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Roth posted:I'll never understand why people are so attached to a number. There was just a guy wondering where he needs to jump into Hellblazer because of the number of new series. It does become difficult when there are numerous "volumes" from relaunch. DC was doing very well by letting the numbers continue while putting big banners at the top saying when it was a new arc. I think that should be expanded and have a banner for when a new creative team is starting a run. Mr Hootington fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Feb 21, 2018 00:08
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I used to be opposed to it but it's probably time for comics to move to a season based system with the year attached.
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Feb 21, 2018 00:12
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Rhyno posted:I used to be opposed to it but it's probably time for comics to move to a season based system with the year attached. Sure as long as i dont have to read a loving #1 origin story two to three times year.
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Feb 21, 2018 00:16
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Mr Hootington posted:Sure as long as i dont have to read a loving #1 origin story two to three times year. Ugh, none of that. Just let a good creative team tell one story for however many issues they want without a need to release 12 issues in a year just to have an issue out each month.
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Feb 21, 2018 00:18
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Samuringa posted:Idea: A comic book series where all issues are number #1 Friend, have you heard of a comic called Milk & Cheese?
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Feb 21, 2018 01:25
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Samuringa posted:Idea: A comic book series where all issues are number #1 Multiversity was pretty great, yeah.
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Feb 21, 2018 01:48
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Nobody who dislikes constant renumberings is "attached to a number". That's an idiotic premise. I don't give a poo poo if spider-man says 26879 or 1 on it. It's just annoying because it makes catching up on comics confusing when there's 12 number 1s in a couple years and it's a blatant marketing gimmick that doesn't work. And then you factor in dumb poo poo like "issue 12.now" and it's just asinine.Madkal posted:Hey! There were some kick-rear end toys that came out of the Spawn line. You're describing the 90s Venom comic. Which, due to this marketing-driven gimmick, was impossible to subscribe to despite being an ongoing in all but numbering. Lurdiak fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Feb 21, 2018 04:02
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Endless Mike posted:Friend, have you heard of a comic called Milk & Cheese?  Jesus, people aren't kidding when they say comics have done literally everything
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Feb 21, 2018 04:04
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Lurdiak posted:Nobody who dislikes constant renumberings is "attached to a number". That's an idiotic premise. I don't give a poo poo if spider-man says 26879 or 1 on it. It's just annoying because it makes catching up on comics confusing when there's 12 number 1s in a couple years and it's a blatant marketing gimmick that doesn't work. And then you factor in dumb poo poo like "issue 12.now" and it's just asinine.
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Feb 21, 2018 04:38
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My admittedly vague post was in response to somebody caring that Mad Magazine was being renumbered because, uh, it used to be a big number and now it's at number 1? I just do not get why anybody is supposed to care about that, or when Marvel decided to go with Legacy numbering. The Legacy numbering especially just felt like an excuse to charge extra for a bunch of books because they got to a big milestone number that they all just conveniently landed on or was close to one. Admittedly, I also don't quite understand why Mad had to renumber in the first place? I also do not like the constant renumbering back to 1 that Marvel does every year to half its line, sometimes multiple times a year. The only good thing about the relaunches is that they at least usually come with new series too. I hope that clears things up.
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Feb 21, 2018 04:59
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So which number 1s are worth money and which are worthless?
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Feb 21, 2018 07:54
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Madkal posted:So which number 1s are worth money and which are worthless? Both.
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Feb 21, 2018 08:01
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Guy Goodbody posted:Remember when DC did a bunch of random 12 issue series not connected to the universe? Like Camelot 3000, and Outcasts, and Amethyst: Princess of Gym World? Amethyst is part of the DC Universe. Also not a fitness royal.
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Feb 21, 2018 11:48
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Lightning Lord posted:Amethyst is part of the DC Universe. Also not a fitness royal. She is now. I mean that both ways, the first Amethyst series was not part of the DC universe, and also I have decided the next Amethyst reboot should be about an ordinary girl entering a world of magical fitness
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Feb 21, 2018 13:43
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Roth posted:My admittedly vague post was in response to somebody caring that Mad Magazine was being renumbered because, uh, it used to be a big number and now it's at number 1? I just do not get why anybody is supposed to care about that, or when Marvel decided to go with Legacy numbering. The Legacy numbering especially just felt like an excuse to charge extra for a bunch of books because they got to a big milestone number that they all just conveniently landed on or was close to one. Sorry, I assumed when I made a comment about losing decades of Mad continuity that it was obvious I was being facetious.
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Feb 21, 2018 13:58
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Endless Mike posted:Sorry, I assumed when I made a comment about losing decades of Mad continuity that it was obvious I was being facetious. Oh, I understood that. I was just wondering in general really.
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Feb 21, 2018 17:28
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I really didn't like going back through all my Hellboy/BPRD comics and everything is a renumbered miniseries but then you have to look on the credits page and it actually says what number in order it is. Why couldn't that have just been the number? Or if there are no single-issue stories and everything is part of a mutli-issue story just keep the numbers rolling and put (1 of 5) underneath.
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Feb 21, 2018 22:13
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The goofiest number thing I've ever encountered is the old Punisher mini Circle of Blood. Where every couple of issues it changes how long the miniseries is supposed to run.
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Feb 21, 2018 22:23
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I remember an old video of Dr.Doom as an insult comic and damned if I can't find it anywhere now, anybody know the one?
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Feb 21, 2018 23:03
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muscles like this! posted:The goofiest number thing I've ever encountered is the old Punisher mini Circle of Blood. Where every couple of issues it changes how long the miniseries is supposed to run. Because they changed it at editorial three times.
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Feb 21, 2018 23:08
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Retro Futurist posted:I remember an old video of Dr.Doom as an insult comic and damned if I can't find it anywhere now, anybody know the one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokEgUTI2vI I remember two follow-up videos. One that has Reed angrily responding as if he was taking the claims at face value with no understanding that they were jokes. The other was Doom wielding Mjolnir and doing a Gallagher bit.
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Feb 21, 2018 23:24
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Rhyno posted:Because they changed it at editorial three times. There sounds like there should be a crazy story to this. Is there a crazy story to this?
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Feb 21, 2018 23:29
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Madkal posted:There sounds like there should be a crazy story to this. Is there a crazy story to this? That's all I know about it but I'm sure someone has the details.
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Feb 21, 2018 23:44
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Gavok posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RokEgUTI2vI Grazi
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Feb 22, 2018 00:57
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Didn't they fold in Amethyst, Skartaris/Warlord, and Arion/Atlantis all on at the same time during the first Crisis?
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Feb 22, 2018 01:49
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It's pretty depressing that Batman and Suicide Squad both kind of confirmed that Trump is the president of the USA in the DC Universe. I like to think that in a world where Superman exists the States, and the world itself, would be in a better place.
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Feb 22, 2018 02:47
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Madkal posted:It's pretty depressing that Batman and Suicide Squad both kind of confirmed that Trump is the president of the USA in the DC Universe. I like to think that in a world where Superman exists the States, and the world itself, would be in a better place. That's the terrible depressing movie universe. In the DCCW universe the president is Wonder Woman
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Feb 22, 2018 02:55
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Madkal posted:It's pretty depressing that Batman and Suicide Squad both kind of confirmed that Trump is the president of the USA in the DC Universe. I like to think that in a world where Superman exists the States, and the world itself, would be in a better place. They elected Lex Luthor too. Or a version of the current DCU did, which everyone forgot or something. I'm not sure how the whole thing works right now.
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Feb 22, 2018 13:35
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muscles like this! posted:The goofiest number thing I've ever encountered is the old Punisher mini Circle of Blood. Where every couple of issues it changes how long the miniseries is supposed to run.
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Feb 22, 2018 14:25
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Black Panther history question: where/when did the idea that Wakanda has always been the most technologically advanced nation on earth originate? I was reading Don McGregor's 70s run the other day, and it makes fairly clear at multiple points that the advanced technology is a new development under T'Challa's reign, which obviously isn't the case in the film or current comic continuity.
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Feb 22, 2018 19:35
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Black Panther personally had access to state of the art (for the time) tech and amenities in his first appearance in Fantastic Four. Don't know if that's where Wakanda as a world-leader in technology originated, though.
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Yeah I don't think they were "state of the art" so much as just cutting edge in a world of helicarriers and flying robots. Their uncolonized and hidden aspect were bigger focuses in the 60s.
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Feb 22, 2018 20:23
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Astro City is generally considered "Good to Great", right? I read a smattering of it in high school and just picked up the first trade from Half-Price Books, and really enjoyed it. Is it all worth seeking out?
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Feb 23, 2018 01:08
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A Strange Aeon posted:Astro City is generally considered "Good to Great", right? I read a smattering of it in high school and just picked up the first trade from Half-Price Books, and really enjoyed it. Is it all worth seeking out? Abso-loving-lutely.
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A Strange Aeon posted:Astro City is generally considered "Good to Great", right? I read a smattering of it in high school and just picked up the first trade from Half-Price Books, and really enjoyed it. Is it all worth seeking out? It's my favorite of all comics.
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Feb 23, 2018 01:43
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Wheat Loaf posted:Black Panther personally had access to state of the art (for the time) tech and amenities in his first appearance in Fantastic Four. Don't know if that's where Wakanda as a world-leader in technology originated, though. In his first appearance Black Panther states that the super high tech stuff happened under his reign. So it is definitely a later thing that they've always been high tech.
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Feb 23, 2018 05:46
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Diamond has announced their own pull box system that will allow users to create their pull lists at home and synch it to a participating comic shop, which will then allow the shops to automatically add them to their Diamond purchase lists. Seems like a pretty smart thing to do and should hopefully simplify things for both shops and customers. https://previewsworld.com/Article/207735-Diamond-Set-to-Release-New-Online-Pull--Hold-Service-PREVIEWSworld-PULLBOX
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Feb 23, 2018 18:56
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I wasn’t sure if my small shop was going to use the new diamond app but it looks like they will if pricing makes sense. Owner is excited about it at least. I switched shops about a month ago and the new one, despite being much less friendly looking, is just so much better. The guy who owns / runs it is super nice and really cares about the customer service. What a difference.
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