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I Know that this is a day early but the previous thread just closed so here is the August discussion thread As most of you probably don’t know, I am getting married this month, so I thought I would dedicate this first post of the August chat thread to famous comic book marriages. Superman and Lois Lane  The will they won’t they relationship between super-dweeb farmboy Clark Kent and the rambunctious go getter Lois Lane pretty much set the template for superhero comics. One thing that I like about this relationship is that there is a deep-seated respect between the characters as individuals, without Lois just being a bland love interest for the superhero. Despite DC’s “no-marry rule because it ages our characters” (it is true I am old) the publisher just couldn’t destroy a good thing for long, and Lois and Clark are back to being happily married. They also have a kid now so woot to DC realizing that marriage is actually a good thing. Peter Parker and Mary Jane  Apparently a lot of people were against this marriage. Who knew. Personally I hope my marriage doesn’t end with me having to make a deal with the devil, but maybe that’s just comic books. I actually didn’t have anything against this marriage, I was never a huge Mary Jane fan but I thought her and Peter being married was a natural progression of Peter’s character so I was for it. Of course Marvel wasn’t because the prefer Peter as some kind of loser (what is it with the big 2 and marriage anyway?) I have no idea on Pete’s current status though I assume he isn’t married at all now (although probably is in some other parallel world where marriage is seen a good thing or perhaps he is living in the same planet as the one that that the Lobster takes place in. Cyclops and Jean Grey  Alright, the only thing I know about this one is from the cartoon show and in the cartoon show they were married by a shapeshifting Morph so all of a sudden they weren’t officially married, and when they found out they weren’t officially married they decided to say gently caress that weddings are hard (true) and we already sunk a small fortune into the sham that was a wedding but wasn’t (also true) so let’s just skip this whole getting married thing and just go back to being a couple that has kids the natural way despite Mr. Sinister’s insistence that we have kids in an unnatural way. Also I think I had a random comic that had Scott go on a honeymoon with the Madeline Pryor (who fulfilled the wife-requirement of looking like his dead ex) and they got attacked by a giant shark. Hopefully whatever my honeymoon is, it will be decidedly shark-free (and also evil doppelganger free too). Reed Richards and Sue Storm  Again I don’t really read much Marvel so I have no idea if they are still a couple but considering comics track records in regards to wedding I can only assume that they aren’t due to some shapeshifting devil who destroys universes or something like that. Still I think that they were the longest serving married couple in comicdom (possibly), and if they are still a happy couple then all the power to them. Elongated Man and Sue Dibny Well one way I hope my marriage is different to this one is that I really hope my wife to be doesn’t die by some crazy woman with a flamethrower. Speaking of…. Ray Palmer and Jean Loring I also hope that if I had a fight with my wife to be or something goes wrong between us, that she wouldn’t pick up a flame thrower and go kill my friend’s spouse in hopes that that would make want to be with her again. So from the above examples of weddings and marriage I can only hope that my wedding isn’t filled with shapeshifters and evil villains trying to ruin the special day because they are jerks, and that my marriage isn’t filled with deals with devils, giant sharks, crazy ex’s, weird murders that don’t make any sense, jealous boyfriends, universe ending events, and other comic book style craziness. Besides all that, this is also the August comic book discussion/chat thread so feel free to talk about things non-wedding related if you want.
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irlZaphod posted:I don't think that's really true but I don't really know what fan reaction was like at the time. I was going more with the writers of Spiderman than fans opinion on this one. I was reading somewhere how a few writers weren't down with the whole marriage thing.
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Aug 1, 2017 16:07
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Sometimes I just don't get this whole "internet" thing, but I guess this story had a happy ending. It also affirms that some fans are just the worst. Seriously, who would get pissed off with a bunch of awesome comic book gals enjoying some milkshakes?
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Aug 1, 2017 22:34
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I tried to read a witchblade once but it seemed to up it's arse in some bullshit mythology that I lost interest. Something like witchblade shouldn't be so up it's arse in mythology
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Aug 5, 2017 03:47
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One of my fave parts of David's X-Factor run is when Siryn hears that her dad's died and she just bursts out laughing. Everyone looks at her like she is crazy and she explains that he'll probably come back to life soon so it's no big deal
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Aug 6, 2017 18:35
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I like it but I find it a bit meandering and definitely reads better in trades. Also I like Private Eye so take my opinion for what you want.
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Aug 9, 2017 04:55
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I care not for Twitter. Who is a solid follow on Instagram?
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Aug 10, 2017 21:09
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Kent would never clench his fist at someone who saves lives.
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Aug 11, 2017 06:21
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Guys I'll have you know that he has a very reliable source. That source being my rear end
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Aug 12, 2017 01:47
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The first two arcs of ultimate X-Men are solid enough but after that the quality drops. Bending took over and while his run was okay to had to deal with some ugly Finch art. BKV run was sadly forgettable and Kirkman's run was terrible. By the end the title was spinning it's wheels and waiting for death.
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Aug 15, 2017 16:30
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Comics taught me about punching Nazis. They have definitely been a positive influence.
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Aug 16, 2017 02:07
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Rhyno posted:It really was. Also, Blackest Night was lame overall but man if I didn't get the misty eyes when Hawkgirl took off her mask and it was Shayera. I'm a Hawks fan but that is because I refuse to acknowledge anything post Hawkworld
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Aug 19, 2017 06:25
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X-O posted:I took off work to drive someone four hours to watch something for two minutes. I wish I’d taken off to just sleep instead. My friend took an 11 hour flight and five hour drive to do the same thing. I'm staying in bed.
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Aug 21, 2017 17:01
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I admire to trip and your determination. Good luck.
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Aug 23, 2017 01:53
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Endless Mike posted:Because Madkal is (was?) getting married this month and wanted to make is special for himself. 3 days to go.
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Aug 24, 2017 16:25
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I have sunk too much money into this wedding to call it off. Now if a bunch of villains plotted some insane scheme to prevent the wedding or some random clones started showing up I might consider changing the thread title/asking a mod to change the title.
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Aug 24, 2017 21:01
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Wouldn't be the first time.
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Aug 24, 2017 22:01
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Tomorrow is the day and I am decked out with batman underwear, batman cufflinks, and a batman flask. I just wish I had a positive batman marriage story to focus on now.
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Aug 27, 2017 01:55
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purple death ray posted:DM Tom King on Twitter, tell him you're getting married, and ask him very nicely how the Catwoman thing is going to play out I don't know how to use Twitter but I think I have just done that. If Batman and Catwoman end up getting hitched now you can thank me.
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Aug 27, 2017 16:05
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My favourite thing about the Starman trades was the lack of numbers on the spine so I never got them in any kind of order when I bought them
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Aug 30, 2017 00:40
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I just came from a massive bookstore in the middle of no where where the owner had about 100 long boxes filled with comics. I asked if they were his personal collection and he just replied that he travels all over buying up people's collections. By the looks of it he doesn't sell anything in the boxes at marked up prices but everything in the boxes were about 1.50 ea. If I was a collector this would seem like jack pot island and I was even considering in going and looking for full runs but I am trying to move away from buying single issues.
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Aug 30, 2017 21:48
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Edge & Christian posted:What era were they from? Did it look like he had any fanzines or Wizards or whatever from the 1990s? I didn't look too hard to see what era they were from and really even though they were labelled there were too many boxes to go through. There was a shelf or so of old wizard magazines that I thought of buying for shots and giggles though. Can't say how far back they went though because I didn't go through them.
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