Board 8 > Comics Topic 8: Paul Bunyan Saves the World

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From: KimPilgrim | #100
Brightest Day had some cool stuff but it's just so scattered unorganized. If they released a trade for each individual story it would actually be OK.

That would be the best because I could just ignore all the boring Hawk stuff

That and how stupid it got towards the end are really my only complaints about Brightest Day

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From: HeroDelTiempo17 | Posted: 7/19/2011 5:28:04 PM | #101
That and how stupid it got towards the end are really my only complaints about Brightest Day

That sounds disappointing because what I've read of BN so far has been awesome.

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Blackest Night is still awesome, yeah. Brightest Day was just not a great followup, not as good as it should've been anyway. The ending issues were utter crap.

And the Entity is a dick.

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Blackest Night was awesome. The Brightest Day main series was good for a while and then got dumb. But it doesn't really have too much to do with Night at all in the end, which is...probably why it ended up being so disappointing.

The stuff in Green Lantern/Corps/Emerald Warriors that got labeled "Brightest Day" but actually had nothing to do with it was still great. Except for Corps, which was "meh" and then SINESTRO redeemed it.

And Generation Lost was also a great read.

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Generations Lost was super great.

If you think of Brightest Day as just interesting stories about major DC characters that are underexposed to recent DC fans, people who just got in with Blackest Night for example, rather than a long event comic, it looks better.

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TODAY'S HAUL:

MARVEL:
Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine #2 of 4
Daredevil #1
Ultimate Fallout #2
Invincible Iron Man #506
Avengers Fear Itself #15
Iron Man 2.0 #7 (the cover with the girl figure skating; it was damaged so I just took it)
Fear Itself Deadpool #2 of 3
Fear Itself FF #1 (this was an accident, I don't like FF)
Herc Fear Itself #5
Avengers Academy Fear Itself #16
Fear Itself Fearsome Four #2 of 4
Hulk Fear Itself #37

DC:
War of the Green Lanterns Aftermath #1

Other:
Walking Dead #87
DUKE NUKEM GLORIOUS BASTARD #1

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Duke Nukem spoilers pleassssssssssssse

Also, apparently everyone but us liked the Winnick B&R Red Hood story.

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Oh man, new Walking Dead this week? Aww yeah.

Even though last issue was kind of boring due to them still dealing with aftermath stuff.

...

man where is my new Invincible?

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me spoiling the new green lantern issue if you wanna read what happens

it's semi eventful

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they had big ads on the back of a lot of Image books for Invincible and I got all excited because diamond packed them upside down so I opened it and was like WHOA NEW INVINCIBLE but it wasnt

*shakes fist*

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The Avengers issue this month is so Bendis-y. Still sticking with the interview tapes but it could be like 3x shorter if he cut out his Bendis Fluff

Steve Rogers: Spider-Woman is trained in espionage and seduction
Spider-Woman: I'm really good at espionage and seduction.

thanks for that bendis

he's lucky the art is really good. it's that guy Bachalo we were complaining about last topic. The hit or miss guy with the crazy style. He's pretty spot-on here because he can draw some beautiful things if he isn't drawing those chaotic scenes of wtf

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I read last weeks New Avengers issue on a whim and it was atrocious.

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it is really bad, they just got to the action sequence of Protector/Ms. Marvel/Spider-Woman going to Brazil to fight THE HULK (why did steve think sending Spider-Woman was a good idea) and I was so bored by the 500 panels of redundant dialogue that I just don't feel like reading it anymore

not to mention Bachalo's art because meeeeeh when he starts drawing action and stuff. It comes out weird.

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I asked this last topic and never got an answer. Is Bendis' USM just...different than everything else he writes?

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eh, I never really liked Ultimate Spider-Man much. I think it was more the art than anything, I've always hated it.

But it is different, yeah

Just read Avengers Academy. It had this incredibly ridiculously dumb moment

*spoilers*

Pym is fighting Absorbing Man at giant size, and realizes he can't win because he can't shrink Gods, and he had to get him out of there. So he lifted up an evacuated building and put it on top of two other buildings to make a "door." Then he contacted Jocasta and made it into a dimensional door. A giant dimensional door made of empty skyscrapers.

What the hell

and Creel FELL FOR IT. He fell into the door and then got Titana to "kiss" him (by bumping their hammers together; it looked stupid because creel was still big and titana was still tiny)

also a touching moment of veil saving a little girl's mother, only to have the mom get shot by a red skull walker thing as soon as they were reunited. the hell? that was depressing, thanks comic

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what the HELL is that face, Bachalo?

seriously

what is that expression wolverine is trying to make

is it frustration? constipation? "alright, who the hell farted in here?"

even ms. marvel is like "what the hell"

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Avengers Spoilers

Spider-Woman and Hawkeye finally start going out in the most Bendis-y way. Hulk is about to step on both of them and Hawkeye just goes "I love you." Then Protector saves them. Cue awkward moment.

It was kinda sweet. A bit forced though, I believe their relationship was kicked off like... last issue. I think Wolverine has flirted with Spider-Woman way more than Hawkeye. Hasn't Hawkeye never even talked to her? I get that he just got out of his relationship for Bobbi and might be looking for a rebound, but Clint seems like more of a guy who would be single and sleep around a bit to cope rather than pick a random teammate he never even talked to and fall madly in love with her in like a day.

And he is madly in love with her, or so he says in the interviews and stuff. Unless he's pretending or something, but I don't think he would.

DAMMIT I'M OVERTHINKING A COMIC BOOK RELATIONSHIP

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Sounds like it had less build up than Tim Drake/Jubilee.

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so the entire issue was about how the Avengers lost a fight and

*spoilers*

HID IN A SHACK TIL THE HULK WENT AWAY

and literally the last two panels swing from "awww they are in love" to steve going "AND THEN WE REALIZED WE NEEDED A PLAN"

really, steve

really

*end spoilers*

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Come September the quality gap between Justice League and Avengers if going to be staggering.

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*fallout spoilers, but not really*



LOL all the dead guys chillin' in Valhalla

I like how spider-man can drink mead now that he's dead

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*more fallout spoilers*

random little side story of Ultimate Rogue in a diner crying about Peter being dead. The hell? Did they have a relationship I missed?

She was wearing fingerless gloves like an idiot then accidentally touched a waitress, who like freaks out. She runs away and flashes back to all the dead Ultimate characters. The are a lot. She then goes to a church and prays.

Kinda weird... What did Rogue have to do with Spider-Man dying again?

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*ACTUALLY IMPORTANT IRON MAN SPOILERS*

Odin listens to drunk Tony who is like "heeeeyyyyy odin lemme make sum weapons for my buds and I"

so Odin lets him

yaaaaaaay

*end spoilers*

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From: KimPilgrim | #118
Sounds like it had less build up than Tim Drake/Jubilee.

What?

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From: ShadowHalo17 | #124
What?

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Iron Man was really good this week

I missed drunk Tony, and apparently he did too

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Supergods just got here hellllllll yeah

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http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/fear-itself-avengers-academy-16-possible-major-character-death

WELL ZEN?!

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From: KimPilgrim | #125

What?

From: ZenOfThunder | #126
Iron Man was really good this week

I missed drunk Tony, and apparently he did too

Is Fraction still writing it? Because I have not been enjoying him on Iron Man. Then again, it's probably just because Tony Stark is really lame nowadays.

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Amalgam Comics

The DC/Marvel crossover.

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yeah he's still doing Iron Man. I really haven't been feeling it much, I kept up until he got to the DETROIT STEEL arc which I didn't like so I dropped it. Then i read the Doc Ock arc and it was alright (went on too long) and Tony's fight with the Grey Gargoyle was really entertaining and this one was great.

*spoilers*

Odin takes Tony to a dwarven forge, and he gets drunk with them and makes lots of weapons

the side stories were boring though, stop giving so much page time to Pepper and friends, nobody cares

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I own an Amalgam comic! Legend of the Dark Claw #1

Logan Wayne is a REALLY lazy way to combine two names!!

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From: ZenOfThunder | #131
the side stories were boring though, stop giving so much page time to Pepper and friends, nobody cares

Oh yeah, definitely. This was a problem I really had, as well as Fraction focusing too much on Tony and not enough on Iron Man. This is actually one of the problems I have with Marvel overall, I don't care as much about secret identities as I do the superhero. If I wanted regular people doing regular things, I would join reality. I don't want that though. I want superheroes doing superhero things. Which is why DC is superior.

Back to Iron Man though, he's been really boring ever since he deleted his memories. The only time I've enjoyed him since was in the Carnage mini, where he was actually a badass again.

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Fear Itself Deadpool #2 was pretty funny, it got me to chuckle a few times

Deadpool shouldn't have an ongoing, just giant sized specials and event tie-ins. funnier that way.

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Indeed




THE BEST

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Marvel: Season One

A graphic novel set that will attempt to apply a modern twist on the origins and base stories that inspired these characters.

Not to be confused with the (dying) Ultimate Universe and a (more ambitious) version of DC's (essentially dumped) Earth One project.

Fantastic Four: Season One is dated for February and X-Men: Season One is dated for March. Daredevil is hinted at, and it's implied that they want to get most of the major characters out of the way next year for the '50th anniversary', so we can expect a Spider-Man, Thor, Hulk, Avengers, Captain America, and Iron Man in the next 24 months as well.

so is this marvel knocking off Year One

is this real

the hell

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X-Men: Season One, by Dennis Hopeless

What a name.

I have not heard of any of this talent.

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HOW BOUT DEM FIRST LOOKS, SON?

http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/first-look-preview-new-justice-league-1

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I'm waiting to see these New 52 TV commercials that DC said they were doing

see how embarrassing a commercial for comics can get

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how appropriate that the first word uttered by Batman after the reboot is "idiots"

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http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/dc-relaunch-first-look-flash-fury-firestorm-all-star-western

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*FF Spoilers*

THIS ISSUE WAS AWFUL. Like, you know how a lot of fear itself tie ins are talk talk talk and no action? This one was ALL ACTION. If you've read FF you'd know it's all like talk talk talk, and ironically it's the only Fear Itself tie-in that's all action, and it just doesn't work.

Also, Ben SLAPS Alicia into a pole pretty hard, then Susie gives her some chest compressions (?) and she turns out fine! like nothing seems wrong with her

also Ben seems different from the other chosen. it's just scared ben and those weird mouth slugs on him talk him into doing mean things, which is cool

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Who wrote Fear Itself FF

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the team on the front:

Bunn
Grummett
Hamscher
Beredo

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OK no Hickman

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From: KimPilgrim | Posted: 7/19/2011 8:28:46 PM | #138
HOW BOUT DEM FIRST LOOKS, SON?

http://comics.cosmicbooknews.com/content/first-look-preview-new-justice-league-1

Do I want to spoil myself on the first few pages?






Yes, yes I do.

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if you guys need anything spoiled from the New 52 the day before they come out (is there a release schedule yet?), just let me know

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Everything.

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Herc was alright. I never know what the hell is going on in it, though. Pak/Van Lente books tend to confuse me but eventually I figure it out and really enjoy it.

*spoilers*

This issue didn't really go anywhere but establish that Zeus's God roundtable has also decided not to help with Fear Itself, just like Odin. Zeus invites Herc to be a God again but Herc says no as he wishes to help Earth.

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I'm up to Superman/Batman #66 in my quest to finish Blackest Night, I am loving everything I've read so far of BN

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