Diamond List for September 19, 2007

[PhotoJones]

For all the people reading Gamma Corps: how bad is it?

 

[Jennifer Walters]

It's not bad persay...it's just kinda ''WTF?"

It's like Marvel is trying to make their own answer to Green Lantern Corps with this team.

 

[PhotoJones]

I've never been a fan of Frank Tieri, so my expectations would have been pretty low.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I don't find it bad, just completely unnecessary and a bit slow. But it does have some cool ideas in it like all the members are innocent civilians who have been affected by the Hulk.

Like one lady was horribly burned and lost her child because she was trapped in a car during one of the Hulk's fights with Abomination. Jim Wilson's father blames the Hulk for his son's death. And one kid who was in the womb while his mother went into a stroke because the Hulk frightened her hindering his development.

 

[PhotoJones]

I don't find it bad, just completely unnecessary and a bit slow. But it does have some cool ideas in it like all the members are innocent civilians who have been affected by the Hulk.

Like one lady was horribly burned and lost her child because she was trapped in a car during one of the Hulk's fights with Abomination. Jim Wilson's father blames the Hulk for his son's death. And one kid who was in the womb while his mother went into a stroke because the Hulk frightened her hindering his development.

Oh, so this is basically a book that exists on the principle that the Hulk's a mindless killer? Pass.

 

[Max J Power]

Nothing.

Damn.

 

[CConn]

Oh, so this is basically a book that exists on the principle that the Hulk's a mindless killer? Pass.

Nothing in hippie_hunter's post suggests it's about Hulk being a mindless killer.

If anything, it's simply saying that all of these big, loud superhero battles actually have consequences. When someone gets thrown into a building, civilizations may - and do - die. That could happen to any hero...not just Hulk.

Granted, I don't read the book either, so that could all be bull****.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Oh, so this is basically a book that exists on the principle that the Hulk's a mindless killer? Pass.

No it's not based on the principle that the Hulk is a mindless killer.

Grey is Glenn Talbot's brother, one of the Hulk's enemies.

Mister Gideon blames the Hulk for his son's death even though it isn't Hulk's fault at all. Jim Wilson died of AIDS.

Mess was caught in the sidelines of two beings of almost unlimited strength. It wasn't the Hulk's fault. As CConn said:

If anything, it's simply saying that all of these big, loud superhero battles actually have consequences. When someone gets thrown into a building, civilizations may - and do - die. That could happen to any hero...not just Hulk.

Prodigy's mother got a stroke because she was frightened of the Hulk, not because of his actions.

Griffen is one of Hulk's enemies back when he was Clown.

It's based on people who blame the Hulk for their troubles even though their troubles are not the Hulk's fault.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

DARK HORSE COMICS
STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC #20 (C: 1-0-0) $2.99

DC COMICS
AQUAMAN SWORD OF ATLANTIS #56 $2.99
CATWOMAN #71 $2.99
CHECKMATE #18 $2.99
COUNTDOWN 32 $2.99
COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1 (OF 8) $3.99
DR THIRTEEN ARCHITECTURE AND MORALITY TP $14.99 (This seems kind of expensive for 8 parts that weren't a full issue each, but it was awesome enough that I'll buy it anyway...)
FLASH #232 $2.99
HIGHWAYMEN #4 (OF 5) $2.99
JLA HITMAN #1 (OF 2) $3.99 (Looks like fun. )
SHADOWPACT #17 $2.99
SUPERMAN BATMAN #40 $2.99
TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS PARALLAX #1 $2.99

MARVEL COMICS
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #3 (OF 4) $2.99
AVENGERS CLASSIC #4 $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1 $3.99
TERROR INC #2 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH $3.99

 

[PWN3R]

DC COMICS
CHECKMATE #18 $2.99
COUNTDOWN 32 $2.99

IMAGE COMICS
DYNAMO 5 #7 $3.50

MARVEL COMICS
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #3 (OF 4) $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #12 $2.99
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1 $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK FRONT LINE #4 (OF 6) $2.99

UMBRELLA ACADEMY APOCALYPSE SUITE #1 (OF 6) $2.99
ZERO KILLER #2 (OF 6) $2.99
PROGRAMME #3 (OF 12) $2.99
DYNAMO 5 #7 $3.50
GUTSVILLE #2 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99
ANNIHILATION CONQUEST QUASAR #3 (OF 4) $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #12 $2.99
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1 $3.99
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH $3.99

Gutsville #2 has been delayed for quite some time. That's a bad sign for the second damn issue of a book. I'll miss Eric, but hopefully Slott will start using him soon in A:TI. Looking foward to MCP #1 a lot.

::disappointed::

 

[PhotoJones]

::disappointed::

Why? It's Gabriel Ba, so you know it'll look pretty. The premise sounds cool. I don't care what kind of ****ty music MCR makes, I'll give this book a shot.

 

[PWN3R]

Why? It's Gabriel Ba, so you know it'll look pretty. The premise sounds cool. I don't care what kind of ****ty music MCR makes, I'll give this book a shot.

Yet you won't read The Spirit or anything with DC?

Spoiler

I still love you

 

[PhotoJones]

Yet you won't read The Spirit or anything with DC?

Spoiler

I still love you

It's a stand alone universe. I won't need to have read 50 other titles to make sense of it. And I kick myself everytime a new Spirit book comes out that I passed on it. I'll get to it eventually.

 

[CConn]

It's a stand alone universe. I won't need to have read 50 other titles to make sense of it. And I kick myself everytime a new Spirit book comes out that I passed on it. I'll get to it eventually.

You're kicking yourself because The Spirit is nearly in a stand-alone universe where you don't have to read 50 other titles to make sense of it, right?

 

[SpideyInATree]

CHECKMATE #18
COUNTDOWN 32
COUNTDOWN TO MYSTERY #1 (OF 8)
EX MACHINA #30 (MR)
FLASH #232
ROBIN #166
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5)

A much smaller week this week, whew. Going to check out the Countdown to Mystery arc with Dr. Fate. I thought that Dr. Fate was getting his own series but I guess that got changed at some point and time.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Nothing in hippie_hunter's post suggests it's about Hulk being a mindless killer.

If anything, it's simply saying that all of these big, loud superhero battles actually have consequences. When someone gets thrown into a building, civilizations may - and do - die. That could happen to any hero...not just Hulk.

Granted, I don't read the book either, so that could all be bull****.

So why arent they pissed at the Abomination then? Why just The Hulk?

 

[ssj wolverine]

Wwh #4

 

[PhotoJones]

You're kicking yourself because The Spirit is nearly in a stand-alone universe where you don't have to read 50 other titles to make sense of it, right?

Can you read?

If so, go back and read the exchange again.

 

[CantThinkOfAName]

ZERO KILLER #2 (OF 6) $2.99
CHECKMATE #18 $2.99
COUNTDOWN 32 $2.99
EX MACHINA #30 (MR) $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
WORLD WAR HULK #4 (OF 5) WWH $3.99

Wow, more DC than Marvel, that hasnt happened in a while

 

[venom892]

DC Comics
FLASH #232 $2.99
GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL #1 $3.99

Marvel Comics
CAPTAIN AMERICA #30 CWI $2.99
CAPTAIN AMERICA RED MENACE VOL 2 TP $10.99
MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #1 $3.99
SPIDER-MAN RED SONJA #2 (OF 5) $2.99

 

[Dread]

So why arent they pissed at the Abomination then? Why just The Hulk?

Because post CIVIL WAR, if there are any civilian injuries or deaths as the result of a battle between superheroes and supervillains, the blame is always heaped on the heroes. The villains are presumed to be evil by design and the masses at large shrug their collective shoulders. Recall it wasn't long ago that Maria Hill was blaming all the people Norman Osborn killed on Spider-Man because Spidey didn't murder him, rather on, say, an inefficient prison system that doesn't prevent him from escaping or a legal system with so many loopholes. I mean, someone could have been appalled that four villains on the FBI's Most Wanted List were hiding out so close to a school when the New Warriors went to arrest them for the cameras, but, nope.

If you are a hero, no one in the government or society seems to want to help you these days. If you are a villain, you either are presumed to be beyond reason and given a moral pass, or if you make a lip service promise to behave, you get a badge.

Stuff like this happens in real life too, sometimes.

I flipped through GAMMA CORPS and it didn't strike my interest. Seemed rather pointless and I already have enough titles.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, that's a pretty realistic burden for the superheroes to shoulder. Cops are held to a higher standard too, and a lot of the things criminals manage to get away with are blamed on the cops' not doing enough to stop them.

 

[iloveclones]

World War Hulk #4 (of 5) Wwh $3.99
Captain America #30 Cwi $2.99
Irredeemable Ant-man #12 $2.99
Terror Inc #2 (of 5) (mr) $3.99

Marvel Comics Presents #1 $3.99 - really looking forward to this...
Annihilation Conquest Quasar #3 (of 4) $2.99
Avengers Classic #4 $2.99
Marvel Adventures Avengers #16 $2.99
Spider-man Red Sonja #2 (of 5) $2.99
World War Hulk Front Line #4 (of 6) $2.99
World War Hulk Gamma Corps #3 (of 4) Wwh $2.99


Wolverine Origins #17 $2.99 - I put this in a separate tier to make it easy for people to give me my weekly beating for having it as a sub....


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