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Post by Jim on Mar 9, 2013 10:23:36 GMT
Age of Ultron #1 - why did I even pick this up? Am I so taken in by shiny things? It fulfils all preconceptions about a Bendis cross-over. Bugger-all happens for far too many pages in a very nicely rendered way which seems like a waste of a good artist's time.
Avengers #7 is a bit more diverting with some clever set-up and nice call backs to the New Universe. Still not completely sold, it might not survive my next cull.
Iron Man #7 is quite good fun and of interest to UK TF fans for more than one reason.
All New X-Men #8 continues to defy my expectations of a Bendis team comic; I'm really enjoying it. If it were on a normal monthly schedule it might be a little bit frustrating but fortnightly suits the pacing, he's playing the concept well and seems to me to have a good grasp of the characters. It's funny that UXM is reading much more like a stereotypical Bendis book (but at least has nice Bachalo art).
-Jim
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 24, 2013 7:54:09 GMT
X-Factor 259 Read this if you're a Longshot/Shatterstar fan. PAD has a stab at explaining the relationship between them and does really well.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 13, 2013 20:45:04 GMT
Shockingly, the Beano is back to being a proper comic and has essentially copied what the Dandy was before the printed version went down. Loads of strips, proper variety and quite amusing. The pish appears to have been shuffled off to Beano Max.
Commando featured a Cam Kennedy reprimt recently. Gorgeous art.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2013 17:52:12 GMT
The Beano has dropped 50p from the price along with the covermount. It is now just a Proper Comic being sold on its content again!
Conversely, Commando put up its price by 50p (!) a while ago apparently to add a gatefold back cover. I can live without it. Still a title I enjoy the occasional purchase of. I tend to dip in and out of it when the mood takes me.
Only other thing I am reading currently is TF Regeneration One. Don't think my monthly comic reading has been this low...ever!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 31, 2013 13:36:45 GMT
Points to Uncanny X-Force 12 for doing something decent with Spiral. I'd not really got into the title too much so far but that was good
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 23, 2014 17:44:18 GMT
Read Nightcrawler #1. Didn't think it was very good. The thinnest of story and I failed to detect much of a series premise. The main character tells us he is back from the dead but not how or why or even how he died. The lack of plot made this stick out like a sore thumb.
It's perfectly readable, looks great and is not an awful comic as such but it's a poor #1 and there's nothing to make me want to read any further. Especially at a $4 price-point.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 23, 2014 18:10:37 GMT
The back from the dead was done in a recent X-Men story.
I liked it.
Down to just two monthly titles now: X-Factor and X-Force on the grounds that they're unlikely to be reprinted. X-Factor feels decent and different.
Panini it's Spider-Man, X-Men, Avengers, Mighty World of Marvel and Wolverine & Deadpool
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 5, 2014 9:30:21 GMT
Comixology have a sale on IDW Ghostbusters so thought I would try the ongoing series (which seems to renumber itself after 16 issues as Ghostbusters 2013-, confusingly).
Absolutely love it. Written with real verve and wit that captures the original film (with a touch of the cartoon) absolutely perfectly. Many proper belly laughs and chuckles (including the best sly filthy joke I have seen in a while which had me damn near piss myself in a cafe). The art is wonderfully expressive in a Chew-like way and the colours are nice and bright.
Proper all-ages stuff: action and adventure with gags without falling into the DARK MATURE SERIOUS or BLAND EVENT HORIZON curses of many licensed books. Even the filthy gag is very subtle.
I can pass on the minis and whatnot but will stick with the main series I think.
-Ralph
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Post by Mark_Stevenson on Sept 12, 2014 17:57:14 GMT
Decloaking... Evening all. Blimey, haven't been around here in a day or two. Love what you've done with the place etc etc. Ahem. Dunno if this is news, but Death's Head makes a cameo in Uncanny X-Men Special #1 this month:  Anyway, I'm going to try and be around a bit more. Mx |
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Jim
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Post by Jim on Sept 12, 2014 22:23:07 GMT
Yes, I read Paul O'Brien's review the other day and thought I might check it out. Our favourite freelance peacekeeping agent has been busy lately. Gillen used him well in Iron Man, a run I've been really enjoying and which wears Many marvel UK influences.
Furman & Delbo fans might also like to note Brute Force are guest starring in next week's Deadpool bi-annual. Though I would suspect as cannon-fodder, so could be one to avoid.
-Jim
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 13, 2014 16:20:35 GMT
Been waiting on that Deadpool comic. Furman was genuinely pleased to hear that Brute Force had been brought back when we told him.
I'm not a huge Deadpool fan but I will pick it up anyway.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 9, 2014 22:28:31 GMT
Thor Issue 1.
Pish. Avoid like the plague, decompressed bollocks of the highest order and the new Thor does not even appear in the fucking issue.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 20, 2014 18:43:22 GMT
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's Multiversity: Pax Americana.
Watchmen but with the Charlton characters is the easy synopsis, but damn is it a book worth reading. There is always something special when those two get together.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 19, 2014 9:09:49 GMT
Down to just two monthly titles now: X-Factor and X-Force on the grounds that they're unlikely to be reprinted. X-Factor feels decent and different. X-Force has been pish, X-Factor great. Both canned in New Year. I will be buying no US import floppies for the first time in 30 years. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 13, 2015 17:21:52 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 29, 2015 16:46:13 GMT
So I picked up Uncanny Avengers Issue 1 - I have a soft spot for the Counter Earth, The New Men and the High Evolutionary.
It was very much a setting the stall out for the arc and the team dynamics, I like the slightly snarky Vision we are met with here, as Rogue being the heart of the team. Great art from Daniel Acuna. Interesting portrayal of Sabretooth which reminds me of his residency in the Xavier school following Wolverine's departure. Shame it took so long to see the High Evolutionary. Will stick with this for the next issue, but it has better pick up the pace.
Multiversity Guidebook - a nice tale and a handbook, what more do you want. Plus, written by Grant Morrison. Thoroughly enjoyable if a little pricey.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 16, 2015 23:50:14 GMT
A moment's silence please: Today Phil bought what is likely to be his last new US Floppy, X-Force 15.
All the titles left on my order have now finished.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 16, 2015 23:53:46 GMT
Digital only from now on?
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 17, 2015 0:01:52 GMT
Digital, trades and Panini repaints.
MIGHT buy Secret Wars in Floppy but that'll need a trip back to the shop to order.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 25, 2015 21:53:24 GMT
I'm struggling to get through Age Of Ultron. Not because it is dense (there is actually very little reading in it) but because it is hyper-shit. Some of Bendis' worst work...and yet I really like his X-Men run!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 25, 2015 22:53:22 GMT
Doesn't help it's some of the most lifeless Bryan Hitch art I have seen.
Nice rubble though.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 25, 2015 23:17:55 GMT
And not a lot of Ultron in Age Of Ultron.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 26, 2015 10:35:29 GMT
More than made up for with the rubble though.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:32:31 GMT
Just read the two Star Trek/X-Men crossover comics.
Awful.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 7, 2015 9:33:30 GMT
Don't even think it!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:34:52 GMT
Oh the thought was conceived the minute the buy it now button was pressed on Ebay...
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 9:44:41 GMT
Do it!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:50:17 GMT
Others need to experience it's agony.
The 2nd is worse than the first, so disappointed as it had Cary Nord artwork and had Nightcrawler in it. A double letdown.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 7, 2015 9:51:30 GMT
Still better than any Trek comic by the Tiptons though.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2015 9:53:07 GMT
No. They are just dull, these comics are painful.
Andy
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