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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 5, 2011 7:05:37 GMT
Did you read beyond the UK issues Karl?
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Post by legios on Oct 5, 2011 12:10:07 GMT
Did you read beyond the UK issues Karl? Yep. Alpha Flight was one of my "on-again-off-again" US titles, so I have read a swathe of Mantlo stuff, and past that around the "What do we do with fifteen Alphans" stuff. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 5, 2011 12:45:05 GMT
How about the post SW UK Byrne issues ? 11 - 28?
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Post by legios on Oct 5, 2011 19:54:20 GMT
How about the post SW UK Byrne issues ? 11 - 28? As I recall (it is a while ago now and I have some holes in my memory...) I don't think I was able to pick up many, if any of those at the time. (Not being carried on UK newstands I was limited to what I could obtain on my occassional voyages to Glasgow). Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 5, 2011 20:51:16 GMT
I'm pretty certain all Alpha Flight issues - bar the double sized ones - were sold on UK newstands up until the point (c issue 50) when US Marvel stopped being distributed here. 5, 14, 20 & 21 certainly were.
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Post by legios on Oct 6, 2011 6:31:00 GMT
I'm pretty certain all Alpha Flight issues - bar the double sized ones - were sold on UK newstands Ah. Well, they weren't available in Stirling then (mind you, distribution was pretty spotty - mostly just X-Men related titles with one newsagent also carrying either Avengers or WCA depending on how the mood took it). Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 6, 2011 7:40:25 GMT
My experience down south is that newsagents generally got a big bundle of Marvel comics which they had no control over what was in. ASM, PPTSSM, MTU/Web Of, Marvel Tales, X-Men, New Mutants, Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Avengers, WCA, Alpha Flight, Conan, Daredevil, Rom, PMIF, Defenders..... rarely any of the double sized anniversary issues. Never licenced stuff like Star Wars, GI Joe and Transformers. Never Limited series either.
Anyway finished AF Classic 2. Just need to polish the write up off.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 21, 2011 20:20:15 GMT
www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-january-2012-solicitations-111021.htmlSTRIKEFORCE: MORITURI VOL. 1 TPB
Written by PETER B. GILLIS
Penciled by BRENT ANDERSON & WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover by BRENT ANDERSON
A savage alien race called the Horde has invaded Earth, enslaving its people and plundering its resources.
Scientists have devised a method of fighting back — the Morituri Process, which grants enhanced abilities to a select few compatible humans — but the transformation is fatal within a year. Now, a handful of brave volunteers make up Strikeforce: Morituri — an elite, experimental and highly effective fighting force against the depredations of the Horde. But the heat of every battle, the celebration of every victory and every quiet moment alone is tainted by the inescapable knowledge that — win or lose — their fate is sealed. Collecting STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #1-13.
328 PGS./Rated T ...$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6471-5 SOLD!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 22, 2011 10:14:07 GMT
ABOUT TIME!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 22, 2011 12:41:43 GMT
I cannot recomend these first 13 issues highly enough. Seriously, you need to buy them.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 30, 2011 22:20:42 GMT
Trial of Captain America: usual quality stuff. Master Man shows up. You can't beat Cap vs Nazis.
Invincible Iron Man 6: Better than the previous volume, good to see Rescue back in action. In fact this volume was virtually team Iron Man.
Invincible Iron Man 7: Cracking stuff. The annual with the Mandarin trying to have a movie made about his life but interfering creatively was great, the .1 issue with Tony at AA recaping the classic Iron 160-200 was SUPERB - I raved about the story last year and it's great to see someone else show some love for it. Fab moment where Tony discovers what happened with Pepper that he'd forgotton due the mind wiping. How I Met Your Mother is superb story helping to explain Stane's motivation for his part. Issue 500 afterwards half a Spider Man team up where Peter tries to not reveal his identity/half a future story is the weakest point of the book but is still pretty decent. Well worth a look this volume.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 31, 2011 8:30:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 11, 2011 11:08:19 GMT
S.H.I.E.L.D. Architects of Forever (S.H.I.E.L.D. 1-6): Loved it so much that I imeadiately read it again. Fab. This is the sort of comic I want to read with it's past settings sort of reminding me of the dear departed Immortal Iron Fist. Spider-Man/Red Sonja: Why I bought this book: It reprints Marvel Team Up 79 which is fabulous Claremont/Byrne/Austin work having Sonja possess Mary-Jane Watson. The HC had been talking to me every time I saw it cheap - I can't see MTU 79 in the up & coming Byrne/Claremont MTU trade (rights issues for Red Sonja ?) - so when I found the soft cover also cheap I lept at a chance to get it. The Limited Series is what you'd expect Kulan Gath shows up and does his stuff transforming New York into the Hyborian age and MJ into Sonja. Two complaints: The limited series depends on you having read MTU 79 so why is MTU 79 printed after the LS? The limited series doesn't make any referance to Kulan Gath's *first* attempt at Revenge (Uncanny X-Men 190 & 191): it'd be nice to have got a colour reprint of those issues too.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 11, 2011 19:36:30 GMT
SHIELD is great, though the bi-monthly schedule killed it dead in single issue form. I'll pick it up again when there are a few trades out.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 11, 2011 19:37:51 GMT
Given Marvel's recent policy of killing titles not meeting minimum sales levels I'm not convinced it'll be tolerated for that long.
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Post by Jaymz on Nov 11, 2011 23:17:51 GMT
The 2nd series is only a 6 issue mini, so depends on how well that does as to whether there'll be a 3rd.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2011 9:30:53 GMT
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Post by legios on Nov 14, 2011 21:36:09 GMT
I loved the first S.H.I.E.L.D mini - there was some fantastically epic-scaled stuff in there, and it was doing such a wonderful job of playing with the history of the Marvel universe that I couldn't help but love it. Lost track of the second mini due to it being bi-monthly, and my decision to drop getting most floppies in advance of my eventual digital migration.
I think I am going to get it in trade in due course though, probably around the time I replace the floppies of the original series with the trade.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 22, 2011 16:05:10 GMT
www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-january-2012-solicitations-111021.htmlSTRIKEFORCE: MORITURI VOL. 1 TPB
Written by PETER B. GILLIS
Penciled by BRENT ANDERSON & WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover by BRENT ANDERSON
A savage alien race called the Horde has invaded Earth, enslaving its people and plundering its resources.
Scientists have devised a method of fighting back — the Morituri Process, which grants enhanced abilities to a select few compatible humans — but the transformation is fatal within a year. Now, a handful of brave volunteers make up Strikeforce: Morituri — an elite, experimental and highly effective fighting force against the depredations of the Horde. But the heat of every battle, the celebration of every victory and every quiet moment alone is tainted by the inescapable knowledge that — win or lose — their fate is sealed. Collecting STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #1-13.
328 PGS./Rated T ...$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6471-5 SOLD! Volume 2 in Feb! www.newsarama.com/comics/marvel-bebruary-2012-solicitations-111121.htmlMORITURI VOL. 2 TPB
Written BY PETER B. GILLIS & JAMES HUDNALL
PENCILED BY BRENT ANDERSON, WHILCE
PORTACIO, HUW THOMAS, JOHN CALIMEE & MARK BAGLEY
COVER BY BRENT ANDERSON
As the first generations of Strikeforce: Morituri are lost one by one - either killed in battle or violent in-fighting, or perishing from the Morituri Effect itself - a group of scientists undertake a dangerous and unauthorized experiment to create more. Unfortunately, things don’t go exactly as planned. Enter: the Morituri Monsters! Then, an alien virus is discovered that offers a glimmer of hope for the Strikeforce - but has it come too late? Plus: The war against the Horde takes an unexpected and shocking twist! Collecting STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #14-26.
336 PGS./Rated T ... $34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-6473-9 |
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 25, 2011 19:55:43 GMT
Vote Siege!!! ;D (Seriously, not just 'cosa my Sentry obsession.) Avengers Assemble, vol 5. Avengers Assemble as I'm sure you'll know gather the Kurt Busiek run on Avengers, pre Disassembled. Vol 5 features the whole Kang Dynasty arch, it arrived to me last week. Think I read it in two days. Freakin' brilliant. Took me two days 'cos of children, wives and DIY, otherwise I may have got through it in one. Just a great great enormic story, with equally great art. Issue 49, 'There are no Words' is a masterpiece, a complete masterpiece, with terrible consequences. Guna look out for more in this series. They look great on the bookcases-that-define-me-as-a-person. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 25, 2011 21:13:34 GMT
I'm in trouble though, for buying too many oversized Marvel hardcovers! I'm collecting them! They're displayed on the bookcases-that-define-me-as-a-person! I think I'm going for a chronological sequence of sorts from pre Disassembled, through to Siege, and then BEYOND!!! Avengers and Fantastic Four focused. Avengers Assemble vol 5 arrived last week, contains the whole Kang Dynasty arch. Bloody marvelous! The issue 'There are no words' blow my pants off. I'm cross that there is no omnibus of Straczynski's run on F4, though. I have the TPB and it's a bloody good stuff. Birthday comming up (AAAARRRGH!!! NOOOO!!! SO OLD!!!), so hope to bag a few more for my collection! Eh, poor ol' Mrs Shockprowl! Straczynski FF is Poo. Buy the Byrne FF Omnibuses. |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 25, 2011 22:47:18 GMT
I should go back and read that Kang story at some point. In those pre-decompressed days it irritated by seemingly going on forever, despite being decently done. I could swear the Kang war still continues. I wonder if it reads better in a collected edition.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 25, 2011 22:50:48 GMT
Straczynski FF is Poo. Buy the Byrne FF Omnibuses. I agree with you on the former. The latter I loved at the time but find hard to read now, alas. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 26, 2011 8:05:25 GMT
I've never read it. I've got Avengers Assemble v1 in TPB but it didn't rock my world. V2 on order.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 26, 2011 9:23:10 GMT
Generaly decent, though the interminable Triune Understanding sub-plot tried my patience, as did Triathalon! The Ultron War story is amazing.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 26, 2011 20:00:06 GMT
Yeah I'm after vol 2 (ULTRON!!!), crazy expensive on Amazon. Where you getting yours from, Big Phil (naturally I'm after oversized hardcover for the bookcases-that-define-me-as-a-person!). kang Dynasty reads very well as a collection. Takes a while to get going, but when it does it blow my pants off. Then again I am easily pleased. Triathalon doesn't do a great deal for me, but he got kinda interesting towards the end. I can see why it would feel like it went on for ages in single issue form, it's a freakin' long story!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 26, 2011 20:36:19 GMT
Amazon, Paperback in Jan.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 26, 2011 20:40:33 GMT
Straczynski FF is Poo. Buy the Byrne FF Omnibuses. I agree with you on the former. The latter I loved at the time but find hard to read now, alas. -Ralph For me it only really gets going when She Hulk shows up. Greatest replacement FF member *EVER*. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 29, 2011 10:08:17 GMT
Ooooh, I see the Claremont/Byrne MTU volume is on the runway for this week.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 2, 2011 8:32:38 GMT
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