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SwissArmyDruid posted:yeah, this sounds dumb and bad, and I'm just gonna keep not reading ASM because it continues to be torture porn. It isn't though? I mean it's bad, I'm not saying you should read it, but it doesn't fit any definition of torture porn that I know of.
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Soonmot posted:It isn't though? I mean it's bad, I'm not saying you should read it, but it doesn't fit any definition of torture porn that I know of. Sorry. Clarifying: Peter Parker torture porn.
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May 17, 2023 07:50
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Avengers 1 is great! Classic but fresh feeling, just what I wanted. I also enjoyed X-Men and FF this week. The Spider-Man stuff is just…baffling, but I’ll continue to simply read what seems cool and ignore what doesn’t.
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May 17, 2023 08:47
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:laughing my rear end off at the preview pages in there. JRJR is physically incapable of drawing anyone under the age of 40 His art really hasn't ever been my thing and this is a big reason why. I've always wondered how a manga artist like Yusuke Murata or Tite Kubo would make a whole arc of Spider-Man look and feel.
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May 17, 2023 08:49
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how do you webswing in a white void?
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May 17, 2023 11:13
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One example of the comics following the MCU is the Guardians of the Galaxy. They've all had complete personality overhauls save Rocket and Groot and even they've had some of their edges sanded off. Nebula's had the 'grand' part of 'granddaughter of Thanos' knocked off and now she considers Gamora her sister. Mantis is completely unrecognizable from her initial appearances which probably irks Steve Englehart no end. Bendis took over their book right around when the movie dropped and that's also part of it because he just writes quippy characters, it's what he does, but they were all brought more in line with their movie versions. Also this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Star-Lord didn't really have a personality before the movies that wasn't related to being just a generic sort of do-gooder. After Bendis left the book writers like Ewing did their own things with them - like giving Peter a MMF polycule - but the MCU's influence is certainly there.
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May 17, 2023 13:35
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It's especially weird reading anything with Drax in it before the movies.
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May 17, 2023 14:36
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Drax is the easiest character to do that with, given that going back thirty years he kept dying and being reborn, from a normal guy to a sort of serious but noble Martian Manhunter type to a big hulking child-like dummy to a smaller grim Wolverine type to etc.
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Soonmot posted:It isn't though? I mean it's bad, I'm not saying you should read it, but it doesn't fit any definition of torture porn that I know of. I mean it’s more emotional torture porn. Which is basically all the main spider man book has any more. Ironically the else world where Peter is taken over by Venom is less bleak than the real spider man comic
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May 17, 2023 14:59
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I liked the GotG before the movies because of Annihilation. 
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May 17, 2023 15:10
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According to his GoFundMe, Peter David is back in the hospital with a bad infection  August solicitations came out, there's yet another Spider-Man 2099 limited series on deck but this time Peter David is writing and Venom 2099 is back
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:Honestly I couldn't give a rats rear end if Kamala was Inhuman or Mutant, I just have no faith at all that they won't use the opportunity to gently caress with her powerset. Her MCU powerset just feels like such a lame, watered-down version of something she's become iconic for and its one of the few things I really don't like about an otherwise solid adaptation. Wonder if they will switch her powers back when the movie flops while Spidey and his Amazing Friends continues to be popular.
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I just had it noted this is happening in AAPI Month, too. Extremely good timing, Marvel! As far as ASM goes, I've mostly been enjoying it prior to the current storyline. The Tombstone story at the start was really good.
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May 17, 2023 16:24
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Bananaquiter posted:Wonder if they will switch her powers back when the movie flops while Spidey and his Amazing Friends continues to be popular. I hope it's all nervous speculation. If they want to make Kamala Secretly A Mutant All Along, fine, whatever, it's not like anybody is chomping at the bit for Inhuman content. But changing her powerset is really lovely, especially given how the reason they gave her the same energy blast powers as everybody else is so that the richest media empire on Earth can save a few bucks by directing their non-union, underpaid post-production crew to use the Energy Blast preset in Final Cut.
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Endless Mike posted:I just had it noted this is happening in AAPI Month, too. Extremely good timing, Marvel! Jesus Wept, I didn't even think about that. The most popular Asian super hero probably in existence (at least in America, I'm sure there's a bunch of manga and anime characters more popular in Asia itself).
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I'm trying to phrase this so it's understood its not in bad faith, but I'm missing how killing Kamala off is fridging, unless the idea is to motivate Parker somehow? It looks like she's dying while doing hero stuff? I think killing Kamala off is an rear end idea, but it makes me less nervous than killing MJ off, which would likely hew closer to the fridging trope (and doing that to Parker just feels cruel and muddies up the Gwen Stacy touchstone too). Anyway, glad to hear an X-Men reset is coming. I found the Hickman stuff impenetrable. I go through phases where I burn out on superhero comics for a bit and it's usually during periods where they've deviated from the initial hook. I've been liking anti-prison ninja Daredevil, but at some point it's just loving Shadowland again. Disco Pope fucked around with this message at 16:55 on May 17, 2023 |
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May 17, 2023 16:51
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she was barely in the book, and it is now clear that she was only there at all to die.
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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:she was barely in the book, and it is now clear that she was only there at all to die. This. She had no role or real agency in the book and was just there to die so Peter could be sad. (ostensibly)
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May 17, 2023 16:56
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Joe Fisto posted:This. She had no role or real agency in the book and was just there to die so Peter could be sad. (ostensibly) Ugh, great job, Marvel.
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Disco Pope posted:Anyway, glad to hear an X-Men reset is coming. I found the Hickman stuff impenetrable. I go through phases where I burn out on superhero comics for a bit and it's usually during periods where they've deviated from the initial hook. I don't really buy that Fall of X is an actual reset, anymore than the recent Inferno was, or Inhumans v. X-Men was going to lead to mutants being replaced. Yeah, their marketing a possible loss for drama, but I just don't see the Krakoa era coming to a close just yet. Then again, I wouldn't have expected them to kill off Ms. Marvel pointlessly in a Spider-Man comic while an anticipated movie co-starring her is about to come out, so what do I know? Still, I have more faith in the X-Office.
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if you want the most dangerous man alive why aren't you getting frank castle
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site posted:if you want the most dangerous man alive why aren't you getting frank castle Smarter, has actual super-powers*, better hand-to-hand combatant, and most importantly isn't Frank Castle. *Unless Frank's still involved with the Hand, which is another good reason not to make him an Avenger.
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I haven't really been following non X books, has T'challa done anything recently where there's be a reason not to have him on The Avengers? He was the leader during Aaron's run last I paid attention.
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Joe Fisto posted:This. She had no role or real agency in the book and was just there to die so Peter could be sad. (ostensibly) Eh, I think the death is dumb but Zeb Wells is a writer on The Marvels, and this seems to have been his idea, so I think he and Marvel do have a plan for her (which is probably MCU synergy and X-Men related) and want to get her back in the spotlight. Wells really could have done a better job of using her in the Spider-Man run though if this was his goal. Also yeah, you don't really want Frank Castle on your team of superheroes who are trying to appeal to the public.
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site posted:if you want the most dangerous man alive why aren't you getting frank castle Is Sentry dead?
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Air Skwirl posted:I haven't really been following non X books, has T'challa done anything recently where there's be a reason not to have him on The Avengers? He was the leader during Aaron's run last I paid attention. yes, as stated in the issue he re-enacted jla tower of babel by making plans on how to kill everyone, and then went a step further and gave those plans to his ultimately less than loyal sleeper agents. he's persona non grata in wakanda for that and various other paranoid fuckups, too. still better to have around than frank castle, though! that guy's the absolute worst.
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IUG posted:Is Sentry dead? Yeah. gimme the GOD drat candy posted:yes, as stated in the issue he re-enacted jla tower of babel by making plans on how to kill everyone, and then went a step further and gave those plans to his ultimately less than loyal sleeper agents. he's persona non grata in wakanda for that and various other paranoid fuckups, too. That makes sense. But they did let Batman back into the Justice League after Tower of Babel.
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In the Sam Wilson Cap book, he snuck into Wakanda to track down a terrorist threat. Instead he and T'Challa fight, and at the end the Wakandan government stops taking US refugees, and deports the people that were there. Sam doesn't care for T'Challa any more. Both Cap books have been very good since they launched.
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Air Skwirl posted:Yeah. We $uperheroe$ don't make thi$ de¢i$ion lightly but you're back in, Bru¢€.
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Today I learned that Norman Ozborne is fireproof.
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Lucifunk posted:In the Sam Wilson Cap book, he snuck into Wakanda to track down a terrorist threat. Instead he and T'Challa fight, and at the end the Wakandan government stops taking US refugees, and deports the people that were there. Sam doesn't care for T'Challa any more. Both Cap books have been very good since they launched. oh, don't forget that sam found and stopped the terrorist threat, directly saving the lives of wakandans. t'challa's the fuckin' (second) worst.
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glitchwraith posted:Smarter, has actual super-powers*, better hand-to-hand combatant, and most importantly isn't Frank Castle. I would also get the man who has giant panther robots defending his country.
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Oooh, so this Avengers run is a continuation of that Kang mini, that is interesting.
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Air Skwirl posted:Jesus Wept, I didn't even think about that. The most popular Asian super hero probably in existence (at least in America, I'm sure there's a bunch of manga and anime characters more popular in Asia itself). I don’t know if she’s more popular in the US than, say, All Might from My Hero Academia. If you want to stretch the definition of superhero, she’s definitely less popular than Goku. Everybody loves Goku
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goku is not asian goku is a saiyan
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Alaois posted:goku is not asian goku is a saiyan That’s like saying Superman isn’t white because he’s Kryptonian
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BTW, Fantastic 4 remains...fantastic
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Mr Hootington posted:I liked the GotG before the movies because of Annihilation. In the thick of this now. Just finished the Nova miniseries and loved it.
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thetoughestbean posted:That’s like saying Superman isn’t white because he’s Kryptonian if anything Goku has been claimed by the hispanic community 
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