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First? by rock-me Amodeo	Jun 20th, 2007 05:52:47 AM
My first ever! And now, off to work!
First! by stones_throw	Jun 20th, 2007 05:59:38 AM
Will Potter's Field be my first BOOM! Studios book? I'm betting yes!
Rock-Me Amodeo by stones_throw	Jun 20th, 2007 06:00:27 AM
@$$hole.
Skrulls by Boondock Devil	Jun 20th, 2007 06:00:29 AM
First one that comes to mind is Winter Soldier. Very easy way to keep Bucky dead if Marvel wanted to go in that direction. Does the Alicia Masters being a Skrull from years back also tie into everything going on? It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
fables by darwinwins	Jun 20th, 2007 06:13:02 AM
the story of Fly in Fables can be explained fairly well by this set of illustrations by james jean -- the cover illustrator for fables since day one -- he's by far one of the best illustrators working today: http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn1.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn2.html , , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn3.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn4.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn5.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn6.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn7.html , http://www.jamesjean.com/illus trations/fablesogn8.html -- all from www.jamesjean.com
Dammit by Jinxo	Jun 20th, 2007 06:33:42 AM
It figures. The only Fables book I still have yet to buy, that's where Fly's backstory is told. Still I actually kind of liked not knowing since the mystery of what the hell happened was almost worse than knowing the truth. But not by much because, damn, it sucks to be Flycatcher. Going frogger at the worst times.
Loodabagel by raw_bean	Jun 20th, 2007 07:06:08 AM
...sounds like someone who's read too many Vern film reviews and is trying to emulate his style.
like that one guy’s always saying... by BizarroJerry	Jun 20th, 2007 07:28:02 AM
You could be reading G.I. JOE. Hey, I think that one guy's me. I'm famous! Oh, and by the way, you could be reading G.I. JOE. One step closer to a review... #25 is coming soon, folks. Get in on the start of the war and review it, @$$holes! It's coming on the 4th of July, same day we'll be seeing that other 80s property on the big screen.
Witchblade pre-dates Buffy by two years or so... by Sledge Hammer	Jun 20th, 2007 07:30:41 AM
...so calling it a Buffy rip off, regardless of what you think of it quality wise, is really kind of stupid. Of course you can play your technicality get out of jail free card and say you were talking about the original Buffy movie, but honestly no one talks about the Buffy movie when they are making such comparisons. As for the title itself, its an okay book, but it's not 'all that' as the kids say.
Boondock Devil by stones_throw	Jun 20th, 2007 07:49:57 AM
Why the hell would Marvel want to erase one of the BEST Marvel stories of recent years with this whole Skrull get-out? There's a lot more pressing concerns - Aunt May, Elektra, asshole Iron Man, Cap surrendering then dying, Spidey's secret ID, Gwen's babies. Another reason to hate Joe Quesada - Newsarama asked him whether Marvel was using this as a Crisis-type get out of jail card, and his response was "Well a crisis alters space and time". Way to dodge the question.
Last first and Batman by rock-me Amodeo	Jun 20th, 2007 08:01:34 AM
Ah, you know, the whole first thing...I was and AM a fanboy of this site, have been for years. But I don't get any special access or insights on posting, except that it happens sometime Tuesday night, and its waiting for me like quarters from the tooth fairy when I awaken Wednesday morning. When I saw my chance...I took it. But now that I contribute, I guess I should rein back on my fanboy glee. damn. So I hereby bequeath all the rights and privileges of being first to stones_throw. Regarding Batman, a keen-eyed observer informed me that Batman was actually inside an ammo barrel that he emptied last issue, not one of the robots. So what do I know?
Fables by brassai2003	Jun 20th, 2007 08:45:30 AM
Flycatcher's past was explained in the last Trade. 101 nights of winter I think. If not that one then the Arabian one. Wouldn't be awesome if all the people who initated Civil War were Skrulls.
lactating skrulls by RenoNevada2000	Jun 20th, 2007 08:48:06 AM
Didn't John Byrne do a story in his Fantastic Four run about the skrulls who Reed turned into cows way back in FF #2 and how their milk was affecting some little town in upstate NY? Or am I misremembering an old ROM story?
RenoNevada2000 by stones_throw	Jun 20th, 2007 09:15:32 AM
Sounds like Grant Morrison's miniseries Skrull Kill Crew, which this whole New Avengers thing really follows up.
Yay! Default! by stones_throw	Jun 20th, 2007 09:23:13 AM
I was only joking, Rock-Me baby. You'll always be first to me.
Delicious breast milk by MikeTheSpike	Jun 20th, 2007 09:23:15 AM
Interesting, Reno. Could it be that Jessica is bottle-feeding Luke Jr. some pre-prepared formula because she knows her breast milk would be hazardous to his health? The issue was brought up with Wong earlier...
Err... right... by MikeTheSpike	Jun 20th, 2007 09:23:59 AM
She'd be doing this because she's a Skrull, I should probably mention.
saving the breast for last by rock-me Amodeo	Jun 20th, 2007 09:48:53 AM
see, that's what I can't figure out, either. If Jessica is a Skrull, and we know skrulls can lactate, then she COULD breastfeed the little critter. If she won't, then it might be to give him non-contaminated milk (maybe skrull milk affects infants much quicker and that would blow her cover.) But then why is the baby making skrull eyes at the end of the issue if he's drinking non-skrull milk? Maybe the breast-feeding Jessiskrull noticed the baby getting a case of skrull-cap and just STARTED giving the baby non-skrull milk so as not to blow her cover....
Platinum Studios Is Evil by strangq	Jun 20th, 2007 10:00:23 AM
It has nothing to do with today's reviews but all creators... Stay away from Platinum Studios and any Work for Hire contracts if you feel attached to your creations. I feel as though I signed my soul over in a deal with the devil. I wrote a comic book for them a horror spoof entitled WEIRD ADVENTURES IN UNEMPLOYMENT. I signed a work for hire contract being naïve and took the little money they gave me up front to write four issues because I was happy to achieve my dream that I was going to be published into a real comic book I can put in my long box next to my beloved Batman collection. That and I would get royalties on the back end when it hit the shelves. To do so I signed the rights to my character Wrigley Barnes trusting them because of the editor in chief there at the time was Lee Nordling, a stand up guy I worked well and got through what was asked ahead of schedule. After artists mysteriously came and went on the project it was over two years before the thing was actually getting drawn and had a projected solicitation. The first issue was nearly complete and then Lee left the company and the project was shelved. I heard later after many months from an insider that under new management they were kicking me off my comic and going in another direction and that I was being replaced by another writer. I thought that was shady not telling me anything when I regularly emailed about updating me on news about the project and replacing me on MY CREATION. After a few strongly worded emails they told me that they’d at least release my version of the first issue, the only one that was already drawn on Drunkduck, something I have little interest in, no offense to other web comics, my dream had a long box in it. I’ll also see no money on it. No loss for them, and it was the VERY LEAST they could do for me. When I wasn’t getting updates on even that, I contacted the artist in fears of more monkey business and they told me I was fired for insubordination. Funny, I thought I already was canned, but Dan Forcey VP of Development used that as an excuse to finally separate me from my creation along with saying I was responsible for rewrites that I was never made aware were requested or even given an opportunity to correct. I signed my characters over to them trusting the line they were selling about respecting creators. Scott Rosenberg himself the Chairman of Platinum Studios helped build Image Comics which is based on creator rights. HE responded to one of those strongly worded emails and told me that they would only replace me if I could sleep on it. But apparently either he was lying or Dan Forcey doesn’t care because I said I couldn‘t sleep on that because artistically how could I be satisfied with a creator credit on someone else’s work but plans are still going forward without me. If they didn’t like my scripts fine, I can deal with it. Dump it, I won‘t do anything with them anyway. I’d even give them back the $1000 you paid me for the rights and writing the scripts. Don’t take the property I created and put my heart into and tell me I’ll no longer be needed on it‘s future plans. I don’t get the satisfaction of my own comic and the money I’d get would divide my small share into an even smaller nothing. Call it “business, not personal” as Dan Forcey told me. I call it morally wrong and STEALING. Any man on the street outside of the industry would too. When your business is based on using other people’s dreams for your own financial gain, you may not realize it but that is personal. I was perfect prey, inexperienced and naïve who didn‘t understand the full ramifications of what he actually signed. Out of the millions of properties out there hopefully nothing may ever come of Weird Adventures in Unemployment. In theory Platinum Studios could make zillions off it though and I get peanuts for it, all because I wanted a comic of my own published. The lead character was based on me and even looked like me so I LITERALLY signed my soul away! I’m totally beating myself up over this and give up on comics as just another victim of the dark side of the entertainment industry.
Platinum Studios dispatched henchmen on me! by strangq	Jun 20th, 2007 10:07:52 AM
My blog war with one of Platinum Studios shills dispatched to take me down! http://comixtalk.com/strangqne ver_sign_a_work_for_hire_contr act_with_platinum_studios
Wishful Thinking... by Mal Carne	Jun 20th, 2007 10:12:56 AM
Hate to point it out, but not having enough breast milk is not exactly disturbing. My wife had a lot of trouble. I hate the La Leche League with a passion... But I digress. Skrulls did it all? Yeah, wouldn't it be pretty to think so. Wishful thinking, guys. Marvel does, indeed, suck. If it is ture, get ready for that explanation to be trucked out so many times that we'll get more sick of it than "Superboy punched the wall!" as an excuse for bad writing.
Terry Moore on SMLMJ by Shigeru	Jun 20th, 2007 10:44:28 AM
um... WH WH WHAAAAAAAAAAT??! I am really out of the loop! That's fucking FANTASTIC news. Though I still miss Miyazawa.
couple of things by Shigeru	Jun 20th, 2007 10:46:31 AM
Rock-me Amodeo: next time put that Namor review in the cheap shots column. Seriously. Looda: you're still reading ASM? lol.
Fables is feh by sgt.spoon	Jun 20th, 2007 10:49:00 AM
Fables is a piece o' overblown shite. Don't get me wrong. It's OKAY. but it doesn't deserve NEARLY as much praise as people are giving it. Willingham basically stole the If-People-Believe-Then-They-Ex ist concept from Gaiman, and even then it wasn't original. "Instead of gods, why don't I just do the same thing to literary/folkish characters?" If this is a comic that I'm supposed to take seriously, then I have serious qualms with the fact that the majority of characters aren't even Fables at all. Hell, the treacherous Ichabod Crane is a character from 1790 for godsakes. in AMERICA. Fables are from the 6th century B.C. at the earliest. Many characters seem to have unexplicably developed personalities, such as Prince Charming, who was a coniving douche-nozzle at the beginning of the series but is now a somewhat-concerned mayor? Granted, he only ran for mayor so that he could gain power, but suddenly he developed a conscious? after how many centures? I dunno. I dug the Gepptto-as-The-Adversary thing, and it isn't a horrible series, but I liked this series better when it was called Sandman and wasn't so much done by ear. At least Sandman has literary and geniune relational value to it. If this series is as great as people are making it out to be, I think I should leave every issue with a feeling more than just "ah, that was neat"
Fables is feh Pt. 2: Electric Boogaloo by sgt.spoon	Jun 20th, 2007 11:18:21 AM
Spelling error corrections: Conniving and Conscience. my English degree fails me. but then I guess that's what alcohol and the internet does to a person.
Willinghamis an asshat? by Catullus85	Jun 20th, 2007 11:22:25 AM
Really? Damn. Love Fables though and as long as his politics don't enter overtly into his work I really couldn't care less what he does in his free time. I mean, Orson Scott Card is a super convervative (gay-hating?) mormon, but that doesn't make Ender's Game any less entertaining.
Don't blame Rock Me for the short Sub-Mariner review... by Ambush Bug	Jun 20th, 2007 11:23:33 AM
Since we didn't have a cheap shots section in this column, but one for the indie jones section, I formatted the review to fit with the rest rather than just having one cheapie.
am i the only one? by waggy	Jun 20th, 2007 11:27:09 AM
who saw the last page of Avengers #31 and thought it went all the way back to Elektra's first ressurection after Bullseye stabbed her? I was so happy after I saw that image, but it seems that not only was that not the intention, but not a single other person on the internet interpreted it that way. I didn't read the issue in question though, just flipped to the back in the store, so maybe it wasn't as ambiguous as i thought.
stones throw.. by RenoNevada2000	Jun 20th, 2007 11:29:22 AM
Could be, but SKC is one of the few things by Morrison I haven't read yet.
Shiggy-pop... by loodabagel	Jun 20th, 2007 11:33:47 AM
I have a subscription, so I'll be getting the next few issues anyway. I've had the thing for the past hundred issues, but I'm seriously thinking about dropping it now. After a decade of dedicated Spidey reading. I figure it's time to say goodbye to Amazing and spend some quality time with my kids Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and Ultimate Spider-Man. Raw_bean, I'm not a Vern emulator. I'm Vern-esque. Me and Vern are birds of a feather. We're in a group that also includes Massywyrm. Sometimes he can get away with it. Sometimes it sounds like a Vern ripoff. It just seemed more Vern-esque this time because I said shit more than I did last month. Looking back though, I see your point. This review was written in about 20 minutes, at 2AM, so I wouldn't call it my best work. Next one will be awesome. I promise. PLus, if I was really trying to emulate Vern, I probably would have said fuck more often and mentioned Die Hard or David Defalco a few times.
Wow can you imagine a baby with Skrull AND by Borgnine JR	Jun 20th, 2007 12:04:08 PM
Luke Cage powers! And Attitude! Wow that's the hero of the future right there.
no mention of the art on Fables? by Bagheera	Jun 20th, 2007 12:19:00 PM
maybe that's because it's passable at best. James Jean's covers and the story more than make up for it, but whenever I pick up Fables, the contrast between the cover and the interior makes me cringe. I get that it's a mainstream comic and they have to pump those babies out, but honestly.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.... by Err	Jun 20th, 2007 12:38:52 PM
1.) A cloud? 2.) A shaddow of Galactus' helmet and a small visual of Galactus' face in the fire of his ship? 3.) Silver Surfer blows up Galactus? 4.) Johnny is Super Skrull? BULLSHIT!!!!!
Comparisons between FABLES and SANDMAN are just silly. by SleazyG.	Jun 20th, 2007 12:45:03 PM
They're written in completely different styles for completely different reasons and have virtually nothing in common. As somebody who read and loved SANDMAN, I find FABLES' lack of pretention to be quite appealing. There's also nowhere near as much use of the characters to make A Statement About American Society, which is nice. And as for complaining that Willingham is going to the same well as Gaiman: even if it were true, I'd have no choice but to point out that SO DOES GAIMAN. Hell, that guy's been to the same well...what, three, four, five times? From NEVERWHERE to AMERICAN GODS to ANANSI BOYS to THE ETERNALS over at Marvel, he's telling variations on the exact same story over and over and over. It's grown tiresome, frankly, and he really needs to find some new material as quickly as possible or even the goths will get burned out on his stuff. Just ask Anne Rice.
where's the graphic novel review sect? by kirttawesomio	Jun 20th, 2007 01:53:06 PM
AICN should have a solo graphic novel review section on your comics review page. I mean reviewing the single issue stuff is cool but there really should be a solo gn section too. GN's and webcomics(although mostly crappy now) are were the comic industry is going to go.
Read these DC Comics in THIS order this week... by Squashua	Jun 20th, 2007 01:59:07 PM
If you read them at all: Flash JLA Countdown - not required Brave and the Bold
New Avengers, Skrulls and Fables by Homer Sexual	Jun 20th, 2007 02:29:42 PM
I had a big hurdle to jump with New Avengers, since I just despise Wolverine being in this group (He's here, he's there, he's EVERYWHERE). But the book is interesting, and has become my total favorite CW-connected comic. The whole Skrullocaust thing has been upgraded from "lame" to "We'll see." Like, when I heard Mary Marvel would be seduced by Jean Loring/Eclipso, Thalya advised a "wait and see" perspective. Now I find her the best part of Countdown, but probably because it's Black Adam, not Jean Loring, influencing her. I always hate to hear about conservative writers. I am sure some readers hate to hear about liberal writers. In any case, Fables has never seemed to be preaching conservatism, so I have no problem with it. I enjoy the book, but it's not one of my top 10 monthlies, that's for sure. It's good, but not great. Not even. Y the Last Man is waaay more better.
Ichabod and other Fables by Jinxo	Jun 20th, 2007 03:06:45 PM
Ichabod Crane is out of bounds and violates the idea of Fables? That's just silly. The title might be Fables but really the concept of the book is any and all Folklore. One of the things I dig is the way they took Jack of "and The Beanstalk" fame and tied him into several folkloric "Jacks" including one from American folklore. Just because Ichabod Crane or... Paul Bunyan or a dozen other American tales are more recent doesn't mean they don't fall into the same tradition. The WIzard Of Oz, Narnia and others are all actually more recent creations but are included (or implied to be included to avoid copyright issues). As to the creator's personal politcal views, as long as he isn't preaching at me I prefer to judge the work on the work. Now if he shows up with that freaky preacher dude protesting the funerals of gays and soliders? Okay, that might ruin reading the comic for me.
Actually... by Jinxo	Jun 20th, 2007 03:48:16 PM
... now I'm just curious. With such venom and ass-hattery (a long forgotten profession. Ass-haberdashery is a lost art) being flung about with such intensity that people would actively avoid Bill Willingham's work based on who he is, I actually thought, wow, this guy must be really a piece of work. He must be throwing kittens under buses while laughing maniacally every other Tuesday. He must be really be outspoken about some really jerky beliefs. So I started Googling, curious as to how major his malfunction was and to discover exactly what brand of evil he was endorsing. But looking around... all I can find online about him is essentially his comic book resume. So, no fooling, all you talkbackers who hate Bill Willingham so much, could you tell me in specific terms what he has done or said to garner such anger? You know, aside from the kitten thing. And I have it on good authority those kittens had it coming. They were spies or not neutered or something.
I hate kittens. by SleazyG.	Jun 20th, 2007 03:59:36 PM
They turn into cats, and MAN do I fuckin' hate cats. And I hate the lolcats/loldogs/lolbots craze online right now almost as much. Seriously.
Al's best day... by rev_skarekroe	Jun 20th, 2007 04:14:56 PM
...was the day he did the "me decade" bit on SNL. And that was funnier than anything P.J. O'Rourke has ever done. But I do get what you're saying.
strangq thanks... by new alien	Jun 20th, 2007 04:20:44 PM
for the info on what you went through. Sad that there are still some publisher types acting like comic publishers or the mid to late 20th century. I thought most of them grew up by now. Have to really watch what you sign these days!
what the fuck is a skrull? by blackthought	Jun 20th, 2007 04:48:46 PM
and why does the word make my pants uncomfortable?
SleazyG... by Jinxo	Jun 20th, 2007 05:03:09 PM
My Grandfather was a kitten!!! That's it. I will never read anything you write ever again!
Those weren't kittens Willingham killed... by Ambush Bug	Jun 20th, 2007 05:05:33 PM
yup, you guessed it. Skrulls.
Nooooo!!! by Jinxo	Jun 20th, 2007 05:14:45 PM
My GRANDMA was a Skrull!!! That's the only reason any of us look even remotely human after her affair with my grandfather Flopsy McWhiskers. Well, that's it. He's right off the pull list.
A frigg'n cloud.. by kirttawesomio	Jun 20th, 2007 05:19:54 PM
...awesome, totally awesome opening page to this section.
Still if a GN sect was categorized... by kirttawesomio	Jun 20th, 2007 05:22:10 PM
I'd be stoked since I've pretty much abandoned reading singles and only read graphic novels or comics online. Graphic Novels also meaning compilations of mini-series or cross-overs, what have you.
Willingham by rock-me Amodeo	Jun 20th, 2007 05:32:08 PM
Actually, I disliked Willingham back in his Elemental days, when he used to engage his fans with some oddly venemous statements. But even he will say that he has grown up some since then, and if I myself were judged by all the dumb things I said twenty years ago (or even yesterday) then I would be in a heap of trouble. Suffice to say, I just didn't realize that labels were SO important (sarcasm here) to being able to enjoy a writers work, even when he is not actively proselytizing. I mean, if you say you don't like him because he leave plotlines dangling or sentence fragments or writer-y stuff, that is one thing. But to say you don't like him because of the way he votes? Might as well peg him for religion, sexuality, shoe size, eating habits...please, will someone enlightened tell me other writers we should stay away from? Cause I guess I'm too dumb to discriminate.
Skrull predictions. by Johnny Smith	Jun 20th, 2007 06:28:30 PM
Charles Xavier. May Parker. Tigra. The child of Jess and Luke. Half of the Wolverines running around. Flash Thompson. Mary Jane Watson-Parker. Sally Floyd. Michael Bloomberg. Betty Ross. General Thaddeus Ross. Maya Lopez. Mister Sinister and/or Gambit and/or Exodus. Henry Peter Gyrich. Corsair and/or D'Ken.
Also by Johnny Smith	Jun 20th, 2007 06:41:53 PM
Hawkeye.
Also also by Johnny Smith	Jun 20th, 2007 06:43:53 PM
Agatha Harkness.
Runaways and Skrulls by Z 008	Jun 20th, 2007 07:00:34 PM
I want to see how it plays out with a member of the team being a Skrull. and I'm calling Hill as a Skrull. Its fun to read old issues of NA knowing about the Skrulls.
Looda... by stones_throw	Jun 21st, 2007 03:50:07 AM
Stop! You said everything you needed to in your first Spider-Man review. By buying and reviewing the next ones you're just watering down the message. I was looking forward to JMS coming off AMAZING but then I heard that the reason behind Marvel poaching Steve Wacker from DC is so they could make AMAZING SPIDER-MAN thrice monthly. BUT, they're cancelling the other two Spidey titles, while Amazing will presumably have a different writer and artist each week of the month. So basically it's a con to get you to buy two extra books per month and to compete with DC on 52 and COUNTDOWN.
Less Dignity for Bart Allen by Squashua	Jun 21st, 2007 12:42:10 PM
They could have revealed that he was raped by Dr. Light. That's not my line.
"grandfather Flopsy McWhiskers" by SpikeTBB	Jun 21st, 2007 01:39:34 PM
Too funny. Seriously, got a good laugh out of that one. So is "It was a Skrull" the new "A wizard did it"? That awful fight between Wolverine and Punisher where Punisher ran over him with a steam roller and shot his face off with a shot gun? They were both Skrulls, and so was the writer. See? It works!
looda by Shigeru	Jun 21st, 2007 02:31:50 PM
subscription to Amazing? I know that's gotta be nostalgic as all get out (is that a phrase?) but seriously dude give up. :(
anyone read the last ish of Sockmonkey: Inches Incident by Shigeru	Jun 21st, 2007 02:37:29 PM
The comic drawn by the little girl in the back of this last one FREAKED ME THE FUCK OUT!
triple post! (WW Hulk) by Shigeru	Jun 21st, 2007 02:40:41 PM
I read WW Hulk #1 and was like "Cool! I'm enjoying a mainstream Marvel comic! How weird is that!" And then I got to the end and looked at that checklist of all the tie-in books.... it just left a sour taste in my mouth. Ugh.
Baby Rape... subtle by Jinxo	Jun 21st, 2007 02:51:37 PM
Dude, the whole point of my post was that I could not find anything online that pointed to some crazy out of control comments or beliefs on this part. People just kept grumbling he was a horrible jerk without backing that up. Well, it's easy to just say something like that but I have had times in the past where someone says things like that and when you get to why they think X person is a jerk, sometimes its for some reason that makes you go, "What?" Like if an author is an anti-social jerk. Okay, he's not a people person. He has issues. A lot of artistic types do. That can be why they get into writing or drawing or whatever, to work their crap through. On the other hand, if he takes a nickel from every issue of Fables sold and donates it to Nazi's For The Anti-Christ... well something that insane might merit tip toeing the heck away from that book on the shelves. You pointing out at least SOME of what your problem with him is what I was asking for in the first place! I would like to check out that article. But, dude, you're accusing this guy of being a jerky irresponsible ass and you establish your own moral high ground by flippantly joking about him raping babies? I mean, the guy could very well be a douche but if he is the easy way to prove that is to nail him with his own words. And as for using it as a smack to my lack of caring, I've SAID if he did something truly vile, that would be very different.
Shiggy by Squashua	Jun 21st, 2007 05:32:43 PM
"sour taste in my mouth. Ugh." I promise to shower beforehand next time.
Too bad about Bart Allen. by Homer Sexual	Jun 21st, 2007 06:42:39 PM
I have no idea what happened to him, but apparently he died an ugly death. I always liked his character, ever since he was Impulse. I think part of the problem is that DC apparently feels that any male speedster has to eventually become the Flash, even though "The Flash" keeps getting cancelled. Boomerang Jr. better be careful, he could be next. I never found Flash interesting when he was Barry Allen. Wally West was way more intriguing, but the main draw was still the Rogues. I never gave the latest revamp a chance because I thought making Bart Allen the Flash was LAME! And apparently I was right, since now Flash is cancelled (again). Still, too bad it had to go this way. Bart could still be in the Titans, where I enjoyed his character quite a bit.
so sam jackson is playing nick fury... by blackthought	Jun 21st, 2007 07:30:40 PM
nick fury is half black right? i always forget his background.
On the Flash... by Thalya	Jun 21st, 2007 09:03:32 PM
1) Mark Waid apparently has the weight of the world on his shoulders now. He'd better write the hell out of All-Flash #1. Or else. 2) I loved Marc Guggenheim's run on Flash: FMA, but dude, @#$% you and your editorial edict to make me hate the Rogues! @#$@#$!!!!! Even Piper and Trickster, for shame! 3) If it can happen, I still want a Countdown spinoff book dedicated solely to a de-grim'n'grittied Flash's Rogues gallery. Hey, Green Lantern gets two books, why not Flash?
And also... by Thalya	Jun 21st, 2007 09:05:13 PM
I think now that DiDio has exhausted killing all the light and happy characters in the JLI, he's now moved on to Young Justice. Look out Robin and Wonder Girl!
Bart Allen deserved better... by rock-me Amodeo	Jun 22nd, 2007 09:25:19 AM
And I was just getting to like the book, too. We barely had a chance to enjoy the new and mostly mature Bart, and now he's dead. And this was a character that has been around for 13 years as of this month. And I know who the death-flash really is - Carmine Infantino. He always appeared at the end of a comic book series. Just off the top of my head, I know he killed the original Flash series, the original Ms. Marvel series, the original Nova series...
Y'know.. by Thalya	Jun 22nd, 2007 11:12:32 AM
You can kill Ted Kord, you can kill Superboy and Bart Allen, you can turn Fire into a reluctant killer, you can even kick Krypto, but once you start sleazing up the Rogues, now we've got problems, DC. Would that I could get Pookie back from the repair shop and some actual frickin comments on Issue #2 because I have a very strong urge to fanfic..
That image of Galactus by johnnykool	Jun 22nd, 2007 12:45:10 PM
It looks like he AND his crotch are speaking. FTW.
But... by loodabagel	Jun 22nd, 2007 07:33:10 PM
I have only once bought a Spider-title crossover. And I was 9 years old then. I 've since learned my lesson. But I kept deluding myself into thinking it would get better. After "The Other" I assumed things would get back to basics, but I was instead bombarded with 10 consecutive Civil War issues. After Back in Black, I will have one issue remaining. If it's not any good, I'm gone. This is the final straw. Something I used to all my friend, and now I've grown further and further from it. I don't want to say goodbye. I want the title to improve. I want Dan Slott or Jeph Loeb to finally come on to the book like they've been saying since forever and knock my socks off. I'm a very forgiving person, but if things don't turn around in three issues or less, I'm gone.
My problem with Back In Black... by stones_throw	Jun 23rd, 2007 05:09:20 AM
So now Spider-Man's costume is dictated by how he's feeling? Just like a Care Bear I suppose. What was the thought process behind that? "Damn you Kingpin! I'll kill you! KILL YOU!!...Just let me pick out my threads. Nah, classic red and blue ain't gonna cut it for this one. Ah, here we go, Black Suit! Looks suitably menacing. Now where were we?" Actually, seeing as how his last black suit was the alien symbiote, does that mean he sat down to stitch a new one before rushing out to avenge Aunt May? You'd have thought he'd have got tired of her hanging around for so long anyway. I'm just looking forward to a green Spidey on St Patrick's Day, blue "I'm feeling down" Spidey...
what does AC/DC have to do with comics? by blackthought	Jun 23rd, 2007 10:06:19 AM
back in black what?
I've just been banned from the Bendis Board... by stones_throw	Jun 23rd, 2007 11:20:12 AM
...for indirect use of the word "moron" when someone suggested Marvel's decision to put Spidey in the black suit was unrelated to the movie.
Well done, stones_throw! by SleazyG.	Jun 23rd, 2007 01:48:13 PM
Rock on, m'man. Unless you're gonna imply someone might, potentially, be intellectually impaired, in which case I'm having you banned from teh intarwebs.
After attending a screening of FFROTSS... by loodabagel	Jun 26th, 2007 04:10:30 PM
I can honestly say "Hey, that was alright. It wasn't the best superhero movie ever, but it was pretty good. If they want my quote on the DVD, I'll say "I was pleasantly surprised by Fantastic Four 2." However, it seems that Mr. Fantastic's powers just don't translate that well to the big screen and often just creep people out. Including myself.

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