TPBs Bought/Thought Thread [Archive] - The SuperHeroHype Forums

Anubis

03-24-2005, 04:25 PM

I decided to post a few mini reviews of the many trades I have bought and will be buying. Use it as a check list, or put what you just bought and what you thought. Put whatever you want. Marvel, DC, I don't care.

Well, I just read Starman volume one and it kicks all kinds of @$$. Just went out and bought vol 2 and 3. Can't belive I slept on this book. I reccomend this one for everybody thats into the whole Legacy thing with DC. Jack Knight is great. It's a shame he isn't still Starman, but I like Stargirl over in JSA. Would be nice to see Jack show up again. So, thats Starman 10 out of 10.

I also got Hellblazer: Fear and Lothing and it is also a pretty kick@$$ read. This is only the Third trade I have bought in the Hellblazer series, and it's up there with Dangerous Habits in my opinion. I give it a solid 8 out of 10.

I bought a few more, the first Doom Patrol on Morrison's run. A couple of Morrison's JLA books, Rock of Ages and Strength in Numbers. I'll post a review when I read them.

TheCorpulent1

03-24-2005, 04:39 PM

I've bought a lot lately, both from Marvel and DC. On the DC side, I got:

Batgirl: A Knight Alone
Arkham Asylum 15th-anniversary HC
Bruce Wayne: Murderer?
Flash: Blood Will Run
Flash: Dead Heat
Flash: The Return of Barry Allen
Flash: Race Against Time
Flash: Blitz
Flash: Terminal Velocity
Green Lantern: Baptism of Fire
Green Lantern: Circle of Fire
JLA: American Dreams
JLA: Strength in Numbers
JLA: Justice for All
JLA: The Obsidian Age Book 1

Of those, I've only read Batgirl, Arkham Asylum, GL: Baptism of Fire, and JLA: American Dreams. I'm gonna get to the rest of them, but first I'm gonna see if I can find more Batgirl trades. I read it between last night and this morning and I found I like her a lot.

Lackey

03-24-2005, 07:14 PM

but first I'm gonna see if I can find more Batgirl trades. I read it between last night and this morning and I found I like her a lot.

Yes, someone else into Batgirl! :up:

she's the most interesting to me of all the Bat lineup

There's 4 trades out, A Knight Alone is actually the second one. I've only read those 4 trades, but I heard the series started to suck after they switched writers.
Here's the four:

Silent Running
A Knight Alone
Death Wish
Fists of Fury

All are good, but I think Death Wish was my favorite.

I also highly recommend Catwoman...even more so than Batgirl, it's Ed Brubaker after all. But you should start with the graphic novel "Selina's Big Score" which was done by "DC:The New Frontier" writer/artist Darwyn Cooke.

TheCorpulent1

03-24-2005, 09:03 PM

I got Death Wish and Fists of Fury today. I was mostly interested in Death Wish, since A Knight Alone ends before the big rematch between Shiva and Cassandra. I'm kind of upset that Silent Running wasn't at the store because I wanted to see how Cassandra lost her ability to read body language in the first place. As for her standing in the Bat-family, Cassandra's cool but I still consider Robin to be the best of the Bat-family. I love how they emphasized the fundamental difference between Robin and Batgirl in their recent crossover.

The Leaguer got me into Batgirl. I'm using her as one of my characters in that obnoxious, space-eating DTL on the Misc. Comics board. ;)

I'm gonna get the Catwoman trades eventually, but the fact that I'm not that interested in the character and the fact that I have a huge list of trades I want to read before I die probably mean that I won't get to her for some time.

yenaled

03-24-2005, 10:20 PM

Today I completed my JSA and Morrisson Era JLA trades. Still got a few Waid Flash trades to buy. Going to check out more Morrisson (I bought all three Animal Man a month ago and I'm on a Morrisson high).

Might try and find more Giffen era JLA trades (New Beginning and Gospel of Maxwell Lord).

Also going to start buying Waid Fantastic Four trades and any Inhuman trades I can find.

Lackey

03-24-2005, 10:29 PM

Well, I was never interested in the character either... and even less interested in Captain America, but Ed Brubaker has a way of changing that...the guy's an absolutely amazing writer.

but Selina's Big Score, I would consider a definite must-read. It was Wizard's Best Graphic Novel of 2002...that's gotta count for a little something. Plus, if you've read The New Frontier, you know Darwyne Cooke's writing and art style are a perfect fit for old-school crime noir.

TheCorpulent1

03-24-2005, 10:37 PM

I plan on reading New Frontier eventually too. Sadly, nothing Wizard says about anything holds any weight for me anymore. I bet they considered Disassembled to be an earth-shattering piece of Avengers history and New Avengers to be God's gift to the Avengers too. They've written nothing but meaningless fluff for years.

Lackey

03-24-2005, 11:04 PM

most recent DC published trades I've read...

Fables: The Mean Seasons... this story was just beautiful. My favorite of the series so far. Love the flying wolf babies and very interested in seeing what happens with them as they grow up and also what happens with their missing sibling. Wonderful start to a new era for the Fables. 10/10

SMAX by Alan Moore... definite 10/10
for those who don't know (which I think might be everyone expect me and Anubis) Jeff Smax (aka Jaafs Macksun) is the mysterious big blue guy from "TOP 10," a series about a police precinct in a city (Neopolis) where every citizen has superpowers. It's like POWERS on acid.
Anyway, Smax is the partner of the series' main character Robyn Slinger (aka ToyBox) who's new to the police force. They become somewhat friends and Smax invites her to visit his home earth which he must visit to attend his "uncle's" funeral. So we learn of Smax's origin, how he grew up, why he left home, how he got that handmark on his chest, and why he never talks about his home.
It's fun, humorous story with lots of fantasy references complete with a full-fledged quest and the slaying of a dragon.
Just makes me really sad there'll be no more Smax stories. Although, I am looking forward to The Forty-Niners, a story about the founders of Neopolis.

Dwarf lord

03-24-2005, 11:22 PM

Anubis

03-26-2005, 08:17 PM

I got New Frontier when it came out and man are you guys in for a great read. :up:

I finished Morrison's first volume of Doom Patrol. Great book. Not as good as Animal Man, and it got very weird towards the end. (that monkey faced chick and her imaginary friends in particular) But overall I enjoyed it. So the painting that ate Paris is next on my list. 8 out of 10.

Also finished Rock of Ages and Strength in numbers. And of course, excellent. It makes "World War III" just that much better as I got to see the people of Wonder World. I had no idea those guys were so damn big. I just thought that Glimmer (who appeared in World War III) was just a giant speedster. Go figure. Now I gotta get DC One Million. Rock of Ages 9 out of 10. Strength in numbers gets a 7 and a 1/2.

I just bought World without Superman, JSA: Savage Time, Starman: Night and Day, Zero Hour, and Final Night. I'll probally have a review by the end of next week. If I'm not going to see Sin City for the 11th time or anything.

John Constantine

03-26-2005, 08:42 PM

The last few pages of The Painting That Ate Paris contains some of the funniest, yet most perverse stuff ever. I literally laughed at what happened for like 10-15 minutes :up:

yenaled

03-26-2005, 08:44 PM

Bought JLA Earth 2 today and JLA: Justice for All. Finally finishing off my Morrisson JLA run. Haven't read them yet though.

Anubis

03-26-2005, 08:56 PM

The last few pages of The Painting That Ate Paris contains some of the funniest, yet most perverse stuff ever. I literally laughed at what happened for like 10-15 minutes.

Say, what ever happened to Crazy Jane? I find that chick infinatly interesting. 64 personalites and each one has it's own superpower. Is she still alive in the DC universe? Or did somebody kill her off or something?

Bought JLA Earth 2 today and JLA: Justice for All. Finally finishing off my Morrisson JLA run. Haven't read them yet though.

Earth 2 was great. Your gonna love it.

John Constantine

03-26-2005, 09:02 PM

The fate of Crazy Jane was revealed in Morrison's final issue of Doom Patrol, which was probably one of his best. It's just too bad her name was tarnished a bit when the next writer came onboard :mad: :(

And you think Doom Patrol was crazy? Wait until you see Flex Mentallo and the transvestite Danny the Street.

Unless I'm mistaken and those two have already been introduced :confused:

Anubis

03-26-2005, 09:11 PM

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SMAX by Alan Moore... definite 10/10
for those who don't know (which I think might be everyone expect me and Anubis) Jeff Smax (aka Jaafs Macksun) is the mysterious big blue guy from "TOP 10," a series about a police precinct in a city (Neopolis) where every citizen has superpowers. It's like POWERS on acid.
Anyway, Smax is the partner of the series' main character Robyn Slinger (aka ToyBox) who's new to the police force. They become somewhat friends and Smax invites her to visit his home earth which he must visit to attend his "uncle's" funeral. So we learn of Smax's origin, how he grew up, why he left home, how he got that handmark on his chest, and why he never talks about his home.
It's fun, humorous story with lots of fantasy references complete with a full-fledged quest and the slaying of a dragon.
Just makes me really sad there'll be no more Smax stories. Although, I am looking forward to The Forty-Niners, a story about the founders of Neopolis.

I highly recommend Top Ten. That book was some of Moore's best work in my opinion. ANd the Smax mini was pretty good too.

I'm really psyched about the Forty-Niners mini coming out too. Can't get enough Top Ten stuff.

Dwarf lord

03-26-2005, 10:42 PM

I got Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? I haven't read it yet

Ben Urich

03-26-2005, 11:10 PM

I got Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? I haven't read it yet

It's brilliant :up:

I've recently bought:
The Best of American Splendor
Goldfish
Love Fights Vols. 1 and 2
Scurvy Dogs: Rags to Riches
Sentry

I've only read Scurvy Dogs, Sentry, and Love Fights Vol 1 and they were all pretty good. Sentry was ****ing sweet, actually, really makes me look forward to New Avengers 7-9.

...sorry if this was supposed to be DC only :o

Lackey

03-27-2005, 03:33 AM

...sorry if this was supposed to be DC only :o

guess you didn't bother reading the first post :mad:

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 09:22 AM

guess you didn't bother reading the first post :mad:
At least he has semi-good taste.

Ben Urich

03-27-2005, 10:18 AM

guess you didn't bother reading the first post :mad:

Why would I do a thing like that? :confused:

Lackey

03-27-2005, 10:20 AM

At least he has semi-good taste.

why only "semi"? Those are all pretty good...unless you're talking about The Sentry. :confused:

TheCorpulent1

03-27-2005, 10:41 AM

The Sentry was pretty good, I thought. A nice follow-up to the Inhumans series Jenkins and Lee did, at least in tone and quality.

I read Batgirl: Fists of Fury and Batgirl: Death Wish. First off, they're probably the worst-ordered TPBs I've ever seen. Fists of Fury has something like #15, 16, 21, and 26-30; Death Wish has 17-20, 22, 23, 25, and some Secret Files stuff. Weird as hell. Anyway, I read them simultaneously and, despite their numbering weirdness, they were quite good. I've never heard of Kelly Puckett before, but her writing is pretty effective. I liked the overall character arc Cassandra went through with Shiva, the beginnings of her friendship with Spoiler (which I can't view as anything but tragic since I already know Spoiler eventually dies), and the big reveal Oracle springs on Cassandra about her only kill. Fun stories with a more interesting character than I'd given her credit for 'til now.

I've begun digging into my Flash collection, which I was procrastinating on mostly because of the art. LaRocque's art on Born to Run and The Return of Barry Allen is kind of bland, which is the first thing I noticed when I flipped through them a couple weeks ago when I got all my Flash trades. I read Born to Run, however, and it was very, very good. I see now why people say that Mark Waid pretty much built Wally West from the ground up. I have a question, though: when did Wally actually get his powers? In the Year One-style Born to Run issues, it says he got them at age 10. In the last issue in the trade, it has a flashback and says he got them when he was 14. Was the latter a retcon to make Wally younger in current continuity? :confused: Anyway, I've moved on to The Return of Barry Allen and this one's shaping up to be great. I already know the ending thanks to synopses I've read online, but it's still cool to see the characters interacting. Here's another question, though: what's up with Hal Jordan being Barry Allen's "best friend"? I thought he and Wally were best friends. Or is Hal just one of those people who accumulates best friends like they're going out of style?

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 10:57 AM

why only "semi"? Those are all pretty good...unless you're talking about The Sentry. :confused:

He's a Bendis fan

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 10:59 AM

yenaled

03-27-2005, 11:08 AM

Hal, Barry and Ollie are usually written as a group of best friends, who hang out all the time. Like a secondary Trinity. This is why Green Arrow's Archers Quest makes so much sense I suppose.

TheCorpulent1

03-27-2005, 11:31 AM

Hal and Barry were the original Brave and the Bold. Hal was always really good friends with Barry. Maybe even more than with Ollie
I think the emphasis in the more modern comics has switched to Hal and Ollie's friendship more than Hal and Barry's though. Probably 'cause Hal and Ollie are still alive in some way.

Weird, it just occurred to me that every member of that "trinity" has died and come back in some form.

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 12:51 PM

There was a mini a few years back written by Mark Waid and Drawn by Barry Kitson. It's recomended.

Anubis

03-27-2005, 12:56 PM

What was it called?

yenaled

03-27-2005, 02:02 PM

Flash & Green Lantern: Brave and the Bold (http://www.dc-comics.com/graphic_novels/?gn=1446)

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 02:05 PM

Yep, that's it. It features adventures of Hal and Barry. Guest stars are Green Arrow, Kid Flash, Star Saphire, Sinistro, The Rogues. Recomended to all people who have a taste for nostalgia.

TheCorpulent1

03-27-2005, 04:52 PM

Waid and Kitson on it means that I'll probably get it eventually. I will hungrily consume anything Waid writes because he is, in my opinion, one of the greatest writers ever in comics.

Unthinkable

03-27-2005, 08:06 PM

Reading Moore's Swamp Thing, finally. Pretty good so far, starting issue 25 right now, where Jack Kirby's Demon is resurectted.

Reading Bone... I know I'm late, and well.... I don't really like it that much. I can't explain it. Seemed cheesy in a way.

Top Ten, book 1... Amazing. Love every page.

Dwarf lord

03-27-2005, 08:10 PM

Waid and Kitson on it means that I'll probably get it eventually. I will hungrily consume anything Waid writes because he is, in my opinion, one of the greatest writers ever in comics.

Im my minority opinion, it's the best Waid's done. I liked it better than Kingdome Come.

Anubis

03-27-2005, 08:41 PM

TheCorpulent1

03-28-2005, 12:33 PM

Im my minority opinion, it's the best Waid's done. I liked it better than Kingdome Come.
Maybe it's because it's still fresh in my mind, but I think JLA: Heaven's Ladder is my favorite Waid tale at the moment. Hitch's artwork was magnificent and Waid's story was really interesting.

Dwarf lord

03-28-2005, 03:32 PM

I was looking at the reviews for this book on Amazon and I got to thinking how funny it is that everybody else can say they loved something, and it was some of the best stuff they ever read, then there is always one ********* that pans the book. How can you call this book Dull? It's freakin Mark Waid!!!

One person said Peter David bastardized The Punisher and that he ruined all the depth that Ennis gave him. I must be reading the wrong book because Ennis gave him less depth.

Anubis

03-28-2005, 03:52 PM

As much as I love Ennis' run on the character, you are right. He's become a killing machine, who simply doesn't give a damn. To tell you the truth, I perfur it that way.

Oh and I went ahead and changed it from DC stuff to whatever. Feel free to comment upon anything you have recently bought/thought.

TheCorpulent1

03-28-2005, 03:53 PM

Ennis tried his hand at a little depth with the last arc. Frank formed a bond with the little girl.

Dwarf lord

03-28-2005, 06:38 PM

Bat-Mantis

03-28-2005, 07:18 PM

Yep, that's it. It features adventures of Hal and Barry. Guest stars are Green Arrow, Kid Flash, Star Saphire, Sinistro, The Rogues. Recomended to all people who have a taste for nostalgia.It's freaking awesome and I recommend it highly. Alan Scott and Jay Garrick also play big parts in one issue, and we get to see Alan really being a dick to Hal and it's... actually pretty funny.
*Alan holds up a doll he found in Hal's bag* "Explain. Now."
It's set up a lot like the current Spider-Man/Human Torch mini being written by Dan Slott but it's NOT a comedy book. It has a series of adventures that take place over the span of Hal and Barry's careers and there is no real plot connecting each book; they’re all stand-alone stories.
It’s a lot of fun and it’s really, really, really depressing if you stop and think about it…

Anubis

03-28-2005, 10:22 PM

Well, I guess I gotta add it to the list. That puts it at about 50.

Dwarf lord

03-28-2005, 10:32 PM

it’s a lot of fun and it’s really, really, really depressing if you stop and think about it…

Good. Now I don't feel weird for getting emotional when I was reading it.

Anubis

04-02-2005, 10:00 AM

O.k., read a couple of trades this week. Starman Vol 2, World Without Superman, and JSA Savage Times.

First off, Starman, another great trade. Jack Knight is slowly becoming one of my favorite characters. but what was up with him doing that octavia chick? I mean she looked o.k. in the face, but she had freakin tenticules for arms and legs. SIck!!! But...with enough booze in me, I'd give it a shot. It was also great to see Nash become the new Mist. I can tell she's gonna be Hell for Jack. I give it a 9 out of 10.

Next up, World Without Superman. Gotta tell you, didn't really like it. I thought the heros coming together to try and answer some of Supes fan mail was, well, kinda lame. I thought all that time spent trying to revive him was a bit sappy too. I guess it's because I knew how things were gonna turn out I just couldn't enjoy it. Question, why is Lex young? And British? ANd has hair? And banging a shapeshifting super girl? 5 out of 10.

And Savage Times. This was great too. Not only was it a good read, but I finally completed got every part of the JSA series in either trade or comic form. Great to see PG beat up her super powered stalker "DA BOMB". And Captain Marv was front and center in this book. Love the character. Love the JSA. 9 out of 10.

Dwarf lord

04-02-2005, 10:27 AM

I got 100 Bullets and Batman Chronicles. Haven't read either yet.

TheCorpulent1

04-02-2005, 10:53 AM

All right, so JLA: Year One got me interested in Barry and Hal, so I read the Brave and the Bold TPB. Awesome stuff. I had no idea Hal was like that before he really got his act together. I didn't think it was depressing at all though, except maybe at the end.

roach

04-02-2005, 11:32 AM

Im working on a Saturday so I raced to the Books A Million to gourge myself on all the Starwars goodness and managed to pick up Flash: Ignition and Avengers Forever...along with the novelization of Revenge of the Sith. I cant wait to get home....

Dwarf lord

04-02-2005, 04:40 PM

Dwarf lord

04-02-2005, 07:29 PM

Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?- I got emotional from reading the introduction. I don't know how Swan and Schwartz finished it knowing that it would be their last Superman story ever. But they story was just as emotional and heartbreaking. Watching not only Superman's family break up but characters that I've grown to enjoy die was very draining. I wish comics were still writen like this. This "The End" story was 2 issues long as opposed to X-Men: The End being 18 issues long. There's a bit of a difference.
100/10

Bat-Mantis

04-02-2005, 07:49 PM

I didn't think it was depressing at all though, except maybe at the end.I thought it was depressing because we saw how young and happy they were (except for Barry after Iris died). They just absolutely loved what they were doing and a few years later they'd both be dead.
That's why it depressed me... not so much because of any sad scene in the book, but because I knew the tragedy that was coming next.

TheCorpulent1

04-02-2005, 09:20 PM

I've never really viewed either of their deaths as tragic. Barry's death earned him a place among the greatest heroes of all time, plus the fact that he gets to live his last few years out with Iris in the 30th century sort of takes the sadness away from it. Hal went through a bunch of crap before he died, but we're right on the precipice of his return, so that takes the tragedy out of his death. There's foreshadowing, sure, but we know it turns out all right in the end, so what's to be sad about?

Unthinkable

04-03-2005, 05:21 PM

Ok, some new TPBs:

Justice League: A New Beginning.

This is the TPB of the first issues of the Giffen, Dematteis run.... And it was great. Everything from Batman belting Guy ( "One punch! ONE PUNCH!"), to Doctor Fate being awesome and pwning Gray Man, to good old Booster and Beetle interactions, to Scott Free's altercation with Barda ("But Batman said--"). Countdown kind of taints Max Lord and Beetle, but it was great nevertheless. I have to admit, J'onn got on my nerves here and there, but it was ok.

Overall, really nice, and I need to seek out back issues, even though I missed a chance, because saw the entire run, all 100+ issues, for $75 (broke at the time).

9/10

Animal Man: Orgin of the Species

Wow, just, wow. Morrison solidifies his spot as one of my favorite writers. My little bro recommended this to me (he is also Unthinkable, I let him use my SN, and he actually has most of my posts, since I'm in college right now), and it didn't dissapoint. This has brilliant conitinuity , seriously some of the best I've seen "How did Blue Beetle get into the JLA?" I mean, the issue with Crafty the Coyote,

http://www.illiteraterainbow.com/colours/fun/Animal_Man-Coyote_Gospel-l.jpg

is probably one of my single favorite issues in comics, ever. The last issue in the TPB where J'onn shows up, and has guys fix his house, apparently being in the JLA has it benefits, was great. I really enjoyed his talk with Superman, and just the overall feel. Gah, I need to get the next one.

11/10

Anubis

04-03-2005, 05:58 PM

Dude, you are so gonna love the next two volumes of Animal Man.

Lackey

04-03-2005, 09:03 PM

Promethea Book 4--
In the words of the Weeping Gorilla "Oh, man, that was deep."
This book contains one of the single best issues of any comic I've ever read - Promethea #20. In that issue Alan Moore comes up with one of the most unique, ingenious explanations for Da'at, the 11th "invisible" sphere of the Kaballah.
J.H. Williams III once again shows just what an amazing, versatile artist he is, but you really have to give credit to the other members of the art team...Mick Gray, Jeremy Cox, and one of the best letterers in the biz - Todd Klein.
In this book, Sophie finally makes it back to earth, with a new look, from her journey through the sephiroth, and her friend that was covering for her on earth doesn't want to give up the position now that Sophie is back. There is a trial held in the Immateria presided over by King Solomon to see who will be Promethea.
It's Alan Moore, so it should go without saying that everyone needs to get into this series...but this series is easily the best of his entire ABC line, I can't recommend enough.

Queen & Country: Operation Saddlebags --
another series not enough people are reading...this is what all espionage thrillers should strive to be like. As Gail Simone says in her introduction to this volume, I love Queen & Country for what's NOT in it...Greg Rucka has removed the glamour, the idealism, and the bulls***. Rucka doesn't insult the reader with easy morality, clumsy exposition, bad guys who can't shoot and heroes who can't miss, bombs that get defused with two seconds on the clock, or other such action movie nonsense. He gives us instead a work environment not that different from that which we've all experienced, with the ambitions, loyalties, kindnesses, or lack thereof that we've all been part of in our own lives. And gives us a lead character we alternately want to comfort and yell at, in Tara Chace, possibly THE most complex and fascinating heroine in comics.

Anubis

04-04-2005, 03:54 PM

Just finished Zero Hour. Left with more questions than when I started. Whatever happened to Waverider? Who knocked up Power Girl (Magically) and whatever happened to her kid?

Overall I thought it was okay. Good to finally see what Hal actually did to deserve so much hate and all that. Found I was really interested in Waverider. I would rate this a 7 out of 10. Decent read. Might have been better if I hadn't know what was gonna happen.

Anubis

04-09-2005, 10:59 PM

Finished Final Night and I must say, I teared up a little when Hal died. Great book. Also made me take intrest in the Promethian giants. Is there a story that shows how they got chained to the Source Wall?

I just bought the Ostrander Specter trade, Born to Run, Starman vol 3, and the Flash and Green Lantern trade that was just mentioned in this tread. Probally have a review for Specter and Starman by weeks end. Thanks guys for the many reccomendations. I plan to check out every one that I don't already have. So next I'll get Promethia book 1 and Queen and Country.

Ben Urich

04-10-2005, 12:04 AM

Finally got around to reading Sin City: The Hard Goodbye. I've got to say that I'm thoroughly impressed. Marv is awesome. Seriously awesome.
That said, it probably helped that I saw the movie first, because some panel-to-panel transitions were wonky.
Now I just need to come up with $17 so I can get Vol. 2.
Read this now :up:

Lackey

04-14-2005, 02:48 AM

just finished "The Compleat Moonshadow" by J.M. DeMatteis and Jon Muth yesterday

A review from me won't do this book justice... I'll just say that this is a must-read for everyone. It's right up there with the great masterpieces like Watchmen.

Here's a thread on it here http://superherohype.com/forums/showthread.php?t=113127

TheCorpulent1

04-14-2005, 07:20 AM

I read Bruce Wayne: Murderer. It was interesting, and the ending was pretty intense. I liked the conflict between Bruce and Dick over Bruce's behavior, and I liked how it was emphasized that Dick is pretty much the only one who can stand up to Bruce that way. Their relationship is weird and, in some ways, twisted, and this book examined a bit of that. The only crappy thing about it as a TPB is that it ends on a cliffhanger. I just bought all three Bruce Wayne: Fugitive trades yesterday, so I'm gonna see how the whole thing turns out.

Unthinkable

04-18-2005, 06:23 PM

Well, its been a while since I have read a Batman solo book, but this one was in the library, and I just picked it up on a whim. Its called Batman: Black and White, and it is the best Batman book I have ever read. Period.

The sheer amount of talent on this is incredible. Everyone from my man Bruce Timm, to the always excellent Neil Gaiman, to people I never heard of but are just freaking amazing like Liberatore, and Kent Williams, to Walt freaking Simonson (R.I.P Thor). I have always loved anthologies, and each story, only 8-10 pages each, are usually stunning in simplicity.

Amazing. Just amazing. That's all I can say about this book.

TheCorpulent1

04-18-2005, 07:02 PM

I've been meaning to read Batman: Black and White. That reminds me, JSA All-Stars is another great anthology book. Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso, Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale, Geoff Johns, Barry Kitson, Darwyn Cooke, Mike McKone, James Robinson, Tony Harris, Howard Chaykin, Michael Lark, and others all lend their talents to short stories featuring the present-day legacy-bearers of the JSA and flashback stories featuring their original counterparts. All of the anthologies fit into an overarching story that bookends the shorter anthology tales, too. That's kind of standard, run-of-the-mill stuff, but the short stories are really excellent for the most part. John Cassaday provides the covers, which are really cool composites of the modern and original characters.

Lackey

04-18-2005, 08:17 PM

Unthinkable

04-18-2005, 08:28 PM

Dwarf lord

04-18-2005, 09:13 PM

weren't you the guy that didn't like black & white comic books :confused:

I don't either, but this was meant to be in black and white so it looked good.

Anubis

04-18-2005, 09:19 PM

You want a good Black and White book go read Walking Dead.

TheCorpulent1

04-18-2005, 09:20 PM

Wow, that's pretty impressive, all that talent... I should pick it up.

But, yeah, I love anthologies...Too bad there isn't more of them.
I highly recommend JSA All-Stars for interesting takes on the JSA characters.

Anubis

05-05-2005, 09:22 PM

I just finished the first volume of the Complete age of Apocolpys trade. It was....okay I guess. It was really just a bunch of minis. No real story to it. Seemed to bounce around alot. I wanted to read it because this is supposed to be one of the best X-Stories ever and I gotta tell you, I'm a bit disappointed so far. I assume that the next volume, or volumes or what ever will put together a more story, but I'm gonna have to give volume one 4 out of 10. Highlights would be the story about Scott and ALex's father coming to Earth infected with a Brood. Although most of the story was boring, seeing Annhilius without his aromor on was also really cool. And the little X-Man stuff was interesting. Like I said, I'll have to wait and see the rest of the volumes to make a proper judgement.

KingOfDreams

05-06-2005, 07:34 PM

I just bought Swamp Thing: Bad Seed and Astonishing X-Men: Gifted today. Both good. I now agree with a lot of you that the first Astonishing arc is better than the current one.

Anubis

05-06-2005, 07:41 PM

Hell I like the current one too. I don't see were all the hates comin from. Its still one of the top five books Marvel is putting out.

I also bought Flash/Green Lantern: Brave and the Bold. It was good. Great to see these little lost adventures of the two. A lot of people said the ending was sad, but, I don't know, now that Hal's back, kinda takes the punch out of it. 7 out of 10.

Twitch

05-06-2005, 07:45 PM

I recently picked up JLA:Tower of Babel

by waid, good stuff

I think I'm going to get Kingdom Come and all Batman stuff
Like Year one, dark victory, DKR etc.

KingOfDreams

05-06-2005, 07:46 PM

I don't think the current arc is bad. It's far from bad. It's good, but not as good in my opinion.

TheCorpulent1

05-06-2005, 08:10 PM

Hell I like the current one too. I don't see were all the hates comin from.
You mean for Astonishing? Mostly, for me, it comes from the fact that this story was done less than 5 years ago, just before the Twelve storyline, with Cerebro. It was still mildly interesting when the Danger Room was using Wing as its human avatar and just screwing with the people that were inside of it, but now that it's taken on a humanoid form of its own, it's gone from just a conceptual retread to a total retread of the evil Cerebro story.

Anubis

05-06-2005, 11:46 PM

Yeah well, I never read it, so its new to me. :p

Anubis

05-07-2005, 12:08 AM

Finished Volume III of Starman. Another great read. I really love this book. The relationship between him and his father, his relationship with the SHade and the O'Dares. His becoming a hero. I just really love this series. This one was great as expected. I mean come on, freakin Team up with The Sandman Weasly Dodds, and the Shade and O'Dares battling a demon? How could this not rock!! 9 out of 10. Can't wait for Volume IV.

KingOfDreams

05-09-2005, 01:09 PM

I just bought New X-Men Volume 6: Planet X today. Despite the fact that the story makes no logical sense (as far as the whole Magneto/Xorn thing goes), it's a good read.

TheCorpulent1

05-09-2005, 01:16 PM

That's the kind of statement you can only get from comic books. :)

KingOfDreams

10-24-2005, 12:44 AM

I bought Cable/Deadpool Vol. 3 this weekend.

Elijya

10-24-2005, 09:33 AM

quite a bump, KoD

Bat-Mantis

10-24-2005, 09:54 AM

I got Starman: Vol. 1 a few weeks ago.
Read it, then literally went straight out to my car and drove back to the comic shop and got Volumes 2 through 5. I'm just starting Volume 5 right now but am a little burnt out, so I'm taking a little break.
I think it's quite possibly one of the best comics I've ever read. Each and every page is brilliant.

I've also gotten Flash/Green Lantern: Faster Friends and it was pretty good... although nothing really spectacular or anything.
Flash: the Return of Barry Allen. Really, really great stuff.
JLA: The Obsidian Age Vol. 1. It was good... the replacement JLA was really the interesting part of the book and I found myself wanting more of them than anything. Over all, though... not really that great. Good but not great.
The Walking Dead Volumes 1 through 3. This was sort of like Starman in that I read one volume, then had to get the next two as soon as humanly possible. Unfortunately my shop was out of 2 and 3 and they had to special order them, but I read volume 1 in one night, waited a week for volumes 2 and 3 to come in, then read them as son as I got home. i've re-read the story all the way through 3 times already and I swear I could read it 3 more times. HBO needs to pick this up as a series. Badly. MAN it's such a good book.

Elijya

10-24-2005, 09:59 AM

So I take it you're a kirkman fan now, mantis?

Bat-Mantis

10-24-2005, 10:04 AM

The only other thing of his I've read is Fantastic Four: Foes and I thought it was exceptional. I'm going to try to get a Battle Pope trade cheap somewhere so I can sample that book (I hear good things) and he also does... Invincible, right? I haven't heard much of anything about that book, but I'll probably try it out sooner or later.
So yeah. I haven't read much of his work outside of Walking Dead, but that's probably (no, likely) one of the best damned books being published right now... so going by that, I'd say I'm a fan.

Elijya

10-24-2005, 10:19 AM

yeah, invincible is his big hit, and it's easily the freshest superhero comic on the stands, an awesome comic. The Hardcover is worth it.

www.dreamlandcomics.com has the HC and all 5 softcovers for 40% off, plus you get free shipping if you order $30 worth of trades (which is good info for EVERYONE in this thread)

he's also writing Marvel Team-Up

Anubis

10-24-2005, 10:43 AM

Dude, you have to buy his Invincible. It is the best thing he's ever done. (Well, I think Walking Dead is a dead tie followed by Tech Jacket) It's the reason he's got so much buzz right now.

It's also great to see somebody else checking out Starman. I love that book. I've got up to book seven now. Love that book. I'd also recommend Robinson's Golden Age book.

Anubis

11-19-2005, 11:01 PM

Somebody asked about a DC recommendations thread, so I figured this might fit the bill.

I just got Sandman: Dream Country, Conan: The God in the Bowl and other Stories, Starman: Vol 8, and Top Ten: The 49ers. I've only read Starman and the first part of Conan, so I'll just comment on the adventures of Jack Knight. (But seriously, that Conan f**king rocks so far. I'll get to it later.)

Okay, so, this saw the end of Jack and Mikal's adventures in space. It was an okay read. The first story, was kinda weird, a flashback from the future. Aparently, while Jack and Mikal were lost in the 22n'd century, they fought a guy, that they hadn't fought yet, but he was trying to get vengence for a fight they would later have in the past where, apparently he wanted to @$$ rape Jack, and Mikal cut his hand off. Yeah, I know! :) It was pretty good because the guys telling the story had all these different versions. Left it up to the reader to decide who was telling the truth. (Had to have been the Cabbie.) The rest was all about Throne World and Gavyn, the Starman that died during the crisis, and his relationship to Will Payton, Jacks fiancee's brother and former Starman who supposedly died fighting Eclipso in space. What I particularly loved was seeing Tigorr from the Omega Men in there, tearing soldiers and prisoners to pieces with his claws. I love that guy. I hope the Omega Men get their own book after the Crisis. Also I got a look at what was to come with a murder mystery in Opal City where the Shade is the prime suspect. We also see Phantom Lady and Black Condor. ( RIP Freedom Fighters. :( )Over all, this was pretty good. I give it an 8 out of 10.

The Question

11-19-2005, 11:35 PM

Most recently, I purchased....

Sandman: The Doll's House
Daredevil: Man Without Fear
Bluntman and Chronic
B.P.R.D.
The Tick: Karma Tornado

As for my reveiwing.....

Sandman: ****ing brilliant. Neil Gaiman is ****ing brilliant. The Cerial Convention was down right creepy, yet damn cool. The thing where Morpheus met with that guy every 100 years was probably the best thing there, even though it did little to the overall story. Just all around goodness.

Daredevil: We all know that with Frank Miller, it can sometimes be hit or miss. But when it's a hit, it's a home run. As it is with daredevil: The Man Without Fear. Akin to Batman: Year One, this is the tale of Daredevil's genisis. But unlike Year One, it tells of the events leading up to his donning the red suit, not his first year on the job as DD. John Romita Jr.'s art is great here, and you see reflections of Frank Miller, John Romita Sr., and even Jack Kirby in his work. My only gripe was the retcon that increased the time between his getting reveng on The Fixer and his becoming the protector of Hell's Kitchen, but it hardly ruined the book for me.

Bluntman and Chronic: It was funny. Quite funny. Especially if you're a comic book fan. The first 10-15 pages spoof five different superhero origins. The book, as a whole, is a bit crude. But it's still pretty damn funny. And the fake letters to the editor page was great.

B.P.R.D.: Two words: Pulp fiction. The stories in this book were like they were ripped straight from the pages of Doc Savage. With the ancient cults and mad scientist and disembodied psychics and Lobster-****ing-Johnson, this is a must have for any fan of old fdasioned pulp action. Did I mention that there was Lobster Johnson?

The Tick: Sadly, this was the most disapointing of the bunch. Now, it wasn't bad. It's just that I was expecting more from a Tick comic. It had it's funny bits. The George Reeves spoofs were great, and the bit with Imhotep being eaten by a T-rex and being replaced by a robot was priceless. But, Nigh-Omnipitus was alot funnyer in the cartoon. But then, they had Pilgrim Man, so all is forgiven.

Anubis

11-19-2005, 11:41 PM

Lobster Johnson rulz :up:

taskmaster

11-20-2005, 09:26 AM

I'm thinking of buying Superman for all seasons. Is it any good?

Anubis

11-20-2005, 09:03 PM

Yeah, it's pretty good. I would suggest Superman: Exile also. Very good Superman story, first post-Crisis encounter with Mongol and War World.

Anubis

11-23-2005, 03:20 PM

Okay, Finally got a review for Conan: The God in the Bowl and other stories and Top Ten: The 49ers.

First, Conan, f**kin fantastic. I loved this. I can't believe I stopped reading the current series. Then again, maybe it was for the best. I like it better when I can read it all together. This was the first time Conan went up agianst Thoth Amon, the twisted sorcoror guy. Man this was good. You know how when your reading something really good, and you get lost in it. I was at work when I read this and I lost like four hours just sittin around reading. (Good thing the boss was off. :) ) Anyway, 10 out of 10. Great book. I'm tempted to go and track down the novels, and read the trades reprinting the Marvel series. :up: :up:

Top Ten: The 49ers, Also good. Followed Jet Lad ( Later Jet Man in the series) during his first year in the Neopolus. It went into the begining of his life long relationship with Herr Wulf, the Skyshark, and a character called the Sky Witch. I thought the relationship stuff with Wulf and Jet Lad was a bit unrealistic. We're talking about the 40's here, guys just dont walk around proclaiming that they're Queer. I did like the stuff with the robot policeman and the racisum angle with the "Clickers". Pretty good, not better than the original series, but still very good. 8 out of 10.

drastic_quench

11-23-2005, 11:13 PM

I just bought both of the Busiek Conan trades the other day. I have to say that I prefer the first one over the second. The 1st is better all around, art, story, pacing... There's a noticable change in the art after they brought on a second artist because what's-his-face couldn't meet a monthly schedule.

They're both still great, but the first trade is a lot better. The who-dun-it scene in the second trade drags on FOREVER. It's the least interesting thing I've ever seen Busiek write - still so-so Busiek is better than 75% of comic writing out there.

Elijya

11-24-2005, 12:02 AM

the who-done-it scene is a strict adaptation from an original REH Conan story, so Busiek is just adapting it

Anubis

11-24-2005, 01:38 AM

Finished Sandman vol 3: Dream Country this volume collects the World Fantasy award winning issue "A midsummer nights dream". Nice. And it wasn't even my favorite story in the volume. Best one to me was a tie between the one with the Cats, and the Muse. It's true, of all the Endless, Dream is the one you do not want pissed at you. I can't put a score on this. Sandman, theres no point. Anything you put would be an understatement.

The Watchman

11-24-2005, 01:44 AM

So, really I'm just bookmarking this thread, but has anyone read the fountain hardcover yet?

Anubis

11-24-2005, 02:06 AM

I saw that over at Midtown when I was making this weeks order. Whats it about?

Lackey

11-24-2005, 02:22 AM

drastic_quench

11-24-2005, 09:44 AM

the who-done-it scene is a strict adaptation from an original REH Conan story, so Busiek is just adapting it

That's what I figured, and I'm a sucker for detective stuff, but it still dragged the story down.

The Watchman

11-25-2005, 02:06 AM

check out this teaser here http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thefountain/large.html

I think the "fountain" refers to the fountain of youth... it's 3 connected stories spanning 1,000 years, basically about beating death.

I definitely want to read this book, but at $40 for the hardcover... I'm gonna wait until it's in a cheaper package or until I can get it at the library.
dumbass I am, I told my store guy to order it for me, now I'm kinda wishing I had waited...

...oh well, anyone read Light Brigade, that's another one I was thinking of picking up...

Elijya

11-25-2005, 04:13 AM

mmm, ya know, a friend of mine picked it up, and I read it, but I absoluetly do not remember what it was about

so, the only thing I can say is that it must not have been very memorable

lemme give you a rec, watchman. Have you been reading the new Conan series?

The Watchman

11-25-2005, 04:22 PM

Conan just isn't my thing...

Eric Draven

11-25-2005, 05:24 PM

dumbass I am, I told my store guy to order it for me, now I'm kinda wishing I had waited...

...oh well, anyone read Light Brigade, that's another one I was thinking of picking up...

I picked that up when it first came out in mini form. It wasn't that bad :up:

The Watchman

11-25-2005, 06:00 PM

so it's just mediocre? I mean, is it worth even picking up?

Elijya

11-26-2005, 07:59 AM

Conan just isn't my thing...
have you ever even tried it? most people say that when they've never even looked at it, and they're pleasently surprised when they do try it out and see it's much better than what they were expecting

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 01:18 PM

Yeah, I've flipped through it, just ain't my style.

Anubis

11-26-2005, 01:20 PM

I myself didn't dig it when I flipped through it, but when I actually sat down to read it, it blew me away. Best read in trade if you ask me.

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 01:26 PM

Ok, I'll get it if you all get Rex Mundi.

Anubis

11-26-2005, 01:39 PM

Is it in trade? Because I bought the first issue and decided not to continue.

Elijya

11-26-2005, 01:43 PM

and I've already got vol 1. Now you're compelled.

start with The Forst Giant's Daughter

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 01:57 PM

dammit fine. :(...

...stupid barbarians

Elijya

11-26-2005, 02:10 PM

hey, you set the terms, you've got no one to blame but yourself, and no one to thank but us once you read it :up:

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 02:15 PM

I'm gonna read it and burn it then eat the ashes.

Anubis

11-26-2005, 03:30 PM

And it will give you power.

Elijya

11-26-2005, 03:59 PM

make it a sacrifice to Crom

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 03:59 PM

of greyskull or ironfist?

Elijya

11-26-2005, 04:05 PM

Crom laughs at your greyskull. He laughs from his mountain

TheCorpulent1

11-26-2005, 04:36 PM

I just read volume 1 of Cooke's The New Frontier and enjoyed it immensely, as my sig implies. Great stuff. I'm a sucker for any story that weaves a bunch of elements from all over the DC universe into one story, and New Frontier does it well, even though Hal is arguably the central star. I wonder why they didn't include the Elseworld logo on the cover, though.

Elijya

11-26-2005, 06:37 PM

um, I don't think it's intended to be an Elseworlds

I just read vol 1 a few weeks ago and loved it. Vol2 is waiting for me (I've literally a hundred trades waiting to be read right now)

Anubis

11-26-2005, 08:28 PM

I bought it when it originaly came out. You guys are in for a treat. THat mini f**king rocked!

yenaled

11-26-2005, 08:37 PM

New Frontier is easily one of the best stories I have ever read, and the art is so amazing. I love Cooke's Aquaman a lot.

It can't actually be in continuity due to a few reasons, unless they are just retconing JLA Year One, Emerald Dawn, etc... I heard it didn't have the Elseworld logo because DC were phasing out the logo, no idea why. Cooke has also said it is just an imaginative story. Doing for the Silver Age what Robinson's Golden Age did for the Golden Age.

But this doesn't reduce the fact that it is one of the best stories of recent years.

Vol. 2, it gets even better, enjoy.

Anubis

11-26-2005, 08:39 PM

Yeah, it couldn't possibly in cannon because it takes place in the 50's/60's.

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 08:59 PM

I bought it when it originaly came out. You guys are in for a treat. THat mini f**king rocked!
Same here, I thought it was amazing, Cooke can do no wrong in my eyes, theres an under-rated batman story by him called Ego that everyone needs to check out.

Anubis

11-26-2005, 09:40 PM

Thats been sitting on my "Need to buy" List for two years.

The Watchman

11-26-2005, 09:44 PM

Great little character piece, I rank it up there with essential batman reading.

TheCorpulent1

11-27-2005, 10:08 AM

Same here, I thought it was amazing, Cooke can do no wrong in my eyes, theres an under-rated batman story by him called Ego that everyone needs to check out.
The cover definitely looks interesting:
http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/08137131442.1.GIF

I think that'll go on my reading list.

Lackey

11-29-2005, 01:15 AM

Aronofsky talks about The Fountain http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=50637

The Watchman

11-29-2005, 01:23 AM

I pick mine up Wed, cannot wait.

Anubis

12-22-2005, 03:35 PM

So, I recently got Promethia Vol 2, Sandman volume 5: A Game of You, Hard Time: 50 to LIfe, Fables vol 1, and Doom Partrol the Painting that ate Paris.

So, I'll start with Promethia, man, great read. Picks up right were the first vol left off. Big battle in the hospital, four promethias taking on a hoard of demons. The art was fantastic and Moore, well, it's Alan f**king Moore, what else do you need to say? Plus, I got a new found respect for Wands now. **Not to self, look into taking up Tantric Sex Classes.** 9/10.

Sandman Vol 5, Again, a no brainer. Great as usual. Giamen pulling off an incredible story with little mention of the title character. It was basically about this chick who once dreamed on one of the many dreamworlds Morpheus had created, and after a bitter divorce, she simply stopped dreaming, leaving the dreaded Ckoo Ckoo to run roughshod over her dream world. We got a giant talking dog gettin shot up, a Trannie, an ancient witch, a couple of Lesbians, and a humphry Bogart lookin Rat. Good stuff man. Good stuff.
9/10

Hard Time: 50 to Life - Now heres a book I was sleep on. This was part of the DC Foucs line. I decided to give it a shot because of all the rave reviews and it getting a second chance like Runaways or Brubakers Sleeper. And it was good. Kid gets involved in a school shooting, at the same time he finds out he has freaky disembodied energy powers. He gets 50 years to life and he didn't even really do anything. Just a Scapegoat. On the inside he finds it oddly enough, alot like Highschool. He has to dodge getting killed by Arians, religious nuts, and the gaurds. I loved it. Really wish I had have jumped on when it was already out. 8/10.

I'll get to the rest later.

Elijya

12-22-2005, 04:51 PM

Hard Times was written by Steve Gerber. Have you ever read any of his Howard the Duck stuff? it's genius

I'm almost done with volume 2 of DC: The New Frontier. This book is pure beauty, Darwyn Cooke did a fantastic job, and I'm left with a deeper appreciation for these characters.

Anubis

12-22-2005, 05:29 PM

I was gonna get to Howard the Duck eventually. It's not really on my to do list at the moment. Catching up on Fables is becoming a priority once I've finished up on Starman. Two Volumes to go with that one.

And DC:New Frontier was great. Cooke moved up to one of my favorite artists with that one. Can't wait for his Batman/Spirit and then Spirit ongoing.

Elijya

12-22-2005, 05:37 PM

That's news to me, but I can't wait, either :up:

there's only two Howard the Duck trades to worry about: Essential, which collects most of his 70's series. It's almost out of print, though, it's getting a little hard to find and the price is going up (not alot, but more than the other Essentials)

and the other is a collection of the MAX miniseries, which was ****ing hysterical

Anubis

12-22-2005, 09:48 PM

What was the MAX mini about?

Elijya

12-22-2005, 10:19 PM

hard to descibe. For the most part, it was just about getting howad back in the spot light, and an uncensored one at that, after so many years. There's a slight overarcing story, but for the most part, each issue is kind of stand alone. Whole sequences are parodies of other books like Witchblade and Preacher, and the last issue he has a heart-to-heart with God. Everything's hysterical.

Oh, and he actually spends most of the series as a rat (as a parody on mickey mouse, since disney used to give them **** back in the day about him looking to close to donald duck) And there's an appearence by DR. BONG! who I sure you're familiar with at the least from joking around about him on the board

Anubis

12-22-2005, 10:23 PM

Heh, Dr. Bong, okay, you convinced me. I'll put it on the list.

Elijya

12-22-2005, 10:35 PM

you've read Transmet, too, right? cause that's another one that's parodied

Anubis

12-22-2005, 10:39 PM

I got the first three volumes in trade.

Elijya

12-23-2005, 09:28 AM

and you stopped!?!?!? :confused: :mad:

Anubis

12-23-2005, 12:14 PM

Yeah. Nothing really blew me away, though I was still interested. Then I got really into Starman and it just kinda fell to the wayside. I'll grab the rest eventually. But Promethea's been so good lately....

Elijya

12-23-2005, 04:52 PM

ABC books have been on my list for a long time...

Anubis

12-23-2005, 05:52 PM

Took me awhile to get around to it too. Sure I had gotten all the Top Ten stuff, but I held off on stuff Like Tom Strong and Promethea. Now, after having read the first two volumes, I'm tempted to go and try all the other stuff I missed out of the ABC line.

Anyway, I'll get the last too reviews out of the way.

Fables volume one- Now, I tried to get into Fables some time ago. I bought the storyarc when the advasary invaded Fable town or whatever? And they were trying to mount a defense while keeping everything a secret from the Mundys, and, well, I couldn't get into it. So I figured, if I'm gonna see what all the fuss is about, I may as well start at the begining. And all I can say is, why was I such a dumbass? This book rocks. Big Bad Wolf, sorry, Bigby Wolf f**king rocks. Like if the Question was a werewolf. 10/10

Doom Patrol: The Painting that ate Paris - Morrison's Doom Patrol, probally one of the weirdest most insane works ever in comics. I mean, the guys gotta be nuts. But damn can he write. The whole thing was good, from the actual story that covered the title, to Robot Man going inside Janes head and finding out what tramatized her so much that she developed all those personalities. But by far, the most disturbing, was the last bit when The Brain and Monsier Mollah try to steal Robot Mans now senient body. I always figured something was up with those two, but, I really didn't need to see it. Anyway, 8/10.

Lackey

12-23-2005, 05:58 PM

Like if the Question was a werewolf. 10/10

I like that comparison :D

If you like Bigby now, you're gonna like him even more as the series goes on... there's even a great story Willingham throws in later on about Bigby helping the allies during WWII.

Anubis

12-23-2005, 06:02 PM

Which Volume or issues did that happen in?

Elijya

12-23-2005, 06:20 PM

it was a two-issue arc in #28-29, collected in vol 5

Anubis

01-11-2006, 09:09 PM

I just got Sandman: Vol 6, Starman Vol 9 and 10, and Death: The High Cost of living. I already read the first half of Sandman, and it was great as usual. I'll get back to review the rest when I finish reading them.

Anubis

01-16-2006, 03:24 PM

Okay, so I finally finished some of the books I recently purchased. I'll start with a full review of Sandman Vol: 6: Fables & Reflections.

This was probally one of my favorite Volumes of Sandman. And thats saying something because all have been top notch. But this volume I think puts Gaimen over the top in my opinion as the absolute best in the medium. Better than Morrison. Better than Moore. Just, the ability to write stories that go to multiple genres, and intertwine with extablished continuity of the DCU, and take stuff from like the Bible and the Quron and make an epic short story out of it. Just, incredible. THis particular volume was basically a group of short stories. Mostly dealing with storys of folklore and such things. Each of them was very good in there own right. There was Three Septembers and a January. Which was a story about a bet between Dream and some of his siblings. About how Dream could keep him out of there persepctive realms. The sibs being, Despair, Desire, and Delirium. All Morphous did was implant a dream within the man. A dream that could out shine anything they threw at him. He was the Empreror of America. crazy sure,but he was as sane as any.

Then there was Thermidor. This story stared Lady Constantine. An ansestor of John Constantine from the Hellblazer series. Her she was asked by Morphous to retrive his son's head from France during the French Revolution. Also a great story and gets us in the mood for the coming story of just how Orphous ended up just a head.

Following that Came Hunt. This story was about a Grandfather telling his Granddauther a story of a young Man's journey to find love. The young man just so happens to be a Werewolf. Also a good story. Starring Dream and his Librarian.

Then we have August. A really good story following a day a young dwarf actor spent with the Emporor of Rome, Octavian Augustus. I liked this one. Really put the whole Roman Empire into persepective.

Soft Places. This was a decent read. It was about Marco Polo getting lost in the deseart, and ending up in one of the "Soft Places". Parts of the world that interconect with the Dreaming.

Then you got the biggest portion of the volume, Orpheus. This was the story of how Orpheus ended up a talking head. Most people should know the story of Orpheus. Went to Hades to get back his dead wife. Told not to look back, and right at the end like an idiot he does. But this fills in the blanks. Like what happend before and after. ANd how it ties in with the Endless. Very good. Best story in the bunch in my opinion.

Then you have Parliament of Rooks. This is a story involving Daniel. The young boy who would one day become Dream. He wanders into the dreaming where he is found by Morpheus's Raven, Matthew. He takes him to Cain and Ables and along the way they meet up with Eve. They take turns telling stories to the baby. Very good this one was.

The last was Ramadan. This was a good one as well. Made better by the art of P Craig Russell. I read some of this online a while back but it's good to read the whole thing. Basically the Caliph of Bagdahad requests an audience with Dream. (By Force really) He simply wants to give Bagdahad. His Bagdahad. Bagdahad at is most beautiful. THe golden Age of this magnificent city, to Morpheus in exchange for him keeping it that way always. Beautiful story.

Well that was pretty much it. I give it a 10/10. Best volume I've read yet.

Anubis

01-16-2006, 04:14 PM

Starman: Vol: 9 and 10

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This was the last two volumes of the series. I have to say, I'm really gonna miss it. I think I started reading Starman about a year and a half ago. Buying Volumes here and there. I first heard about it here at the Hype. I was trying to fill out an order at about 50 bucks so I went ahead and added volume one. ANd I've been hooked ever scince. This whole series was great. But the last two really were just amazing. Starman comes back from his adventures in Space, and has to deal with a possibly evil Shade, the return of the Mist, (the crazy daughter of the original and Jacks Baby Momma.) and a ton of other villians in a dasterdly plan to take Opal city into the Shadow zone. This was great, and I wont give anything away in case anybodies interested, but it's got a ton of twists and turns. The end though, was a tough one. Really got to me man.

The last volume tied up all the lose ends. Who was the Starman of 1951. How was it that David Knight was able to visit with Jack after his death, and other things. There was a conversation between Jack and Superman. It was pretty sweet. They were talking about what Jor El was like, whom Jack met while he and Mikal Thomas were in space and got bounced around in time. Touching. Just, a great end to a great series. I give them both 10 out of 10's, and the series gets a 10 as well. Now I gotta find something else to read. I guess I'll work on getting the rest of the 100 bullets, Fables, and Lone Wolf and Cub volumes.

yenaled

01-16-2006, 04:41 PM

Glad you've read an enjoyed Starman, it was a truley fantastic series. The best the 90s had to offer.

I recently read Morisson's The Filth; fantastic. Fantastically mind blowing but such a good and surprisingly emotional read.

Greg/Ned is one of the best heroes in current comics.

Anubis

01-16-2006, 04:51 PM

I been meaning to check that out. What was it about?

Emerald Knight

01-16-2006, 04:52 PM

I recently acquired Geof Johns's Flash TPB's: Blitz, Ignition, and Secret of Barry Allen (can't find the first or third anywhere though :( )

I'm hoping to get his JSA run as well. :up: :D

Anubis

01-16-2006, 04:54 PM

Get it, John's JSA is one of the best Team books i've ever read.

Emerald Knight

01-16-2006, 04:56 PM

Get it, John's JSA is one of the best Team books i've ever read.

yeah, I just got Darkness Falls, I've already got Blackreign and Lost...Princes of Darkness is on hold at Borders...and all the rest of the trades are at the same borders store...I'm going to go broke sooner or later. :( ;)

yenaled

01-16-2006, 05:10 PM

I been meaning to check that out. What was it about?

There is a man Ned Feeley who likes his cat, Tony, and he likes to masterbate to porn. He then finds out that he is actually a special agent Ned Slade working for a government organisation The Hand, who are basically garbage men for society, getting rid of every single bad thing in the world to keep the world in Status Q. He has been redrafted in to stop former agent Spartacus Hughes who is trying to disrupt Status Q.

And that's kind of where liniar storytelling stops. Because it is Morisson it is full of themes such as fractal realities, art affecting life, postmodern blurring of the fourth wall, the world as a single living organism with humans as the cells that compose it, giant sperm, artifical life, and a love from a man to his pet cat.

It's a heavy read and confusing but well worth the effort, and amazingly completly open to interpretation.

Anubis

01-16-2006, 05:23 PM

Porn? Fractal Realities? Porn? Postmodern blurring of the Fourth Wall?........Porn? I am so there.

yenaled

01-16-2006, 05:34 PM

hahaha.

If black-sperm is your thing you are in for a treat.

Anubis

01-17-2006, 09:08 PM

Black-sperm?!? :eek: Well, I'll go as far as blue, maybe purple, but black? Thats just wrong.

Anyway, I just finished Death: The High Cost of Living and again, Gaimen was great. Nice little story in a "Death Takes a Holiday" vein. Really enjoyed the interaction between the characters. Death is definatly one of my favorite characters. 9 out of 10.

Anubis

01-27-2006, 09:47 PM

Just got Fables Volume 2, Sandman Vol 8, Superman: Secret Identity, and Promethea Book 3.

I read Superman: Secret Identity first. I came home and my order was her and I just kinda flipped through everything first, but I was intrigued by this book. I read the whole thing in 2 hours. Great, great book. This is the type of Superman Story I love. It involved everything I love about the character. Seriously, great read. Best Superman book I've read scince, "For the Man who has Everything". Great writing, great art, 10 out of 10.

Anubis

01-28-2006, 07:50 PM

just finished Fables Volume 2: Animal Farm

and it was pretty much what the title stated. A Fables take on George Orwell's Animal Farm novel. Very good. Bloody too. Much like Orwell's book, only with a fairy tale twist. It was also good to see more of the relationship between Snow White and Rose Red. An all around good read. 8 out of 10.

Anubis

01-29-2006, 10:12 PM

Okay, I completed Promethea volume 3

I really love this series. It's nuts with all this meta physical mumbojumbo, yet, I stayed fully ingrossed in the story the whole time. I gotta say, it even changed my point of view on some things. It's just an increadible work by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III. In this volume, Promethea went to the afterlife insearch of Barbara (the Promethea before her) and she left her friend Stacia in charge of protecting the world as Promethea, bonding with the Promethea of the 20's, a badass bisexual warrior woman who takes no mess. While Promethea and Barbara explore the metaphyisical world, (which is increadible by the way.) She's trying to take down the schizophrenic mayor of New York who has been possed by a host of demons. It's a great read. Great art, really makes you think. Like I said, I love this series. 10 out of 10.

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HuyLantern

01-30-2006, 03:36 AM

I just got done reading Batman: Gothic. A great story written by the brilliant Grant Morrison. I sure hope rumors about Grant and a Kubert brother on a batman series are true.With Dini and Morales on Detective, then maybe it's Batman.

supes_el

01-31-2006, 08:06 AM

XwolverineX

01-31-2006, 04:08 PM

bought:
WW: Mythos
GL: Hero's Quest
jLA: Exterminators
Superman: The never-ending battle
Flash: Stop Motion
Batman: The Stone King

only read Flashes...and that was a good read
cant wait to make time to read the rest

Those are all novels..Read some

Flash
GL
Superman

I am in the middle of Batman

GL has been my Fav. so far ... I absolutely adored it... Didn't like Superman that much... Flash I liked, but not that much...

Anubis

02-01-2006, 08:15 PM

Okay, last of my recent order

Sandman:Worlds End, now, this was a good one. Basically it was about two people who crash their car during a snow storm in freakin July. They end up in an inn called the Worlds End Tavern. There they meet a ton of people who happen to have found themselves in the same predicament. Stuck outside of Reality. They pass the time telling stories. And thats pretty much what the whole volume consists of. Strange people telling stories in a Tavern at the end of the world. Great stuff. It started off kinda slow but really picked up around the end of the second story. Favorite story was, i'd have to say the one about the Prez. Mike Allred did the art for that particular story, and that just made it that much better. (Tons of other good artists throughout the volume as well.) Overall, a solid read. 8 out of 10.

Anubis

02-25-2006, 02:48 PM

Just got four trades in. Arrowsmith, Doom Patrol Vol 3:Down Paradise Way, Astro City: The Tarnished Angel, and House of M. I'll get back with a review whenever I finish one.

yenaled

02-25-2006, 07:23 PM

I've been a little busy;

Superman Birthright, Maus, Planetary vol. 1-3. Invincible ultimate collection vol1 and trade 4 & 5.

They were all amazing.

The Question

02-25-2006, 07:35 PM

I just god Sandman volume four, seasons of mist. Great read.

The deal is, Lucifer quits hell, shoos away all the damned souls and demons, locks the place up, and hands th key over to Dream. A bunch of mythiological figures show up and ask for the key, and Dream has to figure out who to give it to. My favorite parts were the interlude with the thirteen year old boy in the haunted boarding school, and the bit with Lucifer on the beach in Australia. The lines at the end of the one with the haunted boarding school were suprisingly ulifting, and the line at the end of the beach scene with Lucifer simply kicked ass.

Anubis

02-25-2006, 08:14 PM

Yeah, I loved that volume. I was in it.

The Question

02-25-2006, 08:20 PM

Yeah. Anubis rocks. Although, I thought Thor was pretty cool in it. "This is my hammer. If you rub it, it gets bigger. S'true."

XwolverineX

02-25-2006, 08:30 PM

I am in th' middle of Sandman vol. 1, and I must say, I am am VERY dissapointed. It came so short of th' high expectations I had for it goin' in, it just doesn't do anythin' for me, and I am not attached to no characters.

Anubis

02-25-2006, 08:37 PM

Did you get to the part with Dr. Destiny and the diner yet?

XwolverineX

02-25-2006, 08:42 PM

Did you get to the part with Dr. Destiny and the diner yet?

Noope, I just finished th' part with Constantine..

Anubis

02-25-2006, 08:45 PM

Give it time.

How old are you by the way?

The Question

02-25-2006, 08:46 PM

The part with the diner kicks ass. It's ****ing creepy.

XwolverineX

02-25-2006, 08:47 PM

Give it time.

How old are you by the way?

I just turned 17..

XwolverineX

02-25-2006, 08:47 PM

The part with the diner kicks ass. It's ****ing creepy.

O.K, I will try it out a bit more before I start Judgin' it.

Anubis

02-25-2006, 09:39 PM

I just turned 17..

Ah I see. I've always felt that books like, Sandman or Watchmen are books that are more Mature really. I doubt I would have enjoyed it if I had read it at 17, as much as I did at 24 when I actually started reading it. It's a lot more Cerebral than say, I don't know, Ultimates or something. They're really different types of comics, Like comparing director, Martin Scorsese to, say, John Woo. Both Great directors, Both very good at what they do, but they make completely different types of movies. And I don't mean that whole age thing as an insult or anything, i'm just saying that very few people can really get stuff like Sandman at your age. And even if you were older it's not gaurenteed. Some stuff just isn't to everybodies taste and when picking out a comic based on others recommendations you should take that into consideration. The only thing Sandman has in common with a book like Ultimates is that they're both comics. So, I would consider that before continuing to buy the rest of the Sandman series. But, give it time, you could grow to love it. Not very action orintated, but it has a way of really making you think about the world we live in and the nature of dreams and reality.

The Question

02-25-2006, 09:42 PM

Hey, I'm 16 and I've enjoyed Sandman thoroughly so far.

Eric Draven

02-25-2006, 09:42 PM

I wasn't a huge fan of the first volume of Sandman as well. I think the series really hit it's mark when the Doll's House story started. Oh, and when Death was first introduced.......

Anubis

02-25-2006, 09:49 PM

Hey, I'm 16 and I've enjoyed Sandman thoroughly so far.

Well, I did say very few.

Elijya

02-26-2006, 07:48 PM

I personally feel sandman newbies should read Endless Nights before volume 1. Endless nights is a far more engaging read.

and I agree with what Anubis said: Sandman is comicbook poetry or literature. If you normally read action comics, they're not gonna grab you immediately. They ARE for mature readers, so teenage readers won't usually get what the big deal is

TheCorpulent1

02-26-2006, 07:52 PM

I'd recommend relatively younger readers try Vertigo out through Preacher first. It's certainly written well enough to do the Vertigo label justice, but it also features loads and loads of nudity and violence that's sure to grab the attention of people coming off of action comics and trying Vertigo out for the first time.

The Question

02-26-2006, 08:09 PM

I've read the first two volumes of Preacher, and I'm not so sure how I feel about them. They are very well written, but at the same time they're kind of all over the place. Like, there are alot of coincidences in the plots.

Elijya

02-26-2006, 08:21 PM

volume 3 ties up most of the plot lines from vol 2, so definitely at least get that

The Question

02-26-2006, 08:22 PM

I'll look for it then.

XwolverineX

02-26-2006, 08:24 PM

Hey, I'm 16 and I've enjoyed Sandman thoroughly so far.

Hey, maybe I am just immature? :(.. Plus, I technically started it when I was 16, since I just turned 17, sadly I did not get 360 for my birthday. :(

XwolverineX

02-26-2006, 08:25 PM

The Question

02-26-2006, 08:29 PM

Hey, maybe I am just immature? :(.. Plus, I technically started it when I was 16, since I just turned 17, sadly I did not get 360 for my birthday. :(

No. Maybe I'm just unusually mature.

Elijya

02-26-2006, 08:30 PM

Fables doesn't really have alot of underlying messages or anything, but it's definitely (IMO) the most ENTERTAINING book Vertigo has ever done

XwolverineX

02-26-2006, 08:52 PM

Fables doesn't really have alot of underlying messages or anything, but it's definitely (IMO) the most ENTERTAINING book Vertigo has ever done

Yeah , I love it.

XwolverineX

02-26-2006, 08:52 PM

No. Maybe I'm just unusually mature.

Or unusually geeky? ;)

The Question

02-26-2006, 08:58 PM

Meh, same thing. :o

Elijya

02-27-2006, 02:49 PM

Anubi, I'm doing a little housecleaning. Since your thread isn't DC specific, mind if I move it to misc. comics?

XwolverineX

02-27-2006, 03:45 PM

Anubi, I'm doing a little housecleaning. Since your thread isn't DC specific, mind if I move it to misc. comics?

I think he will mind! :p

Anubis

02-27-2006, 03:46 PM

I don't care. Go for it.

Anubis

02-27-2006, 03:53 PM

While I'm here, I'll go ahead and do a write up for Arrowsmith.

This was a great little book written by Buseik with art by Pacheo. So with those two involved you know it's gotta be good. It's about a young man named Fletcher Arrowsmith set in the days of WWI. The only difference is, this is a world where Magic exsists, so theres Dragons, and Spells, and Trolls, and s**t like that all over the place. Tolkeinesqe backdrop aside, it's still just a book about how War is hell. Weather using mustard gas, or Salamader elemental bombs that burn an entire city with living flame. It's all the same in the end. We follow Fletcher from his days as a Blacksmiths son looking for adventure in war. (Much like many of the time.) Only to find that, war isn't the adventure that he thought it would be. War is a terrible terrible thing. And not always neccesary, while at the same time being absolutly needed. Great book. Started out a bit slow, but it got really good by the middle, and the end was just, wow. 9 out of 10.
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Anubis

03-02-2006, 05:28 PM

Okay, I read Doom Patrol: Down Paradise Way and House of M

First of all, Doom Patrol. Good. An incredibly complex and yet simple couple of stories. Ranging from a Sentient transvestite street named Danny, to a war on an imaginative dreamscape between two freaky alien civilizations. I would just like to say that, its good to know before reading anything by Morrison that the man is insane. And you probally wont get alot of whats going on in any of his books until the end. Robot Man seems to be the lone sane person in an entire book of crazy people. I give it a 8 out of 10.

House of M: Now, I decided to wait for the trade when this came out, so I already have had time to come to terms with the repurcusions of what went down in the MU as a result. I still hate that the mutant population got reduced to like 300. And I already know that Bobby Drake got his powers back like a month later, which was pointless really. And I already knew the big reveal that Pietro was the one that started this whole mess. That said, I enjoyed House of M. Thats right. I enjoyed it. I would even say I really liked it. But I didn't love it. I think Bendis did a decent job on this particualr story. I cared when Spidey freaked out when his mind was unlocked. I cared when Hawkeye got killed (Again) by Wanda (Okay, her kids, but it was still Wanda) It was a lot better than I thought it would be. Go in with low expectations I guess you'll enjoy yourself most of the time. 8 out of 10.

XwolverineX

03-05-2006, 06:42 PM

Pretty simple, just state which Comic Trade you are currently readin' and give it a score out of 10. 10 being you are just ADORING it and would trade your wife for it, 1 being You would commit suicide if you were forced to read it again. And only bring out th' extra corny 11/10 or 0/10 is it's ABSOLUTELY necessary. :cool:

Zero Hour

5/10 - Meh...

JewishHobbit

03-05-2006, 06:51 PM

I just finished Stormbreaker: The saga of Beta Ray Bill and I absolutely LOVED it!

9/10

XwolverineX

03-05-2006, 06:52 PM

When I finish Zero Hour I will give a score, right now it's pretty mediocre.

The Question

03-05-2006, 06:55 PM

Death: The high cost of living.

10/10

Sentry2005

03-05-2006, 07:10 PM

powers; psychosis

8/10 - pretty good, not my favourate powers arc tho

Ben Urich

03-05-2006, 07:22 PM

Death: The high cost of living.

10/10

I reread that and Time of Your Life about 2 weeks ago.
AWESOME stories. :up:
I'd give them both a solid 8.5/10.
Just finished: The Filth (Grant Morrison and Chris Erksine) - 8/10

Not Jake

03-05-2006, 07:34 PM

Just finished reading Guardian Devil...7.5/10

I really enjoyed it in its middle & later issues but the first issue was far too wordy. I guess Kevin Smith was just inexperienced with the medium

Currently reading Ultimate X-Men vol 1: The Tomorrow People
3/10, I'm not feeling this one. Ultimate Magneto is just doing evil things, and he's not relatable or anything because the 616 backstory isn't there. Plus, he and Prof X hate each other, I mean, he crippled Charles. It's not nearly as good as the regular universe's portrayal of them as just old friends with different political/social views.

XwolverineX

03-05-2006, 08:53 PM

O.K so I am done Zero Hour, and I thought it was mediocre th' whole way through. 5.5/10..

But it leaves me with questions. Who is Power Girls baby, and who is th' father..

PWN3R

03-05-2006, 08:57 PM

Magnetic North Vol. 13

Ultimate X-men, no matter what anyone says, always intrigues me. Sometimes for the bad, but I always enjoy reading it. The trick Mags does with Mystique is just awesome.

XwolverineX

03-05-2006, 09:08 PM

Magnetic North Vol. 13

Ultimate X-men, no matter what anyone says, always intrigues me. Sometimes for the bad, but I always enjoy reading it. The trick Mags does with Mystique is just awesome.

It was, but I was also hopin' for a bigger battle against th' X-men.

taskmaster

03-05-2006, 09:26 PM

Batman: Dark Victory. It's damn good. Get's better everytime I read it.

PWN3R

03-05-2006, 09:29 PM

It was, but I was also hopin' for a bigger battle against th' X-men.

Yeah, especially when the Ultimates showed up.

But it was a great read. I'd recommend it.

XwolverineX

03-05-2006, 09:32 PM

Yeah, especially when the Ultimates showed up.

But it was a great read. I'd recommend it.

As would I. :up:

Orko Is King

03-05-2006, 09:45 PM

The Goon vol. 4

:up: :up: :up:

ampersand

03-05-2006, 09:46 PM

Invincible Vol. 5
8/10

PWN3R

03-05-2006, 09:46 PM

Whats a good Uncanny X-men TPB worth picking up??

JewishHobbit

03-05-2006, 09:57 PM

Whats a good Uncanny X-men TPB worth picking up??

Volume 5 "She Lies With Angels" was excellent

PWN3R

03-05-2006, 09:59 PM

Volume 5 "She Lies With Angels" was excellent

Thanks, I'll look it up.

XwolverineX

03-06-2006, 08:12 AM

Volume 5 "She Lies With Angels" was excellent

Oh, I was goin' to respond immaturely and ask why th' hell do they care, and then follow it up with tellin' 'em to get outta my thread. But your way works I guess.... :o

Anubis

03-06-2006, 11:26 AM

Finished Astro City: The Tarnished Angel. It was good, definatly not the best of the Astro City books, but good none the less. It was a decent look at the world of the supervillian. Not the world domination types, but the other guys. The guys that would be considered "Lame". The guys that rob banks and jack armored cars. How they devote so much of there lives to this, super crime, that in the end, they all end up with nothing. Just burnt out losers, whove' spent all the money they've managed to get away with to keep themselves in the life. This story was about a reformed villian by the name of Steel Jack, who just got done with a 20 year stint in the big house, only to come back to nothing. He wants to go stright, but how can he? Can't get a job. Heros are out to get him. All his friends are known fellons, so just talking to them would violate his parole. Anyway, somebodies killing "Black Masks" (Thats the term for villians) and the family members hire him to find out who it is offing these guys. He ends up on a, pretty predictable journey, to discover who it is. Even though you could have guessed who it was by the time the character was introduced, it was still pretty good seeing Steel Jack try to save the day. I give it a 7 out of 10.

I'd also like to add, that, although he was only in it for a short time, I really liked that Mock turtle guy. You just had to feel sorry for the guy, even though he was actually a succesful criminal. Love will make you blind.

Elijya

03-06-2006, 11:34 AM

Go in with low expectations I guess you'll enjoy yourself most of the time.
exactly

and I know that sounds bad to some people "Why should we have low expectations? why should we have low standards!?" Because it's a story. Because you're trying to be entertained. When it comes to government regulations, no, you shouldn't have low standards. When it comes to the employees you higher for your company, no, you shouldn't have low standards. But when it comes to a peice of entertainment, the only thing having high standards does is impede your own personal enjoyment, and that is 100% YOUR choice. There are no consequences for lowering your expectations to appreciate a story more.

The Question

03-06-2006, 11:41 AM

I just finished Death: The High Cost of Living. It was quite ****ing sweet. Basically, Death spends a day as a human to better understand them. As a human, she meets a teenage boy named Sexton, and the two have a romp through New York. A little sad if you put yourself in Sexton's possition. But all in all, a sweet book.

Elijya

03-06-2006, 11:44 AM

in the middle of DC Universe: the Stories of Alan Moore

I give it an 8 because while the man is a god, the stories are deficient in the plain old Entertainment category

The Hero

03-06-2006, 12:16 PM

in the middle of DC Universe: the Stories of Alan Moore

I give it an 8 because while the man is a god, the stories are deficient in the plain old Entertainment category
I would love to get that,but my store sold out a day or two after it came in.Who knew the ass-end of the south could have so many nerds?:o

Elijya

03-06-2006, 12:39 PM

they can get it back in for you. Or you can get it offline for cheaper

Anubis

03-06-2006, 12:46 PM

exactly

and I know that sounds bad to some people "Why should we have low expectations? why should we have low standards!?" Because it's a story. Because you're trying to be entertained. When it comes to government regulations, no, you shouldn't have low standards. When it comes to the employees you higher for your company, no, you shouldn't have low standards. But when it comes to a peice of entertainment, the only thing having high standards does is impede your own personal enjoyment, and that is 100% YOUR choice. There are no consequences for lowering your expectations to appreciate a story more.

It's a good thing I put that "Most of the time" thing in there. I went to see Ultraviolet expecting it to suck, and it sucked worse than I could have ever dreamed it would have. So, it doesn't always work.

Anubis

03-06-2006, 12:47 PM

Not Jake

03-06-2006, 12:58 PM

isn't that the one with both Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow AND The Killing Joke? I want that book really badly since I haven't read either yet. Of course I also don't like hardcovers:(

Not Jake

03-06-2006, 01:06 PM

Magnetic North Vol. 13

Ultimate X-men, no matter what anyone says, always intrigues me. Sometimes for the bad, but I always enjoy reading it. The trick Mags does with Mystique is just awesome.
Well, another thing probably holding my enjoyment of UXM back is that the only Millar book I've enjoyed so far is The Ultimates:confused:

The Hero

03-06-2006, 01:12 PM

isn't that the one with both Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow AND The Killing Joke? I want that book really badly since I haven't read either yet. Of course I also don't like hardcovers:(Holy crap,if it does I'll steal it if I have too.:eek:

Not Jake

03-06-2006, 01:14 PM

it might not be that one, but there is an alan moore DC collection with both of them in it, but I'm not sure if it's that one. Probably not if Elijya said it wasn't entertaining

Elijya

03-06-2006, 01:19 PM

no, that's just me. I find Alan Moore stories very good, just very dense. Not as entertaining as something by Kirkman or Vaughan or Ennis, etc. (who're all in turn more entertaining, but not as good as Alan)

This book has The Killing Joke, For the Man who Has Everything, Whatever Happened To the Man of Tommorrow, a couple different GL stories, one with GA and Black Canary, one from Omega Man, a Two-Parter from Vigilant, a Batman annual, and a few otehrs. I've only read three so far.

Not Jake

03-06-2006, 01:25 PM

is it only available in hardcover?

OtepApe

03-06-2006, 01:41 PM

is it only available in hardcover?

Nope, my copy is softcover.

Just finished reading 'Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow'. Some great stuff in this collection, a must for all comic fans I would say.

Elijya

03-06-2006, 01:50 PM

no, I haven't heard about any hardcover version of it

Not Jake

03-06-2006, 02:11 PM

sweet i will definitely pick it up, it's only $20 right?

Anubis

03-06-2006, 02:14 PM

The soft cover I have doesn't have the Killing Joke in it, but everything else.

The Hero

03-06-2006, 02:18 PM

This book has The Killing Joke, For the Man who Has Everything, Whatever Happened To the Man of Tommorrow, a couple different GL stories, one with GA and Black Canary, one from Omega Man, a Two-Parter from Vigilant, a Batman annual, and a few otehrs.*prepares brick*

Elijya

03-06-2006, 02:26 PM

sweet i will definitely pick it up, it's only $20 right?
retail, yeah. Plenty of websites have it for cheaper. 303 pages, too. GReat bargain
The soft cover I have doesn't have the Killing Joke in it, but everything else.
mine does
*prepares brick*
:confused:

The Hero

03-06-2006, 02:58 PM

To break into the store with.:o

XwolverineX

03-06-2006, 04:51 PM

To break into the store with.:o

LOL... :up:

ampersand

03-06-2006, 05:23 PM

I have that book, it is excellent!

XwolverineX

03-06-2006, 07:30 PM

I have that book, it is excellent!

I need it!! And V for Vendetta!!

Sentry2005

03-06-2006, 08:53 PM

i picked up the doctor spectrum trade today.

hmmm.

i don't know why, i mean i knew he went into a coma in supreme power, and i know he woke up in supreme power, and that this book was meant to fill in the gaps... i just never thought it would be in his head the whole time.

yup.

i'm slow. oh well, i'll live. But this trade didn't grab me on my first read. any one else read the story?

The Hero

03-06-2006, 10:08 PM

I just finished the third chapter in Sandman:Endless Nights,and so far I am truly enjoying it.The best way I can describe this book is pure mental masturbation.Both because of the intellectual stimulation,and because 'thays nekkid ladies in it.:up:

Anubis

03-06-2006, 10:21 PM

I only saw those pages once. they're stuck together now. :(

Anubis

03-06-2006, 10:32 PM

I bought it when it came out, I thought it was okay, not great but okay. My cousin loved it, but he's a douche bag so, take from that what you will. I think that chick that wrote Sins Remembered wrote it, so, agian, take from that what you will as well.

The Hero

03-06-2006, 10:50 PM

I would loan you my copy,but.....you know.....the loneliness.:(

XwolverineX

03-07-2006, 07:55 AM

Wow, people please! My thread! Th' KIDS!

Not Jake

03-07-2006, 08:42 AM

perv.

Elijya

03-07-2006, 10:23 AM

I bought it when it came out, and thought it was good, but monumentally slow

Elijya

03-07-2006, 10:54 AM

Hey, it's a Milo Manara story. Whaddaya want?

Not Jake

03-09-2006, 07:37 PM

Ult X-Men v2: Return to Weapon X

3/10

I don't like this series very much but I'll keep reading it because it's free since I'm borrowing it.

It's too down. Too depressing or something? I dunno exactly how to phrase it. I don't like it. I like Millar on The Ultimates, I do. I don't know why I don't like his other stuff. Well, I do know why, it's because his other stuff sucks compared to his work on The Ultimates.

Wraith. What a horrible bad guy. One-dimensional. "i'm wraith i'm a tough army guy and i am racist". Ugh it's bad. Like the first trade, the only thing that is keeping me reading is the end, which was ever-so-slightly uplifting, enough to keep me hoping the tone of the book will lighten up a little. I also don't really enjoy Professor X clearing Bobby of memories, or of how Jean killed someone. I did however like the stand she made later in the story, showing that her killing someone didn't leave her completely unaffected. Nick Fury was alright, though his tech was too ridiculous. I did like how the weapon x program got scrapped for the super-soldier program. Like I said, the end was bright enough to keep me reading. Plus, like I said, it's free.