you realise that's a fake cover
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 25 February 2018 05:03 (six years ago) link
Seriously. Batman never appeared in The Brave and the Bold. Get real.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Sunday, 25 February 2018 13:08 (six years ago) link
So pass my critique along to the faker!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Monday, 26 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
And every plot has to be titled "Infinity <Something>", or just "Infinity" if you count the arc that wasn't really about them during Hickman's giant Avengers crossover thing.
Now that I think about it, why the heck was that called Infinity, anywa.
AFAIK, Hickman's Infinity was originally supposed to be only about the Builders (which makes sense since his Avengers run had been leading up to the conflict with them), but someone upper in the hierarchy made him add Thanos to the story (possibly because of Thanos' higher visibility thanks to the MCU?), so I guess the "Infinity" name came from there.
IMO this wasn't a good idea, since Hickman can't really write Thanos, and he decided to ignore all the character development Thanos had gone through since the conclusion of Infinity Gauntlet, making him into a megalomaniac tyrant leading a bunch of space pirates, just like he was at the beginning of IG.
On top of that, it wasn't very long after Abnett & Lanning (who do know how to write him) had given the big T a fitting and sweet conclusion to his story in the Thanos Imperative, so there was really no need to bring him back so quickly (though you can blame Bendis for that). I guess it was inevitable he would eventually be resurrected, especially considering the cross-marketing possibilites with the MCU, but he doesn't really add anything to Hickman's Avengers arc.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
I've been mostly out of loop with Marvel since the ending of Secret Wars, since a lot of the creators I liked have left or been reshuffled to titles I don't care about. I've only been following Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl, but what else has been good with post-SW Marvel? Besides Al Ewing's books? Or is Marvel's latest golden age completely over now?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:17 (six years ago) link
Chip Zdarsky's Spidey is good.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:57 (six years ago) link
Tom King's Vision series is as good as everyone says.
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
It’s been a very dry 2-3 years for marvel
I dug Waid’s short run on Black Widow. Bendis started well on Iron Man until he Bendis’d it. Thor has been solid but not as good as the pre-SW run. Zdarsky’s improving as a writer but still workmanlike.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 16:35 (six years ago) link
David F Walker on Luke Cage is cool if you're into 70's grindhouse...oh I just googled to make sure I had dude's name right and apparently it got cancelled :/
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Thor is the only thing I’m still reading regularly, I think it’s very good.
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
I think she's got an edge against the Mangog -- Jane's lacking most of the hubris that the Mangog feeds on, could be an interesting angle in the story
― mh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
I'm still only about six months into the post-Secret Wars books. I'll take a glance through what I've read and see what I'd recommend. Moon Girl is the first thing that springs to mind as pleasant surprise.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
ThorUltimates/Ultimates²U.S.AvengersBlack Bolt (underrated gem imo)Royals
Dr. Strange w/the Aaron/Bachalo issuesBlack Panther And The Crew (might be good collected, kind of long on exposition so far without much action)
― mh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
No idea if it has stuck/will stick, but Ewing's repurposing of Galactus in Ultimates is pretty brilliant.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
that is definitely cool
although I have an even bigger soft spot for the fact he gave Ego a body for a story arc
― mh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:44 (six years ago) link
Bruh. Spoilerz.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:50 (six years ago) link
Throwing my unread Ultimates comics in the trash as I type. I really am that prodigious a typist.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
that's a small detail that should make you run to read the rest, imo
― mh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:52 (six years ago) link
Retrieving soiled copies of Ultimates from the trash, wondering if it was really necessary to immediately soil them after throwing them away.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 27 February 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
Al Ewing is also having fun doing noir/heist with the crew that will always be the Special Executive to me, in Rocket.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
Also I wasn't here but https://alewing.tumblr.com/
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
apparently he's going to have a Hulk-as-horror comic soon!
― mh, Tuesday, 27 February 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link
Ah, fuck Marvel. Just read vol 1 of Spider-Woman, where she's pregnant and has a baby, and it was very enjoyable, so i start vol 2, which I bought at the same time (same writer, same artist, etc), and of course it is A DIFFERENT vol 2, so it's older, and is in the middle of an older storyline, and I wasted my fucking money.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 2 March 2018 02:13 (six years ago) link
Sorry about your luck, brother. Always feel free to check with the nerdz itt before you buy, or the ever-trusty Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 02:36 (six years ago) link
At least you didn't accidentally buy the previous vol 1, which is all just Spider-Verse crossovers.
And Greg Land art. You dodged the bullet at least a little, is what I'm saying here.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
Which Vol. 2 did you buy? “New Duds” – which immediately precedes the volume you already have(?) That’s a good one!
Btw, I also like the Spider-Verse “Vol. 1”... the art isn’t my style, but it’s not terrible and it fits the story (Jess looks like Eva Longoria, which is kinda cool). Dennis Hopeless writes great dialogue!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 2 March 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
(Also, btw, “New Duds” isn’t the middle of an older storyline – it starts at the beginning of the relaunch, after Spider-Verse. So you haven’t missed anything!)
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 2 March 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
(FTR, I liked Spider-Verse but I would've likely been very displeased if I'd accidentally bought a volume of Spider-Verse crossover issues thinking it was actually a discrete story unto itself.)
(And also, Pornmag McLightbox Greg Land is always terrible.)
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 05:29 (six years ago) link
That volume is the only Spider-Verse thing I’ve read, and it reads coherently enough for me...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 2 March 2018 06:09 (six years ago) link
It was New Duds. It opened with a many-page story so far thing, but I will actually read it now. Thanks!
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 2 March 2018 09:57 (six years ago) link
Keep in mind that there's a gap between the volume you just bought and the one featuring Jessica's pregnancy but you won't have missed anything in between because the Marvel U was busy getting a hard refresh at the time and the storylines in all of the post-Secret Wars books jumped ahead 8-9 months into the future.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 13:08 (six years ago) link
(I wish I could figure out a way to shoehorn my facilities with assembling IKEA furniture and parsing Marvel's publishing eccentricities into my resume somehow.)
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 13:16 (six years ago) link
This is true -- though if you're looking to be a stone completist, there's a funny little 4-pg. Spider-Woman story at the end of ASM #1 (2015) (the post-SW relaunch issue) that teases the new series: https://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Spider-Man-Comic-No/dp/B01509IS3Q
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 2 March 2018 15:47 (six years ago) link
...unless they thought to include that story in the "Baby Talk" volume (which would make sense) (which means they probably didn't do it!).
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Friday, 2 March 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
And they say modern comics are inaccessible to the casual reader!
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 2 March 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
And they're absolutely right!
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Friday, 2 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
Actually, that 4-pager WAS in Baby Talk, miraculously enough.
― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Friday, 2 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
Nice, I’m glad!
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 3 March 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
Has anyone been reading the AMERICA series? If so how is it?
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 05:04 (six years ago) link
She punches Hitler at the end of the first issue - I didn’t read a second.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 09:59 (six years ago) link
Read em all and loved em all. Heard it go canceled?
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 10:06 (six years ago) link
finally!
SPOILER: I'm bringing back Jonah's catchphrase "buy yourself some twist records" and also Peter's catchphrase "is what I like also" pic.twitter.com/ZBrcUUh6cs— Chip Zdarsky (@zdarsky) March 6, 2018
― mh, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
xpostApparently so, RE: cancellation: https://www.polygon.com/comics/2017/12/22/16810138/marvel-exec-insists-wave-of-cancellations-not-motivated-by-books-diversity
Maybe I'll check out the TPB collections...
Also, if I may, a "cover connection":
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/cmx-images-prod/Item/529575/529575._SX1280_QL80_TTD_.jpghttps://thenextissuepodcast.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/lrvol1-24.jpg
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:21 (six years ago) link
That Jaime cover is pretty much the coolest thing ever drawn...
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:28 (six years ago) link
Squirrel Girl's lookin' scary mean there
― Nhex, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 23:52 (six years ago) link
and yeah it is. the poses are like perfect
I want to start reading Fantastic Four. But where? What are good arcs/eras/writers? I don't even know where to begin. Usually I get collections/trades from the library digital service –– what should I check out?
― rb (soda), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
what sort of thing do you want to read, that you're looking to find in Fantastic Four?
― just noticed tears shaped like florida. (sic), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
The Jonathan Hickman run is probably the best thing he ever did at Marvel.
― Frederik B, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:17 (six years ago) link