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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2014 7:49:33 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 24, 2014 22:56:06 GMT
I'm so excited.
And Andu showed me pictures of an amazing boxed set coming out next June...the birthday month of the Burns.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 24, 2014 23:07:26 GMT
Indeed.
You were a little happy with that news.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 24, 2014 23:25:16 GMT
Fucking ecstatic.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 1, 2014 5:52:48 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 1, 2014 17:07:30 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 2, 2014 12:40:14 GMT
All over this like shit on velcro.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 6, 2014 12:13:58 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 6, 2014 19:54:05 GMT
Bad for Ralph's bank balance. I will be unable to stop myself from buying any comic with Secret Wars written on it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 7, 2014 21:41:50 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 23, 2014 17:10:21 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 1, 2015 16:52:16 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 13, 2015 17:23:35 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2015 18:32:30 GMT
So excited. The Beyonder had better be in this or I throw my toys out the pram.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 19, 2015 20:03:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 19, 2015 21:49:04 GMT
I must have it.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2015 21:18:30 GMT
Lots of Marvel/SW related stuff I think we'll spoiler these links just in case |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2015 21:32:01 GMT
Translation: the Ultimate Universe as a separate imprint is finally put to bed in a mercy killing.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 20, 2015 23:22:19 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 20, 2015 23:35:12 GMT
Think Marvel will use this like they did with Age of Apocalypse and tweak a few things here and there and it won't be a full reboot. There is too much mileage in lording it over DC that they haven't had to reboot to do that now.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2015 18:53:31 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 21, 2015 20:38:49 GMT
I find the nth number of announcements and announcements about announcements to be deeply tedious. I'll just read the comic when it comes out.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 21, 2015 21:39:49 GMT
The last link is pointing out plot points in recent comics related to SW
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2015 22:55:40 GMT
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Post by Marc Graham on Jan 28, 2015 10:02:17 GMT
I think Marvel attempting to lord their lack of reboot over DC is pretty awful given the vast number of restarts, continuity wipes and oh lets just forget that over their history. Heroes Reborn? Return - Spider-man (take your pick on the reboots/abandoned restarts).
DC attempted to fix their continuity and make things a lot neater, then after a while it got messy again. Marvel have never gotten continuity neat and prefer the ignore it and it'll go away.
For me - Spider-man married Mary Jane, Superman married Lois Lane, just let them live happily ever after you evil global mega-corps!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 28, 2015 17:05:32 GMT
To be fair with Heroes Reborn the only character that had their history monkeyed around with was Iron Man, after all that Teen Tony/The Crossing mess needed sorted.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 28, 2015 18:56:06 GMT
The conceit of Marvel is that if you pick up (for example) a Fantastic Four comic from 1967, 1986 or 2015 the characters are the same people with one long history. yes, imagination has to be employed to make it all 'fit' but that's the general idea. It's a large part of the appeal of their universe and a lot of the readership would walk way if it was completely rebooted*. I would++! It's hard to get invested in characters who can have their history wiped at any time. Marvel know that, hence why the Ultimate Universe ran alongside as a separate imprint rather than just replacing the previous Marvel 'Universe'.
It's why I have never really got into DC as a compelling universe. I can't be bothered investing years of time and money just to be told 'none of it counted, so please buy these books with characters with the same names but new histories which are a but similar'. Can't be arsed with it.
-Ralph
++A rare example is when Spider-Man was himself confusingly rebooted in One More Day. I never bought a Spider-Man comic again.
*See also 2000AD strips such as Judge Dredd which have run for decades as one continuing story.**
**See also many soaps on telly or Doctor Who for long-running narratives in other media.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 28, 2015 20:40:03 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 28, 2015 23:47:43 GMT
Ralph needs to read a copy of New Avengers 29, out today, to see the last page.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 30, 2015 17:16:38 GMT
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