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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2010 12:17:51 GMT
As we pointed out on Page 25I've ordered. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2010 12:21:49 GMT
I've just read Daredevil: The Devl's Hand, the first volume written by Andy Diggle. It starts OK with The List issue we looked at in The List trade. However it goes down hill drastically after there sinking into Japanese secret society politics and as far away from everything that made the Brubaker volumes good. I'm not sure I want to read any more.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 1, 2010 10:50:32 GMT
Just got my JLIv1 trade and I'm amazed at how bad the paper is in it compared to my Marvel trades.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2010 11:15:08 GMT
The paper quality in DC trades is shit. Just shit.
In Oxfam today, I found the trade of Robocop V Terminator. Some damp damage but readable. I remember it being mental. Frank Miller/Walt Simonson combo crazyness!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 1, 2010 11:16:05 GMT
It is indeed top notch and the quality of DC trade stock is shockingly bad.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Sept 1, 2010 11:39:22 GMT
God yes, DC trades are either on quasi-newsprint or fragile wafer-thin rippable paper. Dammit DC  |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 1, 2010 11:47:10 GMT
They have yet to learn how to run a good trade programme. Marvel's trade programme is vastly superior: multiple price-points/editions, decent quality paper and almost everything they put out gets traded so if you missed it in single issues you can usually get it.
It boggles the mind that DC's high-end expensive HC's have shit paper, nevermind the cheaper paperbacks. And it's somewhat random what gets traded.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 3, 2010 20:20:15 GMT
My realm of Kings HC (ordered when it was hideously mispriced at Amazon) has just showed. I expect this to be a "one read and then on eBay's altar" job : Contains RoK One Shot, RoK: Inhumans 1-5, RoK: Imperial Guard 1-5 and RoK: Son of Hulk: 1-4. Finally finished it. The one shot is some alternate earth nonsense with Quasar, I don't like the Inhumans at all so didn't take to this segment, the Imperial Guard stuff was actually rather good and Son of Hulk left me cold even though Commander Rann & Marionette were in it. Your mileage may vary. At £30 I would have been unhappy. But at a tenner it was worth a read. Off to eBay's altar unless I get a good offer for it by PM or email by Monday. |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2010 10:56:49 GMT
I hope Karl is looking forward to reading Secret Wars II.
Heh heh heh...
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 9, 2010 21:16:40 GMT
Courtesy of the library, I have now read Star Trek: Year Four and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Both were competant but barely register in my memory scant hours after reading them.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 23, 2010 12:52:54 GMT
An infinitely better read from the library has been Northlanders Volume 1: Sven has Returned.
In AD980 a viking returns to Orkney. His uncle has killed his father and has taken over his lands that are his birthright but the viking doesn't give a toss. He just wants the money owed to him so he can piss off back to the more exciting life he has overseas in exotic lands. Which is infinitely more interesting than the usual cliched 'You stole my birthright!' bollocks we see so often. Pleasingly, the reader is left to their own devices as to whether the lead character, Sven, is a 'goodie' or a 'baddie'. Sometimes he is surprisingly nobel, at other points astonishingly vindictive. It's a fine line to walk, doing that kind of character, but the writing is deft enough that you're always interested in what Sven is thinking when the tale could easily have devoled into reading about a one-dimensional psychopath (hello, Transformers: Drift #1, I'm looking at you). It's gripping stuff.
The art and colouring are spot-on. You can feel the cold and see the dampness of the mists. Very atmospheric, and during pages with little text the words are very very well chosen.
And what's nice is that though the cover says 'volume 1', you do get an involved story with a beginning, middle and end: something very few collected series bother to do properly.
Well worth checking out.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 8, 2010 13:33:16 GMT
Following on from the massive delays for Last Stand of the Wreckers,Amazon are having problems shipping my "Under Siege" and "Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection v3"
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 9, 2010 8:45:33 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2010 22:06:59 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 10, 2010 22:57:24 GMT
Cheers Phil!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 10, 2010 23:59:47 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2010 12:07:43 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2010 12:15:06 GMT
Have thee an order in for the mightyest of Marvel tomes ?
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2010 12:17:35 GMT
I do not have an Amazon account anymore. Turnbull is my dealer.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 11, 2010 20:41:06 GMT
Sadly they appear to have fixed the glitch before I could get an order in for the mightiest tome in the nine realms. Ah well, t'is well said on Midgard that he who slumberst shall not be the victor.
Karl
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Post by panderson on Oct 12, 2010 11:49:33 GMT
Scorred Ghost Rider and Cap before the fix - and a big sorry to Phill for not giving him props when I tweated my score
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Post by blueshift on Oct 12, 2010 11:52:46 GMT
They are all pre-orders though, can Amazon not just ask for the rest of the cash or cancel it?
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Post by panderson on Oct 12, 2010 12:47:21 GMT
They are all pre-orders though, can Amazon not just ask for the rest of the cash or cancel it? I have an answer to that GAHAHAH - Amazon just emailed me on both my Cap and Ghost Rider HC.... Dear Customer We are writing to inform you that the price for the item - Captain America Lives! Omnibus - Asin: 0785145141 was displayed incorrectly at the time you placed the above referenced order. Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur. In our Pricing and Availability Policy (see www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=1040614), we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we contact the customer before dispatching. All affected orders have now been cancelled. If you still wish to purchase this item, please place a new order online as from tomorrow, which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you. Please accept our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused by this error, and rest assured that we will continue to make every effort to maintain the accuracy of all prices on our site. We look forward to serving you again in the future. Warmest regards, Customer Service DepartmentAmazon.co.uk SPANNERS!!!!! Was looking forward to that GR and can't afford it full price really |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 12, 2010 13:16:54 GMT
Yeah, just got the same email through for that Thor Omnibus.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2010 13:18:43 GMT
Grrrr. 4 cancelation emails.
However I've sent an email.
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Post by panderson on Oct 12, 2010 14:01:32 GMT
Grrrr. 4 cancelation emails. However I've sent an email. Keep us updated mate - I want to see some justice here |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2010 14:17:15 GMT
No joy. Just standard email reply.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2010 16:24:14 GMT
This week, from the library:
Wolverine: Weapon X. The Marvel comics Barry Windsor-Smith mini rather than the ten zillion other Weapon X trades. One of those stories that is referenced so often it felt like I had read it even though I hadn't. It's a strange tale. It has a certain hallucinatory quality and dry wit to it that I liked but when it was revealed a big chunk of it in which many important things happened had merely been an illusion I wanted to throw it against the wall. And the epilogue was utterly pointless. Ah well. Comes so close to goodness but ultimately a waste of time.
Captain Britain and MI:13 vol 3: Vampire State. Absolutely superb. Flawless. Genuinely tense and thrilling, exceptionally well paced, lovely ending, sharp dialogue. Lesser series would have got six issues alone out of 'Dracula launches vampires at Earth from his castle on the moon', but that's just a third of an issue here as it has many tricks up its sleaves. Recommended. It's just fantastic.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Oct 12, 2010 19:33:22 GMT
I do need to read that MI13 trade. Having read and enjoyed Hell Comes to Birmingham I feel a distinct affection for that series.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2010 19:55:32 GMT
I have still to read volume 2!
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