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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 6, 2015 16:56:06 GMT
At Glasgow Comic Con I picked up from the 2000ad team - Nemesis The Warlock: Deviant Edition - the HC reprint of the Eagle series as coloured by Kevin O'Neill, Strontium Dog - Blood Moon and the updated softcover of Thrill Power Overload.
From Comixtribe I grabbed the And Emily Was Gone Trade Paperback from John Lees and Iain Laurie- atmospheric horror comic.
From FPG on Sunday I saw the Metallica graphic novel Nothing Else Matters was on sale so I grabbed that. - Not impressed at all, a rather lifeless affair.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 6, 2015 20:13:23 GMT
So Amazon IF my copy of Amazing X-Men v3 is In Stock why's your dispatch estimate saying 30th July? Customer services have been prodded!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2015 18:53:35 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2015 21:25:00 GMT
I would love a nice HC volume of The Champions...but at $100 (!) they can whistle!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2015 21:32:12 GMT
That's an awful lot per issue
I suppose a release like this increases the chances of the remaining issues popping up on Comixology.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2015 21:37:46 GMT
I am one of the very few fans of The Champions but at that price-point no way. That is insane!
I weep for my lost paperback volumes and am dismayed that the series is not yet digitally available. Bloody love The Champions. A curtailed run and yet that Defenders pish ran for years!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 15, 2015 21:55:51 GMT
While I will admit that much of the Defenders is pish, the Gerber run on it is one of THE best team book runs I have ever read and desperately deserves a colour collection. I also have a soft spot for the New Defenders run from 125 onwards.
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Post by Jim on Jul 15, 2015 23:17:24 GMT
That Champions MMW has quite a high page count by the standards of the line at 432 - that month's other release is DD at 264 (for $75). I would have been quite happy with a complete/epic collection TPB for much less money, though.
Glad to see the Valentino Guardians release; I'll also be picking up the Moon Knight and Silver Surfer epics I think. Been wanting to read the Englehart SS run for quite a while.
-Jim
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 15, 2015 23:49:04 GMT
The New Defenders is good stuff, ignore Burns on this.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 16, 2015 7:55:42 GMT
Haven't you read The Gerber stuff too?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 16, 2015 12:15:35 GMT
I have indeed. That too is good stuff. Nighthawk and the Headmen stuff. Proper bonkers
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Post by Benn on Jul 16, 2015 17:17:37 GMT
Seriously contemplating picking up the Rocket Raccoon trade next week. My LCS has it for less than £10.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2015 17:38:36 GMT
The New Defenders is good stuff, ignore Burns on this. Andy New Defenders is even worse. Champions all the way. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 17, 2015 17:24:23 GMT
Seriously contemplating picking up the Rocket Raccoon trade next week. My LCS has it for less than £10. I'd recommend it. Great stuff! Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 21, 2015 20:56:41 GMT
I got the Knight Rider trade out of the library. Andu must read this...
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jul 26, 2015 8:08:40 GMT
The Iron Fist epic is nearing the top of my to-read pile... I have been burning through collections lately, been on quite a comic-reading kick for some reason.
Deathlok: The Souls of Cyber-folk was very good indeed, better than I expected - the Macduffie issues are clearly superior to the Wright ones, though even they are fun, and Cowan's art is absolutely wonderful.
Spider-Man: Round Robin was pretty weak; I bought it mainly because I only ever read the first part of the Vibranium Vendetta annual story as a kid. It's a story with some nice ideas but ends limply. Round Robin itself is a fairly poor Milgrom-scripted thing which doesn't feel like a Spider-Man story at all, and the remaining Michelinie issues are not the best of his work. Oh, and there's the Fear Itself GN which is ... odd. The main redeeming feature for me is Bagley on art. Oh, and Andru does his best with Fear Itself.
Currently reading the Behold the Vision epic (brilliant so far) and Hulk: Crossroads (which is also great).
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 26, 2015 8:11:37 GMT
I read the trade of the Knight Rider comic. Easily the worst thing I have read since Dawn of the Dread Force.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 26, 2015 11:16:57 GMT
Poor Dawn of the Dread Force...sadly unfinished.
The look of contempt on everyone's faces that Scotcon I dished out copies. Still makes me smile.
Andy
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Post by Jim on Jul 28, 2015 20:52:58 GMT
Finished The Incredible Hulk: Crossroads and with it Mantlo's phenomenal work on the title (not to mention Sal Buscema's). A great read, as with the rest of this run combining insane ideas with genuine pathos. The only, minor, complaints I have are that Talaoc's inks do Mignola's pencils no justice and the resolution felt a little unsatisfying, dramatically.
I have never read any of Mantlo's Alpha Flight run, but the one issue reprinted here was quite enjoyable.
-Jim
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 31, 2015 22:30:32 GMT
Infinity Watch! YASSSS! Andy |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 22:38:21 GMT
Is the PDF corrupted for the rest of you?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 31, 2015 22:51:00 GMT
No, works fine for me. Just lamenting the continued lack of Iron Man omnibus hardcovers. Time to give up with that. Odd that Punisher MAX is getting another run out.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 31, 2015 22:56:05 GMT
The text is corrupted in many places on the iPad. Can you find out the issue numbers in the ASM and Iron Man epic collections, both of which look like they,re the next volume after the initial offerings, and the Cap epic?
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2015 0:33:57 GMT
Hachette? Is this a new partworks series?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2015 7:23:14 GMT
Hachette is the name of the book distributor that Marvel use.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2015 8:40:25 GMT
Ahhhhh.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2015 9:19:10 GMT
I do like how the Thor and Cap biogs near the beginning don't remotely match the current description of the character or picture next to them! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2015 9:38:00 GMT
An update on the Avengers West Coast Trade situation:
1-30 were printed in the HCs. Some of them have got paperback editions
42-75 are in the 2 Byrne and Along came a Spider Woman
91-101 are in Ultron Unbound are The Death Of Mockingbird with the missing 101 in Bloodties
Annual 1 is in Sins of the Past
Annual 2 is in Zodiac Quest & Avengers Epic: Judgement Day
Annual 8 is in Ultron Unbound
That leaves uncollected:
31-41
76-88
Annual 3 Evoloutionary War
Annual 4 Atlantis Attacks
Annual 5 Terminus Factor
Annual 6 Subtereanen Wars
Annual 7 Assault on Armor City
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 1, 2015 11:19:04 GMT
I loved Power Pack, he says wistfully. I still have floppies of those. That's Thundercats' fault.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2015 11:57:33 GMT
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