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Post by The Doctor on Aug 5, 2017 22:06:57 GMT
Is that called square bound? Or perfect bound? I don't like that for a comic. Means unless you crack the spine the pages don't stay open by themselves. I remember when it was called Prestige Format! Trades have spines and that doesn't bother anyone. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 5, 2017 23:39:03 GMT
Perfect Bound is what the Deadpool comic is.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 5, 2017 23:39:56 GMT
It's what Panini do in Europe already, having acquired a couple of issues of the italian Transformers comic recently which has the same type, although the Deadpool Unleashed Issue 1 did have a much more robust cover stock.
Andy
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 6, 2017 12:21:31 GMT
Trades are published as books though, not comics. It's just a personal preference.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 21, 2017 20:34:30 GMT
I notice Legends is getting two 100 page specials in a row. I wonder if one has been forced on them to catch up from the mistake in Thor Phil spotted a couple of issues back.
I'm enjoying all the stories at the moment. CWII is better than the other recent big event stories.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2017 21:53:38 GMT
It is good that Legends is getting 100 page-issues as I think it was the one title that never did in the past!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 22, 2017 23:36:22 GMT
Marvel Legends 14: why stick the cover to Thor 15 on this when it prominently features a story that doesn't start till the next issue .... Which should be the one containing Thor 15!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2017 10:48:49 GMT
Civil War II in June Avengers Universe 12-17
Mighty World of Marvel 10-14
Astonishing Spider-Man 21-25
Wolverine & Deadpool 12-14
Marvel Legends 12-14
Essential X-Men 12-13 There is also the disturbing news of a 2nd Deadpool CE, Deadpool Unleashed The list has updated in the new Avengers CE and now reads Astonishing Spider-Man 23-27 And now it seems as if ASM will have CWII in it till 29 at least! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 14, 2017 16:49:46 GMT
The list has updated in the new Avengers CE and now reads Astonishing Spider-Man 23-27 And now it seems as if ASM will have CWII in it till 29 at least! 30..... Originally was ASM 21-25! |
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 14, 2017 19:23:55 GMT
How many parts is the core story? AU is up to #6. I'm just wondering if Legends is promoting Iron Heart as a new story for this month's issue if we're heading into spoiler territory.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 14, 2017 19:46:31 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 14, 2017 20:20:28 GMT
AU #15 has CWII #5 and 6 in, which was a surprise. But your dates show Panini is running in the same parallels the original issues did. I walked into a spoiler a while back that I thought Iron Heart being in legends would blow, but it seems not.
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 17, 2017 21:53:00 GMT
Oh yes it does. Wallop. Massive CW2 spoiler in this month's Iron Man story. If that was the same in America, why did they do that?!
This current Cap story is so dense it's almost like The Ultimates was. Not sure I like though that this is clearly setting up the next major event story before the current one is finished. It diminishes CW2's importance.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2017 22:08:33 GMT
It doesn't explicitly state what has happened though, does it?
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 17, 2017 22:28:01 GMT
No but it's pretty clear on Stark being dead, which has to be a consequence of CW2 and so therefore removes the shock value of that. It's a really odd thing to do. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2017 23:00:45 GMT
YMVWTT.....
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 18, 2017 7:08:19 GMT
I am putting all CWII Paninivision to one side until it finishes so I can get it out the way in one day after the start of it read like poo.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 18, 2017 19:01:48 GMT
I was about to start singing it's praises because I've been enjoying it, but when you start to think about it, the individual elements that make it up are either repeats from the last civil war, as in all the tense conversations, or rug pulling stunts like the deaths. There isn't a huge amount of depth to it.
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Post by browny87 on Oct 12, 2017 9:04:17 GMT
ignoring the CW2 pap, has anyone been reading clone conspiracy in spiderman, i've really enjoyed it!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2017 10:09:50 GMT
I've been reading ASM in digital form since Secret Wars as the Panini CE is too padded out with other spider characters at the moment and the main strip's current direction off Peter Parker as a faux Tony Stark annoys me. Having said that I did enjoy Clone Conspiracy.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2017 10:12:24 GMT
I don't use WHS for my Panini that often. But this morning I was in town to collect my Lego City Advent Calendar from the Entertainer.
Boxes everywhere, impossible to navigate for a for a disabled person, staff didn't know which box had the title I wanted in which they hadn't put out yet. Not impressed.
See posts passim for similar, which is why I go elsewhere!
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Post by browny87 on Oct 12, 2017 10:52:38 GMT
i have the same problem with WHSmith, I went in at 10 one Wednesday to collect the transformers partwork and was told it was in "one of those boxes over there, come back alter and it'll be out"
That's fantastic customer service, ain't it! I struggled to navigate round those boxes and I aren't disabled so I genuinely feel for you mate!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 12, 2017 11:41:04 GMT
I rarely use WH Smiths as I find their stores to be very dark and dingy. They have a depressive air about them. I can't put my finger on exactly why.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on Oct 12, 2017 17:59:07 GMT
You've got to try to get passed everyone too busy reading the mags in the shop instead of buying them.
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 12, 2017 18:47:37 GMT
One of the problems with Smiths is that it doesn't work like a traditional newsagent, more a shop. So whereas in a proper newsagent the proprietor is at work before six, marking up the day's papers for delivery, my local Smiths doesn't open til nine and from what I can see doesn't pay anyone to be in the shop much more than half an hour before it opens. So they never have anything ready.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 14, 2017 20:25:12 GMT
They used to be so much better.
Especially when they were John Menzies north of the border.
I regularly used to be able to go in on the way to school and pick up new comics from the rack.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 14, 2017 20:28:12 GMT
Menzies was down south too, the now WHS in Epsom, where I worked, used to be one. Read Doomsday and Gulag in there. The Newsagents on Paddington used to be a Menzies too in the early 80s.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 14, 2017 20:31:39 GMT
Much better days.
I fondly remember picking up the likes of Primortals and Mr Hero from there in the last few years at high school.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 18, 2017 19:38:57 GMT
Champions day tomorrow chums!
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 18, 2017 20:04:43 GMT
That book actually looks like it has a good line up in it for once.
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