Stavros Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Reading through Runaways again, and I'm reminded why Molly Hayes is one of my all time favourite comic book characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 7, 2010 Report Share Posted November 7, 2010 Molly is the main reason I'm sad that Runaways is currently in limbo. Hopefully the movie gets the ball rolling again soon. Hell, try and get Brian K. Vaughan back to the book for at least the initial arc since they ended on a fucking cliffhanger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 How does life insurance even work for characters that return from the dead in comics? When they come back, do they have to give back their life insurance checks or do they get to keep them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 How does life insurance even work for characters that return from the dead in comics? When they come back, do they have to give back their life insurance checks or do they get to keep them? I just assume that costumed hero isn't an insurable profession. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prez Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 How does life insurance even work for characters that return from the dead in comics? When they come back, do they have to give back their life insurance checks or do they get to keep them? I just assume that costumed hero isn't an insurable profession. Yeah. Just imagine the contract: "Mssr. Spider-Man has a yearly deductible of $850,000. This policy does not cover World-Eaters, clone identity theft or the loss of loved ones through deals with manifestations of any form of the devil, Satan, Beelzebub, etc." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 "Hi, my name is Tim Drake; I'd like to claim life insurance on my now-deceased adoptive father." "Okay, how was he killed?" "He was life-drained by Omega Beams." "...I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" "He was killed by Darkseid's omega beams." "...who was your father again?" "Batman." "..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 "Hi, my name is Tim Drake; I'd like to claim life insurance on my now-deceased adoptive father." "Okay, how was he killed?" "He was life-drained by Omega Beams." "...I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" "He was killed by Darkseid's omega beams." "...who was your father again?" "Batman." "..." A: That's confusing because Tim Drake's father was killed by Captain Boomarang. B: Tim Drake doesn't really need insurance because his adopted father was a billionaire, all he should be worrying about is dodging inheritance tax. Which makes me wonder if Bruce Wayne is only declaring that he's been funding Batman in order to get some sort of tax break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Tim Drake doesn't really need insurance because his adopted father was a billionaire, all he should be worrying about is dodging inheritance tax. Would you rather have twenty billion dollars, or forty? One can not underestimate the (literal) value of Batman's life insurance policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I realize that what I am about to write will unleash a torrent of comments across the 'Net from those microbrains who are able to "think" only when someone tells them what to say -- ie, when someone like me says "I don't like this. . . " do they race to use/do/say "this" as much and as often as they can, but. . . I'm really tired of seeing myself referred to as "bitter". Let's get this really clear and straight in all our minds (no matter how tiny and useless some of those minds may be): I am not bitter. I am ANGRY. I have seen comics, an entertainment form once intended for the widest possible audiences, and an entertainment form to which I have dedicated a most of my adult life, turned into a niche market exercise in mutual masturbation for aging fanboys and ennui engorged bungee jumpers. I have seen characters I grew up loving and admiring, and even perhaps trying to emulate, turned into bleak, empty, virtually pornographic caricatures of themselves. I have seen something which was once done purely for the love of it turned into something that is all about money. And, ladies and gentlemen, I am PISSED. Source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I realize that what I am about to write will unleash a torrent of comments across the 'Net from those microbrains who are able to "think" only when someone tells them what to say -- ie, when someone like me says "I don't like this. . . " do they race to use/do/say "this" as much and as often as they can, but. . . I'm really tired of seeing myself referred to as "bitter". Let's get this really clear and straight in all our minds (no matter how tiny and useless some of those minds may be): I am not bitter. I am ANGRY. I have seen comics, an entertainment form once intended for the widest possible audiences, and an entertainment form to which I have dedicated a most of my adult life, turned into a niche market exercise in mutual masturbation for aging fanboys and ennui engorged bungee jumpers. I have seen characters I grew up loving and admiring, and even perhaps trying to emulate, turned into bleak, empty, virtually pornographic caricatures of themselves. I have seen something which was once done purely for the love of it turned into something that is all about money. And, ladies and gentlemen, I am PISSED. Source Somebody got an advance screening of Green Hornet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 I realize that what I am about to write will unleash a torrent of comments across the 'Net from those microbrains who are able to "think" only when someone tells them what to say -- ie, when someone like me says "I don't like this. . . " do they race to use/do/say "this" as much and as often as they can, but. . . I'm really tired of seeing myself referred to as "bitter". Let's get this really clear and straight in all our minds (no matter how tiny and useless some of those minds may be): I am not bitter. I am ANGRY. I have seen comics, an entertainment form once intended for the widest possible audiences, and an entertainment form to which I have dedicated a most of my adult life, turned into a niche market exercise in mutual masturbation for aging fanboys and ennui engorged bungee jumpers. I have seen characters I grew up loving and admiring, and even perhaps trying to emulate, turned into bleak, empty, virtually pornographic caricatures of themselves. I have seen something which was once done purely for the love of it turned into something that is all about money. And, ladies and gentlemen, I am PISSED. Source Great point, Mr. Byrne. But what are you doing about it? How about making some great classic comics of your own that hearken back to the good ole days. Damned near any publisher would take it I'm sure. Oh, what's that? You're too busy doing Angel vs. Frankenstein and Star Trek comics as masturbation material for aging fanboys for the fat dirty dollar? Ok. Then shut the fuck up. Eat a bag of dicks John Byrne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Sometimes Des and I never see eye to eye. This is not one of those times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Why do old comic creators go insane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 Eat a bag of dicks John Byrne. I'm so glad that TV killed my imagination, because otherwise that could have been quite unpleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 You know, I have way too many single issues that I'm never going to read again, I'm just going to post them on eBay and get rid of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 So, apparently Marvel is running a poll to cancel one of the 90 bmillion Deadpool titles.. And no, all of them is not an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 If this is their way of countering DC's "death of Jason Todd" poll, they're a little late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 I've actually enjoyed a couple of issues of Deadpool Team Up. The ones with Machine Man and The Thing, of course, but the concept is sooooo much better than Deadpool Corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 16, 2010 Report Share Posted November 16, 2010 Thor: The Mighty Avenger is ending with #8 in January. Marvel, if your life had a face, I would punch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 Marvel, if your life had a face, I would punch it. ? Get in line, buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 If this is their way of countering DC's "death of Jason Todd" poll, they're a little late. And yet you know that the final issue of that book will feature deadpool cradling a deceased deadpool in pixie boots in his arms, Death in the Family style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 I was hoping for Deadpool shouting towards the heavens in anger while cradling a deceased Deadpool wearing a red headband and skirt, Crisis on Infinite Earths-style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 DC just put out a recommended reading order for Blackest Night. About a year late on that one. I guess this helps the people who bought the whole thing in collected form? It'd be crazy, going back and forth between seven different hardcovers, but I guess it's better than reading them out of order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 So, they finally killed off Roderick Kingsley, the original Hobgoblin. With Ned Leeds and Jason MacEndale dead as well, Hobgoblin might well be the unluckiest villain mantle to take up in comics. Good luck with it Phil Urich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 So, they finally killed off Roderick Kingsley, the original Hobgoblin. With Ned Leeds and Jason MacEndale dead as well, Hobgoblin might well be the unluckiest villain mantle to take up in comics. Good luck with it Phil Urich. Oh fuck right off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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