles to Spanish (for Chile and Southamerica) so yes, those do happen (or did. I stopped years ago). The South American (more specifically: Chile) situation right now is that the popular titles get translated by a publishing house (if they are not going out of business, which is more common than you would think) and you can find those issues in newsstands and comic shops. The shops, as you would imagine, carry way more stuff (more TPBS translated from Spain (gringo, euro and japanese comics) than single issues). There’s is one store and also a video game and geek poo poo brand (sort of like GameStop) that bring untranslated comics (single issues) but those are a bit more expensive than cover price. I don’t tend to buy translated comics and honestly since I can buy digital (I can use my card in comixology since amazon bought them) I don’t go to the shops much, so my info could be a bit out of date.
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Does Japan and other non english countries read Marvel and DC comics like we do? I know stuff does get translated like Gwenpool or Spider-verse but are there like fanscans of like West Coast Avengers or Alan Moore Captain Britan?
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In Japan, I'll see Marvel stuff (never DC that I can think of) very occasionally in bookstores or Spencer's Gifts-type stores. It's usually stuff directly connected to the movies that have come out, but stuff sticks around on the shelves forever; a couple of months ago I bought a translated copy of X-Men Season One with an ad for the First Class movie from like 2010. I don't venture in to comic shops often but at least in the bookstores, the western stuff is in a separate section from the manga.
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Feb 20, 2020 14:08
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What is the best site to buy single issues of comic book runs? mycomicshop?
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Mr Hootington posted:What is the best site to buy single issues of comic book runs? mycomicshop? Are you looking for piecemeal issues or entire runs? Because for entire runs you can't beat Ebay. I sold a ton of complete sets on EBay through 2018.
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Rhyno posted:Are you looking for piecemeal issues or entire runs? Because for entire runs you can't beat Ebay. I sold a ton of complete sets on EBay through 2018. Piecemeal. I've been having better luck on Mercari for cheaper incomplete runs that I was looking for.
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Feb 22, 2020 15:15
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MCS is probably your best bet then.
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Is Doc Savage worth reading?
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Feb 22, 2020 15:37
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Rhyno posted:MCS is probably your best bet then. Thanks Rhyno!
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We did a ton of business with them when I was at the shop. I recommend paying extra for bags and boards. You won't regret it.
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bessantj posted:Is Doc Savage worth reading? Generally, no. Is there a run in particular you’re curious about?
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Feb 22, 2020 17:15
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Jordan7hm posted:Generally, no. I'm just reading through early Marvel using the CMRO main reading order list and it came up but not as essential and I thought I'd skip over it.
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bessantj posted:I'm just reading through early Marvel using the CMRO main reading order list and it came up but not as essential and I thought I'd skip over it. Hell yes, someone else doing it. How far are you? And yeah the 1972 marvel Doc Savage is absolutely garbage. It’s the worst series Marvel had put out to that point. DC’s stuff in the 80s is at least interesting if not necessarily good.
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Jordan7hm posted:Hell yes, someone else doing it. How far are you? Ah cool, you're doing it as well? i'm currently on Hero for Hire #5 which came out the start of 1973. I was going through as many as possible but I've decided if it's not 'Core' I'm going to give it a miss unless it looks really interesting.
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