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thetoughestbean posted:What did Nanny and Orphan Maker do? What did Toad do? Orphan Maker killed a poo poo ton of people trying to save Nanny, Nanny went into prison out of solidarity. Toad confessed to a crime he didn't commit.
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Jul 7, 2022 02:00
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thetoughestbean posted:What did Nanny and Orphan Maker do? During the final issues of Hellions (were those two were actually main protagonists, please read Hellions, what an amazing book), Orphan Maker went completely bloodlust crazy and murdered every single special operations army dude and scientist around him. Then he moved outside and attacked some innocent bystanders. That last one got him sent to the hell hole. Nanny wouldn't let him go alone, so together they went... thetoughestbean posted:What did Toad do? During the Trial of Magneto (a Leah Williams X-Factor book), Magneto was suspected of having killed his daughter Wanda (who was an enemy of Krakoa). It turned out not have been that, of course, but someone had to take the blame to hide what really happened and Toad accepted the short end of the stick.
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Jul 7, 2022 02:02
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Saoshyant posted:During the Trial of Magneto (a Leah Williams X-Factor book), Magneto was suspected of having killed his daughter Wanda (who was an enemy of Krakoa). It turned out not have been that, of course, but someone had to take the blame to hide what really happened and Toad accepted the short end of the stick. I feel like after she came back to life he should’ve been let out
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Jul 7, 2022 02:05
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Yeah but... Paperwork
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Jul 7, 2022 05:12
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 Ghostly Tales #99 (1972)  Foolkiller: White Angels #3 (2008) Darthemed fucked around with this message at 05:41 on Jul 9, 2022 |
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Jul 7, 2022 06:48
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One Punch Man #167 Garou has been powered up to unimaginable levels, being able to copy anyone's abilities from just observing, including a portal generating ability used here. The power unleashed by the fight between him and Saitama has knocked them all the way to Io. Also he's killed a whole bunch of people including Saitama's pupil and friend. Saitama's pretty mad about that.   
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Jul 7, 2022 07:06
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DC vs Vampires #7
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Jul 7, 2022 07:41
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TwoPair posted:DC vs Vampires #7 Firestorm gets no respect, he's got nuclear flames and transmutation powers, in the hands of even a halfway decent writer he should be OP. Instead he's basically a knock-off Johnny Storm with two people in his head.
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Jul 7, 2022 07:46
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I think it's his costume, it's pretty golden age. He looks a knockoff action figure that would come in a pack with knock offs of Batman, the Hulk, the dad from the Incredibles and the green Power Ranger.
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Jul 7, 2022 08:47
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In my vague memory of reading Identity crisis didn't a Firestorm get killed so they could have updated the costume then or in one of the last 3 reboots since then? Or does DC think it's that iconic that no one would accept something new?
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Jul 7, 2022 21:24
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Batman was the first DC character I loved as a kid but that was thanks to the TV show. Firestorm was the first DC comic I actually got into, so I've always had a soft spot for him. The constant disrespect for my Nucular Bro stings, man. For reals though, I still think it's one of the more fun concepts DC had, the meathead kid worrying about all his high school poo poo welded to some genius old guy, a nicely blossoming rogues gallery combining Spidey-style mad (nuclear) science and straight up weird poo poo (werehyenas), more melodrama than you can shake a stick at, and a dope chimney head for [reasons]. He's never recovered from all the lame fire elemental poo poo Ostrander went with though.
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Jul 7, 2022 21:50
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   Martian Manhunter #10 (1999)  Silk #17 (2017)
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MasterBuilder posted:In my vague memory of reading Identity crisis didn't a Firestorm get killed so they could have updated the costume then or in one of the last 3 reboots since then? Or does DC think it's that iconic that no one would accept something new? They’re always messing with Firestorm’s costume, and combination of who makes up the Firestorm matrix. Elseworlds usually just go with the classic unless they’re trying to do something way out of left field. Also, “the Firestorm” used to be shorthand for a point of view character in a super team. The Robbie Reyes Ghost Rider in Jason Aaron’s Avengers is a great example. He even has the flaming head! Without the editorial interference, Static Shock would have been in Dwayne McDuffie’s JLA as “the Firestorm” of the team.
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Jul 8, 2022 05:13
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Darthemed posted:
More like Martian "Reaping All The Benefits of Being a" Manhunter.
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Jul 8, 2022 10:35
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Wouldn't that cause an insane amount of friction and boil the syrup?
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Jul 8, 2022 15:33
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Darthemed posted:
Is something up with his costume (it's Spider-Man, not an uncommon thing) or is the artist making an interesting choice not to properly draw the webbing? Lobok fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Jul 8, 2022 |
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Jul 8, 2022 15:34
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Lobok posted:Is something up with his costume (it's Spider-Man, not an uncommon thing) or is the artist making an interesting choice not to properly draw the webbing? Looks normal to me: 
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Jul 8, 2022 16:48
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You don't see how each line connecting the spokes on the movie suit has its own curve? That's what makes it look like a spider's web and not just any concentric rings.
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Jul 8, 2022 17:22
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That sounds hellish to draw but it's been done hundreds of different ways over the years, I assume it's just the style on this one
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Jul 8, 2022 18:22
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 Mystery Men Comics #22 (1941)   Superboy #107 (1963)
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Lobok posted:Is something up with his costume (it's Spider-Man, not an uncommon thing) or is the artist making an interesting choice not to properly draw the webbing? What my attention is drawn to is how his nose is drawn showing the mask
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Jul 9, 2022 06:00
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The eyes are awfully far apart, and the spider emblem's legs are pointing in the wrong directions. Compare to the movie poster.
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Jul 9, 2022 06:31
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looked like spider-man to me
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Jul 9, 2022 08:35
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For a brief moment I thought it was Spiders-Man, but then I noticed there weren't any spiders crawling all over him.
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Jul 9, 2022 08:36
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Jul 11, 2022 05:29
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thetoughestbean posted:I feel like after she came back to life he should’ve been let out
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Jul 11, 2022 07:27
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FFT posted:This double jeopardy aspect of capes has to have been covered at some points, right? "You can't try me for killing $Super again, we did this two years ago!" If it's two separate killings double jeopardy doesn't apply. It's like if I beat someone up, and went to jail for it, I wouldn't then be allowed to beat them up again sans consequences once I got out. That J Lo movie wasn't a documentary.
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Jul 11, 2022 07:59
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Okay but what if the person who beat the other up was actually a time travelling you from the future, and it was present day you who served the jail time; would you, in the future, be permitted to go back in time to beat that person up
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Jul 11, 2022 09:37
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Argue posted:Okay but what if the person who beat the other up was actually a time travelling you from the future, and it was present day you who served the jail time; would you, in the future, be permitted to go back in time to beat that person up There's a section in.. I want to say Astro City, or maybe Top 10? where a lawyer uses this kind of defence to defend his client and accidentally becomes a mob lawyer for supervillains. EDIT: Yeah it's Astro City and he just ends up being a mob lawyer, I'd post the panels but they're not funny Gravitas Shortfall fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Jul 11, 2022 |
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Jul 11, 2022 09:57
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Argue posted:Okay but what if the person who beat the other up was actually a time travelling you from the future, and it was present day you who served the jail time; would you, in the future, be permitted to go back in time to beat that person up Not unless it was the two of you beating up the other guy at the same time and that's what the past you served time for.
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Jul 11, 2022 10:24
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Argue posted:Okay but what if the person who beat the other up was actually a time travelling you from the future, and it was present day you who served the jail time; would you, in the future, be permitted to go back in time to beat that person up There's a great book called "The Law of Superheroes" that examines how current (at the time of publishing, at least) American law would apply to superheroes. For example, Batman and Superman as state actors. How one would go about executing somebody like Wolverine, or if 'depowering' a supervillian would pass constitutional muster. Would telepathic evidence be admissible? And so on. You know it's written by lawyers because the first chapter is an overview of how case law is cited, and an attempt to come up with a standard way to cite comic book references. Fantastic, fun read, though. TheCenturion fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Jul 11, 2022 |
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Jul 11, 2022 12:55
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Skwirl posted:If it's two separate killings double jeopardy doesn't apply. It's like if I beat someone up, and went to jail for it, I wouldn't then be allowed to beat them up again sans consequences once I got out. Ashley Judd you uncultured swine.
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Jul 11, 2022 12:56
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:There's a section in.. I want to say Astro City, or maybe Top 10? where a lawyer uses this kind of defence to defend his client and accidentally becomes a mob lawyer for supervillains. he doesn't end up being a mob lawyer: his client gets acquitted and then murdered by vigilante police dressed as the vengeful spirit of a dead cop. the cops keep the death squad going for a while afterwards. but it's ok because one of the cops is his friend!
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Jul 11, 2022 13:12
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thatbastardken posted:he doesn't end up being a mob lawyer: his client gets acquitted and then murdered by vigilante police dressed as the vengeful spirit of a dead cop. the cops keep the death squad going for a while afterwards. but it's ok because one of the cops is his friend! Man, I bemoan this every time Astro City comes up, but is there any word on the horizon of a complete re-release? It's widely critically acclaimed, right? I have the first 6 or 7 trades but I'd love to have the whole run.
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Jul 11, 2022 13:15
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A Strange Aeon posted:Man, I bemoan this every time Astro City comes up, but is there any word on the horizon of a complete re-release? It's widely critically acclaimed, right? I have the first 6 or 7 trades but I'd love to have the whole run. There's a couple big complete collections in Paperback on Amazon https://www.amazon.ca/Astro-City-Me...aps%2C76&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.ca/Astro-City-Me...aps%2C76&sr=8-2 The good news is volume 2 has the Tarnished Angel which is one of the best things I've ever read in any medium.
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Jul 11, 2022 15:32
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Mooseontheloose posted:Ashley Judd you uncultured swine. Apologies, I got it confused with Enough, the other movie about how to legally kill your rear end in a top hat husband.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:There's a couple big complete collections in Paperback on Amazon The first one: Collects KURT BUSIEK'S ASTRO CITY, VOL. 1 (#1-6) & VOL. 2 (#1-12, #1/2) The second one: Collects ASTRO CITY vol 2 #13-22, ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES #1-5, ASTRO CITY SPECIAL #1, portions of 9-11 - THE WORLD’S FINEST COMIC BOOK WRITERS & ARTISTS TELL STORIES TO REMEMBER #2 and ASTRO CITY: A VISITOR’S GUIDE I hate how comics get organized--does the above encompass the entire run? Or what trades are equivalent to each volume? It sounds like the first volume is 18 or 19 single issues compiled, which seems like I may already have represented in the 6 or 7 trades I have already. But most likely I'll be missing something and need to get it anyway.
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