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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 17, 2014 15:35:03 GMT
Picked up Panini's Avengers Universe today. Apparently they're going to be printing Uncanny Avengers, Young Avengers (lasted but 12 issues) and Mighty Avengers (the Luke Cage team who's just been cancelled)
I'd have thought Avengers and New Avengers were better bets than the last two!
Given that FF got cancelled I'm guessing someone at Panini doesn't like Hickman!
I've also thought that Avengers and X-Men should be bi-weekly like Spider Man is.
X-Men looks a better balance at the moment: All New, Uncanny and Wolverine & ...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 24, 2014 14:19:09 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2014 20:42:11 GMT
The first issue of the new volume of Panini's Essential X-Men came out this week and is well worth a look: the first FOUR issues of All New X-Men are contained within.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 1, 2014 20:44:53 GMT
I've now read the first 17 issues and this is a very good read. There's a story here running right the way through the issues as you'd expect from Hickman. A damn shame it's not getting a Panini print as it's a lot better that the new Young Avengers, which they are printing, and seems to be important for some up & coming events. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 6, 2014 7:55:20 GMT
Bought issues 3-6 (already had 1 & 2) of New Avangers v3 on Comixology last night. Very convinced now that Panini has made a HUGE mistake not reprinting this & Avengers instead of Young & Mighty: Fab interlinking story between the two titles. Especially as both seem crucial going forward I'll be picking both up off Comixology when they get cheaper. |
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 31, 2014 21:41:26 GMT
Am making an effort now to read essential X-Men. I've really enjoyed the first two. Fantastic art. Thinking I might start my back issue pile too.
I've also been reading mighty world of... to see what the Guardians strip is like. Enjoying that but the other two strips don't interest me so it'd be cheaper to switch to trades.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 1, 2014 21:08:49 GMT
I realise having bought X-Men and nothing else over the years that I will have holes in crossovers. I'm not massively fussed, but are there other panini titles I should be reading now that are happening concurrently to the X-Men story?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 1, 2014 21:31:40 GMT
Well Wolverine & Deadpool is carrying Wolverine & The X-Men from the next issue due next Thursday. And, unless Panini UK have taken leave of their senses*, should shortly be carrying the Paul Cornell Wolverine. An Important Thing will happen in that story.
Avengers United is carrying Uncanny Avengers, an X-Men/Avengers crossover team.
I'd say those two titles are probably essential (haha) for UK X-Fans.
* There is some evidence Panini UK have taken leave of their senses in the selection of strips for Avengers United.
Uncanny Avengers, no problem.
But Mighty and Young over Avengers & New ? Madness. Mighty and Young both didn't get to issue 20. New & Avengers is an interlinked story which has a big effect about 2 years down the line Panini UK time (in about 6 months Marvel US time)
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 1, 2014 21:50:48 GMT
I'll have a look at those then. I think this is what appealed to me about the Panini books. I like the idea of a monthly digest that bundles together what I should be reading of Marvel's superhero output. I used to read a smattering of US titles regularly, but keeping up with all the different crossovers and different titles for the same characters got too much. After that I liked the way the Ultimate series rebooted everything, I have most of those, but these days there's so little time and so much to read. The idea in buying the Panini books was to keep abreast of things easily. I just never got round to actually reading the things.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 19, 2014 9:07:51 GMT
Wayhay! Guardians of the Galaxy gone from Mighty World of Marvel replaced by Original Sin!
Result on 2 counts:
1) Don't like GotG
2) Don't have to buy OS trade <clicks cancel>
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 2, 2015 12:01:15 GMT
Cornell/Alan Davis Wolverine starting end of this month!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 11, 2015 19:03:33 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 11, 2015 19:31:49 GMT
Hmmm.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 11, 2015 20:05:36 GMT
No objection to that style of relaunch.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2015 20:17:12 GMT
They do do it quite regularly. This'll be the third Panini SpiderMan number 1 in my collection.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 11, 2015 20:28:41 GMT
Well to be fair five times in 20 years isn't too bad when stacked against US publishers, but the two latest have been pretty close together.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2015 21:00:25 GMT
The last three have all been at relevant points: Brand New Day, Superior and return of Peter
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 11, 2015 21:24:15 GMT
My 'hmmm' was more of an internal thought of: For fuck sake, Humberto Ramos again. My least favourite artist of all time. I cannot stand his contorted devil people that he draws. I actively drop any book he draws. Gah!
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jan 12, 2015 7:33:32 GMT
V1 150 issues with lots of Lee Sullivan covers
V2 69
V3 100
V4 33
V5
But it has been 26 issues a year from mostly v3 or v2.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2015 8:08:06 GMT
Both Avengers and X-Men could do with being biweekly now too
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 12, 2015 21:23:29 GMT
Yep. Agreed. I didn't realise Spiderman had gone bi-weekly. I gave up with that one during volume two. Admittedly I have enough unread X-Men comics to sink a battleship, but now I've publicly shamed myself into actually reading them I'm loving the current plot and would quite happily buy a second issue a month to read a wider range of X titles.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2015 21:28:43 GMT
Essential X-Men confuses me. Bendis is a good fit for the x-titles and I am enjoying his run yet meanwhile over at MWOM his Guardians of the Galaxy is AWFUL!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2015 21:31:05 GMT
See posts passim for what I think the Avengers SHOULD be carrying. But both Hickman titles for a start.
X-Men: from what I've read both adjectiveless female X-Men and Amazing are very good. Wolverine and the X-Men has gone to the Wolverine title and looks like it might be done there. Then there's X-Force and X-Factor. Enough for another issue per month easy, and given X-Men and Avengers rep at the mo I think both would sell.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2015 21:34:43 GMT
Essential X-Men confuses me. Bendis is a good fit for the x-titles and I am enjoying his run yet meanwhile over at MWOM his Guardians of the Galaxy is AWFUL! -Ralph Thankfully it's done there. The next time you'll see GOTG will be in a few months time in a crossover in Essential. And I thought it Wanged Chung too. Not enjoying Avengers Arena in MWOM either, Daredevil is great, and hoping Original Sin will be ok. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2015 21:36:50 GMT
Avengers Arena is poo. Daredevil is tops and the only thing keeping me reading. I had thought to drop it and go digital on DD but will hang on for original Sin as I do want to read that.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 12, 2015 21:37:26 GMT
I quite like that GOTG incarnation. I'm about to have a go with the Abnett & Lanning version though to compare.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 12, 2015 23:22:28 GMT
Abnett and Lanning pisses on the Bendis run from a very great height. Hell the Jim Valentino run pisses all over Bendis.
I agree he's been a good fit on the X-Men, his GOTG run reads as terribly as his Avengers run did if I am honest.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 12, 2015 23:44:04 GMT
I quite liked Bendis Avengers. It's far from the worst thing I've ever read or the worst he's written or the worst Avengers.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2015 8:41:36 GMT
In Bendis Avengers everyone...uh...you know...yeah...I mean...I guess...sorta had the same voice whoever was ....uh....speaking...wow is that friggin' VILLAIN NAME/POP CULTURE REFERENCE.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Jan 13, 2015 13:11:20 GMT
I don't like Bendis - one reason I stopped getting the comics with him moving onto all lines & I like to still be reading a comic after 3 minutes not having finished it with half the issue being meaningless waste of paper. See his first Avengers comic where he padded out the first page to last about 7 pages - the wide shot of Avengers Mansion could have been the 2nd panel on the first page not a 2 page spread - he should work on a comic with Rob Liefield who likes doing 2 page spreads for one panel on a normal page.
But apart from that the CE formats are good.
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