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redbackground posted:Are the two Marvel Strange Tales hardcovers oversized, or regular sized?
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Anyone know the odds on Jason Aaron's Punisher Max coming out in OSHC/Omni? Thwipster has the regular HCs on sale today, and I need to decide if I want to wait.
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Oct 12, 2011 14:36
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Shameless posted:Given that they're released the Post-Ennis / Pre-Aaron stuff in OSHC I'd say the chances of getting the new stuff OSHC'd is pretty high. Never can tell 100% though. That was my original thought, but the OSHCs usually cover 2 trades, and now 3 trades are out and nothing has been announced. I have the same worries with Ultimate Spiderman, but there've been enough name changes and renumberings that I don't know how many issues are out since the last OSHC. E: I'll probably just hop on this deal, because Dillon's art doesn't really benefit from being a bit larger.
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Oct 12, 2011 16:50
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Any idea if they'll correct the errors for the absolute? Last I heard they fixed Mr Miracle's ethnicity but screwed up Sunny Sumo's for the HC (and TPBs I think?).
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Nov 8, 2011 18:06
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I've had one $50 order through Thwipster, and everything arrived fine.
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Nov 9, 2011 05:06
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Happy Hippo posted:Oh look, I only have to wait 9 months to get the only trade that I'm remotely interested in getting (Action Comics). To be fair, Action will collect 8 issues. Issue 8 should be out in April, so an August HC is 4 months after the arc is done, which is about right. For comparison, I think rear end vol 2 HC was out 8 months after the final issue, and the TPB was around 2 years. E: But drat, there's a lot coming out 7 months after the final issue. StumblyWumbly fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Nov 10, 2011 |
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Nov 10, 2011 00:07
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bairfanx posted:King City drops in February. 440-something pages, golden age sized, for 19.99. That means there's bonus material too. If you don't buy this, you don't like comics. My patience/forgetfulness has finally paid off!
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Nov 16, 2011 16:17
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ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN HC VOL 12 $39.99 gently caress yes, was starting to lose faith.
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Nov 18, 2011 15:51
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Only way I'm getting a 1500 page omnibus is if it is printed in 4 dimensional space or takes the form of a self-aware hyperfluid. So it's 50-50 odds I'll get Invisibles.
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Nov 22, 2011 21:47
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Inkslinger posted:Yeah, it seems....big. Are there any other collections out there that size that aren't exploding out of their spines? That's even bigger than my Complete Bone collection... Invisibles is around 25% larger than the Simonson Thor at 'only' 1192 pages. A copy of War and Peace from Amazon had 1440 pages, but that's going to be smaller in height/width. I think it'll be as large as the 2 largest Harry Potter books combined.
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Nov 23, 2011 15:38
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I got my shipping conf early Tues the 13th. I think I ordered on the 14/15th.
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Dec 16, 2011 16:19
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krut posted:So they shipped your order before you even ordered it?
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Dec 16, 2011 19:37
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Happy Hippo posted:Not for me. I'm currently reading the Simonson Thor Omnibus and it's a good 1200 or so pages. I want more omnibuses for my shelf but also for the stories. I just got the first X-Men Omnibus too, and I can't wait to get into it. I know that X-Men flopped when it first started up but I just have a soft spot for those old stories. I only wish they would make the omnibuses smell like old comics. My wife got me Thor for a birthday a month or two ago, and I'm still working my way through it. Compressed writing * 1200 pages = a fuckton of story. I'm usually not a fan of just about anything in it (characters narrating their actions, vikings speaking like Shakespeare, etc), but it has still managed to grab me. Just getting to what I assume will be the ridiculous parts (Secret War and Frog Thor), and I expect that to be a whole different kind of awesome. It is pretty tough to read in bed, tho.
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Dec 20, 2011 16:54
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d00gZ posted:Keep in mind the excellent Peter Doherty is remastering and recoloring the entire comic, so the delays aren't ridiculous. Recoloring seems a bit unnecessary, doesn't it? I love the recoloring done on Watchmen, but that was from an era where backgrounds were all one color and shading was a bit poo poo. I don't remember Flex having those problems. Were there specific corrections someone wanted to make?
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Jan 2, 2012 18:33
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JackDarko posted:Is the Parker Martini Edition out of print? I can't buy it at amazon and i'd just like to know before I spend more to get somewhere else. I just got Chew Omnivore vol 2, and that's still really good. I like the printed covers instead of dust jackets that Chew and Locke & Key have. Also helps that they're excellent stories.
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Jan 9, 2012 02:31
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enigmahfc posted:People actually give a poo poo what the spine looks like? Seriously? Huh. I always thought what was inside the book mattered more, but I guess not. Now that I think about it, I may buy Liefeld/Loebs X-Bullshit if it had an awesome spine with a hologram or two.
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Jan 10, 2012 01:55
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Alhazred posted:If I were to pay fifty bucks for a volume of New X-Men I wouldn't only take it for granted that it was new but for that price I would also expect a signed nude photo of Grant Morrison to be included in the price because that's a huge amount of money to spend on one hardback. You're not from around here, are you? Honest answer is: That volume isn't a TPB, it's an over-sized hardcover that is no longer printed. Also, collectors
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Jan 12, 2012 20:22
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Rhyno posted:GLC just goes to HC first, the SCs are later, like all DC HCs. Where later can be a year or two
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Jan 26, 2012 16:16
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Apparently the Xombi TPB is coming out tomorrow, so I have some faith if they're collecting a low selling series with 0 chance of being referenced. It's like they took the guy who was in charge of trades and shuffled him off into some corner where he could do no further harm...
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Jan 26, 2012 22:17
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Rhyno posted:New comics and trades come out on Wednesdays. It's one of those weeks
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Jan 26, 2012 22:59
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I don't want to shock anyone, but Frank Miller's Daredevil is really good. I've had it sitting on my shelf for years because every time I open and read the McKenzie issues (with Miller just on art), it was really mediocre. But once Miller really hits his stride I can see why it gets so much praise.
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Feb 5, 2012 19:03
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I'm wrestling with the idea of buying the Secret Warriors omni. I never wrestle with the idea of double dipping on Hellboy/BPRD
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Feb 13, 2012 20:32
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The BPRD books are regular dustcover having hardcovers. The good news is Mignola's work in single issues shows off the spectacle and horror of folks making their way through the war, but in the collections you get a better picture of the larger mythology he is building.
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Feb 13, 2012 21:11
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Mine had some barely visible water damage and a page stuck together. It didn't interfere with my reading of the book, but I could imagine somebody complaining
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Mar 22, 2012 22:10
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Dan Hollis posted:Just picked this up. Never heard of it before, but I trust Goon hype. It should be mentioned, Flex Mentallo, the man of muscle mystery, is not your normal comic. If you made it past the cover thinking it is, I don't know what to say. E ^ But Vertigo doesn't usually let things stay out of print for long, right? Unlike Marvel's Omni/OSHC
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Apr 4, 2012 20:27
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On the one hand, I prefer the bright and crazy colors. Maybe they're doing something so some scenes are bright and crazy and some are dull and real world? On the other, I had completely forgotten about that scene where he discusses the impacts of the not-Kryptonite. I don't remember it well enough to quote, but everything I do remember about it is amazing.
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Apr 6, 2012 16:22
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Rhyno posted:So I'm putting together my initial April order and I've come to the Invisibles Omnibus. Who is actually ordering this? I don't know that I can justify the price point for a book that will probably be so heavy the pages will tear out of the spint. I love the Invisibles and unless I hear something amazing about how it is put together I cannot justify that omnibus. The money doesn't even matter as much as the fact that half the book will be lost in the gutters.
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Apr 6, 2012 20:09
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Is it oversized or recolored?
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Apr 6, 2012 20:33
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Not a fan of Absolutes having new stories added in.
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Apr 10, 2012 15:39
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bobkatt013 posted:Why not? They could be stuff they wanted to add but was unable due to the issue being too long.
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Apr 10, 2012 19:05
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Space_Butler posted:It's probably because I have no previous exposure to Flex Mentallo's coloring, but I'm really loving this and not finding any of the colors to be any kind of detraction to the story. I knew I was in for a treat when I was only 4 paragraphs into the fictitious creative history at the front of the book and could not stop laughing. Does anyone know where that intro story came from? It doesn't look Morrison written, but it could be. E: Whiting up some of the black folks is pretty hosed tho.
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Apr 11, 2012 05:16
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Shameless posted:DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC $75 How good/essential is the non-spider-man stuff? From what I remember, Bendis did Fallout, but Avengers vs Ultimates is Millar.
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May 9, 2012 14:55
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The Bramble posted:I'm posting this in the hopes that someone can just glance at their bookcase and give me a quick answer, and not have to go through the half hour of failed headscratching and googling I just attempted, but here goes: Ultimate Spider-Man vol 12 just came out. The Death of Ultimate Spiderman omnibus has been announced, and it looks like it is what follows vol 12. No idea if there will be a USM v13. For the Ultimates, you definitely have the good books in the series.
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Jun 19, 2012 02:23
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gently caress yeah, Absolute Top 10
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Jun 20, 2012 22:57
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Hatter106 posted:Tip: if you're considering the larger 5x5 Expedit, keep in mind it should be bracketed to wall studs to prevent tipping. I nearly bought one but the only wall in my room where it could have gone didn't have properly spaced studs. The 4x4 was just enough (with some double-stacking) to hold every book I own.
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Jul 25, 2012 15:43
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Rhyno posted:What if you live in a 100 year old house with plastered walls and no real drywall? I use toggle bolts on plaster & lathe walls and they hold up shelves and poo poo. You want to get long bolts and make sure the toggles flip out, because the walls are thicker and the wood lathes are tough to navigate around, but it works just fine.
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Jul 25, 2012 16:35
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Yeah, sign me up for Top 10 as well. The art should really shine as an absolute. I haven't read it in years, but the Norse issue and the one with the giant chess piece both still stick in my head as the best single issues Moore has done in a long time.
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Aug 15, 2012 15:13
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GrandpaPants posted:On a tangent, are any of the non-Moore Top 10 stories actually worth checking out? I miss that world so much, but since it's so character driven, I can see someone just messing that all up. I really liked Top 10 Season 2 (by Ha I think?) when it was coming out, but it was finished early and never collected so good luck finding it. The art was more somber, but it had great ideas like a guy getting caught cross-over dressing, magic as a drug with old wizards selling magic words to kids, and allusions to Shock-Headed Pete's secret origin his moonshine still was struck by lightning. The other one was complete crap.
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Aug 15, 2012 16:10
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^burtle posted:I don't know what it means that aside from Final Crisis and BaR, I can't find a third book. I hear you, I'll probably end up just getting 3 TPBs.
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I just reread the whole thing, and thought the first volume was the weakest. It is still good, but Vaughn's big flaw of using all characters for exposition and Op-Eding is really front and center. Once the setup is out of the way I enjoyed it a lot more.
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