What comics are you reading now?

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:02 am

IMJ wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:If you like trades-and IIRC, you do-then I believe this one has been collected.
Ironic because the story itself was originally a single Graphic Novel, no?

Marvel needs to release a Captain Marvel Omnibus that runs the whole cosmic cube story as well as the Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel.

I thought it was 3 or 4 "prestige" issues?

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:05 am

I'm pretty confident it was a single, prestige format book that Marvel called "Graphic Novel's" beginning in the early 80's. It was a single, original story (much like the somewhat hard to find "Iron Man: Crash graphic novel which was from the same series). The Captain Marvel book was Marvel Comics first GN.

It's been reprinted a zillion times and is actually quite common.

chisumwomack · Post by **chisumwomack** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:21 am

xodacia81 wrote:That's a lot of books. Here's the thing about me and crossovers. I collect the main series, maybe the spinoffs (minis and one-shots) that interest me and then individual issues that I want or need to read, unless they are already collected.

In that case, One Million 1-5 and JLA 1000000 will do you just fine. Nothing happens in the other books that you can't figure out yourself, they just flesh the story out a bit.

OmenSpirits.com · Post by **OmenSpirits.com** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:44 pm

IMJ wrote:
xodacia81 wrote:If you like trades-and IIRC, you do-then I believe this one has been collected.
Ironic because the story itself was originally a single Graphic Novel, no?

Marvel needs to release a Captain Marvel Omnibus that runs the whole cosmic cube story as well as the Death of Captain Marvel Graphic Novel.

That and the Warlock series in an Essentials style book and kiil that noise on the HC editions, thus raping us collectors by OVER inflated prices!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:47 pm

Flash 120:

Flash (Wally West) to Piper - "You're pretty open about pursuing an ... alternative lifestyle..."

Linda - "... Not that there's anything wrong with that..."

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:50 pm

Draco wrote:
Draco wrote:Marvel Vs DC and the tie in mini series that come after.

The actual mini itself is pretty bland, but in all fairness not as bad as i had always believed it to be.
That said though it wasnt exactly the best thing either.

Ill update when i read all Access etc.

So i just done the All Access mini and it was as expected, which was quite bland.
It made me glad i didnt read as much of the tosh Marvel did in the mid 90's as i could have considering how much my buddy bought when i quit retail in ' 93.
It felt more Marvel bad than it did DC, but maybe that is just me as i did enjoy more DC by the mid 90's.
My buddy took his time getting all the DC books off the shelf each week, but once he did i was happy for him.
However he missed the boat on these and so even though i owned them before i never picked them up till now.
DC was so much more interesting for me after Zero hour ( which was average at best) and so it was a shame to see the characters so badly and under utilised here, same goes for Marvel too.

I skipped the Amalgam stuff in between as i had read a chunk before and they are all self contained as far as i recall, though could understand how they all tie into the bigger Universe moulding without being required reading.

Anyway im rambling again, so ill come back after Access unlimited.

Utter twaddle all of it.

Just really bad *SQUEE*.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:21 pm

Draco wrote:
Draco wrote:
Draco wrote:Marvel Vs DC and the tie in mini series that come after.

The actual mini itself is pretty bland, but in all fairness not as bad as i had always believed it to be.
That said though it wasnt exactly the best thing either.

Ill update when i read all Access etc.

So i just done the All Access mini and it was as expected, which was quite bland.
It made me glad i didnt read as much of the tosh Marvel did in the mid 90's as i could have considering how much my buddy bought when i quit retail in ' 93.
It felt more Marvel bad than it did DC, but maybe that is just me as i did enjoy more DC by the mid 90's.
My buddy took his time getting all the DC books off the shelf each week, but once he did i was happy for him.
However he missed the boat on these and so even though i owned them before i never picked them up till now.
DC was so much more interesting for me after Zero hour ( which was average at best) and so it was a shame to see the characters so badly and under utilised here, same goes for Marvel too.

I skipped the Amalgam stuff in between as i had read a chunk before and they are all self contained as far as i recall, though could understand how they all tie into the bigger Universe moulding without being required reading.

Anyway im rambling again, so ill come back after Access unlimited.

Utter twaddle all of it.

Just really bad *SQUEE*.

I bought those All Access issues. The first time I did a sweep of stuff to get rid of, I flipped an issue open and realized that there was no way in hell I ever wanted to even try reading it.

Draco · Post by **Draco** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:48 pm

400yrs wrote:
Draco wrote:
Draco wrote:
Draco wrote:Marvel Vs DC and the tie in mini series that come after.

The actual mini itself is pretty bland, but in all fairness not as bad as i had always believed it to be.
That said though it wasnt exactly the best thing either.

Ill update when i read all Access etc.

So i just done the All Access mini and it was as expected, which was quite bland.
It made me glad i didnt read as much of the tosh Marvel did in the mid 90's as i could have considering how much my buddy bought when i quit retail in ' 93.
It felt more Marvel bad than it did DC, but maybe that is just me as i did enjoy more DC by the mid 90's.
My buddy took his time getting all the DC books off the shelf each week, but once he did i was happy for him.
However he missed the boat on these and so even though i owned them before i never picked them up till now.
DC was so much more interesting for me after Zero hour ( which was average at best) and so it was a shame to see the characters so badly and under utilised here, same goes for Marvel too.

I skipped the Amalgam stuff in between as i had read a chunk before and they are all self contained as far as i recall, though could understand how they all tie into the bigger Universe moulding without being required reading.

Anyway im rambling again, so ill come back after Access unlimited.

Utter twaddle all of it.

Just really bad *SQUEE*.

I bought those All Access issues. The first time I did a sweep of stuff to get rid of, I flipped an issue open and realized that there was no way in hell I ever wanted to even try reading it.

I guess after all these years i just had to know.

oops.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:57 pm

Walking Dead 1-12 (again)

After seeing the TV show, I actually think I like the show better. I don't think that Kirkman had hit his stride as a writer to this point.

Tony Moore's art is still just fabulous. I can't wait to see his take on Venom.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:02 pm

Some of the Amalgam books were decent - and fun to see the combinations they came up with. Naturally, all of them are skippable - although, Doctor StrangeFate played a bit of an important role between Marvel vs Dc #3 & 4.

I've been reviewing one Amalgam one-shot each month at my blog:

http://cyberspacecomics.com/blog/?s=amalgam

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:08 pm

dark claw could have been very cool

OmenSpirits.com · Post by **OmenSpirits.com** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:27 am

thorion was cool.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:23 am

OmenSpirits.com wrote:thorion was cool.

Just Thorion!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:05 pm

going to start batman superman again

from issue 1

OmenSpirits.com · Post by **OmenSpirits.com** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:27 pm

superman-prime wrote:going to start batman superman again
from issue 1

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Read a tpb while on vacation of that series...Art gets a B, writing.......dog *SQUEE*.

Eternalwarrior68 · Post by **Eternalwarrior68** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:38 pm

Just received my Green Lantern Omnibus vol.1 and Usagi Yojimbo special edition HC slip case complete fantagraphics collection. My god! they are beautiful!

Started reading GL at work today, freakin sweet!

xodacia81 · Post by **xodacia81** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:56 pm

Eternalwarrior68 wrote:Just received my Green Lantern Omnibus vol.1 and Usagi Yojimbo special edition HC slip case complete fantagraphics collection. My god! they are beautiful!

Started reading GL at work today, freakin sweet!

I'm getting GL in the smaller collections. 12 bucks each is a bit easier on the old wallet.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:27 pm

Eternalwarrior68 wrote:Just received my ... Usagi Yojimbo special edition HC slip case complete fantagraphics collection. My god! they are beautiful!

What issues does the Usagi special edition collect?

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:44 pm

That Usagi Collection is a thing of beauty.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:06 pm

she is pretty

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:30 pm

Amazing Spidey 647

I'm a bit behind on Spidey, but this was the last issue of the Brand New Day run before Big Time started. This was a good issue. There were a few really good Harry Osborn pages. The Peter and Norah Winters story by Joe Kelly and JM Ken Niimura reminded me very much of I Kill Giants.

I know many didn't like Brand New Day, but I really thought it was refreshing to read care free Spidey stories. I liked it alot.

I'm looking forward to checking out Big Time.

Eternalwarrior68 · Post by **Eternalwarrior68** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:52 pm

xodacia81 wrote:
Eternalwarrior68 wrote:Just received my Green Lantern Omnibus vol.1 and Usagi Yojimbo special edition HC slip case complete fantagraphics collection. My god! they are beautiful!

Started reading GL at work today, freakin sweet!
I'm getting GL in the smaller collections. 12 bucks each is a bit easier on the old wallet.

I hear ya, I got it for $43 on amazon. I couldnt pass it up. I picked up the Green Lantern Chronicles vol. 1 a couple months ago, I like them but the larger omnibus format was calling me!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:26 pm

Halcyon 1-3 from Image by Marc Guggenheim (a Spidey writer and the dude who does Resurrection from Oni)

This book didn't get hyped by the creator so it didn't blow up like alot of the other Image books.

This book is actually damn good. It's a 5 issue mini series and the story is pretty interesting so far - What do the super heroes do when there is no more crime?

Be on the lookout for this in bargain bins. It's definitely worth the read.

Eternalwarrior68 · Post by **Eternalwarrior68** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:24 pm

Doorman wrote:
Eternalwarrior68 wrote:Just received my ... Usagi Yojimbo special edition HC slip case complete fantagraphics collection. My god! they are beautiful!
What issues does the Usagi special edition collect?

The entire Fantagraphics issues in two volumes.

Doorman · Post by **Doorman** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:13 pm

Eternalwarrior68 wrote:The entire Fantagraphics issues in two volumes.

Thanks! I think that's like 38 issues, all total.