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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 8, 2016 22:05:10 GMT
I think it's Rom.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 25, 2016 6:47:09 GMT
Hulk is accepted by superherodom! A happy ending! Surely nothing bad can happen to him now, and I don't need to read the next one and a bit trades...?
Seven issues into Rom, slow going.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 28, 2016 7:23:43 GMT
Progress now being made on Hulk: Regression. I have just had my first encounter with... MODOK!!! Criminy, what strange substance had the creators been taking when they cooked up this handsome fellow??? And now... MS MODOK?!?!?
This series is packed chock full of colourful characters, all with moral strengths and weaknesses, none of them totally unsympathetic... and a lot of humour too. Love it!
Alas, poor Abomination. So how long does he stay dead before Marvel bring him back?
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 28, 2016 11:36:34 GMT
Not long.
The Ms Modok issue was one of the first marvel comics I read from a batch my dad brought me home from work. You'll have read Uncanny X-Men 176 from the same batch, Cyclops vs the Octopus.
It is absolutely barking mad. The double page spread of Ms Modok's reveal is amazing.
One of my favourite Marvel comics ever.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 28, 2016 12:59:25 GMT
The Mantlo era Hulk is one of the two golden ages of Hulk material. The other being the Peter David run. I only wish PAD had managed to hold onto his artists for longer than he did. The Hulk ended up being something of a launchpad for artists to go on to bigger and better things - McFarlane, Keown, Frank, Deodato...
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 29, 2016 8:14:45 GMT
Now got to Hulk #298. It's all brilliant storytelling, but AAARRRGGGHHH! Stupidity of stupid human laws. Only ten pages of issue #296 are printed, because Rom appears on the other twelve pages! AAARRRGGGHHH! And the text feature telling the reader what happens on the missing pages can't mention Rom or the Dire Wraiths by name, and just refers to them as an alien cyborg and his shape-shifting enemies. And it's such an important part of the Hulk story arc that we don't get to see! And then in the next issue, to add to the absurdity, Rom (the comic) is mentioned twice by name in editorial notes. And I'm _sure_ I've read other Marvel trades where the Dire Wraiths are mentioned by name. AAARRRGGGHHH! HULK SMASH!!!
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 29, 2016 9:32:00 GMT
Oh bum, did I forget to give you my copy of Hulk 296 with that trade? sorry :-(
And you have: X-Men late 180s, Avengers: Kang Time & again. Though the recent lawsuit may have an impact on Marvel's ability to reprint these in the future.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 29, 2016 9:41:01 GMT
Oh bum, did I forget to give you my copy of Hulk 296 with that trade? sorry :-( No need to apologise, Phil, it's all a bonus to me. I haven't paid money for these trades - I'm just raging on behalf of those who have paid for them, for the stupidity of laws that result in such a blemish on what is otherwise a superb book. Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 29, 2016 12:59:04 GMT
Hulk finished! Hulk wants to know what happens next!!!
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 13, 2017 18:04:11 GMT
Martin is visiting tomorrow for lunch.
I'm thinking Hulk: Crossroads and both Vision volumes
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 13, 2017 18:09:18 GMT
I endorse this choice.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 13, 2017 18:18:46 GMT
Yay! Looked up Hulk: Crossroads, and as it's what comes after what I've just read, it's exactly what I want to read. If it is to the same standard as Pardoned and Regression, that's a bonus.
No idea about the Vision books.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 13, 2017 18:25:13 GMT
The Vision books were published last year. Superb stuff.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 13, 2017 18:44:32 GMT
The Vision books were published last year. Superb stuff. Just as long as you don't mean Vision Quest / Darker Than Scarlet as I got them as pocketbooks. Martin |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 5, 2017 18:15:13 GMT
Nearly finished Hulk: Crossroads which is stupendously good.
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 7, 2017 22:45:49 GMT
Oh yes - Mantlo is one of THE two Hulk writers. Him and Peter David.
The character has never been as impressive in the hands of others.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 12, 2017 7:04:55 GMT
Finished 'Hulk: Crossroads' and now eight issues into 'The Vision'. All good stuff!
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 12, 2017 8:50:19 GMT
Phil finds modern comic Martin likes triumph!
Though to be fair everyone I know who's read it has loved The Vision!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2017 15:54:52 GMT
If all is well (tummy, teeth, general standing up) I'm hoping to have lunch with Martin on Saturday. So it's time for another round of "what shall we get Martin to read?" So far we have forced on him Miller Daredevil
Simonson FF
Simonson Thor
Vision
Mantlo Hulk
Mantlo Rom (to 66) and off his own back Claremont X-Men
New Mutants
Stern Avengers So what should he read next? |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 16:30:08 GMT
We need options to choose from. Has he read Micronauts?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2017 16:55:26 GMT
No. But my run is (still) missing an issue.
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Post by blueshift on Apr 3, 2017 17:03:17 GMT
He needs to read Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol!
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 3, 2017 17:10:23 GMT
Martin would like to read more Doctor Strange.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2017 17:11:11 GMT
Phil has very little Dr Strange.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2017 17:11:38 GMT
No. But my run is (still) missing an issue. Two issues, both now bought off eBay |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 21:06:13 GMT
Phil has very little Dr Strange. Lend him the current MWOM issues with Doctor Strange! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 21:07:13 GMT
Has Martin read any 2000AD/Judge Dredd?
Phil, do you have Ro-Busters? I think Martin would like that. Or 2000AD Dan Dare?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 3, 2017 21:28:12 GMT
No and No.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2017 22:02:09 GMT
Ralph is very sad that Phil does not have Ro-Busters, which reminds me that I still need to get the second hardcover!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 4, 2017 21:38:39 GMT
No Ro-Busters?!
I too must get round to getting the 2nd Ro-Busters HC.
Andy
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