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True Believer wrote:

DanElectro wrote:

True Believer wrote:

Tim Radd wrote:

So, who's read "Superman: Earth One" yet?

Is it a good read? Yes.

Is it a Superman storyline that ranks with the best of em? No.

There really isn't anything wrong with the book. Outside of the fact that JMS had so much potential to change around the origin of Superman, change so many details, but...didn't.

He did make small changes which I liked such as the costume, looks awesome with the subtle changes. The "S" is from Ma and Pa Kent, not his family crest or anything. The destruction of Krypton was different.

As for his character, idk. He's a quite teen who seems kinda distant trying to find his place. But it's not as annoying as it usually is portrayed in movies and such.

Jimmy Olsen is a badass from the get go(as he should be lol). It left a few questions open and possibilities. Like for instance, Brainiac was kind of hinted at.

It's written like a movie more so than a comic book to be honest. That's really the only way I was looking at this. I felt like this what the new Superman movie would be like, annnnnnd I wouldn't mind it if it was a movie. It's not what I want, but it'd be a good movie. It turned out well.

The main selling point for this book though, really is the art. It's fantastic.


also two big things

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He was not a teenager.

I agree with the rest. I feel like this could have been a movie script. It was surprisingly faithful to the Superman mythos without feeling re-tread which even Johns didn't manage to accomplish with Secret Origin. While I didn't mind the introduction of a new villain and race related to the Kryptonians, I feel like there are so many alien races in the DCU -- and JMS is working with a totally fresh continuity -- that it could have just as easily been a cool re-design of Brainiac with the race being Coluans or even a Daxamite. (Seriously, though, who names an Alien "Tyrell"?) Though I understand why he might not want an established villain to get taken out as easily as he ultimately was, the result was still a bad guy whose name and planet most people won't remember.

If this had been the first arc in an ongoing monthly or even bi-monthly, I'd say it was (almost) perfect. But as this is supposed to, more or less, stand alone with the next volume not being released for several months I feel like alot of good story probably got left on the cutting room floor, or saved for a later volume at the expense of this one.

I liked it as a stand alone-but am glad it wasn't! (Are you guys sure it wasn't? I know nothing about this title...)

I couldn't stand that fact that Lois was so obviously light boxed from pics of Deborah Morgan ("Dexter")! I call shenanigans on how blatantly unoriginal and uninspired that made the artwork!!!

I kinda see that in some panels, but for the most part it just looks like a bit of photo referencing to me.

^this^ besides overall Earth One was pretty good so i kinda dismissed any minor gripes i had with it.

Last issue of Thanos Imperiative.

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Liquid Sword wrote:

Tim Radd wrote:

Invincible #75


Anyone? Probably the most brutal issue yet. Sooooooo good. Ryan really shined with his art this issue.

That 6 dollar price tag is stupid tho. Science dog and Tech Jacket are not enough to justify it. Especially after it took 3 months for issue #75 to come out.

And yes Ryan Ottely did work this issue.

what he said. at least when savage dragon has a delux issue it has extra pages and pin ups and letter pages. Then it has back up stories.

The Taskmaster mini concluded this week. One of my favorite stories this year. Added some much needed depth to Tasky without taking too much away from what makes him awesome.

Fred Van Lente created some awesome throw away villains as well. I'll prob buy this trade when it comes out.

Liquid Sword wrote:

The Taskmaster mini concluded this week. One of my favorite stories this year. Added some much needed depth to Tasky without taking too much away from what makes him awesome.

Fred Van Lente created some awesome throw away villains as well. I'll prob buy this trade when it comes out.

I was going to pick up this series and passed on it, mostly due to the lack of funds. Glad to hear that you liked it though, I'll have to look for the trade as well.

I got all my Shadowlands books, and I liked the series. Sad it's over.

Anyone read the first issue of Batman: Orphans? I had really mixed feelings on it.

Also, that Monica chick had a reallllllly disproportionate rack.

I just started reading Spider-Man Reign and I really don't like it, I was always told it's DKR for Spidey and now that I'm reading it I completely agree. Why did they do this? Even the art looks like DKR's! And the story sucks pretty badly compared to DKR.

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CaptainJoel wrote:

Anyone read the first issue of Batman: Orphans? I had really mixed feelings on it.

Also, that Monica chick had a reallllllly disproportionate rack.

i thought it was decent but idk y it came out now or why they didnt just use the modern status quo, it didnt even make much use of the Batman family specific to that time frame to rationalize why they did so imo.

also

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NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

CaptainJoel wrote:

Anyone read the first issue of Batman: Orphans? I had really mixed feelings on it.

Also, that Monica chick had a reallllllly disproportionate rack.

i thought it was decent but idk y it came out now or why they didnt just use the modern status quo, it didnt even make much use of the Batman family specific to that time frame to rationalize why they did so imo.

also

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I completely agree, it was odd that they didn't use the modern Bat-family,

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It was an odd mini, I don't know why it came out... They have to be planning something with it. Maybe they made it to come up with a talent pool for Robins for Batman Inc. or something.

A book I borrowed from a guy I know......and I can actually say that this is a book and not a comic book because there are no panel layouts of any sort.

Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer. I finished this in two days, but this is something anyone could pound out in a few hours. I think this was very good. Basically a kind of "untold tale" on how Elektra and Wolverine were manipulated into confronting each other over this one girl. IMO solid work here and worth the time to read.

TJ wrote:

A book I borrowed from a guy I know......and I can actually say that this is a book and not a comic book because there are no panel layouts of any sort.

Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer. I finished this in two days, but this is something anyone could pound out in a few hours. I think this was very good. Basically a kind of "untold tale" on how Elektra and Wolverine were manipulated into confronting each other over this one girl. IMO solid work here and worth the time to read.

I have this, too and while the art is gorgeous, I didn't like the story much.

TJ wrote:

A book I borrowed from a guy I know......and I can actually say that this is a book and not a comic book because there are no panel layouts of any sort.

Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer. I finished this in two days, but this is something anyone could pound out in a few hours. I think this was very good. Basically a kind of "untold tale" on how Elektra and Wolverine were manipulated into confronting each other over this one girl. IMO solid work here and worth the time to read.

What do you mean it's not a comic? What is it? Never heard of it...Pics?

Invincible Iron Man #500

Read it here: http://omegaeffect.forumotion.com/t1898-the-invincible-iron-man-500

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CaptainJoel wrote:

TJ wrote:

A book I borrowed from a guy I know......and I can actually say that this is a book and not a comic book because there are no panel layouts of any sort.

Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer. I finished this in two days, but this is something anyone could pound out in a few hours. I think this was very good. Basically a kind of "untold tale" on how Elektra and Wolverine were manipulated into confronting each other over this one girl. IMO solid work here and worth the time to read.

I have this, too and while the art is gorgeous, I didn't like the story much.

i gotta i think the opposite.

bayani wrote:

Invincible Iron Man #500

Read it here: http://omegaeffect.forumotion.com/t1898-the-invincible-iron-man-500

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YES spidey makes this story better. also matt fraction has a great handel on spidey. if wants to add another book he could start a Peter parker spider-man.

markrocks wrote:

bayani wrote:

Invincible Iron Man #500

Read it here: http://omegaeffect.forumotion.com/t1898-the-invincible-iron-man-500

Spoiler:

YES spidey makes this story better. also matt fraction has a great handel on spidey. if wants to add another book he could start a Peter parker spider-man.

Yeah, I would much rather see him on Spidey than Thor.

bayani wrote:

markrocks wrote:

bayani wrote:

Invincible Iron Man #500

Read it here: http://omegaeffect.forumotion.com/t1898-the-invincible-iron-man-500

Spoiler:

YES spidey makes this story better. also matt fraction has a great handel on spidey. if wants to add another book he could start a Peter parker spider-man.

Yeah, I would much rather see him on Spidey than Thor.

i agree. Fraction writes Spidey very well.

Figga wrote:

DanElectro wrote:

bayani wrote:

markrocks wrote:

bayani wrote:

Invincible Iron Man #500

Read it here: http://omegaeffect.forumotion.com/t1898-the-invincible-iron-man-500

Spoiler:

YES spidey makes this story better. also matt fraction has a great handel on spidey. if wants to add another book he could start a Peter parker spider-man.

Yeah, I would much rather see him on Spidey than Thor.

i agree. Fraction writes Spidey very well.

Is it me or has his run on Thor been kinda meh?

Thor imo hasn't really been as great as when it first started, however that recent arc in Hela's domain was pretty sweet. But this current story arc is not bad for what it is.

But....

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Fraction's Iron Man, is my favorite solo hero book at Marvel right now.
I missed some issues of Thor so I'm kinda confused about what exactly is happening, lol.

I wish more crazy, uber powerful shit was happening in that book tho.

GoZ wrote:

NoLuv4Hoes wrote:

Liquid Sword wrote:

Fraction's Iron Man, is my favorite solo hero book at Marvel right now.
I missed some issues of Thor so I'm kinda confused about what exactly is happening, lol.

I wish more crazy, uber powerful shit was happening in that book tho.

hell if it wasn't for Fraction I wouldnt even read Iron Man, he's definitely made the character great again after him being written so unlikable for so long. Fraction's X-Men run is pretty outstanding as well

The great thing about Fraction, other than I think he's a good writer, is that he's the modern day "dream come true".......He was just a fan, that posted on internet comic forums, and now the ideas he posted are seeing fruition....

This is becoming more and more frequent now a days, especially with an increase of creator owned comics. It's good that these companies are giving us a chance to write what we see.