Bought/Thought for 9/12/07; SPOILERS

Sif is going to be inside one of the fatty old ladies in town and he's gonna make out with the wrinkled ol' bag on panel.
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Thor and Sif need to take a week's vacation when she comes back. :up:
 
Hey, Bendis can come on the Hype and talk as much nasty **** as he wants. But Vaughan crafted a fun, back-and-forth romance between the two in The Oath and Bendis contributed... pillow-talk about how amazing Night Nurse is in bed. :dry:
 
Hey, Bendis can come on the Hype and talk as much nasty **** as he wants. But Vaughan crafted a fun, back-and-forth romance between the two in The Oath and Bendis contributed... pillow-talk about how amazing Night Nurse is in bed. :dry:

I agree. I'm just poking fun.
 
Published impropriety is different from internet impropriety, is all I'm sayin'. Don't hassle me!
 
I'm not a Thor fan, but I'm hoping that they give him some happiness by not screwing the Sif relationship. The way Marvel's been lately, though...:(. I'm fearing he'll find the Enchantress or Karnilla first and then get busy with them and Sif catches them in the act. Just to make drama. Or they pull a Hawkgirl on Sif and she doesn't want Thor any longer.:cmad:
 
I read an interview with JMS where he said Thor's going to start a relationship with Wanda.
 
Of course! I forgot she's the back from the dead go to gal. The one I'm interested in is when Phoenix comes back. Hawt!!
 
I'm not a Thor fan, but I'm hoping that they give him some happiness by not screwing the Sif relationship. The way Marvel's been lately, though...:(. I'm fearing he'll find the Enchantress or Karnilla first and then get busy with them and Sif catches them in the act. Just to make drama. Or they pull a Hawkgirl on Sif and she doesn't want Thor any longer.:cmad:
Thor and Sif really deserve some happiness, and us Thor fans really deserve to finally see them get together, goddamnit. They've been teasing us with that **** for decades.
 
dont think he ment mutant in the xmen mutant way.
 
Iron and the Maiden #2 - Jason Rubin (w) and Francis Manapul (p)

Well, I got shafted and wound up with the craptastic cover by Chris Bachalo. Alas.

Halfway through the series (which is, unfortunately, a mini, and restricted to four, but at least they're all completed and shipping on guaranteed dates), the stage is set for what looks like a violence-filled and gun-blasting finale. Although I fully expect some twist to happen somewhere in the next issue. Either that, or one grudge match next issue, and a bigger one in the fourth issue.

And really, that's what this series is. It's just one big grudge match, really, from the start. It's what makes it so good, at the core, and so much damn fun to read. It's not all about random dialogue and talk, or about skrully skrulls, or decompression, or incredibly trippy storylines (while I love Loeb to death, I'll admit that sometimes some of his stories are a tad taxing), or whatever else. It's a tale of revenge. It's violence. It's an homage to 1930s gangsters. It's a great, vividly imagined world.

Anyway, hitman Iron wakes up after being out of it for six months, finding that he's been saved by the only surviving member of a family he attempted to save. Engaging in fisticuffs, he makes a shows to the head of the Syndicate (his boss, Big Daddy) that he's back, and is told that if he repays the money he's been accused of stealing, he'll live (more or less, that's the deal). At the same time, it's revealed that Big Daddy knows who really took the money and killed everyone - Sweet Joey Petunia, who's still been working for Big Daddy - and offers him Iron's right-hand-man status if he can kill Iron. Both deals expire in 48 hours.

Rubin, whose previous work is in video games, seriously did this research before moving into the comics medium, and that's refreshing. His work with Francis Manapul is incredibly engaging, and between the two of them, the book displays some of the best and most refreshing breakdowns and panel work that I've seen lately in comics. Not a stale thing about them.

Between the fun and pleasure of reading the book, the great art, the refusal to pull punches when it comes to language and art, this is one of those books you people should be reading (well, assuming you like good stuff and you think an homage to 1930s gangster stuff is fun, I suppose). And if you don't read many independents, you should read it. And c'mon, it's only four issues. Then finito and done.


Outsiders #50 - Tony Bedard (w) and Matthew Clarke (p)

I'll be sad to see Clarke leaving this title (well, the title's new title), as I like his work in general, and have grown to really like it on this title, not to mention that I like how he draws Batman a lot. And he'd be drawing Batman a lot on this title's successor, Batman and the Outsiders. But oh well.

Technically, despite seeing Bedard do the Five of a Kind issue for Thunder and the Martian Manhunter, this is the first we've seen of him with the Outsiders. And I've got to say, it's pretty good. I had some reservations, as I really hated what he did on Exiles, and since the two teams are along the same lines, I dreaded what might happen on this title. Now, admittedly, it could all go downhill from here, but this first issue gives me some faith.

Essentially, Batman takes his team on their first outing, leading in the field under the Matches Malone persona (sweet). Grace sends a text to Thunder telling her where to meet them, but that shouldn't surprise anyone who's seen the cover art for subsequent issues. And even after reading the aforementioned Five of a Kind, I don't think any of us doubted that she'd wind up back on the team. Just like we all expect Aquanewb to make it on the team. And Catwoman breaks into their sub and wants in.

At least initially, it looks like the team's main enemies are going to be the members of the Suicide Squad, on which is Boomerang Junior, previously a member of the Outsiders. Assuming Bedard pushes this, there could be some fun tension as a result. And a battle royale!

All in all, a clear premise, Koi Turnbull proved with the Thunder/MM issue that he can do some good interior work with the characters, and Bedard does a good job of writing the title. So, yay.
 
^I'm so on the fence about giving Outsiders another shot. I stopped reading at 46 and the annual(all the prison-break hooplah)
 
why do you say 5-8 issues. to make it seem like 8 issues?:whatever:

Part of my charm. And also because I can't always remember the exact number of issues Dr. Strange has been a New Avengers off the top of my head, so I offer a range.

How much more hypocritical can you be. You rip any and every book that is ever late and now you want one to be late to include something that isn't critical to the story, and got included anyway, a few issues later.:whatever:

it's not even complaining about his writing now, it's gotten to the point where you're compulsed to complain about things Bendis does right. He did what you wanted! You only had to wait like 2 days between complaining about Strange/Nurse and actually having Bendis referencing it in your hand. Find something reasonable to complain about:whatever:

I'd take you more seriously if you didn't also tear into me when I make more legitimate complaints without a bias. Or when I don't spell a word correctly. Or when I bash a book that it isn't nice to bash. Or when I sign in. There are some posters I don't get so irked by (least anymore) because we have agreed and disagreed and sometimes even had conversations, but you're always nagging me about some damn thing. You're getting predictable.

The old complaint was, "He isn't acknowledging a very recent Dr. Strange life event in another title". Now, that he has, the complaint is, "he took too long, so I am not going to kiss his ass for it." I've been wondering when the hell he was going to include this from the moment Strange was said to be joining at Newsarama.

Dread has a blind spot whenever bendis uses continuity

Tell me the last time you gave credit to someone you didn't like for something. It isn't human nature to do that.

That's one way to look at it that, admittedly, I didn't think of. I thought of it more as the Worldmind clouding Rich's sensors. It does still pretty much control everything in Rich's suit except the stuff that Rich can do on his own, like flight and weapons systems. I figured the Worldmind bought Ko-Rel some time by confirming to Rich that she's as dead as she looks (even though we all know better... except Dread ;)).

I acknowledged it was possible in a subseqent post. It is interesting that some readers seem to disbelieve on-panel deaths more often than I do.

They named her for Iron Fist. I was confused at first, too, but the very next line after their alternate explanation for where the name came from is Jessica telling Danny that he's family. Why would she say that unless she were reassuring him that they were joking about the other explanation and that they did, in fact, name their little ball of Skrull joy for Danny?

Yeah, it was nice. I mean, Bendis taking advantage of established interpersonal character interaction. And actually having Iron Fist have a purpose for being there! If only he could maintain this sort of thing for longer than have an issue, he'd actually deserve some of the praise everyone automatically gives him.

Is that gonna be covered in MA? We got nothing about it in NA. If Spider-Woman's turn is going to be covered in MA, they really need to start getting those issues out quicker. Otherwise things'll get a lot more confusing pretty soon.

MA's lateness is because of Cho; Bendis once stated that he is "6 months ahead of printed issues on all his books", and I actually can believe that. Still, this fact will make any crossover between the books difficult.

That seems to be the consensus--Thor's good, but it'd be nice if more stuff happened each issue. Hopefully, with this arc nearing its 6-limit max for handy-dandy tradeification, we'll see a few new Asgardians show up each issue instead of just one and things'll finally start moving. Granted, JMS is the same guy who's managed to write ASM for almost a year with maybe one or two important things happening since May got shot, so if anyone could defy my expectations, it's him.

I agree with that. Thor also needs to battle someone evil. ;) At this point I'd take a bank robbery from The Rhino for the 1,000th time.

Hey, Bendis can come on the Hype and talk as much nasty **** as he wants. But Vaughan crafted a fun, back-and-forth romance between the two in The Oath and Bendis contributed... pillow-talk about how amazing Night Nurse is in bed. :dry:

I agree with this statement, but outside of USM (where Bendis is capable of writing sweet romances), he tends to "**** things up" a bit. Granted, many TV writers also write things like this (no romantic exchanges can happen outside the bedroom in full dress and not mention genitals), so it is a trend.
 
^I'm so on the fence about giving Outsiders another shot. I stopped reading at 46 and the annual(all the prison-break hooplah)

You should've read through the crossover with Checkmate, just because of it being Checkmate. The Outsiders portions were... well, I'm not going to say anything in case someone tries to skewer me.

I'd pick them up, then the Five of a Kind issues too, and Outsiders 50. Or you can skip the Five of a Kind issues.

I mean, c'mon, Spoons. You've read worse crap than those Outsiders issues.

And read Iron and the Maiden too, tool!
 
I'm looking forward to Batman and the Outsiders. So long as you don't question the premise too much, I think it'll be enjoyable. Bedard is way better than Winick, too. Although, at this point, a trained monkey would probably be better than Winick.

Of the Five of a Kinds, I'd really only recommend the Metamorpho/Aquanewb and Martian Manhunter/Thunder ones. The others were kind of pointless because the people joining the Outsiders were foregone conclusions (like Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel would ever be on some low-rent team under Batman) and/or boring (Nightwing/Boomerang Jr.).
I agree with this statement, but outside of USM (where Bendis is capable of writing sweet romances), he tends to "**** things up" a bit. Granted, many TV writers also write things like this (no romantic exchanges can happen outside the bedroom in full dress and not mention genitals), so it is a trend.
A really bad trend. :o
 
I'll probably let Outsiders replace Aquaman on my pull list, at least give it a chance anyway.

In other news; Superman was good and I'm not sure I can be bothered reading The Boys anymore.

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Replace Aquaman? Dude, there are only like 3 issues left of Aquaman. Ride it out, man! :(
 

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