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Zachack posted:A lot of the Showcase/Essential stuff kinda drags but Warlord is one of the few that I think could work as a comic being released now. Except Showcase Presents Warlord was published as they started a new Mike Grell Warlord series. Care to guess how many months it lasted?
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Glenn Danzig posted:THE DC UNIVERSE BY ALAN MOORE HC This is something like the sixth time they've printed this with slightly different contents. OTOH, my copy is a very early soft cover (the one wit the missing text from Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow) so I may buy it anyway. Resurrection Man and Catwoman are definite buys for me but I think if I were to get THUNDER Agents I'd buy it in Archives edition (just as soon as I wrap up The Spirit and Plastic Man).
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Sep 19, 2011 23:27
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The Dark Tower omnibus was in the solicitations as well but that's been covered already. Also who could resist this: quote:SPIDER-MAN: THE PSAS TPB And hey, Marvel's doing their first non-superhero, non-horror Essential with Rawhide Kid! Maybe someday they'll get around to reprinting Sgt. Fury.
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Sep 27, 2011 23:49
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Shameless posted:Essential Sgt Fury was actually solicited last month, can't wait for that. And I may pick up Rawhide Kid too, never read it before. That's right. I ordered it and I completely forgot about it.
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Sep 28, 2011 13:35
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MrBling posted:For some reason they didn't ship BPRD vol 2 despite it being in stock. It's still preparing to get shipped. IIRC there was a physical problem with Amazon's shipment of BRPD volume 2 (probably mangled by Diamond  ).
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Oct 1, 2011 13:41
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Last week I decided that it was finally about time that I got around to reading Tintin. And given the length of the series I thought the best option would be to order the box set for the series. It arrived today and I was surprised to find out that it lacked three stories: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, and Tintin and Alph-Art. I know that the first two are highly controversial at best and supposedly not very good and the last one is an unfinished work but the entire point of a box set is to collect everything. I can understand where they might not want to present the two stories featuring racist caricatures first; they could have shoved them into a volume in the back with an essay explaining their place in the stories. Skipping over both ends of the Tintin stories just seems the wrong way to do this.
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Oct 3, 2011 22:17
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Rhyno posted:I've been in NYC for the last few days on vacation and today we went to Time Machine comics and what do I find? Spirit Archives volume 14! Still shrink wrapped and it was on their 50% off shelf so I snagged it for $25! I love this town! I hate you so much.
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Oct 16, 2011 07:54
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Zachack posted:So if a local used bookstore had the entire Spirit series at about $30/book, I should buy them all? Because this will be my one chance? Most of them can be found around that price. Volume 14 on the other hand is obscenely expensive. Volume 15 also seems to be a bit hard to find though you can usually get it around cover.
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Oct 16, 2011 09:24
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I got excited for about ten seconds when I saw a Xombi trade in the solicits. Then I realized it's the recent series and not the original Milestone stuff.
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Oct 18, 2011 22:49
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As a heads up Tales of Wonder is offering 50% off what looks like all in print DC Archives. There's a pile of other stuff (mainly Dark Horse) on sale at a similar rate (if you don't own all three volumes of the Herbie archives what's wrong with you?). Time to wrap up my Plastic Man Archives I think...
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Oct 25, 2011 14:04
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Glenn Danzig posted:https://www.dcbservice.com As long as you want them to ship 15 days after you place an order for an item "in stock".
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Oct 29, 2011 14:47
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wildlele posted:They are printed in China (usually) and shipped over on boat. DC prints in Canada.
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Nov 10, 2011 16:01
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Shameless posted:It's going to be hollowed out and full of human poo poo. We all know that it's going to contain Infinite Crisis. The question is what else will they put in it. The only thing that get me even interested in that list is the Showcase Rip Hunter. I've got all of the Kirby Challengers and I don't think that they'll be improved by spending another $100 on them.
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Dec 12, 2011 03:45
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Shameless posted:Ultimate Spidey Omnibus on the way. Contents should be announced when the Marvel solicits turn up. I hope it's the same as the Barnes and Noble Ultimate Spidey book. Then we can all sync up on a second omnibus...
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Dec 16, 2011 16:32
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Does anyone know if the third Tomb of Dracula omnibus has had the art edited? Marvel changed some of the art around the previous time they reprinted the Tomb of Dracula magazines and if it has been in that one then I'm not going to buy it...
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Dec 16, 2011 23:38
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Thanks. While I honestly don't care one way or the other about having boobies in comics (I do have the Internet if I'm in the mood for that) I didn't want to support Marvel by buying an expensive book if they had changed the artwork. It's also good to know that they didn't colorize the magazines.
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Dec 17, 2011 03:53
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JackDarko posted:Has anybody here bought the Mickey Mouse idw hardcovers? How's the paper? Bright white, acid-free, non-glossy. I have no problems with it.
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Dec 22, 2011 09:52
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JackDarko posted:One more question if you don't mind, it doesn't feel cheap? I usually have a problem that when publishers use matte paper they go the cheap route. Thank you for answering by the way. It doesn't feel cheap to me but then I also didn't have a problem with the paper used in the Fourth World Omnibus.
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Dec 22, 2011 12:32
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Shameless posted:New Previews listings for Marvel's April books. The Secret Warriors omnibus is the only thing on that list that I'm going to get (I'm sure the Punisher stuff will be fun for those fans). Thinking on it the last few months of solicits haven't had a lot that thrilled me...
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Jan 20, 2012 15:05
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wildlele posted:Of course they will have the new logo and thats all it is... a logo. I'm sure we all shat over the last logo DC released in 2005 or whenever it came out. The internet rage will subside eventually and we will get down to reading comics again until the next logo change. Some of us hold grudges. gently caress you, "National Comics"! 
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Jan 21, 2012 15:05
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obi_ant posted:With that Amazon was helpful enough to give me a few suggestions and these books peaked my interest a bit. I'm wondering if they're any good. Dark Tower - Haven't read it. Seemed to be well received initially but I don't know if that lasted. Ultimate Comics - Started out as an okay superhero book and went downhill. Exhibits a lot of the things that people have come to hate Mark Millar for. X-Men - Oh good god, no. Invisibles - I didn't like it but I'm in a minority there. I'll say that it's going to come down to if think you'd like Grant Morrison at his most Grant Morrisoniness.
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Jan 25, 2012 15:32
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Every time I hear someone call paper that isn't glossy "newsprint" I want to
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Jan 25, 2012 23:44
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Chalk up another Amethyst Showcase purchaser. The thing I find really odd on that list is this: quote:THE DC COMICS ART OF AMANDA CONNER HC I like Amanda Conner but that's a strange grab bag of stuff and I didn't think she was high profile enough for this kind of collection. Is this DC going, "See! We have a woman drawing comics for us!"? I'm probably going to order that bronze age GL collection too.
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Jan 31, 2012 15:52
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paulnewmanseyes posted:She's got enough fans to justify collecting previously uncollected work. The grab bag of stuff is basically necessary - apart from Terra and Power Girl, has she got any long-form work for DC? But that's just it. I'm not sure she does have enough fans to justify it. It's not like Power Girl was burning up the sales charts when she was working on it. She's one of the many brilliant creators out there who consistently do great work but haven't been on something with a high enough profile to become one of the stars of the industry. It makes it seem like this is DC attempt to clumsily deal with the complaints about the lack of women in creative positions. They're practically saying, "See, even if we were complete dicks about this issue before we celebrate the chicks working for us!"
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Feb 1, 2012 00:35
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Why in the gently caress is there a Geoff Johns omnibus for the Flash, but not a Mark Waid one? Not that the Geoff Johns stuff is bad, but isn't Johns' stuff essentially just building on Waid's legendary run? As much as I'd rather have the Waid run I'm not objecting to an omnibus that costs as same as some of the OOP trades.
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Feb 2, 2012 14:09
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Wow, there are major problems with the new Resurrection Man trade. On one double page spread one page is an fairly low resolution image of the page blown up. We're talking low enough resolution that the text is unreadable. Later in the book there's a double page layout where the split the pages the wrong way making the scene just a jumble. The whole thing is a major disappointment to me. I had been really looking forward to that collection.
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Feb 4, 2012 13:59
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Slayer1597 posted:That kinda makes me sad to hear. It is a very good story. Thanks for the Info. I don't know about that but I would recommend Rose which was a short prequel written by Smith and drawn by the always incredible Charles Vess.
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Feb 10, 2012 23:47
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Shameless posted:Previews has got the list for May's Marvel books up. I guess the Essential Black Panther series is going to be the Kirby Jungle Action stuff though that seems like it would be pretty light for an Essential.
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Feb 17, 2012 14:35
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I was in a physical Barnes and Noble and I saw they had copies of the Kiss Kompendium on their discount shelves for $25. While that's a good price for 1200 pages of comics I don't care about Kiss so I let it go by. If you're interested though you should check your local store.
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Mar 9, 2012 14:23
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I just got the one volume edition of Jodorowsky and Moebius's The Incal that came out a few months ago. I have to say that I'm left wondering why I haven't read this sooner. It is amazing. Every page is breathtaking and the story is pretty snappy as well. I know it's well known over in Europe but this really needs more exposure in the US; it's brilliant. I'm also glad I popped over to Amazon to order it when I read about Moebius's passing last week. The prices have quadrupled since I bought my copy. I'm sure those will come back down though as time passes. While I'm on the subject the only way Amazon has to get the prequel is a superdeluxe, signed and number, slipcase, and sketch edition. Is it worth it even without Moebius's artwork for the story?
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Mar 20, 2012 14:17
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paulnewmanseyes posted:I believe the prequel is going to be released in the same format as the Incal was - both were originally released by Humanoids as the stupid superdeluxe ones, then later by that other publisher. I hope so, but I don't see any sign of another version of the one volume Metabarons book which looks like it got the same kind of release...
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Mar 20, 2012 23:04
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wildlele posted:Its a must purchase. The art is amazing and tons of detail on the history of DC that we are losing too fast as the golden age creators die. Note based on an Amazon fish, the following is coming out. I didn't know that they were doing this. Presumably the next four volumes will be the Silver Age of DC Comics, Bronze Age, Stupid Age, and Modern Age.
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Mar 24, 2012 14:23
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GrandpaPants posted:According to Amazon, it's missing The Killing Joke, so probably like, half the reason to get it in the first place. I'm sure there's various other QA issues as well, but that was the major complaint from reading Amazon reviews. I think there's something wrong with every single version of the Alan Moore collection. This ones not a big deal to me since I've got a Killing Joke hardcover but I definitely could see a lot of people being pissed.
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Mar 28, 2012 22:51
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Nawid posted:I don't think there is anything wrong with the current paperback edition. They lack the Image stories from the current hardcover. Not that it's any great loss; they weren't very good and I'm pretty sure Moore was just doing them to pay for From Hell...
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Mar 28, 2012 23:06
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bairfanx posted:Is this the most recent edition of the Incal? I agree with d00gZ. I just got it a couple of weeks ago and it is gorgeous.
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Apr 7, 2012 01:03
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bairfanx posted:Okay, that makes sense. I was just incredibly confused, as people were heaping praise on that. I didn't pick it up when it came out, and of course that means it's a pain in the rear end to get now. I was about to give a bit of advice about the UK version actually being easier and cheaper to get in the US than the actual US release but then I remembered there's been a big spike in prices. You'll just need to wait for the supposed reprint to come around, I'm afraid.
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Apr 7, 2012 23:35
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Shameless posted:Marvel solicits not up yet but the Previews list is and, oh-mercy-me, there are a couple of very nice surprises. Namely: Definitely getting the Criminal Deluxe but as much as I love Mike Ploog art (as you all should!) I don't think I'm going to get the Man-Thing omnibus. This is one instance where I think the B&W job of the essentials is a better choice for the art. Which shouldn't discourage anyone interested in it. I think that run of Man-Thing is an underrated classic. It's just that $125 price tag is pretty steep for the material. I'm also ordering the Herc complete series trade since it's unlikely we're getting a hardcover release.
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Shameless posted:DEATH OF SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC $75 Definitely getting this. Anyone know how Dr. Strange Season One is? I haven't heard anything about it at all but it has people I enjoy on though they're not necessarily my top picks for a Dr. Strange book. Incognito: The Classified Edition sounds like it's essentially the Incognito omnibus. And there's Criminal Deluxe Edition volume 2 as well. I noticed that Fraction's X-Men run is getting a "complete collection" treatment, bypassing an omnibus. Still it looks like a good deal for the amount of material in the book (especially compared to some of those other trades).
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May 9, 2012 14:19
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bobkatt013 posted:Why wouldn't you? It is an awesome series and complete story. The only bad thing in it is Brotherhood and that fucken thing makes no sense what so ever. Yeah, that's one of the better omnibuses Marvel has published recently. You've got incredible art, a great story, and everything from beginning to end in one book. It's one of those things the omnibus line was made for. I suspect they added The Brotherhood because it's the only X-Statix story that wouldn't be in the omnibus if they left it out even though it's pointless, awful, and completely unessential.
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Ghost Boner posted:http://www.amazon.com/Sandman-Slipcase-Set-Neil-Gaiman/dp/1401238637 If Amazon has it then it's at least on the publishing schedule. There's no guarantee that it won't be pulled off the schedule later but it's definitely there right now. I think I prefer my Absolutes in this situation, though.
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