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[parallax]

I'm assuming no one read Age of Extinction. Don't waste your time.

Marvel is currently a snoozefest.

DC KO has been very enjoyable.

i knew it would be from the jump. the xmen are gonna have a rough road to recovery post krakoa/arakko. and in ultimate avengers, is anyone keeping up? did they ever finish the iron fist stuff?

 

[Jmare007]

i knew it would be from the jump. the xmen are gonna have a rough road to recovery post krakoa/arakko. and in ultimate avengers, is anyone keeping up? did they ever finish the iron fist stuff?

you mean the Ultimates run by Camp? If that's the case, not really. After the focus it got in those early issues, it has mainly been backround stuff for She-Hulk to have a motivation and nothing else.

 

[parallax]

you mean the Ultimates run by Camp? If that's the case, not really. After the focus it got in those early issues, it has mainly been backround stuff for She-Hulk to have a motivation and nothing else.

awhole isse of focus on the iron fist backstory, knowing they were on a timeline and nothing since? not even a wrap up? thats crazy

 

[Jmare007]

awhole isse of focus on the iron fist backstory, knowing they were on a timeline and nothing since? not even a wrap up? thats crazy

It's one of the many reasons why killing this new Ultimate Universe makes no fukking sense. They had a ton new and interesting backstories for a lot of characters and instead of letting other people pitch their stories and try new shyt with them, they just killing the whole thing

 

[AquaCityBoy]

Every loves to complain about DC publishing too many Batman books but what are those Next Level pre-orders finna look like

 

[Jaguar93]

They be making Superman so OP

 

[Jmare007]

Marvel got Brad Meltzer to do the Spider Man/Superman crossover. Pepe Laraz is the artist

They also got Geoff Johns to do a back up. And Bendis is writing Miles.

Marvel's Web-Slinging Wall-Crawler Joins Forces with DC's Man of Tomorrow in New 'Spider-Man/Superman' Crossover Comic

'Spider-Man/Superman,' an all-new Marvel/DC crossover one-shot featuring stories by Brad Meltzer, Pepe Larraz, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and more superstar talent, arrives in April.

www.marvel.com

Headlining the Marvel special is a dream creative pairing: New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer, making his first full-length Marvel Comics debut, teams with superstar artist Pepe Larraz. Their lead story unites Spider-Man and Superman against a villainous alliance of Lex Luthor and Norman Osborn, but that’s only the beginning. The oversized issue also packs in a slate of bonus stories from some of the biggest names in comics, each bringing Marvel and DC characters together in ways fans will be talking about for decades.

• Dan Slott and Marcos Martin send Spider-Man Noir into the shadowy 1930s to meet the Golden Age Superman.
• Geoff Johns returns to Marvel for his first story in more than 20 years, reuniting with Gary Frank for a Super- and Spider-family clash sparked by Mysterio.
• Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman stage an epic showdown as symbiotes swarm Metropolis in a tale featuring Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor, Wonder Woman, and more.
• Louise Simonson and Todd Nauck pit Steel against the Hobgoblin.
• Joe Kelly and Humberto Ramos deliver a campus crossover starring Gwen Stacy and Lana Lang.
• Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli reunite Miles Morales with Superman in a team-up fans won’t want to miss.

 

[Dillah810]

off topic but

 

[Turtle]

Just started reading Absolute Wonder Woman, i’m on issue 10 now so it slowed bit but the first 5-7 were fire.

 

[parallax]

just finished battleworld, and although i doubt the far reaching scope of things will happen(the return of cross gen and new universe, as well as korvac fixing fukked up timelines like dofp having a lasting effect) i like that this book made an effort to try to fix pym. allowing him to forgive himself should have been done decades ago when they were fixing other characters, but i guess better late than never, that is until they use stark to be a hypocrite and blame all the avengers problems on hank again. also, im gonna miss young bucky, pistol whipping the absorbing man is so damn stupid that it could only work

 

[AquaCityBoy]

I'll never be able to buy Descender book 2 for less than $150.

Finally got it three years later

 

[Jaguar93]

 

[Primetime]

I agree with him that manga has an advantage over American comics, tho at first i was going to disagree with his reason but after giving it some thought he's correct; or rather it's the same ish we've been saying on here but from a different lens.

Most literature, like manga, have one singular lean timeline with a definitive beginning and inevitable conclusive end. If comics did that, Peter Parker's story would've ended 30 years ago (nygga done retired like 5 times) or we'd have been well into the "Boruto" phase with grown up May Parker/Spider-Girl.

Also, with literature and manga, it's one author who pretty much owns the IP and will die writing it not finishing it. Be it George R.R. Martin or Kentaro Mjura.

 

[Kooley_High]

I agree with him that manga has an advantage over American comics, tho at first i was going to disagree with his reason but after giving it some thought he's correct; or rather it's the same ish we've been saying on here but from a different lens.

Most literature, like manga, have one singular lean timeline with a definitive beginning and inevitable conclusive end. If comics did that, Peter Parker's story would've ended 30 years ago (nygga done retired like 5 times) or we'd have been well into the "Boruto" phase with grown up May Parker/Spider-Girl.

Also, with literature and manga, it's one author who pretty much owns the IP and will die writing it not finishing it. Be it George R.R. Martin or Kentaro Mjura.

I agree. When I was younger, getting into comics was so hard for me tbh. I tried reading Spiderman and there were a buuuunch of different versions, authors, timelines, reboots etc. So I just quit. This wasnt the case for manga or YA literature. One version, one timeline, one author. Everything was easy to find and orderly.

But I only saw this with Marvel and DC publications. Going back to comic shops as an adult now, Image and BOOM! are my go to. I think the only problem comics face today is page count, pricing and the form factor of the book. The Japanese Tankobon format is elite.

 

[Primetime]

I agree. When I was younger, getting into comics was so hard for me tbh. I tried reading Spiderman and there were a buuuunch of different versions, authors, timelines, reboots etc. So I just quit. This wasnt the case for manga or YA literature. One version, one timeline, one author. Everything was easy to find and orderly.

But I only saw this with Marvel and DC publications. Going back to comic shops as an adult now, Image and BOOM! are my go to. I think the only problem comics face today is page count, pricing and the form factor of the book. The Japanese Tankobon format is elite.

Yup as a kid in the 90s there was literally 5 ongoing Spidey books going on simultaneously, each knee deep with a different villain lol.

IIRC

Amazing SM
Spectacular SM
Sensational SM
Peter Parker: SM
SM: Unlimited

And god help you if you were playing Maximum Carnage on the genesis and wanted to read up on that story You wouldn’t know where to begin

Compare all this to, say… Animorphs haha. Properly labeled, clear timeline, easy to catch up on.