Deathmate - Does Anything Significant Happen?

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:50 am

HaloReach2010 wrote:Thanks, Dan.

Now I dont have to dig these out to check!

I usually use Deathmate books as padding when shipping small packages, just used some recently, so I didnt have the DM books on hand...!

Yes, and I was the one who received this package. HILARIOUS!!!!! Lol...

HaloReach2010 · Post by **HaloReach2010** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:12 am

JonesyAZ wrote:
HaloReach2010 wrote:Thanks, Dan.

Now I dont have to dig these out to check!

I usually use Deathmate books as padding when shipping small packages, just used some recently, so I didnt have the DM books on hand...!
Yes, and I was the one who received this package. HILARIOUS!!!!! Lol...

Just doing my part to help save the enviroment.....GREEN packing materials. Recycle, re-use!

At least one positive thing came out of Liefield's career.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:23 pm

So...... What is the proper reading order of this? I started with the previews and then read the Prologue and then Yellow and Blue. I read them that way because that is the order that MOTA "Mr. Continuity" posted the order, but it's obviously not right.

I'm hoping for an actual reading order in addition to answers like "I wipe with Deathmate from front to back".

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:32 pm

400yrs wrote:So...... What is the proper reading order of this? I started with the previews and then read the Prologue and then Yellow and Blue. I read them that way because that is the order that MOTA "Mr. Continuity" posted the order, but it's obviously not right.

I'm hoping for an actual reading order in addition to answers like "I wipe the Deathmate off from front to back".

FTFY

-slym

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:26 am

400yrs wrote:it's obviously not right.

No, it's not. No matter how you read them. I think the basic idea is to first read the prologue, then the previews, then each of the four issues by themselves, regardless of the others, then the epilogue.

Let's see:

Green is before Blue.
Pink leads directly to Yellow
Yellow is mainly in the same world as Blue.
Blue leads directly to epilogue.
Black is before epilogue in its own world.
Red is in its own world.

Anyone find anything else? Could be a game, "make sense of Deathmate". Take a shot everytime you find a connection between the stories of Deathmate and leave the party sober.

/Magnus

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:50 am

That sounds right that they prologues lead right into the yellow and blue. I need to flip those 4 again to see if I can make sense out of the story. That's all I've read so far (and the prologue).

The stories themselves, although they are not coherent, they aren't that horrendous either. They just aren't Valiant at all even though it's the regular Valiant writers. The characters are all voiced very differently.

Other than making a ton of money, I'm not sure why they even did this mini at all.

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:27 am

The most significant thing to happen in Deathmate was that it finished. At the time, this was almost unprecedented for a limited series that Image was involved in.

JonesyAZ · Post by **JonesyAZ** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:50 am

Drift wrote:The most significant thing to happen in Deathmate was that it finished. At the time, this was almost unprecedented for a limited series that Image was involved in.

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! Can we say..."Image United?" Lol...

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:33 pm

400yrs wrote:That sounds right that they prologues lead right into the yellow and blue. I need to flip those 4 again to see if I can make sense out of the story. That's all I've read so far (and the prologue).

The stories themselves, although they are not coherent, they aren't that horrendous either. They just aren't Valiant at all even though it's the regular Valiant writers. The characters are all voiced very differently.

Other than making a ton of money, I'm not sure why they even did this mini at all.

I challenge you to read Deathmate Red and revisit this statement.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:34 pm

JonesyAZ wrote:
Drift wrote:The most significant thing to happen in Deathmate was that it finished. At the time, this was almost unprecedented for a limited series that Image was involved in.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! Can we say..."Image United?" Lol...

I give up on this after every issue but for some odd reason, IU 3 (shipped MONTHS late) got me excited for this title again only to fall off the publishing schedule yet again.

Second_Death · Post by **Second_Death** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:13 pm

Drift wrote:The most significant thing to happen in Deathmate was that it finished. At the time, this was almost unprecedented for a limited series that Image was involved in.

Heh. Some things never seem to change.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:49 pm

400yrs wrote:So...... What is the proper reading order of this? I started with the previews and then read the Prologue and then Yellow and Blue. I read them that way because that is the order that MOTA "Mr. Continuity" posted the order, but it's obviously not right.

I'm hoping for an actual reading order in addition to answers like "I wipe with Deathmate from front to back".

I think I know the problem.

You used the words: "Deathmate" and "right" in the same sentence.

There's your problem.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:50 pm

magnusr wrote:Could be a game, "make sense of Deathmate". Take a shot every time you find a connection between the stories of Deathmate and leave the party sober.

/Magnus

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:54 pm

400yrs wrote:That sounds right that they prologues lead right into the yellow and blue. I need to flip those 4 again to see if I can make sense out

Okay, now you seem to be getting worse. We are never going to make any progress if you continue down this path. In addition to the word "right" you have added "sense" to your statements regarding Deathmate.

I have discharged you from my service. You have no hope of ever being cured.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 6:56 pm

dave wrote:
400yrs wrote:That sounds right that they prologues lead right into the yellow and blue. I need to flip those 4 again to see if I can make sense out
Okay, now you seem to be getting worse. We are never going to make any progress if you continue down this path. In addition to the word "right" you have added "sense" to your statements regarding Deathmate.

I have discharged you from my service. You have no hope of ever being cured.

Yeah, I decided that it wasn't worth the time to go back and flip those again. I do plan to read red, black and epilogue fairly soon though.

bamaphilosopher · Post by **bamaphilosopher** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:00 pm

In general, I agree with everyone else here. I think that it would have been a lot better if they had kept the characters the same and had them actually meet the counterparts, rather than trying to "mix" the Valiant and Unity characters.

It was just a bad idea that, not surprisingly, didn't work.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:31 pm

I thought that the one idea of having Ninjak and Zealot have a history was kinda cool. Execution was poor, and in the end, it meant almost nothing. Sorry to bring it up!

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:49 pm

I have to admit - this thread caused an impulse buy with me - I bought the entire series for $3.00. I'll torture myself this weekend and read them.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:02 pm

BruceReville wrote:I have to admit - this thread caused an impulse buy with me - I bought the entire series for $3.00. I'll torture myself this weekend and read them.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:07 pm

Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:09 pm

dave wrote:Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...

Whoever sold it to him should have paid him three dollars to take it off them.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:30 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
dave wrote:Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...
Whoever sold it to him should have paid him three dollars to take it off them.

Bruce will soon find that out after he reads them....

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:03 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
dave wrote:Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...
Whoever sold it to him should have paid him three dollars to take it off them.
Bruce will soon find that out after he reads them....

Bruce may never be the same

Kidding

BruceReville · Post by **BruceReville** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:04 pm

IanAlexavier wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
dave wrote:Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...
Whoever sold it to him should have paid him three dollars to take it off them.
Bruce will soon find that out after he reads them....
Bruce may never be the same

Kidding

Ok - I am scared now

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:07 pm

BruceReville wrote:
IanAlexavier wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:
dave wrote:Let us know if you feel that you overpaid...
Whoever sold it to him should have paid him three dollars to take it off them.
Bruce will soon find that out after he reads them....
Bruce may never be the same

Kidding
Ok - I am scared now

Bruce will start a Deathmate hoard.

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