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I don't know yet, but my right eye, back of my head and hands are all swollen and I feel like shit.
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COMICS!!! |OT| November 2020 | Dipped it in a bunch of mustard, took a bite, and it was not what I was expecting!
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I don't know yet, but my right eye, back of my head and hands are all swollen and I feel like shit.
The X-men books were great this week.
Wolverine getting shit done.
Or at least giving his best stab at it.
Wolverine getting shit done.
Or at least giving his best stab at it.
I grabbed it but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I still have some stuff from last week. I don't think it's gonna be today! 😬
So what you are all saying is, I should be reading Black Widow?
There are too many good books dammit!
What's a man to do!?
There are too many good books dammit!
What's a man to do!?
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no complete collections. just standard tpbs, ohcs, and the two omnibuses.
Boooo
Was thinking of getting into it but the HCs are still a bit pricey even used.
It's odd that they never released any of those in paperback seeing as the run is pretty old now.
OK, ok you convinced me.
I guess I'll...ugh read at comic book.
Also Pogg ur Pogg is a goddamn treasure and I won't hear different.
He's busting sick rhymes all over Marauders this week.
Miles Morales #20 - With that announcement of his Ms. Marvel series ending soon this issue only further highlighted how much better his run with Miles has been over his Kamala book. lol But for real, I've really been enjoying this arc. Love all the house cleaning he's been doing in the book in regards to giving Miles more character, focusing on his setting, his actual handle on the venom blast power, and addressing the continuity issues from the Ultimate Universe. Dude has been doing God's work and I salute him.
I get the feeling that the Green Goblin that has been appearing in this arc is not actually Ultimate Norman Osborn. Osborn had a massive God-Complex in the original run and this version is anything but. I get the feeling that he is an entirely different character all together and it'd be a nice way to have this version of the Goblin sticking around without having to deal with two Norman running around.
I get the feeling that the Green Goblin that has been appearing in this arc is not actually Ultimate Norman Osborn. Osborn had a massive God-Complex in the original run and this version is anything but. I get the feeling that he is an entirely different character all together and it'd be a nice way to have this version of the Goblin sticking around without having to deal with two Norman running around.
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I've seen people online complaining about how slow this event has been and why are we still getting exposition dumps like this week's Xmen just rehashing Arrako's history.
I'll gladly take more Arrako lore and Apocalypse development over a dumb sword-fighting tournament. That stuff is way more interesting than whether or not Magick wins a fight against a big alligator.
i think it's because the omnibuses were still well-stocked until the covid-19 surge made 'em disappear.
Agreed.
The backstory of Apocalypse, his wife and all the intricacies of Arakko were great.
And the dinner party in Marauders was also wildly entertaining.
Like you say, its almost a shame that they all have to kill each other.
I am getting mad death flags from Apocalypse though.
The people complaining that it's slow don't know shit, and all the buildup has been wildly entertaining, mostly, but also, the sword fighting tournament is very cool and i want to see magik fight a big alligator for like 3 issues
You know, I'd be really interested in seeing some data on trade sales after COVID hit. Just seeing at stuff like IST and whatnot, it seems like sales went up an insane amount.
Nah, just bring Pogg back to Krakoa so he can chill in the Green Lagoon.
⚔ SWORDS SWORDS SWORDS ⚔
Aww yeah, we've got all the swords, now it's time for everyone to START FIGH- oh, wait, no, not yet.
X-Men 14 was........................ good. It's a good story. But it's just held back by #12, and honestly at this point I just think issue 12 was badly done. it's an interesting narrative trick, showing the same events with different narration, one lies and the other (mostly) truths. But for it to work I think the issues should have been either more far apart, or the story should have taken less space of each issue. Like, it's around 15 pages of repeated artwork. Neat trick, but feels cheap when buying both issues.
And that's another problem I have. The art was clearly made with #14 in mind, so 12 was kind of a hard-to-understand mess. Maybe they should have changed the art a bit or something. I don't know. Anyways Genesis is good she's real cool
Marauders 14 was everything I love about the event thrown into one issue. It's so much fun. So much fun. Magik, Gorgon, Isca, Pogg, are a delight. Their interactions are so good. The setting is super fun. Storm playing around with Death is perfect. Love it for her. And we continue the story of Wolverine trying to protect the kids and the peace of krakoa while being completely out of his element to its inevitable conclusion. It was real tense seeing Logan drown himself in alcohol to prepare for what he was gonna do. Fuck. Can't wait for the next issue. But like... where the fuck is Solem? Literally everyone but him is here. There's something going on
Aww yeah, we've got all the swords, now it's time for everyone to START FIGH- oh, wait, no, not yet.
X-Men 14 was........................ good. It's a good story. But it's just held back by #12, and honestly at this point I just think issue 12 was badly done. it's an interesting narrative trick, showing the same events with different narration, one lies and the other (mostly) truths. But for it to work I think the issues should have been either more far apart, or the story should have taken less space of each issue. Like, it's around 15 pages of repeated artwork. Neat trick, but feels cheap when buying both issues.
And that's another problem I have. The art was clearly made with #14 in mind, so 12 was kind of a hard-to-understand mess. Maybe they should have changed the art a bit or something. I don't know. Anyways Genesis is good she's real cool
Marauders 14 was everything I love about the event thrown into one issue. It's so much fun. So much fun. Magik, Gorgon, Isca, Pogg, are a delight. Their interactions are so good. The setting is super fun. Storm playing around with Death is perfect. Love it for her. And we continue the story of Wolverine trying to protect the kids and the peace of krakoa while being completely out of his element to its inevitable conclusion. It was real tense seeing Logan drown himself in alcohol to prepare for what he was gonna do. Fuck. Can't wait for the next issue. But like... where the fuck is Solem? Literally everyone but him is here. There's something going on
Wonder if Wolverine will be disqualified now.
Somehow I doubt it. He has to fight Solem at some point.
Somehow I doubt it. He has to fight Solem at some point.
I'm sorta with you. I am kinda tired of the prose.
Although it doesn't bother me too much.
Finally decided to read the last bit of Locas that I had saved up. This whole arc with Maggie's apartment management gig and Izzy and Viv is such a downer. Poor Perla. The short flash-backs woven into the whole thing was super well done and you really feel for what Maggie is going through with figuring out her identity. Jaime as ever is so good at shadows.
US Agent was pretty good. Its going to read much better when its all collected. Thats just how Priest writes his story arcs, you get things out of order like a Tarantino movie, but with good context for why he shifts back and forth.
I do like how he gave US Agent a person to pall around with him. You get a lot of shitting on him for being a red neck bigot when they get together thats pretty funny. Rather than the crappy preachy social commentary Remender was doing in Death or Glory lol.
X-Men was straight up a word for word, page for page, repeat of the first X of Swords issue, or one of those in the beginning, but with some extra pages at the beginning and the end to give it more weight. Think hes done that technique in the past. I enjoyed it, but I can totally see people getting tired of how slow going things have been lol.
Marauders was much more fun, but still just setting things up still. I think were going to get one more issue before the fights begin.
I cant tell if they are going to fighting separately in the different areas or regions in Otherworld or if they will be all fighting together. It sounds like it could go either way. Probably going to end up being a battle royal style where they all get teleported randomly to all different areas and have to work towards meeting in the middle somewhere.
I do like how he gave US Agent a person to pall around with him. You get a lot of shitting on him for being a red neck bigot when they get together thats pretty funny. Rather than the crappy preachy social commentary Remender was doing in Death or Glory lol.
X-Men was straight up a word for word, page for page, repeat of the first X of Swords issue, or one of those in the beginning, but with some extra pages at the beginning and the end to give it more weight. Think hes done that technique in the past. I enjoyed it, but I can totally see people getting tired of how slow going things have been lol.
Marauders was much more fun, but still just setting things up still. I think were going to get one more issue before the fights begin.
I cant tell if they are going to fighting separately in the different areas or regions in Otherworld or if they will be all fighting together. It sounds like it could go either way. Probably going to end up being a battle royal style where they all get teleported randomly to all different areas and have to work towards meeting in the middle somewhere.
I hope no one dies in X of Swords
I just want more War and Isca being snarky at the krakoa, Pogg being Pogg, Famine being a stuck up, Death being a Casanova
I didn't think i would kill War and Death as much as i did but this is why Marauders is the best x book
Keep them alive but keep them hating each lol
I just want more War and Isca being snarky at the krakoa, Pogg being Pogg, Famine being a stuck up, Death being a Casanova
I didn't think i would kill War and Death as much as i did but this is why Marauders is the best x book
Keep them alive but keep them hating each lol
recontextualizing events through a change in perspective is a top-tier Hickman trick, but the ten word summary in the form of the three laws of Arakko is really the top-tier stuff, X-Men is just flexing at this point, it's doing event comics just to show off, I love it
How is the galactic government and economy ever stable in Marvel u, every marvrl event the galaxy gets its ass kicked or bunch of civilizations or planets owned by one of the galactic powers get wiped out by the bad guys
There must be like 20 planets left at this point
Guardians: we interrupt this lock room mystery to bring you The Knull Who Laughs
There must be like 20 planets left at this point
Guardians: we interrupt this lock room mystery to bring you The Knull Who Laughs
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Tried reading the Viz app again after a month and I hated it. It's all just Shonen Jump anyway, not like I'm missing out anything I'll fall in love with.
If this seems harsh remember that I spent money on digital comics on the reg instead of just subbing to a subscription service like a normal person.
If this seems harsh remember that I spent money on digital comics on the reg instead of just subbing to a subscription service like a normal person.
Yeah... I'm in the opposite end of things.
I find these villains hyper disposable, and just want cool fights out of them and then them kicked to the curb. They're PEAK hickman forgettable enemies to me. They're not the builders, but they're in that same spot as the Black order is for me most days.
MEPHISTO is behind every bad thing in marvel u because devil
He's doing the Thawne whisper
I finished Shadowland before the election. It's nothing to write home about, but it was easy to read. I'm on the Black Panther run as Daredevil now and it 's pretty good. Better than Shadowland, though not very self-serious.
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