Bought/ Thought January 7th, 2009

[Kirk Langstrom]

Marvel Zombies 3- PICK OF THE WEEK! EXCUSE FOR GOING TO THE LCS OF THE WEEK! This kicked the ass of every previous Marvel Zombies series. MZ4 cannot come soon enough.

Spoiler

MIDNIGHT SONS!!!!!!

If anyone can make that team awesome it's the team of Van Lente and Walker! 9/10

Agreed. But it looks like Morbius will be the only founding member to return...

 

[Dread]

Spoiler alert: [blackout]Colossus became the new king of Breakworld, but none of the other X-titles acknowledge it.[/blackout]

Completely random, but I wouldn't mind someone playing with this to involve him in a space event. I mean, space fixes everyone. Joe Q, a man who hates space stories, has led a tenure where they become brilliant again at Marvel. If Havok can have some fun in one, why not this dude?

I must be desperate for something to be done with him...

 

[Manic]

Well, Pete's about to join the Russian mafia so he can get back at the man who killed his father, Nikolai Montoya.

 

[Dread]

Russian mafia stories? Oy vey.

They're all either Commies or mobsters, man.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I thought we were past the point where 616 stories had to steal plot elements from Ultimate stories.

 

[GNR]

Conan #47-50 (Vol.6 The Hands on Negral)

So I finally finished up the entire Dark Horse run.Besides the first part of God in the Bowl and the middle act of Rogues,this series rarely had any low points and was such an exciting and engrossing read from start to finish.

My knowledge of Conan before picking this series up was taken straight from the 80s movies.I wanted to see nothing but Conan cutting off heads and stabbing monsters and people.Sure we get to see him do that from time to time,but Busiek and Truman accomplish so much more than that and inject a great deal of history and wonder into these stories.

Conan has to be one of the most fascinating characters in fiction.His moral code is constantly blurred and difficult to pick up.There are so many instances in this run where Conan's actions are so sudden and brutal,yet he still manages to be that conniving and witty free spirit who always has a plan.

I was never familiar with the history of the character,so most of the run felt fresh and new to me.This first volume mainly deals with his time as a drifter/thief.Dark Horse is currently publishing the second volume of this series called Conan the Cimmerian,which will follow his days as a soldier/mercenary.They're following the stories in chronological order,so Vol.3 a couple years down the road will deal with his time as King of Aquilonia.

Anyways,I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever wanted to check out the sword/sorcery genre or to anyone looking to shake things up in their reading habits with something new and exciting.

 

[Dread]

I thought we were past the point where 616 stories had to steal plot elements from Ultimate stories.

Russian characters, specifically Colossus, have two cliche Marvel comic stories; Commie Stories, or Russian Mob stories. The inability to settle on anything else is why Colossus is where he is, a great design with a character many call "outdated".

 

[THANOSRULES]

Conan #47-50 (Vol.6 The Hands on Negral)

So I finally finished up the entire Dark Horse run.Besides the first part of God in the Bowl and the middle act of Rogues,this series rarely had any low points and was such an exciting and engrossing read from start to finish.

My knowledge of Conan before picking this series up was taken straight from the 80s movies.I wanted to see nothing but Conan cutting off heads and stabbing monsters and people.Sure we get to see him do that from time to time,but Busiek and Truman accomplish so much more than that and inject a great deal of history and wonder into these stories.

Conan has to be one of the most fascinating characters in fiction.His moral code is constantly blurred and difficult to pick up.There are so many instances in this run where Conan's actions are so sudden and brutal,yet he still manages to be that conniving and witty free spirit who always has a plan.

I was never familiar with the history of the character,so most of the run felt fresh and new to me.This first volume mainly deals with his time as a drifter/thief.Dark Horse is currently publishing the second volume of this series called Conan the Cimmerian,which will follow his days as a soldier/mercenary.They're following the stories in chronological order,so Vol.3 a couple years down the road will deal with his time as King of Aquilonia.

Anyways,I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever wanted to check out the sword/sorcery genre or to anyone looking to shake things up in their reading habits with something new and exciting.

If you havnt read everything Robert E. Howard thats out in print, your at a loss.

I read them all about 5 years ago and felt I should have done so much before.

Flush your mind of the comics..read the books.

Then and only then ...enjoy said comics. Which I agree, are quite good.

 

[GNR]

I've read some of REH's Conan stories via Wikisource.I intend to getting around to reading Hour of the Dragon as well.From the little I've read,I was really impressed.

It'll have to wait though,I'm currently digging into ERB's John Carter of Mars series.This one is quite a doozy,so ahead of its time and full of bold ideas.So far so good.Let's hope the Wall-E director does it justice.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I've only read one Conan book, but it was fun. The Hour of the Dragon, I think.

 

[RockSP]

Bought

Secret Invasion: War of Kings
Punisher #1
Eternals #7
Dead of Night: Werewolf by Night #1
Secret Six #5
Iron Man #9
Black Lightning Year One #1
Haunted Tank #2
Avengers/Invaders #7
Sir Apropos of Nothing #1, #2, #3
Proof #15
Dark Tower: Treachery #4
The Sword #14
Rest #2

Thought

Black Lightning Year One - Of this latest batch of Year One series that I've read this one is the best (so far).

Eternals - "Eh" story this issue with terrible art. Will probably drop this...especially if Acuna is off for good.

Dead of Night - Good start. I think the best the Jack Russell character was ever handled prior to this was in his story arc in Marvel Comics Presents back in the day. I'm assuming this MAX tale is out of continuity.Not familiar with the artist Mico Suayan, but he's great and I look forward to seeing more from him.

Secret Six - My favorite DC mainstream ongoing. The most dysfuntional "team" on Earth.

Sir Apropos - I've only read the first novel (and couldn't finish it because pages were torn out) but I liked what I read so decided to check this series out. Nothing spectacular but entertaining enough that I will get the rest of the mini.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wish the Knaufs were still on Iron Man and Fraction were on Eternals. It seems like each would suit their respective styles better given their current plots.