Bought/Thought July 10th, 2008

[kainedamo]

I guess the term completionist means nothing to you.

Actually, yeah, now that you mention it - the term completionist seems very stupid to me.

Are you a stamp collector or do you enjoy reading the stories?

And Dread's complaining is just as valid as Countdown's complainers. Big events that suck or are just plain average deserve complaining. Plus, we all know the damn things will be worth money someday.

Are you kidding me? The most you'll get for a mainstream comic book from the last 10 years is a couple hundred dollars. Probably. Mainstream comics won't go for a fraction as much 50 years from now as comics from the 60s.

 

[Phaedrus45]

Amazing Spider-Man #565: I'm not sure how much the complaining about Spidey has died down on the Hype...I really don't read that many threads anymore. The subject line has too hook me before I'll take a good look. But, I was one of the (very rare) people who looked at Brand New Day as a good thing.

I love this title now....and, I haven't been enjoying Spider-Man for quite a while. The humor is back...interesting new villians have returned...and, we get some decent action with pretty much every issue. The book isn't drab and depressing anymore. (Heck, I cannot remember when the last time I cracked up at some of Peter's quips.) This issue introduces the New Kraven, and I already like what I see. Sure, eventually I'm hoping Amazing Spider-Man gets back to a few of Spidey's classic villians...but, I long for the day when a new villian is introduced and becomes popular. (Some of my favorite Spider-Man moments..and, issues that end up costing quite a bit online.. are the premiere of new characters, like Cloak and Dagger, Venom, Carnage, and Hobgoblin.) We have not had that in quite a while.

What amazes me is I cannot stand what I've read before that's come from Guggenheim. (How can we forget Blade??!!??) But, Guggenheim works well with Spider-Man. Sure, I prefer Slott to any other...but, I have not been disappointed with Guggenheim yet. 9/10

Iron Man-Legacy Of Doom #4: Hmmm...what can I say good about this title? At least it's not late, like Iron Man-Viva Las Vegas??? Sure, it didn't take itself too seriously, but when you have a chance to showcase Iron Man vs. Dr. Doom, does having them face a giant creature made of eyeballs really fullfill your every wish?? This ended up just being a fluff piece that's going to be bagged away and forgotten in a month's time. 4/10

 

[Doc Destruction]

Actually, yeah, now that you mention it - the term completionist seems very stupid to me.

Are you a stamp collector or do you enjoy reading the stories?

Pssst, I'm not a completionist. I was defending one.

 

[kainedamo]

Okay, my question applies to the completionists

 

[Brainiac 8]

Was that the run where all the Avengers wore silly jackets and Thor, Iron Man, and Cap were barely involved? I wasn't as into Avengers during that period. It was no Disassembled, though.

Ha, it was Marvel's version of the Blue Beetle/Booster Gold JLA.


I loved that JLA incarnation, it wasn't as boring and predictable as the JLA usually is.

 

[Phaedrus45]

It's hard to read my comics when Big Brother is on! Wahoo!!! Summer isn't summer without Big Brother and the live feeds.

Ultimate Origin #2: I enjoyed issue #1 quite a bit; but, this issue doesn't bring a whole lot to the table. It's the origin of Captain America, and it's very much the same story I read last week with Mythos Captain America. The only thing of significance is the small cement-looking structure with the red eye appearing in the present and the past. (I'm thinking it's the Ultimate version of The Watcher...but, I'm usually wrong with my guesses.) If you haven't read Cap's origin one too many times, you might like this issue. 7/10

Nova #15: I'm glad to see Nova is still going strong. The conclusion to the Galactus storyline ends in dramatic fashion, and there is really nothing bad I can say about the issue. It's great to see Silver Surfer again, and cannot wait to see what's happened to the Worldmind. (Man, that Worldmind got really *****y, huh?) I don't know...I'll be happy if he's just rid of it. There is something about the main characters talking to another entity in their head that's never done it for me (i.e. Quasar and Deathlok). Heck, I even get tired of all the Iron Man armor stuff that they put in the comics (i.e. armor power levels at 50%). 8/10

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I love the Worldmind. It's like Batman with Alfred riding shotgun in the Batmobile every night.

 

[Brainiac 8]

I miss Worldmind already.

I love their banter throughout the issue.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I'm a sucker for banter, too. It's one of the primary draws for a lot of things I enjoy. I don't think I'll ever get tired of the old buddy cop formula.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Banter is the reason I loved Blue Beetle and Booster Gold anytime they were together.

 

[Blader5489]

I guess the term completionist means nothing to you.

And Dread's complaining is just as valid as Countdown's complainers. Big events that suck or are just plain average deserve complaining. Plus, we all know the damn things will be worth money someday.

Be that as it may, I am not one of those people, but I do not fault those who are.

Yeah, I can't imagine how many thousands of dollars all those used copies of Secret Invasion will go for.

 

[SouLeSS]

Thousands, no. But I'd suspect the issues over time will grow to be about 20$ a piece, which is a huge gain from 3.00$.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

I read the latest two issues of Action Comics yesterday and I gotta say, so far so good. Never was a fan of Action, or Superman really for that matter. Last time I read Superman was when Azz and Jim Lee were doing For Tomorrow and a few issues when Richard Donner was "helping" Johns, or the other way around. Anyway, it turns out Superman has never really met Brainiac before. He is connected to his flying skull fortress and sends out robot duplicates of himself to battle Supes. (not having read much Superman in the past, I don't know if this is new or not) but Brainiac is collecting all kinds of cities, like Kandor, in glass bottles and stores them on his ship, apparently on a quest to find Kal-El. After talking to Supergirl and learning how truly awful Brainiac REALLY is, Superman decides to turn the tables and go after him himself. I liked how Johns gave a little backstory to General Zod too, as he warned the council about alien threats and they dismissed him and Non as being fools.
One of my favorite aspects is how Gary Frank draws Superman/Clark Kent to look just like Christopher Reeve and Lois like Margot Kidder. It's great seeing Reeve as Superman again and I really look forward to his little chat with Brainiac. Thanks for the heads up, Corpy!

 

[Phaedrus45]

Thousands, no. But I'd suspect the issues over time will grow to be about 20$ a piece, which is a huge gain from 3.00$.

Twenty bucks a piece??? What are you smoking in that pipe??!!?? Only way your issue will be worth anything close to that price is if you are lucky enough to get a rare varient cover. Plus, may times, as time goes on, those issues end up being worth less over time. (Sheesh, I cannot believe how much the first appearance of Cable used to go for...now, 18 bucks!) The comics that get worth a bunch are the ones that come as a complete surprise and the comic shops don't order a bunch of.

 

[SouLeSS]

After 50 years? They're going to be "key" issues and worth 10-20 per like some of the older 'key' things like COIE so on and so forth.

I'm not talking like 2 years from now.

 

[Phaedrus45]

After 50 years? They're going to be "key" issues and worth 10-20 per like some of the older 'key' things like COIE so on and so forth.

I'm not talking like 2 years from now.

Ummmm..yeah, but you could be dead in 50 years. And, that's still no guarantee. Look at all these years after Crisis on Infinite Earths and Secret War. The first issue of Crisis On Infinite Earths I can get Near Mint on mycomicshop.com for $3.20. Marvel Superhero Secret Wars is better, at least, selling for $8.00. (And, that is helped by the fact that it was the first big event, catching people by surprise. When Crisis came out, more were ordered, because the demand of Secret War taught the comic shops to order more.)

 

[Dread]

Dread, you at least like Powers right?? Bendis works just fine in Powers. But I've asked people that a bazillion times so I'm sure I could find your answer on these boards somewhere...

Has anyone considered that the Skrull Queen may genuinely think Stark is a Skrull (but obviously he's not)? And that maybe Fury had something to do with it? Just a theory...

No, I don't read POWERS.

That is a possible theory. Again, I actually have little doubt in my mind that Stark is Stark. The Skrulls just are playing a misdirection game. The Queen outright brags about it to Stark.

Dread is convinced that if he isn't holding the issue in his hands and reading it himself, he'll be completely lost as to what's going on in the MU.

I'm a completionist.

I guess the term completionist means nothing to you.

And Dread's complaining is just as valid as Countdown's complainers. Big events that suck or are just plain average deserve complaining. Plus, we all know the damn things will be worth money someday.

Be that as it may, I am not one of those people, but I do not fault those who are.

Hey now, I may buy comics for good and bad reasons, but value is never one of them. I'm not one of those who treats comics like cheap stocks. I buy 'em to read 'em, not to bank 'em.

Completionist is just a nice way of saying addict.

Bendis is Dread's heroin.

Say I was reading all the SI tie-in books without the event proper. I'd be ****ing lost. I like getting every reference. I'm anal retentive that way.

And over at NOVA, a book I love, I do miss Worldmind. But I kind of think he will be back at some point. DnA haven't given Nova any other supporting character in that book aside for Worldmind for about 19 issues worth of material and I don't expect them to start now (since most of the people Nova knows are GOTG now anyway). Still, it will be interesting to see Nova on his own (more or less) for an arc or two. I mean, Nova half the time was ignoring Worldmind's suggestions and maybe even taking some of his data for granted, now he has to rely on his own experience, and that creates drama.

 

[SouLeSS]

Ummmm..yeah, but you could be dead in 50 years. And, that's still no guarantee. Look at all these years after Crisis on Infinite Earths and Secret War. The first issue of Crisis On Infinite Earths I can get Near Mint on mycomicshop.com for $3.20. Marvel Superhero Secret Wars is better, at least, selling for $8.00. (And, that is helped by the fact that it was the first big event, catching people by surprise. When Crisis came out, more were ordered, because the demand of Secret War taught the comic shops to order more.)

http://www.comicspriceguide.com/p-issues.asp?t_ID=443

I'm going off that. Of course you could find it cheaper other places, but still the 'value' of the book has increased from what, like 0.75$ a piece to 8-25 a piece for 9.4?

 

[Ikaris-Eternal]

"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ikaris-Eternal
Young X-Men 4 - well, to no one's surprise, "Cyclops" isn't who he claimed to be.

Who was he? Skrull?"

Donald Pierce

 

[Darthphere]

Say I was reading all the SI tie-in books without the event proper. I'd be ****ing lost. I like getting every reference. I'm anal retentive that way.

www.wikipedia.org

 

[kainedamo]

I'm a completionist.

So you're a stamp collector.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that. But that's what you are.

Me personally, I buy comics for the stories.

 

[Doc Destruction]

I'm a completionist.



Hey now, I may buy comics for good and bad reasons, but value is never one of them. I'm not one of those who treats comics like cheap stocks. I buy 'em to read 'em, not to bank 'em.

Hey Dread, I called you a completionist. The other stuff was examples about why different people collect, if I wasn't clear.

 

[BrianWilly]

Is reading a book in the shop really as paralyzingly difficult as people make it out to be? If you don't even like the book, you wouldn't even read through every single word, you're just flipping through the pages. Suppose someone had browsed through the latest Secret Invasion in the store instead of buying it. What would this hypothetical someone have possibly missed from the issue, expect for the minutest intricate detail of awkward and stilted Bendis-Woman speechifying that went on for pages without any point? What manner of pivotal Marvel universe development was there in this here issue that needed to be experienced over and over again in the sanctity of one's home?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

So long as they didn't skip over the last two pages while they were flipping, not a whole lot, to be honest.

 

[Darthphere]

Is reading a book in the shop really as paralyzingly difficult as people make it out to be? If you don't even like the book, you wouldn't even read through every single word, you're just flipping through the pages. Suppose someone had browsed through the latest Secret Invasion in the store instead of buying it. What would this hypothetical someone have possibly missed from the issue, expect for the minutest intricate detail of awkward and stilted Bendis-Woman speechifying that went on for pages without any point? What manner of pivotal Marvel universe development was there in this here issue that needed to be experienced over and over again in the sanctity of one's home?

There's also downloading. Which I know is taboo to some around here.