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I forget who it was in this thread that said to read Marauders but I did and I am going to start listening to that person more
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:I forget who it was in this thread that said to read Marauders The answer is everyone. Or at least it should have been.
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Feb 24, 2021 04:09
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With Thunderbolts, his own series now and even the recent appearance in the new Iron First book, Taskmaster has become one of my favorite villains. I hope the eventually released Black Widow movie doesn't tarnish this image.
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Feb 24, 2021 14:32
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Another Black Cat issue, another triumph. Absolutely floored that part three of an event tie-in / series relaunch can do so much quality character work for Felicia, while still having a cool ending as a cherry on top. That whole gallery sequence though, take a bow team.
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Feb 24, 2021 16:18
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Dammit, I didn't realise Magnificent Ms. Marvel was ending. Black Cat was great, naturally. ASM was great, too. IMHO.
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Feb 24, 2021 21:26
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:I forget who it was in this thread that said to read Marauders but I did and I am going to start listening to that person more It's certainly either it or X-Force as my favourite part of the X-Men reboot. Although Hickman's version of Cyclops is possibly the most I've ever liked Scott. And the end of the first arc of Hellions is extremely messed up in that way where the outcome makes sense, but the reasoning just makes you feel like the council are a stack of dicks. Is Maraurders also the first time they've been pretty much explicit that Kate's queer? #12 has that big splash panel of her making out with the tattoo artist girl in a way that read to me like Duggan put in his notes to Lolli "Make sure no-one can pretend this is just a 'gal pals' kiss". I'm actually kind of enjoying the Krakoa era being once again embracing the whole sexual freedom element that's crept into the X-Men over the decades. Magik also being basically openly pan, Jean and Logan loving in the hot-tub and Scott seemingly being cool with it, the occasional hint that Jean's also OK with Scott and Emma flirting if not outright indulging in BDSM stuff. Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Feb 24, 2021 |
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Feb 24, 2021 21:44
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Yvonmukluk posted:ASM was great, too. IMHO. Did something....ya know, actually happen?!
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Feb 25, 2021 12:15
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If anything ASM added even more plot threads that they never plan on tying up anytime soon.
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Feb 25, 2021 16:16
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TheHan posted:If anything ASM added even more plot threads that they never plan on tying up anytime soon. Yeah but I think they're going towards one specific thing. I think they're going to undo the spell.
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Feb 25, 2021 16:25
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Rhyno posted:Yeah but I think they're going towards one specific thing. That would be pretty great, but I can't help but feel like they're using the promise of totally undoing OMD this time to string along complete suckers like myself. Even by superhero comic standards ASM has felt wildly decompressed.
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Feb 25, 2021 17:06
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Rhyno posted:Yeah but I think they're going towards one specific thing. I'm sure they will effectively undo all the nonsensical magical shenanigans behind it, but realistically speaking...the marriage itself won't be coming back. Which I'm honestly mostly fine with, at least by this point in time.
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Feb 25, 2021 17:12
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wielder posted:I'm sure they will effectively undo all the nonsensical magical shenanigans behind it, but realistically speaking...the marriage itself won't be coming back. Considering this issue literally had Peter monologuing about how he was stuck in an endless rut, specifically noting he had neither married nor had children, not to mention he's already got a ring...I think otherwise. Why get rid of the spell if you're just going to disregard the marriage as well? Given the success of RYV & ITSV literally having Peter B. Parker grappling with the possibility of fatherhood, I think there might even be a bouncing baby spiderling coming to the 616 later in this run as added anti-retcon insurance.
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Gaz-L posted:Is Maraurders also the first time they've been pretty much explicit that Kate's queer? Yes and it's about loving time/long overdue. See also: Mystique finally being able to refer to Destiny as her wife.
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The Marneus Calgar series is pretty good. It's mainly an introduction to the universe, but it sets the right tone. I was worried they might try to tone the sillyness down a bit, but when the Lord of Skulls appears there's an insert explaining that it's left arm is a cannon that shoots giant skulls that explode into a storm of shrapnel and the shrapnel is flaming regular-sized skulls. I'm feeling good about the Marvel Warhammer universe. But I still hope they do some titles that aren't about Ultramarines soon.
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Feb 26, 2021 19:09
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Gripweed posted:But I still hope they do some titles that aren't about Ultramarines soon. 
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Feb 26, 2021 19:57
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is anyone reading US Agent? What the gently caress is even going on in that book?
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I saw a few issues of a Marvel comic magazine I had never heard of before; Savage Tales. Judging from the covers, it's about two insanely hot babes joyously murdering men. Is it as amazing as the covers make it look? Why does nobody talk about it?
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Feb 28, 2021 02:21
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The first Savage Tales was a short lived book featuring mostly Conan stories but is notable for being where our beloved Giant Size Man-Thing first appeared.
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Feb 28, 2021 02:35
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X-O posted:The first Savage Tales was a short lived book featuring mostly Conan stories but is notable for being where our beloved Giant Size Man-Thing first appeared. I like Conan, but if I bought that magazine based on that cover and all was inside was a Conan story, I'd be very unhappy.
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Feb 28, 2021 03:20
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Gripweed posted:I like Conan, but if I bought that magazine based on that cover and all was inside was a Conan story, I'd be very unhappy. that cover is from the second version of Savage Tales from the mid 80s specifically Savage Tales #6
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Feb 28, 2021 03:26
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Alaois posted:that cover is from the second version of Savage Tales from the mid 80s Ok then, what's the deal with the second version of Strange Tales, the one with the awesome covers? Is it as amazing as it looks and why does no one talk about it?
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Feb 28, 2021 03:34
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well, it was a direct market comic in the mid 80s when the direct market hadn't really become The Primary Means of Comic Book Selling so I assume it didn't have a very wide readership!
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Feb 28, 2021 03:38
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Savage Tales (v2, the one that Gripweed posted the cover of) wasn't actually a direct market book, it was a black and white magazine, something Marvel tried in the 1970s to skirt the Comics Code Authority, but never really had much success other than Savage Sword of Conan, which was still running as a black and white magazine when they tried their hand at a new round of magazines in the mid-1980s. The issue with Savage Tales v2 is that most of the covers were sort of cyberpunk dystopian women, but the interiors were definitely not. If you bought the issue with the cover shown above, you'd get 1) "The Regulator", a western story about cattle rustling 2) "Tank Town", a turn of the century boxing noir 3) "Spree Time", basically a funny animal retelling of In Cold Blood 4) "Criss Cross", I guess a vaguely future cyberpunk book with a biker in it, but not any insanely hot babes murdering men. 5) "Of War and Peace", a meditation on dying in the line of duty 6) "War Zone", a Vietnam ambush story That's basically what every issue was, 90% straight war/western/detective stories that everyone involved fondly remembered from growing up reading comics. The popular 'Nam series spun out of Savage Tales v2 and eventually got its own magazine. But for whatever reason, the covers had nothing to do with the interior and the hot punk rock women were essentially a bait and switch.
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Feb 28, 2021 03:54
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you're much better at finding this kind of poo poo than I am, my searches turned up zero description of what was actually inside the book
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Feb 28, 2021 03:57
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It was mostly a non-code anthology with a focus on military adventure stories. The Doug Murray/Michael Golden series The Nam was a loose spin-off (insofar as they started doing gritty Vietnam stories in Savage Tales and then did a whole series of gritty Vietnam stories) which as far as I know is the most notable thing about it. That being said if you ever see issues in a quarter bin they're worth picking up. Herb Trimpe has a really striking looking serial, "The Sky Warriors," about a fighter ace guy.  As well as a number of Western stories by a young Chuck Dixon and the great John Severin:  Larry Hama edited all eight issues and he did an admirable job of maintaining a consistency of tone and a more or less readable level of quality, although some of the stuff in here is a lot better than others. For what it's worth the covers are not really representative of the insides-- they're all kind of post-apocalyptic ladies waging mayhem whereas the interior stories are in that vague spectrum from "manly men waging battle" to "war is hell," kind of the Ennis Sweetspot.
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Feb 28, 2021 04:01
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That is the most disappointing thing I have ever heard.
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Feb 28, 2021 04:05
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I feel embarrassed that I basically posted the same information as E&C, just seven minutes later because I took too long. But hey-- please enjoy the nice Herb Trimpe art and a really lovely John Severin page?
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I actually thought that first one was a nick fury story at first glance
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Feb 28, 2021 04:47
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i remember Marvel publishing a number of black-and-white anthology comics circa 2009-10 as homage to the 70s B&W magazines can't remember any of them, but they had some good writers here and there so there must've been some good material somewhere
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FoneBone posted:i remember Marvel publishing a number of black-and-white anthology comics circa 2009-10 as homage to the 70s B&W magazines Rampaging Wolverine (an homage to the Rampaging Hulk magazine) Savage Axe of Ares (Savage Sword of Conan) Shang-Chi: Master of Kung-Fu (Deadly Hands of Kung Fu) Indomitable Iron Man Mystic Hands of Dr. Strange I don't remember reading any of these besides the aforementioned Hickman Shang-Chi/Deadpool team up, but across the five one-shots you've also got a lot of people I like (Tomm Coker, Kieron Gillen, Frazier Irving, Peter Milligan, Frank Brunner, Mike Carey, Marcos Martin, etc) so it's probably worth revisiting. Marvel used to/still does put out so many weird one-shots that are like 80% dross that it's really easy to overlook the good ones; just in the past year alone there have been three really fun Fantastic four one shots (Grimm Noir by Gerry Duggan and Ron Garney, 4 Yancy Street by Dugan, Greg Smallwood/Mark Bagley/etc., and Road Trip by Christopher Cantwell and Filipe Andrade) that nearly make up for all of the Slottiness of the main book. Nearly.
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Feb 28, 2021 06:59
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honestly just give the FF to Duggan
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Feb 28, 2021 07:21
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Blockhouse posted:honestly just give the FF to Duggan you could give a lot of books to Duggan and it'll solve some problems
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Feb 28, 2021 08:10
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FoneBone posted:i remember Marvel publishing a number of black-and-white anthology comics circa 2009-10 as homage to the 70s B&W magazines There was also a one-shot revival of Bizarre Adventures (née Marvel Preview) a year and a half ago or so.
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Blockhouse posted:honestly just give the FF to Duggan I actually want Zdarsky on it. I suppose you could split the difference and Chip could draw it?
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Gripweed posted:I saw a few issues of a Marvel comic magazine I had never heard of before; Savage Tales. Judging from the covers, it's about two insanely hot babes joyously murdering men. Is it as amazing as the covers make it look? Why does nobody talk about it? This is obviously about questionable women with variably loose morals and their lust for blatantly murdering all authority.
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Feb 28, 2021 15:33
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I will never forgive Marvel Comics until they release an ongoing series that lives up to that cover.
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Feb 28, 2021 15:36
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Alaois posted:you could give a lot of books to Duggan and it'll solve some problems I'm opposed to any move that would extend Duggan to a point where he can't write Cable.
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Feb 28, 2021 16:31
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Ms. Marvel's adventures continue in... Champions #5? What? I'm not reading Champions! Every time I give it a chance I end up hating it! Man, I thought Ms. Marvel was cancel-proof, especially right now. What the hell.
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Feb 28, 2021 16:57
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I don't think it was cancelled, I think Ahmed left the book.
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rantmo posted:I don't think it was cancelled, I think Ahmed left the book. No, the last issue was the last issue as far as I know. Kamala just had her actress cast so I wouldn't be surprised if she has a new ongoing soon but right now there's nothing.
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