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Turbinosamente posted:Sandman might be on the borderline but we'll look into everything, thanks all! Did some asking tonight and apparently he just finished Naruto so he is reading manga as well (we were just asked for "graphic novel" suggestions by nephew's mom). Though idk if there's much other than My Hero Acadamia on that front for current issue stuff. One Piece is long as hell too, no idea if the kid should embark on that or any other of the classic early 2000s shonen manga. For good classic shonen, I’d recommend Full Metal Alchemist. It’s a fantastic series and it’s a measly 27 volumes. I adore Kekkaishi but it’s hard to get your hands on the physicals. Thankfully it’s on the Viz app, which lets you read 100 chapters a day for the price of $2 a month. You can also get the Shonen Jump app for $3 a month, which has a huge amount of the SJ library. I’d really recommend the apps if he doesn’t mind reading digitally, they’re just fantastic value Other titles currently popular with kids: Kaiju No. 8 (guy fights monsters by turning into one), Blue Lock (weird soccer training gauntlet), Spy X Family (really recommend this one—it’s a comedy about a spy, an assassin, and a telepathic six year old that become a family on false pretenses), and Demon Slayer (guys with swords fight humanoid monsters. It’s mediocre but kids love it.) The Wings of Fire graphic novels are also really popular with kids. If you’re looking for something a bit more teen-oriented, the Kami Garcia/Gabriel Piccolo Beast Boy/Teen Titans GNs have been very well received.
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I think at twelve, you don't have to worry too much about graphic content (violent or sexual) assuming the parents are cool with it. He's almost certainly looking at porn on the internet or will be in a year or two. It's just whether or not he'd like the surrounding story. Like I think he would be bored with Watchmen because it doesn't really work if you haven't read a bunch of comics before hand, and it's also really tied in to the 1980s which he probably knows nothing about. Sandman I think is timeless so I'll second everyone who recommended it. I think Ultimate Spider-Man is also a great suggestion, because they're great comics, but I don't understand the idea that kids really want to see kid super heroes, when I was 12 my favorite character was Spider-Man and at the time he was married with a pregnant wife. Ask his mom who his favorite super hero is and we can probably give you much better suggestions
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Jul 16, 2023 09:01
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I've been working my way through Bendis' Miles Morales run on Marvel Unlimited and I've just reached Secret Wars, which means that the next series will be set in the regular Marvel Universe. I know that Miles gets much more involved in teams and crossovers from here, and I wanted to check in advance what's vital, and what's actually good, as I appear to be fairly ignorant about this chunk of Marvel stuff. For the crossovers, I don't mind reading bad comics if they're genuinely needed to understand the ongoing series, but I'm equally happy to just read tie in issues with a blissful ignorance of what the full crossover is like. For the team books, I'm more just curious as to what's decent. Actually, before I continue on, is All New Ultimates worth reading? I have a vague idea that it isn't, but I liked the various characters in Ultimate Spider-Man.
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Jul 21, 2023 09:27
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All I know is that people liked the Defenders
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Jul 22, 2023 02:21
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i think all new ultimates only lasted for like one arc before the line ended
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Jul 22, 2023 02:34
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All New Ultimates was fine, it just didn't go anywhere or do anything. It did have Ultimate Terror Inc though, that was cool
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Jul 22, 2023 02:43
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I am in the strangest state after Big Game #1 of feeling like this could either be actually decent or, more likely given who's writing it, very entertainingly terrible, and it also really, desperately feels (alongside Nemesis: Reloaded) like a story trying to go back and rewrite the record on Wanted as a comic by doing a big sequel where Wesley has basically turned his fraternity into the movie fraternity. Which got me to go back and reread that comic and... no, it's still not good. It's just that I feel like there might be something interesting to be said about it and kick-rear end with hindsight and seeing how the world, y'know, went. But it also got me to go back and look at Prodigy, and that comic was... actually somewhat entertaining in a "What if you did a Lex Luthor: Superhero series, what would that look like" sort of way.
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Jul 23, 2023 20:16
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I like dogs and want to read dumb superhero comics that have dogs. The more dog centric the better. Cats and other animals are acceptable, but I strongly prefer a canine focus. I have read Hawkeye by Fraction/Aja, which I very much enjoyed! Upon discovering that there is a GIANT teleporting dog I have been picking my way kind of at random through various Inhumans and Black Bolt titles, and actually very much enjoyed Black Bolt by Ahmed/Ward, though in terms of broader continuity I feel a little lost, but enjoyed it nonetheless. Same for Inhumans by Jenkins/Lee, though I think I preferred Black Bolt better. What other good dogs are there? I'm more familiar with the Marvel universe but am open to anything, particularly if I'm not going to get drawn into an expensive new hobby of buying comics to understand events that were referenced in something else (this has already happened).
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Jul 25, 2023 18:19
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TorpedoFish posted:I like dogs and want to read dumb superhero comics that have dogs. The more dog centric the better. Cats and other animals are acceptable, but I strongly prefer a canine focus. You probably already read it but back in 2018 there was a 4 issue Lockjaw miniseries, although it was more a stealth D-Man book.
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Jul 25, 2023 18:24
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lucky has/had? an infinite comic on marvel unlimited. there's been a couple pet avengers minis where lockjaw is more or less the "leader". he's also been in some of the earlier ms marvel but i can't remember the particular issues off the top of my head pretty sure superman's dog krypto had a series back in the 70s or something
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Jul 25, 2023 18:30
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Jeff The Shark from West Coast Avengers is the shark equivalent of a dog
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Jul 25, 2023 18:38
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There's the Pet Avengers
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Jul 25, 2023 19:17
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On the DC side Nightwing has Bitewing.
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Jul 25, 2023 19:25
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Not really a superhero book in the vein of DC/Marvel stuff but Beasts of Burden is about dogs (and cats) that can see ghosts and monsters and keep their human friends safe. It is excellent and you might wanna check that out. Also Animosity is about some weird event that lead to all animals on earth gaining the ability to speak like humans. Society goes to poo poo afterwards and a young girl and her talking dog (and other animals) make a trek to survive this new status quo. It has very good dogs in it.
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Jul 25, 2023 19:28
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mutantIke posted:Jeff The Shark from West Coast Avengers is the shark equivalent of a dog This is accurate
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Jul 25, 2023 19:30
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Doctor Strange's ghost dog Bats is the best.
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Jul 25, 2023 19:46
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Doctor Strange's ghost dog Bats is the best. Which is weird because when he's not on panel, I don't see anyone asking "Where's Bats?"
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Jul 25, 2023 19:54
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:Doctor Strange's ghost dog Bats is the best. Bats meeting Spider-Man and Bats "vs." Dormmamu are all-timers.
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Madkal posted:Not really a superhero book in the vein of DC/Marvel stuff but Beasts of Burden is about dogs (and cats) that can see ghosts and monsters and keep their human friends safe. It is excellent and you might wanna check that out. I haven't read this, but I normally see it recommended with warnings that it will hit your feelings.
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Jul 25, 2023 20:05
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Lucifunk posted:On the DC side Nightwing has Bitewing. I have no idea how hard it is to find reprints/digital issues these days, but DC also had Rex the Wonder Dog back in the 50s. And of course, no discussion of dog comics is complete without mentioning the Space Canine Patrol Agents. 
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Jul 25, 2023 20:07
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Endless Mike posted:Which is weird because when he's not on panel, I don't see anyone asking "Where's Bats?" I've been keeping a Bats POV issue in my pocket for a little while, and let me tell you, I'm looking forward to it.
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Jul 25, 2023 20:10
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Oh yeah that's also Cosmo the space dog in guardians
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:I've been keeping a Bats POV issue in my pocket for a little while, and let me tell you, I'm looking forward to it. I would like to pre-emptively give you an Eisner now.
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Uthor posted:I haven't read this, but I normally see it recommended with warnings that it will hit your feelings. 100% One of the most disturbing things I've read in at least one part of the book. Same with WE3 or Stray Dogs if they're recommended. They are about animals, but probably not in the way you're looking for. Stray Dogs also hosed me up a bit in parts. I'm a huge softy for dogs and spent summers at my grandpa's farm as a kid, so I'm not crazy about animal harm, even fictional. All three books ARE excellent though.
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Jul 25, 2023 22:05
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Uthor posted:I haven't read this, but I normally see it recommended with warnings that it will hit your feelings. Oh it absolutely will. I forgot that Mark Russel did a short story in Batman: Urban Legends about Ace the Bathound gathering a bunch of other cute animals to go rescue Batman who had been kidnapped by a bunch of jerks.
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Jul 25, 2023 22:05
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Yeah Morrison's WE3 is really good, but will likely make you cry. There's an early arc or two of the first Kamala Ms. Marvel book where Lockjaw is hanging out with her.
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Madkal posted:Oh it absolutely will. There's also a really good issue of DCeased: Hope at World's End that focused on Ace and Krypto, with bonus Detective Chimp.
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Jul 25, 2023 22:32
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dalgoda is o.k. but obscure and never got finished https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=228041
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Jul 25, 2023 23:15
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Kinski is a great story about a good dog, by Gabriel Hardman, published by Image.
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Thank you for all the suggestions. I am new to comics so this is all very helpful! Also I finished the Lockjaw mini-series today and that was just *delightful*, Lockjaw is the best boy (other dogs can also be the best boy).
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TorpedoFish posted:Thank you for all the suggestions. I am new to comics so this is all very helpful! You might like Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, because it's a giant T-Rex that basically acts as a mischievous dog.
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The Fix, an Image series by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber (the team behind the excellent Superior Foes of Spider-Man) is a very dark comedy about two hapless, accident-prone, deeply corrupt cops who are stuck with an honest, morally upstanding partner: an adorable drug-sniffing beagle named Pretzels. Saga, the sci-fi/fantasy/family drama by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, has Lying Cat, an alien cat who can detect lies, as one of the beloved breakout characters.
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For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking about the Manhattan Project recently and was wondering if The Manhattan Projects is worth reading; I’ve enjoyed most of Hickman’s superhero work and some of his other work; would The Manhattan Projects be a good read? Is it finished?
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Jul 26, 2023 13:52
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It's crazy sci-fi and I enjoyed it, but the title changed like 8 years ago, a handful of issues came out, and nothing since then. The title change happens during a change in the story, but it's not like it was an ending point and a new storyline. So, no, it's not complete.
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Jul 26, 2023 14:15
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In Gillen's Journey Into Mystery run in the early 2010s, Kid Loki adopts a little Hel puppy, and names it Thori, and it is very good.
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radlum posted:For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking about the Manhattan Project recently and was wondering if The Manhattan Projects is worth reading; I’ve enjoyed most of Hickman’s superhero work and some of his other work; would The Manhattan Projects be a good read? Is it finished? Really good. Not exactly unfinished but it's kind of an open ended story anyways
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Manhattan Projects is the series he very deliberately did not plan out ahead of time, so it just gets more and more insane. Worth a read for sure.
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Jul 26, 2023 16:13
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Fourthing Manhattan projects. Very fun and worth reading
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Jul 26, 2023 16:20
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How's the Spider Punk miniseries?
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I'm starting a pull box for the first time in years. I don't really need any Big 2 unless it's just that I want to display the cover. I'm blanking on what to put on it. I have subs to both online services I really want to support this store. It has a mirror universe Simpson's comic book guy who works there and was one of the nicest comic store workers I've ever met. He heard my wife wasn't big into comics so he found her a stack of 99 cent Star Trek novels, and a working Picard Enterprise toy from the 90s. Also minority owned which I try to support, especially in this space. Too much of my collection is in storage after a move to dig through. So far I've got Love Everlasting, and the Sisko focused Star Trek series, but most of the books I like these days are short runs. I also haven't been in any comic shops very much at all, and that's just been since January this year. Other recent indies I really liked were Deep Cuts, Do A Powerbomb, and 8 Billion Genies. Someone mentioned some Cyberpunk series and a Blade Runner book. I like grounded scifi, scifi like The Expanse, The Peripheral, shows like that. More serious than something fun like Guardians of the Galaxy. Love Everlasting is my favorite book currently, so I also like relationships and romance books. They don't have to be straight hetero or anything either, I'm fine with anything good. Even wild rear end romcoms like Sunstone and Mr and Mrs X. I have particular tastes that I'd like, but open to most anything. Not big on t&a stuff, it just always seems corny and desperate. That said, I keep hearing about Gun Honey and Brubaker endorses it as good pulp noir (another fave style of mine and a fave writer) but it may just be guns and boobs. I also like revenge stories. I love the Parker adaptions and Criminal. Ninjas are always rad, I was an early 80s kid. Also not a huge manga fan, but not opposed to something that fits the bill. I'm almost 50 and it generally just seems to be aimed at younger readers and I often don't enjoy the art styles. I'm almost 50 and it just doesn't appeal to me around 95% of the time. An example I like in an anime form is Way of the Househusband. That's a vague idea of what I'd like to jump into, but I will look into any other suggestions outside of my main interests also. I'll try anything once.
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