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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 24, 2015 19:00:49 GMT
Miracleman Book 3 Olympus was purchased!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 26, 2015 19:17:39 GMT
How are the first three volumes going for you? Let me get back to you on that after the bank holiday, OK? Martin - who read an X-Men comic many years ago in which Colossus' little sister died and only now realises why this was such a big deal to the fans... Did we get there? |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 27, 2015 6:13:34 GMT
Not quite... I thought I was making good progress on issue #1 until I was 25 pages into it and realised that it wasn't issue #1 at all but a prequel graphic novel.  Just working my way through the first 12 issues, then I'll have read everything up to #73. I know it's silly but NM #13 was the jumping-on point in the X-Men pocketbooks. Have to say it feels like a slow start, knowing how the team shapes up later on, beginning without an alien Transformer and a sorceress teleporter with her own demon army on the team. They get to have more fun once those two turn up... Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2015 7:42:45 GMT
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Post by legios on May 28, 2015 9:43:03 GMT
Not quite... Have to say it feels like a slow start, knowing how the team shapes up later on, beginning without an alien Transformer and a sorceress teleporter with her own demon army on the team. They get to have more fun once those two turn up... Martin Yeah, they do bring a certain something to the table. I always loved Warlock's particular version of the "friendly, clumsy, outsider with a heart of gold(nanotech)" schtick, and I always loved Illyana's combination of sunny sense of humour with her roommate and terrifying "remember where I grew up" backbone to her enemies. Both of them have wonderfully idiosyncratic personalities. Must pick up New Mutants at some point, either digitally or physically. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2015 10:33:59 GMT
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Post by legios on May 28, 2015 10:58:14 GMT
Still doing better than Excaliber on that front it seems.
I may see what I can do by way of combining pocket books with digital issues. I'm quite liking the idea of going for smaller format physical trades - it helps with the "I'm going to have to move this stuff someday" issue.
Karl.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 28, 2015 17:55:57 GMT
My 1980s X-Men / New Mutants collection basically consists of X-Men from the Brood Saga to Secret Wars II, and New Mutants for Illyana's complete run on the team:
Pocketbooks:
The Uncanny X-Men: Beyond the Farthest Star: reprints Uncanny X-Men #162-168
The Uncanny X-Men: Scarlet in Glory: reprints Uncanny X-Men #169-175
The Uncanny X-Men: Blood Feud: reprints Uncanny X-Men #176-179, X-Men Annual #6, New Mutants #13-14
The Uncanny X-Men: Love and Madness: reprints Uncanny X-Men #180-184, New Mutants #15-17
The Uncanny X-Men: Legacy of the Lost: reprints Uncanny X-Men #185-191
The Uncanny X-Men: The Gift: reprints X-Men & Alpha Flight #1-2, Uncanny X-Men #192-194
The Uncanny X-Men: The Trial Of Magneto: reprints Uncanny X-Men #195-200
The Uncanny X-Men: The Asgardian War: reprints New Mutants Special Edition #1, X-Men Annual #9, Uncanny X-Men #201-203
Regular TPBs:
X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
X-Men: Magik: Storm & Illyana reprints Uncanny X-Men #160 and Magik #1-4
New Mutants / X-Force: Demon Bear includes New Mutants #18-20
New Mutants Classic Volume 4 reprints New Mutants #26-34
New Mutants Classic Volume 5 reprints New Mutants #35-40, New Mutants Special Edition #1, X-Men Annual #9
New Mutants Classic Volume 6 reprints New Mutants #41-47, New Mutants Annual #2, X-Men Annual #10
New Mutants Classic Volume 7 reprints New Mutants #48-54, New Mutants Annual #3
X-Men: Fall of the Mutants Volume 1 includes New Mutants #55-61
Picked up NM #21-25 and #62-73 in floppies down Cardiff Indoor Market, and reading NM #1-12 in Phil's copies of NM Classic Volumes 1-2.
After that my Marvel mutant collection jumps back to X-Men and the oversized hardcovers with the start of Jim Lee's run.
It's great having missed the 1980s at the time and getting to enjoy it in the 2010s rather than have to slum it with modern-style comics!
Cardiff Indoor Market also yielded a like-new copy of IDW's Transformers Generations Volume 1 for £4 (containing Marvel US #7, #13-14, #16-18 with Nick Roche cover art). Amazing to see what quality reprints IDW can produce when it decides not to mess with the original colouring.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on May 30, 2015 15:04:26 GMT
All finished, Uncle Phil, including Annual #1 in Volume 3. There, that's another gap in my education plugged. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 9, 2015 20:38:52 GMT
I see that a black and white edition of The Dark Knight Returns now exists!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 9, 2015 21:19:58 GMT
Oooh
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 9, 2015 23:22:14 GMT
Preorder in for that.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 10, 2015 21:41:52 GMT
LMK what it's like, when's it due? Out in comic shops now, 17th according to Amazon. Andy |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 10, 2015 23:54:56 GMT
Saw it was on comixology and almost double dipped, but remembered I have a printer to pay for!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2015 18:19:16 GMT
Scott Lang Ant Man: On Amazon £15.90 (was £15.40) Secured a copy today for £12.71 from Wordery on the eBay :-) Been looking forward to this, all of Scott Lang's early appearances in one volume But, Phil, Scott Lang was always pish (the main reason why I am struggling to be enthused about the upcoming Ant-Man film). It was great in Avengers Disassembled when he was fried. Always thought Cassie Lang was more interesting though I think she is currently dead. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 18:36:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 18:37:45 GMT
and Scott Lang was never Pish! Better Any Man than the original and has been Ant Man longer than the original ever was!
And no it wasn't great when he was fried in Disassembled!
He's great in Under Siege and it's a big shame he vanishes just after and yet Doctor F***ing Druid gets added to the Avengers!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2015 19:06:15 GMT
Doctor Druid is a greater man than Scott Lang ever was!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 19:36:00 GMT
Dr Druid is a Z list KO Doctor Strange nobody while Scott Lang was instrumental in defeating the Absorbing Man and Titania.
We'll have no more of this nonsense Burns. It's a fab book collecting all of his early appearance with some great art from Byrne, Perez and others.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2015 20:11:57 GMT
Scott Lang is a whiny prick who should have stayed dead years ago. Doctor Druid is cool.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 20:18:32 GMT
Doctor Druid has been dead for 20 years. Such a minor character even I didn't know that till I looked him up!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 16, 2015 20:33:25 GMT
Scott Lang is a whiny prick who should have stayed dead years ago. Doctor Druid is cool. -Ralph Wrong. So wrong. Druid was pish, Scott Lang was cool. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2015 20:35:37 GMT
Betrayed!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2015 20:46:43 GMT
Deluded, more like.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2015 8:48:04 GMT
Hang on. I thought Droid Druid predated Doctor Strange?
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 17, 2015 9:10:06 GMT
Hang on. I thought Droid Druid predated Doctor Strange? -Ralph Sort of. Dr Droom as he was known but it's Dr Druid. Sure there is a csbg legend about him. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 17, 2015 11:33:06 GMT
I knew it! Therefore he cannot be a Doctor Strange KO!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 20, 2015 17:05:53 GMT
'Ant-Man Prelude' TPB has arrived through my letterbox.
Contents:
Marvel's Ant-Man Prelude #1-2
Marvel's Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time MCU Infinite Comic #1
Marvel Premiere #47-48
Ant-Man #1
Age of Ultron #10IA
Will read it tonight and hopefully learn what the fuss is about, and why Ant-Man gets his own film and Wasp doesn't.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 20, 2015 17:12:58 GMT
I suspect it's because The Wasp has been chronically mishandled after Stern wrote her turning her from an intelligent woman leading a team back into a brainless airhead! Byrne on West Coast Avengers was OK but after that ....
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 21, 2015 7:29:17 GMT
Well, that was a more satisying read than the AOE Prelude TPB. No mention of Wasp / Janet Van Dyne in any of the Marvel Cinematic Universe material contained within, sadly, but the first two parts are all about Hank Pym as the MCU's Ant-Man during the Cold War era. As usual with these collections, the oldest reprints are the best, but I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of enjoyment I got out of the final two stories, particularly the AOU #10IA one in which Pym decides to be a superhero of many sizes including giant ant pals.
Offline for a few days now. So long, chums!
Martin
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