[quote]Professor X wrote:
Qaash wrote:
Professor X wrote:
TShaw wrote: World War Hulk was very interesting, although I think the aftermath has been anti-climactic. I would’ve expected more repercussions, but everyone wanted to get some other storylines wrapped up before they had to get caught up in Secret Invasion, I guess.
Meanwhile, they just let that whole Hulk vs Wolverine series die before it even started well. How could they just drop that one?
Yeah, I still wonder what the hell happened with that? People are still waiting for the rest of that fight.
It ended with Wolverine getting torn in half and having his legs thrown four miles away. Wolverine was in the process of trying to smell out where his legs landed while pulling himself along the countryside looking for them on his hands.[/quote]
Now that you remind me… I’m putting in a call to see what happened with that.
[quote]Backlash79 wrote:
Qaash wrote:
TShaw wrote:
I enjoy much of what DC puts out. Sinestro Corps War was amazing, and JLA and JSA do not disappoint. I understand that Morrison’s doing some radical work on Batman.
But I’ve never seen DC as “edgy.” The revelations of past events and the reveal of the murderer/motive in Identity Crisis were edgy–but they brought in an established novelist for that story. Could someone from their own stable have written about Dr. Light’s depravity, the early JLA’s dishonesty and betrayal, or made Jean Loring so psycho? Not sure. It was a radical departure from business as usual. One “Girl Stuffed in Refrigerator” isn’t enough to qualify you as edgy…even if you’re the house that created the meme.
It’s far easier to believe in that kind of stuff in the Marvel Universe.
The ramifications of the Sinestro Corps war are still to come. That’s going to be a great story. Green Lantern titles have always been outside the box…from Hal going nuts to the girl in a refrigerator and so on.
I think the Corps War will be something to keep an eye on. So far Blue, Black and Red have been established, other than Yellow and Green.
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You forgot purple, the Zamarons(the female offshoot of the gaurdians) created the purple rings just before the Sinestro Corps crossover.
Wow, this thread takes me back. I was a big time Marvel reader growing up, with some Dark Horse thrown in. As I got older and busier I dropped the habit. Then the whole Spider-Man clone saga killed it for me.
But then last summer I started reading some of the Civil War stuff. I read a couple issues standing in the comic store and wanted more. I then dropped $150 bucks right there and bought everything that said Civil War on the cover. A couple days later I realized what I did and decided I will just wait for the graphic novels.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Backlash79 wrote:
Qaash wrote:
TShaw wrote:
I enjoy much of what DC puts out. Sinestro Corps War was amazing, and JLA and JSA do not disappoint. I understand that Morrison’s doing some radical work on Batman.
But I’ve never seen DC as “edgy.” The revelations of past events and the reveal of the murderer/motive in Identity Crisis were edgy–but they brought in an established novelist for that story. Could someone from their own stable have written about Dr. Light’s depravity, the early JLA’s dishonesty and betrayal, or made Jean Loring so psycho? Not sure. It was a radical departure from business as usual. One “Girl Stuffed in Refrigerator” isn’t enough to qualify you as edgy…even if you’re the house that created the meme.
It’s far easier to believe in that kind of stuff in the Marvel Universe.
The ramifications of the Sinestro Corps war are still to come. That’s going to be a great story. Green Lantern titles have always been outside the box…from Hal going nuts to the girl in a refrigerator and so on.
I think the Corps War will be something to keep an eye on. So far Blue, Black and Red have been established, other than Yellow and Green.
You forgot purple, the Zamarons(the female offshoot of the gaurdians) created the purple rings just before the Sinestro Corps crossover.[/quote]
I was lead to comics as an adult in an indirect way. It started with reading The Dream Hunters written by Neil Gaiman, which I actually only read because I was in love with the artwork of Yoshitaka Amano(who unfortunately doesn’t do comics/manga). That eventually lead me to The Sandman comics/graphic novels then to other Vertigo comics (Transmetropolitan is still of my favorites) to DC then to the rest of the comics universe.
[quote]Ren wrote:
anyone know what comic this pic is from?? I know I have seen it somewhere besides the article from T-Nation. Keeps on bugging me…[/quote]
Not trying to be a smartass, but I’m pretty sure that’s from the comic Meltdown.
[quote]Wimpy wrote:
Ren wrote:
anyone know what comic this pic is from?? I know I have seen it somewhere besides the article from T-Nation. Keeps on bugging me…
Not trying to be a smartass, but I’m pretty sure that’s from the comic Meltdown. [/quote]
lol…the article was on meltdown training…so I thought it was added for that…
[quote]Ren wrote:
Wimpy wrote:
Ren wrote:
anyone know what comic this pic is from?? I know I have seen it somewhere besides the article from T-Nation. Keeps on bugging me…
Not trying to be a smartass, but I’m pretty sure that’s from the comic Meltdown.
lol…the article was on meltdown training…so I thought it was added for that…[/quote]
And I overlook the obvious, hate it when that happens. haha. Thanks for pointing that out.
Bleach is decent. My only complaint is it seems like it can take a long time for anything (ie, story) to happen. That and I didn’t have internet access for 6 months so I’m about 150 chapters behind.
If I were to start reading comics where would you recommend starting out? FWIW I was a big fan of the X-men movies and the cartoon, so we can start out with X-men, but where?
[quote]kelleyb wrote:
If I were to start reading comics where would you recommend starting out? FWIW I was a big fan of the X-men movies and the cartoon, so we can start out with X-men, but where? [/quote]
The Marvel Civil War series. They were well written and are what got me back into reading them. Then I would grab the Punisher graphic novels (the ones where he looks much more realistic and beat up). That’s my opinion anyway as a person who didn’t read any of them since Spawn came out years ago.
Amazon link to Civil War Front lines:
Mind you, there are many different view points to the same action. That is why there are so many different versions.
[quote]kelleyb wrote:
If I were to start reading comics where would you recommend starting out? FWIW I was a big fan of the X-men movies and the cartoon, so we can start out with X-men, but where? [/quote]
The Marvel Ultimates books are a good start…there’s spider-man, x-men, fantastic 4 and Avengers. These are definitely more adult in there stories.
