Bought/Thought 9/17

[Manic]

She could be staying in the nice part of Oakland? We only have armed robberies once every few days on this side of town!

I grew up off of 98th Ave, near the coliseum. I think I may have passed through the nice part of Oakland once or twice.

Let's see...
Logan mentioned that her roomies are all a bunch of art school types, so they might be going to the College of Arts in Oakland. Or maybe they're just going to Laney. Who knows. Anyway, they're living in a freaking warehouse, but the only warehouse-type area I can think of near there would be along the 880 freeway, a little bit before 7th St. before you reach West Oakland, if you're heading Northbound. That's a fairly decent part of Oakland, right?

He was definitely speaking figuratively about the light show, 'cause he says right in the next sentence that the guy was hurt no more than he would be in a regular acupuncture clinic. The Purifier/Church of Humanity Member/whateverthehellbigotofthemonth shrieked because he fears needles and think that they're hurting him much more than they actually are, which is what people who fear needles tend to think.

I'm not defending the situation, I'm just making the situation perfectly clear. It's a question of whether you think psychological torture is equatable with physical torture. And keep in mind that superheroes dangle people over heights all the time, often to illicit information, and that literally every single telepathic hero in comics make a habit of projecting worst fears into their enemies' minds whether they want it there or not. For dozens of telepaths, it's their primary ability.

If it's a psychological thing, I'm not bothered. Hell, I'm the guy asking for Dani Moonstar to get her powers back. But if Cyclops resorts to cruel and unusual physical torture, I'm heading to Marvel's office in NYC and cracking skulls.

 

[moraldeficiency]

Been away for a while, so I've got a few:

Herc- God I love this book. First off they've completely revamped Herc into a character that's just epically cool and funny. Now I actual like Mandy Cho, the guy I've been hating on since he appeared? While not as good as the first or second arc, this one feels just right as a calm down arc (and only in this book could a calm down arc involve mythical amazons sporting rocket launchers and making gay jokes.

Thor SI- pretty good, but a lot of filler. I loved the bit with the firefighters, but I was wondering on a point. Where the hell was loki? Whether helping or hurting she should have been doing something.

MA- though I've been avoiding all avenger books but the good one, I've got a weakness for Nick Fury. It was ok, not as bad as I thought it might be, but then it felt really out of place. The training was ok, although bendis seems to make fury out to be a complete *****e to work around (which he isn't ask any of the howling commandos) and obvious as hell, he doesn't suck. But he could have been replaced with a list of other heroes or villians with the same story taking place. After finishing I was wondering, why this now? This should have been the first tie in, it would have made it relevant and nothing happened in this that would have upset the orange truck. In fact when fury showed up or the maria hill LMD, that would have been more relevant. Piss poor plotting.

All Star Superman- damn good. damn good story, damn good art. I don't know if this is as amazing as everyone makes it out to be, but it is completely entertaining and got me into superman for the first time.