Quote :

"Plus, Hawkeye puts an arrow into Wolverines head, point blank, that was pretty badass."

Amazingly (or perhaps uncannily) this will not slow Wolverine from guest-starring in every Marvel comic released in the next month.

10/25/2005 8:24:15 AM

Hahah, that thing with Spidey and Hawkeye is great. When I read the issue where he died I was like "wtf. Thats it?"

^ Hahah. How true. They could dress up Wolverine in a pink suit with a leotard and yet he'd still be their most popular character.

10/25/2005 10:19:18 AM

11/2/2005 11:55:49 PM

bttt

I've picked up a good hundred bucks worth of comics over the last two weeks

I did get a copy that I already have, and I'm looking to get rid of it (if the price is right)

Ultimate Spiderman Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Collects Ultimate Spiderman Issues #1-13, plus Amazing Fantasy 15 (First appearance of Spider-man for those wondering..) and a few extras like art and whatnot.





There's a picture for you guys.

Anyway, it's over 300 some odd pages and it's still shrinkwrapped. (near-mint)

It "retails" for $29.99, but I know it can be picked up from Amazon or Tales of Wonder for a tad under $20. So if anybody wants to dish out something along that range and save on some shipping, gimme a holler.

[Edited on November 16, 2005 at 2:48 PM. Reason : condition]

11/16/2005 2:47:48 PM

bttt

11/29/2005 7:35:14 PM

I just got Complete Age of Apoc. vol. 2

11/30/2005 9:22:15 AM

I just picked up the first appearance of Ultimate Iron Man and his origin is briefly stated in it but its almost completely different than whats being said in the Ultimate Iron Man series. I am guessing that the precedent of his origin would be given to the new series.

1/5/2006 12:14:27 PM

As for my previous post, I read that alot of the "Ultimate Marvel Team-Up" stuff is not 100% relevant to the Ultimate Marvel Universe.

On a different note, I just picked up Astonishing X-Men 13 and its badass. I am very intrigued. This ark is starting off very good thus far.

2/24/2006 12:55:58 AM

Ult. Marvel Team-Up and Ult. Marvel Adventures aren't supposed to be cannon in the Ultimate universe. Some of the early writers made huge enough mistakes that Marvel has had to come out and say they fucked up and it has nothing to do with the rest of the line.

Just an nerdy fact. Sorry.

2/24/2006 12:59:55 AM

^so they relaunched these title so that they could start over and stop retconning and end up retconning within what like 4/5 years?

2/26/2006 9:19:02 AM

Yup.

For example one of the earlier stories had Spider-man meeting an older and established Reed Richards, when the Ult. Fantastic Four comic wouldn't even come out for quite some time.

2/26/2006 10:51:29 AM

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"For example one of the earlier stories had Spider-man meeting an older and established Reed Richards, when the Ult. Fantastic Four comic wouldn't even come out for quite some time."

They're supposed to be doing something to explain how that does actually fit into continuity.

2/26/2006 1:40:41 PM

I've been plowing through Brian K. Vaughan's work in the past few months. Caught up with Y: The Last Man, loved it. Did the same with Ex Machina. The Hood was kind of bad, but I still liked it, and it sucks that only the first set of issues were put in a trade. Runaways is what I'm reading now, and it's good, but I'm really waiting for new trades of Y and Machina.

2/26/2006 4:55:33 PM

I was never much into comic books as a kid... but between the movies & cartoons i've seen (batman, spiderman, x-men) I can follow them somewhat. I've bought some in college, most recently the nightcrawler series.

2/26/2006 5:04:01 PM

Quote :

"The Hood was kind of bad, but I still liked it, and it sucks that only the first set of issues were put in a trade."

THE HOOD was just a miniseries. The trade collects every book the character has appeared in.

2/26/2006 5:42:11 PM

Also recently acquired phoenix endsong, but Nightcrawler is still a person favorite.

2/27/2006 10:22:53 AM

^^ Well, then I guess I should say it sucks that there's no real sense of conclusion. It feels like the first arc of a much larger story.

2/27/2006 12:17:05 PM

Quote :

"They're supposed to be doing something to explain how that does actually fit into continuity."

So...retcon-lite?

2/27/2006 1:42:06 PM

Yea, let's retcon the new line of comics when it's only a few years old. How about they just say those comics never happened. Make life easier.

3/6/2006 9:15:20 PM

3/6/2006 11:02:51 PM

thats one of the best pages i've seen in years

even better than the "i like beer" page

3/6/2006 11:04:50 PM

^^ Yea, I really like that whole book. It made the whole "Danger" arc feel like a distant memory.

3/6/2006 11:07:02 PM

I like that one issue of Wolverine that came out lately, where the Avengers report that Wolverine got all his memories back. Then you see a montage of all the government officials killing themselves, blowing shit up, and freaking out.

3/6/2006 11:10:48 PM

hahahaahah

awesome

3/6/2006 11:25:32 PM

From WizardWorld 2006 Thread at http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/

Marvel

Quote :

"A fan asked who the creative team would be once Whedon and Cassaday wrapped up their run on Astonishing X-Men. Quesada said it was too early to say but the book would continue after their run."

I saw somewhere when they asked Whedon he said his dream team replacement would be Warren Ellis and Sal Larocca (which would in fact be my dream team).

Quote :

"Jeph Loeb will be writing Spider-Man alongside artist J. Scott Campbell, doing his first major work for Marvel. No word on if they are taking over another Spider-Man title or if they will be doing a mini-series but Jeph Loeb stated that he plans to stay on Spider-Man for a bit. There will be a sample of what is to come in the pages of Wizard in about 2 months."

Sounds pretty good to me.

Quote :

"There will be announcement made in the next few months concerning upcoming work for Stan Lee."

Wonder what he's still go in him...

DC

Quote :

"There are plans to bring the character of Chloe Sullivan from the TV show Smallville into comic book continuity."

Quote :

"# The Legion Letters page is Mark waid's favorite part of the book. It was joked that Mark waid was actually writing all the letters himself."

Quote :

"The new Freedoms Fighters and Atom series that are part of DC's A Brave New World are both concepts that were created by Grant Morrison and then given to other creative teams to work on."

Quote :

"A fan asked if Booster Gold would be appearing in the new Blue Beetle series. A rather ominous "If he makes it out of 52 alive" was the only response."

I'm not sure I really understand infinite crisis...is it just another really big DC reboot? Any time I try to read the summaries I don't really understand what they're talking about.

3/19/2006 4:30:03 AM

Quote :

"Jeph Loeb will be writing Spider-Man alongside artist J. Scott Campbell, doing his first major work for Marvel. No word on if they are taking over another Spider-Man title or if they will be doing a mini-series but Jeph Loeb stated that he plans to stay on Spider-Man for a bit. There will be a sample of what is to come in the pages of Wizard in about 2 months."

Very cool. I'm excited to see what Loeb does with the Ultimates when Millar's run wraps and would very much like to see Loeb take over Mavel Knights/Sensatonal/3rd title Spider-Man so we'd have JMS, Peter David, and Jeph Loeb writing the 3 mainline Spidey titles with Bendis still rocking the Ultimate version. It will be the best time to be a Spider-Man fan in years...

3/19/2006 5:11:37 PM

Has anyone picked up any Supreme Power (Squadron Supreme) comics? I think this one of my favorite books out there right now.




The characters and their powers are all generic yet the spin they put on them is great.

Hyperion = Superman (Hyperion is the alien that came to Earth, was taken by the government and molded to be their secret weapon.)
Nighthawk = Batman (African American guy whos parents are gunned down by white supremicists (sp?))
Doc Spectrum = Green Lantern (Guy with an alien power shard in his hand)
The Blur (Whizzer) = Flash
Zarda = Wonder Woman (Hyperion's female counterpart)
Kingsley (not her superhero name) = Aquaman

The list goes on and on. As I said, they're all generic but the background is more contemporary. Its like all the heroes you've always loved but with more depth.

I don't feel like getting into it but if you want a book, I'd suggest picking this up.

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Books I really enjoy right now:

Supreme Power (now Squadron Supreme)
Captain America
Astonishing X-Men

4/12/2006 12:38:59 AM

everyone shoul read Y the Last Man

4/12/2006 7:40:12 AM

y started to really stink things up after about issue 30. the pace just kinda stopped dead in its tracks for me

dmz has been surprisingly good though.

4/12/2006 9:06:20 AM

If you're going current Vertigo, Fables is by far the way to go. Exterminators is great, DMZ and Loveless are pretty good, and American Virgin had a strong start. I dropped Y: The Last Man.

4/12/2006 9:32:30 AM

Quote :

"The fact that no one has discussed any DC titles is disgusting. Right now, regardless of the Marvel Zombie-ism that many non-hardcore comic fans typically display, DC is kicking the crap out of Marvel in terms of quality."

AMEN!

Viva DC!

4/12/2006 9:44:42 AM

I'll concede that Infinite Crisis is way better than House of M. But beyond that, the only DC(non-Vertigo) books worth anything are Superman/Batman and (surprisingly)Nightwing. When Meltzer picks up JLA, I'll get that, and when Shadowpact's ongoing starts, I'll be all over that(because Detective Chimp is fucking great).

There's a slew of great Marvel titles out there. Kirkman's stuff in Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies(the best mini to come out in years, including Infinite Crisis and Identity Crisis) is all kinds of good. Daniel Way has actually made me care about Wolverine. JMS' Amazing Spider-Man stuff is okay on a bad day and brilliant on a good one. His work on the Fantastic Four isn't too shabby, either. Millar's work on The Ultimates is producing a really good read. Joss' Astonishing X-Men has been talked about to death, but with Brubaker(who's been money with Captain America of all characters) taking over Uncanny you've got to think that's going to pick up(Deadly Genesis has been pretty damn good). Bendis' stuff in Ultimate Spider-Man is always entertaining, even if New Avengers has trailed off a little bit(Powers is about to get all kinds of awesome). Warren Ellis' Iron Man story has been fantastic.

Marvel wins. The Distinguished Competition needs better writers. Start by getting rid of Judd.

4/12/2006 12:35:43 PM

i don't buy much...i got albion and majestic today

i don't think i've bought a marvel comic since the 90s...i've flipped through them, but i've never been big into x-men or spider-man

4/12/2006 4:33:33 PM

Try Supreme Power, Marko. Its not too shabby. Its not X-Men or Spiderman obviously. Hehe.

4/12/2006 5:56:35 PM

yea supreme powers (squadron supreme) is like a grown ups version of superman or the jla

exterminators has been pretty cool so far, but i dont want to spend my money on it yet so i just read it there. testament has gotten me to buy the first few issues but eh... the story has great premise but hasnt delivered yet.

The One Year Later stuff so far has been really interesting, especially Superman, Batman, and Nightwing

4/12/2006 11:01:16 PM

Quote :

"I'll concede that Infinite Crisis is way better than House of M. But beyond that, the only DC(non-Vertigo) books worth anything are Superman/Batman and (surprisingly)Nightwing. When Meltzer picks up JLA, I'll get that, and when Shadowpact's ongoing starts, I'll be all over that(because Detective Chimp is fucking great). There's a slew of great Marvel titles out there. Kirkman's stuff in Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies(the best mini to come out in years, including Infinite Crisis and Identity Crisis) is all kinds of good. Daniel Way has actually made me care about Wolverine. JMS' Amazing Spider-Man stuff is okay on a bad day and brilliant on a good one. His work on the Fantastic Four isn't too shabby, either. Millar's work on The Ultimates is producing a really good read. Joss' Astonishing X-Men has been talked about to death, but with Brubaker(who's been money with Captain America of all characters) taking over Uncanny you've got to think that's going to pick up(Deadly Genesis has been pretty damn good). Bendis' stuff in Ultimate Spider-Man is always entertaining, even if New Avengers has trailed off a little bit(Powers is about to get all kinds of awesome). Warren Ellis' Iron Man story has been fantastic. Marvel wins. The Distinguished Competition needs better writers. Start by getting rid of Judd."

I hate to say it, since I love Loeb, Superman and Batman, but the only really readable Superman/Batman arc was the first one, Public Enemies. Supergirl was a massive disappointment that led into the worst first five issues of any ongoing series ever, and Absolute Power was simply embarassing. This latest arc has been a severe step up from Absolute Power, but is still extremely weak. It's lack of quality, however, is excusable since Loeb's kid just died.

Nightwing was pretty good pre-OYL, but now it's pretty much unreadable, as of this past week. Bruce Jones obviously has no idea how to characterize Dick Grayson. Nightwing is a male model? Stupid as Hell.

Marvel Team-Up started strong, but the Titanus War was a complete let-down and everything afterward has been disappointing, particularly the recent Cable/Wolverine issue. If you want good Kirkman, go with Image's Invincible. Daniel Way is a Garth Ennis wannabe who has neither the sense of humor or the general talent to match Ennis in any way. Just look at his Punisher vs. Bullseye miniseries: he obviously tried to replicate the off-the-wall dark humor from Ennis's Marvel Knights Punisher run, and failed miserably, producing a mediocre-at-best book with an extremely lack-luster finish.

As far as writers who been given way too much leeway go, Brian Michael Bendis is the worst of the worst. New Avengers is a complete joke, spawned from the single worst Avengers story the world has ever seen. The only positive aspect of New Avengers is the mildly-entertaining dialogue, but that gets more irritating than entertaining after ten pages. His Spider-Man is particularly unbearable, mainly because it's so obvious that Bendis is incapable of writing Spider-Man without shoving in his Ultimate characterization. Speaking of, Ultimate Spider-Man is no longer good for much more than a time-killer. The book has been on the decline in terms of quality since the first arc.

Although I am adamant against the idea of the Ultimate universe (both Ultimate and All-Star), I agree that the Ultimates is a pretty good read, one of Marvel's only. I also agree that JMS's Fantastic Four is decent, although his Amazing Spider-Man has dropped off severely in pretty much every way. It seems like Peter Parker is now nothing more than Tony Stark's personal bitch. The Other sucked so very, very bad.

The X-Books have sucked for a long time (ever since Morrison left, really), although Whedon's Astonishing is quite a bit less-crappy than the rest. Deadly Genesis is one of the worst "events" to come in a long time (and yes, this does include House of M).

Ellis's Iron Man story was pretty entertaining, unless you look at what it really did: it turned Tony Stark into just another Captain America clone; a man injected with a super soldier formula.

Right now the best Marvel has is Ennis's Punisher MAX, and I will admit that Civil War has serious potential. The only problem is that Millar can't write the 616 Marvel Universe for shit. His run on Wolverine was okay at best, and his Marvel Knights Spider-Man run was God-awful.

Judd Winick is, unfortunately, a low-point in DC's stable of writers, but everyone else is going strong. Compare DC's main group to Marvel's: DC has Geoff Johns, Greg Rucka, Judd Winick, Gail Simone, Kurt Busiek, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Brad Meltzer. Marvel has Brian Bendis, Mark Millar, Daniel Way, Reginal Hudlin, JMS, Peter David and now Jeph Loeb. I'm not including guys like Keith Giffen, Brian K. Vaughn and Garth Ennis because they write for both companies. With the unfortunately exception of Winick, DC's central group is undeniably awesome. Rucka has yet to get a miss, and Simone is amazingly talented, although lately she's been slacking off. Then there is Johns, Busiek, Morrison and Waid, all four of which are simply legendary.

Marvel's side of the table is, comparitively, quite lacking. The first part of JMS's Amazing Spider-Man run was great, but when he his Sins Past, he went into free-fall. The Other was, quite simply, embarassing. Although Bendis has had some high points, his recent stuff has been quite mediocre at best, and Reggie Hudlin shouldn't even have a damn job. Daniel Way is, as I already stated, a poor-man's Garth Ennis and Millar can't write 616 Marvel to save his life. Peter David has been weak lately, with a short, forgettable Hulk run and his Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man has been nothing special, although, to be fair, he did have to put up with the whole The Other debacle. Jeph Loeb has had some incredible stuff, from his Long Halloween stuff to his Marvel "color" books, but lately he's been nothing but awful.

Without taking the random smaller talent into account, DC has Marvel by the balls in terms of quality of writer.

Right now, DC is kicking ass with its One Year Later event. Although both Blood of the Demon and Hawkgirl sucked ass, Nightwing is one big "WTF" given print and the Judd Winick-written books (Outsiders and Green Arrow) have been weak, everything else was great, particularly the Superman and Batman books, Teen Titans, Robin, Manhunter and Firestorm. And then there's the whole Vertigo line, which is full of nothing but gold.

4/15/2006 2:11:33 AM

wow

you must buy a lot of books to know all that
i guess im a nerd too, so i'll have to disagree with you on some points.
new avengers is marvels top selling book because it is a good departure from the avengers norm from the last however many years.
the other truly did suck, but this whole pre-civil war thing is getting set up nicely in the 1 spiderman book. i have a feeling hes going to use the new costume and the old to be able to be on both sides at once.
i have liked both nightwing and outsiders so far... i just hate how nightwing is in both, doing 2 completely separate things.
Ult. Spider-man is on its way up again with the whole him dating kitty pryde thing. And now Ultimate Deadpool!

you liked that bizarro/batzarro crap that was in superman/batman lately? just trying to read it felt like i was going mildly retarded.

4/15/2006 3:30:49 AM

Quote :

"Deadly Genesis is one of the worst "events" to come in a long time (and yes, this does include House of M)."

wow
i just read a synopsis

marvel can't go 5 issues of any title without a major re-imaging of history, can they?

4/15/2006 12:08:29 PM

Quote :

"wow you must buy a lot of books to know all that i guess im a nerd too, so i'll have to disagree with you on some points. new avengers is marvels top selling book because it is a good departure from the avengers norm from the last however many years. the other truly did suck, but this whole pre-civil war thing is getting set up nicely in the 1 spiderman book. i have a feeling hes going to use the new costume and the old to be able to be on both sides at once. i have liked both nightwing and outsiders so far... i just hate how nightwing is in both, doing 2 completely separate things. Ult. Spider-man is on its way up again with the whole him dating kitty pryde thing. And now Ultimate Deadpool! you liked that bizarro/batzarro crap that was in superman/batman lately? just trying to read it felt like i was going mildly retarded."

Yeah, comics are my only vice.

I have to disagree with you as to why New Avengers is selling so well. The reason is simple, and two-fold: people are buying it because Brian Bendis has been what's "it" lately (although his heat has been dying down lately) and because it has Spider-Man and Wolverine on the same team. It's the same for All-Star Batman: Frank Miller and Jim Lee together on Batman. Unfortunately, casual readers are happy with the star power of the creators and the characters and ignore the fact that both books suck every penis in a one hundred mile radius.

Like I said, even though The Other and House of M both blew nuts, Civil War has serious potential. I just don't hold much hope for it since it's Millar in the driver's seat. However, I can't explain how happy I am that it's not Bendis.

As for the costume thing, I have a feeling he's going to stick to the new costume throughout the entire ordeal, he'll just change the appearance, as he was recently shown to be able to do in a recent Amazing Spider-Man. Speaking of the costume, boy, does that thing blow. And I don't even mean the appearance: every aspect of it sucks ass. The stupid-ass spider-arms are lame as Hell, and why the fuck are there only three? What the Hell kind of spider has seven legs? The closest Quesada came to answering that question is basically, "because he would be too much like Dr. Octopus." Fuck you, Quesada. And the flying bullshit is terrible.

What I don't like about the Nightwing/Outsiders thing is how terribly different their characterizations of Nightwing are. In Nightwing, Grayson is bent on stopping Jason Todd from killing criminals, but in Outsiders, he's ready to sacrifice innocent lives for the sake of the mission? That makes no sense.

Ultimate Spider-Man has been up and down lately. The recent Silver Sable arc was extremely weak, although the arc before that about Iron Fist and Shang Chi was pretty good. The current Deadpool arc has potential and I sort of like the Kitty Pryde thing, although that's mainly because I hate Ultimate Mary Jane and love to see her suffer.

Parts of the Batzarro/Bizarro stuff in Superman/Batman have been interesting, but some parts were dumb. What bugs me is that the entire reason for this arc's existence is to get in a jab back at Marvel for taking jabs at DC, but the edge is completely wiped out now that the writer, Jeph Loeb, is not only Marvel-exclusive, but will be writing the very comic book he was focusing on in Superman/Batman, the Ultimates! That's idiotic to me.

4/15/2006 8:10:32 PM

i hate the bizarros

4/15/2006 8:47:12 PM

I just reread Hitman, and I totally miss that series.

Fables really is one of the best things going on right now. Vertigo needs to get its ass in gear and find me some more good stuff. I didn't know I was all about the Vertigo lines until I realized my favorite books were Transmet, Preacher, Fables, and Y-the Last Man.

I'm on my way through all the Sin City titles right now, and it's not too shabby. I couldn't believe how well the movie got it though after reading them.

4/16/2006 10:31:10 AM

quesada doesnt even think about what hes doing.
he just writes shit because hes the boss. look at his daredevil mini. he waited over a year to put out issue 2 to a mini that almost no one bought issue one of. he wanted to "restructure" it but it still ended up sucking ass.

after house of m, ive pretty much given up on the x-titles except Xfactor and the 2 Xmen (regular and uncanny... bad vices. just cant let go no matter how much they stink). as far as marvel goes, im pretty much just into the ultimate stuff now. im also into young avengers and runaways just because its different than most marvel stuff.

DC has got me with about 1/2 of the 1 year later titles. I just started DC within the past year or so, thats why Im not as upset about the nightwing thing. Also into DMZ... y and fables slowed down to me so i may just check out the trades.

Then I go for Walking Dead (had to sell my whole run to pay for a speeding ticket back in october)

4/16/2006 4:31:36 PM

The huge surge of TPB's is definitely what got me back into reading. I haven't actually bought a comic in like 8 years.

4/16/2006 4:47:52 PM

Quote :

"quesada doesnt even think about what hes doing. he just writes shit because hes the boss. look at his daredevil mini. he waited over a year to put out issue 2 to a mini that almost no one bought issue one of. he wanted to "restructure" it but it still ended up sucking ass. after house of m, ive pretty much given up on the x-titles except Xfactor and the 2 Xmen (regular and uncanny... bad vices. just cant let go no matter how much they stink). as far as marvel goes, im pretty much just into the ultimate stuff now. im also into young avengers and runaways just because its different than most marvel stuff. DC has got me with about 1/2 of the 1 year later titles. I just started DC within the past year or so, thats why Im not as upset about the nightwing thing. Also into DMZ... y and fables slowed down to me so i may just check out the trades. Then I go for Walking Dead (had to sell my whole run to pay for a speeding ticket back in october)"

If you want to read X-Men, drop Adjectiveless and Uncanny and pick up Astonishing. I hate the X-Men like no other, but Astonishing is widely acknowledged to be the only one worth reading.

DC's One Year Later has got me, too, and I'm about ready to drop everything Marvel-related I buy except for Amazing Spider-Man and Punisher and devote my entire paycheck to DC. DMZ is great, although I think Fables is quite a bit better. If you want some more good Vertigo reading, try picking up Loveless or Exterminators. American Virgin is on it's second issue and I've liked it a lot so far, although I really don't have any idea where they're taking the book.

If you want go back and pick up Walking Dead again, grab the hardcover that's coming out later this year. It will collect the bulk of what has been released so far and will probably include quite a bit of extra material.

4/16/2006 7:01:42 PM

Quote :

" marvel can't go 5 issues of any title without a major re-imaging of history, can they?"

I think what we really need is a story where an aspect of Xavier's past is revealed in which he did something of questionable morality in order to "further his dream" I really don't think that's been explored enough.

4/16/2006 7:22:36 PM

^The "Dangerous" story arc in Astonishing kinda reveals something he did thats questionable.

4/16/2006 7:28:35 PM

Although the Illuminati is pretty fucking lame, I'm pretty sure his whole involvement was something to question.

4/16/2006 7:29:51 PM

^^i think dude was being sarcastic

since that is ALL they appear to have been doing with his character in the last 12 months
between danger and whats going on with that Third Summers brother shit
ol cueball is really being made to look like a dickhead

4/16/2006 9:48:34 PM

^Hahah, shows how much I've been keepin up.

4/16/2006 9:51:56 PM

ha, word

4/16/2006 10:18:58 PM