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I do have to laugh at anybody who complains about 3-4 month delays in comics though. I have to wait 3-4 years between issues of some of my favorite comics |
Originally Posted by boredsilly
I do. They've done a really good job crafting that show. I don't know how they find the time to do three hour longs shows a week though. Do you listen to any others? I tried some but none really grabbed my interest that much and worse yet, some were a bit pretentious. A big no-no.
I thought I might like hearing the female opinion and tried "I Read Comics". I'm just going to say the focus of the couple I listened to didn't interest me either and leave it at that. :) Comic Geek Speak is the only one to get the whole "sit around the comic shop and talk comics" feel and I like that quite a bit. |
Originally Posted by Superboy
You should have been there in the early 90s man. Seriously. Go read Green Lantern "Emerald Dawn" I and II and then "Emerald Twilight/New Dawn", and then go read "Zero Hour". Seriously good reading. CRAAAAAZZZZY!
I do think Quesada and Jemas helped Marvel put the emphasis on stories instead of art... although those stories are much easier to read in trade. Compare late 80's/early 90's stuff (Fantastic Force, Force Works, teen Iron Man, Heroes Reborn) to the modern stuff, and you can see how it turned. Growing up, I read both companies, and actually didn't really realize the two were completely separate universes until later in life (must've been that superman/hulk comic that confused me). I particularly loved the cheap, smaller format digest comics that had pages and pages of reprinted material. Loved both New Titans and Claremont/Byrne's X-men. Sure, I favored one over the other at certain times in my life, but I couldn't imagine shutting one out completely. |
I'm actually NOT a Hal fan. You can't make a character absolutely flawless in some respects and then make them out to be some sort of twisted monster the next.
By the way, if anyone wants to see the DCU before it went apeshit and everyone was punching each other, go read JLA: Year One for a TRUE re-imagining of the DCU through the Silver Age lens. If I want to read stories about people entrenched in their own paranoia, then i'll read The Walking Dead. |
Originally Posted by Superboy
I'm actually NOT a Hal fan. You can't make a character absolutely flawless in some respects and then make them out to be some sort of twisted monster the next.
Sure you can. By the way, if anyone wants to see the DCU before it went apeshit and everyone was punching each other, go read JLA: Year One for a TRUE re-imagining of the DCU through the Silver Age lens. If I want to read stories about people entrenched in their own paranoia, then i'll read The Walking Dead. Not even the JLA and other parts of the DCU can be a Utopian sewing circle of happy friends all the time. Shit happens and <i>is</i> happening. I welcome the shake up. It's like Star Trek: DS9, what made that show great was giving the viewer a look at "the other side" of the Happy happy joy joy Federation and ST Universe. |
Argh! How do you guys organize your comics? I find myself rearranging all of my short boxes way too often. I rearrange after getting a new box, for example, and make it so all of my boxes are half full, then within months, they're all full again. And so I take some titles from each box and put them into the new box, only to be full again after a few months.
I don't want to keep doing that. How can I keep my sets together (all Batmans in one box, all Ed Brubaker books in another, etc) but at the same time grow without the need to constantly reshuffle? (And no, I don't have room for long boxes.) |
All my comics are alphabatized, which took a LONG time the first go-round (the better part of a few days, as I had 14 long boxes).
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
I'll start with a request [and a bigger look at the Justice cover ;)].
I've been waiting for my [occasionally] trusty comic shop owner to get me Wonder Woman 214, but he still hasn't done it. Don't know why. Can someone help or point me in the right direction? Of course, it was only $2.95 when I bought it there a few months ago. It's up to $7.29 now. But they do have it, so I'd recommend ordering there for a decent price (at least compared to eBay, apparently). |
Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Not even the JLA and other parts of the DCU can be a Utopian sewing circle of happy friends all the time. Shit happens and <i>is</i> happening. I welcome the shake up. It's like Star Trek: DS9, what made that show great was giving the viewer a look at "the other side" of the Happy happy joy joy Federation and ST Universe.
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Originally Posted by James W. Powell
Argh! How do you guys organize your comics? I find myself rearranging all of my short boxes way too often. I rearrange after getting a new box, for example, and make it so all of my boxes are half full, then within months, they're all full again. And so I take some titles from each box and put them into the new box, only to be full again after a few months.
I don't want to keep doing that. How can I keep my sets together (all Batmans in one box, all Ed Brubaker books in another, etc) but at the same time grow without the need to constantly reshuffle? (And no, I don't have room for long boxes.) But, kind of along those lines, I was wondering if there is anything out there like dvdprofiler? I would like to get something like that where you could scan the UPC and it would pull up information and current prices. They only ones I've seen cost money and don't look all that great unless you pay big bucks for Professional versions. I don't collect anymore but I have about 15 - 20 long boxes and a couple magazine boxes that I'd like to get entered somewhere. Anyone know of anything like that? |
Originally Posted by Todd B.
I bought my copy at http://www.zaldiva.com/
Of course, it was only $2.95 when I bought it there a few months ago. It's up to $7.29 now. But they do have it, so I'd recommend ordering there for a decent price (at least compared to eBay, apparently). |
Originally Posted by Rogue588
Thanks Todd! :up: :beer:
I checked a few other places online, and couldn't really find much. No one seems to have it. This place has it listed for $15. I've never heard of them before. http://www.nostalgiazone.com/ You might want to try calling or e-mailing Dave's Comics. They only have up to issue 213 listed on their website, but they've been in the back issue biz forever, and they might have it. http://www.davescomics.com G-Mart has it listed for $20. I have ordered from these guys before. http://www.g-mart.com/ Well, that's about all I could find. Other than that, eBay's probably your best bet. |
Forget your Houses of Ms or Countdowns to Infinite Crises. Go find yourself a copy of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I just read it this weekend and it is phenomenal. I can't say enough good things about it -- great writing, great art, fun stories. Buy it. Read it. Love it.
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Originally Posted by JasonF
Forget your Houses of Ms or Countdowns to Infinite Crises. Go find yourself a copy of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. I just read it this weekend and it is phenomenal. I can't say enough good things about it -- great writing, great art, fun stories. Buy it. Read it. Love it.
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So, I picked up WILDSIDERZ 0 and 1. I like it. It's geared towards teens but they've got a villian who used to be a "Gene Simmons" like rockstar in the 70's so that's cool to me. :lol:
The artwork is awesome and the colors look really good. However, it should be against the law to draw High school girls like that. :eek:;):lol: |
Originally Posted by Chew
I tried most of them, but I agree with your comment. Comic Rants turned me off immediately. Collected Comic Library was OK, but didn't hold my interest long enough. Most of the others were pretty amateur.
Is anyone else reading GI Joe: America's Elite? I missed the boat on the main part of the nostalgia wave of comics 2 or 3 years ago, cause really I didn't care. I pick this book up on a lark and damn if it isn't awesome! Makes me want to go back and read the previous run of issues to get the backstory to the new status quo. |
Anyone read THE KING? I was totally taken with this book. Loved it.
I posted a review on my site for what it's worth. |
Maybe I'm retarded and I'm the only one who missed it, but did anyone else notice that the covers to the SACRIFICE arc all have the same layout? The hero is in the front, left throwing a shoulder into the 'enemy.'
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Yeah, I noticed that right away.
http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/2903_180x270.jpghttp://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/3844_180x270.jpg http://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/3845_180x270.jpghttp://www.dccomics.com/media/covers/3847_180x270.jpg Sorta hard to miss when you look at them all together. :) |
Who's reading the current arc of JLA? Anyone want to venture a guess as to what the major event will be in issue 219?
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I've never been a big reader of Superman books but...
Man, I'm thouroughly confused on this "SUPERGIRL" thing. Although, I did pick up SG #0 and #1 so it helped a bit. It was said that Batman found the latest SG when her ship fell out of space into a river in Gotham. When did this happen? I also know that JSA:Classified and the new SG series, to a lesser extent, is dealing with Power Girl's place in the DCU but I hope they're aren't going to do something crazy with her. While I don't think they'll get rid of her, I still don't want her role diminished in any way in the DCU. Both Power Girl and Supergirl are great characters but I just can't see where they're going with this storyline. Could one of them be a Clone? Didn't the the cartoon make Power Girl Supergirl's crazy clone? Could they be sisters? Courtney(Stargirl) suggested this. Speaking of Super-people, the Superboy that lives with Ma and Pa Kent the same SB that came out of Superman's death years ago or is he something else? I know Luther had something to do with him but that's all I know. |
Originally Posted by James W. Powell
Who's reading the current arc of JLA? Anyone want to venture a guess as to what the major event will be in issue 219?
Spoiler:
SOMETHING is gonna happen. More Spoiler:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
DC is doing some bold storytelling and I'm looking forward to Infinite Crisis and the new DCU in 06. It's 1985 for me all over again.
Originally Posted by Giantrobo
I also know that JSA:Classified and the new SG series, to a lesser extent, is dealing with Power Girl's place in the DCU but I hope they're aren't going to do something crazy with her. While I don't think they'll get rid of her I still don't want her role diminished in any way in the DCU. Both Power Girl and Supergirl are great characters but I just can't see where they're going with this storyline. Clone? Didn't the the cartoon make Power Girl Supergirl's crazy clone? Could they be siters? Courtney(Stargirl) suggested this.
Originally Posted by Giantrobo
Speaking of Super-people, the Superboy that lives with Ma and Pa Kent the same SB that came out of Superman's death years ago or is he somtheing else? I know Luther had something to do with him but that's all I know.
He's the same Superboy. Cloned from Superman and Luthor's DNA. Luthor's plan for Superboy came to fruitation in a recent issue of Teen Titans (the story arc that crossed over with The Outsiders). Andrew |
If anyone's read the Infinite Crisis preview in Wizard....
Spoiler:
Anyway, Infinite Crisis is shaping up to be interesting...and it's probably going to tie into the new Legion series...they're already hinted at it several times...but it'll be cool to see what Waid is going to do with it. |
Originally Posted by The Valeyard
I'm reading JLA and I can't wait for the conclusion of this arc. I haven't been this excited over comics in general in years. The end of the Sacrfice arc was AMAZING (the first two parts were fluff tho) and I've been on pins and needles with each issue of JLA. The final panel in the latest issue sent chills down my spine -
Spoiler:
SOMETHING is gonna happen. More Spoiler:
Spoiler:
Spoiler:
DC is doing some bold storytelling and I'm looking forward to Infinite Crisis and the new DCU in 06. It's 1985 for me all over again. Power Girl and her (new) origin are supposed to tie directly into Infinite Crisis. With Psycho Pirate (the ONLY person who remembers the Pre-Crisis DCU AND, per Morrison's run on Animal Man, one of the few who knows he's a comic book chracter) on the cover of JSA: Classified #3, things are bound to get interesting! He's the same Superboy. Cloned from Superman and Luthor's DNA. Luthor's plan for Superboy came to fruitation in a recent issue of Teen Titans (the story arc that crossed over with The Outsiders). Andrew Thanks! Yeah, seeing Hawkman:( saying what he said at the end was wild. I mean what are they gonna do? What will Supes decide? |
Anyone know when JLA 118 comes out? I noticed that 119 is slated for late September....oh wait, that means 118 is soon, right?
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