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Mr. Maltose posted:That was forums cool guy Melvin The Jerk and it was an entire thread about cool couples and romances in comics. Was it goldmined, or if you have archives can you quote it? Because that was a pretty awesome post.
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Sturm posted:So most of the stuff that Marvel is putting out has been pretty good, was thinking about trying to get into some DC but I hear the opposite is true. Not current, but I dug Grant Morrison on Man of Steel.
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Jul 11, 2014 07:27
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Sharzak posted:Asian is actually kind of what we're going for although she's an ethnic chameleon so that will be fine. Thanks for the suggestions. Googling doesn't really have much on the subject. There was a Chinese predecessor to Iron Fist in the Fraction/Brubaker series who I'm pretty sure was heavily based on Ching Shih, but I can't remember her name (it might have just been that Ching Shih in the Marvel universe was an Iron Fist).
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Jul 23, 2014 18:47
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redbackground posted:Why in hell were comics in the '80s just obsessed with making sure readers knew that the story continued after an ad page? Was there just that much confusion about such things back then? It might be because comics back then would often feature multiple short stories, so they wanted to make sure you didn't think it was ending on a cliffhanger or something.
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Jul 28, 2014 17:47
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Gavok posted:Who are characters that Marvel is simply not allowed to use despite being part of its canon continuity? Isn't Patriot related to Isaiah Bradley from Truth: Red, White and Black?
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Aug 2, 2014 22:10
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Literally The Worst posted:Bendis's Moon Knight owns, y'all are retarded. Why hasn't Marvel figured out a print on demand system for their Essentials line? It's 300 pages of cheap newsprint it shouldn't be hard. The Moon Knight talk made me want to read to original stuff and Essential Moon Knight 1 is out of print.
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Aug 8, 2014 00:35
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Aphrodite posted:Where do all the super specific numbers for Marvel stuff come from? Marvel employs a man call the "Asstimator" and whenever they need a specific number for something, they reach deep inside his rear end and pull it out. None of those numbers mean anything when a different answer furthers the plot a writer has in mind.
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Aug 25, 2014 07:47
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Who's Iron Lad? All my Avengers knowledge is post dissassembled.
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Aug 27, 2014 21:09
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I keep meaning to read Young Avengers. I should have been more specific in saying that my knowledge of Avengers basically starts with New Avengers Vol. 1, but I read a trade of Dissassembled a few years ago and didn't realize how much time passed between the two.
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Aug 27, 2014 21:52
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How pissed off do you think Stephen Glass had to be that Matt Murdock can still practice law in California, and he can't?
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Sep 3, 2014 04:55
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Uthor posted:Yes, Kitty has said the n-word in print. Twice
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Sep 3, 2014 19:12
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zoux posted:Claremont? She says it in God Loves, Man Kills, so yes. The other time was I think in Secret Wars 2, so that'd be then editor in chief Jim Shooter's fault.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:31
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Madkal posted:Is there any issues of Batman/Detective Comics that deal with the legal ramifications of Batman beating up perps? One would think some perp getting beaten up and left on the cops doorsteps would be a one way trip to all charges dropped/mistrial. I haven't read it yet (I know), but I imagine Gotham Central addresses that. There was an issue of Tangled Web of Spider-Man that was essentially that, but with Spider-Man. He drops the bad guys off and the cops are racing like hell to get a confession because the purps lawyer gets there because they know they have absolutely no case without one.
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Sep 3, 2014 22:13
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CharlestheHammer posted:Its not the worst thing ever written. In context, the first one almost works, almost.
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Sep 3, 2014 23:24
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Madkal posted:Yea it is heavy handed and whatnot, but in context it can sort of work. It helps that she's not actually calling some one that, but using a hypothetical. But as someone else pointed out, it's still comparing a made up term for a fictional group of people to the most hateful and politically/racially charged words in America.
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Sep 3, 2014 23:37
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Wolpertinger posted:But I thought bounty hunters needed some sort of license. Bounty hunters need a license in the same sense kitchen workers and hair stylists do.
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Sep 4, 2014 04:07
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zoux posted:That'll make Illuminati meetings fun. I'd be very surprised if the Illuminati were still around at the end of Hickman's Avengers run.
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Sep 4, 2014 20:57
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SirDan3k posted:Not even close to plausible. The entire motivation of death and return of superman was the collectors market cashcow and the books sold gangbusters so there was no "Oh, what's that, none of them are as good as the original Superman and you don't want any of them to take over? You want the real Superman back?" pay off because it wasn't being sold to fans. I thought it was mainly to delay the impending wedding of Superman and Lois Lane to synchronize with the Dean Cain/Teri Hatcher show.
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Sep 10, 2014 03:45
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I hear good things about the Steve Englehart run too, I think it's the one that introduced Shuma Gorath. Not sure where/if it's collected. It's in Essential Dr.Strange 3, and I didn't know there was a 4th Essential, so I should pick that up. Hollismason posted:I'm pretty sure Doctor Strange : The Oath, was the newest retelling of his origin. Honestly, i've never really cared for Doctor Strange, The Oath being really the only story I've read of his and that Defenders run. If you dig Silver Age stuff the first 3 Essential Strange are pretty good, but I wouldn't blame you for just skipping over the part where he has a secret identity, also Essential Defenders 1 at least is pretty good too and features Strange, I haven't read the later volumes.
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Sep 10, 2014 22:33
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Random Stranger posted:Like anyone would be able to read it anyway. Here's roughly what it would look like from the earth: I think people had telescopes back then.
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Sep 16, 2014 18:26
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:I consider myself a big Daredevil fan, so I feel like I should know this, but somehow, I get the impression it was never addressed -- at least not by Miller, Bendis, Brubaker, Diggle, or what I've read by Waid so far. I don't think that was ever addressed, likely because Daredevil is originally from before the era of massive personal injury lawsuits. Here's an off the cuff no-prize explanation, they did sue, but went with the first ambulance chaser they met who got chewed up and spit out by whatever high priced attorneys the other side hired. I'm pretty sure Matt went to Colombia using needs and merit based scholarships. I remember in high school when they were telling us about all the different scholarships they even said there was one for red heads. And up until his first college grant (and maybe after) Matt would have qualified for social security, being disabled, maybe Battlin' Jack put it in a trust for him.
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Sep 22, 2014 04:44
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Inkspot posted:Only if Niles is played by a Doombot programmed to act like 3-CPO. Isn't that what we already got? By the way, if I had a daughter, my greatest hope for her would be that she married a KC Royal. 6/10
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Oct 1, 2014 07:09
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bobkatt013 posted:What is she a druish princess? I lost a bet about a sports game.
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Oct 1, 2014 23:37
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Potsticker posted:What even is a cryptofascist? William F Buckley.
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Oct 17, 2014 20:08
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Potsticker posted:Tim Buckley? The word cryptofacist was invented by writer/political commentator Gore Vidal to describe writer/political commentator William F Buckley. Buckley founded noted conservative magazine The National Review. His son, novelist Christopher Buckley, was forced to resign from that magazine after endorsing Obama in 2008. Read something that doesn't have pictures for once.
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Oct 17, 2014 20:20
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Phylodox posted:If it's not interesting enough to have pictures then it's not interesting enough to read. Books without pictures use the greatest artist ever: Your imagination.
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Oct 17, 2014 20:29
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Madkal posted:I would read it if Darkseid was the one who created noted conservative magazine The National Review and writer/political commentator Clark Kent wrote the word "cryptofascist. You realize this would also be a book where Darkseid says to Clark Kent "Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I'll sock you in your goddamn face, and you'll stay plastered."
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Oct 17, 2014 21:26
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The TV thread made me realize how little I know about Flash. What difference, if any, is there between Zoom and Reverse Flash?
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Oct 19, 2014 19:29
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For the record, if I ask a comics question in relation to a tv show, you don't need to spoiler the comics stuff, and you don't need to spoil the tv stuff unless I asked slightly before the next tv episode aired and due to timezone differences I might read your response before I can see tonights episode. I read all the spoilers about Zoom/Reverse Flash and I appreciate the responses. I asked the question because in the TV thread some people were using Reverse Flash and Zoom interchangeably and some weren't, so I was confused. Spoiler tags aren't a bad idea in the "General Question" thread though, since someone else might have a completely unrelated question and doesn't want Flash spoilers (comic or tv). Just make sure to quote the question, so people know what they might be spoiling.
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Oct 20, 2014 07:24
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zoux posted:Come to me my Galactus. I always wonder at what point he had that idea. Future Franklin comes in fairly early as a weird voice in the corner, but the whole "Franklin Richards only had one herald" was that always part of the plan, or something Hickman came up with after the ball started rolling.
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Oct 24, 2014 04:52
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There's a picture of a dude who has Osborne hair in real life that I've seen posted here a couple times, I think he's a state legislator or city council member somewhere. If someone has it, it helped me realize what that hair must look like in real life.
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Oct 26, 2014 11:18
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Really, the only time you NEED to read Avengers to follow New Avengers is the during Infinity. Otherwise all you need to know is that Cap finds out what they did to him, and that's why Tony has bandages on his face all of a sudden. Edit: Oh yeah, as was said, post time-skip they are more tied together, so you might want to start reading both again.
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Nov 1, 2014 04:37
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Craiggers posted:Can anyone suggest a good mail order comic service? There aren't any good shops in my area and I'm still addicted to physical copies of books. It's been 7 years since I done it, but I subscribed to several Marvel comics direct and they were very nice, and cheaper than buying retail. One time I didn't get an issue of Ultimate Spide-Man, but it only took one short and polite phonecall to get a replacement copy.
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Nov 7, 2014 01:34
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Uthor posted:It's a combination of them loving up, not being too apologetic, never ordering enough so they are sold out of any extras by the time I get there (noon Wednesdays), and almost never actually reordering the books they miss to get them to me in a week or two like they say they will. It's pushed me to trade waiting or going digital for anything that isn't from the big two. The few people I know that shop there all complain about it, but the next nearest shop is a 45 minute drive away. I like that shop, but I'm not going to spend $10 in gas just to go there. I tend to default to supporting local businesses, but it sounds like they don't care about keeping your business, so I don't see why you should support there's. If subscriptions work for you go with that, and if there's a book worth driving 45 minutes to get, drive the 45 minutes. If you think that other store is good enough, you might just move your pull list there and only pick up every two weeks or so. As long as you show up at least once a month, they should be willing to pull whatever you want.
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Nov 7, 2014 04:45
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In the first episode of Justice League, isn't one of the reasons the white martians/HG Wells war of the worlds aliens so easily take over is all the world governments agree to give up their most deadly weapons, because they trust Superman to handle the major threats? I don't think the various animated series have as tight of continuity as people think. The Superman cartoon was dope, and honestly the reason I could never get into the Justice League cartoon was because Tim Daly couldn't come back as Superman because he was too busy doing that Fugitive reboot tv show no one remembers ever existed.
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Nov 15, 2014 22:50
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FilthyImp posted:
Oh my god, this is how wookiepedia started.
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Nov 16, 2014 05:23
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CapnAndy posted:Ultra-Humanite betrays them for a generous donation to NPR, which is much funnier. It was cash, he just used a portion of it to make a large donation to NPR. Check out all the swag in his prison cell. Justice league season one is all two and three parters that do nothing to earn their length, that episode with the injustice gang is probably the only exception. When they finally switched to mostly single episodeswith JLU it was a huge improvement. The other huge problem with early Justice League cartoons (Bruce Timm even calls it out in the commentary of, I think, JLU) is they Worfed Superman. He was the most powerful member of the team, so to show how powerful a threat was, he'd take out Superman with one hit. That would be fine for a season finally, but they used it almost every story, so Superman ends up looking like a chump.
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Idran posted:Oh yeah, definitely. Wasn't the Superman vs. Darkseid fight in Brainiac's lair them showing they'd be putting an end to that, even? I don't remember that episode, was it season 2? because I missed a huge chunk of that season. Definitely the JLU episodes where he fights Captain Marvel and gives Darkseid the "World of Cardboard" speech fixed a lot of that. Fake edit: I remember the episode now, you're probably right, it was JLU and before either of my examples. Bruce Timm coming back for JLU and complaining about that specific thing would fit the timeline completely. I can understand needing to show a reason Superman needs help, otherwise it just becomes the "Superman fixes everything, or is away from the planet" show. The worst example of Worfing Superman was where they get transported to WW2 and Vandal Savage has also travelled back and is teaching Nazis to make laser guns. A literal Stormtrooper shoots Superman with a laser gun and it puts him down. A rare bright spot early on was the episode with the dude who could become any element, he wrecks the rest of the league until Superman shows up, then Superman thrashes him for awhile until he figures out to turn into kryptonite, but that gives the rest of the team time to regroup and figure out how to take him down
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Nov 17, 2014 05:21
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Anybody know when comics shifted away from thought bubbles and towards narration boxes? Thor is using it right now in a gimmicky way, But besides that the most recent example I could think of was Bendis' Mighty Avengers 5 years ago, but that's just another gimmicky thing, and it's like 5 years old at this point. I feel like the shift itself happened some time in the 80's or 90's.
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trashbuilder posted:Caption boxes really do the same thing and are just way cleaner. Do you really want fluffy clouds floating around the page? or is it a nostalgia thing. I'm not trying to be mean when I say this but why do you want thought bubbles? It is to me the number one thing that bugs me about older comics. I can get over them but most of the time they are unnecessary and I already know what is in the bubble. I wasn't complaining, I was just curious. According to the video podcast someone else posted it happened in the eighties, biting off Batman: Year One, The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen. I do think the way they're being used in Thor right now is well done and communicates information in a better way than narrative captions would. The thought bubble has the advantage/disadvantage of firmly cementing the idea that those thoughts are happening to that character at that exact moment. I think I need to do some independent research though, because I don't think they actually disappeared (almost) completely in the 80's. I can swear I've read 90's comics with thought bubbles. Maybe the Death and Return of Superman, I'm pretty sure there was a period where superhero comics used both.
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