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You forgot the awesome foreshadowing sequence. (same issue) I can hear Bushroot's voice perfectly when I read that. BOOM!'s Darkwing comic is fantastic.
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A bad breakup is always hardest on the couple's friends.
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| # ? Jul 27, 2010 21:28 |
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Wow. I don't recall Quackerjack going off like that in the series. Is there a reason Negaduck's name sets him off?
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 04:38 |
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This is just guessing, but have you seen Shutter Island?
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| # ? Jul 28, 2010 07:22 |
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My memory is kind of hazy, but Quakerjack wasn't just a loony, right? His banana doll really did talk and really was incredibly malevolent?
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Vicissitude posted:Wow. I don't recall Quackerjack going off like that in the series. Is there a reason Negaduck's name sets him off? I'm guessing it's an abandonment/betrayal thing. The comic takes place a year after a mysterious organization called Quackwerks moved into town and put an end to crime and forced the criminals into mundane day jobs (leading to a great scene of Drake Mallard sharing a cubicle with the former Megavolt). So something definitely happened in-between that set Quackerjack off even more. Lurdiak posted:My memory is kind of hazy, but Quakerjack wasn't just a loony, right? His banana doll really did talk and really was incredibly malevolent? It was just Quackerjack being crazy ala the Ventriloquist, but there was an episode where some kind of demon thing possessed the doll and Quackerjack couldn't tell.
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Poor neglected Badass Thread... Franken-Castle #19. Daken pursues Frank though the subway:   The Thanos Imperative #2. A temporarily weakened Thanos has arrived in a parallel universe where death does not exist:  
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smashpro1 posted:I was saddened to find out that Arkham Asylum 2 would be the last time that Hamil would provide Joker's voice, but I think DiMaggio will be just fine Actually, he's in DC Universe Online too, along with Conroy.
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| # ? Aug 17, 2010 01:51 |
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Lars Blitzer posted:Actually, he's in DC Universe Online too, along with Conroy. Like I said, Arkham Asylum 2, now renamed Arkham City, would be the last time. DC Universe Online comes out before Arkham City
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Until he wants another paycheck. I love the guy, but he pulled the same stunt with the first Arkham Asylum. EDIT: Some content. Video of Azbats vs Bane from Batman #500. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4sJ68xa4qM Die Laughing fucked around with this message at Aug 17, 2010 around 22:01 |
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Die Laughing posted:Until he wants another paycheck. I love the guy, but he pulled the same stunt with the first Arkham Asylum. Since I was just re-reading Batman Year One last night:  Click here for the full 660x1000 image.  Click here for the full 670x1000 image. Bonus Mazzucchelli Badassery:  Click here for the full 800x608 image. Until yesterday, I never really noticed just how well-composed and timed that panel is. It's beautiful. redbackground fucked around with this message at Aug 17, 2010 around 23:17 |
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redbackground posted:I'm a big a fan of Knightfall as anybody can be, but that was terrible and you should feel bad for linking it. I've always thought of Batman: Year One as a great Gordon story. He seems like he has the biggest arc int he whole thing, going from relatively naive rookie to getting setup for the eventual Commissioner job.
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Whelp, Year one is going on my x-mas list.
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| # ? Aug 19, 2010 02:38 |
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redbackground posted:Until yesterday, I never really noticed just how well-composed and timed that panel is. It's beautiful. Mazzucchelli is a master and Year One is not even close to his best work.
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drat, I have the reprint with the new painted colors and I can't believe the difference.
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Best Friend posted:drat, I have the reprint with the new painted colors and I can't believe the difference.  I had no idea such a thing was ever done.
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| # ? Aug 20, 2010 13:38 |
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redbackground posted:
They also pulled that poo poo with the Killing Joke, only it was even worse since they made it black and white with bad photoshop effects. Wheeee DC reprints! 
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Both Year One and Killing Joke's recolorings were by the original artists. Richmond Lewis's paint job on Year One is gorgeous, and Higgins never followed Bolland's color guide regarding KJ in the first place, so Bolland recolored it personally for the anniversary deluxe edition.
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d00gZ posted:Both Year One and Killing Joke's recolorings were by the original artists. Richmond Lewis's paint job on Year One is gorgeous, and Higgins never followed Bolland's color guide regarding KJ in the first place, so Bolland recolored it personally for the anniversary deluxe edition. Anyone have a comparison?
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I was really happy with The Killing Joke's recoloring. I always thought that the original colors where way too cartoony and garish for Bolland's pencils. Before:  After: 
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| # ? Aug 20, 2010 14:37 |
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I gotta say that I prefer the original coloring. It's just more interesting.
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| # ? Aug 20, 2010 15:03 |
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Agreed. The lurid, sickly yellows weren't an accident, casting everything in "realistic" tones significantly weakens the mood of the story.
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Bolland's colors are perfunctory, but completely lacking any mood or awareness of light. Joker's hair is simply green, Batman's cape is simply blue, there are no interactions between warm and cool colors for any sort of effect, it's just bleh. It isn't done poorly, but it looks like the coloring of the majority of "good" comics out there. It is technically proficient, but shows no artistry or subtlety whatsoever.
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Does anyone have any recolored/painted Year One scans? I can't find a single image online. edit: this should all probably be moved over to Derailed.
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This week's Thunderbolts (#147) was a ton of action, but in particular here's Warden Walker's badass moment of the year (I snipped the sequence together for easier viewing):
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E: BSSDT
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From Thunderbolts 146 evil mutants have just disabled Juggernaut, Luke Cage and Moonstone. Apologies if this has been posted before. I'm on a slowish internet connection that sometimes like to ignore pictures. Click here for the full 1280x1961 image.
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They also disable Mach V. Ghost is apparently able to 'possess' electronics, so he's running the suit there.
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I can't believe how good Thunderbolts has been recently.
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| # ? Aug 21, 2010 22:55 |
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Is that Man-Thing? Not someone I was expecting to see.
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| # ? Aug 23, 2010 13:49 |
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Vicissitude posted:Is that Man-Thing? Not someone I was expecting to see.
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E the Shaggy posted:I can't believe how good Thunderbolts has been recently. Jeff Parker's Thunderbolts is way better than I expected (I expected Atlas crossovers) and it only helps that Diggle stinked up the book with some good ideas but no execution. The team sounded wholly uninteresting at first but I'm buying it. Plus, I'm really digging the art in a nice stylized way like Ramos. Though, I think a lot of people wouldn't call that a compliment BUT I DO.
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Neep posted:Jeff Parker's Thunderbolts is way better than I expected (I expected Atlas crossovers) and it only helps that Diggle stinked up the book with some good ideas but no execution. I agree, the only thing I don't like is that every once and a while they forget ALL of The Juggernaut's character development. Other than being about a quarter as strong, he could be strait out of X-Men #12. Only sort of related, but I'm also really annoyed that just when Taskmaster and Constrictor(?) got interesting they literally rode off into the sunset.
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Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:I agree, the only thing I don't like is that every once and a while they forget ALL of The Juggernaut's character development. Other than being about a quarter as strong, he could be strait out of X-Men #12. Also, if you weren't aware, Fred Van Lente's writing a four issue Taskmaster mini-series dealing with the fallout from Siege. Given the creative team, it should be pretty awesome. From The Anchor #2, written by Phil Hester and drawn by Brian Churilla.   Munchface fucked around with this message at Aug 23, 2010 around 22:35 |
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Munchface posted:I feel like Juggernaut's still showing some of the development he received under Austen and later writers, it's just not terribly overt. In the most recent issue he saved a guard's life, while still keeping up his gruff attitude. It's a lot more show-don't-tell. He didn't kill the rear end-loads of civilians you would expect even when he was a villain, and even then he was smarter & not so gruff. To me that sounds like new development(using manipulation to defeat an enemy) rather than old development(Being a member of 'avengers europe'). Don't get me wrong I'm all in favor of new development but at the moment he seems like he'd rip a guy that was a little bit of a jerk to him in half for the fun of it. He really hadn't been that guy for a long while. In some ways he seems at his darkest. When he had his full power he didn't have to hurt anyone, he could always just leave and they couldn't do anything about it. Now they can hurt him back. It would be hilarious if Spiderman or Colossus decided to take some revenge. That's good to hear about Taskmaster, but what about Frank?(Constrictor). Does Frank have a new code name now that he lacks constricting vibranium coils? Also given the revelations of Deadpool's recent run in with GhostRider I'd say he's about due for a run in with a formal rival, and a former roomate. Taskmaster and Constrictor are about as close to friends as Deadpool has left. To add to the thread and my point here's Deadpool demonstrating how badass the Juggernaut used to be.  Click for big  Click for big If you notice this vat of molten, presumably, steel(Deadpool dropped knife blanks on him earlier) didn't even singe his arm hair. He's just pissed about having something dumped on him. Yeah, in the Deadpool team-up book, sooner or later Taskmaster, Constrictor, and Juggernaut are mandatory. VVV I hope you're right. I'll keep on reading for Ghost and crossbones anyway. VVV Dr. MonkeyThunder fucked around with this message at Aug 24, 2010 around 17:21 |
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Dr. MonkeyThunder posted:He didn't kill the rear end-loads of civilians you would expect even when he was a villain, and even then he was smarter & not so gruff. To me that sounds like new development(using manipulation to defeat an enemy) rather than old development(Being a member of 'avengers europe'). Don't get me wrong I'm all in favor of new development but at the moment he seems like he'd rip a guy that was a little bit of a jerk to him in half for the fun of it. He really hadn't been that guy for a long while. In some ways he seems at his darkest. When he had his full power he didn't have to hurt anyone, he could always just leave and they couldn't do anything about it. Now they can hurt him back. It would be hilarious if Spiderman or Colossus decided to take some revenge. Actually, that seemed more a "OK, I could pound these jokers, but this poor dude will get reamed in the crossfire, better outsmart them instead". And Cain's clearly the only one of the inmate T-bolts Cage actually trusts. He let him go off unsupervised once Hazmat blew the power.
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Speaking of Austen Juggernaut, from Uncanny X-Men #422. X-Men vs. Alpha Flight leads to Juggernaut and Sasquatch running at each other head-on and punching each other at the same time, causing them both to go down in a crater created from the impact. Juggernaut gets up first. 
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Pretty much the entirety of Thor #613 deserves to be here, but these last two pages in particular are incredibly badass. 
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I like Mephisto in this story, you can tell he's enjoying every minute of what's happening. That place probably get's boring real fast.
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Awesome Andy posted:I like Mephisto in this story, you can tell he's enjoying every minute of what's happening. Absolutely, he's just sitting there all "Don't mind me!" with his own private narrator for the story. I really, really like Gillen's take on the book, he's pretty good with his mythology.
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