May comic book thread
 

Well . . . nobody else started one.

Free comic Book day is Saturday!

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The titles don't excite me much, but I'll check it out. Hopefully it will bring in some new suckers er . . fans. :)

2 days til Infinite Crisis is resolved, and then starts 52.

Marvel's Civil War crossover begins this week as well. Should be interesting. Maybe.

dangit. it's almost may 2 and DCBS still doesn't have their new listings up.

And the VS game ruins who's under the mask in the new Flash monthly..

The full page ad from Virgin Comics in Previews was pretty interesting: "No Crisis. No Civil War"

I'm sure the company name will bring plenty of snickers in the shops. ;)

Hmmmm, Snickers. They really satisfy.

I wonder what's causing Fell to be so far behind? #5 is the only book from my November order that still hasn't shipped.

Is Villains United the last of the IC one-offs?

Yes it is.

I'm cautiously psyched about Civil War, but trying not to get my hopes up. Previews have been interesting and McNiven's art is fantastic. But I've been burned a lot by these "events" -- Infinite Crisis started off OK, but has gotten bogged down for me in wayyyy too many tangents and expecting the reader to have an encylopedic knowledge of DC history -- it's no "Crisis on Infinite Earths," that's for sure. And "House of M" just sucked, plain and simple. Bendis cannot write a crossover to save his life.

I know I'm behind, but I just finished reading the second New Avengers hardcover (focusing on Sentry). The first thing that stood out to me was the quick pace of the book, and how quickly I read through the main story. I don't know how people can collect this kind of stuff monthly. In addition, if I hadn't recently read the original Sentry trade, I would've been completely lost. The second was that it was actually shorter than the first volume because it included, at the end, some kind of Marvel Handbook for the 100+ escaped villains... kinda cool, but probably unnecessary considering they're already coming out with the new handbook A-Z.

Now waiting for my monthly shipment to come in this week...

Also, when that comes, it's gonna be Previews time again. Anybody have any recommendations? I'm usually trying to trim down my orders to make it under budget, but I'm up for anyone wanting to discuss things coming out that they're particularly excited about.

I have a feeling IC 7 is going to be unsatisfying. We can't get any real resolution because 52 is looming as well as the OYL stuff, so I doubt there will be any final nails to close this story. Or can we and will there? Duhn duhn duhnnnnn.

Civil War...I hope it's good. The premise sounds good. I'm just amazed that Marvel is running something like 3 events at the same time (if you count Planet Hulk)! Insane.

And this Batman story, while starting slow, is really picking up. It's...neat to see this Bats. I was so scared they were going to take him too far from what I like about the character, but what we have is a nice balance. Can't wait to see where this goes.

I can't get psyched about Civil War simply because I'm worried that I'll need to read like 120 books to get the whole story. I hate that.

According to the official checklist, it's around 79 books. 7 Civil War issues, 10 Civil War: Front Line Issues, Amazing Spider-Man from 529 to 538, etc.

Sounds like Infinite Crisis all over again, which will clock in around, oh, 100+ issues or so? (Including 52)

Yeah, I'm liking that too. It appears they are going back towards the Batman of the 1970's. I got a little too tired of how paranoid Batman was becoming in the last few years.

Well,
 

kinda. This may sway you, the last ish sets up a sequel!! And I'm not kidding.

Why not throw in BatMite? :p


I like paranoid asshole Bats:( Leave the upbeat, people are good, there's light at the end of the tunnel stuff for Superman and Robin.

Looking through this month's Marvel Previews, "Civil War" seemed to appear on every page!

See, that's what I don't like about crossovers. I know, I know. Everyone says the same thing. But man, Civil War sounds fascinating, but I'm not going to dive into it and throw away money just to get the whole story.

The only thing about Civil War that has me cautiously optimistic is that Millar is writing it and not BMB. Not that I hate Bendis, but I cant stand reading him issue to issue, its an exercise in futility sometimes. So we will see.

I'm certainly glad that Civil War is crossing over into so many different titles. It gave me a good excuse to drop MORE Marvel books from my pull list.

I just dropped Thunderbolts with #100. It was good for a long long while, but somewhere shortly after the reboot it just turned BLAH. I think the only regular series I'm getting now are: Daredevil, Hulk, Punisher, Captain America, Astonishing X-Men, Squadron Supreme... and Walking Dead. So my comic spending is roughly $20 a month now (which a few years ago would have seemed insane to me, when it was probably 3-4 times that much).

Just read IC #7. Very intense. I was on the edge of my seat reading it.

Noooooo. Don't tempt me MBoyd. I'm heading to the LCS in a few hours.

I assume it was a good read?

Excellent read. The spoiler is really only for a double splash page at the end for upcoming characters - Not really IC # 7.

Ditto. Just finished it, and I was impressed that DC managed

I'm beginning to think that Batman is not the father of Selina's baby. BTW, I love how they are drawing her in the Catwoman books. She does look like a woman who has just given birth, in that they draw her with weight gain and a rounder belly.

After reading Civil War #1, I'm only slightly interested in the rest of the series. I do like that is against the whole idea of .

I agree. I'd take it one step further and continue claiming that Catwoman is the best book in DC's stable. I've loved it since the beginning and it continues to impress.

IC #7 :down:

Civil War #1 :up:

Holy crap! I decided to pick up CW1 and loved it. I was very impressed. So impressed that I'm on board for the mini plus, potentially, a few of the cross-overs.

As for IC, well, I'm left kinda confused. After Infinity Crisis, I thought this would be great. But it turns out to be just a convoluted mess as DC tried to fix their over-expansive Universe. Oh well.

Aw, too bad you didn't enjoy it. I enjoyed them both. Going for a second reading tonight.

I thought IC was decent. I shouldn't say it was terrible. It's just...I don't know. I have too many questions left over.

My 2nd favorite DC title at the moment, but #1 has to go to Birds of Prey for me. Just got done reading a bunch of back issues and I just love the way Simone tells a story.

IC7 and CW both lived up to my expectations.

The line from .

IC was soild, not as good as 6 imo, but a good wrap...And I have to say, Civil War was pretty damn good. I couldnt wait for the DCBS shipment (im so weak sometimes), but Im glad I pulled the trigger.

I was really disappointed with IC #7. It wrapped up way too quickly and easily. The final battle in Metropolis was over a little too quickly too.

Civil War was really mediocre. Again, I could go without the political commentary about Bush and Cindy Sheehan.

Heh. You weren't lying.



Can someone explain to me The Joker? What I mean is he is seen as one of the biggest threats in the DCU, a top ten bad guy for sure and maybe even top five. But why? He has no powers like Darkseid, no stroke like Lex Luthor, no extensive training like Deathstroke...so why is his threat so great? Isn't he just a psycho? Don't get me wrong I LOVE the Joker and I don't mind him being seen as one of the big boys, but I'm just wondering why he is. The only thing I could think of is that he may have genius level intelligence but just the motives of a psycho and that is what makes him so dangerous, but his secret file makes no mention of it.

OMG! I just read some stuff about Civil War and it looks like they have killed



This epic crossover is pushing the limits dammit! THE MARVEL UNIVERSE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!! AAAAAAAIEIIEEEEEEEE!!!!!
;)

I think what makes the Joker so dangerous is his complete unpredictability. He's essentially an intellectual equal to Batman (he was a chemical engineer at one point, according to the backstory), but his reasoning for committing crimes are ever-changing. I re-read IC #2, and they did mention that he was left out of a secret society of villians because, to quote, "Joker's too wild." I think he's one of the purest psychological villians in the DC Universe. And, I think he wants a certain measure of respect among his peers, like most people. That makes his at the end of IC #7 all the more interesting.

While I'm thinking about it, isn't it interesting that the entire Infinte Crisis series served to remove .

You know what, I always go back and forth between Birds and Catwoman on which is best. I usually just say whichever one I read most recently. Two of the best books on the stands each and every month.

I love the current Catwoman storyline. I wonder whose baby that is. And the "new" Catwoman and her mistakes....lovin' it.

Hate to ask a stupid question, but Bedrock Comcis in Houston is having one of their big sales this weekend. I usually wait to pick up tradepaperbacks at one of these sales. I noticed that Marvel has stopped numbering some of their books, specifically X-Books. Anyone know a place I can find the list of books in some kind of order (with regard to issue numbers maybe)?

Yeah, i'd have to say the same thing about IC#7. Perhaps they needed to filter it through the Bendisizer® to stretch it longer than 7 issues..

Also, what were those items that washed up on shore? One of the customers at the store pointed out that the staff belonged to an Elseworlds GL shown in the previous issue, but we couldn't figure out what the other thing was. When Alex blasted Nightwing, they sure made it look like he was a goner. Guess his comment about not having enough power made it plausable that he only "stunned" the massive amount of blood out of NW?

I thought Civil War #1 was pretty good. I agree with DGibFen about the surprising "twist". The current ASM CW run made it seem that Iron Man was against registration...now he's for it? Or was I reading them wrong? I also thought it was pretty punkish to involve New Warriors if you're just going to KILL them.

I mentioned this in last month's thread and i was ignored. :(


Robo, ahead of his time and largely ignored.

I was a HUGE New Warriors fan and seeing them in their current (read: shitty) incarnation really annoys me. It's one thing to have a parody book like GLA or Formerly Known as the (JLA), but to take characters, that though lighthearted, and totally destroy any real value they had is just bad taste.