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  1. The leisurely comic discussion thread

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    Just got round to reading Deadpool 12, was really enjoying the Deadpool/Hawkeye arc as both guys I dig reading and have been experiencing a nice run as of late in alot of titles. The reveal that these guys went to school together was abit random but at least it connected back with the story.

    Yeah... uh... that wasn't real.

  3. Poor Cyclops

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    Xavier's dead again?

    Nope.

    Hmm... the way everyone talked in the books I read, I thought he was. Oops.

    The X-Men are hated for no good reason again?

    They've pretty much always been hated.

    It seems like every few years, they're accepted by the world, until a new writer needs to do his own racism metaphor. My point of view though - obviously I'm not reading the books, so I'm probably over-simplifying.

    Cyclops is conflicted and emotionally unstable? STILL?!

    Not really. He knows what he has to do now, and that's protect the mutant race at all costs, which might mean siding with Magneto. Scott's the leader of an endangered species, so at this point he's taken a very proactive stance when it comes to facing foes.

    I guess I just don't see this from what I've read. He still seems conflicted and unsure of his place in what I've seen.

    Try Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy, and X-Force. Those three books will bring you up to speed on the X-universe.

    I'll check out Uncanny. I've been sort of flipping through Legacy and X-Force and haven't been real impressed, honestly.

  4. Poor Cyclops

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    I gave up on them years ago. It's too convoluted and ridiculous to me at this point. How can you possibly keep up?

    Honestly, I've tried to pick the book up again and it just seems like the same stuff rehashed over and over again. Xavier's dead again? So it Jean? The X-Men are hated for no good reason again? Magneto's dead again? Emma Frost is good? No, she's evil? But she's good? Cyclops is conflicted and emotionally unstable? STILL?!

    I just don't have the patience for it anymore.

  6. The Blackest Night

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    I just am constantly wondering as I read this stuff how many of this characters will actually be coming back for real after this event. Personally, I'd love it if J'onn came back and was recognized fully as being just a half-step behind Supes on the power scale.

    Also, I'm really anxious to see more Black Lanterns in action. J'onn was perfect, and I'm just really psyched to see Aquaman and a few others.

    Also, I don't know if I've ever been as disappointed in a big-time mini as I was in "Tales of the Corps." Only the last issue was worth reading, and that could've been a GLC issue years ago.

  8. The Blackest Night

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    Holy shit was Blackest Night #1 awesome. So fucking cool.

    I was shocked they resurrected everyone at once. And I'm torn on the Hawkman/Hawkgirl stuff. I've really liked Carter Hall back in the DCU and now they've killed him again. And Kendra always annoyed me, so I'm cool with that death.

    I just loved this and I"m really interested in where it's going from here.

    And am I the only person who hated the first appearance of the Indigo Tribe in Tales of the Corps #1?

  11. Wednesday Comics

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    So these come out today, I guess. The first Superman strip is in USA Today and it looks fucking AWESOME. I mean, it's really incredible. Someone on DC's marketing staff got a huge raise today.

    The comic is teased in the skybox on the front page and then again on the Life cover. Then it takes the whole page inside. Like Dread said, "now that is how you market comic books."

  19. IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains

    in General Discussion

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    Oh and Deathstroke is 32. Because the guy who can beat up the Justice League is a worse villain than The Kingpin.

    Naturally. People in masks can't be trusted. With Kingpin, you know exactly what you're gonna get. He has a face right there. But when Slade takes off his mask, how can you be sure he'll be the same eye-patched psychotic we know and love/loathe? There's plastic surgery available everywhere now.

    What if:

    Deathstroke.jpg

    minus the mask, really equals this:

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    Are you ready for that? Nay. I SAY NAY!!!!

  20. Is It Wednesday Yet?

    in Mainpage Feedback

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    I liked both these books, but I feel like maybe I didn't look at the art to Batman #687 as closely as I should have. The story, as you said was intermittently fantastic and forgetable. One thing, though: Alfred's response after Superman asks if he's ok - after Bruce's death - is something I'll never forget.

    He says (something like) "Ok? No, I'm not ok - my son has died."

    That gives me chills just remembering it.

    Liked Red Robin a lot, too. It's definitely one I'll hunt for pretty regularly. Tim is awesome.

  23. Every comic you've read in 2009

    in Classic Threads

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    The Dark Knight Strikes Again #1 - After a few years on the shelf, I wanted to see if this was still as bad as I remembered it being. Well, as far as the first installment goes... it is. If I dig deep enough, there's plenty of great conceptual work here to get excited about - the Atom's entrapment inside a petri dish, the idea of an artificial President of the United States, the extremes the media has gone to in order to gain an upper hand in the ratings - but it's all tangled up in such a forced, convoluted plot that it's tough to pay attention to the good stuff. Miller's writing is infuriating, he spends half the issue testing to see how much slack the DC editorial staff is willing to give him and to call the other half sloppy does a disservice to the word itself. The plot is all over the place, introducing unnecessary changes on a whim while never really explaining the motivation, and the artwork... fuck, the artwork. It's HORRIBLE. I've admired the risks Miller has taken with his style for literally his entire career. He never stands still, always trying something new. Take a look at his Daredevil, his Ronin, his Sin City; when he's motivated Miller is a genuine renaissance man. He can try anything, take any inspiration to the page, and still come out smelling like roses. The Dark Knight Returns is his masterwork, a gorgeous blend of frantic linework, meticulous details and careful omissions. Professors could spend entire semesters on the lessons he taught in that mini-series, but in TDKSB he's utterly lost his mind. With the exception of the aforementioned petri dish scene, in which Miller reverts back to the style he employed on Ronin, this is inexcusable work. If I were the editor upon whose desk these pages had arrived, I'd have been strongly motivated to reject them, for all the brass balls that kind of move would have required. I know that as a culture, we afford legends a certain degree of lenience out of respect for what's come before, but there's a limit to what I'm willing to accept and this is well, well beyond that. It's just awful, and I fear my memories are correct: the worst is yet to come.

    2/10

    Drq, don't do it. Don't read the rest. It actually, stunningly, gets worse. Much worse. Honestly, I'm not even sure why I keep these books in my collection. They're just gonna contaminate the good stuff.