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Read it through World's End to watch a superhero world get absolutely destroyed. Skip Worlds' Finest and Society. The E2ers went from World's End to the main series of Convergence, which isn't on sale and is horrible. Society is pretty okay, but it takes place after that, so don't worry about it.
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Thank you thread, can't wait to find out if these heroes bleed.
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Apr 20, 2016 23:15
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Since Marvel unlimited has most of the Star Wars comics ever printed on it now I'm curious what is good? Is any of it good? Or should I just ignore all but the new books they are printing?
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Apr 21, 2016 19:52
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Edit: dang double phone post.
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Apr 21, 2016 19:55
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Mr Hootington posted:Since Marvel unlimited has most of the Star Wars comics ever printed on it now I'm curious what is good? Is any of it good? Or should I just ignore all but the new books they are printing? They vary wildly in quality by can mostly be ignored. I highly recommend checking out the couple of Alan Moore penned compilation issues, which have pretty much nothing to do with Star Wars but are batshit insane sci fi short stories that he managed to slip into the licensed comics. You can find them easily just by searching under his name.
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Apr 21, 2016 22:15
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Mover posted:They vary wildly in quality by can mostly be ignored. I highly recommend checking out the couple of Alan Moore penned compilation issues, which have pretty much nothing to do with Star Wars but are batshit insane sci fi short stories that he managed to slip into the licensed comics. Alan Moore or original writer?
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Apr 21, 2016 22:17
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Mover posted:They vary wildly in quality by can mostly be ignored. I highly recommend checking out the couple of Alan Moore penned compilation issues, which have pretty much nothing to do with Star Wars but are batshit insane sci fi short stories that he managed to slip into the licensed comics. so just the alan moore penned books? I know they have nothing to do with the new books since the EU Star Wars was blown up. Just curious if any had a good story. Like the insanity that is Jaxxon.
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Apr 21, 2016 22:33
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I believe the Rogue Squadron comics are generally solid, as are the adaptations of the Thrawn novels. And I recall some buzz about the Legacy book (about a descendant of Luke or Leia who rejects being a Jedi and instead is a bounty hunter, I think?)
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Apr 21, 2016 22:42
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is the new lucifer book any good? i didnt know it existed until this morning and i extremely want it to be good
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Apr 21, 2016 23:56
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Admittedly, I am not invested in the Lucifer character/series, but after reading the first five issues of the new series... it's okay? Feels less like the devil, prince of lies is investigating God's murder and more like some angels are being curt with each other and using Biblical names. I prefer Red Thorn and its brand of "demonic influence with clever uses of magic" much better.
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Apr 22, 2016 00:13
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Mr Hootington posted:Since Marvel unlimited has most of the Star Wars comics ever printed on it now I'm curious what is good? Is any of it good? Or should I just ignore all but the new books they are printing? John Ostrander's Star Wars comics were generally very good. Agent of the Empire was an entertaining James Bond pastiche which was fairly accessible. The villain of its first arc was an older EU bad guy but the story as a whole was reasonably stand-alone. My favourite weird Star Wars comic was one called Jedi vs Sith, on which I reminisced in the Star Wars comic thread a while ago.
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Apr 22, 2016 00:39
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Gaz-L posted:I believe the Rogue Squadron comics are generally solid, as are the adaptations of the Thrawn novels. And I recall some buzz about the Legacy book (about a descendant of Luke or Leia who rejects being a Jedi and instead is a bounty hunter, I think?) Star wars legacy, the first few are not super, but as the series goes on it's really solid and pretty great, probably the best Starwars comic and I've read them all.
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Apr 22, 2016 07:05
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The Marvel sale on Comixology is a great time to pick up on some books I missed. With that said, what are some good books that are like Ms Marvel or Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Kinda tempted to get Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, the new Nova, and Miles Morales. I already have books like Runaways and Young Avengers, which stop at the point when the books supposedly get a lot worst.
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Apr 22, 2016 15:09
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Rirse posted:The Marvel sale on Comixology is a great time to pick up on some books I missed. With that said, what are some good books that are like Ms Marvel or Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Kinda tempted to get Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, the new Nova, and Miles Morales. I already have books like Runaways and Young Avengers, which stop at the point when the books supposedly get a lot worst. Spider-Woman and Silk are better calls. The former absolutely has the 'super-person doing regular person stuff and sucking at it' that people seemed to like about Superior Foes, and Silk is just amazing in taking a character that was basically a walking cliche with some sexist overtones and turning her into a really relateable mess of a person. Mockingbird has a more action-y feel to it than Spider-Woman but the tone's similar. And I liked Chelsea Cain's explanation in the letters column that the book is told from Bobbi's perspective, so she's never going to objectify herself. Squirrel Girl and Hellcat are both also good calls right now as well, but they're very light and comedic in tone. And please look at the art first, because I can't take another person freaking out because Henderson and Williams have the gall to go cartoony in their cartooning.
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Apr 22, 2016 15:14
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Speaking of Marvel, I'm planning on catching up on Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel. Is Howard the Duck #6 the only issue needed to follow the crossover with Squirrel Girl? Is it a two part series, or will there be more issues next month?
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Apr 22, 2016 15:27
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Uthor posted:Speaking of Marvel, I'm planning on catching up on Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel. Is Howard the Duck #6 the only issue needed to follow the crossover with Squirrel Girl? Is it a two part series, or will there be more issues next month? Its two issues
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Apr 22, 2016 15:29
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Is Secret Invasion good? I'm looking for something as epic in scope as Hickman's Dark Reign to Secret Wars "run", any suggestions?
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Apr 22, 2016 15:46
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Toxxupation posted:Is Secret Invasion good? I'm looking for something as epic in scope as Hickman's Dark Reign to Secret Wars "run", any suggestions? Secret Invasion wasn't great, in my view, but if you want something with that sense of scope and scale, the "cosmic" run that started with the Annihilation crossover and ran through Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning to Annihilation: Conquest is very highly regarded. There are several reading order charts, one of which will no doubt be posted shortly after I've made this post.  Edit: Hold on, which Secret Invasion do you mean? Do you mean the one where a bunch of superheroes have been replaced by Skrulls, or the one where Nick Fury masterminds an invasion of Latveria?
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Apr 22, 2016 15:59
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The former.
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Rirse posted:The Marvel sale on Comixology is a great time to pick up on some books I missed. With that said, what are some good books that are like Ms Marvel or Superior Foes of Spider-Man. Kinda tempted to get Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, the new Nova, and Miles Morales. I already have books like Runaways and Young Avengers, which stop at the point when the books supposedly get a lot worst. Silver Surfer and Moon Girl are a couple other really fun comics. e: Then there's Fraction/Alred's FF and Charles Soule's She-Hulk, if you haven't checked them out before.
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Apr 22, 2016 16:24
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Toxxupation posted:Is Secret Invasion good? I'm looking for something as epic in scope as Hickman's Dark Reign to Secret Wars "run", any suggestions? It's meh, but I don't think it will scratch your hickman itch. For that I say look too the cosmic marvel stuff (Annihilation and etc. someone find this man a convoluted reading order) or hickmans other marvel stuff. I suggest his Ultimatium stuff or his SHIELD but those aren't as big as his FF/NA/SW
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Apr 22, 2016 17:11
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Wheat Loaf posted:
The Fury invading Latveria thing was actually called "Secret War," which isn't confusing at all.
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Apr 22, 2016 17:22
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My mistake. 
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Apr 22, 2016 17:25
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Toxxupation posted:I'm looking for something as epic in scope as Hickman's Dark Reign to Secret Wars "run", any suggestions? The closest thing would probably be Grant Morrison's stretch at Batman + Final Crisis, though it's not on Marvel Unlimited.
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Apr 22, 2016 17:30
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trashbuilder posted:It's meh, but I don't think it will scratch your hickman itch. For that I say look too the cosmic marvel stuff (Annihilation and etc. someone find this man a convoluted reading order) or hickmans other marvel stuff. I suggest his Ultimatium stuff or his SHIELD but those aren't as big as his FF/NA/SW Shame since the idea of "for years in the comics skulls might had replaced characters and you never knew" was pretty interesting, but the main book spend too much time in the Savage Land for some reason. Think I will probably grab Squirrel Girl and Hellcat for sure, and maybe Silk. Need to look into more with She-Hulk and Mockingbird. Any older fun books like these?
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Apr 22, 2016 17:32
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Rirse posted:Shame since the idea of "for years in the comics skulls might had replaced characters and you never knew" was pretty interesting, but the main book spend too much time in the Savage Land for some reason. Nextwave if you haven't already read it, and the various Agents of Atlas minis. You might wanna check for a reading order on the Atlas stuff, there were a bunch of disparate miniseries released kinda sporadically E: you might also like Greg Pak's Incrediblr Hercules, which is a little more traditional super heroics, but has a lot of heart and can be absolutely hilarious Mover fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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Apr 22, 2016 18:05
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Rirse posted:Shame since the idea of "for years in the comics skulls might had replaced characters and you never knew" was pretty interesting, but the main book spend too much time in the Savage Land for some reason. The GLA minis are all good.
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Apr 22, 2016 18:24
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Rirse posted:Shame since the idea of "for years in the comics skulls might had replaced characters and you never knew" was pretty interesting, but the main book spend too much time in the Savage Land for some reason.
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Apr 22, 2016 18:47
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Rirse posted:Shame since the idea of "for years in the comics skulls might had replaced characters and you never knew" was pretty interesting, but the main book spend too much time in the Savage Land for some reason. Dan Slott's She-Hulk, actually. And seconding the recommendation for Agents of Atlas, it's a fun retrofit of Silver Age Marvel/Atlas stuff into a modern context.
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Apr 22, 2016 18:49
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If you are looking for good non-marvel cosmic series I highly suggest Valiant X-O Manowar, comedy Archer and Armstrong, also Harbringers, Lemire's Bloodshot and Ninjak for action. Really you can not go wrong with Valiant's current offering.
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Apr 22, 2016 19:37
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Endless Mike posted:Because when you have an excuse to make an artist draw dinosaurs, you milk it, dammit! I'm really looking forward to an era where even comic book dinosaurs have feathers. The industry has to change! Related: are there any comics with feathered dinos in them. Thanks in advance.
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Toxxupation posted:Is Secret Invasion good? I'm looking for something as epic in scope as Hickman's Dark Reign to Secret Wars "run", any suggestions? Agreeing with the Annihilation recommendation. Basically the entire Giffen/Abnett/Lanning story starting in the Thanos limited series all the way until Thanos Imperative. I read it all as it was originally coming out because Cosmic Marvel is among my favorite comic book stuff. But here's the reading order I used for re-reads. Though without checking I have no idea how much of this is on Marvel Unlimited. Setup Thanos 1-12 Drax The Destroyer 1-4 Annihilation Annihilation Prologue Annihilation Nova 1-4 Annihilation Super Skrull 1-4* Annihilation Ronan 1-4* Annihilation Silver Surfer 1-4 Annihilation 1-6 Annihilation Heralds of Galactus 1-2 Nova 1-3 Annihilation Conquest Annihilation Conquest Prologue Annihilation Conquest Star Lord 1-4 Annihilation Conquest Quasar 1-4 Nova 4-7 Annihilation Conquest Wraith 1-4 Annihilation Conquest 1-2 Nova 8-10 Nova Annual Annihilation Conquest 3-5 Nova 11-12 Annihilation Conquest 6 Guardians of the Galaxy 1-6 Nova 13-22 War of Kings Guardians of the Galaxy 7-12 Secret Invasion Inhumans 1-4 (sets up War of Kings) Secret Invasion War of Kings X-Men Kingbreaker 1-4* War of Kings Darkhawk 1 Nova 23 War of Kings Darkhawk 2 War of Kings 1 Nova 24 War of Kings 2 War of Kings Ascension 1 Guardians of the Galaxy 13 Nova 25 War of Kings 3 War of Kings Ascension 2 Guardians of the Galaxy 14 Nova 26 War of Kings 4 War of Kings Ascension 3 Guardians of the Galaxy 15 Nova 27 War of Kings 5 War of Kings Ascension 4 Guardians of the Galaxy 16 War of Kings 6 Guardians of the Galaxy 17 Nova 28 War of Kings - Who Will Rule? Guardians of the Galaxy 18-19 Realm of Kings Realm of Kings 1 Guardians of the Galaxy 20-24 Nova 32-35 Realm of Kings Imperial Guard 1-5* Realm of Kings Inhumans 1-5* Realm of Kings Son of Hulk 1-5* Thanos Imperative Guardians of the Galaxy 25 Nova 36 Thanos Imperative Ignition Thanos Imperative 1-6 Thanos Imperative Devastation I'd say anything marked with an asterisk you can skip if you want, but I like most of it. A lot of people don't like War of Kings and Realm of Kings and I think you can probably get by fine just reading the Guardians/Nova/Core books there if you don't care for it either. But Annihilation/Conquest/Thanos Imperative along with the entire Nova and Guardians titles are pretty much a must read. A Tin Of Beans posted:I'm really looking forward to an era where even comic book dinosaurs have feathers. The industry has to change! The recent Turok 12 issue run by Greg Pak for Dynamite is a good book and some of the dinos definitely have feathers. X-O fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Apr 22, 2016 |
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Apr 22, 2016 20:50
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Many thanks for that, I will 100% copy and paste it for later reference when I decide to delve into all the cosmic stuff.
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Apr 22, 2016 20:52
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I don't read a lot of comics anymore....what's the verdict on this Spider-Man/Deadpool team up book by Joe Kelly? That sounds very interesting.
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Apr 22, 2016 23:55
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The verdict is: read it now.
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Apr 23, 2016 00:19
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I'm contemplating working on filling out one of my "mega-run" collections since Marvel has a BOGO sale and need some advice. If you could only get one (or part of one) of these bundles, which would you recommend?
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Apr 23, 2016 00:59
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Hickman Fantastic Four. Leave out Avengers World.
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Apr 23, 2016 01:00
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Oh man, making someone choose between Brubaker's Cap and Hickman's F4/FF? What kind of monster are you. EDIT: Oh wait, that's only the last part of Brubaker's run. Well in that case the whole F4/FF run takes it.
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Apr 23, 2016 01:08
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I have no regrets over reading 95% of that cosmic stuff XO posted and the other 5% was just average. It's great especially Nova and pre famous Guardians.
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