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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
52 #19 - Booster Gold's decendant Daniel Carter gets "enlisted" for some B&E, and appears to have been set up for something bigger by Booster's robot. A light on Supernova's identity is finally being shined upon by Cassie. Didn't much care for the Lobo subplot this issue, but it did leave us hanging for next week (which is the good thing about a weekly title).
Also picked up Ex Machina and Fables, but haven't read them (still behind on my reading for those titles).
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09-20-2006, 01:48 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
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I guess the only complaint is it's so damned heavey it's going to be awkward when reading while on the can. (It should be no surprise that comics are best enjoyed in the privacy of the throne room  ) |
I managed to use my Marvel Omnibuseseses for toilet reading without too much trouble 
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Nick Fury's Howling commandos"
this was a monster book from earlier this year. I got 3 issues and it was fucking terrible. I wanted to claw out my eyes and inject liquid crack directlyinto my brain afterwards in order to forget about it. It boggles me that Marvel can publish such good books like most of the ultimate line, and get others so horribly wrong at the same time. It's just shameful.
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09-20-2006, 05:00 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
I've never read creature commandos, but they might of been. It was god awful from the story (SHEILD recrutted a bunch of monsters) to the art, which was just ugly as hell. I could only read the 1st 1 and a half issues. It was dumber than pretty much anything I can think of.
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09-20-2006, 07:24 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
Astonishing X-Men 17 - a bit trippy with Kitty going nuts to protect her child, and it ends with a bang.
Birds of Prey 98 - As the ladies rope in "Batgirl", they are left with more questions, and Yasemin proves to have a lethal appetite.
Civil War 4 - while the death of a minor character wasn't all that eventful for me, I did like the split in the Reed household. The art looked really 'thick' and not as tight for some reason.
Still need to get to 52 and Superman.
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09-20-2006, 08:47 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
Heh. Funny thing is, I read the post about the Howling Commandos before I read today's Blade. They are in it. Vampire SHIELD agents, or something.
Bit confused about CW4.
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09-21-2006, 12:42 AM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
The new Ultimate Fantastic Four creative team's first arc continues to be horrible. I hope it ends soon and I hope it's not indicative of the quality of their run. Their recent annual wasn't too bad, so maybe they can improve. If not, I hope they get the boot sooner rather later.
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09-21-2006, 07:28 AM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
1) Wetworks...I used the love Whilce's art. Seemed very short for my money. Whim pick-up though.
2) Superman 656...enjoyed the story more than the art. not sure why Pacheco is very popular.
3) Civil War #4...writing regular Captain America like Ultimate Captain America, and absolutely doing something I hate worse than before...stacking the deck when trying to play fair. Reed and Tony have been written in opposition to their established characters, and this Captain America belongs in All Star Batman and Robin. Killer art.
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09-27-2006, 04:19 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
Fairly big week, and I didn't even buy all the titles I wanted. I picked up and fully intended to buy Capt. America (my first since the Gruenwald era, so I guess the Civil War is working for Marvel), but I somehow didn't end up with it. I got:
Amazing Spidey, Ultimate Spidey, CW Frontline, CW Young Avengers/Runaways, Heroes for Hire, She-Hulk, Black Panther.
I'm going to have to drop a bunch of titles once the crossover is over. $3 a book is just too steep. I used to have a DVD budget, but it's all going to these now.
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