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For me, Requiem is Straczynski's crowning achievement as a comics writer. And the art is loving great.
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Freakangels is pretty good, but Planetary is his crowning achievement and will be difficult to top.
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I think what I love about that Death of Spider-Man cover is the word bubble they gave Ben. "You did good, kid."
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Aug 2, 2012 22:10
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There's a great scene in that arc where Batman is being snarky to Alan and Jack chews him a new one for disrespecting a legend, and says he doesn't care if Batman has a go at him, but there's no way in hell he'll let Batman talk to Alan that way, and honestly, it could go in this thread or the badass thread.
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Oct 30, 2012 13:17
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Holy poo poo, Bendis. Total loving gut-punch.
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Rhyno posted:Lucifer is Carey's finest work, he was given total free reign to do whatever he wanted and god drat did he work some magic. And he did it with Gaiman's blessing and Gaiman loved the whole thing. Bonus style points.
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Apr 20, 2013 04:59
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Peter David's run on the Hulk might be the greatest run the character's ever seen.
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Jun 15, 2013 23:52
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My understanding is that some folks REALLY love Greg Pak's run.
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Jun 16, 2013 03:36
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Written by Fraction, art by Aja. Those two got the touch, son.
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Jun 20, 2013 04:14
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That Sandman issue with Prez is loving surreal. It is proof positive that there are no bad characters, only bad writers.
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Oct 10, 2013 04:27
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When Wade finds Butler, he's gonna wear his duodenum as a jaunty hat. And that scene hit me emotionally in a way I haven't been hit since that little kid asked Aunt May if she was Peter's mom at his funeral.
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Oct 11, 2013 15:39
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That was fuckin' great. I really enjoy the Batman Black And White I've seen.
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Nov 7, 2013 20:29
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A Real Horse posted:This has become one of my favorite panels ever. Superman is one of my favorite heroes, and I have a hard time explaining why. This simple panel shows it off nicely. Let me help you: He has the power of A God, but is kind, respectful, and displays humility when he would be justified in having zero. And in the hands of a good writer, it never seems phony, or corny.
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Nov 18, 2013 05:08
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A Real Horse posted:Well yeah, but when you are talking with some people (my comic reading friends) about it they are so set in "LOL INVINCIBLE NO FUN" that it's very frustrating. Shame, since they are missing out on some excellent comics. Most of these people have never read a good Superman comic, I assume. They do exist.
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Nov 18, 2013 18:50
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That was terrific.
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Nov 19, 2013 02:44
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What makes the current Deadpool run work is that it has some whacky stuff but the whacky stuff is funny (usually), and there's plenty of pathos and drama that has been well executed.
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Nov 19, 2013 17:22
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bobkatt013 posted:He read Grounded I thought we all agreed to not acknowledge Grounded as an entity.
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Nov 28, 2013 21:25
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Chinaman7000 posted:Holy poo poo how can people have so much negativity to say about Superman saying a nice thing to a cop. This lady at McDonalds wished me a good day. The gently caress was she trying to say?! Like I'm some rube who needs to hear that? gently caress her! Hell yeah. I'm not the biggest Superman fan. But I do like some of his stuff, and you know, the stuff I have enjoyed features him being a kind man who understands and displays humility.
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Nov 29, 2013 06:24
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I have literally never read a bad Astro City story. Kurt Busiek is a drat fine writer.
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Dec 18, 2013 06:21
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Uthor posted:I love how after most of the series of looking like a fool, he has a job to do and just goes out and proves exactly why he's Spider's editor. And spider, who hates everybody, admits he's a good man and a good editor.
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E the Shaggy posted:From today's Amazing X-Men #4: Oh my god.
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Feb 20, 2014 14:59
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Gavok posted:Ultimate Spider-Man #200 is about all of Peter's friends (as well as Miles and Ganke, who never met him) getting together to celebrate his life, two years after his death. At one point, to break the silence, Mary Jane asks if anyone ever thinks about what Peter would have been like had he grown up. They all go over their own ideas, accompanied by two-page spreads. Bendis is really good at stomach punch moments in USM. Doesn't quite top "Were you Spider-Man's mommy?" but pretty drat close.
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Apr 3, 2014 20:24
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Chinaman7000 posted:I liked this a lot, but I feel it works just as good, if not better and easier to read, as a short story. It's a little soap opera, but in an appropriate way that seems honest and realistic. It's not melodrama. If USM was a country, I'd be nominating Bendis for Dictator for Life.
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Apr 4, 2014 02:01
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Logan's there too, and that's REALLY surprising, given their history. Fuckin' A, Wade.
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Apr 11, 2014 02:31
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Uthor posted:Casey's father likes to get drunk and beat him. Raph is sick of it. Splinter is wise, yet hardcore. I'd have been okay with this being in the badass thread.
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Aug 21, 2014 23:44
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W.T. Fits posted:Found this on imugur a few minutes ago, thought some people here might appreciate it: Astro City-esque, and I mean that in the best way. Goddamn.
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Duke Igthorn posted:Deadpool 041: I enjoyed this, one of my favorite comic tropes is villains having scruples and being unwilling to cross really hosed lines.
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Mar 8, 2015 19:50
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Malachite_Dragon posted:That seems awful... I'm not sure what the word I'm looking for is. Gamey? Contrived? Hypocritical, maybe? I initially read this as Garney, and wondered what you had against former Captain America artist Ron Garney.
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Mar 23, 2015 17:47
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Lurdiak posted:That's gonna be happening to Moore for the next 100 years, I feel. Kind of a compliment in a sense, I guess. Although I doubt he'll see it that way.
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Apr 28, 2015 01:36
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Poison Mushroom posted:It's one that's already come up here several times, I'm sure, but whatever gets the thread back on topic. That is a GREAT "Oh, gently caress me" expression on Goblin's face.
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Aug 30, 2015 06:36
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Damian is such a fun character.
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Sep 24, 2015 17:18
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Gavok posted:I really think Kingdom Come Batman is my favorite incarnation of Batman. There's a lot to love about him, mainly in that he's finally embraced what he is and it's made him more upbeat. I also like how the whole "Batman doesn't kill!" thing is played with, not in the sense that he's killed bad guys, but in that he's become disturbingly and realistically complacent with murder happening around him. Someone blew up Arkham? Oh well, what are you going to do? That panel with J'onn broke my loving heart when I read KC for the first time. And I liked Batman showing some goddamn compassion to him.
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Infinitum posted:So anyway. This got posted on Imgur earlier, and imma crosspost it here because it's real good Holy gently caress, I think I need to lay down a bit
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There's an issue of the period where Walker is Cap where he fights a group of mutants. I cannot remember the group's name for the life of me, but their uniforms were yellow and they all had power, obviously. And the narrative through the whole fight, is that the telepath of the team can't help as she watches her team get massacred, because, and no poo poo, this is true, Walker is an unthinking fighting machine. He mows through them like a loving chainsaw. It turned me off of Captain America for a while, even as a kid. It took Mark Waid to bring me back.That was when I realized the point of Cap: not to be a walking weapon, but to be a human ideal for Americans to aspire to.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:The Resistants, who formed in opposition to the Mutant Registration Act - an act which Steve Rogers as Cap had actually publicly spoken against, which is part of the reason the Commission on Superhuman Activities was pissed at him and willing to replace him with John Walker. They were originally called Mutant Force, which is a terrible loving name. That telepath was going by Think-Tank at the time, but is probably better known as minor super-baddie Mentallo. Yes! The Resistants, that's right. And in hindsight, the hypnosis thing was extra lovely, although 8 year old me probably didn't think of the ramifications.
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Infinitum posted:On the topic of cancer, gonna post a good comic on the subject where everything is handled well. Holy poo poo.
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mind the walrus posted:He refused to cooperate like a good scapegoat when people were looking to blame something for Columbine. Well, and his habit of sexually assaulting people, as well as being abusive to spouses and bandmates. (I agree with you about the Columbine thing, FWIW)
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Class move by DC, though.
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Nov 5, 2016 04:44
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Requiem is really good. Best thing JMS ever did.
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That story arc destroyed me. Maybe shouldn't have read it a few months after my girlfriend died.
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