Apologies if this is a repost

So is this really the new hyped spidey costume:

http://www.marvelcomics.com/publishi...tory.htm?id=67

How many months before we revert back to normal? It's gotta at least be before the next movie, right?

I'm hoping it's a preliminary drawing and that it'll be improved. Or that it's a joke. I can't imagine it sticking around even a couple of months if it indeed is the new costume.

It'll be gone before Civil War ends. nuff said!

I like it. But I also agree that it won't last.

I'd rather go back to the black costume.

I like when they make alrerations on the existing spidey costume (adjusting the spider's design and such). Everyone and their momma knows that if it's too drastic a change, it won't last. The design itself though I don't think is terrible. The feet look a little funky, but it will only be around for a year tops so no worries.

What's the plot of this series?

Haven't read the 3rd issue yet, but the basic premise is that there's a war torn America. New York is cordoned off. It's a war zone with the 'bad guys' inside, although it's technically unclear as to who the enemies are since Americans are on both sides. A young reporter gets trapped inside. The book follows his adventures.

That's a terrible synopsis, sorry.

Have you guys ever checked out some of the cool Downloads at DC's site?

http://www.dccomics.com/downloads/

I liked the first two issues of DMZ but the third didn't really hit it for me. I guess there are just questions that haven't been answered yet about this civil war and it bugs me. And it is Manhattan . . . what happened to all the yuppies?

Hmmmm. Sounds like a Escape from NY rip off?

My wallpaper/screensaver is nothing but comic related pics and I'm checking that site all the time (along with marvel.com)

Ummm, based on my synopsis, yeah it does. But it's certainly more realistic as the main character isn't really the action hero type. I'm enjoying the story so far, but I'm not sure how Wood can sustain this story for more than 10 issues without it getting repetitive.

Anyone else having a hard time picking books 2-3 months in advance based solely on the blurbs found in the Previews catalog? It's easy when a book has a creative team you've come to respect, but for things like OYL when the entire DC line has new writers and artists...it's difficult to decide where to spend my $100.

Dammit, I should really hate it when the Marvel guys overhype stuff, but I still can't help getting excited when they make such outrageous statements. Here's what Millar just said about Civil War: "Some AMAZING stuff coming up and, just for a little self-promotion, let me trailer MCW issue 2 as the most talked about Marvel comic in our lifetimes. No hyperbole. Copy and save this paragraph and slap me down with it if you think I'm wrong, but June is where the Marvel Universe just goes more nuts than you could ever have possibly imagined. Seriously, copy and save this paragraph because there was 100% agreement this will be the biggest thing to happen to Marvel since the 60s."

Quesada said something interesting about the ending to Civil War last week that Millar mentioned too, "Whedon was in town and, during the summit, quite brilliantly chose the best of the four endings we'd been arguing over for the better part of a day. You remember that scene in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing where Luthor was hired for a billion dollars a minute to come in and tell these scientists how to kill Swampy? That was Whedon."

That gives me a little faith that Millar might not fuck up Civil War.

Wow, that's some hyperbolous stuff there. Still, hard to not get a little excited.

They're the super hype machine. I'm still not sold. Then again, what do I know?

Anyone know the specifics for Civil War? Is it going to be a mini with offshoots into other titles, or will it just be a regular cross over?

oooo I hope it's as good as "House Of M" was.

F@#$*!!!!. I'll be seriously pissed if the crossover flows into one of my regular titles like "House of M" crap did. Marvel has always been basically ALL I buy, but in the past year or two, I've been dropping titles like crazy (New Avengers, all Spidey, all X-books). Its not going to take much more for me to just say the hell with it and drop the rest. I guess we'll see this summer.

Well, to add insult to injury, all Marvel books are at least $2.99 starting in March or April. Or at least, that's what I've heard.

Most all of the Marvel books I buy now are 2.99. But I'm only spending maybe $25-30 on comics a month so its not too bad.

I have a tough time doing this, and also trying to avoid spoilers when looking through Previews. Of course, that's nothing compared to being a shop owner who has to base his month's worth of ordering on those little pictures, while trying to predict what his consumer base will buy.

New Avengers is getting a little more interesting with all of the Spider-Women stuff going on now. Spider-Woman Origin has been pretty solid too (waiting for issue 2 to arrive in my next Midtown order).

I didn't like Spider-Woman Origin at all, but NA keeps getting better and better. There wasn't a single thing I liked about Origin and the latest issue of NA made it look even more pathetic.

NA has been impressing me more than any other ongoing right now. I don't think Bendis has managed to do a good job at any of the big epic fights in his various minis, but he pulls off the less earth-shattering fights perfectly imo. I loved the Wrecker fight a few months ago and the ninja fight in the previous arc was as good as I could imagine. I think the biggest problem with his huge battles are that they're too short. We probably saw more of the ninja fight and the Wrecker fight than all of the fights in HOM. Those 2 fights also had a good amount of humor which can really help to keep a fight scene entertaining.

I just picked up the NEW AVENGERS - Breakout TP, on the reccomendation of a freind, my brother, and the guy who runs my local comic shop - all of whom were surprised I wasn't reading the book yet, based on everything else I like.

Gotta say, I was pretty impressed with it - much better than I'd thought it would be - and now plan to pick up the future trade releases.