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Squadron Supreme - nice knock-out, drag-out fight for the entire issue. Was pleasantly surprised to see Gary Frank doing the artwork, but I suspect it was his last issue on the title for now.
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Ipicked this up on the weekend. Hell of an issue. Squadron Supreme has had some of the best knock down fights I've ever seen. Probably my favorite super-hero book right now.
I also got the "EC Segars Popeye Volume 1", which is one of the sexiest hard covers I've purchased.
Speaking of wich, has anyone seen any of the "EC Comics" reprints Hard covers? "Weird Science Vol 1" should of been out. Amazon keeps delaying it.
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12-04-2006, 12:35 PM
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I think I've seen them at my local comic shop, although it's wrapped in plastic. I've heard it's kind of an odd thing to look at, because it's been re-colored - apparently, even trying to mimic the look of the old books, modern coloring doesn't quite look right.
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12-04-2006, 01:49 PM
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Re: Comics: The Weekly Rundown (was Heroes Con 2006)
It seems that Gemstone horribly underestimated demand for the EC Archives. Seems like every retailer blew through their initial orders in about a day or two and since then everything's been trickling out v e r y slowly. Reports from people that actually have the books, though, have generally been very positive.
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12-05-2006, 05:04 PM
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thanks for the update guys. Typical, I skip ordering it through my comic guy as he's prtty unreliable with this type of stuff and amazon had good prices, and for the first tmie ever, the comic shops are the only ones getting it. 
Maybe I'll see it next month, I see previews has it relisted with Vol 2.
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12-07-2006, 10:34 PM
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Geez. Huge week, and the next two look even bigger. I don't know if it's delayed books hitting at once, the comic companies figuring nobody will be buying between Christmas and New Years and thus moving books up, or just a push for Christmas sales, but it's going to get expensive. 12 books this time (admittedly, a few of them came out earlier and I somehow missed them):
Superman Confidential 1 and 2, Irredeemable Ant-Man, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, Batman/Spirit, Immortal Iron Fist, Ultimate Vision, Dr. Strange, Marvel Holiday, Newuniversal, and Spider-Man: Reign. For buying all of that, I got a free graphic album called Cowboys and Aliens.
I don't think it's getting a lot of fanfare, but Ant-Man's a pretty good book. The new Ant-Man is a real dog. He uses a woman's grief to try to get laid, puts on the Ant suit in order to watch another woman bathing, and falsely tells his best friend's girl that the friend is cheatin on her. He lives up to the cover billing: "the world's most unlikeable super hero." If, in fact, there is anything heroic about him. Not yet.
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12-12-2006, 12:15 PM
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I've heard nothing but good things about Ant-Man. I'm waiting for a trade paperback though.
I finally got a confirmation on Weird Science shipping. I can't wait!!
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12-12-2006, 01:59 PM
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Detective - good Dini story about Robin facing off the Joker in a joyride of sorts. It played a little too cozy, though.
Supergirl 12 - I liked more coherent story from Gray and Palmiotti (in comparison to the recent dreck put out by Joe Kelley, etc. after Loebs left), and Amanda Connor's artwork really suits this title, I will stick around if this creative team sticks around as well.
Mystery in Space - another decent issue, and it does appear to be building to something big.
I'll post more on the other issues I picked up last week, soon.
Agents of Atlas - a much more involving issue for me (the previous issues were a little tough to digest with all the exposition of these characters that I wasn't as familiar with while reading the issues).
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12-15-2006, 10:23 PM
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I had, of course, heard of the Spirit long ago, but I never actually read a Spirit story until last week with the Batman/Spirit one-shot. Now, I've read two, with this week's The Spirit #1, and I'm pretty impressed. Darwyn Cooke does a good job at pseudo-retro, as evidenced by both this and Superman Confidential. The Spirit is a pretty neat character. Who ever heard of a superhero living inside a tomb in the cemetery? Weird, but intriguing. The whole atmosphere kind of reminds me of Dick Tracy, with the way the police chief is drawn with crazy hair, and the gruesome, oddball villain. I'm sticking with it and recommend it.
Also good was this week's Ultimate X-Men. I'm liking Kirkman's run pretty well. This issue had a nice action sequence, against a very different X-Force.
Edit: err, guess that's Six Pack, and not X-Force. I quit mutant comics too long ago to even know about Six Pack.
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12-22-2006, 10:35 PM
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Both the first issue of Illuminati and the Iron Man/Captain America one-shot were really good. I won't give anything away, but the starting sequence of Illuminati culminates in a two-page spread, and it is awesome.
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