Diamond List for November 11th, 2009

[TheCorpulent1]

What is all this "maybe" nonsense? Buy SWORD, people!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Not if they make Lockheed talk

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What an arbitrary reason to not buy it. It's got Beast and aliens!

 

[Optikal]

dc comics


green lantern corps #42 (blackest night) $2.99
modern warfare 2 ghost 2 cover a #1 (of 6) (mr) $3.99
modern warfare 2 ghost 2 cover b #1 (of 6) (mr) $3.99
titans #19 $2.99

marvel comics


dark reign list x-men one shot 2nd ptg var (pp #889) $3.99
punisher max #1 (mr) $3.99
realm of kings imperial guard #1 (of 5) $3.99
vengeance of moon knight #3 $2.99
x-force #21 $2.99

comics

ghoul #1 $3.99

 

[Colossal Spoons]

What an arbitrary reason to not buy it. It's got Beast and aliens!

But you know Lockheed is gonna be the star. I wonder if they'll have Kitty return in that book. I don't care about her either way, but it'd be a fitting place for her to return. I'll def skim it in the store, it is an X-book after all

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Why would Lockheed be the star? Agent Brand is the star.

Beta Ray Bill will probably be in it too.

 

[Phaedrus45]

What an arbitrary reason to not buy it. It's got Beast and aliens!

Buy Beasts Of Burden!!! Issue's 1 and 2 now on sale. It's got Beasts and Demons!!!!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Oh yeah, forgot about BRB. That is indeed

 

[JewishHobbit]

Beta Ray Bill WILL be in it, at least in the first arc... that's already announced according to previews.

Also, what's the problem with Lockhead talking? He's been lightly talking since the later part of the original Excalibur series. He told Pete Wisdom that he hated him in issue 100 I think, and I think he's said other stuff, I don't recall.

 

[Phaedrus45]

What is all this "maybe" nonsense? Buy SWORD, people!

Yes, buy The Sword! The best Luna Bros. title yet!!!!

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Yeah, but I'm sure occasional talking will quickly turn into large amounts of dialogue in no time.

 

[Dread]

What an arbitrary reason to not buy it. It's got Beast and aliens!

For me, at least, especially for a $4 debut issue, that isn't enough. Again, if this was a $3 comic launch I might be more partisan, but for $4, I have to either have invested interest or have cared about the creative team, and I don't.

Why would Lockheed be the star? Agent Brand is the star.

Beta Ray Bill will probably be in it too.

That's the other reason; I don't like Agent Brand at all. She's essentially "Maria Hill only in space" and is a bit of a cipher. Whedon almost redeemed her at the end of his 25 issue run of AXM with pithy dialogue...but he does that with everything; it's his trademark. You've seen characters like Brand a million times and there is really no way to make her work, since without her cliche niche, there's no reason for her to exist. She really has no personality beyond being an alien and dating Beast, which aren't personality traits, they're plot points.

Lockheed is stupid, and I actually never cared for Beta Ray Bill, which I know is kind of like a crime online. I have nothing against him or anything; he isn't like Brand or Lockheed to me. I just don't like him enough to go out of my way to read about him. It's a cruel world when

Spoiler

Cosmo is dead

and Lockheed gets to live. I'm the opposite of Spoons, though; I might like him if he talked. Lockheed would then have a chance for an actual personality, instead of just being Kitty's squeak toy.

I'll get a taste of Gillen on THOR when he picks up from JMS, least for an arc. But I don't plan on getting SWORD unless some reviews are just utterly incredible. I don't see the point in yet another X-spin-off at a time when those struggle, trying to make hay out of a story that has been over for almost a year. The time to write about the aftermath of SECRET INVASION was about six months ago, not now. Frankly, Marvel's events have usually overexposed characters and I probably don't want to see a Skrull again for a good decade, much as after SIEGE I will be tired of Osborn (if I am not already) and his Avengers (especially Sentry). Iron Man came VERY CLOSE to that level during CIVIL WAR/INITIATIVE.

I mean the idea of Gyrich taking so long to crack down on aliens after SECRET INVASION is ancient history stretches the credibility of the premise. I like Beast, but not enough to burn $4 at random.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Ha, BRB does have some passionate fans

Edit: why did I click Dread's spoiler tag?

 

[Phaedrus45]

Hmm....what's worse??? One More Day or

Spoiler

Cosmo dying

?

I wonder if their spacecraft has a big enough toilet to flush him down?

 

[Phaedrus45]

Ha, BRB does have some passionate fans

Edit: why did I click Dread's spoiler tag?

I'm glad I read that issue today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have figured the spoiler was about events in the latest issue of Guardian's of the Galaxy.

 

[Dread]

Hmm....what's worse??? One More Day or

Spoiler

Cosmo dying

?

I wonder if their spacecraft has a big enough toilet to flush him down?

The latter. ONE MORE DAY was hardly the first or last time a major Spidey story has been a let down and his editorial board proved to be baby-men afraid of the future. The latter is just damn tragic.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm glad I read that issue today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have figured the spoiler was about events in the latest issue of Guardian's of the Galaxy.

Reading it now, might as well

 

[Yodaman]

Star wars clone wars #10
star wars purge seconds to die one shot
batman and robin #6

 

[runawayboulder]

BATMAN AND ROBIN #6
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #611
CABLE #20
DAREDEVIL #502
PUNISHER MAX #1
SWORD #1
X-FORCE #21

 

[Docker2.0]

I can't believe they are still printing BP#2. Who the heck is buying that book? That gimmick is so old!

 

[Blader5489]

It's a cruel world when

Spoiler

Cosmo is dead

and Lockheed gets to live.

What?! When did this happen?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Most recent issue of GotG.

 

[Themanofbat]

La barbe ne peut pas être Judas, quand la barbe est dans votre tête, Wonk-a-doodle

Je n'avais pas dit que c'était la barbe à Judas, mais tout simplement que ça semblait la barbe à Judas...

Tu devrais lire les mots correctement avant de faire des commentaires niaisseuses...

 

[Tron Bonne]

Ce n'était qu'une plaisanterie.

Además, mi francés es débil, de todos modos

Es tut mir leid, es ist wahr

 

[moraldeficiency]

Is leor sin Fraincise, loscann.

^ten cool points for anyone that knows what that means. Three if you know the language.

I'll actually be breaking my boycott for ASM 611 because a Kelly Deadpool is a beautiful thing.