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Post by blueshift on Apr 6, 2011 8:47:31 GMT
=125. Evidently, the Avengers and Infestation crossovers don't count. That's silly, seeing as Infestation is basically Prologue: Hearts of Darkness (which was the one thing I didn't like about it, seeing as it was supposed to be able to be read as a standalone); weren't the events of Avengers vaguely referenced later? I seem to recall the country it was based in being mentioned in passing. I seem to recall Avengers was plugged as being important, and featured Ramjet before his spotlight, but it all kinda went nowhere. |
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 6, 2011 8:50:19 GMT
Maybe they just aren't classed as part of the main series, in the same way Marvel didn't include Headmasters and GI Joe.
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Post by Dave on Apr 6, 2011 9:22:55 GMT
Strange that they count the spotlights though, when they were never included in the dual-numbering in the early days.
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Post by chrismcfeely on Apr 6, 2011 11:51:42 GMT
Strange that they count the spotlights though, when they were never included in the dual-numbering in the early days. Yeah, but they have to count Revelation, and it was done through Spotlights, and more of the other Spotlights than not were key to Furman's over-arcing story, so rather than be silly and pick and choose about it, they've just put them all in. I can see the sense in not counting the crossovers with other properties; it IS a bit random when they're counting SO many other minis that weren't chronologically published in the order they happened or that didn't have anything to actually do with the ongoing story, but if you're drawing an imaginary line, I guess that's the place to draw it. |
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Post by legios on Apr 6, 2011 11:55:57 GMT
Strange that they count the spotlights though, when they were never included in the dual-numbering in the early days. Not really. They have probably chosen to include whichever issues they need to in order to make the renumbered issue #125, picking that number because it is a nice round significant seeming one. Just as most comic companies seem to do these days when they renumber things. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 6, 2011 18:13:47 GMT
Indeed. IDW are not alone in this regard!
#125 is just a nice round number to launch presumably what the next Big Direction is after Chaos. Launching with #33 or #129 doesn't sound as sexy and starting with a new #1 is probably not a good idea at this point.
-Ralph
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 6, 2011 19:41:21 GMT
Judge Dredd Megazine gave itself a renumbering from issue 201, which I still find funny.
Roberts and Costa combined? Hmmmm. This could be good, bad, average, or a garish flip-flop of quality, but DAMN if it doesn't make me want to start buying again. Well played, IDW.
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 7, 2011 8:06:28 GMT
The #125 thing is just a marketing gimmick. Like killing off Ironhide temporarily, inventing Drift, and pretending that AHM was popular enough to extend it by 4 issues.
Rumour: Transformers #125 is going to be the last TF title from IDW.
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Post by jameso on Apr 7, 2011 11:14:11 GMT
Ironhide came back? And I was so moved by a robot getting shot once in the chest area and was totally convinced he was dead forever.
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Post by blueshift on Apr 7, 2011 11:16:13 GMT
Ironhide came back? And I was so moved by a robot getting shot once in the chest area and was totally convinced he was dead forever. Sunstreaker got better too |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 7, 2011 18:56:21 GMT
Ironhide came back? And I was so moved by a robot getting shot once in the chest area and was totally convinced he was dead forever. Heh heh! |
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